What Famous TV Commercial Actors Get Paid

The Snapple Lady

Wendy Kaufman played the role of the Snapple Lady. She did commercials and runs their PR branch that answers all of the fan mail she gets within the company. Even though she was paid a cool $100,000 for doing the ad spots, Snapple really should have paid her more. 

Wendy Got Ripped Off

Because of Wendy's commercials, Snapple flew from a $23 million business to a $750 million business within the course of 10 years. Wendy even lost her job when Snapple got bought by Quaker Oats, but they brought her back eventually.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.