Famous people you met that were jerks

[Demonpenz]

Eric Dickerson

[Imon Yourside]

Originally Posted by 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.

That sucks about Belushi, I really like him as an actor..Also Chevy Chase being a Dick IRL

[smithandrew051]

My dad was a contractor doing work at a concert venue.

Bumped into Stevie Nicks and said she was a raging bitch.

[DCTwister]

Oh yeah one time I bumped into Linda Carter - Wonder Woman at the mall in MD suburbs in the video game store. You might remember that her husband was the founder of ZeniMax, the owner of Bethesda Softworks, publisher of Fallout among others (later acquired by Microsoft).
She was a little bit bitchy and diva-esque in the line. Fairly harmless but acting a bit entitled to the unwashed masses.

[Pepe Silvia]

Dave Winfield. Turned me down for an autograph when I was a kid. He was a douche canoe.

[GloucesterChief]

Originally Posted by DCTwister

Oh yeah one time I bumped into Linda Carter - Wonder Woman at the mall in MD suburbs in the video game store. You might remember that her husband was the founder of ZeniMax, the owner of Bethesda Softworks, publisher of Fallout among others (later acquired by Microsoft).
She was a little bit bitchy and diva-esque in the line. Fairly harmless but acting a bit entitled to the unwashed masses.

Met Linda Carter when she was doing some event at a theme park I worked at during high school. My boss spilled hot coffee on her, it was super cold out at the time as it was early spring, and she just laughed and brushed it off as accidents happen.

[Kiimo]

Originally Posted by Mephistopheles Janx

I worked with Kirstie Alley and Gary Busey on two separate shows at the Orpheum in Wichita.

Both are/were absolute dickheads of the 9th degree.

I have a friend who was in a band with Jake Busey (who is a surprisingly good drummer) and went to see their show and blah blah blah I ended up after the show getting wasted with his dad Gary.


He was not mentally there. His accident ****ed his brain and he's all ID all the time.

It was a blast though

[RedinTexas]

Originally Posted by Imon Yourside

That sucks about Belushi, I really like him as an actor..Also Chevy Chase being a Dick IRL

Stories about Chevy Chase being an asshole are all over the internet. Do a quick search and you'll find tons of them.

[Dark Horse]

Originally Posted by smithandrew051

My dad was a contractor doing work at a concert venue.

Bumped into Stevie Nicks and said she was a raging bitch.

Now when you say bumped, do you mean like with a front end loader or dump truck, cause then I could totally understand

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Pepe Silvia

Dave Winfield. Turned me down for an autograph when I was a kid. He was a douche canoe.

I watched David Carradine get physically thrown out of a bar in Atlanta after pulling the "I'm (famous person,) I don't have to!" routine. Apparently drank for like 2 days straight there and thought he didn't have to pay.

[Radar Chief]

I may get excommunicated for this one but George Bret.
When I was a little tyke he came to my home town for an autograph signing and was a total prick to fans, loudly bitched about even being there the entire time.

[KCUnited]

I met Luigi Mangione at a backyard BBQ in Manhattan KS (1,314.5 miles away from Manhattan NY) on 12/4. He helped man the smoker from 6AM to 6PM while wearing a "I Love High Deductible Plans" ugly Christmas sweater. He insisted on setting up all the tables and chairs despite his right index finger being immobilized in a cast which rendered it useless. I offered him a cup of coffee several times but he prefers Earl Grey tea as coffee upsets his tummy

Anyway, nice enough chap and the tenderest brisket I've had. Hope he shares his technique with the rest of us

[LagunaSWana]

The Sherminator (Chris Owen - had to look it up) from American Pie waited on my wife and me at a sushi restaurant in Santa Monica a few years ago. I asked him if we was still acting and he said, "When they let me." I guess he exhausted his 15 minutes of fame.

Edit - I looked at his IMDB and he's been in some things lately, including a prominent role in something called Money Game this year. Guess his 15 minutes aren't up yet.

[Kiimo]

I bought a shot for Jon Gries at a bar and was like I have to do a shot with you and he had a funny look on his face and he's like why so you can say you had a shot with Uncle Rico? And I said, nope, so I can say I had a shot with Lazlo Hollyfeld.


His attitude completely changed and he screamed YES! and we downed the shots. True story

[Dark Horse]

Met Marcell Marso once got stuck in an elevator for a hour with him and tried to make small talk, bastard never said a single word to me.

[smithandrew051]

Originally Posted by Dark Horse

Now when you say bumped, do you mean like with a front end loader or dump truck, cause then I could totally understand

Here’s how my dad tells it:

He was working on something in a pretty wide hallway. Ample room to walk around but he had his tools and whatever else set up.

She was walking down that same hall. She yelled at him to get the **** out of the way. Even though there was plenty of room and he was there first. Clearly working on something.