Some celebrity is revealed to be an asshole. Who surprises/saddens you most?

[Tess]

I’d be crushed if I found out Mr. Rogers was anything but the guy we saw on TV.

[Kamino_Neko]

No worries about that, Tess. From everything I’ve seen, the real Mr Rogers was, if anything, even nicer than his character.

[MPB_in_Salt_Lake]

@MPB_in_Salt_Lake

I asked about a similar claim made about another female “star” (Shania Twain) upthread, and was told by a Doper who apparently works in the concert industry that it does indeed happen, (provisions in a contract that no one on the grunt-labor force can “look” at the talent) but my gut feeling is still a hearty amount of skepticism…

@Starving_Artist

According to this thread, Shania Twain, 50 Cent (plus various other rappers), Barbara Streisand, Neil Diamond, and assorted others all have riders stating that stage crews and venue staff not look at them or make eye contact with them.

This was what I meant to reference—Apparently, two similar threads going simultaneously merged in my head…

Not saying it has NEVER happened, but I don’t buy it actually happens more than once in a blue moon.

(that is the kind of behavior that would lead some flunky to spunk or spit into the bowl of organic pasta salad left in the star’s dressing room, and the stars must know exactly how it sounds to the public)

[Tess]

@Tengu

No worries about that, Tess. From everything I’ve seen, the real Mr Rogers was, if anything, even nicer than his character.

Thanks :D:D:D