Say what you like about them, but celebrities have a lot to live up to. Fans adore them, critics love to hate them, and the limelight seems to follow them wherever they go. Maintaining a careful public image is practically part of the job. Even just your average “bad day,” moment of frustration, or flash of impatience can land them in the headlines for all the wrong reasons, or cost them a fan for life.
In a recent thread, user @kayjayearth asked people to spill the tea if they’d ever met a celebrity who turned out to be rude. People came in hot with stories that made some of these stars seem very different from the polished public personas we’re used to seeing. From snubbed fans to snappy encounters and stars who seem to think they’re the main character in real life too, here are some of the celebrity encounters people just couldn’t forget.
#21

I witnessed Justin Timberlake’s mom cuss him out for being a brat. His Cameron Diaz days. It’s was glorious.
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10points
#22

Mark consuelos, rude jerk! The anger he exhibited when they let me board the plane first with priceless!
10points
#23
I wonder if all members of BTS are genuinely nice or it’s all an act.
Whoopi Goldberg- my class ran into her on our Senior Trip and she was very annoyed to be asked for a picture.
Whoopi Goldberg- my class ran into her on our Senior Trip and she was very annoyed to be asked for a picture.
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#24
I'll never miss an opportunity to point out that Jonah Hill is an absolute jerk. But Justin Long, who I met at the exact same time was THEE loveliest and kindest soul. Definitely made up for Jonah acting like a loser
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10points
#25

Sadly Kacey Musgraves is not nice, walks out on her tabs, and doesn't tip. I've served her 3x in Nashville when I was bartending. Still love her music. Also made drinks for Reece Witherspoon and her daughter and she is an actual angel. When I was bartending in NYC, Michael Pitt came into my bar, was a lovely mess and gave me his phone number, and then I found out he was married. During that same period I also had interactions with Lady Gaga (Stephanie, we had mutual friends) and she was awesome.
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10points
#26

I won on singled out and backstage Jenny McCarty was as big of a jerk as you’d imagine her to be.
9points
#27
I volunteered on a few political campaigns and in general politicians are awful ppl. And these were all pols whose agendas I totally agreed with.
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8points
#28

The guitar player Ray from My Chemical Romance and his twatty wife are horrible people, and he treats the crew like trash. Gerard is a sweetheart, rest of the band is nice but Ray is a jerk.
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8points
#29
One of the members of The Strokes non-consensually licked my neck in a very random encounter.
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8points
#30
Jesse Mcartney. Met him when he was in dream street. He acted like he wanted to be anywhere but there, didn’t smile or even interact with girls who waited hours to meet him. One girls mom ended up cussing him out. It was hilarious.
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8points
#31
Mackenyu. He came 1 hour+ late for his paid panel. Didn't even feel remotely apologetic..was super self centered during the panel. The m&g was an assembly line that he didn't even look at the person he was signing..photo op was just him taking a selfie and bugger off..I've heard many people say he's a jerk so that was my really bad experience.
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8points
#33
Ian Ziering. Met him last year at GalaxyCon and he was rude to the volunteers and treated paying fans they were beneath him and rushed through the interactions as quickly as possible.
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7points
#34

I've met quite a few, however P!nk takes the cake for self absorbed and rude. I've been saying this for decades now and this week has been no surprise to me.
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7points
#35
Guy Fieri, I've met him a handful of times for different work functions and every time he's been rude, smug and dismissive
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7points
#36

I was the promoter for B&N for Sarah Palin’s signing and she was beyond horrific as a human.
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6points
#37

Ran into Leslie Mann once at Baltaire when I lived in Brentwood. We wanted to watch the NBA finals and asked if the seats next to them were taken and she said yes so my friend and I couldn't sit there. Then maybe 10 min later a couple walks in and asks her and she says "go ahead".
Def weird hater vibes for no reason.
Def weird hater vibes for no reason.
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5points
#38
Liam Payne. My friends and I were on our senior trip at Universal Studios for the day. My friend recognized him and we went up to him to say hi. He was so rude, refused to take pics with us and even talk to us. But he took pics with other fans in the same day and that is what upset us most.
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3points
#39

Matthew McConaughey yelled at my friend and I at a World Series game 2005 in Houston when we bumped into him as we were trying to get to the bathroom. We were 19 and it was the most embarrassing moment.
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3points
#40

Debby Ryan, we used to go to the same church. I went in and set my backpack a couple rows in front of her and went to the restroom
My friend finds me just as im exiting the restroom, turns out Debby had told him that the thought there was an explosive in my backpack. it was my laptop and charge cord.
My friend finds me just as im exiting the restroom, turns out Debby had told him that the thought there was an explosive in my backpack. it was my laptop and charge cord.
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