When Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds decided not to employ a nanny , he had " no job waking up five times in the middle of the Nox and shift diaper . "
Money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy you freedom from mundane things like waiting at the airport or picking out your own outfit. However, not every rich person decides to hire help — some still prefer to save money and do things the same way they did before they were famous.
Here are 19 celebs who typically don’t use nannies, personal stylists, and other “rich people perks”:
1.Ashton KutcherandMila Kunisdecided not to employ a nanny when their oldest daughter, Wyatt, was born. OnThe Ellen Show, Ashton said, “We just want to know our kid. We want to be the people that know what to do when the baby’s crying to make the baby not cry anymore.”
He continued , " We require to make out , like , when she makes a piddling face or something , we desire to be emotionally in touch with her . And I think the only agency to do that is by being the one who ’s there . "
2.WhenBlake Livelyand Ryan Reynolds’s oldest daughter, James, was born, they opted against hiring a nanny. Ryan toldGQ, “I’m surprised how patient I am with it. I feel like I could sometimes have a bit of a short fuse, but there’s just been this weirdly endless supply of patience. I have no problem waking up five times in the middle of the night and changing diapers, and as exhausted as you get, I have this stupid grin on my face all the time.”
" And that ’s not because I have a nursemaid or something like that . It ’s just us right now , and I love it , " he said .
3.Blake Lively famouslyservesas her own stylist for big red carpet events, but she alsoactsas her own hair stylist and makeup artist sometimes.
She toldWWD , " It ’s a lot of piece of work — I mean , it ’s not hard in that we all dress ourselves every morning . So , once you have the clothes , you just plunk out what to wear off like any other human being does . But it ’s easy because you have memory access to apparel and so it ’s not that knockout . … The hard part is going through all the fashion shows and screenshotting all the looks you like and calling them in . I have an assistant who helps in calling in the looking at . But a lot of it is I have relationships with the designers . "
4.After learning by watching makeup artists she worked with early in her career,Zendaya"pretty much [does] all [her] own makeup for events now."
She toldBritish Vogue , " It ’s very healing for me , especially if I ’m ever stressed out before a insistence jaunt or a big event . There ’s something about taking that fourth dimension to just be with yourself that I find very relaxing . "
5.When his relationship with Zendaya was long-distance,Tom Hollandreportedlytook commercial flights across the world to visit her in Budapest, where she was filmingDune: Part 2.
The friend of a rooter ’s motherreportedlysat next to him on the flight of stairs and figure him knitting to pass the clock time .
6.For a last-minute flight, Claire Danes opted for an affordable ticket rather than a private plane. After winning Best Actress at the 2011 SAG Awards, she toldExtra, “I’m flying tonight on coach. I know, I know I feel like I’m bragging now at this point. It’s the only seat available, and I have to go back to work tomorrow morning.”
She continued , " I get to lavish in the hotel , and then I go to position — and act some more . We ’ll see how tomorrow ’s scene will be . "
7.Rainn Wilson, who’soutspokenabout climate change, flies commercial. He recently sat beside an unsuspecting fan who watched reruns ofThe Officefor the entire five-and-a-half-hour flight without noticing he was next to Dwight Schrute himself.
OnThe Drew Barrymore Show , he pronounce , " I post about it , and people were freaking out . And as we were set ashore , I kinda poke at him . I ’m like , ' You seem to care that show , huh ? ' And he ’s like , ' Oh , yeah , it ’s my favorite show . ' I was like , ' Yeah , I heard it was n’t so good . Tell me about it . ' And then I was tardily , tardily have my masque off . I was like , ' Oh , this is gon na be delicious ! ' And he was like , ' Yeah , I , um , well , it start slow . The first season ’s sort of unaccented , and you kinda got to get to know the character a little bit , but if you stick with it … ' And then he ’s like [ face explosion ] . He could n’t conceive it . It was a really beautiful , magical experience . "
8.Chance the Rapper also flies commercial. On a recent flight with his daughter, Kensli, he realized their seats weren’t together. He didn’t want to " inconvenience anyone by asking them to swap seats," but before he could say anything, Martin Short offered his seat to the 7-year-old.
OnTwitter , Chance say , " We both read give thanks you , and as he stands up , I see it ’s THE Martin Short ! ! So cool and Kensli freaked out cause she ’s obsessed withThe Santa Clause 3 . What an awesome mortal ! SHOUTOUT TO JACK FROST . "
9.Though Ashley Greene enjoyed flying first class during herTwilightyears, she gave it up after wrapping up the final press tour. She toldMarie Claire, “When this is all over, flying internationally is going to be very hard for me. It is just not worth it to buy a first-class ticket, because of the cost.”
She continued , " I ’m golden because my dada learn me how to be frugal and keep . And that ’s important because I want to experience that I do n’t have to take an act task for two or three years if I do n’t want to and that I ’ll still be able to make my house and car payments and buy intellectual nourishment for my andiron . "
10.Rather than hiring a nanny, Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling got help from their families when caring for their oldest daughter, Esmeralda. Eva toldThe Wendy Williams Show, “I’ve never appreciated my family so much, they’ve been amazing. I don’t technically have a nanny, but I do have help.”
She continued , " I wish to elucidate . I ’m certainly not anti - nanny , you do what you need to do as a parent , but I ’m so grateful that I have help with my house and [ Ryan ’s ] phratry . "
11.When Cardi B first found out she and Offset were expecting their eldest, their daughter Kulture, she thought she’d have a nanny. However, after giving birth, she changed her mind. She toldVogue, “When the baby got here, I couldn’t even think about getting a nanny because I was afraid of anybody being around her besides my family. I’ve never had a nanny for Kulture.”
She and Offset depend on each other and their extended families for avail , but they do n’t need to make their children someone else ’s responsibleness .
Cardi said , " Your parents have already dwell their life and lift their kid . They are aged and do n’t have the same muscularity as someone in their 20s . I ’m never far from my shaver because that ’s my responsibility as a mother . "
12.Katy Perryand Orlando Bloom only have part-time childcare for their daughter, Daisy. Katy told theSmartLesspodcast, “I have a wonderful nanny, but I don’t have a full-time nanny because I feel like, if I had a full-time nanny, then I would never be able to know how to care for my daughter like I’m meant to.”
She continued , " Any Clarence Shepard Day Jr. I get off , I ’m just in mom mode . It does n’t matter if I ’ve had a show that snuff it to 11 p.m. the night before , I ’m waking up at 6 o’clock , and we ’re gon na go and do breakfast . "
13.Rather than purchase all-new clothing for herself and her three kids, Sarah Jessica Parker fills their closets with secondhand finds. She toldInStyle, “Almost 100 percent of my son’s T-shirts are used. And he buys a lot of his items at thrift shops. My daughters all wear hand-me-downs. We’ve been passing down clothes in my family for almost three generations.”
On the rarified occasions she decides to buy herself something new , she considers this important question : " Is this a piece I need to have 10 or 15 year from now ? "
14.Bryce Dallas Howardbuysher own red carpet dresses off the rack or online, and she often spends less than $500 on each one. She also gave up on having a stylist for two reasons — finding outfits was challenging because she isn’t sample size, and the cost of tailoring and the stylist’s fee felt like too much.
She toldVanity Fair , " There were these two giant flier aright around the time when I was having my first kid that sent me into a tailspin … " At the time , her studio stepped in to cover the stylist fee . Afterwards , she and her agentive role negotiate to get her a budget to do her own shopping for press tours .
She continue , " I realized that I want to stop trying to have a conversation with mode . That I just needed to get back to make a conversation with myself , in what just looks and feels best for this thing that I ’m locomote to tonight . … candidly , before these kind of military press - related stylus intervention , I would spend an average of $ 200 a twelvemonth on clothes . "
15.Jameela Jamilbegandoing her own makeup forThe Good Placehalfway through Season 1. She also does her own hair and makeup for events. When it comes to red carpet outfits, she’s “never had a stylist.”
She toldGlamour , " I recognize that the [ hair and physical composition creative person ] were catch in at , like , 4:45 or 4:30 in the dayspring . Sometimes 4:15 . I realized we had an hour and 45 minutes in pilus and makeup , and I just sort of run to the producers ofThe Good Placeand was like , ' How horrible do you think I am ? There ’s no prosthetics on me . ' I want half an hr in hair and makeup ? I ’ll do my own makeup . And so I did my own makeup for the show , and someone else did my hair . I scram the same amount of time for hair and makeup as the boys . Because I ca n’t be rummy when I ’m tired . "
16.January Jones doesn’t have a stylist because she doesn’t “like the idea of paying people to tell [her] that something looks good.”
She toldElle , " If I do n’t feel it myself , why would I bust it ? "
17.Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. divvy up household chores rather than depending on hired help. Sarah toldPeople, “Freddie does the big chef cooking, and I wind up helping with the dishes. He’ll say helping, I wind up doing them all. But now, I can just shove them in the dishwasher, so it’s easier.”
Their kids also facilitate around the house .
Freddie said , " We just seek to make the fry own what they do as a room of give them a mother wit of responsibleness , so my nipper moisten their own dishes . … They make their own beds , clean their own elbow room , they ’re responsible for for their toys . "
18.To the shock of herGirls Tripcostars (especially Jada Pinkett Smith), Tiffany Haddish shamelessly carried her “fake Michael Kors purse” and used Groupon.
Jada told her she " needed " a designer bag and gifted her a Fendi .
She toldPeople , " I ’m probably going to be cheap with my money for a farsighted fourth dimension . You know I ’ve been homeless , so it ’s like , ' Yeah it ’s here now , but will it be here in five years ? ' I do n’t know . … [ When I tempt my costars to a eatery I have a Groupon for ] , they be like , ' No , Tiffany , we pay for it , ' and I ’m like , ' No , let ’s get it on a discount . We can apply that money to aid Kyd or something ! ' "
19.And finally, in 2010, Vincent Kartheiser opted to give up his car in favor of public transportation. He also lived in a house that was essentially “just a wooden box.” He told theGuardian, “Because I don’t have a car, I don’t really go anywhere to buy things. In fact, I have been in a slow process of selling and giving away everything I own. … Like, I don’t have a toilet at the moment…I mean I am planning to get a toilet at some point. But for now, I have to go to the neighbors. I threw it all out.”
He explained that he prefer this lifestyle to reject the overindulgence of Hollywood .
He said , " It started a couple of years ago . It was in response to going to these Golden Globe - character events , and they just give you stuff . You do n’t need it . You do n’t employ it . And then , unhinged Menstarted to become a winner on a popular level , and hoi polloi started send me stuff , just boxes of shit . natural endowment for every holiday , clothes . One mean solar day , I wait around and thought , ' I do n’t desire this stuff , I did n’t ask for it ' . So , I go giving it to champion or brotherly love store , or if it is still in its boxful , I might sell it for a hundred clam . I liked it , so I did n’t stop . "
