Wednesday June 4, 2008
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Forbes estimates Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen have a net worth of $100 million and Parade reported the two earned $17 million last year.
But Mary-Kate — who turns 22 on June 14 — tells July's Elle, "It's nobody's business if I am or I'm not [rich].
"I mean, if you want to have a discussion about fame and what does it really mean to be famous these days, what's celebrity anymore? What's media? That's different. I have a completely different point of view about all this because I was never thrown into it.
"I grew up in it," she says. "It wasn't something that I aspired to. It's just something I knew. For me, I just worked. I had a job. I've had a job for 21 years."
See her biggest style slip-ups.
She also spoke out on:
Sister Ashley:
“We don’t agree all the time. The way we go about business or designing or making a decision is that we come at it from two completely different angles that, at the end of the day -- even when we don’t think we’re agreeing with each other -- we are agreeing. We’re just getting there in different ways. Unless you’re a twin, you honestly can’t know how close twins can be. When there’s that much love there’s ... well, there’s the opposite of everything, but it stems from love, and it stems from passion. We’re driven people. I do know I can’t work in an office. Ashley, on the other hand, loves going to an office.”
Heath Ledger's death:
"I'm not going to comment on that — I won't give you a word about that in the nicest way possible. Let's move on."
(See heartwarming photos of Heath's life.)
Her Wacky Style:
"You're either on the worst dressed list or you've started a fashion trend. I think there's a real disconnect between the media's perception of fashion and the fashion world's idea of fashion. I don't know why I wear some of the things I wear. I like wearing crazy things sometimes. I like being playful. Sometimes I feel like I'm playing dress-up and becoming character. It's sort of like an art. It can change your mood or the way that people are attracted to you."
Sexiness:
"I feel like I can be sexy when I want to be... I personally think the women who are the most sexy are the women who are truly themselves, whatever that may be."
Her 2004 rehab stint [for anorexia]:
"I have never talked about that, or been quoted about that. Look, I think it's important that what anybody goes through -- and I'm not saying that it's true or not true — you realize it's part of growing up. Everybody is going to go through hard times. It's a part of life. I think the hardest part to get to is that point of asking for help or reaching out to other people and being honest with yourself. I do not want to go through my life with my eyes shut. And I don't want to go through it with a closed mind. I want to be aware of things. And I'd rather know than not know."
Therapy:
"Yeah, I talk with people. I think it's important. I wouldn't call 'em a shrink, but it's good to have communication with whomever, whether it's a mentor or a therapist or a psychiatrist, whether it's your mom or your dad or your best friend. I think at some point I had to say that I deserve to be happy. As Diane [von Furstenberg] would say, 'It was okay to love myself and be my best friend.' I think everyone deserves that."
Life as a celebrity:
"It's weird to be called a celebrity... I mean, if I see a paparazzi shot of me walking that's in a magazine or something at some event, it's as if I see it from an outsider's point of view. There's like a character, almost, and then there's me. I think it's kind of entertaining."
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Posted by Mandi Illuzzi at 1:02 pm ET
