Hundred Millionaire Cate Blanchett at Swanky Film Fest: 'I'm Middle Class'

“I’m white, I’m privileged, I’m middle class, said famed actress Cate Blanchett, whose net worth is estimated at almost $100 million, to her adoring audience at the swanky Cannes Film Festival in France.

“Cate Blanchett thinks she’s ‘middle class’ compared to who? Jeff Bezos? Rich people are so out of touch,” said one X user responding to Blanchett's comment as a deluge of criticism was directed toward the wealthy star. Another wrote, “Cate Blanchett is ‘middle class’… and I am a giraffe.”

But some defended Blanchett, saying that Brits and Australians just say it differently than Americans do. One person wrote, "For some reason when Brits say middle class they mean rich. Apparently Brits have 3 social spheres, poor, middle class and royalty. The first one encompasses nearly everyone.”