Kim Kardashian Gets $600k Just To Show Up On New Year's Eve

Oh, celebrity pay-scale - there's just no justifying you.

Folks, let us all make a solemn New Year's resolution that we shall no more whine excessively about what professional athletes make. Exorbitant a sums as their salaries may be, they at least do something.

Then again, as Radar Online reports, Kim "I'd Tell You Why I'm Famous But Then Satan Would Get My Soul" Kardashian will make a cool estimated $600,000 for appearing at the Las Vegas hot-spot Tao on Dec. 31.

The appearance and its fee are a part of a multi-event appearance deal for the "Keeping Up with The Kardashians" and "Kourtney and Kim Take New York" star.

In sharp contrast, Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie will be performing that night at 10ak down the road at the Mirage Hotel & Casino, but making a paltry $100,000.

Again, we review: one deal pays famous-for-being-famous Kim 600 grand to merely show up and hang out; on the other hand, a Grammy nominee who actually does something costs one-sixth that. Let that sink in for just a moment.

Some celebrities just couldn't get a sweet enough deal. Ashton Kutcher reportedly got multiple offers, but the recent divorcee turned them all down. Katy Perry wanted $250,000 for a performance-free appearance but hasn't found any takers so far, reports the New York Post.

There's truth being stranger than fiction again: Perry - whose voice sounds like the song of a dying whale live - wants more money for an appearance deal guaranteeing she won't sing than Fergie will make to perform.

P.Diddy, on the other hand, literally just took his ball and went - well, not "home" but to Miami. He was to perform at the opening of Hyde, but couldn't strike a deal he liked. Therefore, he's going to Florida to throw a private bash.

Then there's Mariah Carey. She's far more talented than Fergie. That fact puts her in a whole different universe from anything Kardashian actually does. But alas, she's offering up a mini-performance anywhere in the world priced at $500,000 and finding no takers.

One last time, a review of celebrity math: people would rather pay $600,000 for Kim Kardashian to show up and do an evening worth of nothing than $100,000 for Fergie to perform or $500,000 for a few Mariah Carey songs. Meanwhile, Katy Perry wants double what Fergie makes and half what Mariah pockets in exchange for a written vow that she won't sing.