Zooey Deschanel’s Budget: What She Could Do Differently It’s bad enough having your divorce discussed in weekly magazines, but your budget, too? When Zooey Deschanel and her husband, Ben Gibbard, lead singer of Death Cab For Cutie, filed for divorce last month, her lawyer filed an income and expense declaration—revealing, in other words, her current budget and overall net worth. Find out how the New Girl star was faring financially and what she could do differently to improve her finances.