You know what I'm really over?

Fees.

Concert ticket fees, cleaning fees on weekend rentals, a processing fee for existing.

It is endless.

And the worst part, these fees hit hardest when you're already trying to get ahead.

Fees are everywhere and they hurt you most when you're down.

That's why Chime offers fee-free banking, which means no monthly fees, no overdraft fees, and no minimum balance fees.

I once got hit with a $15 maintenance fee just because my account dipped below the minimum balance for a single day.

I wasn't overspending, I was just timing my rent payments around payday. That fee felt like a big

penalty just for budgeting. But with Chime, I wouldn't have gotten charged for not being rich yet.

No minimum balances, no hidden fees, just breathing room when I actually would have needed it.

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Hey, Upper East Siders, Money Girl here.

Spotted, Vanessa Abrams, all grown up. Only off screen, she goes by Jessica Zohr. And trust me, her story is just as compelling. Okay, that was my best Kristen Bell impression. I also didn't know she was the voice of Gossip Girl for so long when I found out I was shooketh. But anyway, I did not land that at all. But I tried. And that's okay. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, you probably don't know Gossip Girl lore, but you still know our guest today, actress Jessica Zor. Because if you didn't see her in Gossip Girl, you definitely saw her in the Orville, Shameless, Twin Peaks, or any of the other dozens of credits on her very well-stacked IMDP page. But what you do not know are the lessons that Jessica has learned

about money throughout her career. And you don't know this because she has never actually

talked about them publicly before. But today she really opens up. We talk about her earliest

money memories, like how it felt to book major six-figure modeling jobs before most of us had

a checking account. We get into some real stuff, advocating for yourself financially, how much

or how little actors talk about pay, and yes, we talk about Gossip Girl. We unpack how money

was a main character of the show, what it taught her about wealth and status early on,

and some real behind-the-scenes stuff like what Leighton Meester texted her when the series took

off, the crazy way she was discovered for this role, and why she had to hire a bodyguard.

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