Chris Pratt Says He Blew Through $75,000 After Getting First Big Hollywood Paycheck

[hewontgo]

Chris Pratt Says He Blew Through $75,000 After Getting First Big Hollywood Paycheck https://t.co/PlsDcupXq2
- The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) May 25, 2024

Chris Pratt admits he wasn’t very smart with his first big paycheck after breaking into Hollywood.
He opened up about learning about the importance of financial literacy later in life.

“I was

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[thereinventions]

I'd pay off my student loans, car, credit card debt, and travel.

[nutella_forever]

I think that schools should educate people better on how to manage money and their finances and economy in general, it would have been so much more useful than some of the stuff that I studied (like, what the fuck do I know latin for?)

[sarahvma]

Fwiw my high school did lessons on investing, taxes, credit cards, compound interest, etc. Nothing intensive but we definitely learned the basics (including a very effective lesson on how quickly credit card debt can mount).

It would be interesting to know if that actually had an impact on any of us. I wouldn’t say I feel any more financially literate than my peers who likely didn’t sit through that.

[xtinkerbellax]

Yea we had an elective that taught all of that but honestly most of it did not stick, maybe because I took it freshman year.

[alwayspolaris]

They used to teach some of it in home economics, they really need to bring that back. We can't count on parents to teach their kids because a lot of people's parents don't know either.

I'd do some traveling for sure if I got $75k on top of my steady paycheck, but if it was a temporary windfall with no certain income in the future I'd have to do the responsible thing :/

[ionadelfina]

i’d use it as a down payment on a house.

[vulpecula_1]

Same

[maithancailin]

Ditto.

[anachan87]

"Chris Pratt admits he wasn’t very smart"

end of the post.

[steffi_333]

Lmao literally my thoughts. Least favourite Chris is also fiscally dumb. Shocker. Also a weird thing to be humble bragging about in this day and age when so many people are struggling.

[you_hermit_crab]

I agree that we need to teach financial literacy in high school. I finally paid off my car this week, so if I got $75k, I'd pay off my business loan and save the rest. Or so I'd like to believe lol... really, I'd just go crazy with overpriced chai lattes and vinyl records.