Salma Hayek feels ‘pressure’ to make money despite being married to billionaire François-Henri Pinault

“I think he finds it kind of sexy,” said Hayek, who is worth an estimated $200 million herself.

The internet had some thoughts about the “pressures” she felt to make money, with many calling for her to ditch the “poor rich girl” act.

“I find it hard to believe that Salma Hayek is struggling to make ends meet,” one user commented on X, while another wrote: “I don’t feel sorry for her please.”

Her remarks were also met with sarcasm.

“I feel so bad for her! It must be hard being married to a billionaire!”

“OMG, it must be so hard for her!”

“Such a victim.”

“Lordy, being worth 200 million dollars, does she feel pressured?”

In it WSJ interview, Hayek recalled that she grew up in a wealthy family, but her father, who was an oil executive, lost his fortune and they suffered financial difficulties.

This would continue into her mid-20s when she was a struggling actress in LA and had to support herself and her family back in Mexico.

“That’s when I became the best version of me,” she said.

“For me, the thrill of having a lot of money was that I didn’t have to think about money, and it turned out that all people wanted to talk to me about was money.

“Strangers come to me who aren’t even friends, but I think we should be friends because they’re rich too.”

This year marks 15 years of marriage for Hayek and Pinault, who have a 17-year-old daughter, Valentina. The actress is also the stepmother of Augustin, the businessman’s son with model Linda Evangelista, and of his children from his first marriage, François and Mathilde.