Gabrielle Union candidly revealed she spent her first big paycheck on a new Mazda after her film career took off in the late ’90s.

“So stupid. I went on the Mazda lot. I’m like, ‘Oh, I’ve made it when I have a Mazda,’” recalled Union during a panel discussion at the American Black Film Festival in Miami on June 12, per People.

“My dad’s like, ‘Don’t buy a brand new car. It depreciates the second you drive it off the lot,’” she continued.

But Union’s warning from her father didn’t steer her away from the vision she had for the car of her dreams.

“I walked into Mazda and I bought myself a black on black Mazda Miata with leather seats,” she added.

Though, the “Bring It On” actress quickly learned her lesson.

“Lemme tell you about leather seats in Los Angeles. Do you know I scorched myself every time I got out? Yeah, that was my first purchase. And it depreciated the second I drove it off the lot!” she hilariously added.

Union has been vocal about her financial practices in her household with husband Dwyane Wade.

The “Being Mary Jane” alum, 52, previously revealed that she and the former NBA player split their bills 50/50. However, her husband clarified her comments in 2023 during his appearance on Shannon Sharpe’s “Club Shay Shay” podcast.

“My wife is a working actress who spends time away from the family to go work, build,” he said, adding that they “decided together” to go halfway on their shared life.

“There are some things I pick up versus some things she picks up but she does some, I do some,” he said.

“If we take a yacht trip, we can do it 50/50 or I can do it myself,” he said. “My wife is a working woman. She’s a boss and an independent woman in her own life.”

Wade, 43, also alleged that they both signed a prenuptial agreement before they married in August 2014 due to their individual well-to-do financial status.

“You a millionaire. You got money. You work hard for yourself. You should protect yourself,” he said of Union.

Johnny Depp is speaking candidly about how his career changed following his trial against Amber Heard, saying he was a “crash test dummy” for the MeToo movement.

In a new interview with The Sunday Times, the 62-year-old actor spoke about the assault allegations his ex-wife Heard, 39, made against him following their divorce in 2017. Depp claimed that certain people, whom he did not name in the interview, “did him dirty” by not standing up for him in the face of Heard’s allegations.

“As weird as I am, certain things can be trusted,” he told the U.K. outlet. “And my loyalty is the last thing anybody could question. I was with one agent for 30 years, but she spoke in court about how difficult I was. That’s death by confetti, these fake motherf—— who lie to you, celebrate you, say all sorts of horror behind your back, yet keep the money — that confetti machine going — because what do they want? Dough.”

“I’ll tell you what hurts,” Depp continued. “There are people, and I’m thinking of three, who did me dirty. Those people were at my kids’ parties. Throwing them in the air. And, look, I understand people who could not stand up [for me], because the most frightening thing to them was making the right choice. I was pre-MeToo. I was like a crash test dummy for MeToo.”

“It was before Harvey Weinstein. And I sponged it, took it all in,“ the actor explained, referring to the movement that began in 2017 when several women accused Weinstein of sex crimes (Weinstein was most recently found guilty of one count of a criminal sex act and not guilty for another count) and spoke out about their experiences of sexual assault or harassment in entertainment.

“I wanted from the hundreds of people I’ve met in that industry to see who was playing it safe,“ he added. “Better go woke!”

Depp sued Heard in Virginia over a Washington Post op-ed she wrote about domestic abuse, though she didn’t mention him by name in the article. The verdict came on June 1, 2022: Depp won his defamation claims, and Heard won one of her three counterclaims. The two later reached a settlement, and she paid him $1 million.

In a statement directly after the verdict, Heard, who now lives a quiet life in Spain, said she was “heartbroken that the mountain of evidence still was not enough to stand up to the disproportionate power, influence and sway of my ex-husband.” She also felt the outcome “sets back the idea that violence against women is to be taken seriously.”

Depp said at the time that the “jury gave me my life back.”

He added, “Speaking the truth was something that I owed to my children and to all those who have remained steadfast in their support of me. I feel at peace knowing I have finally accomplished that.”

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Elsewhere in his wide-ranging conversation with The Sunday Times, Depp spoke about his so-called “comeback” in Hollywood over the last several years.

“Honestly? I didn’t go anywhere,” he said, referring to the movies he’s done in recent years, including Minamata and Jeanne du Barry, as well as commercials for Dior and his upcoming film Day Drinker. “If I actually had the chance to split, I would never come back.”

Bianca Censori left very little to the imagination during a NYC outing on Saturday.

The Australian model was pictured wearing a sheer black top, teeny tiny shorts and stilettos while walking around the city with husband Kanye West.

The 30-year-old appeared to be having a deep conversation with the “Gold Digger” rapper as they strutted down the sidewalk.

West, 48, matched in black, but as per usual he was more covered up than his wife. He was seen wearing a jacket, pants, shoes and sunglasses.

West and Censori’s latest sighting comes after she stepped out in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Monday for a beauty spa appointment.

Censori looked like West’s ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, in a plunging nude bodysuit with flesh-toned tights and knee-high fur boots.

She also styled her long dark hair in beach waves, parted down the middle — a look Kardashian has rocked many times before.

Prior to that outing, West and Censori put their love on display by touching tongues in a slow and sultry dance video.

In the 37-second clip shared to Instagram on May 28, the Yeezy architect swiveled her hips to the music as the rapper looked on.

Then, they packed on the PDA as the sun set in the background.

Though the couple seems to be on good terms as of late, they hit a rough patch earlier this year amid the “Donda” rapper’s antisemitic behavior.

“She’s been an awesome wife and awesome collaborator, she’s been through so many crazy moments, but this one may be unsurvivable,” a source told Page Six exclusively in February, following West’s decision to sell swastika merchandise on his website and his hate-filled social media rants.

The couple split after their controversial appearance at the Grammy Awards red carpet — during which Censori dropped a fur coat to reveal a completely sheer mini dress as West looked on.

However, the couple ultimately reconciled in April, just two months after their split.