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“It Was Gross To Witness”: 30 People Name The Rudest Celebrities They’ve Met
“Never meet your heroes.” This old proverb simply tells us that admiring an idealized figure from afar is typically better than interacting with them in person because, for the most part, the encounter turns out to be a massive letdown.
Many people have had this experience with celebrities, and it’s recently become a topic on Threads. One user asked, “Who is the rudest celeb you have met? What happened?”
The usual names came up, those with a reputation for being stand-offish. But there are surprising mentions like Keanu Reeves, who is known to be the nicest man in Hollywood today.
Whether it was actual obnoxious behavior or a reaction to a bad day, rudeness stains a person’s image. Unfortunately, it is magnified for celebrities, as it is the nature of their chosen profession.
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#1
JLo. She stuck her chewed gum in my hand and laughed as I led her through the shooting gallery at the VMAs.
Auntriarch 1 month ago
I don't often sanction the word "ewww" but I think it's appropriate here
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#2
Julia Roberts, I was standing behind her in a convenience store. The cashier was a new employee and was struggling. Julia Roberts began belittling the poor girl. I’ve never been impressed with actors, they’re just overrated and overpaid court jesters.
Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het 1 month ago
That is a disgusting,unnecessary, and totally unacceptable slur. Court jesters had a very important and valued role.
#3
I went to grammar and high school with Nicholas Cage but he was Nicholas Coppola back then. We both worked on high School musicals, me behind the scenes, him in front but I think we had a scene together in Our Town when I decided to act for a minute. But we played at each other's houses and everything. It's not like he was just in my class. We were friends. Fast forward about 10 years. I was a line cook at a fancy restaurant in San Francisco and he came in with some people. . I came out to say hello. Hey Nick, I said. He was so rude and acted like he couldn't even be bothered to look up and say hello. I was like whatever dude. I don't want anything from you just to be treated like a person. FU Nick Cage
#4
Scarlett Johansson, I was used to work at theost famous hotel in Edinburgh, Scotland and I served her once, I was just doing my job, she didn’t even look at me once while I was serving afternoon tea (2hours session), not even a thank you but the worst was she made fun of the manager, big time, big rude uggly time. Nobody was asking for photos or anything, we were just working, doing our best as we always did. Having a bad day or not, tired or not, you just say thank you when someone serves you!
Fuhleeheece 2 weeks ago
Hey, just existing in their illustrious presence should be enough! You shouldn't want them to actually *say* anything to ruin their bubble of narcissism....
#5
I gave Mila Kunis a facial once and she was a total b from the moment I called her name in my room. I acted like I had no idea who she was and didn’t make a point to make her feel special. I just matched her energy. This was before black swan even came out.
#6
Jim Jarmusch and Adam Driver are two of the nastiest people I have ever met, and this was inside the venue of their premiere for Patterson. I told Jarmusch what a big fan I was and how much his films has inspired me to become an actor and he was very belittling and acted like he was a god. Adam Driver is just the same, people keep pointing to Drivers “anxiety” as an excuse but it ain’t it.. I was with Driver one on one and he’s just an a*s, fame has gotten to his head and he thinks he’s too good
#7
Paris Hilton. I was working as a stylist assistant on a shoot with her and held my hand out so she could give me the garment she was wearing. She literally dropped it next to my oustreched hand on the floor.
#8
About 30 years ago when Alec Baldwin was just starting out in his career I think he had just finished filming the Hunt for Red October I was working out at the Mirage hotel Gym. I recognized him when he walked in he and I were the only ones in there. I was on a stationary bike and completely ignored him. He walked over to an attendant and asked her to tell me to leave. I said no way I'm a guest here I have every right to stay so he proceeded to give me dirty looks the entire time! Rude.
Michael Largey 1 month ago
Baldwin would have run people over and claim he thought the bike was stationary.
#9
Will.I.am. I was hired to make social content for BBC’s The Voice. The dude wouldn’t even look me in the eye, and refused to work with me, having a meltdown in front of his team because he wanted to make vids with “a hot girl”. 🫠 he ended up just turning to my camera and said “that’s Huw Samuel, you’re watching The Voice” before walking off.
In comparison, Sir Tom Jones shook my hand, and was up for being silly and danced with me. He was amazing.
#10
Emma Roberts and her sister, expected to be treated like ✨royalty✨ in a store I worked in at the time, they were also annoyed that I didn’t care who they were lol
#11
Most celebs I’ve met have been on good behavior. It always impresses me, because I can’t imagine how exhausting it is to interact with hundreds of people per week who all think they own a piece of you.
So I’ll share a vicarious encounter. My sister was friends with a knockout gorgeous woman. She looked like a 1980s music video model (this was the 1980s!), but she was a waitress like my sister. She was 19.
Anyway, she got on an elevator at a hotel, and who should be on it but... David Lee Roth. Yep, Diamond Dave himself, and in 1988, there were no hotter front men in the world.
Naturally, she was starstruck, but too shy to talk to him. Never fear! Diamond Dave to the rescue.
He had propositioned her for sex in his hotel room practically before the doors closed.
She said no.
#12
Bob Geldolf. He called me a c*nt. He was apparently notorious for doing that when he would throw temper tantrums, in fact an Australian radio show Triple J ran a contest where you could call in if you had a story about him calling you one.
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 1 month ago
Hated his guts ever since he chucked a fit and claimed Australia doesn't donate enough money to overseas charities. And same occasion, when he was given an award here in Australia and acted like someone had given him a bucket of used toilet paper.
#13
William Shatner. Watched him refuse to give an autograph to an 8 year old boy. Boy was in tears. He doesn't "do" those anymore, he said. A** hat.
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 1 month ago
He's an embarrassment to the franchise. I say this as a massive Star Trek fan -_-
#14
Gwen Stefani.. gave me a Death stare when I offered her hors d’euvres at an event in LA. She freaked me out. Her eyes literally turned black during her death stare. Blake was there. She’s territorial.
#15
Hands down, Jimmy Buffet.
He came in to do a sound check so drunk he could hardly stand. He saw me on stage and started yelling about a woman working on the crew. There were very few female sound engineers back then.
His people tried hard to fix it but I said I wasn’t dealing with that nonsense and walked out. They had to pay extra to keep the rest of our crew. Turned out Jimmy had a reputation for meaness on the road that I hear improved somewhat in later years.
#16
Robert Redford - he filmed several movies in my hometown. My 86 yr old grandmother really wanted to go watch some of the action where they were filming because she loved him. We were walking across the parking lot and she put her hand gently on a car to step down a curb. He came running out of a building and screamed at her for touching his car. The car was parked in a fire zone FIY and the roped off area for spectators only allowed people to walk right there. She apologized, he kept yelling.
Lila Allen 1 month ago
My mom is still salty over the time she and my dad were heading into a restaurant in Park City when Redford actually shoved my mom out of his way to go in front of her then shut the door right behind him right in her face.
#17
Head and shoulders above the rest: Micheal Stipe of R.E.M. And anyone who’s ever crossed his path while working in a restaurant would agree. Used to come in to restaurants long after closing time, yell and demand to be seated, would try to smoke incessantly at the table, demanded ridiculous off-menu food and freak out when told no (like asking for pancakes in a fine dining Italian restaurant) and ALWAYS stiffed the staff. He’s actually quietly black-listed from a bunch of spots in NYC still…
#18
Bryan Greenberg thinks he’s Al Pacino or something and it’s hilarious because even Al Pacino doesn’t act like that.. said “I don’t do that” when I kindly asked him for a photo like he’s royalty and was super rude and condescending, this was just me and him mind you
Tells you everything you need to know when he went from having prominent roles in One Tree Hill, Prime with Uma Thurman and Meryl Streep, Bride Wars, lead on October Road to literally fading away. Dude is his own worst enemy
#19
Mindy Cohn from Facts of Life. My wife and our friends and I met her when we were in our teens, and she has been the punchline in a running joke ever since. It would make me so happy if she learned this. Her shoving my 7 year old sister into a door jam and yelling “get out of my way!” is always our favorite part of the story.
#20
Cameron Diaz-- I was an extra in the movie "Sex Tape" (originally called Basic Math) with her and Jason Segel.... the WHOLE time she was on set she was on her phone and straight up ignored every single person who tried to speak to her. Jason was super friendly and interacting with people but she put her feet up on the chair in front of her and played on her phone the whole time. Acted like such a princess. Like girl stop, you're not even that good
#21
Bill Murray. I met him when he was partial owner of the St. Paul Saints in the mid-90s. He was standing in the concourse signing autographs when a kid that looked to be about 6/7 walked up to him absolutely gushing about how much he loved him in Ghost Busters. The kid was a bit heavyset & Murray MERCILESSLY mad fun of his weight. The kid ran away crying. I was a chubby tween girl, so that's stuck with me ever since.
#22
Jaime Foxx. I was in Vegas at a store inside the MGM buying something. He walked up, put a bunch of candy on the cashiers desk and told me I should buy it for him. I was like, yeah, right. No"
#23
Simone Biles: I met her during the Olympic Games and I also heard from athletes at the Olympic Games that she is a completely different person in front of the camera than behind the camera.
#24
I was a server at a high end dine in movie theater and Michael Phelps came in and spit chew EVERYWHERE
#25
Keisha Cole- a fan was telling her how she helped her get out of a DV situation that almost ended her life. Every woman in the bathroom had tears in their eyes. Keisha barely acknowledged that woman & walked out the bathroom. Every woman in that bathroom audibly GASPED in disbelief.
kissmychakram 1 month ago
I have to wonder why the eff anyone would feel it was ok to interrupt someone going about their business in a bathroom?
#26
Anthony Mackie. I was working at a bar at a stadium offered him a drink cause it’s my job, literally said that he didn’t get why I had such a stupid job if he can just go to the bar and get the drink himself… like I get it 100% but a simple “no thanks” would’ve been nice
#27
I met Ann Burrell at a convention in Chicago. I was so excited to meet her because I really looked up to her as a female back in the day. She was drunk and burnt the risotto she made and was really not friendly when I went to take a photo with her and get her autograph on the cookboook I bought
Joe Parker 1 month ago
she didn't burn it because she was drunk. she burnt it because she's a fraud who has never actually been a successful chef, regardless of what the food network says.
#28
Tyrese. A few years I was a waiter at a fancy restaurant in NY, he came into the restaurant very demanding and rude to everyone on the staff. This was back when he was doing the promotional tour for fast and furious, even the girl he brought in was rude and obnoxious. Omg they complaint about everything nothing was at his standards. He did not like the table, the food, he asked to be change tables like 3 times cause it was notto his level
#29
Alyssa Milano. Snottiest person alive. Her mom too. They dined at a restaurant I worked at and were demanding and awful the whole time. Had us open the bottom floor for her family alone and her mother would ask for things by saying “I’m Alyssa Milano’s mom..” made me wanna laugh/puke in her face. Just rude and gross.
#30
I saw George Clooney at a grocery store yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”
I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off.
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cugel. 1 month ago
Reverse the scenario, where celebs relate their experiences with fans, and it'd be "Oh right, now I get it"
Cee Cee 1 month ago
Never heard of at least 90% of people on this list. Plus I don't think celebs owe us anything when going about their lives.
Lila Allen 1 month ago
Yup that right there.... like how many of these are just " I barged into their life when they were just doing normal things and I'm big mad they didn't drop everything to pay attention to me"
Child of the Stars 1 month ago (edited)
You know how we talk about how creepy it is when a man thinks a waitress is flirting with him when she smiles while doing her job? People who get offended by celebrities who get grumpy when approached for autographs or pictures come off the same way. It really, REALLY doesn't matter how nicely or politely you ask. Unless you're at an actual signing event, just leave them be.
cugel. 1 month ago
Reverse the scenario, where celebs relate their experiences with fans, and it'd be "Oh right, now I get it"
Cee Cee 1 month ago
Never heard of at least 90% of people on this list. Plus I don't think celebs owe us anything when going about their lives.
Lila Allen 1 month ago
Yup that right there.... like how many of these are just " I barged into their life when they were just doing normal things and I'm big mad they didn't drop everything to pay attention to me"
Child of the Stars 1 month ago (edited)
You know how we talk about how creepy it is when a man thinks a waitress is flirting with him when she smiles while doing her job? People who get offended by celebrities who get grumpy when approached for autographs or pictures come off the same way. It really, REALLY doesn't matter how nicely or politely you ask. Unless you're at an actual signing event, just leave them be.
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