# Ever get insulted by a celebrity? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 29, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-insulted-by-a-celebrity/252772 "2004-06-29T21:39:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Isherworld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@Isherworld](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isherworld)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-insulted-by-a-celebrity/252772/41 "2004-07-01T00:39:45Z")
Some years ago, a female (white) friend and I (African American) caught a show at Catch a Rising Star in NYC. Too young and naive at the time to realize that one should never sit front and center at a comedy club, we quickly became the butt of each comedian’s routine. To make matters worse, I am a large guy and was the only African American in the club, and my friend was very petite. The evening went like this. Rodney Dangerfield - "What are you doing here this evening, no basketball game on television tonight?’ Joyce Behar - (to my friend) “Honey, he must be good for three hours once he gets going, but I wouldn’t want to have to get him off of me!” Some comedian I don’t remember - “It’s hard doing a routine when you have to keep an eye on one of the audience members, but that guy looks like he is in the mood to riot, and I want to be ready!” All in fun, but I never made the mistake of sitting front and center at a comedy club again :eek: . ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-insulted-by-a-celebrity/252772/42 "2004-07-01T02:13:18Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > I once asked Willie Stargell (a baseball player from the 60s & 70s) for his autograph while he was in the stands of a minor league game. His reply: “Fuck Off! Casper!” Really? Pops Stargell did that? Man, he’s a Pittsburgh hero! (Chicken on the hill!) Hmmm… I wish I could say I’ve been insulted by a celebrity, but I haven’t. Damn. The closest I came was when a local DJ tricked me into something when I once requested a song. (I was thirteen and pissed at my parents, and the guy tricked me into saying I was thirty-five. And he didn’t even play the song I wanted. Jerk). ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-insulted-by-a-celebrity/252772/43 "2004-07-01T02:16:50Z")
I saw Maryland Championship Wrestling at my high school one time. I got front row tickets so i was real close to the guys. One of them looked like X-Pac and i said something snooty and he gave me that Degeneration X crotch-cross thing. That’s the closest i can come to being insulted by a celebrity. ---
**Author:** ![HoldenCaulfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@HoldenCaulfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoldenCaulfield)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-insulted-by-a-celebrity/252772/44 "2004-07-01T03:07:32Z")
My dad kicked and swore at a semi-conscious Neil Young backstage sometime during the 70’s. THat Justing Timberlake interview was pretty damn funny. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-insulted-by-a-celebrity/252772/45 "2004-07-01T03:29:17Z")
I became friends with a middle-of-the-road rock star about 5 years ago. My friends and I talked with him frequently on AIM and stuff. One night someone I didn’t know IM’d me and started asking me questions about this rock star and how I knew him, etc. I figured they knew me from the rock star’s band’s mailing list. The girl seemed to be pestering me about getting info on the rock star, but I wasn’t going to give it up (email and AIM, etc). I was also chatting with my friend and we decided to tell the girl that he was a roadie with the band and if she emailed him, he’d ask the rock star if he could give out the info to her. I don’t remember what else we said but I THINK I might have gone on a little too much with the stories and alluded to one of my friends having sexual relations with the rock star. After the girl signed off, I slapped my head and realized that the girl I was talking to was the rock star’s new wife. She was generally known to fans by her unique first name, but the screen name was a play on her last name. Dude never talked to me on AIM again, and was pretty cold to me at future shows. Whoops. I was insulted by her playing such a trick on me, that’s the story. ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-insulted-by-a-celebrity/252772/46 "2004-07-01T03:32:19Z")
Although not really related to the OP, it seems fitting to mention this link in light of **Christopher Reeve** apparently being an asshole: [http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=creeve](http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=creeve) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-insulted-by-a-celebrity/252772/47 "2004-07-01T05:32:50Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > I insulted a celeb once. Well, hell, if we’re talking about times we insulted celebs (when they’re around, and not just on TV or something), then I have one where I called Michael Stipe a “cocksucker.” This is somewhere around 1996-1997. Athens, Georgia. I’m in town to do a show at the University of Georgia. I took a few friends with me, including Amanda, who was a HUGE REM fan. Night before the show, we’re walking around Athens, just soaking it in. She spies Michael Stipe, lead singer of REM. To her, this is meeting Elvis. I really couldn’t care less. Stipe is standing on a street corner, having just come out of some shop or another. Amanda runs over to him, excited as hell. I tag along because I have a huge crush on her (that never happened, by the way). She tells Stipe that she loves his music, and respects his talent as a songwriter. She then asks for an autograph. Stipe says no. She looks at him, puzzled. He goes on to explain that, if he signs one, he’ll have to sign about 10,000 more, and he doesn’t want to be bothered with it. I look at Amanda, who’s almost crying, then at Stipe, and say something along the lines of, “Look, cocksucker, this is your fuckin’ HOMETOWN. Everybody who wants your autograph HAS it already. Sign the paper for her, or fuck off.” Stipe walks away in a huff. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-insulted-by-a-celebrity/252772/48 "2004-07-01T05:59:02Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > She tells Stipe that she loves his music, and respects his talent as a songwriter. She then asks for an autograph. > > Stipe says no. > > She looks at him, puzzled. > > He goes on to explain that, if he signs one, he’ll have to sign about 10,000 more, and he doesn’t want to be bothered with it. > > I look at Amanda, who’s almost crying, then at Stipe, and say something along the lines of, “Look, cocksucker, this is your fuckin’ HOMETOWN. Everybody who wants your autograph HAS it already. Sign the paper for her, or fuck off.” > > Stipe walks away in a huff. Can’t say I blame him. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-insulted-by-a-celebrity/252772/49 "2004-07-01T06:00:01Z")
> [@Isherworld](#): > > Some years ago, a female (white) friend and I (African American) caught a show at Catch a Rising Star in NYC. Too young and naive at the time to realize that one should never sit front and center at a comedy club, we quickly became the butt of each comedian’s routine. To make matters worse, I am a large guy and was the only African American in the club, and my friend was very petite. The evening went like this. > > Rodney Dangerfield - "What are you doing here this evening, no basketball game on television tonight?’ > > Joyce Behar - (to my friend) “Honey, he must be good for three hours once he gets going, but I wouldn’t want to have to get him off of me!” > > Some comedian I don’t remember - “It’s hard doing a routine when you have to keep an eye on one of the audience members, but that guy looks like he is in the mood to riot, and I want to be ready!” > > All in fun, but I never made the mistake of sitting front and center at a comedy club again :eek: . If only they could have come up with some more imaginative things to say. :rolleyes: Not that I’m surprised that Dangerfield and Behar were lacking in imagination. ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-insulted-by-a-celebrity/252772/50 "2004-07-01T06:52:30Z")
Superdude was well within his right. Without his fans, Michael Stipe would not be where he is today. Apparently he doesn’t have the courtesy to pay his fans some respect. Just gotta love those guys. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-insulted-by-a-celebrity/252772/51 "2004-07-01T12:52:07Z")
From what I understand, it’s sort of an unspoken rule among a lot of people in Athens not to bother the REM folks. It probably took him aback because it rarely ever happens while he’s at home there. Not that what he did was necessarily the right thing to do. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-insulted-by-a-celebrity/252772/52 "2004-07-01T13:01:12Z")
> [@Duderdude2](#): > > Although not really related to the OP, it seems fitting to mention this link in light of **Christopher Reeve** apparently being an asshole: > > [Christopher Reeve was an asshole.](http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=creeve) Wow! That person has some serious hatred for Reeve. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-insulted-by-a-celebrity/252772/53 "2004-07-01T13:27:03Z")
Topgun was being filmed at Mirimar Naval Air Station in San Diego where I was stationed at the time. I walked into the bathroom to find Val Kilmer coaming his hair. I told him that I enjoyed “Top Secret”, which was a spy film spoof he was in. He said nothing, looked at me like I was dogshit on the bottom of his shoe, and continued his grooming. I responded with “You’re a dick, aren’t you pal…” and walked out. This was about a month after I had spent a day on the set as an extra, so the aura of being around the movie folks had defenitely worn off. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-insulted-by-a-celebrity/252772/54 "2004-07-01T13:37:09Z")
> [@DeadlyAccurate](#): > > Wow, I felt sorry for Timberlake after reading that. I’d hate to have my time wasted like that. Yeah, he has a lot of contempt for “Boy Bands” and their offshoots. Even _I_ was a little uncomfortable listening to the interview and he’s like that with everyone in real life–just dialed down a notch or two. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-insulted-by-a-celebrity/252772/55 "2004-07-01T14:57:13Z")
**Isherworld** , I was once ragged good-naturedly by Jamie Foxx: my date and I were the only white people in the front row at a small comedy club in DC. It was a few months after the LA riots. Foxx nodded towards us and observed, “Ah, white people! Welcome! Good to see you’re getting out again!” He also joked about how, immediately after the riots, white people began treating him _much_ more nicely, doing a very funny pantomime of a nervous white guy who held an elevator for him. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-insulted-by-a-celebrity/252772/56 "2004-07-01T17:58:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Duderdude2 > Although not really related to the OP, it seems fitting to mention this link in light of Christopher Reeve apparently being an asshole: > > http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=creeve > > Originally Posted by Rabid Child > Wow! That person has some serious hatred for Reeve. [OT]Actually, if you read the other postings at that guy’s site, that person has some serious hatred for about 99.9% of the human race.[/OT] ---
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-insulted-by-a-celebrity/252772/57 "2004-07-01T20:06:47Z")
I’ll just give y’all my best one. While I was working for a radio station in Montgomery, AL, we put on a show with Steppenwolf… well I was stumbling around backstage doing something ( I don’t remember what…this was 6-8 years ago), and I ran into (figuratively, no actual physical contact) John Kay, Steppenwolf’s lead singer… I said “I am a big fan” he said “Who gives a f\*ck?” I really wanted to say “Who do you think you are?!?! Your last hit was 30 years ago!!!” but I didn’t ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-insulted-by-a-celebrity/252772/58 "2004-07-01T20:31:01Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > I used to work in a pet store on Clark Street in Chicago. One of our most obnoxious customers was Walter Jacobson, disgraced newscaster. > _…snip…_ But that’s got to be the funniest goddamn thing you could ever yell at a has-been anchorman. Well, “Skippy” is still on the air in Chicago, and probably drawing a nice paycheck, so he’s not all _that_ disgraced. Yeah, everyone pretty much thinks he’s an ass after his special reports pretending to be a homeless person, but he’s a natural for our local Fox station. The one that was promoting their newest weather babe with the song “Who’s That Lady”. Oh, yeah, he recently got popped for drunk driving, but pleaded it down to some misdemeanor. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-insulted-by-a-celebrity/252772/59 "2004-07-02T02:26:56Z")
> [@Duderdude2](#): > > Superdude was well within his right. Without his fans, Michael Stipe would not be where he is today. Apparently he doesn’t have the courtesy to pay his fans some respect. Michael Stipe is minding his own business when someone bothers him for an autograph, he declines (while giving a reasonable explanation), then gets called a “cocksucker” by someone trying to impress the chick he’s with. Sorry, I’m with Stipe here. ---
**Author:** ![Calliope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Calliope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calliope)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-insulted-by-a-celebrity/252772/60 "2004-07-02T02:46:42Z")
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