Simone Biles says Paris club tried to charge her $26K for one bottle of Champagne after Olympics

[hewontgo]

Simone Biles says Paris club tried to charge her $26K for one bottle of Champagne after Olympics 2024 https://t.co/bG7o662Dvh pic.twitter.com/sl9f42ExRw
- Page Six (@PageSix) August 20, 2024
Simone Biles was stunned when a Parisian nightclub tried to charge her a staggering $26,000 for one bottle of bubbly after the 2024 Olympics

Comments

[anterrabre]

They offered, she said no, end of story. No one is in the wrong here. Exclusive places often have expensive and exclusive items that they only offer to top-tier clientele, and TBH, I'd rather have a venue offer me something beyond my paygrade than just assuming I'm a broke ass bitch. At the same time, it's fine that she turned it down.

[pciam]

But can we not debate on whether or not charging $26k for a bottle of champagne is ethical? lol

Of course it can be done legally and I would never ridicule the person who works at said club trying to make ends meet, but I think it’s fair to discuss said price lol

[anterrabre]

Yes, it's very fair to discuss price. But it's also fair to recognize that while certain things might be out of reach for you or I right now, these are things that are more than affordable for a certain segment of our population. I've always viewed such things as "I am not the target demographic for this" rather than get upset. At the same time, it's also fair to talk about the inequities of a system of haves and haves nots, and why some people can afford 26k chompers while someone else working two jobs still has to budget carefully for food?

[ginainabottle]

agreed, and I'll add that at least they wanted to get paid bc it's wild to me that rich people get so much free shit lol i mean, we know why it happens but it's a sad irony that those who can afford a lot are the ones least expected to pay.

[anterrabre]

Depends on where you are as well. In an area like say, Abu Dhabi or Dubai (where wealth is commonplace) the prestige is in being able to afford a particular product, not getting it for free; if you got something expensive there for free (that is promotional and NOT a personal gift) it's seen as "give her bitchass something to include her because she wouldn't be able to afford it otherwise" which is not a good look for the social climbing there.

I've never gotten salty at rich people being able to afford nice things. There are nice things to aspire to, and certain things you know you can't reasonably have. A nice outfit from The Row can be somewhat obtainable for me, while a Birkin? Probably not, and even more important, I don't want one.

[ty]

I'd rather debate whether renewing the Kardashits for another year is ethical, it does more harm to people than an place in France selling champagne.