Gail Kim Recalls Promoters Not Wanting To Pay Her Because They Thought Her Husband Was Rich

Gail Kim says that she’s dealt with promoters who didn’t want to pay her because they thought her husband Robert Irvine was “rich.” Irvine is a celebrity chef and talk show host, and Kim recently noted during her appearance on HUGE POP! with Donnie DaSilva and Jimmy Korderas that some promoters sought to avoid paying her because of her husband’s money. You can see highlights below (per Fightful):

On promoters not wanting to pay her: “I’ve had promoters literally admit to me that they didn’t wanna pay me because they thought my husband was rich. When I met my husband, he wasn’t rich, okay? He worked his ass off to get where he is in his successes, to this day, and I’ll say, I used to resent it so much. Now, I’m so grateful and I’m like, you know what though? Because he is successful now, I’m not in a place where I can be pushed around or accept less than my value and all those things, so, it’s kind of a double-edged sword in a sense, but, it’s just mind-blowing.

“It’s either — I don’t know. I’ve heard every excuse in the book of why I shouldn’t get paid equally, and then hearing people actually admit because they think my husband does well. Guess what? My husband loves that I’m independent. That was one of the reasons why he fell in love with me, and it’s a constant fight. It’s always been a fight from the very beginning of my career, till the very end of, you know, when I just finished recently so, it’s pretty crazy.”

On whether it was just smaller promoters or major companies as well: “No comment… I won’t comment any further on that… It’s pretty wild, it’s pretty wild.”