Hot British celebrity cook Nigella Lawson, who has more money than God thanks to her upbringing, her commercial success and her marriage to a super rich ad man, says none of her wealth will be passed on to her two kids, Cosima and Bruno, now 13 and 11. None of it. They'll have to get out there and work if they're going to maintain the lifestyles of children whose parents are, as described above, extremely wealthy.
My first thought is, damn, what a meanie! But then if I spend two seconds reflecting on the not terribly meaningful lives of those who become entitled to their parents' riches, like Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, the Greek tycoon's kids ... you know where this is going, all those aimless poor little rich kids ... and I think, damn, what a favor!
She has a combined wealth with her second husband, marketing guru Charles Saatchi, of more than $218 million. Alone, she's thought to be worth more than $30 million. But when she dies, she says not a penny of it will go to the kids.
From the Daily Telegraph:
Asked what she hoped the children would learn from her, Miss Lawson
told the magazine My Weekly: "To know that I am working and that you
have to work in order to earn money. I am determined that my children should have no financial security. It ruins people not having to earn money.
Interestingly, her hubby, Lawson's kids' step-dad, doesn't agree. And he has a 12-year-old daughter from another marriage who will get a windfall when papa's gone. Hmmmm. There's an interesting dynamic.
So all of you readers who are worth $30 million, will you leave any of it to your children? What about those of us with lesser means? Will you bequeath your over-mortgaged estate to the kids? Is Nigella being stingy or smart? I mean, it's not like they're going to have to work shitty jobs -- ever.
