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joy0302 · Kate Spade

Celebrities who are crap IRL

Kitty · Hermes

I lost all respect for Dave Navarro when he married Carmen Electra.

Kincali · Dooney & Bourke

oh ho I could tell some tales. Just believe 10% of what they say in their interviews. A lot of times it is staged or operated by their PR people.

More surprising are the ones that you think will be asses and turn out lovely! Charlie Sheen was a client and he was so polite and nice. I was like er, you are supposed to be a jerk!

I thought Anthony Hopkins might be a bit distant but he was so warm and engaging.

One time Jed Allan(mainly soap opera actor) came in, and I was like I loved watching you on Santa Barbara and he was so rude. I was thinking dude, the only other thing you have done is playing Steve Sanders dad on freakin 90210!

joy0302 · Kate Spade

No kidding Kitty! I saw an interview with him on some E! show where he said that he didn't care whether or not his wife could carry on a conversation as long as she was hot. Now I know why! He would have nothing to say!

Yeah Fairlight! Sometimes you just can't tell until you meet someone. I think if I saw Anthony Hopkins I would run the other way because he terrified the hell out of me in Silence of the Lambs. LOL! Atleast he would know he is a good actor!!

-- Edited by joy0302 at 17:38, 2007-11-19

lynnie · Chanel

My bosses are friends w/maroon 5 from way back when and they concur that they are awesome, down to earth guys who didn't let fame change them.

I can't say much re: personality, but I saw Kate bosworth in person at the CFDA awards and she looked so drawn and fragile. Although, she does in pictures too.

I've heard the Olsens are decent people but kind of lame. In the, OHHH OMG like, totally know what you mean sort of way. Although, I cant think of any of these people as being all that interesting. They are not allowed to have normal lives. They can not interact on a sincere level with 99% of the people they meet. A lot aren't all that bright. I'm not surprised if MOST of them aren't interesting.

boobaby · Kate Spade

Wow, Fairlight! I can't believe Rush Sanders was a jerk!

I have a lot of waiter friends who meet a lot of celebrities. One said Martha Stewart was a dream customer and tipped 50%. Another waited on the Obamas. He said he felt sorry for them because they had to be on the whole meal. Taking pictures with babies, being blatantly stared and pointed at. This is before he announced he was running for president and people were yelling out for him to run. Through it all, he said they were very charming and classy. I know he signed up for it, but still. Let Barack and his wife eat!!!

One friend waited on Dick Cavett and really wanted his autograph. I don't know why. But after the meal was over, he said "Mr. Cavett, I'm terribly sorry to bother you, but would you mind signing this for me?" Dick told him no and called him dirt under his shoes and shooed him away. Excuse me? He's lucky anyone even recognized him.

A long time ago, before I was born, Gene Hackman was staying at the same hotel as my family. I guess my mom had turned her back and my sister had crawled up onto the railing of the balconey and was leaning over. Gene ran up and pulled her off and said "Little girl, you need to be careful!" So we joke that Gene Hackman saved my sister's life.

AllieGurl · Marc Jacobs

boobaby wrote:

A long time ago, before I was born, Gene Hackman was staying at the same hotel as my family. I guess my mom had turned her back and my sister had crawled up onto the railing of the balconey and was leaning over. Gene ran up and pulled her off and said "Little girl, you need to be careful!" So we joke that Gene Hackman saved my sister's life.

Thats awesome. :)

joy0302 · Kate Spade

Lynnie-Kate Bosworth does look kinda out of it all the time. Maybe it is from hunger! I agree with you that most of them probably are not very interesting. They have so many people kissing their butts all the time regardless, so they don't have to have a personality!

boobaby-Wow! Whoever waits on Martha is doing alright! OOh I guess Dick's name fits him, huh!! That is so rude. Once we were at Disney and my husband recognized Reggie Jackson, the hall of fame baseball player from the Yankees,(not sure if anyone knows who he is. I knew his name, but never would have recognized him). My husband was a big fan and asked him for his autograph. He was kinda rude, but proceeded to sign anyway. Then the fool let the pen slip and wrote down his own shirt. He started cursing and yelling SO LOUD. There were parents rushing their children away so they wouldn't hear him. It was horrible! He had only gotten a R on the autograph and threw it back at my husband. My poor hubby just stood there in shock and I felt so bad for him. So I yelled out "What a jackass" to Mr. Jackson! It was so funny! Luckily he didn't start yelling back, but just walked off! Every year we go to see the Yankees at spring training and he works for them now and is always there. I swear if I have the chance to meet him again I am going to say can I have your autograph and then when he goes to sign it pull the paper away and say "Oh wait, I thought you were someone famous! Nevermind"! LOL!

That is a great Gene Hackman story!

Kincali · Dooney & Bourke

What a jerk joy0302, I'm so glad you said something.

I remember having to listen to Barbara Streisand scream at her assistant over the phone because she packed her the wrong lunch. It was horrible, all of us tried to act like we weren't listening. Her other assistant kept asking us if we wanted to pet Barbara's dog like it pooped gold or something because it was owned by Babs le Barf doh

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I'm sure everyone has their bad moments though. Usually their handlers will come in first and say that they have "the flu" as a reason to excuse their temper tantrums. I've met so many "not feeling well" celebrities lol

travelgirl · Kate Spade

I can't remember if I have shared this story or not already but it is appropriate for this topic. We ran into LeBron James a few years ago when he was still in high school at a boys basketball tournament. LeBron's Akron HS team was staying at the same hotel as we were. My husband was all giddy with glee (he's a basketball dork and knew about LeBron before he was even in the pros) and ran out and bought a basketball for LeBron to sign. My husband gives ME the ball and says, "Will you go over there and ask him to sign this?" I say aw hell no so he asks him himself. LeBron was totally rude and basically told my husband to get lost so hubby gets my then 8 year-old son to go over to him (figuring he wouldn't be mean to a little child). LeBron was standing with another player when my son approached. My son handed him the ball and we see him sign it. My husband was pumped. We were in an Embassy Suites hotel and were a couple floors up but since Embassy Suites have open atriums we could see our son the whole time but nonetheless we didn't realize, until our son handed us the ball that he got the autograph of the OTHER player-not LeBron-the ball said ROMEO TRAVIS!

My son still can't believe he was so close to getting LeBron's autograph but hopes Romeo Travis will hit it big someday too! One way or another, LeBron wasn't so nice.

joy0302 · Kate Spade

fairlight-Barbara Streisand has always looked so rude to me so I can see how she would do something like that. I mean give me a break, like she can't get one of her assistants to go out to get her lunch!That is funny that people make excuses for them all the time! I can think of several that I have met that must have the flu often! LOL! What type of work do you do? I feel for you having to put up with attitudes like that!

travelgirl-too funny! LeBron does not seem very nice. He was at a an event here before the NBA all star game a couple of years back and we went. My husband and his friend wanted his autograph, but he didn't really sign any. He just ignored everyone. He didn't look friendly at all. For some reason it seems like most of the athletes are usually more rude than the other celebrities. I don't know if it is because they know their autographs sell for so much or what. There are a few exceptions though, like Charles Barkley when he played was the coolest guy ever. He would sign autographs always for everyone around. He always had a bad reputation, but IRL I never found him that way. I even named my dog after him! LOL!

blubirde · Chanel

I met John Waters and Selma Blair when they were out promoting A Dirty Shame. John Waters was nice although not terribly interested in me since I was a girl and all, but Selma Blair was kind of bitchy. I didn't talk with her a lot or anything so I can't say for sure if it was her personality or if she was just hungry. Girl looks scary skinny. I never really realized it about her but she's totally all bones and bobble head IRL.

I met Dennis Quaid once. He seemed nice enough but a) he was wearing a brown leather jacket and black shoes - not in a cool way and b) he's so freaking short and tiny.

I've met a handful of musicians (most nice) but I can't think of anyone that would be considered mainstream...

scarlett · Marc Jacobs

Dennis Quaid was short and tiny in real life? Whaaaa. I've always had an older man crush on him. He has such a nice, worn-in yet manly look about him, plus that killer smile.

pollyjean23 · Marc Jacobs

Oh god! Dennis Quaid is so hot! I'm surprised to hear that he is little. On second thought, look at him in Great Balls of Fire, you can see he's small there.

I haven't met any celebs and I would be kind of afraid to.

Lilykind · Hermes

I'm with fairlight. But for every celeb who thinks they're above everyone else, there are at least 5 other celebs who couldn't be more down-to-earth.

A few years back, when Shaquile O'Neal was with the Lakers, my BF's brother was having a birthday dinner at a steakhouse. Shaq and his entourage were sitting two tables away from us. At the time, the Lakers had won three NBA championships in a row, so he was definitely basking in the spotlight. BF's brother worked up the courage to say hi to Shaq and then asked him for an autograph because it was his birthday. Shaq begrudgingly gave it to him, but he made him feel like he had invaded his personal space or something.

On the contrary, BF and his brother ate with Kobe Bryant and his wife years ago at Benihana (they got seated together by chance). They took pictures with Kobe and everything...Kobe was super nice and very easy to talk to.

joy0302 · Kate Spade

blubirde-Selma Blair does unhealthy now. She used to not look so small, but I think she lost weight awhile back to put her in the Olsen twin catagory of skinny.

pollyjean-don't be afraid! I have met alot of people through the years and I just walk up to them like it is nothing. Only one person have I ever seen who intimidated me and that was Prince. I missed the chance to meet him by like 10 seconds because I was trying to build up my courage. I told myself I would never do that again.

Lilykind-you are so right. They are just like regular people-some are sweet despite their fame and a few are snotty. I think with Shaq it totally depends on his mood. My husband's cousin met him in Houston once and said he was so cool, took pictures and gave autographs to peoplle. Then my bf met him in DC and her and a friend asked for a picture and he just blew them off. That is cool that Kobe was nice. Sometimes you never can tell. I know I have told you guys about my Luke and Owen Wilson story before when they were total a-holes and you would think they would be really cool!

Sadyrose · Nine West

My husband works in a industry where quite often his clients are celebrities, usually musicians.
Many of them have been nothing but nice. They have their quirks, but they seem to really enjoy life and being around people.

And then, just living here in music city, I've run into (quite litterally with a shopping cart by accident) Keith Urban, who was very charming to my daughter and laughed at my mishap. I've seen Tom Keifer of the 80's hair band Cinderella, who always has his son with him, multiple times. He is incredibly nice and seems like such a fun dad. I tend to not approach a lot of the celebrities I see, I don't want to be intrusive, and really I don't want an autograph or have anything to say to them, and i'm still fearful after the Keith Urban cart incident, so most of the others I don't have any first hand experience to share.

I have had a very negative experience with one music celebrity though. When hubby and I owned our own business he was a client and in the end refused to pay the last installment of his bill. He became harassing with phone calls, emails and letters and threated physical harm to my husband. Eventually lawyers had to be involved and we had to threated several forms of legal action and also a restraining order against him. I lived in fear he would decide to come to our home and assault my husband or myself or one of our children and neither my husband or myself slept well at night until we moved to a house he will have no way of knowing where we live.

XtinaStyles · Marc Jacobs

I have to chime in on this one - I used to work for a fragrance company that was jumping on the bandwagon, acquiring celebrities to endorse their own fragrance. One of the people we considered was Paula Abdul. I grew up adoring her and still know the lyrics to every song she ever came out with. One day I ran into her and her manager in the elevator (just us 3). I decided not to freak and treat her like everyone else. I said hi, how are you, smiled. She complimented my necklace, I said thank you.

She seemed to get weird and then as we approached every floor and people got on, she would loudly ask "Hi whats your name, I'm Paula Abdul!" so everyone freaked and shreiked. It was obvious to me that she was pissed that I didn't say that I recognized her and make a big fuss. I thought most celebrities want to be left alone!