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Gisele and Tom Brady Are … Rich!

How could you not be rich when moments like these
How could you not be rich when moments like these “just happen.” Photo: Kevin Mazur/2011 Kevin Mazur

The celebrity couple who made the most money between May 2010 and May 2011, according to Forbes’s estimates, is … Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen! Thereby sending the message psychology has long confirmed: A good way to make money is to look good while you do it. While Tom and Gisele are, obviously, better looking and more physically fit than just about anybody else sleeping together, they are also thought to have made more between the two of them than Jay-Z and Beyoncé, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, and the Beckhams in the past year. Those couples rank second, third, and fourth, respectively, on Forbes’s list of highest-earning celebrity couples. The earnings:

1. Gisele and Tom — $76 million
2. Beyoncé and Jay-Z — $72 million
3. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt — $50 million
4. Victoria and David Beckham — $45 million

The World’s Highest-Paid Celebrity Couples [Forbes]

Gisele and Tom Brady Are … Rich!