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Demi Moore Recalls Getting “Extremely Shamed” Over $12.5M ‘Striptease’ Pay


Although 'Striptease' earned Demi Moore a reported $12.5 million, the role and its pay came with plenty of blowback.

The Golden Globe nominee recently reflected on the criticism around her risqué starring role in 1996’s Striptease, as well as the controversy that came with her reported $12.5 million salary for the Andrew Bergman-helmed film. Jane, it was as if I had betrayed men,” explained Moore on The New York Times ‘ The Interview podcast. She starred in Striptease as Erin Grant, a former FBI office assistant who takes a job dancing at a Miami strip club out of desperation as she fights to win custody of her daughter back from her ex-husband.

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