Is Opie Broke?
0 2014-04-07 by iamnotopieradio
The guy is selling instagram photos, t-shirts and coffee mugs on his site. Furthermore, I wonder if his incessant YouTube promotion is more about ad monetization rather than his previously assumed obsession of being somewhat famous.
Unless this is all one big gag and one of these days "Opie" comes out of the closet and reveals that his previous 5 years of doucheyness is all one big Andy Kaufman-like bit.
62 comments
18 tedlannister 2014-04-07
Opie is the richest on the show and more rich than Ant according to the usually innacurate networth websites. He has been in radio longer and may even get paid a tiny bit more due to what it takes to run the show (aka captain of the ship). He also doesn't blow all his money on stupid shit like yard dinosaurs, 5k+ hands of blackjack, 50 cal guns, paying to keep hot 18 year olds around, etc.
He just has a desire to go viral at all costs, and Ant is the epitome of nigga rich. Norton on the other hand only gets paid a fraction to my knowledge.
15 shaqfan99 2014-04-07
Opie also didn't have an acrimonious divorce with alimony.
(Yet)
-1 [deleted] 2014-04-07
Opie's eventual divorce will top Ant's because of the two children.
1 Happy_ScrappyHeroPup 2014-04-07
This comment's kind of shit... you're mentioning his kids in the same breath that you're predicting his divorce (which could be funny but is creepy when it's not)
Don't you claim to be a therapist?
9 [deleted] 2014-04-07
"You blow thirty dollars on a hand of blackjack!"
3 tedlannister 2014-04-07
Haha that was fucking great when I heard it
1 Sentinel_Event 2014-04-07
Yeah, the Opster blows his $ on 2 kids and a wife >20 years younger than him living in Manahttan. I'll take Ant's life now, and definitely when a 40-something Lynsi realizes she's married to a senior citizen.
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1 CaptainBroccoli 2014-04-07
Yard dinosaurs.. Haha
14 mr__hat 2014-04-07
No.
It's called merchandise. All kinds of people do it, even billionaires.
10 majestik6 2014-04-07
Opie isn't the most talented person on the show, but he's probably one of the hardest working. He spends a LOT of his own time trying to promote the show, because God knows SiriusXM won't do it.
1 Danielson799 2014-04-07
He built the show.
6 highflyin 2014-04-07
More like an ego-booster: "Look, people want to buy my photos and tee shirts"
2 IggysGlove 2014-04-07
Exactly. Thought it was that transparent for everyone else.
6 VanDamme79 2014-04-07
He's not broke. He just gets off on people being interested in his ideas and desiring his creations. When you purchase a photo he gets a little chubby.
3 shaqfan99 2014-04-07
I agree but Most of us agree that his skills are in being a quarterback and producer rather than a funny guy and that's where he should be trying to make his mark. Go identify and fund/produce young talent, whether it's a YouTube prankmaster kid or a homeless singer.
And if he really gets off on YouTube views enough to hire a crazy actress lady, he should divorce his name from it so that the concept can rise or die on its own, then eventually have a reveal at another date, ala kimmel.
If I'm opie I would have been funding someone's podcast network in secret for a few years by now to have it ready to jump ship to whenever it is time.
4 VeritablyClean 2014-04-07
I'm willing to bet Opie invests in more comedy productions than you know. Remember he invested in Vos' Women Aren't Funny, but didn't really talk about it until Vos got all jewy about it on air
8 IggysGlove 2014-04-07
Opie brought up how he didnt really bring it up all the time.
Which is like bringing it up.
-1 GleepGlorpFloopdedoo 2014-04-07
And Opie is a lot more charitable than people want to give him credit for.
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4 Berneh 2014-04-07
My wife asked opie how much it would cost to ship one if his pics to the UK , he responded by saying he would send a free one, we were over the moon because it was for my birthday and I love the show, Opie got loads of retweets and looked like the good guy but that was in January and we still never got the picture :-( I would have rather just paid the postage as a gift for myself
4 Chip--Chipperson 2014-04-07
He's just keeping busy outside of work. If you can make a quick buck, why wouldn't you? His doorman isn't going to pay himself.
3 VeritablyClean 2014-04-07
He's the richest of the staff, without a doubt
2 [deleted] 2014-04-07
Yes. He has never been divorced like Ant and he probably spends way less money.
2 [deleted] 2014-04-07
He also has a piece of his brother's restaurant.
-5 testiclezits 2014-04-07
I bet Jimmy makes the most, He's always on the road
7 Buzz_Killington_III 2014-04-07
No. No he doesn't, not even close.
3 shaqfan99 2014-04-07
Nope. Jim is only a theater comedian here in the northeast, and only once per year. He's a club performer anywhere else, and you can hear him refer to how his comedy rarely draws big audiences outside of a group billing, like the antisocial tour.
3 VanDamme79 2014-04-07
If he was always on the road he would never be on the show. He flies out to do 3-day sets maybe twice a month.
1 [deleted] 2014-04-07
Laughably untrue. He doesn't get as much from Sirius, he doesn't draw that much, and he's not doing any movies or tv shows regularly. He's on the edge of it, though, if it's true he has a show in development, and it makes it to the air. I thinks he's probably doing okay though, he's not missing any bills or meals. He's got his book money, DVD money, Leno money, and if he's cut back on hookers, he's probably socking a decent amount away.
-1 testiclezits 2014-04-07
Oh i Forgot you losers know everything
3 oasuperfanwnew 2014-04-07
He's just cashing in on waning celebrity
2 Borborygm 2014-04-07
I think at this point, with two young kids and realizing that he's not getting any younger, he's just trying to cash in on anything and leave behind as much as he can to his family.
1 GleepGlorpFloopdedoo 2014-04-07
^ Yep.
The radio gig's not going to last forever.
2 buttriot 2014-04-07
It really is unbelievably pathetic of him to do. The only thing I can guess he's getting out of it is trying to find another revenue stream for when the show is over for him. But I can't imagine he sells more than a few hundred of any of those things. Much like his "viral video" career.
2 [deleted] 2014-04-07
I'm sure he's fine. Opie just wants internet "presence" but he clearly doesn't "get" Youtube at all.
0 iamnotopieradio 2014-04-07
Doesn't "get" Youtube???
2 VanDamme79 2014-04-07
Only the Bobos of this sub would click that
2 Danielson799 2014-04-07
This sub is nothing but bobo's. Don't you see that?
-1 iamnotopieradio 2014-04-07
It's a link to his awful Athlete's Foot video
2 ThePittWolf 2014-04-07
He's just not as lazy as anthony
1 CryptoZappa 2014-04-07
Opie is raising a family in Manhattan, so I actually think Ant is richer, even with the gambling.
1 VeritablyClean 2014-04-07
Ant's wife took half his savings while they were at the top. So already Opie at least double as rich
6 Danielson799 2014-04-07
No she took half of everything he had and would earn for like the next decade. If ant had money he woulda gotten a T. Rex like a real rich man. Not a raptor.
1 GleepGlorpFloopdedoo 2014-04-07
Lesson to be learned, kids - have your own savings account in your own name, always.
2 Chip--Chipperson 2014-04-07
not that i disagree with this, but apparently bitches are bitches.
1 GleepGlorpFloopdedoo 2014-04-07
And bitches ain't shit
3 Opprobriousness 2014-04-07
But they are often times hoes and/or tricks.
1 [deleted] 2014-04-07
He's been doing radio for almost 30 years. Several of those years he was syndicated all over the country. He's been through several contract negotiations with SiriusXM. The dude has money. A lot of well paid people do what he's doing. He probably into photography and actually think he's good. What is he supposed to do give his art away for free? You people are idiots. I don't care how rich I am I got an easy way to add an extra 2k to my bank account, and I'd do it too. That's how rich people get rich you dumb motherfuckers.
1 Spekk10 2014-04-07
Glad he's profiting off of his photos of other people's graffiti
1 sk00ks 2014-04-07
you can not be this fucking stupid
1 Mejiax55 2014-04-07
Jay mohr has been doing comedy and movies for 30 years and he was selling t shirts and comedy specials after his set in bananas last weekend. It's called hustle and paying off overhead.
1 poopstainmcgoo 2014-04-07
No, he's not broke, just desperate for fame, attention, and recognition on his own merit, none of which he will ever achieve.
1 zorkon128 2014-04-07
You can check peoples estimated earnings from youtube on socialblade.com
0 RzK 2014-04-07
Lot's of people with money and fame try and keep that income rising, who doesn't like watching their bank get full?
oh wait I mean,
DURR OPIE SOLD OUT HURRRR WHAT HE DOES IN HIS LIFE IS MY BUSINESS MAHNNNN EVEN THOUGH IT AFFECTS ME IN NO WAY. Stop being jealous cunts and listen to the show, who gives a fuck what he does...
0 FresnoJefferson 2014-04-07
It'll only be a matter of time before his 29 y/o cunt gold-digging wife blows through all his savings. Actually feel bad for Opie. She's probably the fucking reason why his family can't move out of the city into a bigger, cheaper home instead of paying astronomical Manhattan housing prices and taxes.
-1 BumbiBestie 2014-04-07
I think he's goofing on Howard Stern's bad photos by selling Instagram pics.
-4 [deleted] 2014-04-07
I figure this is something that he is doing with his wife to make her feel included per the direction of a couples therapist.
4 GleepGlorpFloopdedoo 2014-04-07
What's up with your obsession over his wife? It's sort of an odd fixation.
5 Clown_Shoe 2014-04-07
Lady trucker hates any woman that weighs less than her semi
5 TEDS_CAKE_EMPORIUM 2014-04-07
Dreams of being her.
-3 [deleted] 2014-04-07
I don't have an obsession with her.
1 GleepGlorpFloopdedoo 2014-04-07
You really do though, you seem to bring her up more often than anyone else, and she really just has zero relevance at all to anything.
-1 [deleted] 2014-04-07
I've brought up their marriage 3 times in 12 months. Projecting much?
1 GleepGlorpFloopdedoo 2014-04-07
I didn't say you were obsessed with their marriage, I said you were obsessed with his wife.
Projecting? Are you really a counselor? They'll give a license to anyone these days, I guess.
1 GleepGlorpFloopdedoo 2014-04-07
Lesson to be learned, kids - have your own savings account in your own name, always.
6 Danielson799 2014-04-07
No she took half of everything he had and would earn for like the next decade. If ant had money he woulda gotten a T. Rex like a real rich man. Not a raptor.