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Profhilodisaster · 26/04/2025 09:04

Atsocta · 26/04/2025 05:46

Saint Nicolas in Plumstead …

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Ah ok , I used to live at the bottom of Shooters Hill 🙂

Thanksforyourlackofthought · 26/04/2025 09:09

DinoLil · 24/04/2025 08:04

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!

Christopher Timothy????? Nooooooo. That's my lifelong crush taking a battering. 😫

MumTeacherofMany · 26/04/2025 09:11

Kellybonita · 24/04/2025 11:58

I'm guessing OP is talking about Molly Mae or Charlotte Crosby

My guess was Stacey Solomon

AInightingale · 26/04/2025 09:12

That story is awful @IridescentRainbow and I've heard similar. John Lennon was by all accounts a nasty piece of work. He was very clever and witty, but he seemed to lack any sort of feeling. Not really surprised he gravitated towards every 'Cause' and 'Current Thing' going as a substitute for any real engagement with human beings! He actually sounds quite similar to many 'activists' today, the monstrous 'be kind' brigade.

Lucelady · 26/04/2025 09:15

Bartonzam · 26/04/2025 04:37

Liz Earle anyone?

Not nice.

beingmefinally · 26/04/2025 09:44

@FishOnTheTrainIs it Lydia Millen?

Themagicfarawaytreeismyfav · 26/04/2025 09:53

Smilingthroughtears · 25/04/2025 20:15

Oh and Cliff Richard was very rude to a family member.

This doesn’t surprise me at all! There is something very off about him and i think there will be lots of revelations when he dies.

Coffeeishot · 26/04/2025 10:06

There is a cringe interview with Cliff Richard talking about how fat Elvis was, whilst talking to Alison Hammond 😳 I mean she handled it well her retort was great, but it showed how tone deaf he is.

toucancancan · 26/04/2025 10:16

FishOnTheTrain · 24/04/2025 01:53

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.

Gemma Collins?

3678194b · 26/04/2025 10:19

A few years ago my boss had a client who was a big star in the 1960s, and had been intermittently in the public eye since but not in a massive way at all.

He used to call the office and say theatrically 'It's (first name only) here'. And also call in in person, expecting everyone to automatically know who he was. (Which everyone didn't, as we were mostly in our 20's and 30's) and by then he was in his 70's.

Quite full of self importance and would make out he'd never forgotten his roots. But he certainly didn't come across that way in person and knowing him in person, in public interviews etc it was obvious he told some fibs to get people to think he was a salt of the earth type of person.

CherryRipe1 · 26/04/2025 10:41

CanYouTurnItDown · 26/04/2025 07:18

My uncle knew Jeff Beck well and really liked him, they all went out for dinner with Johnny Depp and he said that he was really lovely. An absolute gentleman. Uncle is in his 80’s so not really JD’s usual fan base 🤣

DD1s friend used to clean rooms and trailers at film studios (Shepperton, Pinewood etc). She said Johnny Depp was an absolute sweetheart, really friendly.

riceuten · 26/04/2025 10:44

DeltaAlphaDelta79 · 24/04/2025 07:49

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.

Madonna was very picky about eye contact apparently - where do these people get off on such rubbish?

Terrapinn · 26/04/2025 10:54

My son was working at a festival run by Noel Gallagher. They were told no eye contact and dont speak to him as he is actually working. However Noel went out of his way to speak to my son in a relaxed, respectful and professional way.

I can understand the no eye contact thing - I dont think its precious - I think its so heads dont turn every step they take.

riceuten · 26/04/2025 10:58

FamilyPhoto · 24/04/2025 12:12

My dad was a session musician in the 70s and 80s - most of the people he worked with were fine, BUT he didnt have a good word for Van Morrison.

Van the Man is famously a complete arsehole to work for. Very talented and an icon, but not someone you would wish to be an employee of. He is apparently charming to people who didn’t know who he was, which is bizarre

IfYouPutASausageInItItsNotAViennetta · 26/04/2025 10:59

Themagicfarawaytreeismyfav · 26/04/2025 09:53

This doesn’t surprise me at all! There is something very off about him and i think there will be lots of revelations when he dies.

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I couldn't agree more.

There is already a lot of rumour and claims about him online; it will be interesting to see if any of it is confirmed once he would no longer be able to spill the beans on anybody else in revenge IF he should wish and be able to.

CherryRipe1 · 26/04/2025 11:00

LittleWeasel · 26/04/2025 08:53

When I was a child, the girl next door worked for Teasy Weasy Raymond.

Unluckily for her he put her on dyeing people’s hair and she got a very bad reaction on her hands from the dye and had to give up her job there.

She was very nice and we all liked her.

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My sister worked for Mr Teasy Weasy! She used to style and treat Cliff Richards hair but that might have been at another salon. Didn't say much about him other than 'he was an iron hoof', not very PC I know, but that was the parlance of the day. His 'friend' would wait for him to get his hair done.

moto748e · 26/04/2025 11:02

AnneElliotsBestFriend · 26/04/2025 07:45

I was working on my dissertation and wrote to Antony Sher to ask his view on the character he was playing (Richard 111). I didn’t expect he would bother to reply. Instead I got a lovely reply answering all my questions and asking me to write back. This lasted nearly a year and when he was on tour in Australia he gave me his agent’s address so my letters would reach him on tour. I never got to meet him but he was so wonderful. When I’m started teaching I always encouraged my students to write to their heroes because you never know they might even write back.

Oh that's lovely! Always remember him as the monstrous Howard Kirk in The History Man. A TV series long-due for a repeat screening, I think.

KidsDoBetter · 26/04/2025 11:16

3678194b · 26/04/2025 10:19

A few years ago my boss had a client who was a big star in the 1960s, and had been intermittently in the public eye since but not in a massive way at all.

He used to call the office and say theatrically 'It's (first name only) here'. And also call in in person, expecting everyone to automatically know who he was. (Which everyone didn't, as we were mostly in our 20's and 30's) and by then he was in his 70's.

Quite full of self importance and would make out he'd never forgotten his roots. But he certainly didn't come across that way in person and knowing him in person, in public interviews etc it was obvious he told some fibs to get people to think he was a salt of the earth type of person.

Jeez I think you can probably name them given the distant link 🤣

Buggabootwo · 26/04/2025 11:30

CruisingDuck · 24/04/2025 15:04

Have to watch what wording I use here.....
I work in finance in the motorsport industry (let's leave it there...)
I have met many .... 'participants' in this sport. Worst I have ever met to date, is a current 'participant' for a team who has a principle called after Dorothy's dog in Wizard of Oz (see where I'm going with this?). Anyway, this 'participant' is British... and an absolute nightmare. Clearly never been brought up to treat people with respect, (respect your elders ;) ) and looks down at us mere staff. Once made a comment to a pregnant member of my team and asked her why she was coming back to work, she said she couldn't afford not to, he simply said to her, whilst doing that bloody head tilt, "shame" then sauntered off with his head held high.
Don't get me started on his dodgy GF....

Anyway, I'm still in motorsport, but work elsewhere now where, so far, the more popular 'participants' are very nice and down to Earth.

I think we may have met! I used to be in a similar field in a different team. Can thoroughly concur with your assessment of the unnamed participant! One of the most unpleasant young men I have ever had the misfortune to encounter. See also Jenson, Lando and both Nico’s. All clearly from the same charm school!

time4anothername · 26/04/2025 11:32

I worked a few times for people not famous to the wider public but big "charity" people with OBEs/MBEs type thing constantly hob nobing around events where there were rich and famous in attendance. Twice I had the experience of these people being appalingly selfish, enjoying humiliating staff, e.g. sending them to pick up their dry cleaning rather than do the actual jobs they were employed to do, utterly focussed on their brand and what the charity would do for them rather than how it should have been. It's made me completely cynical of most people I meet with honours for charity work now which is a shame as I know there are genuine ones out there too.

Eastie77Returns · 26/04/2025 11:55

2024onwardsandup · 25/04/2025 00:18

Both of them or just him? I e always thought he seemed grim tbh

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No just DD. Kate was really nice apparently.

I heard a VM he left her (cleaning lady) where he called her the c word because she had moved a vase. That was just the tip of the iceberg. The abuse was off the scale.

I didn’t want to write about the things she had to clear up after him as it was truly revolting.

Grammarninja · 26/04/2025 11:56

daleylama · 25/04/2025 23:15

I looked after Mel when he was a guest on a chat show I worked on. First time was for his first Mad Max, second time when he did Yr of L D. Absolutely lovely but super shy. Blushed a lot. I've always blamed the drinking issue on his shyness.

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I think you're probably right. Anytime I hear of him doing things he should be ashamed of, I remember that there is a really lovely person at the core but that life, MH struggles and dependency issues have gotten in the way which happens to so many good people.

Lazlothevampire · 26/04/2025 12:06

riceuten · 26/04/2025 10:44

Madonna was very picky about eye contact apparently - where do these people get off on such rubbish?

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And why do people entertain it? Honest to god, how do you not laugh at request like that and tell them to go and fuck themselves? (I do understand if you were trying to keep a job, but my tolerance for bullshit is non existent, so I wouldn’t be able to stop myself).

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 26/04/2025 12:06

3678194b · 26/04/2025 10:19

A few years ago my boss had a client who was a big star in the 1960s, and had been intermittently in the public eye since but not in a massive way at all.

He used to call the office and say theatrically 'It's (first name only) here'. And also call in in person, expecting everyone to automatically know who he was. (Which everyone didn't, as we were mostly in our 20's and 30's) and by then he was in his 70's.

Quite full of self importance and would make out he'd never forgotten his roots. But he certainly didn't come across that way in person and knowing him in person, in public interviews etc it was obvious he told some fibs to get people to think he was a salt of the earth type of person.

Based on a few posts on similar threads over the years, I'm going to guess this was Tommy Steele.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 26/04/2025 12:14

AnneElliotsBestFriend · 26/04/2025 07:45

I was working on my dissertation and wrote to Antony Sher to ask his view on the character he was playing (Richard 111). I didn’t expect he would bother to reply. Instead I got a lovely reply answering all my questions and asking me to write back. This lasted nearly a year and when he was on tour in Australia he gave me his agent’s address so my letters would reach him on tour. I never got to meet him but he was so wonderful. When I’m started teaching I always encouraged my students to write to their heroes because you never know they might even write back.

Lovely story. I wish I knew where I'd stashed the replies I got from Anthony Powell and Alan Bennett when I wrote to them decades ago to say how much I'd enjoyed their work. They both sent hand-written replies, which amazed and delighted me. I'm sure I must still have them somewhere.