{"id":180831,"date":"2025-07-15T14:47:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T14:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/15\/bruno-mars-jokes-about-gambling-debts-after-blackpink-show\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T14:47:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T14:47:24","slug":"bruno-mars-jokes-about-gambling-debts-after-blackpink-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/15\/bruno-mars-jokes-about-gambling-debts-after-blackpink-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruno Mars Jokes About Gambling Debts After Blackpink Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>One thing fans can bet on? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/bruno-mars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Bruno Mars<\/strong><\/a> will never stop making jokes about his alleged gambling debts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/stars-first-grammy-appearances-201312\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Grammy winner<\/a>, 39, surprised fans at Blackpink\u2019s Sunday, July 13, concert in Los Angeles when <strong>Ros\u00e9<\/strong> brought him out to perform their hit single, \u201cAPT.\u201d When recapping the moment via social media, however, Mars couldn\u2019t resist poking fun at his rumored financial problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlmost out of debt BehhhhhBehhhhh!!!\u201d the pop star captioned a Monday, July 14, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DMG4cnvyuZr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram video<\/a> that showed him running around the stage at SoFi Stadium. \u201cPreciate You ROSAAAAYYYYYY!!!! \ud83e\udd73.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The upload marked the latest occasion of Mars addressing the rumor that he owes massive amounts of money to MGM, the company that hosts his Las Vegas residencies. Last year, a report claimed that the Silk Sonic singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/jennifer-lopez-shocked-by-bruno-mars-fee-for-alex-rodriguez-wedding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">owed $50 million<\/a> to the corporation and kept renewing his Vegas contracts in order to work off his gambling debts. MGM, however, vehemently denied the rumor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re proud of our relationship with Bruno Mars, one of the world\u2019s most thrilling and dynamic performers,\u201d a spokesperson from MGM Grand said in a statement at the time. \u201cFrom his shows at Dolby Live at Park MGM to the new Pinky Ring lounge at Bellagio, Bruno\u2019s brand of entertainment attracts visitors from around the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The rep continued: \u201cMGM and Bruno\u2019s partnership is longstanding and rooted in mutual respect. Any speculation otherwise is completely false; he has no debt with MGM. Together, we are excited to continue creating unforgettable experiences for our guests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite that denial, Mars has continued making jokes about the gambling debts that apparently do not exist. \u201cEver since those articles came out about me owing the casino money you stopped picking up my calls,\u201d he joked while speaking into a prop phone at one of his concerts in September 2024. \u201cIt\u2019s me, baby \u2014 I got money.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/mgm-denies-claim-that-bruno-mars-owes-50m-in-gambling-debt\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/mgm-denies-claim-that-bruno-mars-owes-50m-in-gambling-debt\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">MGM Reacts to Claim That Bruno Mars Owes $50 Million in Gambling Debts<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tBruno Mars doesn\u2019t need to use his \u201c24K Magic\u201d to pay off his gambling debts \u2014 because he has none. After a report claimed that Mars, 38, owed $50 million to the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the hospitality company spoke out to shoot down those claims. \u201cWe\u2019re proud of our relationship with Bruno Mars, [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earlier that year, he admitted that he won\u2019t outright deny the rumors himself because he\u2019s entertained by the speculation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI love the lore that I am a Las Vegas lounge singer in debt to the mob,\u201d he told the<em> Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em> in June 2024. \u201cI can work with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In January, after becoming the first artist in Spotify history to reach 150 million monthly listeners, he made another joke about the milestone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKEEP STREAMING! I\u2019ll be out of debt in no time,\u201d he wrote via his Instagram Story.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/bruno-mars-jokes-about-gambling-debts-after-blackpink-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One thing fans can bet on? Bruno Mars will never stop making jokes about his alleged gambling debts. The Grammy winner, 39, surprised fans at Blackpink\u2019s Sunday, July 13, concert in Los Angeles when Ros\u00e9 brought him out to perform their hit single, \u201cAPT.\u201d When recapping the moment via social media, however, Mars couldn\u2019t resist [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":180832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-180831","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}