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How does patsy palmer afford to live in Malibu??

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Touty · 16/05/2025 02:07

I’m intrigued how she can afford to live in Malibu.

any ideas?

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NautilusLionfish · 17/05/2025 21:28

Justaspy · 17/05/2025 20:58

Did the OP ever elude to what they thought was going on?

Not yet. We are still waiting for the big reveal

Rhaenys · 17/05/2025 22:14

She was in Eastenders for 15 years altogether, and for two thirds of that time she was probably on about £250k a year.

Peaceandquietandacuppa · 17/05/2025 23:12

mylovedoesitgood · 17/05/2025 12:10

I agree, and as a long term fan of Patsy’s I’ve always been intrigued about the move to Malibu. I’ve read her memoir and she’s very open about the money she spent on drugs. Also, why does she travel half-way across the world to do the odd EE stint? It pays well but not that well.

It was due to a big tax bill. She had to leave the UK. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11608415/amp/Dancing-Ices-Patsy-Palmer-business-suffered-financial-collapse-tax-debt-171-000.html

Dancing On Ice's Patsy Palmer business had tax debt of £171,000

The actress, 50, who is set star in the new series of Dancing On Ice, faced financial struggles back in 2016 when her company had to be dissolved.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11608415/amp/Dancing-Ices-Patsy-Palmer-business-suffered-financial-collapse-tax-debt-171-000.html

Neverseenfireflies · 17/05/2025 23:38

I know what you mean, op, it does all seem a bit odd, there was always rumours, but Chat gpt says this:

How does patsy palmer afford to live in Malibu??
Treesandsheepeverywhere · 18/05/2025 00:49

As if she'd tell if she'd won.

mylovedoesitgood · 18/05/2025 06:20

No, she’d been living in Los Angeles since 2014, two years before her business collapsed.

Gherkinslice · 18/05/2025 06:39

Touty · 16/05/2025 02:07

I’m intrigued how she can afford to live in Malibu.

any ideas?

Yeah i thought this too, she's not such a high working actress is she? Does she have a wealthy partner?

GiveDogBone · 18/05/2025 06:47

What on earth business of yours is it, and why does it matter?

EachandEveryone · 18/05/2025 09:29

I suspect Malibu is rented

OneFluentPombear · 18/05/2025 09:50

I think you are forgetting that in her days on eastenders, she, proudly, lived in a caravan! A very cheap way to live I might add. No doubt 'sorting' her earnings away

Poopeepoopee · 18/05/2025 14:38

I think people are forgetting that Malibu is probably no more expensive to live in than London.

maximalistmaximus · 20/05/2025 10:19

I’d read that Kylie has made more from property than singing.

Badbadbunny · 20/05/2025 10:50

maximalistmaximus · 20/05/2025 10:19

I’d read that Kylie has made more from property than singing.

But is that "active" property speculating or is it just luck at buying homes and selling them at the right time, bearing in mind that rich people like her will often have several homes (which they actually live in rather than rent out!) in different countries. I believe Kylie has had homes in the UK, Australia and America as well as "holiday" homes in the Med and Caribbean.

When you're buying multi million pound homes, then you're going to "do well" just by house price inflation, especially at the top end where it's pretty easy to buy one for a couple of million, keep it for a decade or so and sell it for ten million plus, just because that's the way the market has moved and selling them to other famous/rich personalities or business billionaires!

Re Kylie, I've read the same about other "pop" singers such as Olivia Newton John, who likewise amassed large amounts of money from selling homes they lived in, far in excess of the money they made from their "profession". One of her earliest homes in California was sold to Madonna for a very healthy profit!!

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