AIBU to wonder why Graham Norton needs to do ads?

When I see the likes of Graham Norton or Judy Dench doing adverts as they get older despite, certainly in the case of Norton, very lucrative careers, the old Oscar Wilde quote comes to mind... "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about"

I think they just like the attention, and enjoy the process of creating these things because they are, for however long it takes to film them, the centre of attention. I am sure the money is nice, but it can't be the reason to do them. Although, maybe that's why I am not ultra rich. Once I reached the stage I could afford all I'd reasonably want for a comfortable life I couldn't be bothered 😂

I also wondered why Graham Norton is doing adverts. He didn't seem to be the type to want to go this route of making money. He must be minted. He is not short of work.

Jamie Dimon (CEO , JP MorganChase) is worth about 2 billion USD.

Should he step down? Surely 2 billion is enough?

Should he only take his 36 million dollar salary, and not take stock options as that's greedy?

If Sydney Sweeney is in 3 or 4 Hollywood movies a year, should she limit herself to just those, and not do ads either, just in case @OvernightBloats from Mumsnet decides she's "earned enough" and is in danger of overexposure?

Honestly, nothing like having a whinge is there. Hint - it's not going to make you richer.

I read an interview she did when she first started the ads, she said due to health reasons she can no longer do film work etc so the money from the ads pays her mortgage.

The "and that's entertainment" podcast covered Jet2 using Jess Glynn's song the other week, apparently it's made her millions. I always think she sounds like she's smoked 20 a day. Definitely what you call a lucky break as I doubt her career would have spanned that long and had many more hits.

Everything is relative - I earn enough to pay my bills comfortably but if someone offered me a couple of thousand to do a job on a Saturday as a one off - I’d do it - imagine celebs feel the same about filming a single ad in a day.

When celebrities do lots of adverts, I get fed up of seeing their faces all the time. To a point where sometimes I start to not like them because it has reached saturation point. (eg Davina McCall is always selling something!)

I also wondered why Graham Norton is doing adverts. He didn't seem to be the type to want to go this route of making money. He must be minted. He is not short of work.

Maybe he is doing it for easy money with a big payment? Maybe he has a huge tax bill to pay?!

I'd find it hard to think less of him than I already do.

Cross posted re Judi!

I thought the same about Judi Dench doing Money Supermarket and now I see David Tennant has taken over that as dear Judi has mostly retired.

My thoughts were the advertisers myst be paying a hell of a lot to get big names like that as they wouldn't do it otherwise.

Also I always wonder whether Jess Glynn wishes she hadn't sold out to Jet2 or is happy her song is constantly played and synonymous with their adverts.

You can't say someone is greedy for accepting a job. That just doesn't make sense. Would you say that if your friend got promoted? If a friend started their own business and it began to expand?

I ask myself this every time I see Judi Dench doing that Money Supermarket ad. I mean really Jude? You? Has it really come to this?

I also very recently heard Deborah Meaden doing some radio advert for something, I can't even what it was now, I think it was an electricty provider or something equally dull. But I remember thinking she was a strange choice as the product/service had no obvious connection to her or any of her fields of expertise and interests. She's absolutely minted. I can't think what possessed her to bother with that.

I think he sold his house in London for a packet too. Lucky so and so.

But we don't know why he needs or wants to do advertising. Passing the time maybe or alimony 😊

It’s probably a lot of money for hardly any work and that would probs be hard for many of us to resist no matter how much we had

We say the same in our house, as well - Wheel of Fortune, Graham??? The money must be excellent!

Because they’re greedy

I think the same every time I see Ant and Dec on an advert.

But I hate to see it when they don’t need to do it and I definitely think slightly less of him.

And similarly @queenceleste I hate to see it when people judge for others how much money they need to earn before they should stop.

You have decided he "doesn't need" to do it.

Similarly, if you worked in retail or a similar style of job, I could say to you "don't go for the overtime - you don't need it when you have plenty to pay the bills and pay for your car" etc.

It's all relative! Income , expenditure, it's all relative.

If he wants extra income on top of his broadcast salary, he will have his reasons. Maybe he pays for family or friends or he wants to continue charitable giving while living comfortably.

His money, his job opportunities, his choice.

YABVU.