Steve Harvey is arguably one of the hardest working guys in showbiz, having hosted talk shows, game shows, beauty pageants, and the like, while remaining a big draw as a standup comic. While his current net worth is estimated at $200 million, he's had to climb back after an expensive divorce left him pretty much destitute.
Harvey explained what happened during an appearance on Shannon Sharpe's "Club Shay Shay" podcast, detailing how he wound up flat broke after his massively successful Kings of Comedy tour raked in more than $30 million. When Sharpe questioned Harvey about how he ended up with nearly nothing afterward, Harvey explained, "It's called a divorce." He continued, saying, "I got jumped on, but it was even before the divorce."
As Harvey recalled, he'd regularly been writing checks to pay taxes, with the amounts drawn out of his account. It wasn't until his accountant died that Harvey realized that individual had been pocketing the money, leaving the taxes unpaid. In some particularly inconvenient timing, that revelation came shortly after his divorce had been settled. "The divorce was over. It was just, 'Let's split the assets, but you took all the assets,' and I was stuck with this tax bill," he said. "So, I had to pay seven years of back taxes with interest."
That left Harvey in a deep hole that he had to dig out of. "I was in a world of trouble, man," Harvey continued. "When I looked up, I had $1,700."
