12ItemsOrLess here and I know what you're thinking, 'She's posting AGAIN!'
Yes. Yes I am. The cherry got popped and I enjoyed it. Mwahahahaha!
Anyway...
I live in a state that you would not suspect of having produced a whole lot of celebrities but surprisingly we have. Well, a few years ago I got to to witness a showdown between two of them.
I was at a small bar/venue downtown with an ex and some of our friends watching a local band and having some drinks when we hear a guy yelling at the bartender, "I'm f****** <character name from big budget flick>."
We all look over, and it is indeed the local actor who'd been in all the news and papers for having starred in a huge (but still kinda sucky) movie, and he's gotten belligerently drunk. He'd been trying to use his fame to pressure the poor woman behind the bar to give him free drinks, and it wasn't working.
Now I'm thinking to myself, 'Douchenozzle. See if I ever patron any of your movies again.' and am about to turn back to my table when another guy approaches the douchey actor and taps him on the shoulder. When he turns around the second guy screams right in the actors face, "Well I'm <world famous> f****** <rockstar> and this is my f****** bar!"
Actor guy immediately tried to grovel at rockstars feet. Rockstar wasn't having any of it and the actor left shortly after.
Now, if I didn't already have a grungy old blues dive to call home this place may have become my favorite bar just because one guy (famous or not) stood up to another guy (famous or not) for harassing his employees.
--12ItemsOrLess
Now I would loved to see two celebs go at. Celebrity Deathmatch anyone?
Posted by: Queer Geek | Saturday, March 02, 2013 at 09:11 AM
I wanna know who they were!
Posted by: NC Tony | Saturday, March 02, 2013 at 11:03 AM
I love reading these stories of righteous 0wnage. Have you posted this on Not Always Right?
Posted by: thisnameisfake | Saturday, March 02, 2013 at 11:28 AM
I heard Mary Louise Parker from Weeds tried this too. Supposedly, she tried returning a purse and was told she could not. Then she made a vaguely threatening remarks with a gay slur and ran out. I hope not because I just finished season one of Weeds and I am infatuated. And no I want to know what celebrities this involved.
Posted by: Halian | Saturday, March 02, 2013 at 09:35 PM
Ha!
Don't ever try and *&^%%^ with a rockstar. They don't care if you're the second coming of Jesus, they *will* put you in your place if you act like a jackass.
Posted by: The Last Archimedean | Sunday, March 03, 2013 at 07:56 AM
You had a lot more restraint then me, in withholding his name. I would've been like, "Since he was so open about his name last night, I figured he'd appreciate the additional publicity."
Posted by: Not Perfect | Sunday, March 03, 2013 at 11:02 AM
I can very much see an old rockstar buying a bar. They're used to dealing with drunk people* and don't really mind it much.
Why shouldn't they take whatever's left over from their RIAA contract and buy a bar with it? They'll be happy there.
* I speak of those musicians who've paid their dues in the honky-tonks and bars, not of those who've been manufactured. AT.
Posted by: AmigaTech | Sunday, March 03, 2013 at 12:57 PM
alice coopers bar? (seen it on mvf)
Posted by: naygal | Saturday, March 09, 2013 at 08:19 AM
First of all, sorry for not commenting in a while. I've been glued to my xbox playing my husbands series of Assassin's Creed games.
One of the great things about where I live is that we respect the privacy of our famous people. Probably the reason that no one outside of the city has really heard this story or know who it involves. I really respect teh rockstar and I'm unwilling to slur the reputation of the actor for one indescretion.
Posted by: 12ItemsOrLess | Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 12:48 AM