Seacrest reportedly earns $31 million a year, according to Forbes.

Seacrest dated actress Shana Wall (a competitor on CBS' The Amazing Race 12) from 2003-05 .

In March 2006, he was photographed hugging actress Mary-Kate Olsen, who later told Access Hollywood that she was "not attached."[dead link] Seacrest also stated on the May 2, 2006 episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show that he, "went out with her sister Ashley a couple times, but that was it." Due to his longtime-bachelor status, rumors have persisted that Seacrest may be gay, due partly to the sometimes flirtatious banter between Seacrest and American Idol judge Simon Cowell. To date, Seacrest has denied ever having a gay relationship.

In a 2003 interview, Seacrest answered gay rumors in an interview with the weekly entertainment magazine Steppin' Out, "I'm trying to think of the best way to describe the feeling I get when I hear that particular rumor. I am a certain way. I am relatively clean cut and I do like