Final evening, following a low-scoring cha-cha with associate Jenna Johnson, Corey Feldman was eradicated from “Dancing With the Stars.” I do know. Stunning information.
Usually, when somebody is eradicated for DWTS, they stick across the stage because the credit roll, chatting with and saying goodbye to their castmates and dance companions. That is not the route Corey selected. He stormed proper off the stage. The awkward second shortly unfold on social media, sparking a bunch of in a single day site visitors on CelebrityNetWorth from folks interested by his internet price.
I get it. Corey is an intriguing man. He is been well-known for forty years. He starred in a few of the largest films of the Eighties and was certifiably one of the crucial well-known celebrities of the period. Between 1984 and 1990, he starred in banger after banger and not using a single miss: “Gremlins,” “The Goonies,” “Stand by Me,” “The Misplaced Boys,” “License to Drive,” “The ‘Burbs,” “Dream a Little Dream,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (he voiced Donatello). What a run. What a resume.
Clearly, his profession began to wane within the Nineteen Nineties, however Corey has nonetheless managed to remain related and dealing all these years later.
There is a pure curiosity about Corey’s funds in any case these years. And in reality, Corey has addressed his peak wealth immediately in numerous interviews. Based on Corey, when he was 15, in roughly 1986, his net worth was $1 million. That is the identical as being price round $3 million immediately. Round that point, he was searching for emancipation from his dad and mom. By the point the emancipation was granted, solely $40,000 remained of his former fortune.
As for his more moderen monetary place, we really realized fairly a little bit of element late final yr due to his ongoing divorce along with his ex-wife Courtney Anne Mitchell…
Corey and Courtney Feldman (Mike Windle/Getty Photos)
Corey’s Marriage Historical past
Corey really has a surprisingly spectacular marriage historical past. Vanessa Marcil? She’s the beautiful actress who might be finest identified for starring on “Las Vegas” and “90210,” however to me will all the time maintain a particular place in my coronary heart for taking part in agent Stanley Goodspeed’s beautiful and rooftop-sex-positive-pregnant-and-catholic spouse from the 1996 basic “The Rock.” Corey and Vanessa not solely dated BUT WERE MARRIED from 1989 to 1993. I am really working low on Getty Photos downloads this month. However I could not resist grabbing a photograph of Corey and Vanessa in 1992. I imply, come on:
(Picture by Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Photos)
In October 2002, Corey married an equally beautiful lady named Susie Sprague in a ceremony that was filmed as the ultimate episode of the primary season of “The Surreal Life” and was officiated by MC Hammer. As one does. They’d a son collectively earlier than they separated in 2009. Maybe as a preview of what was to come back, their divorce took FIVE YEARS to finalize.
Someday round 2015, Corey started courting the lady who would change into his third spouse, Courtney Anne Mitchell. Their relationship first turned public after they appeared on an episode of the fourth season of “Superstar Spouse Swap.” And as you may see from the photograph on the high of this text, most males would have been extraordinarily pleased to spouse swap with Corey. Although I am informed within the tv collection, nothing enjoyable really occurs between the swapping companions.
Across the time of the Spouse Swapping, Corey was managing a bunch of girls he dubbed “Corey’s Angels.” Courtney was one of many Angels. I by no means actually understood what the purpose was with this endeavor. They might pop up occasionally on the “Right this moment” present and numerous radio interviews. Was he making an attempt to make them a well-known woman group? Have they got songs and movies on YouTube/Spotify? Actually, I haven’t got the vitality to look it up.
Corey and Courtney married on November 22, 2016, in Las Vegas. This union led to late 2023. Mitchell formally filed for divorce in March 2024, citing irreconcilable variations. In her submitting, she requested spousal help and legal professional’s charges.
Divorce Lays Naked Funds
As soon as the divorce paperwork hit the courts, a uncommon window opened into Corey’s precise funds.
Courtney informed the courtroom that she had been left in dire straits. She stated she misplaced her barista job, had no automotive, was bouncing between buddies’ houses, and had accrued greater than $20,000 in medical debt from continual well being points like continual fatigue and recurring hives. She argued that the $2,000 Corey had been voluntarily sending her every month wasn’t almost sufficient, and requested a choose to lift the quantity to $5,000 so she may cowl her fundamental wants. Her lawyer emphasised that she had supported Corey emotionally and professionally since 2011, and now discovered herself deserted with out earnings.
Corey painted a totally totally different story. In his filings, he claimed he had simply $34,000 within the financial institution, no actual property, and round $200,000 owed to the IRS. He admitted to extra bank card debt, noting current funds of $439 on a Capital One steadiness and $1,600 to the IRS. His declared month-to-month bills added as much as $16,799, with line objects like $5,000 for healthcare, $2,000 for groceries, $2,000 for consuming out, $1,500 for auto bills, $1,000 for laundry, $835 for leisure, and $500 for clothes.
The largest hole got here in how either side described his earnings. Courtney insisted Corey was pulling in as a lot as $280,000 monthly, pointing to his $35,000 fan conference look charges, Cameo movies, merchandise gross sales, and even a $700,000 payday for a documentary in 2020. Corey countered that these have been cherry-picked highs, not the norm. He stated his precise 2023 earnings was simply $78,946, and that between 2016 and 2024, he made a cumulative $179,852. And whereas conference gigs could sound profitable, he confused that brokers, managers, legal professionals, and taxes devour most of these checks earlier than he sees a dime. As for residuals from his spectacular catalog of movies? As he put it in a single submitting:
“I don’t obtain any residuals which add something vital to my earnings or financial savings.”
Texts and Tensions
The monetary drama wasn’t confined to spreadsheets. Courtney even submitted textual content messages from Corey as proof that he acknowledged her struggles however claimed he was too broke to assist. In a single message, Corey wrote:
“Courtney, I am sorry to listen to U R struggling. Please ship me a invoice or break down of what these medical bills are and I will see what may be accomplished. Sadly, that is the worst timing ever. I depart for tour Tom and haven’t any $ in any respect as I’m method over prolonged.”
He went on to elucidate that he had fronted $120,000 in bills for a tour, which wiped him out till future funds got here by. “Communication is essential,” he informed her. “I do not wish to be your enemy in any respect.”
Courtney, in the meantime, blamed her determination to stop medicine in 2023 as the true purpose for the wedding’s collapse. She stated she informed Corey she may now not “occasion” or be a part of him on tour due to her well being, and that the connection unraveled instantly afterward. Corey flatly denied any allegations of drug use, insisting their way of life was modest and even declaring that they lived in a rental house with three roommates.
The divorce doesn’t seem like resolved as of this writing. And provided that his final divorce dragged on for 5 years, this one may maintain exposing Corey’s funds for a very long time to come back.
