David Letterman. I was helping a friend with his NASCAR tour car at Portland International Speedway in 1992, the tour cars were supporting the CART Indy cars for the weekend. Our assigned pit stall just happened to be between the Letterman/Rahal team and the restrooms. Dave the Dickhead, as he became known, took every opportunity to degrade those of us that “race granny cars”, not real race cars. We had the last laugh though, his team had a miserable weekend while we did fairly well.
Diana Ross.
She insists that when addressing her, people call her “Ms.Ross” all the time, and will yell at you if you call her Diana.
Sylvester Stallone reportedly insists that his house staff NEVER, ever show their backs to him, when they walk away.
I doubt many women have high opinions of Ahnold the groper. What he allegedly did to that BBC reporter/anchor women is just one of possibly dozens of such instances of assault/sexual harassment.
In short, encounters with classic narcissists aren’t pretty.
Two people come to mind when I think of “arrogant celebs.” That would be Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones!! I think they have to be one of the most arrogant Hollywood couples ever! Ever since they sued that magazine for publishing their wedding pictures I just cannot stand them! CZJ complaining about picture of her husband “shoving cake down her throat” and complaining about how unflattering it was because it made her look like a pig and made her look fat and she needs to appear thin so she will still be wanted as an actress… blah, blah, blah. Seems like they’re always suing someone for something and it’s always something stupid!
I also don’t like CZJ because she smoked when she was pregnant. That doesn’t necessarily make her arrogant but it shows how selfish she is. She smoked to curb her appetite so she wouldn’t gain so much weight! :rolleyes:
And his “sidewalk levitation” bit is the lamest thing I have ever seen.
One of my friends went to see skater Elvis Stoijko (sp?) when she was about 10. After the show she happened to pass by him and nicely asked for his autograph. He refused.
For the record, my friend has cerebral palsy which is very obvious in her appearance and when she walks and talks. It is also painful because many of the tendons in her legs are extremely tight.
Turning down an autograph for a little disabled girl who went to see your show despite her pain? Looks good on ya, jerk. :rolleyes:
Not related to anything, but have you ever seen his mother? Euuugh. She rivals Jocelyn Wildenstein for the title of the creepiest-looking woman on Earth.
I couple of years ago I went to the Classics tennis tournament. Afterwards, I was excited to see Jimmy Connors because I’d been a fan of his since I was little. Apparently, he thought I was too excited, because he told me to, “calm down.” And he was completely serious. That really hurt my feelings and embarrassed me in front of a lot of people. 
Moving celeb bashing thread from IMHO to The BBQ Pit.
Bryan Adams.
Years ago, when my sister was a waitress in an extremely chi-chi restaurant, she had the pleasure of serving him.
She was already irritated by his numerous requests for substitutions (eg; he brought his own margarine and insisted that anything prepared with butter, oil, or margarine be made with that particular tub,) which is one thing, but really only a vague wobble on the arrogant-meter.
After he finished his meal, he asked her if she wanted his autograph. What an ass!
It is far too late for celebs to hide behind that red herring. Take the fleas with the dog. When plumbers and cashiers enjoy the benefits that celebrities do, then the celebs will have some ground to complain about unfair treatment.
Until then, the only famous people who deserve sympathy because of being hounded and judged by paparazzi (sp?) and fans are the type unlucky enough to be named “a person of interest” by the FBI and other such folk thrust into the public eye.
The truth is that regular folk are judged on single encounters, fairly or otherwise, and these impressions can have significant negative impacts on a person. C’est la guerre.
I don’t know if this is arrogance or sheer idiocy, but -
Rupert Everett. I actually watched a bio of him on Bravo, because, well, the man is drop-dead gorgeous and seems to have been born to play Oscar Wilde type roles. Everything was fine until the ending credits, during which they showed an apparent interview with him. He was telling the story of how, while playing on the stage, he had received a letter from an audience member telling him that the actors’ voices had been very difficult to hear, thereby diminishing her enjoyment of the play. OK, maybe he wasn’t the proper person to have addressed this issue to, but it didn’t sound as if she had been rude or insulting or even complaining - just pointing out that this had been a problem. He sent back a letter very kindly including a clipping of his pubic hair.
The man seemed to think this had been such a clever, witty response - this was, after all, a story he *chose * to tell in a filmed interview, and you could tell by his smiling laughter that he was really pleased with his actions. I wouldn’t have thought anyone out of high school would have found this funny, but there he was, in his mid-thirties, *boasting * about it. Prior to that, I’d been under the impression he had quite a good sense of humor.
Now, while I’ll still enjoy him as an actor, I completely wrote him off as a human being. A pity - that perfect classic Greek head, and that lovely Oxbridge accent…
Billy Bob Thornton strikes me as sort of a jerk. My extreme reaction to this probably speaks more to my own issues than to his arrrogance, but apparently he has this phobia about komodo dragrons, and had said that if it were up to him, he would shoot them all.
Now, I’m not sure that he has any actual plans to kill off the (endangered, by the way) komodo dragons, but the whole thing rubs me the wrong way. I think it’s arrogant if your reaction to a fear of komodo dragons is “kill them all” as opposed to “avoid them at all costs.” Of all the animals in the world that one can avoid without too much trouble, komodo dragons have to be pretty high on the list. I can’t think of the last time I was caught unawares by a komodo dragon.
And I this as someone who has some fairly bizarre phobias myself. You don’t see me threatening to kill all the eels, though.
Mel Gibson
According to a direct quote by him in US Weekly, he thought it was a hilarious to secretly put eggs in Joaquim Phoenix’s vegan milkshake. Phoenix has been vegan since he was a small child.
This probably goes beyond mere arrogance, but there’s Bijou Phillips. If you were unaware she’s a bisexual and she like’s to maintain an image as a “bad ass”. I read an interview she gave several years ago in which she talked about getting a female fan up to her room. From her own description of the encounter, Phillips ended up basically raping the girl (they made ot for awhile, then the girl said no and Phillips went ahead and fucked her anyway with some kind of dildo). I was shocked by this casual confession to a serious crime and even more shocked when there was no subsequent outcry over the interview.
Did Phoenix find out? That’s really fucked up. I would have retaliated by serving Mel chicken on a Friday and tell him it was fish. Hehehe…
I’m going to go with two: Michael Jackson. The man seems to think the entire world revolves around him. He goes to an ER for a stomach ache and due to his entourage and demands, ends up having a terminally ill woman moved out of the trauma room. Then, because of all the security, her family is not allowed to see her-and she dies.
He whines about having to got court, then acts like it’s a concert, showing off for his fans, acting like a complete dick instead of realizing the seriousness of it.
Second: bodybuilder David Prowse, who wore the Darth Vader suit in the original Star Wars movies. He acts as if HE and HE ALONE played Vader-never mind that James Earl Jones did the voice (Because Prowse sounded like a moron), and someone ELSE did all the dueling. He whines because George Lucas didn’t ask him to wear the suit in *Revenge of the Sith/i], even though he’s done nothing but badmouth Lucas and everyone else involved in the film, because HE was the STAR. What a fuckstick.
ARGH! What IS it with my coding lately? My coding SUCKS!
A few friends of mine acted in Mean Girls (very small roles) and none of them had nice things to say about Lindsay Lohan. Apparently she doesn’t enjoy being looked at.
Apparently Russell Crowe feels it’s okay to hold up the cast and crew whenever he feels.
I know tons of people who have worked with Hillary Duff. Every single one of them had nothing but nice things to say about her. I just thought I’d add a good story.
He’s pretty odd with his phobias. He’s also afraid of antique furniture.
“AAAUGHHH!!! A Duncan Phyfe cellaret! RUN!!!”
I have no idea. Sorry.