Salma Hayek talks about her marital finances

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Salma Hayek Pinault and her billionaire husband keep their finances separate, she says. “I support a lot of the aspects of my life and myself.” 🔗 https://t.co/7Ko3Wf42MV pic.twitter.com/5u4rqBjqWZ
- The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) October 29, 2024
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Salma revealed that she and her husband never signed a

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[nomoneyfun]

“I support a lot of the aspects of my life and myself. I have the pressure to make a certain amount of money”, adding that François-Henri finds her ambition sexy.

Yeah, this could never be me. I would rather be single the rest of my life than be married to a wealthy man and still feel pressure to support myself. The majority of benefits of hetero marriage go to men and it has become even more unequal now that women have this false notion of needing to bring equal financial value to the arrangement.

[afeelingunacted]

The majority of benefits of hetero marriage go to men and it has become even more unequal now that women have this false notion of needing to bring equal financial value to the arrangement.

A type of financial abuse I see now that seems to be becoming increasingly common is women partnered with men making 2, 3 or more times their salary but splitting everything 50/50 in the name of equality. Like the women are sometimes starving, can't buy groceries, don't have proper clothes, but don't want to seem like golddiggers by bringing up this disparity in income. And like at that point the man is abusing YOU.

[aleksie]

I noticed in those situations, the men tend to be stingy af. They treat their money as theirs only, but the women's money has to provide for themselves and a lot of things for their kids. I'm not talking stepkids, kids that are legally and/or biologically theirs.

[nomoneyfun]

OMG. What's even more messed up in these 50/50 arrangements where the woman earns less is that the husband will often refuse to modify their lifestyle to make things more affordable. Anyone who wants to split expenses 50/50 but makes more money is taking advantage of you!!!

[afeelingunacted]

Yep they insist in fancy vacations and living in nicer areas but will let their partner starve l.

These people are really sick.

[theactualworst]

Yeah my ex did this to me. Made twice my salary and we split things 50/50 and I would finance things in my name because he had terrible credit (ironically).

He would always pull the feminism card too.

He made so much more money and was always in debt somehow and I found out later it was cam girls. I’m glad I was already set on leaving before I found out because it didn’t even hurt, I just found him pathetic.

[afeelingunacted]

Glad he's an ex what an asshole.

[theactualworst]

Same! I realized too he was just deeply insecure so it’s like it was his way to have some power over me.

I had always been independent and he also let slip once he was threatened by me being bi and having had more sexual experiences than him.

Looking back, I settled for him because I’d had a string of terrible fuckboys and he seemed nice and stable. After talking to some of his friends after we broke up I realized he “loved” me because people thought I was out of his league. It was about his ego. Ugh.

[ebenetwo]

Ooh girl I clocked that with my ex I felt like he wanted the bright shiny thing (me).

When it wore off cos oh you know I’m a real human being - he wanted to end it.

Thank fuck, cos I truly was out of his league.

[anterrabre]

In all fairness, it seems like its pressure she puts on herself and not something he's insisting on. Some people just weren't made to coast, and that's fine.

[nomoneyfun]

Again, this could never be me. Women bring so much non-financial value to hetero partnerships and I would never marry a wealthier man that wouldn't alleviate all financial pressure.

[anterrabre]

I can relate to what you're saying. I'm also an old(er) who has seen women in similar situations who ended up absolutely fucked (sometimes by dude completely screwing them over, sometimes by situations like hubby dying with a shitload of debt the partner knows nothing about). If Salma's anything like my mom they're probably living off his money (yachts, mansions, all those fabulous clothes, travel, etc) while her coins are going in separate accounts for her, and he's fine with it, so good for them

[genbu_no_miko24]

Yep a lot of older women advised my mom to always have your own money AND an emergency stash in case of xyz event.

Plus men can be petty and stingy and wanna leave you penniless out of pure spite lol! You gotta look out for yourself.

[anterrabre]

exactly; my mom was a Boomer and always told me the same, and The Silent Generation (who often had to but up with all sorts of shit in their marriages) even more so. There's a lot of women who want that Trad life who are in for a rude as fuck awakening. I mean, even Mormons are getting in on that influencer coins because it's one of the few ways they can have their own money.

[genbu_no_miko24]

Sometimes I wonder if some of these tradwife girlies on IG come from well-off family or at least they got a security plan in there.

But yeah the tradwife style doesn't seem all that appealing. The pastoral and bakery aspect sounds nice but the rest...naaaahhhhhhhhh no thank you!!

See that's what I mean with the mormons girlies, they probably realizing that the financial incomes starts feeling nice after a while so I wouldn't be surprised if some are stashing it away.

[winter_lace]

My (tail end of the Silent Gen) mum straight up didn't marry because of the bullshit.