July 21, 2025 • 5 mins
Rebecca Romijn & Jerry O'Connell have revealed the unconventional way of splitting finances in a marriage and we have thoughts about it.
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
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Speaker 2 (00:17):
Laura, there is a really big Hollywood couple that Okay,
mind you, I say big. We did just have to
do some googling.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
I knew who they were, which doesn't let that's like
actually outrageous because I don't know who anyone is.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Weird because sometimes you're like, who's Beyonce? But you do
know who Jerry O'Connell and Rebecca Remain are. So Jerry
and Rebecca have been married for nearly twenty years. They're
both Hollywood superstars. But they're doing the rounds online at
the moment for something that they just discussed on Andy Cohen.
They were talking about their finances and the way they
share finances. Have a listened to what they said. I mean, Rebecca,
(00:49):
is I mean, do you have a.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Joint bank account because I mean, well zero completely separate.
I bet you do. I mean there's like a community pass.
Do you both contribute to the kids community quarterly and
it's a set fixed amountain.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
We actually throttle how much money we put into that account.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Sometimes what do you mean depending on who's working more?
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (01:13):
You so you say the one who's not working gets
a little bit of a break.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
So interestingly, they go on to say further, eighteen years
that they've been together, they don't know what each other earns, like,
they have no concept of what they've got, what they've
got in the bank or anything. And then like three
times a year they both just put a chunk of
money into this communal pot. But they don't even know
what they're putting in.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
This sounds like a rich person problem. They can only
do this because they're so well if you don't know
who they are. So Rebecca was mystique in X Men.
She's been in lots of things. And Jerry O'Connell, the
reason why I remember him is because he was on
that TV show Sliders million years ago. He's been a
scary movie, He's been in lots of things, those of.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
My crush when I was a teenager.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Well, look, I mean I don't know what he's been
in recently. I think he's done a couple of talk
shows and stuff. But for me, I think if you're
married and you have kids, and I know that everyone's
different when it comes to money, and there's no right
way or wrong way of going about it. But I
would say that most people just kind of put all
their money together instead to keeping Actually maybe that is
maybe that's a that's a big assumption.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
I mean, I think there are right and wrong ways.
There's definitely wrong ways if you have no access to
your money, like there's definitely financial control. But that's not
what we're talking about. I would find it unusual. And
I've got one friend that I can think of that
I remember thinking it was really weird. So I mean,
maybe this is something that we put out to the
public and we do a poll one day, But I
would find it unusual if people had no idea about
(02:32):
what their long term partner husband, wife, father, mother of
their kids earns. Like for me, even if your finances
aren't necessarily shared, the unusual part of this conversation is
not having any idea of like not even a ballparthe
your partner is bringing in. I think that is weird.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
I think that's what I'll backtrack on. So I don't
think that everyone just puts all their money into the
same account. But I would say a lot of people
have visibility or at least an understanding of what their
partner earns. So the way Matt and I do it.
We have our own accounts as well, Like so he's
got his own account, I've got my own account. We
have our offset account, but literally everything goes into that offset,
like every thing that we earn apart from I mean,
(03:10):
if Matt really wanted to keep a bit extra, I
wouldn't know and same might and same for me, Like
I could keep a bit extra, but realistically, everything we
earn goes in together because we're all working towards the
same goals. So why would we keep money siphoned off?
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Yeah? And so my husband Ben and I we are
very transparent with our money and our incomes and who
has what. We have a communal account like a joint account.
Did I say? We put money in, but it's not
always the same amount. We don't like, we just put
what we have, you know. It's like sometimes one person's
putting more in, sometimes the other person, but we always
and I till the day I die, and I truly
(03:45):
believe everyone should do this. I have my own account
that is just for me, and he has his own
account that's just for him. I guess it comes with
a level of trust in your relationships, but I will
never hand over my finances completely to anyone else ever,
But I do think it's important that you are contributing
equally and you know what the other person is.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Yeah, I agree. Well, I mean, look, I really have
backtracked to what I said at the stuff. Yeah, you
like everything, not only because the more I thought about
it more I was like, Oh, there's absolutely going to
be people in cars who are in long term relationships
and they've managed to keep their finances totally separate. Because
everyone's at different stages of life, right, Like, maybe you've
been married, divorced before you've met a new partner, you've
(04:23):
gotten together and you've got your own lives set up,
and so you don't need to put all your funds
in the same pot. But I think sometimes well maybe
it's a healthy way of approaching it when you've got kids.
I think it's just easier to kind of go, Okay,
well we're both in this together, and having a bit
of as much financial transparency as possible as the way
to go. I think that Jerry and Rebecca's setup is
(04:45):
pretty unusual.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Well, interestingly, there is another Hollywood couple that have spoken
about this in the past, Selma Hayak and her husband.
I'm going to butcher. His name Francois Henry Pinoll Pinol. Anyway,
i'd be devoed in that sense. They keep everything separate.
But he's a billionaire, so I guess that's why he's
like a literal billionaire. So I guess that's why he's
probably been like, you know, like you can have your
(05:07):
money on signing enop
Heart podcasts, he more Kiss podcast playlist and listen live
on the Free iHeart app.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Laura, there is a really big Hollywood couple that Okay,
mind you, I say big. We did just have to
do some googling.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
I knew who they were, which doesn't let that's like
actually outrageous because I don't know who anyone is.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Weird because sometimes you're like, who's Beyonce? But you do
know who Jerry O'Connell and Rebecca Remain are. So Jerry
and Rebecca have been married for nearly twenty years. They're
both Hollywood superstars. But they're doing the rounds online at
the moment for something that they just discussed on Andy Cohen.
They were talking about their finances and the way they
share finances. Have a listened to what they said. I mean, Rebecca,
(00:49):
is I mean, do you have a.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Joint bank account because I mean, well zero completely separate.
I bet you do. I mean there's like a community pass.
Do you both contribute to the kids community quarterly and
it's a set fixed amountain.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
We actually throttle how much money we put into that account.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Sometimes what do you mean depending on who's working more?
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (01:13):
You so you say the one who's not working gets
a little bit of a break.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
So interestingly, they go on to say further, eighteen years
that they've been together, they don't know what each other earns, like,
they have no concept of what they've got, what they've
got in the bank or anything. And then like three
times a year they both just put a chunk of
money into this communal pot. But they don't even know
what they're putting in.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
This sounds like a rich person problem. They can only
do this because they're so well if you don't know
who they are. So Rebecca was mystique in X Men.
She's been in lots of things. And Jerry O'Connell, the
reason why I remember him is because he was on
that TV show Sliders million years ago. He's been a
scary movie, He's been in lots of things, those of.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
My crush when I was a teenager.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Well, look, I mean I don't know what he's been
in recently. I think he's done a couple of talk
shows and stuff. But for me, I think if you're
married and you have kids, and I know that everyone's
different when it comes to money, and there's no right
way or wrong way of going about it. But I
would say that most people just kind of put all
their money together instead to keeping Actually maybe that is
maybe that's a that's a big assumption.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
I mean, I think there are right and wrong ways.
There's definitely wrong ways if you have no access to
your money, like there's definitely financial control. But that's not
what we're talking about. I would find it unusual. And
I've got one friend that I can think of that
I remember thinking it was really weird. So I mean,
maybe this is something that we put out to the
public and we do a poll one day, But I
would find it unusual if people had no idea about
(02:32):
what their long term partner husband, wife, father, mother of
their kids earns. Like for me, even if your finances
aren't necessarily shared, the unusual part of this conversation is
not having any idea of like not even a ballparthe
your partner is bringing in. I think that is weird.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
I think that's what I'll backtrack on. So I don't
think that everyone just puts all their money into the
same account. But I would say a lot of people
have visibility or at least an understanding of what their
partner earns. So the way Matt and I do it.
We have our own accounts as well, Like so he's
got his own account, I've got my own account. We
have our offset account, but literally everything goes into that offset,
like every thing that we earn apart from I mean,
(03:10):
if Matt really wanted to keep a bit extra, I
wouldn't know and same might and same for me, Like
I could keep a bit extra, but realistically, everything we
earn goes in together because we're all working towards the
same goals. So why would we keep money siphoned off?
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Yeah? And so my husband Ben and I we are
very transparent with our money and our incomes and who
has what. We have a communal account like a joint account.
Did I say? We put money in, but it's not
always the same amount. We don't like, we just put
what we have, you know. It's like sometimes one person's
putting more in, sometimes the other person, but we always
and I till the day I die, and I truly
(03:45):
believe everyone should do this. I have my own account
that is just for me, and he has his own
account that's just for him. I guess it comes with
a level of trust in your relationships, but I will
never hand over my finances completely to anyone else ever,
But I do think it's important that you are contributing
equally and you know what the other person is.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Yeah, I agree. Well, I mean, look, I really have
backtracked to what I said at the stuff. Yeah, you
like everything, not only because the more I thought about
it more I was like, Oh, there's absolutely going to
be people in cars who are in long term relationships
and they've managed to keep their finances totally separate. Because
everyone's at different stages of life, right, Like, maybe you've
been married, divorced before you've met a new partner, you've
(04:23):
gotten together and you've got your own lives set up,
and so you don't need to put all your funds
in the same pot. But I think sometimes well maybe
it's a healthy way of approaching it when you've got kids.
I think it's just easier to kind of go, Okay,
well we're both in this together, and having a bit
of as much financial transparency as possible as the way
to go. I think that Jerry and Rebecca's setup is
(04:45):
pretty unusual.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Well, interestingly, there is another Hollywood couple that have spoken
about this in the past, Selma Hayak and her husband.
I'm going to butcher. His name Francois Henry Pinoll Pinol. Anyway,
i'd be devoed in that sense. They keep everything separate.
But he's a billionaire, so I guess that's why he's
like a literal billionaire. So I guess that's why he's
probably been like, you know, like you can have your
(05:07):
money on signing enop
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