Famous people you met that were jerks

[Demonpenz]

Eric Dickerson

[ptlyon]

Originally Posted by kysirsoze

I've interacted with a shit ton of celebrities, mostly through customer service situations so I feel like I've gotten a pretty good idea of what to think of them. Almost all are at least polite and gracious. Tim Allen was surly, but as a regular at the restaurant where I worked, he warmed up to me. (His wife/manager was one of the friendliest people I ever waited on.)

One unsurprising dick head is Floyd Mayweather. He regularly stayed at a hotel in Hollywood where I was a concierge. We always knew if he was coming it was going to be a nightmare. Entitled, abusive, rude, and cheap. I don't even mean not tipping cheap. I mean demanding free shit and free stays over total bullshit. His entourage more than once got in physical alterations with security. **** that fight ducking loser.

Also, Leslie Mann randomly. Maybe she was just having a bad week, but one Oscars week she and her husband Judd Apatow stayed at the hotel and she was ****ing awful. Complained about everything and was verbally abusive.

Oh, and Denzel ate at the restaurant where I worked and was an out and out creep towards the waitress. Really surprised he hasn't been MeTooed based on his behavior. Again, maybe it was an isolated incident or something, but he was really gross.

I always thought that'd be a cool job. I know I always tip the concierge well at a hotel that I will stay at, and usually good results. Get some good information about places to go, bars, etc.

How was your experience?

[Dark Horse]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

For the most part, celebrities are excited to meet me and very polite. Most don't even ask for an autograph.

No way I could keep my composure. If I were to ever meet you I would be as giddy as a schoolgirl. Like screaming and jumping up and down.

[RedRaider56]

Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare

The guy loves his weed

hates deodorant as well

[RedRaider56]

Sat next to the astronaut, now senator, Mark Kelly on a flight to Phoenix one day. He was a rude SOB. You could tell he didn't want to interact with anyone at all.

Wife and I have met Rob Lowe and Ralph Macchio. They were both super nice.

[mpeman]

Many years ago my family with the in-laws were on vacation down in Florida to do the Disney thing and were spending some time in the hotel pool. It was just us and another couple and the husband looked very familiar but I couldn't place him. He was very nice and we chatted for about 15 minutes or so about where we were from, what we did etc. He said he was a musician on TV..it was Paul Schafer (sp?) from the David Letterman show. Really, really nice guy and I felt a fool for not recognizing him at first.

[George Liquor]

Also tried to get Kevin Appier's autograph at a pre-game signing at the K when I was a kid. I was about 10-15 people away and he was called away to go warm up. He announced that he felt terrible that there was still a line and would continue to sign for people who wanted autographs after the game in the parking lot.

Not really meeting him per se, but it was a cool gesture.

[Imon Yourside]

Originally Posted by T-post Tom

Tony Gonzalez and Marcus Allen during their playing days. Love what they did on the field. Quite rude off the field from my personal experience. Saw them both exhibiting some serious & unnecessary diva behavior towards fans. Who knows? Maybe they were having a bad day.

Tony G for sure, I was at Whole Foods back in the day and Tony was as well. My son said Hi Tony and he gave us a dirty look and acted bothered.

[seamonster]

I served an a-list big wig movie star and his (at the time) famous wife at a mexican restaurant when I was a kid and broseph acted like he wanted to fight. I didn't even acknowldge the fact that he was who he was. I tried playing it off because I'm a schmuck midwesterner. Acted like a princess. Couldn't begin to imagine what it must be like to have to deal with these ego's on a regular basis.

[BEAVER]

Met Darius Rucker (Hootie days) - after a small venue concert in Oregon. We were at a local bar that was packed. He came in and asked if he could sit at our table - no blowfish were with him - sat with us for a couple hours and had drinks - nicest guy ever.

Early 90's Chevy Chase at a bar in Maui - supreme dickhead to everyone. Treated the staff like absolute crap.

Was in an elevator with Roy Jones Jr in New York - really good guy.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by rfaulk34

Carson Palmer.

Was at the Speedway one Sat in '03. He sat behind Kitna that year (rookie). He and i were the only 2 in the store at the time and i didn't do anything to go out of my way to be near him, didn't ask him for an autograph or a pic. Just said out loud, "good to have you on the team and look forward to watching you next year". Dude couldn't even be bothered to turn his head and acknowledge that i was there. I just went "ooookay" and walked up to pay for my stuff.

In his time in cincy the vibe I got was that he treated everyone as beneath him because they didn’t live in California. Chad Johnson on the other hand…. Was disappointed he got into legal trouble because he was the type of guy who would walk into a random place and be super chatty and friendly at old ladies sitting behind the counter. Very well liked

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by TinyEvel

Matthew McConaughey (1998)

OJ Simpson (1996)

I've heard worse stories about encountering OJ Simpson.

[Frazod]

Jim Belushi. He was a client of the lawfirm I worked at and was in the office for a couple of meetings. He was being sued by somebody, and clearly wasn't happy about it. He was a raging dick to everybody except the senior partner he was buddies with. This included my one of my bosses, who basically looked like Kat Dennings, only prettier. I figured if he was shitty to her, he'd definitely be shitty to a fat guy with Cardinals stuff on his desk, so even though I was in close proximity to him a few times, I never engaged him or even made eye contact. It's almost surreal to see somebody who you only know as a jovial goof on TV act like a raging, miserable prick.

The coolest celebrity encounter I had was with Vincent Price. He was somehow involved with the college in my hometown, and every few years he'd visit and put on a little seminar at the main auditorium. I went to one in the fall of '83, right after Thriller came out. When it started, they played the music to Thriller, and Price did his rap, along with the ending laugh, in person. I later learned that he only did that in front of a live audience twice; once on the Tonight Show, and that night. It's pretty awesome that I got to see it. After his presentation, he went to the back exit and greeted every one of the hundreds of people who attended on their way out. I shook his hand and spoke to him briefly. He was charming, friendly and awesome, and not at all like the villains he always portrayed.

[Rain Man]

Honestly, I'm amazed that so many of you recognize people. I wouldn't recognize half the people on this list, or at least I wouldn't recognize them with enough confidence to be sure it's them.

I wonder how famous you have to be before being recognized ceases to be a cool thing for you and starts being an annoyance. If 50 percent of people on the street recognize you, I'm sure it's an annoyance. Maybe 10 percent is still above the threshold. Is 5 percent? Imagine that you're walking down the street and 1 in 20 people recognizes you as a "celebrity". Would that get old after a while?

Granted, everyone who recognizes you won't ask for a photo or autograph, or even say hi. So let's assume that 25 percent will approach you, and 75 percent will elbow the person next to them and smile and nod in your direction.

If we go with that assumption, and assume that 4 percent of people recognize you (just to keep the math easy), then 1 person out of every 100 that you encounter will say hello or ask you for something, and 3 others will giggle and point.

Actually, I could see that being annoying. You'll have one person in every restaurant coming up to you.

So maybe an ideal level of fame is really low, where maybe 1 in 100 people recognize you. That means that you can probably walk down the street unbothered, and maybe an occasional passerby will see you. Most restaurant visits will be anonymous, and you'll probably get three or four people approaching you at the mall. That's enough to be flattering, but probably not enough to be annoying.

What do you think?

[warpaint*]

My sister met Tony G at a salsa club in the early 00's. She's not a sports fan. She said he was put off & shocked that she didn't know who he was & was confused re: his arrogance until some people she was with explained who he is to her. She (lol) was not impressed.

[Graystoke]

Folks here have met some interesting people.
I really don't have much in my column.

Bill Clinton was cool when we met him out politicking for Hillary
Sly Stalone was nice when I saw him in New York.


That's all I got.