“Ellen Degeneres. My dad works in the entertainment industry and says she’s notorious for being awful with her staff and really not giving a sh*t about anyone but herself. Her staff also now have to sign clauses saying they can’t say anything bad about her if/when they are fired or quit.”
—alwayshappier15
“I'm inclined to believe it. I lived in L.A. for a stint and photographed a hole-in-the-wall diner in West Hollywood that celebs go to to get out of the spotlight. I asked the owner who the worst/weirdest celebrity encounters were. She said Ellen is just cold and rude to everyone.”
—nilla-wafers
“I met a carpenter that worked on Ellen's home in 2012, and he said she was an a*shole - it wasn't just the producers creating a toxic environment
She also had passive-aggressive tactics against guests, such as giving a champagne toast to see if a guest was pregnant.”
—Caucurious
“I found her to be a very negative and sullen person off-camera and watched her snap at people for no reason. At first, I thought it was just the circumstances of the day. Everybody is entitled to have bad days, and it isn’t a good idea to judge a person based on that.
However, I know several other people who have detailed horror stories about her conduct, and would never work with her again, stating that she is prone to sudden outbursts where she yells at her writers and her staff for seemingly no reason.”
—Rob Young (via Quora)
Robert DiNiro is a douche. I worked at a post-production house in Manhattan in the 90s. It was a big building with sh*tty slow elevators. I had picked up a reel from the lab and ran it back in the rain. When I got in the door I saw one of the elevators open and ran for it.
Stuck my hand in as the door was closing and hopped in. In the corner out of sight was DiNiro. F*cker sighed at me and said, "Jesus Christ." That afternoon my post-prod super pulled me aside and told me that DiNiro had complained about it. I wasn't even working on the same picture as him. Everyone warned me after that he's a c*nt and to be avoided.
—YeastLords
“Beyonce. I worked as a stagehand, setting up and breaking down concerts. She had 20 semi-trucks worth of gear - we worked for hours on end.
At the end of the night her security guards held up flattened cardboard boxes and told us to look down. Beyonce doesn't like to be looked at by stagehands.
I've hated her ever since.”
—wras125
“A close friend of mine worked her [Beyonce’s] security detail in a European country. He was instructed to never make eye contact, look in her direction for more than a second, not look at her in the mirror, and he’s like...how do I protect someone I’m not allowed to look at or glance towards? He wasn’t talking about creepy staring. He wanted to do normal, human things, like look at her for a few seconds and find out her preferences and parameters on some basic behavior for his security staff.”
—MsMoneypennyLane
“My coworker (who was the one who helped Beyonce at a previous job) said Beyonce never actually spoke during their meeting. She just indicated to the assistant to answer. I can't explain to you how the assistant knew the right answers already. I assume Beyonce did speak to her assistant at some point, lol.”
—Team-Mako-N7
“I was at a rooftop bar in NYC a couple of years ago, where the cabanas are on a first-come first-served basis. About a half-hour after my group and I had sat down, security came over to us and said ‘Beyonce has just arrived here, would you guys mind clearing out?’ We said NO, we will not clear out. 20 minutes later Beyonce and her crew are sitting at the one next to us, glaring at us the entire time.”
—PreviousArmadillo
“Met him [Chevy Chase] as I was an extra on ‘Snow Day.’ Didn’t actually meet him but the lady who ran the agency that hired us was being nice and tried to organize a meet near his trailer. Didn’t turn out like 14-year-old me was expecting. Nothing pushy or paparazzi style swarming. Just four of us kids who wanted to see the SNL legend, the real Clark Griswold. Instant cold shoulder. I totally get that celeb’s want and deserve their space. But it was a look, scoff, and walk away. No smile. No wave.”
—what_in_the_who_now
“In like 1990, I was 8 and my sister 10. We were at a celebrity softball game in the Hampton’s and Chevy was there. As was Alec Baldwin, Kim Bassinger and some other celebs.
"Anywho, my sister and I had little notebooks for autographs that we took with us to the game, and we walked around the field (it was in a public park) and asked for autographs - Baldwin, so f*cking nice to us. Signed the little book and spent a minute with us, asked us our names. Chevy? Scoffed and dismissed us. Even at 8, I knew he was a d*ckhead - and I didn’t know sh*t. But I knew Chevy chase was a f*cking c*nt after that.”
—newsdaylaura18
“My wife bumped into him when she was little (12ish) at a baseball game, and he got bent out of shape and all pissy about it, and made a scene.”
—HeavySkinz
“I met her (shyly hid behind her cousin) when she came to my school. Her cousin was my mentor, the sweetest guy in the world, and I watched her treat him like dirt. He bent over backwards for her and arranged for her and her entire team to take over the summer camp section of our school, and she was an utter b*tch to him. A rude, ungrateful, entitled tw*t.”
—BKMurmaider
“Many years ago, when she was still flying commercial, both she and Julia Roberts were voted the worst celebrity passengers ever by a poll of flight attendants.”
—punkinhat
“I had to interview her several years back. She was hostile and condescending and rude.”
—MerryTexMish
“My sister's friend worked for Oprah/Harpo Productions for several years - the staff all called her 'Poprah' because she was so demanding. Not unheard of to be called in to work on something minor at 10 p.m. on a Saturday night.”
—Tauber10
I used to be a volunteer coordinator at a major event here in my city. This event brought in a ton of celebrities to talk about the importance of giving back to the community —from Selena Gomez to Orlando bloom.
However, Jennifer Lopez also came. And she was insanely rude as hell and demanded an entire floor cleared of all staff and volunteers so only her entourage was there. Absolutely did not even want to see ONE crew member by accident. We had to clear the entire crew luncheon floor for her and had all the volunteers eat on the floor or as we worked.
I had the unlucky experience of hearing her berate the sound guys over and over who had been up since 3 am working nonstop, and seeing her diva behavior personally honestly made me dislike everything about her since.
—Warbeak_vR
I personally saw Bette Midler berate some poor unpaid volunteer at the Sundance Film Festival to tears because this poor girl didn't have enough tickets for Bette's entourage to the hottest movie at the Festival (how many tickets she got was not this girl's decision).
She pulled the "Do you know who I am" card.
—waylaidbyjackassery
My sister once cursed off Bette Midler in the women's restroom for just standing in the way and ignoring everyone. She finally moved, my sister dried her hands, and then left. Shortly thereafter, she realized who she had just cursed off.
—The_Letter_W
I worked at a bar in a restaurant while in college, and one night Kevin Hart came in to eat. He wasn't really that famous at the time. I didn't know who he was, but I was curious as I had to go to the stock room to get a $1000+ bottle of champagne that he ordered in addition to pouring a bunch of really expensive top-shelf shots.
His bill ended being well over $2000. The girl who had his table (who also didn't know who he was) said he was by far the most demanding and rude person she had encountered while working there and that he was extremely demeaning.
He ended up leaving a $4 tip, all in crumpled-up singles.
—_MXVX_
“Work security for a company that does movie screenings and security details for actor that come to do Q&As. Worked with him [Shia LaBeouf] on his movie ‘Man Down,’ and we all walked out on him and left him on his own. He was very verbally abusive and constantly yelled and cussed us out. So, we said f*ck it and left.”
—naginarb
“He came to my small tourist town last summer where I work in a gift souvenir shop. He bought a hat and paid with his credit card, and I asked for ID. He showed his ID, and it was who I thought it was, Shia LeBeouf. We made no conversation, but after he signed the receipt, I told him how me and my sister used to love his old show on Disney Channel when he has still a kid ‘Even Steven’ and how ‘Holes’ was one of my favorite movies growing up, he told me to shut the f*ck up and walked out.”
—uhhhhdexter
“He’s an a*shole, I approached him to say wassup when I saw him in NYC, and he pressed his fist against my chest asking me if I was there to go against whatever he was protesting. (I didn’t know he was protesting).”
—losanti2004
“Can Confirm. I was an extra in a Shia Movie and he didn’t talk to anyone and gave you the vibe of ‘trash don’t look me in the eyes’.”
—jussl00kin
“I have a good friend who was best friends with Shia when growing up in LA. My friend said as soon as Shia got a taste of fame, he became a d*ck and basically abandoned all his longtime friends.”
—[account deleted]
“Flight attendant here: Martha Stewart is miserable. Her and her crew bought the entire first class cabin out on a 737 to LGA(New York). Which of course means they think they run the show. She pre-ordered a meal and when I gave it to her, she said ‘what’s this?’ I replied ‘Your meal that you ordered.....?’ Then she snaps back ‘Take it back its disgusting.’ On top of all that, she went to the lav BAREFOOT twice.”
—airlineguruguy
“I fly BizJets, and I know a few guys from the company that flies her. They say she’s a total b*tch. The Line Service Guys at her home airport (ramp agents for corporate jets) have been harassed by her so much that FBO management told her staff that she is not allowed to talk to The Line Guys anymore. Side story: they pulled the airplane up to the front of the building, pilot told the Line Staff that they were flying Martha Stewart and the Line Guys got grim and moved the airplane as far away from the building as possible to keep her away.”
—_Illuminati_
A friend of mine worked on the set of Tropic Thunder, and apparently, Ben Stiller was a dick to everyone. He even fired someone because he thought they didn't put enough sugar in his coffee in between scenes.
—Ehzranight
The dad from Phil of the Future is a professor at my school and he told us that Ben Stiller was the biggest asshole in the movie industry and that Will Ferrell is the most normal and laid-back guy ever.
—account deleted
“Quentin Tarantino made a scene at a diner in New York when the waitress dropped off his bill because he didn't have his wallet on him. He asked if she knew who he was, and whether she knew that he did not in fact pay to eat there because he was Quentin F*cking Tarantino and New York is HIS CITY. Another diner finally paid his bill because he liked Tarantino's movies and wanted to finish his breakfast in peace; that was my clearest example of how ubiquitous famous people are in NYC and how nobody's impressed who you are if you're a jerk.”
—workplacetracy
“I met him at a hole-in-the-wall diner in LA. He sat at the counter next to me. His order came up first and he set the ketchup bottle next to him after he used it. When my fries came out, I asked him to pass the ketchup, and he said, "No, ask for one of your own" without even looking up from his plate. I didn't really pay any attention to him until that point, he was just a dude next to me. After I recognized who he was I immediately realized he's an a*shole, and not the cool guy I thought he was.”
—RatPackBrat
“Tom Cruise. He came through the Holocaust Museum in DC right before some promotional stint for a movie in 2009. On his phone the entire time, including in the Hall of Remembrance, talking about his weekend plans and holding up people who were actually interested in being there. Irreverent turd.”
—footypjs
“A client of mine worked with Tom Cruise. Said that Tom came to a wrap party and sat in a corner surrounded by bodyguards that told everyone who approached to ‘not talk to Mr. Cruise.’ The crew was like why did you even come to the party?”
—debunkdattrunk
“He was filming on board the USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT, and the entire crew hates him for being such an as*hole. They were instructed they couldn’t even look at him, which is impossible while going down a ship's passageway, and he apparently kicks everyone out of entire gyms when he wants to workout. The Captain even gave him his cabin, which is a huge thing on board a ship, and the guy demands all sailors keep their phones locked in their racks while he’s on board.”
—ToastyMustache
I used to work at Disney World and encountered many celebrities. Mariah Carey: Total divamonster. Firstly, she demanded that we not just hold the line out of sight while she and her party had a private go on the ride, she demanded that we completely cycle out both ride machines and the line, which took over an hour since I worked at a very busy attraction.
Then when the kids in the party couldn't ride because they were too short, she threw a tantrum ("Do you know who I am??!!") as if it was a judgment call we were making, not literally a safety standard set by OSHA.
—anovertureofcats
“Nicolas Sparks (author of the Notebook).
"He used to park his stupid Jaguar with the personalized license plate that said "novelist" in the church parking lot EVERY WEEK even when they kindly asked him not to do that numerous times. (He was not a member of this church). There was parking on the street but he didn't want to pay for the meter I guess.
“Another time, at a charity auction for a local school, where crafts made by the students were being auctioned off, my mom's friend put a bid on this student-made quilt and Nicolas Sparks' wife turned around in her seat and said "B*tch, are you trying to out-bid me?" This was a CHARITY AUCTION for a CHILDREN'S SCHOOL that was being held IN A CHURCH. Who says that?!?
I've met him other times and he was ok but the family has a bit of a reputation.”
—platinum-luna
“I met Helen Hunt at a press junket, she was in a horrible mood all day. I was responsible for getting her lunch. She wanted a salad, but not the salad on the Four Seasons menu. She wanted the salad the former chef used to make. That was the only salad she wanted. When we told her that chef no longer worked at there. She looked at us blankly and said find him. We tracked down the chef on the phone, got her salad recipe and the new chef made it. We brought it up to her and she said it took too long and left without eating it or saying thank you.”
—Aware_Memory3005
“I’ve met Helen Hunt. She was.....strange. And so thin. But rude? She seemed far more socially anxious to me. But it’s such a shock considering that she is known for playing warm and outgoing characters. She’s an excellent actress is what I would say. One of the best.”
—handincookiejars
“Vince Vaughn. I was in this farmers market/restaurant once in Cali. I was on vacation with my family and my camera's memory was getting full so while we sat and ate i went through my photo's to delete what I could. Next thing I know, someone from across the place is yelling. I look up and he is waving my way and yelling at me to put the camera way.
"Roughly saying (and not nicely) "Put the f*cking camera away! what are you doing? can't I have some d*mn privacy?" I think he called me something too but I didn't really hear him. I didn't know he was there, the camera wasn't facing him, the lens cap wasn't even off. Also, I was 12 and had no idea who he even was until my sister told me.”
—omg_pwn15
“One of my good friends saw him in Vegas at some bar. She asked him if she could take a picture with him, and he flipped out about it. I guess it is probably annoying to get that all the time as a celebrity but d*mn.”
—chelsberry
“My band opened up for Bret Michaels a couple years ago. We had to sell our own tickets to the show; minimum of 50 tickets at $50 each! AND they were running a Groupon for it at the same time. I would never expect anyone I know to pay $50 to see me play, and I don't know any Bret Michaels fans, but we somehow managed to pull off the ticket sales quota.
“We were told that Bret didn't want us backstage when he arrived; he was selling additional meet & greet packages for $200 and didn't want anyone who didn't pay to see him up close, even though we sold $2500 worth of tickets for him. After we played, we were told we had five minutes to get our sh*t from backstage or else they would throw it out on the sidewalk. F*ck Bret Michaels and his sh*tty management.”
—P*ssyWhistle
“He was playing a show at the casino I used to work at. He arrived at like 6 am on a Friday. Now, we're talking a casino in a town of roughly 2000 people. He RAN into the hotel lobby with his hood pulled up and sunglasses on and ran all the way to his hotel room. Seriously, it's 6 am. nobody gives a sh*t.”
—pnwzebs
“I worked security at a local concert venue for over 10 years and Alicia Keys was hands down the meanest artist that I rubbed elbows with. One night, I was asked to stay late and work a meet & greet in the catering trailer after her show. I stood next to Alicia and her assistant at the time (guessing 2006) while she met a group of fans one by one.
“Each fan gave her gifts/flowers and had roughly 30 seconds to say hello. Being so close, I was able to hear every word she said to her assistant, and it wasn't pretty. She basically bad-mouthed the entire group - she had something negative to say about almost everyone's outfits and appearance. Considering how long ago it was, here is to hoping that she has grown up since then.”
—RussianBreadMaker
Shaun White. When I was a snowboarding instructor, my boss used to work at The Burton Academy. It was common for famous riders to take the lift and talk to other visitors, and Shaun would have the whole park closed and taken up by snowmobile.
Worst story I heard was when his manager booked a whole day for him to snowboard with kids from the Make-a-Wish Foundation.
He rode with a couple in the morning and then ditched to go ride the half pipe. He can't apologize to those kids because they're dead.
—CharlieBravo92
“Frank Sinatra once called my grandfather an a*shole at a blackjack table just for sitting there.”
—Mad_Aeric
“My grandpa worked closely with Frank Sinatra for many years. He was a womanizing self-centered jerk.”
—Agent_Smith-
“Grandpa was entering the door at a venue Frank Sinatra was playing at, as my grandpa grabbed the door handle from the outside, Frank tried to push the door open from the inside, and the push/pull on the door caused Frank to walk into the door. He was drunk and pissed off and punched my grandpa in the face. At least that's the story as I remember it.”
—Doctorpop
“My Nonna and Nonno were poor Italian immigrants who saved up their entire lives and eventually finally were able to see Frank Sinatra perform live (they adored that man).
Apparently, it was amazing, and when the audience applauded and asked for an encore, Sinatra went back to the stage, told the audience he doesn't tell them to do their jobs twice, told them to go f*ck themselves, then left.”
—GlastonBerry48
Jamie Lee Curtis...she can turn the charm off and on like a light switch to the point that it's scary. If you are part of the "peasantry" be prepared to be completely ignored.
I was in a 10' by 10' room with only her, and I smiled and wished her good morning. I got no response, it was as if I wasn't even there.
Enter in someone of importance and suddenly she was all sweetness and light, but then this was back pre-Activia days so maybe she was constipated.
—pdxgirl78
“I work with celebrities and have met dozens and dozens.
"I hate to say that Bill Nye was the rudest. He was a jerk all three times I worked with him, so I couldn't brush it off as him having a bad day.”
—Hundredsofspiders
“I worked with him too and completely agree. It's like he really likes being known but hates the work that comes with the fame. Seems to have contempt for anyone who idolizes him while expecting to always be idolized. He does save it for behind the scenes most times I think, though, as he's met my kids here and there and he was fine to them.”
—ILoveFckingMattDamon
“My friend went to one of his live shows when he was ten and he was so excited to meet him. The poor guy idolized Nye and when he went to greet him after the show, Bill brushed him aside as he left the building growling, out of my way kid.'
"I’m sure Bill forgot about that encounter, but my friend internalized it for a long time. :(“
—TheRoyalsapphire
“I had the same experience when I met him. I always cringe now when I see people singing his praises. I grew up loving his show and meeting him in person left me with such a different perspective. Sad.”
—fjsiege
“I had a friend who met him as a kid. She was so excited, but he was a huge jerk to her. Never felt the same way about him since.”
—suntbone
"Ariana Grande was being super rude to the team members. They were putting her in a golf cart and escorting her around, like back stage, you know, she wouldn't be seen. She was demanding free food, she was pissed off because they would have to clear the house, [and] then let her walk through.
She was being impatient because there had to be time to clear the guests out of the park so she could have her own experience going to the houses. And she had her dog, which is not allowed; unless it's a service animal, which it's not. She was just completely disrespectful, and I have been wanting to tell that story forever."
—tombreadison
“Jeremy Renner was one of the worst, though. He kept openly hitting on half the women volunteers, grabbing at us, and staring at the breasts of every woman coming through his line. One fan in a gorgeous cosplay dress said something about how she'd always been a Hawkeye fan and he broke eye contact with her boobs long enough to look up and tell her that was the stupidest thing he'd ever heard.”
—hauntsVII
“Saw him at a convention a few years ago. He was completely disinterested in the fans at his panel. I saw a young girl ask him what he did in his spare time, if he read comics or anything. He sarcastically replied that he had a life, had friends, went out. It wasn't the context but, you know, more the implication.
The panel went downhill from there.”
—St-Olafs-Alum
“Adam Levine is terrible. He constantly talks down to people and is super smarmy/smug if you’re not a fellow celeb. I’ve literally witnessed him being a huge diva to network execs, which was super embarrassing”
—bonsaithot
“Can confirm. He hit on my friend once at a club and she wasn’t interested. He 100% used the don’t you know who I am?? She was like umm yeah still not interested. He was a smug prick.”
—Evangelme
“Can confirm that Adam is a total prick. Also, you can smell him from a mile away. He smells like a rotting ashtray.”
—LilFourEyes
“My dad’s an entertainment lawyer so I’ve met tons of celebs. My godfather also handles and produces concerts where I get to interact with celebs for more than a minute at times.
"Rudest had to be Adam Levine, he stayed in his room the whole time and took a picture for liberty and left. Was also quite rude to the staff and wouldn’t interact directly. Besides him, most of my encounters range from professional to pleasant.”
—mgmmspud
“The worst I’ve met was Adam Levine while living in NYC. I didn’t even do anything but give him a smile at a restaurant. He gave me a dirty look, but I just thought he already had so many people approaching him. I just stayed in my seat to be mindful of that. He ended up being very arrogant, unprofessional, disrespectful, and rude to the waiters and staff. He was yelling at waiters for petty issues. He was a total Karen. “
—DinahHamza07
“Michael Jordan...dude is a complete douche bag...saw him at a Hotel with a big cigar in his mouth...of course ppl around him, and he's smoking right in the lobby...one of the employees approached him and stated he was a fan but its hotel policy he not smoke...he says...quote..."Do you know who the f*ck I am" blew smoke in his face...yea”
—agentrocklee
“Michael Jordan. I saw him when working at an airport in Chicago about a decade ago. Super jerk to fans. I understand he probably gets bombarded constantly, but not sure how you can be such a jerk to little kids that look up to you.”
—QueenofPurple
“My partner went to elementary school with his kids (well, for a year or so) and lived a subdivision away from them. According to my partner’s dad, the Jordans were all super standoffish and holier-than-thou.”
—[account deleted]
“I’m usually too inarticulate to talk to celebrities. I did stay in a hotel room next to Mark Wahlberg over 10 years ago. He and his friends (?) were extremely loud and listed to ‘80s rock music all night and never slept. It wasn’t rude, exactly, just annoying.”
—NeiClaw
“My friend sat next to Mark Wahlberg at some event - I think it was the VMAs or something. Wahlberg was being really annoying, spreading his legs out, being loud. So my friend goes "hey Marky Mark, where's the rest of the funky bunch?" and Wahlberg just walked away and got security to boot my friend.”
—fwooby_pwow
“She’s actually my cousin. No one in the family has had any contact with her or her mother in years. She’s nice when she isn’t around her mother, but her mother is incredibly controlling. Basically, the reason she can’t find roles anymore is because no one wants to deal with the mom. Katherine’s brother died in a car accident when I was young and the whole thing kinda derailed the family.”
—chuffberry
“My wife used to do hair in Beverly Hills and one of her coworkers did Katherine’s hair for one of the movies she was in. Her summation was ‘you know that stuck up, kind of c*nty character she plays in every movie? That’s her, just toned down’.”
—EghYewSeaQue
“I was hoping someone would post this one. My uncle worked at the ski resort where she had her wedding and he told us tons of stories about how horrible she was to the staff and even to the people in her wedding party.”
—shannaweaves
“Edward Norton smashed me against a wall when I was a kid. I still hate him for that 20 years later. Was on the set for a film he and Robin Williams were in, and I was just hanging around waiting for my mum by a wall. He came down the hall and I guess my tiny 10-year-old self must have been in his way and he just pushed me hard against a brick wall and of course, I started crying and he did not give a sh*t and just kept on walking and I will forever remember that moment that he was a c*nt.”
—fivetenfiftyfold
“I know two Directors who have worked with him that have told (unofficially of course) pretty similar stories about him attempting to frequently rewrite the script, ignoring Direction, etc.”
—Weeksy77
“I saw Norton at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
"He said, ‘Oh, like you’re doing now?’
"I was taken aback, and all I could say was ‘Huh?’ but he kept cutting me off and going ‘huh? huh? huh?’ and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front, I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.
“The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like ‘Sir, you need to pay for those first.’ At first, he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
“When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually ‘to prevent any electrical infetterence,’ [sic] and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.”
—Badumms
“Jared Leto grabbed/held on to my a*s when I was 16. It was super uncomfortable, and I let my friend keep our meet and greet photo because I didn’t want to be reminded of it.
He and his girlfriend came into a store I managed in 2012, too, and he was super pissy and rude to me and my staff.”
—[account deleted]
“Leto got my friend kicked out of Warped Tour because my friend went up to him after his set and clapped him on the back and said, ‘good set man.’ Warped Tour is not a high-security type festival, band members mingle with other festival-goers and hang out at their own merch tables to talk to fans.”
—sweetjaaane
“Yes. I met him years ago when I used to sell merchandise for a few different bands. Him and I got in a very heated argument one evening and my final words to him were, "Your music sucks and your acting is even worse". He can kiss my f*cking a*s. I hate him.”
—pnwzebs
“I was bartending at a club his band was playing, and I guess we were being too loud during set up at the bar I was stationed at – mind you, this wasn't during a sound check or anything – and he said something along the lines of ‘quiet the f*ck down.’ It was so bizarre and just seemed like a weird power move.”
—picadilly17
“I didn’t meet him, but I have seen Jared Leto be an absolute nightmare in person. Kicked fans out of a show because they didn’t jump when he said to, yelled at the audience, and said if the front rows didn’t step up, he’s bringing the back rows up and would ‘send us to the back to take a f*cking nap.’ There’s more. Absolute nightmare. That’s not even taken into consideration the countless underage rumors I’ve heard about him over the last 10 years.”
—Asplashofwater
“This was in 2015 so a whole year before he reportedly split from his wife. He was basically partying it up with Leo DiCaprio (who is nice, but you know to gird your loins and keep your distance with him) and kept hitting on really young girls. If he found out they were, you know, barely legal, he was even more interested and would step up his game. Sometimes it worked and then afterwards he'd totally ignore them, which was the best-case scenario for them, or he'd tell people what he did with them, show pictures around, mock the girls for whatever little imperfections he could find.
“He also really liked picking on people. Waiters and so on. He'd drop or spill something on purpose, then laugh and go ‘hey, you missed something’ and if they didn't immediately rush over, he'd get weirdly aggressive.
“Other typical douche behaviours like throwing money around and expecting people to be at his beck and call, ‘do you know who I am’ more than a few times, ‘do you know who my father-in-law is’ just as often. I only spoke to him directly once and he looks at you like you’re prey. It's very eerie.”
—LDN_Escort
“I’ve met several celebrities over the years and Usher is the rudest, cheapest piece of trash — all 3 times I’ve interacted with him.
"He demanded special meals be made for him (not just regular modifications, like sh*t we don’t have on the menu — and it was NOT the kind of place where that kind stuff happens), complained that the thing he forced us to make wasn’t good (after eating like 75% of it), was rude to the waitstaff the entire time, and tipped 5% (after we took everything off his bill except drinks — and he got excellent service).
“My husband worked with him in a JCrew where him and his mother came in, talked down to him for no reason, literally just threw the clothes on the floor when they were done, and didn’t buy anything.
"Usher is a piece of sh*t.”
—KvlrDissident
“I work as a VIP hostess in upscale strip clubs. He's very verbally abusive towards the dancers. One time he was so rude I threw a drink on him. He also hogged the rides at 6 Flags when I went. He and his entourage would roll up in golf carts, butt the lines and ride for upwards of 15 minutes, continuously, so no one else could ride. He goes to my friend's restaurant, racks up huge bills, and never tips. Etc etc. Just a disdainful nasty little sh*thead. There's more, but I'd get outed pretty quickly.”
—thehalflingcooks
“Surprisingly enough it was Jamie Oliver...Myself and my brother took two of our cousins (then 5 and 7) to meet him and he outright refused to even look at them let alone answer when they asked a question about cooking... till he told us to return without ‘the brats.’ Needless to say, we didn't return. It wasn't even a ‘no children’ event :/ it was advertised as a ‘all ages’ meet and greet. The 5-year-old didn't really know what was going on but the 7-year-old was very upset and it took a long time to get her to calm down after that.”
—kaeliz
“He treats his staff and family like sh*t too. He tried to make a whole restaurant of staff sign a non-disclosure when he brought a woman in who was all over him, his wife was just about to give birth. It was ‘sign or you're fired.’ It was my friend's last day anyway, so she just walked out.”
—oranges_and_lemmings
“In the ‘90s, I worked tech support for a company that did Apple's support. He would call in all the time and berate whoever he spoke with. He used his real name when he called in, which was oddly fitting – ‘Tim Dick’. I only talked to him once, total a*s.”
—Phynal
“He stayed at a hotel I worked at back in his Home Improvement days. He traveled in an RV and showed up drunk. Proceeded to drive his RV up a walking path and parked it in the middle of the wedding lawn that is very obviously a wedding lawn.”
—redopinion2019
“I was at a nice Mexican restaurant on a school trip in Santa Fe back in 2006. We got sat next to Tim Allen and a bunch of his fawning groupies. He was sat at the head of the table just telling a*shole stories to these ladies about how wealthy and important he was. He was talking about how his realtor was taking him around to see different houses in the area and the differences between 10-million-dollar homes and 50-million-dollar homes are just unbelievable and only a fool would settle for a 10 million dollar home, etc.”
—1374dIoN
“My sister-in-law works for Comedy Central, and of the dozens of famous people she’s worked with, the only person she said was a d*ck was Tim Allen. He was a d*ck to regular people and a d*ck to staff.”
—mimi7878
“I can totally confirm he's a curmudgeon! I worked at a coffee shop across from where he filmed Last Man Standing, so I would see him multiple times a week when he was on his way to work. He was always in a huge hurry and always angry about something. One time the lid for the half & half fell into his coffee cup while he was pouring, and he got mad at me about it. Sir, I am not trying to sabotage you, I swear to god. He tipped me $1 once because I saw him coming and had his coffee ready to go when he got to the counter, but that was the only time. He pulled it out of his wallet and kind of shoved it in my face without looking at me, lol. If he wasn't so good at playing a normal person on TV, I would think he just didn't understand social cues.”
—buttbuttfart
“Tim Allen is the biggest d*ck. I grew up in Michigan, and at one point, he had a cottage on Torch Lake. Super pretty lake in northern MI, very popular in the summertime. Anyways, my brother and his friend were picking up food from a boat dock restaurant, and Tim was in front of them in line. They were waiting for a while, and the guys eventually said hi, and one of them went to shake his hand. He just looked at them and said, ‘hey f*ck off. I’m on vacation too.’ To this day if I hear a ‘Pure Michigan’ ad with his stupid voice I can’t help but think what a pr*ck he is.”
—KaiserHawaii
“Tim Allen. He came into a Coffee shop I worked at, and he was very, very rude to me and the customers. I didn't recognize him at first (he looks older and had kind of a beard growing), and he had caught me off guard so when I asked his name for the order he said ‘seriously?...Tim...’very arrogantly. Then it hit me who he was, and I got a little flustered and forgot that he had ordered a breakfast sandwich and repeated his order back ‘OK so just the latte and the Kcups for you?’ and he said ‘wow we are on a roll this morning aren’t we? No. I asked for the ham and swiss too...’
"So, I wrote the bag and apologized and finished the order. There was a customer in the store who was SOOO excited that Tim Allen was there, and he asked for a picture with him. Yes, I know it is probably annoying to be repeatedly asked for pictures in public, but honestly, that's a consequence of having your face in the movies. In the picture, (customer was so excited to get his picture taken that he came and showed us baristas) Tim's face was SOOO pissed and blurry because Tim couldn't stand still long enough to take the picture even after saying yes to it.”
—kelleeboo13
“Sorry to speak ill of the dead, but Whitney Huston used to frequent a place I tended bar at….[She] tried, repeatedly, to smoke at the bar. We had just passed no smoking laws in GA, and they were no joke at the time.) The cake topper was consistently tipping $3.00 on a $94 tab as well as a $300 tab. She was the worst. God rest her soul.”
—Zouzout
“My grandfather was a security guard for her during the Special Olympics in 1987. She was constantly complaining about having to perform for, ‘these f*cking r*tards.’ Ever since I was little, my grandpa would always scoff whenever she would come on TV.”
—Aviganti
“In 2002, I won a trip to Miami for some contest Axe had after I clicked an internet banner (yeah, they work, but also I had to pay $1200 in taxes). They set up a house party at Jamie Kennedy's house and when I approached him, he gave me a sneer and walked away.”
—AcidTWister
“Jamie Kennedy came to Sydney to do promotion for the Son of Mask. He got really angry that the locals barely knew/cared who is he was, and they didn't give him the rock star treatment. He said, ‘Sydney thinks it's New York when it really is just Chicago.’”
—StanleytheSteeler
“He’s the worst. Went to a comedy show and he happened to be performing - when his outdated jokes didn’t get laughs, he started arguing and insulting the audience.”
—ndcruz
“Andy Griffith would shoot at you if you trespassed on his property.
"My grandpa lived nearby and said that Andy was always shooting at people.”
—NeedsMoreTuba
“My dad always said he [Andy Griffith] was a f*cking a*shole. He liked little kids, but he was a d*ck to everyone else…All the locals knew he was an a*shole but he rarely left his property. I think his wife was kinda the same. She was supposed to have the house torn down but idk if she ended up doing that.”
—Broken_Snail_Shell
“Andy Griffith is an even bigger piece of sh*t than you think. My mother grew up in Toluca Lake during the '70s near his house and was good friends with his son Sam. She has tons of horror stories about Andy. The stories that stuck out to me the most though were the ones of Andy driving around in his car when school would let out to try and pick up/proposition underaged girls while they walked on their way home. His son hated him so much that he became an alcoholic at a really young age, and basically drank himself to death while still in his 30's.”
—yepitsdevon
I worked at a restaurant in Mississippi during college that was very popular. He’d eat there all the time. He usually came in drunk. But he always left hammered. He’s very rude to the hostesses and managers. I served him many times and he’d always give me a hard time.
For example, one night he drunkenly asked me to straighten a painting on the wall. I told that since it was above an occupied booth I couldn’t. He wasn’t very understanding and drunkenly yelled at me for being an “incompetent a**hole” and such.
I liked serving him though because I’d harmlessly mess with him and he would take it so seriously. He tips well, at least.
—JohnStamossi
I think I was like 7 or 8 and my family was on vacation at Disney World. My mom bought me an autograph book at one of the souvenir shops so I could get all the characters to sign it. I was having the best time collecting all these signatures and thought it was SO cool.
Our hotel room was located on a concierge floor which is basically a floor with a 24-hour buffet on it (you pay extra for the perk and have to use your key in the elevator to get to the floor).
So we were up there one morning having our breakfast as usual and I spot Regis across the room drinking coffee and reading the paper. Apparently Live was doing shows there all week. I start to freak out like the little school girl I was and asked my mom if I could go over and get his autograph. She of course said yes.
So I pretty much skip over there, my heart ready to explode with excitement. I get to his table, hold out my book and say, "Excuse me, Mr. Regis, can I have your autograph?"
He peered over his paper at me and said words that crushed my tiny little spirit and hardened me for life, "Scram kid. I'm having my coffee."
—linds360
A friend of mine worked at a nearby resort. A group of rowdy partiers were yucking it up at the (closed) pool. Guests began complaining. He had to go out there to tell them to leave. John Malkovich, apparently, was the host.
When my friend told him he'd have to take everyone to his suite, Malky replied, "Do you know who I am?" My friend answered, "Yes, but the pool is closed and your party is disturbing the other guests, please go back to your rooms."
I guess he said the wrong thing because Malky started screaming about how he could buy the resort and have him fired. My friend replied, "Well, until you do, you have to leave this area and go into your rooms. If you don't, I will have security escort you." And Malky and the party went off into the rooms.
—DumbledoresAtheist
The Limp Bizkit guys are really a**holes to just about everyone. My dad used to work at a place designing touring posters and advertisements and he got to meet a lot of bands. He said Limp Bizkit, especially Fred Durst, were like spoiled little babies that threw tantrums and acted like the whole world revolved around them.
Fred Durst basically aggressively got in this young intern's face and yelled at him because he didn't like how the advertisement turned out (even though it looked fine), and the intern had nothing to do with it.
—account deleted
Matt Dillon. He was in my hometown filming something about 6-8 years ago and stopped downtown at a local ice cream shop. The place is normally packed, and the day was in the middle of summer (meaning 90+ degree heat). He walks to the front of the line, demanding some obnoxious ice cream creation.
The cashier tells him to go to the end of the line, and he started flipping out, screaming, "Do you even know who I am?" The girl tells him, "No, I don't. Go to the back of the line, or get out!" He just got all flustered and stormed out after a bit. Sweet, sweet justice.
—megumisparx
Coming from Denver, he's seen as somewhat of a god in most places around here. A few years ago I was the warehouse manager at Bass Pro Shops. We received a call from his assistant saying he had several thousand dollars worth of gift cards and wanted to come shop and did not want to be disturbed by employees or customers.
Two other managers and myself had to literally stand guard at whatever department and keep other customers out so that he wouldn't be approached. After he wandered around the store for roughly 3 hours, he had a meal in the restaurant where he drank heavily and didn't leave a tip on a few hundred dollar tab.
—athomas17
Dennis Quaid is a total a**hole. My buddy's cousin runs a moving business and they helped him move his sh*t to his new place a while back. As soon as they got there, he lined them all up and told them that he wouldn't be signing anything for them and that if they asked, he would have them removed from the premises (nobody had asked in the first place).
The whole time they were moving, he kept going on about how if anyone broke anything of his, he'd make sure that they lost their job and would never find another in this line of work. He was just generally degrading and kind of a douchebag.
He didn't tip them and didn't offer them any form of refreshment after hours of work. I don't know if it's expected that you tip your movers, but I feel like you should at least offer a drink.
—Tilghan
Amy Poehler = TOTAL B*TCH! Went back to visit mom & dad a couple of years ago & as I pulled into my hotel, she was in the drive up waiting for her car. When she saw that another human was in the area, she went and stood facing the corner.
Then she summoned the valet guy over and asked him to make me leave and not look at her. Since I was a guest at the hotel, he said he couldn't do that.
She then proceeded to rant at him with the tried & true "Do you know who I am?" spiel and then complained to hotel management that I had intruded on her space—i.e. the parking lot. I had gotten out of my car & walked to the hotel door before I even "knew who she was!"
—NongregariousKobus
The bank I used to work for was in a wealthy community in the Los Angeles area. We would get a couple of celebrities come in and out once in a while. Normally some of the bigger name celebrities would have their own private banker.
Every so often private bankers wouldn't be available and we would have to assist. For the most part celebs would range from, "Hi xanderblitz nice to see you, how have you been?" to a friendly nod in acknowledging your existence. Ashton Kutcher falls under the category of "why is this taking so long" and "why can't a private banker be at my disposal at all times?"
I swear one time he walks demands immediate assistance. I volunteer and the whole time he is loudly sighing. I of course try to initiate a friendly conversation to which all he replies is, "Are you done yet?"
Our private banker would tell us stories about him that match what I and others at that financial institution experienced with him. It was such a bummer because I liked Kelso's character and always figured he wouldn't be that type of guy. Boy was I wrong.
—xanderblitz
Jaden Smith wouldn't leave my store thirty minutes after we closed. Neither would his security guard, the girl he was with, or the eight or nine other girls that were clearly asked to stay at least thirty feet away from him.
He kept saying, "Bro, it's cool. Don't worry, bro, it's cool. It's cool."
F*ck you Jaden, there are about twenty people in this store that can't go home until you get your stupid entitled ass out of here.
—ngtstkr
Brad Garrett from Everybody Loves Raymond...what a miserable guy. Would not acknowledge anybody with eye contact. Specifically asked us not to talk to him. And if you approached him to see if he needed any help, you got this death stare like you were the foulest piece of garbage.
—GoGoAlejandro
Sorry. My cousin did security at one of his stand-up shows and can confirm. Brad Garrett wouldn’t make eye contact and was really rude to everyone around him.
—Moonfrog11
“Jerry Seinfeld came into a restaurant I bartended at for an interview (magazine). He was a regular for us. When he came in, he’d act like someone of his caliber - wants to eat as soon as he can and duck out. When people noticed him, he’d wave and keep it pushing. No one ever bothered him. Because everyone knew him from the neighborhood.
“On the particular day he comes in to do his interview, he tells his server, the same girl who always serves him, to f*ck off when she comes to do her ‘how’s everything goin’ for ya’ round. She’d only come up that one time after the food was dropped off.
“The interview stopped there. Interviewer got up and left. Seinfeld throws up his hands and leaves shortly after. Nothing appeared to be off before, during or after in terms of his behavior. It took everyone by surprise, including Ron Howard who just finished his meal.
I had a front seat to this entire ordeal.”
— _adone
Jeff Daniels, the guy from Dumb and Dumber, lives right next door to my cousins and is very disliked in their community. He always assumes everyone will mob him and ask for autographs or whatever, so he won't interact with anyone. He's lived next to my cousins for at least 15 years and has only talked to them once or twice.
My favorite anecdote is that my grandpa once sat next to him in a bar and tried to strike up a conversation. Jeff Daniels was a dick and left. The bartender told my grandpa not to worry about it, he just doesn't like to talk to fans, and my grandpa was like, "Wait, who the f*ck was that?" It turned out my grandpa had never heard of Jeff Daniels. He was just trying to be friendly.
—bee_on_a_oiuja_board
Lizzo has been hailed as body positive and a great person, but it doesn’t seem like she’s all that great. Those who are employed by her have revealed some shocking information. Three dancers, in particular, have filed lawsuits against her for creating a “hostile work environment” during her tours. Yikes.
These dancers claimed that they were “weight-shamed, forced to endure s*xually denigrating behavior,” and forced to participate in shows that made them feel uncomfortable. One employee stated that when she resigned (due to the behavior), Lizzo stormed toward the dancer, balled her hands into fists, and cracked her knuckles while yelling obscenities at her. Lizzo stated that these were all false allegations.
