Chris Pratt shares how he blew his first Hollywood paycheque in two months
Chris Pratt has shared the story of how he blew his first big Hollywood paycheque in just two months.
The actor shared with SiriusXM's Sway in the Morning that despite his modest beginnings, he did not exhibit restrain when it came to his finances after he started earning.
Pratt cackled with laughter after he was asked about saving money at the beginning of his career, telling the hosts, "Oh, no. No. No. I was under the impression that I would never run out of money.
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Chris Pratt cackled after being asked about his financial literacy plans after his first Hollywood gig. Celebrity
"The first paycheque I got, I was like, 'Are you serious?' I had lived on very little money for a long time, so the first big job I got... was a TV movie. I got paid $US75,000 (approx. $113,000)."
Pratt has previously described living out of his van in Hawaii after high school. After he earned his first cheque, he shared that he travelled to Maui and Australia using the funds.
He belted out his own rendition of George Michael's Careless Whisper, singing "I was like, 'I'm never gonna wait again. F--- you, b----es, I am leaving... And then about two months later, I was like, 'Where'd that money go?!'"
The Parks and Recreation actor then shared, "We never had any money growing up. No one ever taught me financial literacy. I didn't know what to do with money. It was like, it would come in, I would spend it," he said.
"It took a good amount of time for me to kind of stop and say, 'All right, I gotta get wise about this. I have to think about, 'What am I gonna do? How am I gonna get to the point to where if I stop working one day, I'll still be OK? My family will be OK.'
Chris Pratt is married to Katherine Schwarzenegger, with whom he shares two daughters. He also has a son with actress Anna Faris. Instagram
He added that coming up with a financial literacy plan later in his life was "one of the steps of me growing up".
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