Michael Jordan is rich, fam. So rich, in fact, that this man turned down a $100 million appearance fee to show up at an event. Why? Simply because he did not feel like showing up, according to agent David Falk.
Falk jumped on WFAN’s “Boomer and Gio” on Thursday to talk about ESPN’s “The Last Dance” docuseries and the legend that Jordan has become. While on the show, he started talking about deals Jordan passed up in his career.
And it just so happened that, three years ago, he reportedly passed up an appearance that would’ve netted him a cool $100 million. No big deal. Just, uh, LIFE CHANGING money on the table here. No sweat.
Here’s how it went down.
“I brought him a deal three years ago for $100 million. All he had to do was, other than giving his name and likeness, make a one two-hour appearance to announce the deal and he turned it down. God bless him. He’s been so successful, it gives him an opportunity to do whatever the hell he wants or not to do things he doesn’t want. I really admire that. He’s very, very selective in the things he wants to be involved in.”
This must be life when you’re worth $2.1 billion. I cannot ever imagine being in position to turn down $100 million for almost anything. But $100 million literally just to show up at the function? That’s easy money!
But, then again, most of those folks aren’t billionaires. And most of those billionaires aren’t Michael Jordan. So there’s that.
