{"id":23109,"date":"2026-06-11T12:49:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T12:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/drew-sidoras-real-housewives-of-atlanta-salary-revealed-amid-divorce-from-ralph-pittman-e-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T12:49:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T12:49:48","slug":"drew-sidoras-real-housewives-of-atlanta-salary-revealed-amid-divorce-from-ralph-pittman-e-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/drew-sidoras-real-housewives-of-atlanta-salary-revealed-amid-divorce-from-ralph-pittman-e-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Drew Sidora's Real Housewives of Atlanta Salary Revealed Amid Divorce From Ralph Pittman – E! News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Real Housewives of Atlanta <\/em>star Drew Sidora's six-figure salary was revealed\u2014including her fee per episode\u2014in court documents from her divorce with Ralph Pittman, which was finalized June 8.
Drew Sidora<\/strong>'s salary from The Real Housewives of Atlanta<\/em><\/a> is something to sing about.
As the Bravo star finalized her divorce from ex Ralph Pittman<\/strong>\u2014who she broke up with in 2023 after eight years of marriage\u2014on June 8, her financials were revealed in related court documents, including her salary from appearing on RHOA<\/em>.
Sidora, 41, earned a little over $352,000 in 2023 for her role as a main cast member season 15, according to court filings obtained by TMZ<\/a>. The documents showed her salary increasing to $380,000\u2014or $22,500 per episode\u2014in 2024 for the 16th season, which Pittman and Sidora\u2019s kids Josiah<\/strong>, 14, Machai<\/strong>, 10 and Aniya<\/strong>, 8, also appeared in.
Sidora's income for filming season 17 increased to around $465,000, coming out to $26,000 per episode, per the filing.\u00a0
And holding a peach on Bravo isn't Sidora's only financial win. The legal records noted the actress\u2014who\u2019s had roles in Step Up <\/em>and White Chicks<\/em>\u2014secured $19,000 from residuals and royalties in addition to $83,000 from other work in 2024.\u00a0
As such, the court ruled that Sidora will pay Pittman $2,218 per month in child support for Machai and Aniya, per the documents. And while Pittman was awarded ownership of their $1.9 million home, the docs stated that he must pay Sidora around $145,000 in interest.
The court also dictated that Sidora will maintain ownership of the couple's Cadillac Escalade and family dog, per the filing<\/a>, which noted that the reality star\u2014born Drew Jordan<\/strong>\u2014will legally revert to her maiden name from Pittman\u2019s surname.
And the name change is a big deal. After all, the pair celebrated Sidora taking Pittman's name during an anniversary dinner in season 13, which ended with the CrazySexyCool <\/em>actress confronting her then-husband for taking an unplanned three-day trip to Florida.\u00a0
Since then, the series has continued to show the decline of their marriage, including when courts ordered Pittman to move into the basement<\/a> of their family home in 2024. \u00a0
While details of Sidora\u2019s finances have now been disclosed, she\u2019s not the only star whose pay stubs have been revealed. Keep reading to learn about other celebrity paychecks.
Jennifer Lawrence
Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence<\/strong><\/a> was paid $25 million to star in Adam McKay<\/strong>\u2019s ensemble disaster comedy Don\u2019t Look Up<\/em>. But her costar and fellow Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>got $30 million.
\u201cLook, Leo brings in more box office than I do,\u201d Lawrence told Vanity Fair<\/em><\/a> for its\u2019 December 2020\/January 2021 issue. \u201cI\u2019m extremely fortunate and happy with my deal. But in other situations, what I have seen\u2014and I\u2019m sure other women in the workforce have seen as well\u2014is that it\u2019s extremely uncomfortable to inquire about equal pay. And if you do question something that appears unequal, you\u2019re told it\u2019s not gender disparity but they can\u2019t tell you what exactly it is.\u201d
Her sanguine attitude was hard-fought: When the disparity between Lawrence\u2019s compensation and that of her male costars for 2013\u2019s American Hustle<\/em> was revealed in the 2014 Sony email hack, it prompted an industry-wide conversation<\/a> about the gender pay gap in Hollywood.
"I'm so fortunate to have my job. My problem is not money," Lawrence told the U.K.\u2019s Channel 4 News in 2017<\/a>. "I wasn't upset that I only got this many millions for a movie. That's ridiculous. I was angry about the unfairness and inequality<\/a>."
Jonah Hill
Less comparable to DiCaprio\u2019s salary: The $60,000 \u201cbefore commissions and taxes\u201d that Jonah Hill<\/strong><\/a> was paid for 2013\u2019s The Wolf of Wall Street<\/em>, while the titular wolf made $10 million.
\u201cThey gave me the lowest amount of money possible,\u201d Hill recalled on The Howard Stern Show <\/em>in 2014. But it was the chance to appear in a Martin Scorsese<\/strong> movie, so the Moneyball<\/em> alum wanted to get the deal done before anyone could change their mind.
\u201cI would sell my house and give him all my money to work for [Scorsese],\u201d explained Hill, who earned his second Best Supporting Actor nomination for his turn as a squirrelly substance-abusing stockbroker. \u201cThis isn't what you make money for. You do\u00a022 Jump Street<\/em>\u00a0or you do other things, and you can pay your rent. I would have done anything in the world. I would do it again in a second. This isn't about money. You should do things that you care about."
Jenna Johnson
While there's no cash prize for nabbing Dancing With the Stars<\/em>' mirrorball trophy, \u201cwhoever makes it to the finale, you all get paid up until then<\/a>," Jenna Johnson<\/strong>, who won season 33 with partner Joey Graziadei<\/strong>, shared. "And you do get a nice bonus.\u201d
"If you win," Johnson, who noted pro contracts are dependent on seniority, continued. "it\u2019s not like you get a million dollars. You\u2019re just getting a cute trophy together.\u201d As for those who say farewell to the ballroom early, well, as she explained, "You\u2019re guaranteed until a certain amount of weeks.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to multiple reports<\/a>, dancer salaries start at around $1,200 to $1,600 an episode, which can increase to up to of $100,000 per season. (ABC has not confirmed these reports.) On the flip side, celebrities receive a starting salary of $125,000. As they cha-cha further into the competition, stars\u00a0 receive additional bonuses with the semifinalists and finalists getting paid up to $50,000 extra.
Lisa Kudrow
The actress seemingly confirmed that the Friends<\/em> cast\u2014including Jennifer Aniston<\/strong><\/a>, Courtney Cox<\/strong>,<\/a>David Schwimmer<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and Matt LeBlanc<\/strong><\/a>\u2014get $20 million in residuals per year from the show re-airing, quipping to The Time<\/em>s<\/a> in April 2026 that if she had to guess why, it's \u201cBecause Phoebe Buffay was so great?"
But in actuality, she praised the talents of her costars for their performances.
\u201cI felt I did OK, but Jennifer and Courteney? Amazing,\u201d she raved. \u201cDavid and Matt? They had me laughing so hard. And then Matthew<\/strong> [Perry<\/strong>]\u2014he was just beyond us all.\u201d
Joe Giudice
To hear\u00a0Joe Giudice<\/a><\/strong> tell it, his and ex-wife Teresa Giudice<\/a><\/strong>'s salary for season one of The Real Housewives of New Jersey<\/a><\/em> was nothing to flip over<\/a>. "We got paid nothing the first season," he detailed on daughter Gia Giudice<\/strong>'s\u00a0Casual Chaos<\/a><\/em> podcast in August 2025. "I'll even say, it was like $25,000. It was ridiculous. But, whatever."
And the ingredientses<\/em> they put into that initial fame-making season weren't cheap. "I think the first year we had that big party in my great room," the father of four reflected. "I think that show cost me $150,000 the first year."
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey<\/strong><\/a> happily accepted only a little bit of green to star in 1985\u2019s The Color Purple<\/em>.
\u201cThey were only offering $35,000 to be in this film, and it is the best $35,000 I ever earned,\u201d the billionaire media mogul told Essence<\/em><\/a> in 2023. \u201cIt changed everything and taught me so much.\u201d
Jennifer Lopez
When she scored the role of late Tejana singer Selena Quintanilla<\/strong> in the 1997 biopic Selena<\/em>, Jennifer Lopez<\/strong><\/a> became the first Latina actress to earn $1 million for a film.
\u201cI was too young and didn\u2019t know what the hell was going on,\u201d Lopez told Variety<\/em> in 2019<\/a>, reflecting on her breakout movie. \u201cIt was great they offered me a million dollars. I feel like everyone was making a statement.\u201d
And it paved the way for her to make hundreds of millions more, though sometimes her participation doesn\u2019t cost a thing.
\u201cI do things because I love them,\u201d Lopez explained to GQ <\/em>in 2019<\/a>. \u201cI didn't get paid a whole bunch of money for\u00a0Hustlers<\/em>. I did it for free and produced it. I bank on myself, you know? Like\u00a0Jenny From the Block<\/em>\u2014I do what I love."
Adrien Brody
Adrien Brody<\/strong><\/a> didn\u2019t do The Brutalist <\/em>for the money. Rather, he took on the role of a Hungarian architect suffering for his art in post-WWII America for $250,000 and won his second Oscar for Best Actor.
\u201cI need a studio movie now, because I\u2019ve poured it all into this,\u201d Brody quipped to Variety<\/em><\/a>, referring to the \u201cbarn that looks like a castle\u201d he\u2019s renovating in upstate New York.
Pete Davidson
\u201cDo you guys know what they pay us?\u201d Pete Davidson<\/strong><\/a> cracked<\/a> to New York <\/em>magazine when asked ahead of Saturday Night Live<\/em>'s\u00a050th anniversary special how he spent his money when he was first hired at the age of 20 in 2014. \u201cIt\u2019s like three grand an episode, so I think I got dinner.\u201d
Interestingly, the salaries have remained proportional for SNL <\/em>newcomers, with season one stars John Belushi<\/strong>,\u00a0Jane Curtin<\/strong>,\u00a0Gilda Radner<\/strong>,\u00a0Dan Aykroyd<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Chevy Chase <\/strong>reportedly earning $750 an episode back in 1975. Which was roughly equivalent to $3,300 in 2014, according to the Consumer Price Index Inflation calculator<\/a>. (Though the $750 of 1975 is $4,428 in 2025.)
Kenan Thompson
While Kenan Thompson<\/strong><\/a> makes a lot<\/em> more than $3,000 per episode of SNL <\/em>now that he\u2019s in his record 22nd season, the former Nickelodeon star had to start somewhere.
\u201cThat first commercial when they paid me, it was $800,\u201d the All That <\/em>alum revealed in\u00a0Demi Lovato<\/strong>\u2018s 2024 documentary\u00a0Child Star<\/em>. \u201cI was 12 so that may as well have been a million dollars."
Lauren Graham
It turns out Gilmore Girls<\/em>\u2019 status as a beloved rewatchable classic is literally priceless<\/a>.
\u201cThere really are no residuals on Netflix,\u201d Lauren Graham<\/strong>, who played Lorelai Gilmore for seven seasons and then reprised the role for 2016\u2019s Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life<\/em>, said on Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/em> in March 2025<\/a>. \u201cBut I\u2019ve been paid in love and appreciation.\u201d
Tommy Dorfman
Feeling not so appreciated, Tommy Dorfman <\/strong>got specific about her 13 Reasons Why <\/em>paycheck<\/a> during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike\u2014which was prompted in part (as was the WGA strike) by streamers like Netflix not making it a practice to pay additional compensation to cast and crew once a show had become a big hit.
"my earnings for the entire first season of\u00a013 reasons why<\/em><\/a>\u00a0were $29,953.24 prior to agency and manager fees (20%) and taxes," Dorfman wrote on\u00a0Threads<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0July 24. "8 episodes over six months." She continued, \u201ci did all of the promo and had KEY ART for this show, flew round trip from NYC to SF to shoot for every episode, was kept for days without pay\/working. i barely qualified for insurance."
And, Dorfman added, \u201cwithin the first 28 days of release, the show's season 1 garnered a total of 476 million view hours. this is why we strike."
Dax Shepard
Without naming names or numbers, Dax Shepard<\/strong><\/a> told fellow Parenthood <\/em>alum Lauren Graham when she appeared on his podcast that he knew he made \u201camong the lowest of all the actors\u201d<\/a> on their NBC drama, which ran for six seasons.
But, the Armchair Expert <\/em>host stressed that he did not <\/em>mind.
\u201cEvery job I had ever had in my life prior to\u00a0Parenthood<\/em>, I made a point to find out what everyone was making,\u201d he said. \u201cI'd always figure it out\u2014either a conversation where I get it out of them or I backchannel through an agent."
So he made a point to purposely not<\/em> seek out such info about his Parenthood<\/em> family, which helped with enjoying the experience even when he did<\/em> get an inkling of where he was on the pay pyramid.
George Clooney
\u201cI got a dollar for writing the script,\u201d George Clooney<\/strong><\/a> told the Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/a> in 2005 about the financial strings he pulled to get his film Good Night, and Good Luck <\/em>made. \u201cI had to endorse my check for directing and turn in my acting salary. [Actor, cowriter and coproducer Grant Heslov<\/strong>] and I each made a buck for doing it.\u201d
His labor of love about CBS News journalist Edward R. Murrow<\/strong> speaking truth to power in the 1950s had legs, though: Making his Broadway debut, Clooney wrapped his months-long stint playing Murrow in a stage adaptation of the film\u00a0 in June 2025. And with the play having grossed a Broadway record (for a nonmusical) $3.3 million during a preview week before <\/em>it officially opened April 3, he made a lot more than $1.
Christian Bale
For his chilling turn as Patrick Bateman in 2000\u2019s American Psycho<\/em>, Christian Bale<\/strong><\/a> was paid \u201cthe absolute minimum they were legally allowed to pay me\u201d because no one in the production really wanted to hire him except director Mary Harron<\/strong>, the Welsh actor told GQ<\/em> in 2022<\/a>.
He made so little, Bale shared, that he remembered \u201csitting in the makeup trailer and the makeup artists were laughing at me because I was getting paid less than any of them.\u201d
Emilia Clarke
No, the Game of Thrones<\/em> cast didn't get paid $300,000 per episode<\/a>, according to Emilia Clarke<\/strong>.
\u201cWe didn\u2019t earn that much," she told Variety<\/em><\/a> in 2026. "Can you imagine? I\u2019d have been driving a couple of Porsches!"
However, the actress\u2014who played Daenerys Targaryen for eight seasons between 2011 and 2019\u2014noted that the money she made throughout the HBO show\u00a0did provide her with enough financial security to pay off her parents\u2019 mortgage.
Jon Heder
His uncle may have been Rico, but Jon Heder confirmed in 2010 that he was \u201cinitially\u201d only paid $1,000 for Napoleon Dynamite<\/em>.
After the irreverent comedy became a sleeper hit, he was able to renegotiate for a piece of the profits, telling the New Zealand Herald<\/em><\/a>, \u201cThey went a little bit higher.\u201d
Djimon Hounsou
Djimon Hounsou<\/strong> said he\u2019s \u201cdefinitely underpaid\u201d in Hollywood<\/a> despite his prestigious list of credits, including Amistad<\/em> and Blood Diamond<\/em>.
"I've been in this business and making films now over two decades," the Beninese actor told CNN\u2019s Larry Madowo<\/strong> in January 2025. "And still\u2014with two Oscar nominations and been in many big blockbuster films\u2014and yet I\u2019m still struggling financially to make a living."
Rebel Wilson
Rebel Wilson<\/strong><\/a> detailed in her 2024 memoir Rebel Rising<\/em> that she was paid $3,500 to do Bridesmaids<\/em>, \u201ca fee that I then had to pay directly to the Screen Actors Guild to join the union. So really, I got paid nothing.\u201d
Still, she wrote, the experience was \u201ceverything!\u201d
And the Australian actress\u2019 star rose ever a-ca higher, with her fee going from the SAG minimum scale of $65,000 for 2012\u2019s Pitch Perfect<\/em> to $10 million for 2017\u2019s Pitch Perfect 3<\/em>. Wilson wrote that she raked in $20 million total for the threequel, Isn\u2019t It Romantic<\/em> and The Hustle<\/em>, though\u2014reality alert\u2014she \u201clost almost 50 percent to taxes, 10 percent to agents and 5 percent\u201d to her lawyer. But even after those obligations and paying her publicist, business manager and assistant, Wilson \u201cnetted what to me was an absolute fortune.\u201d
Ellen Pompeo
In late 2017, Ellen Pompeo<\/strong><\/a> negotiated a new Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/em><\/a> <\/em>contract for $575,000 per episode, a seven-figure signing bonus and two full backend equity points worth an estimated $6 million to $7 million.
\u201cI\u2019m 48 now, so I\u2019ve finally gotten to the place where I\u2019m OK asking for what I deserve, which is something that comes only with age,\u201d Pompeo told The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a> <\/em>in 2018. \u201cBecause I\u2019m not the most \u2018relevant\u2019 actress out there. I know that\u2019s the industry perception because I\u2019ve been this character for 14 years. But the truth is, anybody can be good on a show season one and two. Can you be good 14 years later? Now, that\u2019s a f–kin\u2019 skill.\u201d
Reflecting more recently on how she always made less than costar Patrick Dempsey<\/strong><\/a>, even though she <\/em>was the Grey in question, Pompeo said she didn\u2019t begrudge him his money.
But, she said on a March 2025 episode of Call Her Daddy<\/em><\/a>, \u201cJust being that I was the namesake of the show, I deserved the same and that was harder to get. I wasn't salty about him getting what he got. I was salty that they didn't value me as much as they valued him and they never will.\u201d
Jamie Lee Curtis
Jamie Lee Curtis<\/strong><\/a> recalled getting paid $2,000 a week\u2014so $8,000 in total\u2014for 1978\u2019s Halloween<\/em><\/a>, her movie debut. \u201cI mean,\u201d she told Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> in 2018,\u00a0\u201cnobody got paid<\/em>, anything.\u201d
Yet while the scream queen earned four figures, director John Carpenter<\/strong>\u2019s friend Nick Castle<\/strong> felt like a king making $25 per day to share the role of Michael Myers. <\/em>(It\u2019s Anthony\u00a0Moran <\/strong>whose face you see when the killer\u2019s mask comes off for a freaky second, and editor Tommy Lee Wallace<\/strong> also logged screentime as Michael.)
\u201cThat was a lot at the time!\u201d Castle, who attended film school at USC with Carpenter, told Vanity Fair<\/em><\/a> <\/em>in 2018. \u201cYou have to remember: My interest in doing the film was being on set, so I could demystify the experience of filmmaking and directing. I expected to hang around the set for no money. But hey, $25 per day, and all I had to do was wear a rubber mask.\u201d
Taraji P. Henson
Taraji P. Henson<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for 2008\u2019s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button<\/em>, but years later she was still fired up by the $150,000 she accepted to be in the movie\u2014after producers rejected the $500,000 quote she brought to the table.
As for the film\u2019s leads Brad Pitt<\/strong><\/a> and Cate Blanchett<\/strong><\/a>, \u201cYou don\u2019t hear a lot of $20 million quotes anymore, but at this time that was happening,\u201d Henson said on the Ladies First With Laura Brown <\/em>podcast<\/a> in 2021. \u201cAnd rightfully so\u2014I\u2019m not saying they shouldn\u2019t have paid Cate and Brad what they deserved.\u201d
But, she continued, \u201cI\u2019m bringing a certain amount to the seat too and I felt like what I was asking at that time in my career was fair, was fair to the ticket sales that I would contribute to this big film. Wouldn\u2019t do it.\u201d Henson was \u201cgutted\u201d when they offered $100,000, she recalled. \u201cWhen it was all said and done I got $150,000, but I had to swallow my pride, baby.\u201d
Breaking it down, \u201cI know people go, \u2018$150,000, that\u2019s a lot of money!\u2019\u201d Henson acknowledged. \u201cI don\u2019t ever want people to think that I\u2019m ungrateful because that is not me.\u201d But, she calculated, \u201cUncle Sam is going to take 50 percent of that, so now you\u2019re left with, what? $75,000. Now before Uncle Sam takes the money, I have to pay my team before taxes, 30 percent. So once Uncle Sam takes his 75, then I got another 30 that\u2019s coming off of that 75, so I may have made $40,000?\u201d
Cate Blanchett
While Blanchett has made plenty of money over the years, it didn\u2019t all come from playing royal elf Galadriel<\/a> in The Lord of the Rings<\/em> franchise, though it grossed $2.9 billion at the worldwide box office.
\u201cAre you kidding me? No,\u201d she retorted on Watch What Happens Live <\/em>in August 2024 when Andy Cohen<\/strong> guessed LOTR<\/em> was her biggest paycheck. \u201cNo one got paid anything to do that movie\u2026I mean, I basically got free sandwiches, and I got to keep my ears.\u201d
Orlando Bloom
They weren\u2019t paid a precious amount, that is. Orlando Bloom<\/strong><\/a>, who played elven warrior Legolas, shared on The Howard Stern Show<\/em> in 2023 that he made $175,000 for the whole trilogy.
Hopefully he also got to keep his ears.
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