Heidi Montag's mom works as Maid

Heidi Montag made some big bucks doing “The Hills.” Where else would all that backscooping money come from? But while Heidi was making and spending her $65,000 per episode salary on nips and tucks, her mom Darlene Egelhoff had to sweep and dust to make ends meet. Mama Darlene recently confessed to “Inside Edition” that she has been working as a maid to get by and has received no help from Heidi.

The two stopped talking last year after Darlene criticized her daughter’s plastic surgery transformation. Even though Eglehoff has not been associated with Heidi for almost a year, she says clients still recognize her from the now canceled show. Awkward! [Hollywood Life]

Read more to find out which other parents have figured out that celebrity spawn doesn’t equal financial security.