Seeing them on the screens and in the press rather often, people tend to forget thatcelebritiesare humans, too. That means they are far from perfect, and some can even be very difficult to deal with.People who’ve evermet a celebritywho wasn’t in a very good mood can attest to the fact that they’re not always as smiley or nice as they might seem. The netizens on today’s list sure can. On said list below, you will find people’s stories about the time they encounteredrude celebritieswith details and names. So, if you’re curious to see who’s actually not as nice as they might seem, scroll down to find people’s answers, and feel free to grab some popcorn while you’re at it.Below you will also findBored Panda’sinterview with Canada Research Chair in Black Expressive Culture and Creativity and Associate Professor in Performance at The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University,Dr. Cheryl Thompson, who was kind enough to answer a few of our questions on celebrity life.This post may includeaffiliate links.
Seeing them on the screens and in the press rather often, people tend to forget thatcelebritiesare humans, too. That means they are far from perfect, and some can even be very difficult to deal with.
People who’ve evermet a celebritywho wasn’t in a very good mood can attest to the fact that they’re not always as smiley or nice as they might seem. The netizens on today’s list sure can. On said list below, you will find people’s stories about the time they encounteredrude celebritieswith details and names. So, if you’re curious to see who’s actually not as nice as they might seem, scroll down to find people’s answers, and feel free to grab some popcorn while you’re at it.
Below you will also findBored Panda’sinterview with Canada Research Chair in Black Expressive Culture and Creativity and Associate Professor in Performance at The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University,Dr. Cheryl Thompson, who was kind enough to answer a few of our questions on celebrity life.
This post may includeaffiliate links.
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It comes as no surprise that having a private life is not an easy task for acelebrity. With paparazzi watching their every step, fans lining the streets they walk on, and the media being constantly ready to put them under the microscope, it’s not an easy state to live in. It’s also in no way an easy state to try and maintain a good name for yourself.
That would be Andie MacDowell. Living in Asheville NC, a nursing friend of mine and I went to lunch. Across from us Andie McDowell was eating with a friend. Ms Mc Dowell’s scarf fell to the floor and my friend (not recognizing her) did the polite thing, got up, retrieved the scarf and proceeded to hand it to her. Ms McDowell said “I am dining, as any fool can see, and no I do not give autographs “. My friend, simply put the scarf back down on the floor and we continued with our lunch.
Talking about keeping a good name, not only in the eyes of one’s fans, but other people working in the sector, too, Associate Professor in Performance at The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University, Dr. Cheryl Thompson, pointed out that what one considers a “good name” is really subjective.“Some people like the drama and they like the idea of a celebrity’s life being a hot mess as it helps them to feel not so bad about their own lives (the Kardashians have benefited from this),” she toldBored Pandain a recent interview.“Increasingly, it’s hard for celebrities to separate their private lives from their public selves, and I think that’s where the real tension happens as fans learn that someone they might have thought was a certain type of person based on their image-self, in reality, is not that person at all. The lawsuits unfolding between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni following the filming of ‘It Ends With Us’ is the perfect example of this.”
Talking about keeping a good name, not only in the eyes of one’s fans, but other people working in the sector, too, Associate Professor in Performance at The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University, Dr. Cheryl Thompson, pointed out that what one considers a “good name” is really subjective.
“Some people like the drama and they like the idea of a celebrity’s life being a hot mess as it helps them to feel not so bad about their own lives (the Kardashians have benefited from this),” she toldBored Pandain a recent interview.
“Increasingly, it’s hard for celebrities to separate their private lives from their public selves, and I think that’s where the real tension happens as fans learn that someone they might have thought was a certain type of person based on their image-self, in reality, is not that person at all. The lawsuits unfolding between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni following the filming of ‘It Ends With Us’ is the perfect example of this.”
I remember being 11 years old when the WWE (F back then) came to my hometown (about 1990) A member of my parents church owned a gym where many of them would workout before a show, and he invited me and a friend to come hang out on the day they were in town.The big “good guy” at the time, Hulk Hogan, and at the time my personal favorite, was there. We waited for him to finish his set of reps when we approached him for his autograph, but before I could even finish a sentence he looked at my friends dad and pointed at his face, and said “buddy, you need to keep your snot-nosed fg kids away from me.”I was crushed, here was my idol telling me to say my prayers and eat my vitamins basically telling me to beat it. Oddly enough, a bad guy at the time and a guy I loved to hate before this day overheard, and he was taking a break from his reps, Mr. Perfect came to me and my friend and initiated conversation. “Hey, kid, show me how much you can bench press.” He even spotted me as I lifted maybe the bar and two 5–10lb weights.We met other legends that day, and what impressed me the most as a kid was how much nicer the “bad guys” were to me than the good guys. Sgt. Slaughter joined me on the excercise bike next to me.The Ultimate Warrior (the exception to the “good guys are as”) was probably the nicest guy I’d ever met. Jimmy Hart took us to get hot dogs at orange Julius. The British Bulldog didn’t know where the event was so he asked if he could follow us in his rental car to the arena. Since being 11 I’ve worked with WWE on occasion with mostly positive stories. Matt Hardy gave me and my daughter Pearl Jam tickets. The Miz carried my daughter through the hallways backstage. I went to an event in uniform once - Roman reigns ignored other people asking for his autograph to approach me and thank me for my service and shook my hand.But out of all of them, I remember how s***y Hogan was the most. And how nice Mr. perfect, Sgt slaughter and jimmy hart who played “villains” were to me afterwards.
Talking about keeping a good name, Dr. Thompson noted that nowadays, it’s more important to show that you’re a kind human than it is to uphold a certain status.“The entertainment industry is becoming less relevant today; as many people go through tough financial times, they are less interested in watching a red carpet or tuning in to an award show," the expert said, adding that during difficult times or in a case of a tragedy, even celebrities might start questioning the celebrification of the individual, especially when it’s a life-and-death matter for many. “I think it’s more important to show yourself as human and compassionate than not in today’s industry,” she added.
Talking about keeping a good name, Dr. Thompson noted that nowadays, it’s more important to show that you’re a kind human than it is to uphold a certain status.
“The entertainment industry is becoming less relevant today; as many people go through tough financial times, they are less interested in watching a red carpet or tuning in to an award show," the expert said, adding that during difficult times or in a case of a tragedy, even celebrities might start questioning the celebrification of the individual, especially when it’s a life-and-death matter for many. “I think it’s more important to show yourself as human and compassionate than not in today’s industry,” she added.
While celebrities are often put on a pedestal, they, too, are only human, so they can’t be perfect; not 24/7 at least.“It doesn’t take much these days for someone to be cancelled because of the perception of ‘not being a nice person’ or worse,” Dr. Thompson noted. “And many celebrities now hire risk management firms to specifically paint negative images of other celebrities to the benefit of their clients. TheJohnny Depp v. Amber Heardtrial last year was an example of this.“She was depicted horribly through the coverage of the trial (down to her wardrobe) and her status as a celebrity such that being a plaintiff in that trial likely ruined her career, reputation, and trustability,” the expert pointed out.“So much of celebrity culture today is based on trustability – how much do you trust what someone is saying, the image they are curating, and their public persona vis-a-vis their celebrity image? It’s a very challenging time to be a celebrity in the age of social media and reputation management.”
While celebrities are often put on a pedestal, they, too, are only human, so they can’t be perfect; not 24/7 at least.
“It doesn’t take much these days for someone to be cancelled because of the perception of ‘not being a nice person’ or worse,” Dr. Thompson noted. “And many celebrities now hire risk management firms to specifically paint negative images of other celebrities to the benefit of their clients. TheJohnny Depp v. Amber Heardtrial last year was an example of this.
“She was depicted horribly through the coverage of the trial (down to her wardrobe) and her status as a celebrity such that being a plaintiff in that trial likely ruined her career, reputation, and trustability,” the expert pointed out.
“So much of celebrity culture today is based on trustability – how much do you trust what someone is saying, the image they are curating, and their public persona vis-a-vis their celebrity image? It’s a very challenging time to be a celebrity in the age of social media and reputation management.”
For a while, my job was to meet and greet every celebrity guest we had and be their contact while staying at the hotel. I was surprised to find that most were quite normal people, while their assistants were the horrible ones.Chris Brown An a*****e. Walks away half way through you talking or ignores you all together. Trashed his room and acted like a petulant child.Mariah Carey Thinks she’s royalty and acts that way. Tried to have her security make demands of how we run our hotel, like no staff allowed to touch her door. Also accommodated her two small children down the hall with a nanny.Justin Bieber I really don’t think I need to say much here. Just read online.
Idris Elba: He is arrogant and behaves like he is better than everyone else. Just a very rude man in general to fans and management. You ever heard about the rumors about Willam Shatner yeah that’s also Idris Elba.He also lies a lot about how much he liked being in Marvel but that’s all b****t he only liked it because it got his foot in the door in Hollywood and he constantly complains about it. (Whereas the majority of other Marvel Actors are very passionate about their roles to the point they are now Marvel fans themselves.)Jennifer Lawrence: Treats everything like it’s an inconvenience to her. She does not give a st about her fans at all and prefers to be completely left alone. You are actually very on edge when dealing with her because you never know when she is going to verbally harass you. I would use specific incidents for both of these people but I suffer from certain social anxieties so I understand that I shouldn’t share people’s private stories or incidents I have witnessed to the public especially when it might upset them or cost me my job. On Jennifer Lawrence, I’m pretty sure how she treats her fans are well documented and you could google it. The a-holes I have typically met on the mass are usually their celebrity agents. They even put their particular celebrity in a bad mood because their manager is getting on them and sometimes abusing them outright.
Bella Thorne. Yes, the living meme herself. This is her now. This is the Bella Thorne I had “met:” Anyways, so this was years ago, and I don’t remember how or why I got to meet her. I remember I waited hours at the local mall to meet her with my best friend. When we finally had got to the table to meet her, she didn’t acknowledge that her and I were there. She was talking to her friend Pia Mia, a singer.This was her at the time: You see, I’m a pretty shy person, and I had become extra shy obviously, since she was the star of one of my favorite Disney shows, Shake It Up. I managed to get a “Hi” out. She didn’t even do anything or say it back. Nope, she just continued talking to Pia.I took one of the pictures she had to sign, and she just snatched it and literally scribbled her signature without looking. I get it, it must’ve been a long day of seeing screaming fans and whatever, but that was just straight up rude. And yes, I still have that picture.
Dr. Joyce Brothers . This actually happened to a friend of mine who is a flight attendant, but it certainly affected my opinion of her. Dr. Brothers was on one of her flights. She asked, “Dr. Brothers, is there anything I can get for you?” No answer. So she asked, “Dr. Brothers, is everything all right?” Dr. Brothers’ personal assistant answered, “Dr. Brothers doesn’t speak to the paid help.” And she got her wish. Everybody completely ignored her for the remainder of the flight. It makes a person wonder what kind of psychological advice she would have for a person who is self-absorbed and sanctimonious? The moral of the story here is that irrespective of who you are or what you do, you still have to grab the can of Glade before you leave the bathroom.
I haven’t met very many celebrities in my lifetime, however there is one I met who stands out among the rest. When I was 21 years old, I worked for the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club one summer as guest services for the Large Party Will Call during racing season. It was only a summer temp job but I was really excited none the less. I got to be outside in the fresh air, meet lots of new people, worked with a bunch of kids around my age and best yet, I got to see the races for free every day. Now, the area I worked in often served the most “elite” visitors to the horse races - mostly wealthy parties and companies who rented out suites and yes, occasionally celebrities.All the tickets I was giving out were pre-paid and many were very, very expensive so when guests came to will call to collect their assigned tickets, I was absolutely required to ask for ID before handing over their ticket to insure there was no fraudulent activity going on and that no one was claiming tickets to fancy suites that did not belong to them.About halfway through the summer I had a man approach my booth who I was 95% certain was Alec Baldwin. As a very young woman who had never met a big celebrity before, I was quite flustered and unfortunately, it was likely very obvious to anyone who could see me. He asked for his ticket and I don’t remember the exact circumstance (I believe he told me the party name he was with but not his own name) and when I asked to see his ID in order to release his ticket, he paused for a moment, looked at me and said: “Are you serious?! You have GOT to be kidding me right now. I am not giving you my ID, you know who I am now give me my ticket.” I was…shocked!Also, as a very tight rule follower (even as a fully mature adult right now) I really didn’t want to break the rules and get into trouble at work. So through a wavering, nervous, understated voice I said something along the lines of “I apologize sir, however it’s our policy to see ID for anyone …
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Rudest: Kanye West This was back in 2007. There are free concerts at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk every Friday evening. Big names would often play for free as we all sat on the beach in our chairs. Kanye West was set to perform and never showed up to his set. My cousin Joel, at the time, saw Kanye walking to his tour van and asked him if he was going to perform tonight. West tells him “If I’m not getting paid, then fk no. Peace.” He jumps into his tour bus and bails. Everybody was dissapointed and Marisa Miller decided to take over the show and apologized to all of us for waiting so long. Fk you Kanye. Nicest: James Franco Super humble down to earth guy. Ran into him in San Jose area at Whole Foods Market. Even offered to get a picture with me and I told him I was a huge fan of his role as Harry in the Spider-Man series and he was hilarious in Pineapple Express. I could vibe with this dude and he said if I’m ever in Palo Alto area he would be down to get a coffee or kick it. I was beyond stoked and he is very humble, wearing casual clothes practically dressed like a bum. Super cool guy for sure.
It was a few weeks back I was travelling with my family from Delhi to Mauritius for a vacation. We had a connecting flight to Mauritius via Mumbai. Spotting a celebrity is very common at the Mumbai airport.While shopping at the duty free I spotted the Bollywood actor Mr Rishi Kapoor . Obviously I got excited and decided to approach him for a Photograph. I waited a little . After few minutes I went and stood next to him while he was deciding on which brand of whiskey to buy.I finally spoke in a very low voice and said a simple “hi”. He turned towards me and yelled at me like a mad person for having disturbed him while he was shopping! “Can’t you see I’m shopping , you don’t disturb someone when they are shopping!” God knows how embarrassed I was at that moment. What did I do afterall which made him so furious. Nobody gave him the right to be rude to me for no reason.I stood there with my parents for a few minutes with my back turned towards him. Probably Mr Kapoor had finished shopping till then so he turned and yelled again “Now, where is that girl?” I turned back and said nothing though I wanted to yell at him too that being a celebrity doesn’t give him the right to talk to anyone in such a manner.He shouted “what did you want?” What did I want?! Seriously!? For sure not his money! Anyway, I didn’t say anything my mom replied that I just wanted to say hi . He said " OK. Hi. But you don’t disturb anyone when you see they are shopping." having said that he walked away. So did I . As I was walking away I thought to myself at least I have a story to tell now which certainly works better then a simple picture on social media. :)
Gordon Ramsay the ‘celebrity chef’ I was at a food exhibition in Birmingham UK ten years ago and Ramsey was signing his books every couple of hours. I’d seen him appear from a hidden door to walk across to his desk where he signed his book. Two hours later I waited knowing where he’d come out, keen to get a closer look. I used to enjoy his food, hotel and restaurant series. On time he appeared. A girl aged about 20 stopped him “Mr. Ramsey I’m a huge fan and I got you some Gordon’s gin as a present” she said to him offering him a bottle of the famous gin. He said “I don’t have time for this!” And brushed past her ignoring her, off to sign his £25 books. She cried. He lost several fans that instant. What an obnoxious guy.
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Bill Nye. My mom took me to a quite large math and science conference several years back, where Bill Nye was the keynote speaker. We were on our way to another workshop, so we entered an elevator, as these big conference halls aren’t easy to walk through.Well, who is in there, waiting, except the man himself? We didn’t say anything to him, but other people did, understandably. He basically told them to not talk to him, and turned into the corner, and sulked. Whenever someone tried to speak to him, he either didn’t respond, or asked them to not.Granted, he may have been having a bad day, but he was at a math and science festival where he was bound to be idolized, and where he was the keynote speaker. A little bit disappointing.
It’s not like I’ve met a billion celebrities so the rudest out of them would have to be Paris Hilton haha. I was on a tv show for a second, it was to find a brand ambassador for Diane Von Furstenberg. Diane was a bit distant and hard to read but over all a nice person. We were at the DVF fashion show after party and there were celebrities all over the place.I noticed two tall thin women just standing in a corner behind me, then realized it was Paris and Nicky. I turned around and said something like “How are you Paris?” Her eyes were glazed over from who knows what and she never once looked at me, she just flipped her extensions around a few times and replied- “I’m killin it.” Which sounded more like “Em kullen eht.” In the most extreme valley girl accent I’ve ever heard. I had to hold back a laugh while I took a picture with her, it really was the funniest thing I have ever seen and heard from someone who wasn’t joking.She really wouldn’t say one more word to me, she just kept flipping her hair around, jutting her hip out, and adjusting her boobs while she stood and gazed at the ceiling.I didn’t talk to Nicky at all because she was on her phone, but I have a feeling she would have actually responded like a human being haha.
Before college I was a flight attendant for Continental Airlines out of Newark, NJ for 4 years and I had my share of VIP passengers. But the distinction of rudest celebrity (or in this case celebrities) was The Beastie Boys from Newark to London. Upon boarding they were all on their phones and I was greeting passengers as they boarded and one of them threw their coat into my arms, didn’t say a word, Never made eye contact and went to his seat. I was working coach but the first c…
I was working at Walt Disney World in Orlando when Britney Spears came through. This was years ago so she was pretty young. She was there to promote the educational side of Disney. She was supposed to be filmed learning some science experiments with my team. We had several celebrities come through already and it was going well. She refused to take part in the experiment and kept complaining about the heat. They finally took some photos and left. Later *NSYNC came through and were really great. They listened to the cast members talk about the science experiment and even asked some interesting questions. I appreciated them much more than Britney.
Rakhee Sawant . She is kinda good at heart but gets impulsive and loses her cool very often and can get rude (she got rude to her staff) but was normal with me. She needs to meditate and calm herself down.
Yup! My apt is on the upper east side of NYC. One Sunday morning I went running out of my home to pick up some things for breakfast at the market. I found myself walking across the street with Tony Bourdain. I looked up and said “aren’t you Tony Bourdain?”. He quickly answered me, “yes, and I don’t talk with people.” Wow!
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