Tarek El Moussa is under fire after buying his 16-year-old daughter Taylor a $150,000 BMW X5, but the HGTV star isn’t apologizing. On the“Money Rehab”podcast, he explained that Taylor earned the car with a 4.2 GPA and MVP honors on her freshman soccer team, adding that she never even asked for it and would have been happy with a used Honda.
The gift was a family affair: ex-wife Christina Haack and current wife Heather both co-gifted the car, and Tarek said the choice was about safety as much as celebration, calling the BMW“built like a tank.”When critics labeled his daughter a“spoiled brat,”he pushed back, noting she grew up around wealth while he came from nothing, and that he has already invested in stocks and real estate for her future.
So where do you land? Is a six-figure car a fair reward for hard work and straight A’s, or is it just settings expectations no teenager can match? Let us know in the comments, or call in and tell us the biggest gift your parents ever gave you.
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