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Daughter’s $125k Merc up for grabs in Roxy Jacenko’s moving out sale

Former PR maven Roxy Jacenko appears to be using her Instagram account to fund a moving-out-of-Sydney sale - and daughter Pixie’s $125,000 Mercedes Benz is up for grabs.

Media magnate and former PR maven Roxy Jacenko appears to be using her Instagram account to fund a moving-out-of-Sydney sale.

The 43 year old put up a post on Tuesday advertising 12-year-old daughter Pixie’s Mercedes-Benz for sale, although Confidential spied it had been taken down later that night.

“Time for @pixiecurtis car to go!,” Jacenko captioned the photos of the vehicle, indicating she had intended it for her daughter, who is five years off being able to legally drive.

Roxy Jacenko and her daughter Pixie Curtis. Source: Instagram
Roxy Jacenko and her daughter Pixie Curtis. Source: Instagram

The Mercedes Benz GLE 440, with 23,000 kilometres, was advertised including the licence plates for $125,000 or near offer.

Reportedly, the semi-retired Sweaty Betty publicity owner had plans to depart Sydney with her two children this month to join her husband Oliver Curtis in Singapore.

Curtis, son of mining magnate Nick Curtis, has rebuilt a corporate life in tech since being jailed for insider trading in 2016.

PR maven Roxy Jacenko was selling her 11-year-old daughter Pixie's Mercedes-Benz for $125K.
PR maven Roxy Jacenko was selling her 11-year-old daughter Pixie's Mercedes-Benz for $125K.

Jacenko just sold her family’s $16m Vaucluse mansion in May, listing her luxury Paddington offices for $10m-plus sale shortly afterwards.

Sharing an update to her 266,000 Instagram followers, Jacenko wrote: “Last items of my house loaded to the movers,” sharing videos of her neatly-packed suitcases.

AUSSIE ACTOR’S GRIPE ON HOLLYWOOD

Actor Ryan Johnson has lamented the state of the Australian industry for relying too heavily on big international names.

In light of the ongoing Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and Writers Strike in Hollywood, the prolific star of hit shows including Doctor Doctor, Rake and Bump has taken to social media to air his frustration.

“I think we need to strike over the amount of production done here that is padded out with American and English stars,” Johnson wrote on Facebook.

(Doctor Doctor stars Ryan Johnson and Rodger Corser. (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi)
(Doctor Doctor stars Ryan Johnson and Rodger Corser. (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi)

“It’s great for crews but not so much actors or writers. Everyone is too scared to mention it but the difference in pay is astronomical. Streamers here too are way more international star driven than the networks ever were. Often if it is Australian cast, they have huge international careers. So now local stories are geared toward pleasing international markets. If a show is good it finds an audience regardless. There, I said it.”

Johnson’s post on Facebook was met with universal support by his followers, some of them also well-known Australian actors.

Steve Bastoni commented with, “100%” while former All Saints actor Jolene Anderson said “funding is the biggest issue”.

Actor Ryan Johnson laments the state of the Australian industry. Facebook
Actor Ryan Johnson laments the state of the Australian industry. Facebook

“It’s not that producers want to have to put international names in local productions but rather a necessity to get projects funded,” she commented. “The whole landscape has changed for Australian shows and films. Producers also want international names to sell productions overseas to a. make money b. To fund the project in the first case. Is it fair? F*** no. It feels like everything you’ve worked towards and sacrificed to be in our industry has been turned on its head. Discombobulated, an understatement. Not sure what the answer is. Leaving the arts and turning our back on everything we’ve ever done and loved is soul crushing.”

Ryan Johnson (far right) pictured with How To Please A Woman co-stars Josh Thomson, Alexander England, Erik Thomson and Cameron Daddo at the Gold Coast Film Festival. Picture: Nigel Hallett.
Ryan Johnson (far right) pictured with How To Please A Woman co-stars Josh Thomson, Alexander England, Erik Thomson and Cameron Daddo at the Gold Coast Film Festival. Picture: Nigel Hallett.

Johnson, 43, is one of our most recognisable faces of the small and big screen. His movie credits include Ghost Rider, How To Please A Woman and Thunderstruck.

His comments come as Hollywood remains in crisis as Hollywood actors and writers fight for better pay and other working conditions.

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