How did Gabrielle Union spend her first big pay cheque?

Gabrielle Union was "so stupid" with her first big pay cheque.

The 52-year-old actress found success in the late 1990s and early 2000s with appearances in hit films like Bring It On, 10 Things I Hate About You, and She's All That, but revealed that when she when she first came into money, she went against her father's advice and bought a brand new car.

Speaking as part of a panel discussion at the American Black Film Festival, she said: "So stupid. I went on the Mazda lot. I’m like, ‘Oh, I’ve made it when I have a Mazda.’ My dad’s like, ‘Don’t buy a brand new car. It depreciates the second you drive it off the lot.

"I walked into Mazda and I bought myself a black on black Mazda Miata with leather seats. Lemme tell you about leather seats in Los Angeles. Do you know I scorched myself every time I got out? Yeah, that was my first purchase. And it depreciated the second I drove it off the lot!"

Gabrielle is now married to former NBA star Dwyane Wade, and previously revealed that the two of them split their finances equally.

Speaking on the Black Millionaires podcast, she explained: "In this household, we split everything fifty-fifty.

"But in the other households that each of us have to support, there's always this like, gorilla on your back, that's like, 'You better work, b****, you better work. Oh, you're going to sleep in?' You know, somebody might not eat.

"It's hard. It's hard to let that go. So I'm working on that.."

The actress - who has six-year-old Kaavia with Dwyane and is also stepmother to his other four children - admitted at the time that she still has a "scarcity mindset" from the days before she made it big.

She said: "I struggle with that, still.

"I think I just have more responsibilities for my money. I get nervous like, 'Oh God, that movie didn't open you know what does that mean? Do I – Am I … Am I going to have enough to hold everybody up?'"