In October 2023 Bloomberg News reported Taylor Swift had gained billionaire standing due largely because of the large success of her Eras tour. While there are most likely loads of individuals in Swift’s life who’ve benefitted from her monetary standing, maybe none have as a lot as her cats Olivia Benson, Meredith Grey, and Benjamin Button.
In truth, Cats.com placed Olivia because the third richest pet on this planet, due in no small half to her participation in lots of Swift’s music movies, advertisements for Diet Coke, and her very personal line of merchandise.
On prime of that, the positioning estimated Olivia’s internet value as $97 million, which surpasses that of Swift’s boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce (USA Today reported Kelce has amassed a paltry $40 million).
While Swift makes her money singing and Kelce makes his slamming into different dudes on the soccer area, Olivia makes hers by simply being herself. The Scottish fold was purchased by Swift in 2014 and named after the hero of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” (In January 2024, the present’s star Mariska Hargitay advised People she named her personal cat “Karma” after Swift’s track.)
In October of the identical 12 months, Vanity Fair reported that Olivia had joined the world of working girls as a shoe mannequin for Keds. She made her music video debut when she appeared alongside Swift within the shoot for “Blank Space.” In 2018 popped up alongside her sister cat Meredith Grey in a DirectTV industrial that additionally featured Swift.
Also in 2014, Swift launched a line of Olivia and Meredith-themed merch that included stickers, pens, and even earrings. Country Living reported that Compare the Market estimated Olivia’s internet value at $97 million for the primary time that August.
Official numbers that pertain to what Olivia may need been compensated for her work (and the way) aren’t available, and Cats.com said that the positioning analyzed “Instagrams of pets with the most followers, likes, and engagement rates” and used information from the social media platform to find out “how much each of these pets could make per Instagram post to discover who among them were the highest earners, and how much the most influential cats could pull in per post.” So it’s not precisely a scientific estimate of pet internet value.
Humane Hollywood has reported that animals in home non-SAG-AFTRA manufacturing are paid $1200 a day or $600 per half day; the identical price applies to worldwide productions. In August 2023, animal coach Kelly Capponcelli advised the Washington Post that lots of her animals had been rented out at a flat price of $500 a day earlier than the SAG-AFTRA strike.
Of course, these charges would possibly apply to a pet as privileged as Olivia Benson.
In summation: Olivia is certainly wealthy, however that’s as a result of Swift is wealthy, too.
