Rudest celeb you've met?

[adrian280582]

Originally Posted by jill_valentine

This can, as pointed out, work both ways. By and large, it's not cool to approach somebody on their downtime. Don't do it, don't expect a cuddly reception if you do. It's not fair to expect somebody to be "on" all the time.

Have say thats fair point.

not everybody can be in good form 24/7.

I think no matter what celeb you are no matter how nice there bound be times when ya want just hide/run or whatever.

You wont please everybody

[pikachucheeks]

Originally Posted by mrsdewinter

That reminds me of a story I heard recently. He'd been asked on to a very well-known, long-running radio show in the UK, and he let the producers know that he had no interest in talking about comedy, all he wanted to talk about on air was the fact that he was a classically trained musician. A really precious a$$.

What's wrong with that? His orchestra shows are on at the moment, so there's no surprise that he wanted to talk about the classical musician side of himself.

Lisa Cannon was quite rude when I met her. Seemed quite stand offish.

[jill_valentine]

Originally Posted by adrian280582

Have say thats fair point.

not everybody can be in good form 24/7.

I think no matter what celeb you are no matter how nice there bound be times when ya want just hide/run or whatever.

You wont please everybody

Yeah.

See, that's the thing. I'm fairly nice 80% of the time. The other 20% I'm a right arsehole altogether. When I am a bit stressed or upset or cranky or losing my precious patience, I have the luxury of doing so in relative obscurity.

If I were famous, on the other hand, the chances of there being somebody to hand to record my less glorious moments are vastly increased. They also make for a far better story than an "I met x. She was entirely normal!", so they get reported or related more.

You're far more likely to hear, or indeed to recall, an incident where somebody met x and she acted like a total tool. It doesn't matter if x spends most of her time rescuing tiny gay orphan kittens from housefires started by neo-nazis; she'll only be represented by what's reported.

I'm not saying anecdotal accounts are worthless - I think it's safe to say that the consensus on Tw*nk is bang on - but it's important to remember that each one is unique and subjective to the person relating it; not always representative of the bigger picture.

It's been known to happen that a musician, for instance, might develop a bad reputation based mainly on one or two stories by one or two people. Now, those people were probably entirely truthful in their descriptions of their unpleasant encounters from their points of view - but those encounters weren't at all representative of what the folks in question are really like. Or, indeed, the person recounting them could easily have gotten the wrong end of the stick altogether; musicians in particular tend to be held to account for the actions of their entourage or management because people stick the story to the band name rather than any individuals. No amount of "No, seriously, they're sound!" accounts afterwards will ever undo those other couple of stories once they're out there; people really do believe that there's no smoke without fire.

I'm guilty of it myself, just seems worth saying.

[Lollipops23]

Originally Posted by Nightwish

Mick McCarthy - Met him in RTE and he pushed past me and a few of my friends saying "get out of the way".

I met Mick on my communion day,along with most of the then-team members. They were staying in the hotel I had my dinner in.

Have to say, Mick was lovely to us, he signed my prayerbook and posed for a pic, as did many of the team. The only one who was rude was Ansy Townsend, found out later that Roy Keane had just done a bunk that day,Townsend was under a lot of pressure that day so it's understandable that he'd be a bit off!!

[flanzer]

Originally Posted by Lollipops23

I met Mick on my communion day,along with most of the then-team members. They were staying in the hotel I had my dinner in.

Have to say, Mick was lovely to us, he signed my prayerbook and posed for a pic, as did many of the team. The only one who was rude was Ansy Townsend, found out later that Roy Keane had just done a bunk that day,Townsend was under a lot of pressure that day so it's understandable that he'd be a bit off!!

Funny enough, I saw Mick McCarthy yesterday in the airport and a number of people were approaching him looking for autographs and he was quite obliging. My future father in law was involved in a horse sydicate a number of years back with him and said he was always a gent.

I met Andy Townsend at a Tolka Rovers charity event a number of years back and had a few pints with him, Johnny Giles and Aidan Cooney of TV3 fame and had a great night with them all. Ended up falling out of the place at 2 a.m or so. What Giles doesn't know about football doesn't bare thinking about. He is a football encyclopedia.

I believe 'celebs' like anyone are entitled to an off day.

Robbie Williams on the other hand (and I met him twice) seems to live a life of off days.....w@nker

[LZ5by5]

^

lol. Next you're going to tell us to zip up our mickeys right?

[Epicurus]

Gok Wan...went into town today specifically to see him signing his book and he wouldnt even turn to wave where we were standing. raging.

[MAB83]

Just because he wouldn't wave over? Maybe he was signing books or busy? Anyone I know that's met him said he was lovely.

The rudest I've met was Ann Doyle. Wagon. She was mutton dressed as lamb that day too.

[Epicurus]

Originally Posted by MAB83

Just because he wouldn't wave over? Maybe he was signing books or busy? Anyone I know that's met him said he was lovely.

The rudest I've met was Ann Doyle. Wagon. She was mutton dressed as lamb that day too.

Yes. This was when he was making his grand entrance. he spent the day cheering the other side of the crowd. Just because I was near older people and we didnt have cameras and the like, we could be ignored.

[irishultra]

Originally Posted by Epicurus

Gok Wan...went into town today specifically to see him signing his book and he wouldnt even turn to wave where we were standing. raging.

what a ****ing goo----------------------n

[irishultra]

For me,

Brian Kerr-very rude, he was very condescending when i seen him out at the AUL back in about 2001 as a kid, despite this I never held much ill will towards him. wished him well with ireland and then the faroes.

pat fenlon-has a very rude way about him

eddie guerrero-wrestler for those of you who don't no, seen him at the airport and he was a ****, cena on the other hand was sound.

[testicle]

Originally Posted by dlofnep

How come so many people have met Twink? She's hardly a real celebrity?

She gets around...

[DublinWriter]

Originally Posted by MAB83

The rudest I've met was Ann Doyle. Wagon. She was mutton dressed as lamb that day too.

No way! I met her years ago at an IBM black-tie do and she was very chatty and pleasant - but then again she was doing a 'corporate'.

[Pasodobel]

the Seoige sisters at the galway races, not sound at all, u'd swear they were marlyn munroe

[Green Hornet]

Originally Posted by deise red

John O shea is a lovely man gave me an autograph for my son

He is related to my neighbour and visits occasionally. Gotta admit that he does appear to be a really nice genuine guy. Whenever he visits loads of kids appear and knock on the neighbours door for autographs (not all at once but every few minutes) and he always obliges. Even more impressive is that he does so with a smile on his face and has a few words with the kids. Real nice to see these days.