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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.”

Folks Online Reveal Why They No Longer Respect These 40 A-List Celebrities 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.

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Final score:

317points

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Mr Zipperface 2 years ago

Yes the currently bankrupt Ms Price has recently been seen on social media showing off her most recent plastic surgery and luxury foreign holidays.

93points

Folks Online Reveal Why They No Longer Respect These 40 A-List Celebrities 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.

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Final score:

310points

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Michelle M 2 years ago

I'm just trying to imagine Peter dinklage dancing disco 🤣

144points

Folks Online Reveal Why They No Longer Respect These 40 A-List Celebrities 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.

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Final score:

292points

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Mr Zipperface 2 years ago

She successfully hid it for years, making money from her "caring" persona, another arsehole who doesn't deserve screen time.

186points

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.”

Folks Online Reveal Why They No Longer Respect These 40 A-List Celebrities 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.

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Final score:

289points

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Mr Zipperface 2 years ago

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.

121points

Folks Online Reveal Why They No Longer Respect These 40 A-List Celebrities 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.

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Final score:

232points

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Michelle M 2 years ago

Tyra Banks. That's no surprise.

117points

Folks Online Reveal Why They No Longer Respect These 40 A-List Celebrities 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.

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Final score:

206points

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New Prometheus 2 years ago

Why would somebody go and actually buy a new toilet seat? Why to give in to this kind of bullying and nonsense?

160points

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.

Folks Online Reveal Why They No Longer Respect These 40 A-List Celebrities 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.

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Final score:

198points

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Mr Zipperface 2 years ago

Incredibly rude to their own staff, tells you everything you need to know about these arseholes.

172points

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.

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Final score:

191points

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LagoonaBlueColleen 2 years ago

Miss John Candy. He was always just himself in every movie he was in.

143points

#10

Folks Online Reveal Why They No Longer Respect These 40 A-List Celebrities 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.

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Final score:

190points

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Mr Zipperface 2 years ago

Arsehole.

113points

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.

#11

Folks Online Reveal Why They No Longer Respect These 40 A-List Celebrities 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.

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Final score:

189points

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DUN DUN (she/her) 2 years ago

That's a kid whose hopes you hyped up and then left him hanging there >:(

104points

#12

Folks Online Reveal Why They No Longer Respect These 40 A-List Celebrities 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.

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Final score:

187points

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Michelle M 2 years ago

Well, this one is full of all the juicy details.

166points

#13

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."

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Final score:

175points

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Mr Zipperface 2 years ago

Your wife's a keeper.

167points

“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.”

#14

Folks Online Reveal Why They No Longer Respect These 40 A-List Celebrities 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.

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Final score:

164points

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Martha Meyer 2 years ago

Wow, not being in the mood for a pic with a fan is one thing, but this is on another level.

117points

#15

Folks Online Reveal Why They No Longer Respect These 40 A-List Celebrities 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.

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Final score:

163points

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Kay blue 2 years ago

I've always thought Sean Penn was a complete arsehole, until I watched his documentary about his work in Haiti, so now I only think that he is mostly an arsehole.

70points

#16

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.

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Final score:

161points

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Jennifer Lewis 2 years ago

I've never heard of Cradle of Filth (not surprisingly, I'm old), but now I want to give them all of the money.

82points

“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.

#17

Folks Online Reveal Why They No Longer Respect These 40 A-List Celebrities 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.

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Final score:

159points

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Mr Zipperface 2 years ago

$100 for an Apple?

84points

#18

Folks Online Reveal Why They No Longer Respect These 40 A-List Celebrities 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.

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Final score:

151points

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Debbie Barnes 2 years ago

Unfortunately, he is known for his rudeness and lack of manners. Someone who thinks he's above everyone else. Horrible man.

110points

#19

Folks Online Reveal Why They No Longer Respect These 40 A-List Celebrities 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.

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Final score:

149points

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Serial pacifist 2 years ago

Well, not as douchy as it could be. The not helping part downscores the whole thing.

99points

#20

Folks Online Reveal Why They No Longer Respect These 40 A-List Celebrities 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.

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Final score:

145points

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Rabbit Carrot 2 years ago

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.

84points

#21

Folks Online Reveal Why They No Longer Respect These 40 A-List Celebrities 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.

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Final score:

142points

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Crease Almighty 2 years ago

Lessons from the 70s 🤣🤣

126points

LagoonaBlueColleen 2 years ago

I can see where he's coming from. But sorta weird way of proving a point. My guess he's aware his stunts were super dangerous and impressionable young kids watched him. I'm sure his biggest fear was a kid injuring or killing themselves by copying him.

57points

Mr Zipperface 2 years ago

Good intentions

42points

Louise B 2 years ago

That was my instinct too. He probably thought he was imparting an important life lesson, maybe in some way he did, but not the one he intended. Just don't hit anyone to make a point, especially not little kids who hero worship you.

32points

YinzerGhost 2 years ago

Actually kind of sweet, in a 1970s sort of way.

35points

T. D. Bostick 2 years ago

Well, he's not wrong.

30points

Andi 2 years ago

they remembered!

24points

Kynnica Pilupner 2 years ago

Bet none of those two kids ever failed to wear a safety helmet.

19points

Christopher Walkies 2 years ago

Professor Emeritus of the School of Hard Knocks.

16points

Kate Blake 2 years ago

That was actually a pretty good lesson to teach- this was before any kinds of helmet rules for bicycles or motorcycles

9points

KatKaleen 2 years ago

That may have been a bit mean, but still a good PSA from a person that spoke from experience.

6points

Yoinks! 2 years ago

His movie Viva Knievel! is an absolute hoot, in part because of the utter filmmaking incompetence involved, but mostly because of Evel's self-worship. In the opening scene he sneaks into an orphanage at night to deliver ACTION FIGURES OF HIMSELF to all the kids, whereupon one handicapped child literally tosses his crutches aside and walks. "You're the reason I'm walkin', Evel! You're the reason!"

5points

William Stevenson 2 years ago

The Evel Knievel stunt bike and figure set was the absolute greatest invention of man since fire, the wheel, and Flaming Hot Cheetos.

3points

Henk Loorbach 2 years ago

That's not a*****e behavior, that's solid 70's gold!

4points

thobin A 2 years ago

That was a good lesson.

4points

pat hayes 2 years ago

ha! 70 badasss !

3points

Kantami Blossom 2 years ago

Giving what he did for a living you kinda have to respect him for teaching kids that may try to copy him the importance of safety, and from experience I can tell you nothing teaches you quicker than pain.

2points

Cap'n Stu 2 years ago

That is old school dad right there. Slapped a knot on your head.

2points

Barbara Cass 2 years ago

I grew up in the same town. He was not a nice man. Not to fans and certainly not to his family.

2points

Jesse Taylor 2 years ago

That's a hard lesson.

2points

Craig Becker 2 years ago

The Evel Knievel School of Basic Motorcycle Safety. Speaking as a motorcyclist and a father: I completely approve.

2points

Bacony Cakes 2 years ago

Yeah, he should've stayed on the floor of that arena.

2points

Nothanks L. Walk 2 years ago

See now THAT is parenting. Those two never forgot that lesson, and taught it to others in all likelihood as well. Stellar work.

1point

Johnny Hicks 2 years ago

I mean, you wore a helmet from then on, right? Maybe those kinds of lessons are what we need now to fix our garbage society. I would guess that Evel took to giving those kinds of lessons because he had heard countless stories an visited countless copy cat kids in hospitals or even funerals. Doesn’t make it right, but if it kept you and your friend from getting hurt/killed I can kinda get behind it.

1point

Riley Quinn 2 years ago

Back in the good ole days when any adult could hit any kid and get away with it.

1point

Celtic Pirate Queen 2 years ago (edited)

His son Ricky used to hang out at my local when he was in town. Complete jackass. Expected every female to just drool over him. I got the cliched "Don't you know who I am?". I just looked disgusted and said, "Yeah. And I don't care" before walking away. He tried to have me removed. I was friends with literally everyone who worked there, including the owner, who told him "Not gonna happen. She's a regular and you're not". The look on his face was priceless.

1point

Mary Hilton 2 years ago

Ah, the 70s. When all kinds of debaucheries were done to us kids and nobody gave a s**t..

1point

Robert Miller 2 years ago

Kinda important lesson . A lot of kids died trying to be like him , and I'm sure that bothered him .

1point

Jack Jackson 2 years ago

Great lesson actually.

1point

J Kee 2 years ago

Ok this is hilarious though

0points

Dean Garner 2 years ago

Haar! This one really brought out the hand wringers. Go to your safe spaces people. We'll send in some counselors.

0points

Gypsy Lee 2 years ago

He should have been arrested... any other stranger would have.

0points

Kim Lorton 2 years ago

Whaaat? A needed lesson, but he could’ve done it with words!

0points

Mari Bryant 2 years ago

He was alone, drinking and smoking in the back of a bar. Blame your mother's BF for sending you over there.

0points

Andrea Delden 2 years ago

I think he was an a$$hole!

0points

Sarah 2 years ago

I can't believe all these comments saying "good lesson" and "it was the 70s". An adult hit two kids, people! Why does no one think this was terrible?

0points

William Stevenson 2 years ago

Tines change. Celebrities used to hit everybody. My great grandfather was spanked by Grover Cleveland on two nonconsecutive occasions.

5points

Asher Tye 2 years ago

Kind of douchey but I see his point.

0points

Alijan Khan 2 years ago

Lol this was funny

0points

CatWoman312 2 years ago

So he assaulted them?

0points

Arran Walker 2 years ago

Rude lesson

-1point

backatya 2 years ago

Evel fell down too many times. What an ass

-1point

mm65851 2 years ago

I don't believe this one.

-1point

Carole Reid 2 years ago

Where's a cop? That's assault.

-2points

R Carson 2 years ago

Abusive

-2points

Rachknits 2 years ago

No way! That's absolutely awful. And against the law. What an awful experience for you both, I'm so sorry

-3points

der sebbl 2 years ago

It's awful yes, but against the law? I don't know, the 70ties were different

10points

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#22

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.

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Final score:

133points

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Loggers Ink 2 years ago

Does her solemn always glum face move when she laughs? Never seen her face crack a smile.

64points

#23

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.

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Final score:

132points

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Child 2 years ago

Bit of a bratt, eh?

46points

#24

Folks Online Reveal Why They No Longer Respect These 40 A-List Celebrities 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.

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Final score:

124points

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Meh 2 years ago

I don't know who this one is lol

58points

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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!!!!"

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Final score:

121points

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Mr Zipperface 2 years ago

Yeah we've put on a special flight just for you, please strap yourself into the garden chair while maintenance fills the balloons.

89points

#26

Folks Online Reveal Why They No Longer Respect These 40 A-List Celebrities 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!

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Final score:

117points

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New Prometheus 2 years ago

So who was rude, Madonna or her court?

64points

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#27

Folks Online Reveal Why They No Longer Respect These 40 A-List Celebrities 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.

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Final score:

117points

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Mr Zipperface 2 years ago

Does he have broken teeth now?

81points

#28

Folks Online Reveal Why They No Longer Respect These 40 A-List Celebrities 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.

Nach0Man_RandySavage , wikimedia Report

Final score:

113points

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Catherine Hankinson 2 years ago

You guys realise that this is from his song Stan?

335points

#29

Folks Online Reveal Why They No Longer Respect These 40 A-List Celebrities 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.

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Final score:

113points

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New Prometheus 2 years ago

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.

88points

#30

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.

Ilunibi Report

Final score:

109points

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MSP 2 years ago

Do yourselves a favor and read up on Princess Dr. Nisreen El-Hashemite. She is incredible! https://womeninscienceday.org/the-founder.html

31points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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#31

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.

Porrick Report

Final score:

104points

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Iggy 2 years ago

Van Morrison is the dreariest, most joy-sucking gobshite. If you ever get a chance to see him live, don't take it. Unless you have insomnia, of course.

57points

#32

Folks Online Reveal Why They No Longer Respect These 40 A-List Celebrities 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!

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Final score:

103points

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Kira Okah 2 years ago

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 ¬¬

152points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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#33

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.

sharon58 Report

Final score:

95points

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Mr Zipperface 2 years ago

I always had the impression that Tim Allen would be like that.

44points

#34

Folks Online Reveal Why They No Longer Respect These 40 A-List Celebrities Aziz Ansari. Absolutely full of himself, zero self awareness. Literally forces himself into conversations with no understanding that he isnt wanted there.

satanshonda , wikimedia Report

Final score:

95points

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Fat Harry 2 years ago

Who?

74points

#35

Folks Online Reveal Why They No Longer Respect These 40 A-List Celebrities 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.

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Final score:

93points

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Bacony Cakes 2 years ago

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.

51points

"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

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#36

Folks Online Reveal Why They No Longer Respect These 40 A-List Celebrities 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.

odysseyproduction , wikimedia Report

Final score:

90points

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Mr Zipperface 2 years ago

A legend in his own lunchtime.

83points

#37

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.

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Final score:

84points

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APL 2 years ago

Yeah, she's a d**k and so's her dad.

42points

Guy Divorced 3 Years Ago Drops Off 3 Y.O. With His Ex-Wife Completely Out Of The Blue

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#38

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.

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Final score:

80points

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LagoonaBlueColleen 2 years ago

He seems to be threatened by other bands and musicians. Insecurities for sure.

45points

#39

Folks Online Reveal Why They No Longer Respect These 40 A-List Celebrities 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.

BosskHogg , quotepark Report

Final score:

71points

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L Melville 2 years ago

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.

156points

#40

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.

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Final score:

63points

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LuckyNumbers 2 years ago

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.

183points

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lenka 2 years ago (edited)

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.

41points

LagoonaBlueColleen 2 years ago

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.

20points

Sareaesque 2 years ago

it's no different to any other profession really. There are times when you are being paid and expected to do your job and what it entails, when you're outside of that and just trying to get on with your private life you should be allowed to say no when people expect you to still act like you are 'on the job'.

5points

Martha Meyer 2 years ago

I'd hate to be famous too. Even the most kind-hearted, patient person will at one point be tired of being approached by complete strangers in public and being expected to take time out of their day to satisfy their need for an autograph or picture.

2points

Susan Mercurio 2 years ago

I am trying to train myself that in the event that I ever meet a celebrity just to ignore them. I think that they must want their peace just like the rest of us.

0points

Luttjetrut 2 years ago

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.

31points

Stoopham McFernybabes 2 years ago

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.

1point

Mimi La Souris 2 years ago

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.

19points

Happy_Pandalover 2 years ago

Also while some sound genuinely rude - i find it hard to judge them based on one person‘s review about them.

8points

Michelle Bowen-Stamper 2 years ago

Just exactly how do you think they make their money? Granted they don't have to be one on one with every fan, but it never hurts to be polite while you say no. And some of these people are just nasty assholes. Even to their own staff and family.

0points

Susanne B 2 years ago

I do not agree. Celebreties are paid much more than the common man, because a lot of people like their puclic appearence. They can not expect those same people to accept, that that public appearence is only on screen or field.

-1point

GirlFriday 2 years ago

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.

6points

Beth S 2 years ago

I am only shocked by a couple of these. Most of these celebrities on this list are well known asshats.

4points

Issey 2 years ago

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.

2points

Rahul Pawa 2 years ago

I appreciate that a lot of these also mentioned celebrities who were nice.

3points

No you didn't 2 years ago

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.

3points

Chinmayee Kalghatgi 2 years ago

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

3points

jamie1707 2 years ago

Other than Lenny Kravitz (who was wonderful nice) the only other "name" I met was Grace Jones in Philadelphia. I was so startled when I bumped into her I could barely breath, let alone talk. She was very nice.

2points

rabbit 2 years ago

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.

1point

Fiona Parky 2 years ago

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.

1point

SusanS 2 years ago

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.

1point

Mondo Cane 2 years ago

Why would you put your trust in someone you don't know?? I'll never understand the celebrity worship.

1point

kjorn 2 years ago

as funny this can be i always prefered to heard of the one who are nice.

1point

TheDivineMsM 2 years ago

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.

1point

Diane Konarske Reilly 2 years ago

I’ve met two celebrities. Bryan Adams was a sweetheart. Aretha Franklin was NASTY.

0points

Monica Pryts 2 years ago

I've met a few through work. Steve-O from "Jackass" and Evan Peters were super cool.

0points

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0points

Arenite 2 years ago

Snoop seems like a great guy. Always liked him.

0points

Yorgen 2 years ago

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0points

Mari Bryant 2 years ago

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.

0points

Vanta Black 2 years ago

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.

0points

CCLoos 2 years ago

I feel like for nearly every one of these, I have heard a positive story about the person. Oprah, LeBron, Jennifer Lawrence, etc.

0points

DC 2 years ago (edited)

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.

0points

Steve Kenney 2 years ago

#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.

0points

Frankenfrog 2 years ago

Insane how willing people are to jump on any bandwagon without verifying the stories first.

0points

Ally Joy 2 years ago

None of these surprises me but Gene Simmons. I knew him when I lived and worked in LA. Great guy and supported local bands.

0points

JuniorCJ82 2 years ago

How are some of these people considered "A list"?

0points

Mary Leverett 2 years ago

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.

0points

Sarah 2 years ago

I served coffee once to Valerie Bertinelli. She was very friendly and seemed genuinely pleasant. Another time I served Sass Jordan (yeah, I'm in Canada) and she was not so nice. She seemed to think she was pretty hot sh!t and wanted everyone to know it.

0points

nicehar 2 years ago

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.

0points

WoodenLion 2 years ago

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.

0points

June Gem 2 years ago

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.

0points

Jarrod Nichols 2 years ago

Why do you people idolize celebrities? It baffles me to no end.

0points

Vishy 2 years ago

What's with people and celebrities. They take my money to watch them and like a******s. f**k o** will you.

0points

Penny Fan 2 years ago

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.

0points

Austin Hicks 2 years ago

Moral of the story: celebrities are people, and a lot of people suck so don't get your hopes up.

0points

Issey 2 years ago (edited)

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.

0points

JustAnother Soul 2 years ago

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.

0points

gie 2 years ago

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.

0points

Debbie Fuson 2 years ago

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!

0points

TheDivineMsM 2 years ago

Some of these surprise me, a lot of them don't

0points

Phoebe Bean 2 years ago

"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).

0points

Emma Starr 2 years ago

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??

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lenka 2 years ago (edited)

41points

LagoonaBlueColleen 2 years ago

20points

Sareaesque 2 years ago

5points

Martha Meyer 2 years ago

2points

Susan Mercurio 2 years ago

I am trying to train myself that in the event that I ever meet a celebrity just to ignore them. I think that they must want their peace just like the rest of us.

0points

Luttjetrut 2 years ago

31points

Stoopham McFernybabes 2 years ago

1point

Mimi La Souris 2 years ago

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.

19points

Happy_Pandalover 2 years ago

Also while some sound genuinely rude - i find it hard to judge them based on one person‘s review about them.

8points

Michelle Bowen-Stamper 2 years ago

0points

Susanne B 2 years ago

-1point

GirlFriday 2 years ago

6points

Beth S 2 years ago

I am only shocked by a couple of these. Most of these celebrities on this list are well known asshats.

4points

Issey 2 years ago

2points

Rahul Pawa 2 years ago

I appreciate that a lot of these also mentioned celebrities who were nice.

3points

No you didn't 2 years ago

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.

3points

Chinmayee Kalghatgi 2 years ago

3points

jamie1707 2 years ago

2points

rabbit 2 years ago

1point

Fiona Parky 2 years ago

1point

SusanS 2 years ago

1point

Mondo Cane 2 years ago

Why would you put your trust in someone you don't know?? I'll never understand the celebrity worship.

1point

kjorn 2 years ago

as funny this can be i always prefered to heard of the one who are nice.

1point

TheDivineMsM 2 years ago

1point

Diane Konarske Reilly 2 years ago

I’ve met two celebrities. Bryan Adams was a sweetheart. Aretha Franklin was NASTY.

0points

Monica Pryts 2 years ago

I've met a few through work. Steve-O from "Jackass" and Evan Peters were super cool.

0points

Monica Pryts 2 years ago

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0points

Arenite 2 years ago

Snoop seems like a great guy. Always liked him.

0points

Yorgen 2 years ago

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Mari Bryant 2 years ago

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Vanta Black 2 years ago

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.

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CCLoos 2 years ago

I feel like for nearly every one of these, I have heard a positive story about the person. Oprah, LeBron, Jennifer Lawrence, etc.

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DC 2 years ago (edited)

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Steve Kenney 2 years ago

#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.

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Frankenfrog 2 years ago

Insane how willing people are to jump on any bandwagon without verifying the stories first.

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Ally Joy 2 years ago

None of these surprises me but Gene Simmons. I knew him when I lived and worked in LA. Great guy and supported local bands.

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JuniorCJ82 2 years ago

How are some of these people considered "A list"?

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Mary Leverett 2 years ago

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Sarah 2 years ago

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nicehar 2 years ago

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June Gem 2 years ago

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Jarrod Nichols 2 years ago

Why do you people idolize celebrities? It baffles me to no end.

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Vishy 2 years ago

What's with people and celebrities. They take my money to watch them and like a******s. f**k o** will you.

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Penny Fan 2 years ago

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Austin Hicks 2 years ago

Moral of the story: celebrities are people, and a lot of people suck so don't get your hopes up.

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Issey 2 years ago (edited)

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JustAnother Soul 2 years ago

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gie 2 years ago

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