Anyone worked for someone famous?

[FishOnTheTrain]

I’m working in a company for an influencer/z list celeb. She’s well known in a certain group of people and hangs around with some pretty famous faces. She has her own fashion company.

I don’t report into her, but work closely with her and she is an utter bitch. The way she comes across on social media is so…different. Her intern films her for content daily and she puts on such a smiley show. When the camera is off, she’s rude, demanding, bitches about everyone in the team, including members of the team that go above and beyond to make her business a success and make her happy…I could go on.

she contradicts herself constantly, making me feel like I’m going mad. I know if I died tmrw she wouldn’t care. She cares only about herself and her success. She’s not even nice about her husband, who is such a lovely guy.

I want to get out this company asap. It’s just difficult to know where to go and what to do next so in the meantime…has anyone else experienced similar?

I have lost all respect for this woman. She is awful and everyone that works for her knows it.

I've heard this about some celebrities, that they come across lovely on social media but awful to their staff. That's why I don't believe everything I see on social media.

My sister worked for Diana Ross' husband, and she used to come into the office often. She said she was lovely, very unDiva. Happy to make her own coffee!

A friend’s husband flies private jets, he’s very discreet, but he said Ed Sheeran, take that and tiger woods were all lovely.

I know someone who worked with Gwyneth Paltrow, actually based in her &chris Martin’s home, in the early days of Goop… they weren’t a big fan of Gwyneth although nothing truly awful, said she was pretty high maintenance and a difficult employer, but said CM was really nice and wasn’t at all surprised when they split. They stopped working for them not long after. (“They” in an attempt to be not not totally outing…)

I know someone who worked for Geri Halliwell / Horner and they.... were not complimentary. The diva / rudeness / demands & aggression meant they took 6 months off of work after leaving that job.

Leave asap OP. A friend worked for someone (known for Dragon’s Den and a football club) and the demands really ruined her mental and physical health and her marriage broke down too. Not worth it. Write a thinly-veiled screenplay about it. “Influencers” really get my goat!

I worked for Lady Rothermere (Bubbles). She was known for being bubbly and sociable. Have never worked for a more miserable person. A maid would come in at 6 p.m. to wash and dress her; even put her knickers on. After this, a hair and make-up girl would arrive to do her face and wig. The whole day was spent in bed taking pills and shouting at staff.

I’m a self employed dog groomer and I groom a famous footballers dog. I don’t follow football so I had no clue who he was until others started messaging me freaking out 😂 he’s just a regular fella with a lovely dog so that’s all that matters to me. I think he probably likes that I don’t care that he’s ‘known’ even though I didn’t know him 😂

Yes I’ve had a really similar to you OP. Influencer who was awful. I managed to leave but had destroyed my confidence

Aren't influencers like that because they've got no real talent? At least with a actor or musician who has had to work hard (not a nepo baby) they know the meaning of work and have worked hard to get to where they are.

The likes of Ed Sheeran, Take That all started from nothing and worked their way up. Ed used to busk.

You just have to look at the likes of Lauren Goodman who is only an influencer now as she slept with a stupid/thick footballer and has made it her mission to make sure everyone knows that.

I've worked with several over the years, when working in the events industry. My general rule of thumb was that the more famous/known they were the less of an arsehole they were. It was the Z list/wannabe types that were the worse to deal with.

That said, the more famous celebs who were lovely themselves, often had people working for them that were obnoxious, possibly on behalf of their employee.

I was once given a piece of A4 paper, written on both sides, by the staff of a famous singer that had rules such as "don't make eye contact with X", "do not attempt to engage X or their entourage in conversation", "when X walks past, turn and face the opposite direction".

I can confirm that X was themselves lovely, stopped for a chat and to thank me for my work that day, and their head of security asked for tips for local restaurants/bars.

My friends DD "worked" for Elton John's costume designer, but it was an unpaid position for "experience". EJ probably has no idea his designers use unpaid labour, but this young woman made a stand, and has been blacklisted by the industry. Very talented, her costumes are amazing, now working in a completely different field.

I was once given a piece of A4 paper, written on both sides, by the staff of a famous singer that had rules such as "don't make eye contact with X", "do not attempt to engage X or their entourage in conversation", "when X walks past, turn and face the opposite direction"

Why do people go along with such sh*t?

I used to do a lot of work for Ginger Gilmour, ex wife of Dave from Pink Floyd. Very demanding and much the perfectionist work wise but, personality wise, really warm and lovely.

I also worked somewhere where a few famous people came in regularly. Fanny Craddock was absolutely awful and I had to try hard not to laugh at her pencil line 'eyebrows' that were drawn on halfway up her forehead. Christopher Timothy was the most rude, arrogant man I've had the misfortune of meeting.

Dominic Wood of 'Dick n Dom' is adorable. So polite and just lovely!

I did because I was a fairly low rung on the ladder, and unfortunately then I would have lost my much needed job had there been any issues. I worked in the industry for a long while after, and worked my way up, and wouldn't have tolerated such nonsense later on. But you live and learn!

Many years ago I worked for a woman who is now a well known mental health guru. She was utterly toxic and a narcissist.

Not me but I’m keen to hear the stories from those who have

ExDP's niece worked for a celebrity chef, who was incredibly generous at Christmas - used to give DN Hermes scarves - but was generally scary and very demanding to work for.

I once met Harry Redknap, walking his dog. Very friendly, down to earth chap.

Dh has done some work for the Beckhams. Apparently, Victoria is very uptight about what she eats, but didn’t really spend much time around her to say anything more than that. But David is absolutely lovely. He gets stuck in, helping unload and set up stuff, very regular guy and treats people around him really kindly. Not a bad word to say about him.

I also did some work with (not for) Alan Cumming and he is also as lovely and sweet as you would imagine.

No surprise there then!

I know someone who worked on the Graham Norton show for several years (I won't say the role but he was in a mid-senior position in the studio).

He always said Graham was lovely, just a little more reserved off screen, but still very friendly and sincere.

He said Sharon Osbourne was the vilest person he ever met, and unnecessarily rude/snappy to everyone. Her dog pooped on the carpet and she just looked at my friend and said, well I'm not going to clean it up.

I used to work in the media so came across quite a few well known people over the years.
The sweetest were Michelle Collins, Boy George, Tony Benn, Debbie Harry, Susan Sarandon.
David Starkey was a total sweetheart although you wouldn’t necessarily expect him to be.
I met a piano tuner who tuned PaulMcCartney’s pianos who said Linda was the kindest and most down to earth person and Paul was very welcoming and friendly.
A friend worked closely with Stephen Fry on a shoot and said no one else was allowed to be funny and the atmosphere was very much about the star’s favourites.

David Walliams can be, I’ve heard, nasty if you’re not important.
Nigella Lawson was a sweetie.
I do have sympathy with very well known people as they lose all privacy and have to deal with constant assumptions and presumptions. It takes a lot of maturity, generosity and patience to handle that well , I Imagine.
its like the quote (maybe from Bill Murray?) that if you could choose to be rich and not famous - that’s the ideal.

James Corden’s reputation is interesting. I want to think he is who he appears to be but I really hate anyone who humiliates waiting staff.
I’ve been a waitress and it’s exhausting and you’re at the mercy of the management, the kitchen, the staffing levels, your training. It so hard to achieve a perfect restaurant experience. I think customers should behave with grace wherever possible.

I worked for a famous therapist quack who has made millions on selling bullshit theories. When projects started to show no conclusive evidence to support her methodology she sacked most of those staff and replaced them with sales people instead just to keep flogging her books, shows and online courses. Her episode on Diary of a CEO was just pure bogus.