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FishOnTheTrain · 2025-04-24T00:53:09+00:00

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.

riceuten · 26/04/2025 17:57

HeyJudeJRF · 26/04/2025 12:21

I used to work as a temp for Anthony Wedgwood Benn. What a fantastic man and boss. I worked in his Den with him. It was he who offered to make me a cuppa!! God rest his beautiful soul. And I also worked with Uri Geller on one of his books. Another lovely person, delightful, interesting, exciting. A gem of a human.

Tony Benn used to come to our University annually to speak to the students. His ‘rider’ was a day travel card to get there, someone to meet him on arrival at Stepney Green Station and a pint mug of tea on his arrival. He would often sit for hours chatting with students after this.

CameltoeParkerBowles · 26/04/2025 17:59

Laura7010 · 25/04/2025 19:35

I worked in theatre and tv in my 20’s, met and worked with many. The most amazing was Richard Briers, flipping lovely!

I won’t list the not so nice ones, but there’s a reason I’m now a teacher and teenagers are easier to deal with than actors!

Why not list them? They can't touch you now! 😁

justasking111 · 26/04/2025 17:59

Leafy3 · 24/04/2025 21:18

The Phantom??

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Ah he pursued a colleague of mine mid 70s. Was very romantic but so dull she said. She was a lovely girl but young and wanted more excitement.

MrsMullers · 26/04/2025 18:05

FishOnTheTrain · 24/04/2025 18:37

Not in the U.K. so any guesses are wrong! lips are sealed even though I’d love to out this dreadful woman

Is it Suzanne Jackson? I’ve heard some things about her!!

CameltoeParkerBowles · 26/04/2025 18:06

Weirdedoot · 25/04/2025 20:03

Why is anyone surprised that this misogynistic arsewipe is a prick? He's very good friends with Neil Gaiman and won't speak out against him but happily and very publicly berates any woman who asks for single sex spaces.

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Exactly. He's virtually got 'arsehole' written across his forehead. Why would anyone think he was remotely decent?

NormasArse · 26/04/2025 18:11

Newnamehiwhodis · 24/04/2025 23:41

Mark Rylance was one of my teachers in drama school. He’s an absolute sweetheart. He taught that no matter what role one plays as an actor, there always needs to be that spark of joy, of playfulness … and he has it in spades. It’s been many years since I was in his company, but if he hasn’t changed -
back then he was playful, sensitive, kind and so lovely.

having been an actor, and remembering my hardest times I can say : don’t think an entire person is horrible if they snap at you while they’re working.
one of my most horrible jobs ever was one of my biggest roles - and I was basically physically abused. Constant tearing off pieces of my costume that had to be stuck to my skin, then adhering it back on (they were armbands), then tearing it off… for hours. They didn’t care that they were ripping off my skin and I was bleeding. They covered the bleeding bits with makeup.
actors become commodities, and it’s so soul-destroying.

it’s normal to be expected to do enormously taxing emotional scenes over and over … the crew wasting time joking and laughing did get a bit of a growl from me, I have to admit: I asked them to be quiet.
or when I had to run through and then give a fucking speech, I remember growling at people to stay out of the way or I would knock them down. I was pissed off and done- and I was also in an abusive relationship at the time, and starving myself.

so this is just to say: yes, there’s no excuse for being an asshole, but it happens. It happens when we’re in pain, hungry, exhausted, and deeply stressed.

also: I met Johnny Depp and he’s such a kind sweet person.

the late John Barton. Beautiful soul.

the Fiennes brothers - both so sweet and kind, very private.

David Bowie: was some kind of otherworldly angel, I swear.

the people I’ve met who have behaved like awful brats were influencers or the occasional old actor becoming irrelevant.
the influencers who were awful seemed like desperate people, maybe a bit too used to the awful things people can say on the internet …

Steve Martin: lovely, and actually hilarious just as a person :)

but the truth also is, I have some stories of awful behavior I don’t want to write here - I feel like people might have grown up since then, 20 years ago (or more)

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I loved David Bowie. I’m glad he was all I believed him to be.

AInightingale · 26/04/2025 18:13

TheWombatleague · 26/04/2025 17:16

Although I agree somewhat, as evidence for the defense I'd like to submit the hits The Frog Chorus & Mull of Kintyre vs Imagine & Jealous Guy.

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I'd like to submit for the prosecution 'The Luck of the Irish'. Case proven.

What's wrong with those McCartney songs anyway? I love MOK, it's my guilty pleasure!

IfYouPutASausageInItItsNotAViennetta · 26/04/2025 18:26

Does anybody else find it a bit strange when you get a truly lovely person who joins up with an absolute arsehole?

I don't mean like when two people are approached independently and both given a job working together; or even when they don't really have the luxury finances-wise of turning it down - but when you get two people who actively get together, and stay apparently happily and contentedly together long-term.

Thinking of people like John and Paul; but also ordinary people who marry or are great friends with somebody at the other end of the lovely/nasty spectrum. In the case of marriage, when they aren't 'trapped' for any reason and could reasonably easily leave - but they seem genuinely, truly very happy with an ultra horrid person for years and years when they themselves are kindness personified?

IfYouPutASausageInItItsNotAViennetta · 26/04/2025 18:29

NormasArse · 26/04/2025 18:11

I loved David Bowie. I’m glad he was all I believed him to be.

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He had to be ultra nice for all of those years to atone for The Laughing Gnome

alexdgr8 · 26/04/2025 18:34

Prisonbreak · 24/04/2025 11:14

Haha I don’t know who that is either

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I don't know who many of these are but I do know who Harry Rednapp is.
Guess it's generational.

latetothefisting · 26/04/2025 18:34

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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I worked in a large stadium in the private hospitality boxes when she performed. Any other event we were allowed to watch when we weren't serving/tidying up - which, as they tended to eat at half time during sports games and before the main act came on for gigs, meant a perk of the job was getting to watch most of it for free, as otherwise after you'd cleaned up you were only pouring drinks for the rest of the night.

Madonna was the only one who specified staff weren't allowed to watch at all (because we hadn't paid), and not only that, that we weren't allowed to keep the lights on in the boxes while she performed because it would interfere with the aesthetic of her lighting, so I had to wash up a 5 course dinner for 24 people in almost pitch dark 🙄

RosaMoline · 26/04/2025 18:44

latetothefisting · 26/04/2025 18:34

I worked in a large stadium in the private hospitality boxes when she performed. Any other event we were allowed to watch when we weren't serving/tidying up - which, as they tended to eat at half time during sports games and before the main act came on for gigs, meant a perk of the job was getting to watch most of it for free, as otherwise after you'd cleaned up you were only pouring drinks for the rest of the night.

Madonna was the only one who specified staff weren't allowed to watch at all (because we hadn't paid), and not only that, that we weren't allowed to keep the lights on in the boxes while she performed because it would interfere with the aesthetic of her lighting, so I had to wash up a 5 course dinner for 24 people in almost pitch dark 🙄

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Madonna really is a nasty piece of work, isn’t she?
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve loved most (not all) of her music.
She comes across as really humourless on chat shows.
Coincidentally, as a Eurovision fan, I had the 2019 contest on in the background whilst doing housework. She was the interval act. Total car crash (tel aviv)

ToWhitToWhoo · 26/04/2025 18:48

AInightingale · 26/04/2025 18:13

I'd like to submit for the prosecution 'The Luck of the Irish'. Case proven.

What's wrong with those McCartney songs anyway? I love MOK, it's my guilty pleasure!

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I love MoK, but can't stand 'Having a Simply Wonderful Christmastime'.

IfYouPutASausageInItItsNotAViennetta · 26/04/2025 18:52

Ooh, yes, Madonna at Eurovision - that was an absolute binfire of epic proportions. She turned up dressed as a pirate, warbled horribly out of tune and then fell over. She was like your weird uncle at family parties.

Contrast her with somebody like Petra Mede - who isn't especially well-known outside of Sweden and Eurovision circles, and also isn't particularly known as a singer... she has true talent and star quality which is evident for all to see, without the need for gimmicks or self-aggrandisement like Madonna.

Illegally18 · 26/04/2025 19:00

Lazlothevampire · 26/04/2025 12:06

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).

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I think it's because, as a PP stated earlier, that it's tiring to be stared at and having eyes following every move you make. Since it's quite a common clause for stars, there must be a reason.

Meemee28 · 26/04/2025 19:04

Bill Bailey was vile. The worst shoot I’ve ever been on. He treated people appallingly.

IfYouPutASausageInItItsNotAViennetta · 26/04/2025 19:09

Illegally18 · 26/04/2025 19:00

I think it's because, as a PP stated earlier, that it's tiring to be stared at and having eyes following every move you make. Since it's quite a common clause for stars, there must be a reason.

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It's perfectly possible to ask people to respect their privacy, don't crowd them, give them personal space and peace, don't stare etc.

There's absolutely no need to order staff to always stand facing the other way or behind a curtain (unless they're getting changed, of course) to avoid the possibility of ever making eye contact for a moment.

Lazlothevampire · 26/04/2025 19:12

latetothefisting · 26/04/2025 18:34

I worked in a large stadium in the private hospitality boxes when she performed. Any other event we were allowed to watch when we weren't serving/tidying up - which, as they tended to eat at half time during sports games and before the main act came on for gigs, meant a perk of the job was getting to watch most of it for free, as otherwise after you'd cleaned up you were only pouring drinks for the rest of the night.

Madonna was the only one who specified staff weren't allowed to watch at all (because we hadn't paid), and not only that, that we weren't allowed to keep the lights on in the boxes while she performed because it would interfere with the aesthetic of her lighting, so I had to wash up a 5 course dinner for 24 people in almost pitch dark 🙄

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What an absolute bellend. I mean, what’s it to her who watches, how the hell does it effect her?

Lazlothevampire · 26/04/2025 19:14

Illegally18 · 26/04/2025 19:00

I think it's because, as a PP stated earlier, that it's tiring to be stared at and having eyes following every move you make. Since it's quite a common clause for stars, there must be a reason.

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Well, they should get another job then where people don’t want to look at them, or fade into obscurity. That’s always an option.

They chose to be in the public eye. Tough shit if people look at them.

No one gets to dictate where another person looks.

YourTruthorMine · 26/04/2025 19:17

These women coming on here saying how much they hate working for women and aren't we all so bitchy are giving me major 'red flag' vibes.

ncforschoolhelp · 26/04/2025 19:31

I used to come across Carole Malone several times a week in an old job.

The rudest, most arrogant and poorly behaved person I've ever met in my life. So entitled, aggressive (sometimes physically) and all round completely repugnant. Vile.

FamilyFool · 26/04/2025 19:53

BoredZelda · 24/04/2025 12:00

It’s no surprise that the narrative is always generally “female celeb was such a bitch but the male celeb was so lovely”

Exactly this! What nonsense and no jealousy or other bias at play? Poor women. Again.

KitchenDancefloor · 26/04/2025 19:54

I have encountered celebs/household names at work rather worked for them and have had no bad experiences so far. But they have all been established and respected in their careers, so fortunately I have had no encounters with pushy z listers.

Notable mentions go to Brenda Blethyn and Fiona Bruce who couldn’t have been nicer if they tried.

Oh actually, there was one notable exception but that was a politician who is infamous for being vile so it wasn’t jarring when he lived up to his reputation.

Illegally18 · 26/04/2025 19:54

IfYouPutASausageInItItsNotAViennetta · 26/04/2025 14:35

I may be faced with flaming pitchforks for this opinion, but I think an awful lot of the adulation of John Lennon is because of the fact that he died very young in tragic circumstances.

Nobody is denying his great musical talent, but his reputation and veneration has gone way, way above that over the decades.

Of course, this also means that the name of the airport was already taken long before the other three left/will leave us! They don't tend to name airports after people who are still alive, unless they're royal or national leaders. I presume they would have preferred to forego that honour and live considerably longer than John, if anybody could have given them the theoretical option, mind.

Obviously, none of us can ever know for sure; but imho, if John had not been murdered and was still alive today in his 80s, I'm really not convinced that he would be considered quite the national treasure or saint that he is as it stands. For all we know, he could have been cancelled and a pariah. His views about, and treatment of, women (and other 'categories' of people who weren't like him) were utterly vile. I'm not even sure that Paul would get on with him that well if he were still with us now. Granted, he could have gone the opposite way - been deeply regretful and apologetic about how he had been when younger and done a 180 in his (hypothetical) later life; but nobody could ever know.

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I agree with you. This also applies to other people who died young, like Marilyn Monroe, and a princess who died in Paris.

Bwoah · 26/04/2025 20:08

My spidey sense is working with both George and Lando then. Can't bear the pair of them. I initially liked Lando, but some point after 2021 he totally changed and became another horror. One Nico I'm a bit disappointed to hear about, one I'm surprised about. Not surprised about Jenson either, he gives off those vibes. I only want to hear nice things about Sainz Jr and more on Carmen!