The biggest gifts from stars to their loved ones
'Generous George Clooney' should be the actor's full name. In 2013, he invited his 14 best friends to dine at his house and handed each of them $1 million as a gift. The story came out in 2013, but he did not confirm it himself until 2020 (to GQ magazine).
While some celebrities prefer not to show off their fortunes, others are very generous when it comes to giving gifts to their loved ones. An example of this is David Beckham, who spent almost 1 million dollars on a vineyard in Napa (California) for his wife when she turned 34.
The former football player loves to give his wife expensive gifts. According to Marie Claire magazine, Victoria got a bag with inlaid diamonds from David in 2005. It was worth approximately 2 million dollars. And that wasn't the end of it: her husband also gave her a personalized Rolls Royce Phantom and a necklace of rubies and brilliants from Boucheron.
The American actor bought his mother and grandmother a piece of land in Southern California and had a forest planted on it. For him there was no better way to thank both mothers than by helping the planet.
The NBA professional basketball player gave his imagination free rein and bought his mother Jolinda Wade nothing more or less than a church. The reason? Jolinda had been reformed by the church and even become a Baptist pastor after she'd been arrested for drug and alcohol abuse.
The British musician James Righton decided to invest his money in a very special gift for his partner Kiera Knightley. He bought her an olive tree that was over a hundred years old and cost four thousand dollars. A unique gift as well as an expensive one.
Singer Nick Jonas bought his wife, actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas, an electric snowmobile. Apparently, he knew that she would use it a lot, as the couple reported on social media.
For Christmas 2015, John Legend fulfilled one of his wife's most curious dreams. It was Chrissy Teigen's big wish to have a giant cheese wheel, out of which you could eat pasta. Without hesitation, the singer made it reality for her. They shared this curious Christmas gift, of which we don't know the exact value, on Instagram.
Kanye West also liked to present his wife Kim Kardashian with luxury goods. In 2018, she received a G Wagon model truck from Mercedes Benz, valued at 228,000 dollars. For Christmas the same year, Santa Kanye gave his wife an apartment in Miami Beach with a value of 54 million dollars.
Another remarkable gift from Kanye to Kim was an engagement ring with a 15-carat diamond, valued at $5 million. He also once rented the Eiffel Tower to spend a romantic evening there alone with his wife. Unfortunately, all the expensive gifts couldn't prevent the couple from breaking up in 2020.
During their short but widely publicized relationship, the Australian singer Cody Simpson gave his girlfriend Miley Cyrus an unusual gift. It was a present that fit the singer's tastes perfectly, though: a pendant with a huge golden skull.
In 2017, singer Keith Urban presented his wife, Nicole Kidman, with a mansion in New York City worth $40 million. That way the actress could fulfill her dream of working on Broadway, Women's Day magazine reported. The Kidman property is located on the Upper East Side, has a total of 16 rooms and belonged to Michael Jackson years ago.
The French multimillionaire Francois-Henri Pinault gave his wife, Salma Hayek, a plane. That way she and their daughter wouldn't have to take commercial flights anymore.
For her part, the actress was generous to her mother, Diana Jimenez Medina. On Diana's 70th birthday, she received a luxurious apartment in France from her daughter.
Another celebrity who stretched the boundaries of super-gifting was Katy Perry. In 2010, the singer gave her then-boyfriend Russell Brand a trip into space. With the Virgin Galactic company, he would fly to more than 110,000 meters of altitude.
The gift was for Russell's 35th birthday and cost about 200,000 dollars. It would allow the actor see Earth with its characteristic curves and colors. Still, it didn't end well.
In 2018, Travis Scott gave his love, Kylie Jenner, a white Rolls Royce from the 1950s as a birthday present. The car was one of the 18 units Rolls Royce had manufactured exclusively for British monarchs and heads of state.
In the same year, having become a mother for the first time, Kylie Jenner had received what she called a 'push present' from Travis Scott. It was a black Ferrari Aperta, reminiscent of a Batmobile with vertically opening doors. It starts at $1.4 million, Harper's Bazaar estimated, and it's very exclusive.. but not enough to make the relationship last.
Actually, it's been raining cars for Kylie. The celebrity had also gotten a $320,000 Ferrari from her ex-boyfriend Tyga in 2015, for her 18th birthday. And then, when the youngest Kardashian turned 19, Tyga had given her another car. It was a Mercedes Maybach, valued at over $200,000.
Kylie does not just receive gifts, she hands them out as well. And it may not surprise you that she stuck with the Jenner family's gifting tradition: cars. In late 2018, Kylie invested $515,000 in a red Ferrari 488 Coupé for her mother, Kris Jenner.
On Father's Day 2012, Beyoncé gave her husband Jay-Z a Bombardier Challenger 850 aircraft, valued at $50 million.
The plane wasn't the only luxury item the singer gave her husband. In 2010, Beyoncé spent more than 2 million dollars on a Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport, one of the most expensive cars in the world, as a gift to Jay-Z.
Sometimes, Beyoncé gets some niceties herself too. Kelly Rowland, the former member of the music group Destiny's Child, gave her bandmate a bathtub covered completely with Swarovski crystals.
Justin Bieber doesn't run away from romantic encounters. When he was still dating actress Selena Gomez, he planned a dinner at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, where they also saw the movie Titanic. The evening cost $475,000.
The young singer is also very generous to his mother, Pattie Mallette. He used the occasion of Mother's Day to compose a song for her: 'Turn to You'. It was meant to thank her for her support and unconditional love.
Tom Cruise is also one of those stars who give airplanes as gifts. When he was married to Katie Holmes, he surprised the actress by giving her a plane valued at 20 million dollars.
Ah, another former couple that showered each other with expensive gifts. Turns out money cannot buy love after all! Among the many luxury items that Pitt gave his wife was a plane. Angelina Jolie got her pilot's license in 2005.
On the actor's 50th birthday, his then-wife presented him with a heart-shaped 31 square-mile island near New York City. Petra Island includes a mansion built by the famous architect Lloyd Wright.
Speaking of extravagant gifts. When he was dating Jennifer Lopez for the first time (in the late 90s), this Hollywood hunk gave her a portable bathroom seat with inlaid sapphires, rubies, and diamonds. The gift's value was estimated at $105,000.
JLo received some pretty luxurious gifts when she was married to Marc Anthony. Her then-husband demonstrated his love by giving her a pair of gold-plated shoes worth $24,000. And when the couple's twins were born, mom got a $300,000 diamond ring from the happy father.
Some time before they announced their divorce in 2010, actress Courteney Cox bought David Arquette an old carousel worth an estimated $45,000. With her gone a while later, there would be plenty of room in his house to install it!
Courteney Cox is known among friends and lovers as an original gift-giver. She presented her fellow 'Friends' cast member and real-time BFF Jennifer Aniston with an original Chanel bicycle, valued at around 12,000 dollars.
Actor Jude Law gave his then-girlfriend, the model and actress Sienna Miller, a Baby Grand piano. The instrument came with a surprise inside: a $4 million sapphire and diamond ring.
When they were still married in 2011, Nick Cannon gave Mariah Carey a $400,000 Rolls Royce as a Christmas present.
In 2010, when her show was in its last season, Oprah took 300 people on a trip to see Australia for the first time in their lives.
As a thank-you for the work of his colleagues in the cast of 'Big People,' the actor and owner of the film production company, gave each of them nothing less than a Maserati.
When dating the actress of the Twilight saga, Robert Pattinson presented her with a $18,000 white golden pen. The object was a limited model of the Bentley brand.
The American hip hop artist Offset sent his partner Cardi B a Lamborghini valued at $200,000, just to show her that he missed her during his business trip.
Shawn Mendes prepared one of the most spectacular parties for his then-partner, Camila Cabello, on the occasion of her 23rd birthday. It was completely set in the Cinderella theme, and there was even an ice sculpture of Cinderella's glass shoe that read: "Happy Birthday Camila." Of course, by midnight the shoe must have melted.
The late and beloved Naya Rivera used to be engaged to Big Sean. One time, she gave the rapper the dream of any video game lover: a vintage Pac-Man arcade machine. Big Sean proudly posted it on his social media.