{"id":290026,"date":"2011-03-05T00:30:23","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T00:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/05\/eric-clapton-with-a-125m-fortune-pictured-washing-his-clothes-in-a-laundrette\/"},"modified":"2011-03-05T00:30:23","modified_gmt":"2011-03-05T00:30:23","slug":"eric-clapton-with-a-125m-fortune-pictured-washing-his-clothes-in-a-laundrette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/05\/eric-clapton-with-a-125m-fortune-pictured-washing-his-clothes-in-a-laundrette\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Clapton, with a \u00a3125m fortune, pictured washing his clothes in a laundrette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"97.568369028\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\nBy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=y&#038;authornamef=Daily+Mail+Reporter\" rel=\"nofollow\">Daily Mail Reporter<\/a><br \/>Last updated at 12:30 AM on 5th March 2011<\/p>\n<p>If you want a job done properly, sometimes you simply have to do it yourself.<\/p>\n<p>But you\u2019d think Eric Clapton, with a \u00a3125million fortune, would leave his washing to someone else these days.\u00a0 Or at the very least, have a laundry to do it in.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>As these pictures show, Slowhand doesn\u2019t mind getting his hands dirty on wash day.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/0133cdd8196_468x297.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"297\" alt=\"Slow spin: Eric Clapton was pictured doping his washing in a Los Angeles laundrette\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Slow spin: Eric Clapton was pictured doping his washing in a Los Angeles laundrette<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"9\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/501f6d3141_468x332.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"332\" alt=\"My beautiful laundrette: According to the Sunday Times Rich List, Clapton has amassed a \u00a3125m fortune\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My beautiful laundrette: According to the Sunday Times Rich List, Clapton has amassed a \u00a3125m fortune<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 62-year-old singer and guitarist was seen in a laundrette near his Los Angeles home, bundling towels into a washing machine and then waiting around before shoving them in a dryer.<\/p>\n<p>In baggy jeans, brown jacket and trainers, he looked like any other customer with a pile of washing on his to-do list.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/15860ac7994_233x352.jpg\" width=\"233\" height=\"352\" alt=\"Showhand: Eric Clapton's appearance at the laundrette was a far cry to his sparkling stage role\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Showhand: Eric Clapton&#8217;s appearance at the laundrette was a far cry to his sparkling stage role<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>And he transported the lot in a \u00a35 mesh carrier bag.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Sunday Times Rich List, Clapton is the 18th richest musician in Britain. He has built his fortune on decades as one of the world\u2019s most talented guitar players. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018I could not believe it was Eric Clapton and I would not have looked twice unless I was a huge fan,\u2019 said an onlooker who spotted him cooling his heels between the rinse and spin cycle. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018I have no idea why somebody like him would be in here. Maybe his washing machine is broken and he just needed to do some laundry.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Then again he could just enjoy coming to the laundrette, a lot of people enjoy having a chat when they do their washing.\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>Clapton\u2019s frugal ways are far from unusual among the fabulously wealthy. <\/p>\n<p>Paul McCartney, worth \u00a3475million, once asked guests at a party for ex-wife Heather Mills to pay for their drinks. <\/p>\n<p>And\u00a0 U.S. investor Warren Buffet \u2013 net worth \u00a3380million \u2013 still lives in the same terraced house he bought four decades ago for \u00a320,000. <\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/0133cdd8196_468x297-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Follow this link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-1363185\/Eric-Clapton-125m-fortune-pictured-washing-clothes-laundrette.html?ITO=1490\" title=\"Eric Clapton, with a \u00a3125m fortune, pictured washing his clothes in a laundrette\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eric Clapton, with a \u00a3125m fortune, pictured washing his clothes in a laundrette<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 12:30 AM on 5th March 2011 If you want a job done properly, sometimes you simply have to do it yourself. But you\u2019d think Eric Clapton, with a \u00a3125million fortune, would leave his washing to someone else these days.\u00a0 Or at the very least, have a laundry to do it in.\u00a0 As these pictures show, Slowhand doesn\u2019t mind getting his hands dirty on wash day. Slow spin: Eric Clapton was pictured doping his washing in a Los Angeles laundrette My beautiful laundrette: According to the Sunday Times Rich List, Clapton has amassed a \u00a3125m fortune The 62-year-old singer and guitarist was seen in a laundrette near his Los Angeles home, bundling towels into a washing machine and then waiting around before shoving them in a dryer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-290026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Eric Clapton, with a \u00a3125m fortune, pictured washing his clothes in a laundrette - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/05\/eric-clapton-with-a-125m-fortune-pictured-washing-his-clothes-in-a-laundrette\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Eric Clapton, with a \u00a3125m fortune, pictured washing his clothes in a laundrette - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 12:30 AM on 5th March 2011 If you want a job done properly, sometimes you simply have to do it yourself. 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