25 Stories Detailing People’s Rudest Celeb Encounters

By this time it’s no secret that actors and singers put on a mask in front of the camera to play to their audience. But in private, their true selves make an appearance and it’s not always impressive. While certain celebs have created a reputation for their niceness, we’re looking at you Keanu Reeves, others have managed to alienate fans with their callous disregard for other people. Today, we explore answers shared on a recent Thread that gained traction online after one user asked, “Who is the rudest celeb you have met? What happened?”

#1

Image source: robsmithireland, Jimmy Kimmel Live

I saw George Clooney at a grocery store 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.

#2

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JLo. She stuck her chewed gum in my hand and laughed as I led her through the shooting gallery at the VMAs.

#3

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Julia Roberts, I was standing behind her in a convenience store. The cashier was a new employee and was struggling. Julia Roberts began belittling the poor girl. I’ve never been impressed with actors, they’re just overrated and overpaid court jesters.

#4

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I went to grammar and high school with Nicholas Cage but he was Nicholas Coppola back then. We both worked on high School musicals, me behind the scenes, him in front but I think we had a scene together in Our Town when I decided to act for a minute. But we played at each other’s houses and everything. It’s not like he was just in my class. We were friends. Fast forward about 10 years. I was a line cook at a fancy restaurant in San Francisco and he came in with some people. . I came out to say hello. Hey Nick, I said. He was so rude and acted like he couldn’t even be bothered to look up and say hello. I was like whatever dude. I don’t want anything from you just to be treated like a person. FU Nick Cage

#5

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Scarlett Johansson, I was used to work at theost famous hotel in Edinburgh, Scotland and I served her once, I was just doing my job, she didn’t even look at me once while I was serving afternoon tea (2hours session), not even a thank you but the worst was she made fun of the manager, big time, big rude uggly time. Nobody was asking for photos or anything, we were just working, doing our best as we always did. Having a bad day or not, tired or not, you just say thank you when someone serves you!

#6

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I gave Mila Kunis a facial once and she was a total b from the moment I called her name in my room. I acted like I had no idea who she was and didn’t make a point to make her feel special. I just matched her energy. This was before black swan even came out.

#7

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Jim Jarmusch and Adam Driver are two of the nastiest people I have ever met, and this was inside the venue of their premiere for Patterson. I told Jarmusch what a big fan I was and how much his films has inspired me to become an actor and he was very belittling and acted like he was a god. Adam Driver is just the same, people keep pointing to Drivers “anxiety” as an excuse but it ain’t it.. I was with Driver one on one and he’s just an a*s, fame has gotten to his head and he thinks he’s too good

#8

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Paris Hilton. I was working as a stylist assistant on a shoot with her and held my hand out so she could give me the garment she was wearing. She literally dropped it next to my oustreched hand on the floor.

#9

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Will.I.am. I was hired to make social content for BBC’s The Voice. The dude wouldn’t even look me in the eye, and refused to work with me, having a meltdown in front of his team because he wanted to make vids with “a hot girl”. 🫠 he ended up just turning to my camera and said “that’s Huw Samuel, you’re watching The Voice” before walking off.
In comparison, Sir Tom Jones shook my hand, and was up for being silly and danced with me. He was amazing.

#10

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About 30 years ago when Alec Baldwin was just starting out in his career I think he had just finished filming the Hunt for Red October I was working out at the Mirage hotel Gym. I recognized him when he walked in he and I were the only ones in there. I was on a stationary bike and completely ignored him. He walked over to an attendant and asked her to tell me to leave. I said no way I’m a guest here I have every right to stay so he proceeded to give me dirty looks the entire time! Rude.

#11

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Emma Roberts and her sister, expected to be treated like ✨royalty✨ in a store I worked in at the time, they were also annoyed that I didn’t care who they were lol

#12

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Bob Geldolf. He called me a c*nt. He was apparently notorious for doing that when he would throw temper tantrums, in fact an Australian radio show Triple J ran a contest where you could call in if you had a story about him calling you one.

#13

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Cameron Diaz– I was an extra in the movie “Sex Tape” (originally called Basic Math) with her and Jason Segel…. the WHOLE time she was on set she was on her phone and straight up ignored every single person who tried to speak to her. Jason was super friendly and interacting with people but she put her feet up on the chair in front of her and played on her phone the whole time. Acted like such a princess. Like girl stop, you’re not even that good

hat.

#14

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Bryan Greenberg thinks he’s Al Pacino or something and it’s hilarious because even Al Pacino doesn’t act like that.. said “I don’t do that” when I kindly asked him for a photo like he’s royalty and was super rude and condescending, this was just me and him mind you
Tells you everything you need to know when he went from having prominent roles in One Tree Hill, Prime with Uma Thurman and Meryl Streep, Bride Wars, lead on October Road to literally fading away. Dude is his own worst enemy

#15

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William Shatner. Watched him refuse to give an autograph to an 8 year old boy. Boy was in tears. He doesn’t “do” those anymore, he said. A**

#16

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Mindy Cohn from Facts of Life. My wife and our friends and I met her when we were in our teens, and she has been the punchline in a running joke ever since. It would make me so happy if she learned this. Her shoving my 7 year old sister into a door jam and yelling “get out of my way!” is always our favorite part of the story.

#17

Image source: leslieannefranklin, Jimmy Kimmel Live

Gwen Stefani.. gave me a Death stare when I offered her hors d’euvres at an event in LA. She freaked me out. Her eyes literally turned black during her death stare. Blake was there. She’s territorial.

#18

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Robert Redford – he filmed several movies in my hometown. My 86 yr old grandmother really wanted to go watch some of the action where they were filming because she loved him. We were walking across the parking lot and she put her hand gently on a car to step down a curb. He came running out of a building and screamed at her for touching his car. The car was parked in a fire zone FIY and the roped off area for spectators only allowed people to walk right there. She apologized, he kept yelling.

#19

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Simone Biles: I met her during the Olympic Games and I also heard from athletes at the Olympic Games that she is a completely different person in front of the camera than behind the camera.

#20

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Hands down, Jimmy Buffet.
He came in to do a sound check so drunk he could hardly stand. He saw me on stage and started yelling about a woman working on the crew. There were very few female sound engineers back then.
His people tried hard to fix it but I said I wasn’t dealing with that nonsense and walked out. They had to pay extra to keep the rest of our crew. Turned out Jimmy had a reputation for meaness on the road that I hear improved somewhat in later years.

#21

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Head and shoulders above the rest: Micheal Stipe of R.E.M. And anyone who’s ever crossed his path while working in a restaurant would agree. Used to come in to restaurants long after closing time, yell and demand to be seated, would try to smoke incessantly at the table, demanded ridiculous off-menu food and freak out when told no (like asking for pancakes in a fine dining Italian restaurant) and ALWAYS stiffed the staff. He’s actually quietly black-listed from a bunch of spots in NYC still…

#22

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Jaime Foxx. I was in Vegas at a store inside the MGM buying something. He walked up, put a bunch of candy on the cashiers desk and told me I should buy it for him. I was like, yeah, right. No”

#23

Image source: myth_independence, CNN

Most celebs I’ve met have been on good behavior. It always impresses me, because I can’t imagine how exhausting it is to interact with hundreds of people per week who all think they own a piece of you.
So I’ll share a vicarious encounter. My sister was friends with a knockout gorgeous woman. She looked like a 1980s music video model (this was the 1980s!), but she was a waitress like my sister. She was 19.
Anyway, she got on an elevator at a hotel, and who should be on it but… David Lee Roth. Yep, Diamond Dave himself, and in 1988, there were no hotter front men in the world.
Naturally, she was starstruck, but too shy to talk to him. Never fear! Diamond Dave to the rescue.
He had propositioned her for sex in his hotel room practically before the doors closed.
She said no.

#24

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Bill Murray. I met him when he was partial owner of the St. Paul Saints in the mid-90s. He was standing in the concourse signing autographs when a kid that looked to be about 6/7 walked up to him absolutely gushing about how much he loved him in Ghost Busters. The kid was a bit heavyset & Murray MERCILESSLY mad fun of his weight. The kid ran away crying. I was a chubby tween girl, so that’s stuck with me ever since.

#25

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Diddy… I saw him at a Walmart in Van Nuys a few years ago, and I asked him for a photo. He gave me a disgusted look and said, ‘Don’t you have anything better to do loser? I was shocked, but I still complimented his work, told him “Come With Me” was one of my fave songs ever. He rolled his eyes and said, ‘I don’t need your validation.’ When I was at the checkout, he came up behind me and shoved all my groceries onto the floor, laughed, and whispered, ‘Pathetic”. Horrible experience.