Many people think of celebrities as these quasi-perfect hoomans with big fortunes and equally big hearts. And think of thousands of fans who’d do anything for Oprah’s autograph or a picture with Zendaya; of course, they expect the A-listers to be friendly and nice individuals.
But according to this Reddit thread, this is not always the case. Someone asked people on Ask Reddit “Who is the rudest celebrity you've ever met?”, and they delivered a bunch of interesting stories. And oh boy, we didn’t see that coming!
Get prepared to be let down after reading people's encounters with rude and entitled famous people and don’t forget to take them with a pinch of salt. We can’t guarantee these are facts or fiction, but hey, who knows?!
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Oprah didn’t tip me on a $200 lunch — instead, she signed a napkin for me and acted like she was doing me a huge favor. The kicker was when she walked in, they gave away all of my other tables so she didn’t have to wait for anything. So I made $4/hour for two hours for the privilege of serving Oprah, and she went on and on about signing a napkin that I never asked for.
You should have used it to wipe her table right in front of her face.
To find out more about our society’s fascination with celebrity culture, Bored Panda spoke with Claire Sisco King, the Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Communication Studies at Vanderbilt University. King explained that celebrity is defined by a number of paradoxes. “Celebrities often become sources of identification for their fans; audiences often imagine them as relatable or ‘just like us.’ At the same time, celebrities are aspirational figures who seem to lead extraordinary lives that are out of reach for most people.”
Okay, so a quick disclaimer first - this wasn't me, but my friend Dolly who was a flight attendant for a well known British airline until she died. She'd been with them since year dot, and as a result of her seniority would work in the First Class cabin. In her own words, she preferred it at the front of the plane, the nylon carpets at the back played havoc with her bunions..
ANYWAY,
One day she had a British "celebrity" called Katie Price onboard. Ms Price is famous for... umm.. having boobs and falling out of various bars, I think.
So, Ms Price comes on board, spots Dolly, and proceeds to spend five minutes listing her demands for the flight - namely that she should have total privacy, that anyone coming near her should be escorted away, that no crew approach her unless she calls them, and that Dolly herself would be held responsible if she was bothered at all, heads would roll, etc..
Dolly waited for her to finish her demands, and then said "Certainly madam. And you are.......?"
tl;dr No name "celebrity" makes OTT demands on plane, gets cut down to size by elderly Northern lady.
Yes the currently bankrupt Ms Price has recently been seen on social media showing off her most recent plastic surgery and luxury foreign holidays.
I was an extra on X men: Days of Future Past. They were all nice. Jennifer Lawrence was the one that was the more meh with other people. I don't blame her too much... Peak hunger game popularity at the time I get it. She was probably afraid people would try to always give her too much attention...
However the other actors didn't care about that. The NICEST ones by FAR were Hugh Jackman and James McAvoy for what I saw.
For McAvoy, one of my friend was one of the extras right behind him in a scene and we were shooting 14 hours a day in cooking 40 degrees enclosed green screen bordered set in bright sunlight. We were running in high heels and wearing winter jackets... Basically a hellish day. And we couldn't sit anywhere! Well McAvoy saw my friend wasn't doing right and he let her sit in Professor X's chair and have a bit of his water bottle. And with that said, the dude would just talk and chit chat with everybody, despite the very strict non-conversation with actors contract we signed. He's just so chill.
Hugh Jackman literally signed autographs in between shots and high fived a bunch of people all the time.
Michael Fassbender told all set workers passing by him after a very long day of work battling in water to have a nice day. I was a huge fan of his at the time and it made my whole year at that point.
F*ckin Peter Dinklage was dancing disco during the heatwave day to cheer people up.
Ellen Degeneres is a bona fide b*tch. Incredibly rude, my Uncle worked with her(he's an architect) on some project and she treated her help like total cr*p. I couldn't believe it at the time, but I've heard similar accounts of her bad behavior over the years.
She successfully hid it for years, making money from her "caring" persona, another arsehole who doesn't deserve screen time.
The professor explained that this tension between celebrities’ imagined ordinariness and extraordinariness seems to drive much of this fascination. “Because of their intense visibility, celebrities become almost like mirrors for their audiences who look for their own images in them; sometimes audiences see idealized versions of themselves in celebrities or versions to which they aspire.”
King continued: “Other times, comparisons to celebrities can leave fans feeling inferior. That sense of imagining or defining ourselves in relation to public figures, whether we find it pleasurable or painful, is a big part of much celebrity fandom.”
I haven’t met many but Lenny Kravitz stayed at the hotel I worked at. He had the hotel sign an agreement that the staff were not to look at him or talk to him.
Snoop dog was cool. He left a bunch of booze and weed behind in his suite. The house keepers got a bunch of top shelf hootch and weed after he left.
It's just a pity so many people looked at him when he was trying to become famous otherwise they wouldn't have to not look at him now.
Its wierd you assume the goal of musicians is "to be famous". Many genuinely enjoy their craft and fame is a rather overwhelming by product. Can you imagine being stared at, approached and otherwise hounded when just trying to go about your life?
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Snoop doesn't make a big deal about the good things he does for others. I hear he's a genuinely good man.
If I could choose one celebrity to spend a day with, it would be Snoop.
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I mean what's the deal with that? People aren't allowed to look at you, seriously?
went to two Krawitz' concerts, both he was 2h+ late and in both, no apologies, and during the concerts absolutely no interaction with the audience... f**k that... never again. I have zero patience for people behaving like they are royalty. Same experience with Jamiroquai... concert was same as a CD playing.
What is it with these ridiculous people who don't want others to look at them or talk to them? I can't imagine such arrogance.
Have you seen his daughter and her friends? Perhaps he's ashamed.
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And I would take that seriously. If he called room service he’d be met with a silent line. When he went to check in/out I’d stare into oblivion and not acknowledge him at all.
sad is... that's what he wants, that's what he expected.
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I have no idea if Lenny Kravitz is douchey, shy, evil, complicated or wonderful, but I can't understand downvoting someone for simply commenting that they met someone and they were wonderful.
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It seems the entire world has signed a "don't look or talk to me" agreement with the really-not-that-famous personality known as Lenny Kravitz. I am given to understand that he was a "thing" in the 20th Century.
I think what people are failing to understand is that he isn't being egotistical (imo), he just wanted to be a normal/average Joe. I can respect, and understand that.
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Easy solution: Cancel his room and send him packing, then no one has to look at him
I never understood the whole "don't look at/talk to -insert celebrity-" thing. I mean, I get not wanting to be gawked at but how are you to wait on them without looking at them or talking to them? Through their "handlers"?
Snoop Dog is like the Santa of 420, giving gifts of weed wherever he goes 😂
Always saw lenny as an assshole, and got that Snoop is nice.
That's super dissapointing. I figured he seemed really down to earth.
Because entitled people think they have the right to disturb anyone remotely famous
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Tyra Banks.
This takes place when UPN and WB were merging into “The CW”.
She comes into town for an ANTM cattle call. Demands we repaint the office she was going to use (for three days) makes our pregnant programming director cry, flips her shot and tries to get me fired when I wouldn’t get her a bottled water.
My response was “have one of your people get it, I have to get back to the board, commercial break is up in 40 seconds.”
Opposite side, Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis are two of the nicest celebrities I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting.
We had just gotten “that 70’s show” in syndication and they came out for promo shoots. Super friendly.
I’ve worked as a maintenance worker at a concert venue for a few summers and have bumped into several celebrities, but Carrie Underwood is the one who sticks out because of how demanding she always was. She refused to use a toilet if someone else had sat on the seat before her — cleaning them was never good enough, so we had to buy new toilet seats every time she came. Considering how much we already had to fix, the last thing we wanted to do was pointlessly replace perfectly good toilet seats. In contrast, Reba McEntire would always eat lunch with the staff and was always super chill.
Why would somebody go and actually buy a new toilet seat? Why to give in to this kind of bullying and nonsense?
Moreover, there are also cases in which audiences take pleasure in disidentifying with celebrities, the professor argues. “For instance, when they are involved in a scandal or make public missteps. Or, when celebrities experience tragedies, fans might find themselves identifying with the celebrities’ pain but might also feel relief that they themselves did not experience the tragedy.” Therefore, King argues that our fascination with celebrities is often characterized by mixed emotions and by vacillation between feeling close or similar to celebrities and feeling distant from or unlike them.
My dad is a pilot and he frequently deals with celebrities. His company has all the staff sign NDAs, but my dad usually doesn't even know who the celebrities are unless they've been in the news. He said that Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are incredibly rude to their own staff. Personal assistants were terrified of them.
Incredibly rude to their own staff, tells you everything you need to know about these arseholes.
Years ago, us kids waited for Jim Belushi and John Candy after they shot Only the Lonely in Chicago. I asked Belushi for an autograph, and he literally called us a bunch of pieces of sh*t, stupid kids, and to get the F out of there. Then came Candy with a big old smile and cigar hanging out of his mouth, and he spent the next 10 minutes signing autographs and thanking all his fans.
Miss John Candy. He was always just himself in every movie he was in.
Randy Jackson. He was invited to a telethon hosted by a hospital for children with severe disabilities, where my little sister lived until she passed away. Whenever the cameras were off, he would hide in his hotel room and seemed disgusted with the kids. Didn’t want anything to do with them. When the cameras were on though, he was all smiles and hugs. It was so disheartening and disappointed. Almost 10 years ago and I still remember it so clearly.
What’s also interesting about celebrity culture is that famous people also have a great deal of presence in people’s everyday lives—in film and television, on magazine covers and advertisements, and across social media. “And yet,” King states, “most people never actually come into contact with celebrities and experience them at a distance or only virtually.”In this way, they are visible to us but almost always out of reach. “This tension between presence and absence also seems to drive people’s desire for celebrities,” she explained.
William Shatner said he would give me an autograph in Hawaii when I was about 10 . He said ‘lemme get a pen’, got in his limo and drove off.
That's a kid whose hopes you hyped up and then left him hanging there >:(
I'm from Vancouver, Canada (big film industry town), and a close family member of mine has worked in film here for 20 years, so I have too many stories to list. How about some rude ones, and some nice ones.
Gerard Butler. Around nine years ago he insistently pursued a friend of mine at a club/lounge. She wasn't interested and told him so. Instead of respecting her wishes, he approached us, her friends, and attempted to get her number from us without her knowing. He would not respect her boundaries, or respect that no means no.
Dedee Pfeiffer (Michelle Pfeiffer's sister) attempted to have my female family member (crew member) fired from the movie of the week they were working on because Dedee was threatened by my family member's appearance. This is not hyperbole. A producer told my family member "She's threatened by you because you're a petite blonde, like her, and you're outgoing and popular with the other crew members". My family member wasn't fired; Dedee was presumably told to cool her jets and focus on her job. Dedee Pfeiffer's ego really is, apparently, that delicate that she can't handle another woman around her having any kind of positive attention. Later on in the shoot Dedee was purging in a set toilet (she is bulimic) and her gag reflex wouldn't stop gagging, so she passed out and an ambulance was called.
David Duchovny circa X-Files. Frequent hissy fits on set, flipping garbage cans over, etc. Probably contributed 90% of Vancouver's stripper and escort income during the show's run.
John Travolta. Kind, professional man on set. Arrested while here filming Look Who's Talking in Stanley Park for soliciting sex from an undercover male VPD officer and discretely bailed out of jail at 2am by a producer.
Eric Roberts was a guest at a small, local comic convention. Thought it would be cool to get a signed pic of him as the Master.
He pretended people weren't there until they paid his manager fifty bucks.
My wife's parting shot as we walked away? "Loved your work on Celebrity Rehab."
“Finally, celebrities often represent larger ideals or values. For instance, in the United States, we often interpret celebrities as illustrations of the American Dream,” King suggested. “Attachment to celebrities often derives from people’s attachment to the values or ideologies with which they are associated.”
My daughter was at a store in orlando and ran into LeBron James when he was with the Heat. 13 yo girl asked for a pic and he got pissy, told her she wasn't worthy of a picture with him, did she even know who he was, he didn't have time for this. Walked away leaving her crying so bought her an ice cream.
Wow, not being in the mood for a pic with a fan is one thing, but this is on another level.
Sean Penn. F*cking douche at the movie theater I worked at.
On the other side of that are Robin Williams and Lars Ulrich. Two of the nicest, most genuine dudes I ever slang popcorn to.
Chad Gray, singer of Mudvayne and Hellyeah. I was in an autograph line where you had to buy the album at the show to be in the line back in 2005, at the peak of Mudvayne's success. This kid was in line in front of me, maybe 19 years old. He gets to his turn and says "hey man I've spent every free dime I have to see you guys when you're in the area since before your first album. I don't have much, but I love you guys so much, I saved all year to buy a festival ticket because of the meet and greet opportunity, it would make my dreams come true to take a picture with you guys" and takes out a sh*tty disposable camera. The rest of the band starts moving to take a picture when Chad tells him "no f*cking way" and directs security to confiscate the camera.
The year prior, a kid asked Cradle of Filth for a picture. The security guard moved in to confiscate the camera, and Dani stood up quickly, yelled at the guard to stop, and said "we tour this f*cking country once every two to three years and you're going to tell a loyal fan who paid money to meet us that he can't have a f*cking picture. You're taking the picture now. And you're going to take it enough times that we are sure he will have a perfect shot."
Definitely polar opposite ways a band can handle the same situation.
I've never heard of Cradle of Filth (not surprisingly, I'm old), but now I want to give them all of the money.
“In this regard,” King told us, “the tensions between identification and aspiration come into play. If I imagine I am like a celebrity who achieved what I define as success, then I can imagine that I might achieve similar levels of success as well; but because most of us do not achieve the level of wealth or renown as celebrities, the drive to keep following them, and even in some cases imitating them, persists for a lot of fans.”
Moreover, “the phrase 'keeping up' in the title of the Kardashians’ reality show really captures that impulse: fans follow celebrities in the hopes that they might emulate them or enjoy the kinds of privileges they seem to experience,” the professor concluded.
I worked with Gwyneth Paltrow's children for eight weeks at a camp, and we got paid $5 an hour. Parents usually tip $100 or more at the end, but she didn't tip at all.
I met a lot of celebrities while working for an airline, one of them being Hugh Grant. One time, he sat in First Class 1A on a 747 (which is right in the nose of the plane), so there was nothing but a wall in front of the seat. It's standard procedure for the cabin manager to go around to every first-class passenger and personally introduce themselves. When my manager got to Hugh, the conversation went something like this: Manager: 'Hello, Mr. Grant, my name is...' Hugh: 'Oh, F*CK OFF.' My manager proceeded to swiftly move on.
Unfortunately, he is known for his rudeness and lack of manners. Someone who thinks he's above everyone else. Horrible man.
My wife worked at a hotel for many years and met literally every major celebrity you can think of. She said Snoop was the coolest person she ever met and Bill Clinton was the biggest douche even though I find it hilarious. My wife was walking outside back into the hotel, saw Bill and stared until she smashed herself in the face with a tree branch. Bill started laughing so hard he was having a hard time standing. The secret service ran over to help her and Bill, laughing so hard he could barely talk, told them to leave her because they had to keep walking.
Amazingly hilarious.
Well, not as douchy as it could be. The not helping part downscores the whole thing.
Bam Margera showed up in Seattle once to film an episode. Talked a lot of sh*t to the wrong local skater. I watched Bam get knocked out by said local. One of the funniest things I have ever seen.
Bam is a mess. He’s got substance abuse issues and is self destructive. I wouldn’t be surprised if he pissed that person off on purpose to get knocked out. A few of his friends have died and he thinks he needs to suffer for it. Dude needs serious help.
When I was about 7 years old in the '70s, I was at the airport with my mom and her boyfriend and a friend of mine — my mom's boyfriend told us that Evel Knievel was in one of the lounges. He was sitting in a back corner, drinking a glass of some kind of booze, and engulfed in a cloud of cigarette smoke.
My friend and I approached him excitedly, and after he autographed some napkins, he looked at us and said, 'Before I give you these, I'm going to teach you something.' My friend and I looked at each other totally starstruck, and grinned like idiots. Evel proceeded to tap both of us on the arm and asked, 'Does that hurt?' and we both shook our heads no — then he poked us lightly on the chest and asked, 'Does that hurt?' and again, we both said no. Then he made fists out of both of his hands with the middle knuckles sticking out, and brought them down sharply and simultaneously onto both of our heads. 'Does that hurt?' he asked, and neither of us could answer — I was holding back tears from the pain. He waited a few seconds and said, 'That's why you wear a safety helmet,' and then handed us the napkins.
Kristen Stewart. I was waiting with friends outside of a pool hall for an uber when Kristen and her girlfriend come walking out of the building laughing all loud. We naturally glance over and move out of their way. Then she comes up to us and says "WHAT." , with her arms out like shes ready to brawl. Then they walk away laughing again.
We didnt even realize who she was till they were walking away. She should really be careful who she talks to like that, someone might actually go for the punch.
Does her solemn always glum face move when she laughs? Never seen her face crack a smile.
Around 1998, Julia Roberts and Benajmin Bratt stole a cab from me and my girl on a really cold winter day in the West Village, NYC. They were laughing as they drove by, we both gave them a perfectly synchronized middle finger, which was fun.
EASILY John Mayer and it's not even close.
If you've ever thought John Mayer was cool, know this;
John Mayer is a whiney man-child that just wants to smoke weed and watch South Park and play Call of Duty all day. Met him at an awards show thing about 10 years ago. WOULD NOT STOP quoting some sexist joke from South Park. Everybody around was just laughing awkwardly because it was weird. Also every word out of his mouth was a sarcastic joke, but like a MEAN sarcastic joke about somebody that I was supposed to find funny. But they weren't funny. They were just weird. And mean. Got mad at me and called me a butthead when I didn't laugh.
About ten years ago I worked for an airline and some flights were cancelled, due to weather. I got a call and this lady said, "I can't believe this is happening to me. I'm a celebrity. My name is Tovah Feldshuh. I'm a celebrity."
She literally said this 20 times. I got a manager on the line while she begrudgingly went on hold and relayed the info and that this was a celebrity. I stayed on the line while the manager had to explain that the flight's cancellation was for everyone's safety and nothing could be done about this.
She was so rude. After we got off the phone with her we looked her up and she was in a couple episodes of Law and Order, I think. She was recently on Walking Dead and I freaked out when I recognized her name in the opening credits.
Anytime she appeared on screen I had to say, "She's a celebrity!!!! I can't believe the zombie apocalypse is happening to her!!!! She's a celebrity!!!!"
Yeah we've put on a special flight just for you, please strap yourself into the garden chair while maintenance fills the balloons.
Madonna! She comes to my job few times a year. And every time she comes she's comes with 5-7 other people wearing a big hat, sunglasses and tries to blend within her friends or whoever they are. The people she travels with are so needy and always have some sort of special request to ask for. No thanks no nothing when they leave no tip and also leave a big mess. Can't stand them. No hi and no bye. I'm like bye b*tch.
Besides that a lot of the other celebrities are nice!
I met Ed Westwick from Gossip Girl at Coachella. I never watched the show, but I recognized him — he grabbed my slice of pizza, took a bite out of it, and then spit it out and gave it back to me.
Eminem. I was in Denver once and I was waiting for an autograph with my little brother. It was a really cold and we waited for like 3 or 4 hours. He just said no.
I’ve worked with Nicki Minaj before and while on a set with her, I was told not to look at her face. She also had people move out of the room before she would come in the room. It was a whole ordeal.
Whenever I read about these people denying eye contact, requiring repainting of temporary offices etc, it makes me think that they desperately try to act the way they think that rich and famous people should act. It's sort of a game and facade they put up because they don't know how to behave in their position, they have just got the idea in their heads that this is what rich stars must do everywhere.
John Cusack drove me insane. He stayed at the hotel where I worked and would call every five minutes after he asked for something to "politely" ask what was taking so long. It took more than five minutes to get from the ground floor to his room, let alone prepare a snack ordered off-menu with ingredients that were already put away because it's 11PM and you're ordering goddamn breakfast, John.
I have dealt with royalty that is less demanding.
That said, Taye Diggs is amazing. He can live here for all I care and I honestly would like him to come back sometime. And Princess Nisreen El-Hashemite is, like, one of the most wonderful people I've ever met. Also, she's a superhero in the making, judging from her backstory.
Van Morrison. He's just a shouty rude man.
I tried to pick a fight with Sting once, about alternative medicine. Turns out he has a great sense of humour and we had a fun argument about it instead.
Peter Mayhew aka Chewbacca.
I accompanied my friend to a comic-con, who’s hobbies include getting autographs and photos of celebrities.
He was very short with us and didn’t care we were fans at all. He interrupts my friend in the middle of complimenting him for his work, stating the costs of a photo and an autograph.
Fine.
We ask if we can take a photo instead of one his photos he selling and he tells us we’ll still pay the full price of one of his photos.
Also fine.
As my friend goes to walk around the table to stand side by side, he shouts at us to stay on the other side of the table.
So we try our best to not look insulted, and take a super awkward picture of an annoyed Mayhew and my friend trying to lean back to make it look like they are posing for a fan pic.
We try to thank him right after but he brushes us off as soon as we hand him the cash.
D*ck.
In contrast, we met Margot Kidder aka Lois Lane. She was super nice and even let us take pictures pretending to be flying with her like in the movie! And it was her suggestion, too!
I was expecting something like this to crop up for Meyhew, having good friends among staffers at comic cons. He was a stellar and wonderful man, who was in chronic pain, and many comic cons for some reason had a thing about BARRING HIM FROM TAKING HIS PAIN MEDS! He was often short to people at comic cons because he was in serious constant pain that he was being prevented from being able to treat for up to twelve hours! The guy was amazing and loved his fans, but to meet them the event organisers would force him to writhe in untreated agony ¬¬
Tim Allen. I worked at an Apple Store that he frequented. We all scattered when we saw him come. No one wanted to help him. We’d spend an enormous amount of time assisting him at the Genius Bar only to have him threaten us with calling Steve Jobs. One of the nicest celebs to come in the store was Robert Morse. Love him.
Aziz Ansari. Absolutely full of himself, zero self awareness. Literally forces himself into conversations with no understanding that he isnt wanted there.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
I worked at the bookstore in college, and would pick up extra shifts working late night events when I had time. NDT was giving a speech, and holding a little meet and greet afterwards. I signed up to run a table selling his books.
After his speech, he comes in to the hall where I've got my table set up. He comes over, introduces himself, and asks which of the 2 books I liked better of his. 20 year old me has no idea who is he and didn't read either book, so I replied "I actually haven't read either. I'm just picking up an extra shift for the store". Well then he starts a 2 minutes rant, berating people my age for not being interested in science, didn't know who he was, blah blah blah. He finishes, I gave him a dumb blank stare, and he walked away. Talked down to me in a way that just made me feel like sh*t.
Roses are red. Violets are violet. Neil DeGrasse Tyson tries to kiss himself in the mirror not on the lips. This does not rhyme at all.
Tim Duncan - Former Basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs.
I met him at a Walgreens Pharmacy in San Antonio. I was trying to get batteries but he was getting batteries too. He was in my way.
So I said “excuse me, could I just get through really quick-”
He stopped me mind-sentence and said “Nah, I don’t take pictures. Just let me do what I gotta do.”
“My bad. I’m just trying to-“.
“Hey, look. I don’t want to take pictures right now so just stop.”
He left.
I got my batteries.
Once I met Mark Ronson at a music festival in the UK — my ex-boyfriend was a huge fan, so he asked for a picture. He was really cool and happy to be chatting with us, but there was someone standing next to him who repeatedly rolled her eyes at the two of us: Lily Allen. She continuously whined, 'Mark, Mark, Mark' while my ex was chatting with him — at one point she actually stomped her foot and gave us the finger when Mark's back was turned around. We had acknowledged her, but she just rolled her eyes at us.
My brother met Gene Simmons backstage at a show he was playing in. Gene complimented my brother highly on his guitar playing, but then said, 'Too bad you'll never make it' and just walked away.
He seems to be threatened by other bands and musicians. Insecurities for sure.
Busta Rhymes came into the jersey shop I managed in Atlanta and got pissed off that I didn’t have a hat in his size. He called me a dumb f*ck - which hurt because I was a huge fan of his going way back to Leaders of the New School.
Same store - Tyler Perry said he would “buy me and sell me” after I told him that the OnField 5950 Yankee hat was dark navy blue and not black - even though he demanded a “black Yankees hat like they wear on the field”.
Snoop Dogg, Michael Vick, Terrell Owens (esp Terrell Owens, and Birdman were cool as f*ck.
I would seriously hit Michael Vick with my car for what he's done to animals. That guy can suck a bag of d***s. Like....the JUMBO sized bag. What a POS.
One day in the Hamptons, I ran into Alec Baldwin and his wife and their two dogs. I was 6, so I wanted to pet their dogs. Mind you, they left their dogs outside of the store, so I didn’t know they were theirs. They quickly yanked their dogs away from me and yelled at me. I was f*cking 6.
Nope. Teach your kids to NOT TOUCH strange dogs. Not a difficult concept. I would yell at 6 year old you too. If mY dog panics and lashes out because of your behavior the dog pays the price. I hate parents who tell their kids it's ok to go pet the doggie. No you dumbass YOU ALWAYS CHECK WITH THE OWNER FIRST.
I was in Las Vegas' airport on a layover. I was reading "Give Me the Damn Ball" by Keyshawn Johnson. I was 14 or 15 at the time. Behind me at the airport convince store? Keyshawn Johnson. 14 year old me is super excited. He just signed with the Cowboys and I was a huge Dallas fan. I quietly said "I'm a big fan, and I'm reading your book" from behind big sunglasses he looks at me and says "leave me the f*ck alone."
I was crushed
In a moment of hate I screamed "It's Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Keyshane Johnson" and walked away.
By contrast I watched a Packers/ Vikings game with Mike Ditka at JFK airport and he was awesome.
I was working security for MTV Beach House in the summer of 2002, where Ja Rule and a group of other people were upstairs in the green room of the beach house. The lifeguard station was converted into the green room, so it had a very small and tight winding staircase. The PA brought up a bottle of generic water to Ja Rule and crew, but it was the 'wrong' water. He yelled at the PA, and when he turned around to go get him the 'right' water, Ja kicked him in the back of the legs and he went down the stairs. I was stationed at the front of the house and heard yelling and a bit of commotion, then a flood of water bottles and a PA came rolling down the stairs.
I'd get him a whole slab of the "right" water bottles, repeatedly, to the side of the head.
I used to work in a studio that had pretty popular artists stopping in to work. The absolute worst was P Diddy, dude was a raging as*hole to me and every other person working. Any time I see his face I have to try and refrain from spitting on it
Anyone who changes their name that often is a pathetic narcissist and abusing people at their place of work is cowardly behaviour because they know they can't respond how they'd like to or they'll get fired. I'd like to see him act like that to an employee with financial independence, might not be the outcome he expects.
I once saw Michael Showalter on the street in San Francisco probably around 2009-2010 . I was a huge fan of the State and Wet Hot American Summer so I told him I was huge fan. He looked me dead in the eyes and said "who do you think you are, talking to me?". I kinda laughed thinking he was doing a bit but he was dead serious and said "no, don't laugh, I want to know why you feel like you can talk to me". It wasn't in a restaurant where he was with his family or anything, I really got the feeling he thought of himself better than anyone not famous. Ever since then I can't stand anything he's in or produces. Which sucks because he works a lot with one of the nicest celebrities I ever met -
Joe Lo Truglio who I forget where I met but he talked to me for maybe a half hour about comedy outside a store. Eventually his wife came out of the store and he introduced me to her, he remembered my name which doesn't seem like it'd be a big deal but made me feel like a million bucks.
Sylvester Stallone and James Cameron.
If I ever saw either of them drowning, I would throw rocks at them.
Vile. The both of them.
(Ya. Worked with both)
Weird fact. Sylvester Stallone has a very small hat size, it's the same as mine and I'm a woman with a small head.
John F*cking Cena.
Mr. “I always play a military role” himself was so rude to me in the Dallas airport. When I was in the military, I was coming home from pre-deployment training, and went up to him after he sat down. I said something to the effect of, “Hey, I don’t mean to bother you. I’m not looking for a picture or autograph or anything; I just want to thank you for all the support you give to us troops. We really do appreciate it,” and extended my hand. After a minute, he finally looked up from the game he was playing on his iPad, looked at my hand, looked at my face, and just had the most disgusted expression ever. Like I was a leper asking him to bless me. He reluctantly shook my hand, and went back to his iPad. Didn’t say a single word.
I was mind f*cked by that. Literally could not believe how rude he was to me. He puts on a good show for the cameras, but he proved to me that day that he couldn’t give a sh*t less about ACTUAL military members.
ETA: We were at the same gate, and had an hour or so wait time before our flight left, so I didn’t catch him at a bad time or when he was in a hurry. Literally just sitting at the gate at the airport.
Edward James Olmos. The dude that played Selena’s dad.
I was working at Disneyland, he comes up to my register and orders.
He was short and to the point, no pleasantries at all but I was used to that kind of treatment from guests. Most people just want to get their snack as soon as possible and go on their favorite ride.
But there was something on his receipt that he wasn’t happy with and he got angry with me. He used a gift card so the remaining balance was shown on his receipt.
He accused me of charging him more when that’s impossible to do with Disney’s POS system. Plus, I gave him his receipt so he could see I only charged him the items he ordered. I tried to explain that to him but he wouldn’t have it. He said he needed to talk to someone “higher” than me.
So I called my manager and it turned out that the missing balance he accused me of taking from his card was from the tip he gave to a restaurant he ate at on Disney property.
My manager gave him a full refund anyways. It was really frustrating because he was accusing me of being a thief but he got his way at the end. But that happens all the time at Disney.
I’m usually too inarticulate to talk to celebrities. I did stay in a hotel room next to Mark Wahlberg over 10 years ago. He and his friends (?) were extremely loud, and listed to 80s rock music all night and never slept. It wasn’t rude, exactly, just annoying.
Alec Baldwin held an elevator door for me once and was the only celeb I’ve encountered to acknowledge my existence, so he was the nicest by default.
Chevy Chase. Saw him at a hotel and as a small 8-9 year old who liked the Vacation movies and asked for his autograph. He went off on me verbally and than when my dad came over he went off on him for something f*cked up like "not raising me right" or some sh*t. Dudes a straight a*shole mid level celebrity in the 80's for a second.
Steven Seagal.
I actually walked away from him mid conversation because he’s such a twat. I also watched him get laid out at a benefit we attended by a Mr. Travis Hailey. He also shot some of his Koi fish.
Pierce Brosnan. Saw him loading his car up at a farmer's market in Santa Monica. Walked up to him and told him I was a big fan. I didn't ask for a picture or anything. He got into his car and as he was backing up he told me to f*ck right off. Maybe I was in the wrong for walking up to him, I was just excited.
I went to a meet and greet with the Kings rookies when Hassan Whiteside and Demarcus Cousins were rookies. I remember Hassan being an absolute a*s. Making fun of people, calling them fat and stupid and short. Complete d*ck. Demarcus (believe it or not) was really nice. He hung out with all the kids. He talked with me and my friend and called us smart and said we had a lot of Basketball knowledge. He even jokingly said I knew more than Coach Calipari. Hell, the guy was so nice, I went to a 49ers game, and he was there. He saw me and recognized me and said hi!But Hassan, literally came up to us and asked Demarcus why he was talking to us and said Me and my friend were stupid. He pissed Cousins off so much, he left and didn't come back for an hour. He apologized but I could tell some sh*t was going down between Whiteside and Cousins
TL;DR Hassan Whiteside is an a*s, Demarcus Cousins is really nice.
Pauly Shore was super rude to us, only grunted at us when we asked for an autograph. This was after his stand up show too, he was cool and on during the show, but when he came outside to us all waiting he was such a d*ck, acted over it, grunted a lot, never said hi or looked at us. We gave him a sharpie that clicked and he couldn't figure it out and it pissed him off.
Pat Monahan is from my hometown in Pennsylvania, and whenever he visits, he pisses nearly everyone off. In high school, a friend of mine worked at Cold Stone Creamery, and the rule was whenever a customer tipped an employee, the employee was required to sing a song. Well, when Pat tipped them and they started singing, he told them to shut the f*ck up because they were annoying. He also said to the 15-year-old female employees that he was going to 'buy the store and fire all of you c*nts.' He ended up dropping his ice cream on the counter and stormed out.
I won’t say he was rude but kinda weird. I was in Vegas to visit a friend of mine. However, I was always a huge fan of Penn and Teller. So I booked tickets to their show, and decided to do something real nice. I drew pictures of them and had them in frames and stuff. After the show they usually meet and greet the people while they are leaving. I ran into to Mr. Teller first since he was closer to my side. I believe he wasn’t in a good mood that day, honestly. He was so rushed that it was obvious he wanted to get the hell out of there. After I took a picture with him I showed him his gift. I kinda wanted to take picture of him holding it as a memory, I really was looking forward to it. He acted surprised for like two seconds, and then gave the gift to the bodyguard next to him and rushed things so I leave him alone lol. I went to penn, took picture with him, and handed him his gift. He was super super nice and humble, he even showed it to the people were standing. He then hand-shook me, I could’ve easily asked for a picture of him holding the drawing but I didn’t because I’m a perfectionist and would feel something is missing since I didn’t get a picture of Teller holding it. I’m still a big fan of both of them. I refuse to Judge Teller for that, although my friends strongly disagree with that since they were there and seen it all. The dude is old and there were few people and it must be exhausting to do his work, so it wasn’t a big deal for me. I still want to see their show again and meet them again, if possible. I admire people who bring joy to others, as this is what they are doing.
Taking gifts to celebrities and thinking they owe you something for them. Penn & Teller? NTA....
Idina Menzel was set to perform at the place I worked in college (very small venue of devoted fans - because let's face it, who else would go see her). She came on three hours late and had very specific food items/demands for her green room and was extremely rude to everyone that worked at the facility. This is a huge facility and just one venue among larger ones that have hosted much more prominent acts/stars.
Being three hours late to perform is a complete d**k move, people have to get home, sometimes by (SHOCK! HORROR!) public transport.
I was managing a sandwich shop in college near Nick Lachey's home, and he and his (genuinely really nice) wife would come in from time to time. We'd usually comp his order since the entire shopping plaza would instantly show up and stack a line out the door and around the corner. But he never tipped us — he even elbowed his wife when she tried to — and he never looked at anyone or said hi to them the entire time he was at the restaurant.
I'm surprised he even set foot in the place if it was so distasteful to him, also, who?
I used to be a bartender at a hotel, and Vivica A. Fox came in with a guy late one night after an event. He ordered a drink for himself and a house red for her, so I turned to her and asked if she preferred cab or merlot. She gave me the DIRTIEST look, like how dare I address her directly, and flounced off to a table without answering. The guy said, 'Just give her red, whatever...' and didn't leave a tip (they ordered four rounds, and no tip each time). They also complained that someone else came in and sat at a table near them and tried to get me to make them move. The other guests didn’t even try to approach her or anything — she was just mad that they dared to sit at a neighboring table.
I’ve met Chris Martin from Coldplay. I’m not sure if he was having a bad day but he was really standoffish and cold. Not in a shy, introverted way but he was legitimately completely disinterested in talking to me or anyone around him trying to speak to him (this was at a VIP thing that some people payed hundreds of dollars for.)
I’ve also met Jeremy Irons and Mac DeMarco. Both of them were equally bubbly and friendly.
Billy West. I met him at a Comic-Con well over a decade ago. I was a teen and had just started watching Futurama, so I was gushing about his roles in that. He not only seemed uninterested, he said "hell no" when I asked for a picture.
On the flip side, literally a few hours later, Rosario Dawson made an effort to take a picture with me even though I was a minute late to her meet and greet. She even complimented the Spider-Man costume i was wearing that day.
I met Miles Teller at a bar — he told my friend to buy him a drink, and he still refused to take a picture with him. He ended up smacking my phone out of my hand — I'll never watch another movie with him in it again.
One time, my mom and little brother (who was 4 years old at the time) were walking through an airport — Larry King ran into my little brother and knocked him over, and just continued walking without stopping to say sorry. I was 6 years old at the time, so I don’t personally remember this, but my mom told me all about it.
I met jimmy Carr in Dublin on the street, he came out a shop door as I was walking by I said to friend is that jimmy Carr? Which he heard, he then took out his phone and pretended to talk to someone in a fake “leprechaun irish” accent and speed walked down the steeet
Dan Akroyd from The Blues Brothers. He had an extraordinarily high opinion of himself. I've met lots of actors, and some were nicer than others, but he was the only rude one.
Sorry to hear that. Funny fact, my now deceased ex husband was the spitting image of John Belushi and actually sang one song when the Blues Brothers played in London.
My brother worked at a very fancy ski resort hotel and celebrities came through there all the time. Kiefer Sutherland apparently was the biggest as*hole, but the funniest story I think is that Lars Ulrich used the fake name "Bruce Wayne." I sort of imagine he wanted to look like he was being cool and discrete but he didn't actually want to be discrete about his presence so he used the most suspicion provoking fake name.
I don't know how Mr Sutherland is these days, but when he was here filming one of his earlier, forgotten films, he earned the nickname Kweefer because he was such a jerk.
I’ve heard Lauryn Hill is awful to work with. My bosses at a festival I did some work at have worked with her numerous times and apparently she never listens to venue rules, always has way too many people with her, and shows up late. Not to mention she’s apparently rude to staff.
They need to stop inviting her, if no-one books these toxic arseholes they quickly become has-beens.
I’m a photographer, and one of my biggest events starting out was the opportunity to photograph the red carpet at Jingle Ball in 2014. I was 19 at the time, had severe health issues, and had also traveled seven hours from home to photograph the show. Among the chaos of a bunch of photographers packed in the area between the barricade and the stage, I had lost my phone and didn’t notice until we were back in the red carpet room. I immediately started to freak out, and I went into the hallway because I started having a panic attack. I didn't realize that was the hallway the performers used to exit the room, and as I leaned against the wall crying, Demi Lovato walked out and proceeded to give me an extremely dirty look. They seemed disgusted and rolled their eyes as they walked by me, as if I was some devoted fan crying over them [instead of experiencing something traumatic].
My mom was a waitress in the Dallas area at the early days of wrestling when the WWE was still the WWF.
Wrestlers after a show would come to her restaurant and eat there cause it was close to the venue the performed at. She meet a lot of old school famous wrestlers before it was popular.
Apparently the Ultimate Warrior was a real as*hole who never tipped. Thats the only one she didn't like.
My sister was a cook at a nice resort in Canada — one time, Maria Bello's assistant called in, saying she was coming with a bunch of guests and they wanted a certain type of bread served with their meal. So, the restaurant went out of their way to make her party this certain type of bread [off the menu], only to have them not show up. It was a huge waste of food.
He's barely a celebrity, but Billy Mitchell (former video game champion who recently lost his title because of cheating) was at an arcade expo a few years ago selling his hot sauce.
I was the only one at his booth, with cash in hand. He pointedly ignored me for several uncomfortable seconds, then just walked the hell away! At the time, I was angry and thought about stealing one of the hot sauces out of spite... but now I realize I had a very on-brand Billy Mitchell experience; this is a much better story than "he posed for a photo and signed a bottle of his hot sauce; seemed like a nice guy."
That's the attitude. The worse the experience the better the story.
Bo Jackson and Chili Davis wouldn't sign my baseball when I was 8. There was nobody else around and they refused. F*ckin pricks.
Owen Wilson, met him at a nightclub when he was in town filming Shanghai Noon (or whatever the western one was). You’d think he’d be super chill, but he was a huge snob. And he let me (a 19yo girl) buy him drinks.
Funny anecdote, while I was talking to him my friend turned around to leave and walked straight into a glass wall instead of through the door in said glass wall. So his impression of us might have well been just as bad.
Yeah I mean did you expect him to pay for all the drinks though? If so that’s just as bad.
Brandon Marshall from the Broncos football team. Lots of famous people used to come to the gym I worked out at. All of them were nice except that dude. Only little kids playing pick up basketball wanted to talk to him and he was literally telling them to f*ck off.
I am sure it gets annoying but damn man you asked for the life when you became a f*cking NFL player. Not like everyone was bugging you.
Anyways I think someone told me he may be Bi-Polar. Which may be true, but he is still an as*hole.
And the wonderful Carrie Fischer (sp?) was bipolar. You don't need to add that to a bad experience with someone, as if it "makes people a**holes". You're perpetuating a stereotype when you do.
I worked at a publicity firm in Philadelphia while Tyler Perry was on a national press tour promoting Boo! A Madea Halloween in 2016. He flew in private with a 13-person staff, including personal chefs, assistants, trainers, manicurists, and dietitians. His team sat in the back of the plane while he sat alone in the front — he was then privately escorted from the airport while his team handled all of his luggage into a van.
His team sent our local agency a long list of demands and rules in anticipation of his arrival: Tyler wanted to be addressed/referred to as 'Mr. Perry,' we were prohibited to speak to him directly (only to his team), room temperature orange Gatorade had to be in his green room, furniture wasn't allowed in his press interview suite, ALL media/press had to travel to him (Mr. Perry wouldn't leave the hotel), and he wouldn't wait for anyone. I helped out with the local press tour, but I kept my distance from him — his entire team seemed terrified of him.
Haven't met too many celebrities but Leslie Jones was probably the rudest. She just kinda had this attitude of like, being annoyed at fans
I took writing classes taught by Lidia Yuknavitch.
This woman is the walking stereotype of pretension. If you didn't tow the radical left political party line as well, she would insult and make fun of you in class and try to get the other students to shame them.
If your stories weren't balls deep in allegory and metaphor and acting as an allusion to something traumatic or political, then you were "just a scribbler."
I don't like her.
Samuel Jackson. Was walking around NYC around 17 or 18 and who do I see in the corner of my eye, but Mace Windu himself Kango hat and all. I was nervous about going up to him but I proceed to watch a young woman go up to him, show him her head shot, and take a picture with him. After he does this I have the confidence to strike so I stroll up and ask "Are you Samuel Jackson?" and he is like "Nah" so I proceed to ask "Are you sure? Im pretty sure you are Samuel Jackson" and he says "Nah you got me confused with someone else" and walks away. I was a massive fan before and now I will always associate him with that memory.
I met Patrick Stewart backstage at a comic book convention when I used to work for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The child and their family had requested to meet Stan Lee, and it was quite the scene when Stan was ever so gracious to this family (he was THE BEST). The other celebrities backstage joined in on the scene and took multiple pictures with the family — I asked Patrick Stewart if he'd mind taking a picture with them as well, and he said, 'Yes, I DO mind' and walked off. I haven’t watched Star Trek: The Next Generation or any X-Men movies he's been in since then.
I would absolutely HATE to be famous. I am not excusing the behavior of some of these people at all - some of them are absolutely appalling! But as I was reading them the thing that struck me the most was the constant barrage of fans. I am also not blaming the fans, but I can see how exhausting it must be to met with some kind of expectation literally every minute that you are out in public. I feel very strongly about being kind and respectful whether you are a celebrity or not but I think I would get a little crabby at all the attention all the time.
Ikr. Celebrities are still just human beings trying to do what they're paid to do, and they don't get paid for signing autographs and talking to people on the street. The little bit of downtime they have they just want their privacy. I'm sure on other days they're a lot more chill.
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To be honest: I think it's rude to walk up to a stranger and think you're entitled to his or hers time / picture / autograph. Yes, it's nice if they take the time for you, but they are perfectly allowed to turn you down. It's something else if the person comes to the place were you work (bar / restaurant / plane), they need your services and then behave in a bad way. That's rude.
Turning you down politely - sure. And everyone is allowed to have bad days (and I will acknowledge the stories about celebs having bad days and behaving badly are going to travel further and wider than mediocre nice stories). BUT, these people are famous because fans made them famous. They are rich and powerful because people made them like that, so if they have to “suffer” though a bit more fan attention than they may want to, U think that comes with the territory. I don’t always want to go to work but sometimes I have to suck it up and do it, and do it well, nonetheless.
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I don’t like this kind of article, why should celebrities be "nice" all the time ? they don’t owe anyone anything outside of their work. We have to stop with the celebrity cult.
Also while some sound genuinely rude - i find it hard to judge them based on one person‘s review about them.
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On the flip side of this, I sat next to Steve Martin on a flight to New York once. He was so absolutely gracious and kind to me throughout the flight and even walked with me to ground transportation. When he realized I was trying to get a cab (this was in the days before Uber) he gave me a ride in his town car to my hotel.
I am only shocked by a couple of these. Most of these celebrities on this list are well known asshats.
Some of these "fans" seem to be "asshats" too. Especially the hotel stories make me angry. I worked in hotels for a long time and the first thing you learn is that you are NOT to annoy guests, follow them around and ask for autographs, no matter how famous they are. Discretion is the most important thing in a hotel, so these stories going "I worked at the hotel celebrity xy stayed in so I went to get their autograph" should have gotten them fired.
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Let's not forget that many of these are moments in the life of the celebrities. Everyone has a bad moment and isn't always equally nice to other people.
My brother and father met a cricket player when i was 9. My brother and the cricketer have the same name so when my father called my brother the cricketer was walking behind them so he turned around. After everything was explained the cricketer gave a fist bump to my brothher and went off. I wish i was there to see it
The bad: Tony Randall. In a restaurant he was sitting with Lynn Anderson. It was not crowded unless you consider the big table with Anne Meara and others working on the show. They had finished eating some time before and were nursing their coffee. Another talent for the show stopped to talk to them briefly. When he left, a girl about 10-12 who had been waiting for a very long time approached with her paper and pen. Randall shooed her way - "not while I'm eating". He had finished eating ages ago. The girl was crushed. The good: Arnie Palmer. He was in town for the Pro-Am. Eating at a favorite restaurant of mine was signing autographs. The owner approached him to offer him a more private table. Arnie thanked him but turned him down. He made a comment about appreciating his fans. Later, at his plane, after he had paid all those to whom he owned money for the weekend, and signed a lot of autographs, I got a picture with him. Bob Hope was also there and was friendly.
I’m not really a name and shame sort of person. Whatever interaction I’ve had with a celebrity I’ve no idea what they’ve been through just before and I don’t complain. I will say who was extra nice though. The names that stand out are The Smashing Pumpkins, Robert Plant, Noddy Holder, John Nettles, Jenny Agguter and Glynn Purnell. I also do apologise to Mel C (sporty spice) for opening a door into her face and nearly taking her eye out. She was very nice about it. I need to apologise to Lord Courtenay for his having to retrieve his dog, I think she was called Ora, she’d taken a real fancy to my dog and was dead set on following us home. Again he was really nice about it.
Approaching a person on the street or any other public place and asking something of them is rude. Expecting them to accommodate you is delusional. Famous or not, people do not want to be bothered. And maybe they are rude to you because you are the 100th person to ask on that same day.
Why would you put your trust in someone you don't know?? I'll never understand the celebrity worship.
I've got some- from working in retail where I've encountered celebrities in the past: Ashley Judd was super rude, Amy Grant was nice, Michael Jackson was just odd, Scott Hamilton was super nice, Mandy Moore was nice and very tall, Ted Danson was rather normal and nice, Taylor Swift is rumored to be very down to earth. I know there are others but that's all I can remember right now.
I’ve met two celebrities. Bryan Adams was a sweetheart. Aretha Franklin was NASTY.
I've met a few through work. Steve-O from "Jackass" and Evan Peters were super cool.
Most of these stories are one sided. And the rest are probably fake. As I operate in real life, I don't go by what other people have to say about someone. I interact with them and create my own opinions, bc in real life, people also lie.
Maybe some of them are rude people but what if some were having a bad day or were in a bad mood...also, How do I know there people are telling the truth. I trust no one.
Basically this is a list of "Celeb X is a douche, but Snoop Dogg is always cool". Pay attention, kids: getting a record deal from Dr. Dre makes you awesome.
Karl Dall really liked the cigarette I made for my Dad when he was still working. Bought it, and a supposed-to-be-free lighter for 2€ then. Roberto Blanco also is a very cool guy ... we smoked a cigar together when he was on tour. There, we got into the optimal sizing of these. I think a cigar shouldn't exceed 30 or 40 minutes, because have some sympathy for your lungs, and smoking longer than that actually never is any joy, but just hard work to finish something that was a guulty pleasure, if even a pleasure at all - depends on who is to -, to begin with.
#14 I love John Candy, I've never read a story where he was a jerk or rude to people and I'm sure he's had his off days.
Insane how willing people are to jump on any bandwagon without verifying the stories first.
Back in the early 70's, one Easter Sunday, we stopped at a local drugstore in northern Virginia. I elected to wait in the car for my parents & brother, but my Dad comes out to the car & tells me my brother just shook hands with Telly Savalas. I'm going in the drugstore as Telly is going out - I run up to him, extend my right hand & introduce myself, to Mr. Savalas. He took my hand & KISSED it!!! Swoon time for 14 year old me!!! His brother was a schoolteacher in northern VA, and he came from filming "Kojak" to spend Easter with family. Also met Jimmy Stewart - NICE man. Marlon Perkins was okay. Rowan & Martin did their schtick for an audience of one (moi). Got Sonny Jurgenson's autograph for my brother. Knew Maury Povich when he was local talent in DC. ALL were very pleasant to me.
Years ago I worked at a gas station/gift shop along the highway in the British Columbia Rockies. The late William Hurt stopped in one day to get gas. He spent about 20 minutes talking to the other customers and holding babies. He was so polite and smiled the whole time. What a class act.
around 1994-- kenny rogers, the texas ball player and kenny rogers , the singer, were on hand for a restaurant opening. i had the baseball player sign my ticket stubs for his recent game that was the third perfect game ever pitched by a left hander. talked to his wife for a while. talked to kenny for a while. the singer, didn't look at anyone, no autographs and left quick after the opening. he was not nice.
If they didn't want the attention then they should not have become celebrities. People will always want to meet them if given the chance because they are famous. That being said I wouldn't want that but if that was the job I chose I would just know that unfortunately that is part of it. At least be nice when you tell someone no. That's it just be a decent human being and treat them the way you would want to be treated. And fans need to be respectful of the stars and not just assume they want to be harassed. If they say no say ok I understand. If everyone would just be kind and respectful of each other celebrities or not things would be a lot better in the world. If the stars is disrespectful stop liking them, stop buying their products and eventually the jerky stars will get weeded out.
Some of these people are clearly entitled twats, but others were almost certainly just having a bad day. You may be shocked when someone turns round and says "no you can't have a picture" but you might be the 300th person who's asked them that day and they've just had enough.
Moral of the story: celebrities are people, and a lot of people suck so don't get your hopes up.
Yeah no. I am on the fence about some of these. 1. No one can prove these stories are true. Neither the positive nor the negative ones. And 2. if the ARE true, there are always 2 sides to a story. I totally get that it's inexcusable for celebrities to be rude on events held specifically for fans to meet their stars, like conventions or movie premieres etc. But if you run into a celebrity "in the wild" during their everyday life? Take a step back. There is no need to make their life hard just so you get a picture or autograph out of it.
Shirley Bassey was sweet and gracious, she took a group of us to lunch, at a restaurant while we were hired to help out at a performance she was doing in Istanbul, many years ago. She sat at the table amongst all of us and was kind and friendly and treated everyone like a normal human being. John Hurt was humble and quiet and was also just a normal, gentle person.
Blade Runner is one of my all-time favourites, so when I heard Sean Young and Edward James Olmos were doing a fan signings, I was invested. When I arrived to the signing area there was no one lined up for either actor, so I just beeline towards Sean Young. Sean Young was so, so lovely and down to earth. We chatted for a bit and it was so effortless. Took a selfie and she signed my badge and still wanted to chat on. I arrived nervous, and walked away elated. However... Edward James Olmos is someone I wished I avoided. He came off self-absorbed and annoyed by me. So I made quick with the signing. I understand they are actors, they owe me nothing but the bare minimum of whatever they're charging.. If you ever have a chance to meet Nichelle Nicols, do it. She's absolutely one of the warmest people I have ever met.
You must have caught EJO on a bad day. I met him at a convention in 2018, and he was SUPER nice. It was late in the day. His booth was empty. I was a little intimidated to meet him, since I consider him a pretty big star. He was nice, chatty, signed photos and took pics with us - like came around his table to stand with us. I selected a pic from Blade Runner to get sign. I noticed he wrote for a while, and when we walked away, I saw that he'd written out a quote from the movie. I am sorry you had a bad experience, because he was one of my favorites of the convention!
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"It's tough to handle this fortune and fame" sings Joe Walsh and maybe not everyone is down to earth or gracious enough to appreciate/respect fans. In my case I was lucky enough to get an autograph from Bono, who was extremely nice to me (his bodyguard too).
I'm 49 years old, I have a masters level degree in counseling and 25plus years experience. And I still am stunned at how poorly wealthy people tip. Especially since the pandemic! If it's not a lot to you and it would be a lot to them, why wouldn't you tip generously??
I would absolutely HATE to be famous. I am not excusing the behavior of some of these people at all - some of them are absolutely appalling! But as I was reading them the thing that struck me the most was the constant barrage of fans. I am also not blaming the fans, but I can see how exhausting it must be to met with some kind of expectation literally every minute that you are out in public. I feel very strongly about being kind and respectful whether you are a celebrity or not but I think I would get a little crabby at all the attention all the time.
Ikr. Celebrities are still just human beings trying to do what they're paid to do, and they don't get paid for signing autographs and talking to people on the street. The little bit of downtime they have they just want their privacy. I'm sure on other days they're a lot more chill.
Load More Replies... To be honest: I think it's rude to walk up to a stranger and think you're entitled to his or hers time / picture / autograph. Yes, it's nice if they take the time for you, but they are perfectly allowed to turn you down. It's something else if the person comes to the place were you work (bar / restaurant / plane), they need your services and then behave in a bad way. That's rude.
Turning you down politely - sure. And everyone is allowed to have bad days (and I will acknowledge the stories about celebs having bad days and behaving badly are going to travel further and wider than mediocre nice stories). BUT, these people are famous because fans made them famous. They are rich and powerful because people made them like that, so if they have to “suffer” though a bit more fan attention than they may want to, U think that comes with the territory. I don’t always want to go to work but sometimes I have to suck it up and do it, and do it well, nonetheless.
Load More Replies... I don’t like this kind of article, why should celebrities be "nice" all the time ? they don’t owe anyone anything outside of their work. We have to stop with the celebrity cult.
Also while some sound genuinely rude - i find it hard to judge them based on one person‘s review about them.
Load More Replies... On the flip side of this, I sat next to Steve Martin on a flight to New York once. He was so absolutely gracious and kind to me throughout the flight and even walked with me to ground transportation. When he realized I was trying to get a cab (this was in the days before Uber) he gave me a ride in his town car to my hotel.
I am only shocked by a couple of these. Most of these celebrities on this list are well known asshats.
Some of these "fans" seem to be "asshats" too. Especially the hotel stories make me angry. I worked in hotels for a long time and the first thing you learn is that you are NOT to annoy guests, follow them around and ask for autographs, no matter how famous they are. Discretion is the most important thing in a hotel, so these stories going "I worked at the hotel celebrity xy stayed in so I went to get their autograph" should have gotten them fired.
Load More Replies... I appreciate that a lot of these also mentioned celebrities who were nice.
Let's not forget that many of these are moments in the life of the celebrities. Everyone has a bad moment and isn't always equally nice to other people.
My brother and father met a cricket player when i was 9. My brother and the cricketer have the same name so when my father called my brother the cricketer was walking behind them so he turned around. After everything was explained the cricketer gave a fist bump to my brothher and went off. I wish i was there to see it
The bad: Tony Randall. In a restaurant he was sitting with Lynn Anderson. It was not crowded unless you consider the big table with Anne Meara and others working on the show. They had finished eating some time before and were nursing their coffee. Another talent for the show stopped to talk to them briefly. When he left, a girl about 10-12 who had been waiting for a very long time approached with her paper and pen. Randall shooed her way - "not while I'm eating". He had finished eating ages ago. The girl was crushed. The good: Arnie Palmer. He was in town for the Pro-Am. Eating at a favorite restaurant of mine was signing autographs. The owner approached him to offer him a more private table. Arnie thanked him but turned him down. He made a comment about appreciating his fans. Later, at his plane, after he had paid all those to whom he owned money for the weekend, and signed a lot of autographs, I got a picture with him. Bob Hope was also there and was friendly.
I’m not really a name and shame sort of person. Whatever interaction I’ve had with a celebrity I’ve no idea what they’ve been through just before and I don’t complain. I will say who was extra nice though. The names that stand out are The Smashing Pumpkins, Robert Plant, Noddy Holder, John Nettles, Jenny Agguter and Glynn Purnell. I also do apologise to Mel C (sporty spice) for opening a door into her face and nearly taking her eye out. She was very nice about it. I need to apologise to Lord Courtenay for his having to retrieve his dog, I think she was called Ora, she’d taken a real fancy to my dog and was dead set on following us home. Again he was really nice about it.
Approaching a person on the street or any other public place and asking something of them is rude. Expecting them to accommodate you is delusional. Famous or not, people do not want to be bothered. And maybe they are rude to you because you are the 100th person to ask on that same day.
Why would you put your trust in someone you don't know?? I'll never understand the celebrity worship.
I've got some- from working in retail where I've encountered celebrities in the past: Ashley Judd was super rude, Amy Grant was nice, Michael Jackson was just odd, Scott Hamilton was super nice, Mandy Moore was nice and very tall, Ted Danson was rather normal and nice, Taylor Swift is rumored to be very down to earth. I know there are others but that's all I can remember right now.
I’ve met two celebrities. Bryan Adams was a sweetheart. Aretha Franklin was NASTY.
I've met a few through work. Steve-O from "Jackass" and Evan Peters were super cool.
Most of these stories are one sided. And the rest are probably fake. As I operate in real life, I don't go by what other people have to say about someone. I interact with them and create my own opinions, bc in real life, people also lie.
Maybe some of them are rude people but what if some were having a bad day or were in a bad mood...also, How do I know there people are telling the truth. I trust no one.
Basically this is a list of "Celeb X is a douche, but Snoop Dogg is always cool". Pay attention, kids: getting a record deal from Dr. Dre makes you awesome.
Karl Dall really liked the cigarette I made for my Dad when he was still working. Bought it, and a supposed-to-be-free lighter for 2€ then. Roberto Blanco also is a very cool guy ... we smoked a cigar together when he was on tour. There, we got into the optimal sizing of these. I think a cigar shouldn't exceed 30 or 40 minutes, because have some sympathy for your lungs, and smoking longer than that actually never is any joy, but just hard work to finish something that was a guulty pleasure, if even a pleasure at all - depends on who is to -, to begin with.
#14 I love John Candy, I've never read a story where he was a jerk or rude to people and I'm sure he's had his off days.
Insane how willing people are to jump on any bandwagon without verifying the stories first.
Back in the early 70's, one Easter Sunday, we stopped at a local drugstore in northern Virginia. I elected to wait in the car for my parents & brother, but my Dad comes out to the car & tells me my brother just shook hands with Telly Savalas. I'm going in the drugstore as Telly is going out - I run up to him, extend my right hand & introduce myself, to Mr. Savalas. He took my hand & KISSED it!!! Swoon time for 14 year old me!!! His brother was a schoolteacher in northern VA, and he came from filming "Kojak" to spend Easter with family. Also met Jimmy Stewart - NICE man. Marlon Perkins was okay. Rowan & Martin did their schtick for an audience of one (moi). Got Sonny Jurgenson's autograph for my brother. Knew Maury Povich when he was local talent in DC. ALL were very pleasant to me.
Years ago I worked at a gas station/gift shop along the highway in the British Columbia Rockies. The late William Hurt stopped in one day to get gas. He spent about 20 minutes talking to the other customers and holding babies. He was so polite and smiled the whole time. What a class act.
around 1994-- kenny rogers, the texas ball player and kenny rogers , the singer, were on hand for a restaurant opening. i had the baseball player sign my ticket stubs for his recent game that was the third perfect game ever pitched by a left hander. talked to his wife for a while. talked to kenny for a while. the singer, didn't look at anyone, no autographs and left quick after the opening. he was not nice.
If they didn't want the attention then they should not have become celebrities. People will always want to meet them if given the chance because they are famous. That being said I wouldn't want that but if that was the job I chose I would just know that unfortunately that is part of it. At least be nice when you tell someone no. That's it just be a decent human being and treat them the way you would want to be treated. And fans need to be respectful of the stars and not just assume they want to be harassed. If they say no say ok I understand. If everyone would just be kind and respectful of each other celebrities or not things would be a lot better in the world. If the stars is disrespectful stop liking them, stop buying their products and eventually the jerky stars will get weeded out.
Some of these people are clearly entitled twats, but others were almost certainly just having a bad day. You may be shocked when someone turns round and says "no you can't have a picture" but you might be the 300th person who's asked them that day and they've just had enough.
Moral of the story: celebrities are people, and a lot of people suck so don't get your hopes up.
Yeah no. I am on the fence about some of these. 1. No one can prove these stories are true. Neither the positive nor the negative ones. And 2. if the ARE true, there are always 2 sides to a story. I totally get that it's inexcusable for celebrities to be rude on events held specifically for fans to meet their stars, like conventions or movie premieres etc. But if you run into a celebrity "in the wild" during their everyday life? Take a step back. There is no need to make their life hard just so you get a picture or autograph out of it.
Shirley Bassey was sweet and gracious, she took a group of us to lunch, at a restaurant while we were hired to help out at a performance she was doing in Istanbul, many years ago. She sat at the table amongst all of us and was kind and friendly and treated everyone like a normal human being. John Hurt was humble and quiet and was also just a normal, gentle person.
Blade Runner is one of my all-time favourites, so when I heard Sean Young and Edward James Olmos were doing a fan signings, I was invested. When I arrived to the signing area there was no one lined up for either actor, so I just beeline towards Sean Young. Sean Young was so, so lovely and down to earth. We chatted for a bit and it was so effortless. Took a selfie and she signed my badge and still wanted to chat on. I arrived nervous, and walked away elated. However... Edward James Olmos is someone I wished I avoided. He came off self-absorbed and annoyed by me. So I made quick with the signing. I understand they are actors, they owe me nothing but the bare minimum of whatever they're charging.. If you ever have a chance to meet Nichelle Nicols, do it. She's absolutely one of the warmest people I have ever met.
You must have caught EJO on a bad day. I met him at a convention in 2018, and he was SUPER nice. It was late in the day. His booth was empty. I was a little intimidated to meet him, since I consider him a pretty big star. He was nice, chatty, signed photos and took pics with us - like came around his table to stand with us. I selected a pic from Blade Runner to get sign. I noticed he wrote for a while, and when we walked away, I saw that he'd written out a quote from the movie. I am sorry you had a bad experience, because he was one of my favorites of the convention!
Load More Replies... "It's tough to handle this fortune and fame" sings Joe Walsh and maybe not everyone is down to earth or gracious enough to appreciate/respect fans. In my case I was lucky enough to get an autograph from Bono, who was extremely nice to me (his bodyguard too).
I'm 49 years old, I have a masters level degree in counseling and 25plus years experience. And I still am stunned at how poorly wealthy people tip. Especially since the pandemic! If it's not a lot to you and it would be a lot to them, why wouldn't you tip generously??
