[DannyTN]

There should be a maximum alimony amount and maximum child support amounts. To base it on someone’s current income with the assumption that it will always be that high is a cruel form of slavery.

[DannyTN]

There should be a maximum alimony amount and maximum child support amounts. To base it on someone’s current income with the assumption that it will always be that high is a cruel form of slavery.

[VanDeKoik]

He did many of his roles to pay off his various ex wives.

Poor guy lost millions ina alimony.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Poor guy. He had to work at things he didn't like because he needed the money. Nobody does that.

[Red Badger]

It just doesn’t make any sense at all. He needed money, making films is money in the bank. You have to work to pay the bills, even if it’s something you don’t really care for. What were his ‘demons’? We’ll never know.................

[rdcbn]

Being humiliated by having to commute 20 miles from the nicest place to live in the country to work on TV show and being forced to subsist on $800,000 a month is really a grim fate .

On the other hand, I was facing having to play Ms Doubtfire , I'd probably slit my wrists.

[vpintheak]

Choices and repercussions. This is life.

[americas.best.days...]

So it’s a twofer.

He didn’t have to make it and we don’t have to watch it!

[Veggie Todd]

Don’t like to pay alimony? Then don’t run off with the nanny.

[Alex Murphy]

He had committed to starring in sequels to the hugely successful Mrs Doubtfire and Night in the Museum, as well as comedy Merry Friggin’ Christmas, and the drama Boulevard...."Robin had promised himself he would not do any more as he invested so much in his roles that it left him drained and particularly vulnerable to depressive episodes,” the friend told the paper. "He signed up to do them purely out of necessity. He wasn’t poor, but the money wasn’t rolling in any more and life is expensive when you have to pay off two ex-wives and have a family to support.”

As Dave Ramsey would say, his problem wasn't "income", it was "outgo".

[hinckley buzzard]

The lesson here is, it can be depressing to have money problems, but money and a luxurious lifestyle won't cure depression.

[forgotten man]

If you divorce a hard working woman has a history of bringing home paychecks you don’t have to pay alimony. If you are a rich guy and divorce a woman who sits on her ass while the maid does all of the work you pay alimony.

[DouglasKC]

Somebody call the waaaaaambulance. The guy reaped what he sowed and we’re supposed feel sorry for him because he has to live a slightly less lavish life AND had to actually act in movies to sustain it. Boo fricking hoo.

[HokieMom]

At age 62 he should have been thinking about slowing down. Instead, he was trying to pick up the pace and his fragile emotional state of recovery couldn’t handle it.

[tflabo]

WHy does Hollyweird have to make a sequel out of almost every dang movie and sometimes TV shows? WHats next-— Tootsie II ? C’mon you laggards.

[Hot Tabasco]

Robin Williams resented having to work on films such as the second Mrs Doubtfire but felt compelled in order to keep money coming in,

Wow, I can relate to that! The last 9 years of my employment after being transferred to the corporate offices were pure hell......not the job but the jerks I had to work for.

Had I been lucky enough to garner the proceeds of even one of Williams' movies I could have told the corporate folks good bye and lived a life of financial security forever after.......

[Michael.SF.]

I am saddened by the passing of Mr. Williams and my sympathy is extended to his family. His death is due to his sever depression/mental health issues and that is tragic.

But, his financial situation, cannot be attributed solely to his divorces. Specifically:

$35,000,000 Estate

He should have had better advisors, as well as being wiser on how he spent his millions.

[Gay State Conservative]

There are certain occupations that are volatile and unpredictable in terms of income.Sports and showbiz are two that come to my mind.One day you can be making millions and three years later you're making nothing.If you're in such a field and find that you're making millions the wise thing to do is live well below your means (but still comfortably) and put what's left over into safe,stable investments.Then,if (or,more likely,*when*) the day comes when you stop making millions you have something to fall back on.I'd wager that Robin Williams made tens of millions...if not more...during the height of his career.OTOH,I've made *much* less than that during my lifetime and have always lived comfortably and have never had to consider suicide because of financial issues.

IOW,I have little sympathy for him...at least in terms of his alleged financial distress.

[mmichaels1970]

I don’t see this so much as him complaining about the work...or the money for that matter. He knew that the work was not good for his mental health. The money compelled him to do it anyway. He was dreading the manic episodes he knew were going to come.

[SIDENET]

was said to have been dreading making more films as they "brought out his demons".

Yeah, work does that to me, too.