Mike Epps said he agrees with Odell Beckham Jr.'s viral remarks about the difficulty to make a $100 contract last a lifetime.
Talking to TMZ, the comedian said that it's "real easy" to blow through $100 million, adding: "Sometimes, you can't measure lifestyle with money."
"Sometimes, lifestyle overlaps money, so you gotta make sure that you control the lifestyle, and then your money will be controlled with it," he explained.
During his recent appearance on The Pivot, OBJ said that when an athlete receives a five-year, $100 million contract, they actually take home around $60 million due to taxes, agent fees and expenses. "That’s 12 million a year you have to spend, use, save, invest, flaunt, whatever," he revealed.
Epps brought up how someone's financial downfall can come in the form of developing an expensive interest or hobby that adds up over time. "The things that you're interested in, can cost you," he said. "If you’re interested in looking good all the time, clothes, and into the hip-hop world, it’s gonna cost to be interested in that."
The actor and comedian understood that those who did not have money growing up can feel the desire to floss, but he advised them to "keep it at a minimum."
Shannon Sharpe also weighed in on Beckham's comments, expressing disbelief that OBJ cannot make $60 million last for the rest of his life. Sharpe questioned why someone making that type of money would need to buy 10 houses or 15 cars or even a million-dollar home for each family member.
"First of all, if you buy somebody in your family a house that costs a million or two, first of all, they can’t afford the upkeep on it," he said. "You buy somebody a Mercedes, a Ferarri, a high-end car… if something happens to it, who are they calling?"
Beckham has since insisted in a post on X that his comments were taken "completely outta context."
"Boy u can’t say nothin in this world nowadays, that’s why I been in my own lane my own world n out the way," he wrote. "People love to take Shxt [sic] completely outta context to rationalize a statement in their own head that makes sense to them… what a world."