FILE - In this Sunday, May 17, 2015 file photo Francois-Henri Pinault and Salma Hayek pose for photographers upon arrival for the screening of the film Carol at the 68th international film festival, Cannes, southern France. Businessman Francois-Henri Pinault and his billionaire father Francois Pinault said they were immediately giving 100 million euros from their company, Artemis, to help finance repairs to fire damaged Notre Dame cathedral.
On Tuesday, their rivalry reached dramatic heights when it was announced Pinault, his son and their company Artemis would immediately donate 100 million euros to help finance renovations to Notre Dame after it was seriously damaged in an inferno during building works. “The Notre Dame donations are the latest in a long line ... They run competing fashion houses and both like the center stage,” he added.Pinault’s son Francois-Henri married actress Salma Hayek and is often in the society pages, while Arnault’s son Antoine fathered children to supermodel Natalia Vodianova.
It's demoralizing this people have so much money and waste it in a rivalry to rebuild an old building, instead of investing in irradiate poverty and hunger...
This is a pathetic waste of money. I admire their philanthropic efforts but believe there are many, many more needy causes. The Catholic Church is extremely wealthy.
mdash254 lets have this competition this year...of course not the one involving money,if you know then you are home😅😅
Who said competition is bad. Altho I think it has nothing to do w pissing contest but more to do w France as a brand; w Tourism; overall it is probably more to do w French economy
What a time to be alive.... 😶
Selma hayak is smoking hot!
That girl is. 😃 built.
The one on the right sure ain't no man!
Hey if they want to act like children, let the cathedral benefit from it.
well we know who wins in the best wife category 👀
Let them fight the good fight.
I’m rooting for the wife. No 🧢
'Just as planned' - France
I’ve got $8.29 that I can contribute to the cause. I hope it makes a difference
let the mexicans pay
I think we can all agree Salma Hayek's husband won. He won it all.
They could do worse things with more money. Why the drama ? Major donors starting a watershed for good should be celebrated not twisted for clickbait (and boob flashing apparently). Do better.
Wish this was a thing in the US. billionaires competing to solve the flint water crisis for example..
notredame was the 875th church to have been vandalized in France 🇫🇷 this year alone. In the last four years these are the attacks on French churches
Repeat: It was an accident It was an accident It was an accident It was an accident It was an accident It was an accident It was an accident It was an accident ... Until you internalize it perfectly and without the shadow of a doubt. — The Ministry of Universal Truth
Why is the Catholic Church, with its vast wealth, not paying for the restoration and now rebuilding of the cathedral? Why do the french citizens have to bear that burden along with everything else macron/EU has dumped on them?
Feed the Poor or rebuild a church? WWJD
Here’s an idea: how about they compete to donate monies toward feeding the starving children in war torn countries!!
Not a bad hung for them to co- venture together and show unity 👀🌟
Maddon’, I’d like a handful of those tycoons
My money is on this guy.
Notre Dame, whoever's in charge, funnel all donations directly to the impoverished.
That’s how you pass through the eye of a needle
Sounds like France needs another 17th century cleansing.
My vote is for her to streak
My wife has Bigger Breast, No my Wife Does, Well I have Billions, No I have Billions
I was going to donate but I’ll back off now. I’ll let the richest men deal with this one.
Are you sure you couldn't sell this story w/o the boobs hanging out?
Looks like maybe the competition goes in some less than constructive directions.
Let them knock themselves out! Notre Dame will need so much to restore it that maybe their silly rivalry will encourage other billionaires to join in! BillGates Jeff Besos amazon In fact, even lowly millionaires (😁) can participate. jimmykimmel jimmyfallon etc., etc., etc..
She has a fantastic set of tits
Beautiful woman. woosh But why is there a bag of dicks on her arm... have that removed..
spit on someone else's vanity, this is not my problem!
I've been crushing hard on her since Desperado (the way she says 'cash register😍). Can you believe she's 53? So insanely gorgeous. That's one lucky m-f'er
Making a bit of a guess here, but I can only imagine they were drawn together out of respect and admiration for each others intellect...
They won’t have to donate much, once the insurance coverage kicks in! Just getting some PR time!
Her dress makes me uncomfortable!
Fuck him. I’m looking at her!
When is Bill Gates and Tim Cook gone step up and start donating to the black churches in Louisiana
Is that dress purple or blue? Huh? Notre what?
Voluntary donations from private citizens can go much farther than any government program to fix something.
now do poverty
This happens all of the time in the States. We just have billionaires everywhere falling over themselves to fix things. That's why Flints water crisis is no longer a problem, all of our homeless have homes, and we have healthcare. Wait... no. Just just kidding.
Does the rivalry include Ms Hayek. Wow.
salmahayek knows damn well she can ask her filthy richh husband, to help fund flintmichigan with all those millions he's donating to a cathederal ⛪ 😒😒
But we do let’s offer them some Redwood. They are big enough, and naturally🔥resistant. “A French cultural heritage expert says France no longer has trees big enough to replace ancient wooden beams that burned in the Notre Dame fire.” RedwoodForNotreDame
Sound like a good competition to me..
Wonder if any of America's wealthiest preachers would go into a donation war to rebuild the three churches that were burned down in Louisiana by a white terrorist?
Naultre Dame?
MFGA.
Wow Boom Boom
at least the whims this time forage a good cause
Rich people problems
I’ll take the rivalry. Over $300 million committed to rebuilding Notre Dame and I am sure much more to come from others greatstart ourlady
Grow the hell up. Geez.
Holy boobs
I know one competition he won.
Money! And Wife...😎
Pitted against by whom? I anticipate that all monetary donations are welcome, regardless of the amount. This isn't a competition. NotreDame
Multiple millionaires have donated fortunes to rebuilding Notre Dame in less than 24 hours, however, where are the American tycoons who received tax breaks from this administrations? Will they help to rebuild the small churches that burned in this country?
If this happened in the United States it would be rebuilt and renamed 'The Cathedral at Amazon Park'!
Does anyone know how much they donate to programs to help the hungry and homeless? Just curious what value they place on life compared to a building.
Assholes
May be they are trying to buy their way into heaven
Un - Fucking real..Wow ! How about competing on who can directly save more lives, Not through some bullshit Foundation, but a person struggling on the streets. I'm a conservative Republican but know bullshit when I see it
Quasimodo and Esmeralda
The real rivalry is who’s getting the best tax cut at the end of the year 🤔😊
It’s like the argument over whether “true altruism” can ever really exist as ‘the giver’ gets, at minimum; intangible benefit…Who cares? Concerns of ego are trivial. Good being done to benefit society and to raise spirits in times of challenge is what matters.
I think the Catholic Church can handle this. Find another worthy cause to have a donation competition
Meanwhile in Yemen people are starving.
This is the best kind of competition-money towards rebuilding Notre Dame will restore history for all to come-I am hoping to see this September.
And the winner will be... France!
Lo del escote es para ya empoderada, le metan los billetes.. si es muy practico... como la raja el culo. Si el señor es de posibles y paga no hay acoso...
Arnault + Pinault = Le Nouveau “Ault Right”
YIKES!!!! Based on the PURPLE mountains. . .that his money built. . .let this guy. . .REBUILD the spire. . .as on Seinfeld. . .'They're REAL. . .AND THEY'RE SPECTACULAR!!!!'
OMG just work together already! That's already a very noble thing to do.
It would be nice if they were competing to help the homeless and poor.
I'll admit. I have no idea what any of the words are.
Hard hitter journalism! Thanks AP...for Clickbait! 😬
Similar to the tycoons of the late 19th century. I like this type of rivalry a lot.
Can someone suggest they get equally as competitive about donating to environmental charities and making their fashion sustainable ...?
Seems like he’s already paid for some reconstruction
Aka un concours de pisse traditionel.
These trolls need to use this energy to save human lives jfc
Rivalry over donations to build something that is culturally and historically significant- always good. kudos.
Jesus... whoever built those...you should hire them to rebuild it
Salma, mama mia. 🧐
Fly at it.
This kind of competition is juuuuusssst fine. NotreDameDeParis
I bet those tits were spendy.
U might wanna use a couple bucks to buy her a dress that fits
French billionaires compete over who will donete more money for reconstruction after a tragedy. Our self proclaimed billionaire Donald looked for ways to profit from the tragedy, securing a $150,000 loan meant for “small businesses”
I can think of far worse things for them to compete over. NotreDameCathedralFire
Strange how for years donations to help refurbish the cathedral after the fire.those with money are having a pissing contest. Where was this outpouring prior to the blaze?
I want to focus on Pinault vs. Arnault, but without sounding like a perv, OMG at Salma Hayak's girls.
Can't imagine UK Tycoons would show such benevolence and munificence, without expecting anything in return!
she had to promise to love, honor & show her tits to get the money. she looks ridiculous.
they probably both know the building was insured and they will never actually have to pay a dime.
Reminds me of Paulo Coelho's The Pilgrimage, which features a few lines on an older noble competition in the interests of the public on a dangerous part of the Road to Santiago. The motivation is besides the point.
I swear salmahayek is from THE MATRIX world because no matter what's going on, when she shows up, it's like an EMP.... ... She short-circuits and disrupts EVERYTHING.
Don’t trust them until you cash the check
Compete away. When they were trying to raise funds for the restoration they were unable to raise the required funds. This is a tragedy. If they want to compete and have it rebuilt faster, let them have at it.
I am considering changing my name to Notre Dame. Please give generously.
Selma Hayek is married to a French billionaire? Interesting.
She married for love
Where are our Billionaires to rebuild the church ⛪️ in Louisiana !
Imagine if they gave as much of a damn about people.... Instead of symbols
Competition is good! RebuildNotreDame
WoMen DonT CaRe HoW mUcH mOneY yOu HaVE!
Is this his daughter?
Looks like the pictured guy already won
salma hayek is already built
bodes well for the restoration...
Maybe we could encourage more billionaires to compete in seeing who can pay the most tax Sounds like a good idea to me
'The famed rivalry of Arnault and Pinault, whose names rhyme, goes back decades.' Looks like we have to cover rhyming again, class.
You have the wrong age of Francois Pinault. He is 56. You are mixing up Wikipedia entries. There's two Francois Pinaults.
Damn salma!!
Here's an idea what to do with the money and what should have been done when the cathedral was first built, use it on the poor to elevate them instead of creating awe over an imaginary father figure in the sky who wants to spy on your bedroom.
Gross
The French billionaire on the right looks great for an old man
This dude’s wife looks just like Selma Hayek.
Let them swing their dicks
Tornit tallella vielä!
Good competition! Keep it going👊🏽
Are there words in this tweet?
Pinault for the win. Just because of this picture of Salma Hayek. Pinault for the win
Would
We going to the ignore the knockers on that lady. Jesus.
So what? At the end it’s a good deed... you guys need to bash the successful no matter what... pretty sad