Rude "famous people"

[acornfed]

We have a famous designer at my kid's school, born to a very wealthy family. Her kids are nice
She can be very unfriendly but inconsistently so - will often blank people one day and be friendly the next. Acts quite haughtily with the teachers. At times very abrupt.
She doesn't have to be friends with us civilians - that I fully understand. But what's with the rude behaviour? What's going on there? The school mums are a pretty innocuous bunch and I'd like to think we are friendly and welcoming.

Maybe she senses you all watching her and gossiping?

@DrSbaitso

Margaret Atwood is a cow.

This makes me sad, but I can believe it.

I still want to write like her though...

@acornfed YOU may not want anything from them, but any office I've ever worked in there has always been a large number of people who would happily lick the arses of anyone who might be useful to them and I'm sure the same goes for famous people who might be useful.

I interviewed Laurence Llewelyn Bowen once and he was very charming, even though my questions were pretty boring - I heard the poor sod on the radio the next day answering the same bloody questions!

She's a wonderful writer, @grapewine, I still admire and respect her talent and read her books. She's just an unpleasant person.

Jeremy Clarkson
Super grumpy

Cherie Blair.

In fact I shouted rude at her. Horrible rude woman.

A friend met Michael McIntyre who turned out to be right up his own arse. She was gutted as she loves his shows and he comes across as so nice but he was so rude and stuck up. She said he was a celebrity she wished she never met in real life.

Piers Morgan. Came into where I worked at a media company for an interview and I had to show him to a room to have his make up done and he was so rude to me. Really awful, so demanding and moany. This was about 20 years ago now…!

I’ve met a few famous (male) television presenters and actors and I’m always amazed at how insecure rich famous old white men are. Stuff like name-dropping and talking about how great they are when it’s not exactly like they have to seek more attention given that they’re already the most famous person in the room. Eg. Jeremy Paxman - not rude exactly, but very full of himself in a very performative attention seeking way. Hugh Bonneville - insecure, incredibly rude and again absolutely full of himself. There’s just no need!

I met quite a famous newsreader once - female

Vile

A current member of the cabinet who is rocketing upwards is one of the worst people I've ever had the misfortune to meet. Utterly self obsessed.
A literary couple who preach environmentalism but fly abroad regularly and have two substantial houses and two gas guzzling cars, they also tell everyone they should be vegetarian when they themselves are not.
An actor famous in the 60/70's who was bloody awful to work for. Divide and rule amongst her staff.

@COPPER3

Stella McCartney?

This was my guess

Harriet Harman can be...tricky.

@rocksteadyfreddy

Ohhh is it Alice Temperly??

Wouldn’t have said she was born into a very wealthy family

I think never being told no and being endlessly indulged can eventually give them issues with communicating normally, especially if they were youngish when they got famous. I worked in sleb management for quite a while... I always used to say 60% of them were basically ok, 20% absolutely lovely and remain friends to this day...and 20% were "absolute nightmares"

I met quite a famous newsreader once - female

HA! I bet I know who.

I saw Holly Willoughby filming 'Streetmate' years ago. They were outside the place I worked and she came across as really unfriendly and cold, off camera.

I now know a few people who have helped her with outfits for This Morning as she used a brand I worked for. They all say the same.

I feel I need to reply to this it isn't Stella (but who I hear is phenomenally rude to non celebs. So good guess. I heard that from a friend who is an editor of a style magazine)
It's not Alice Temperley either . Don't mean to be cryptic but as you can appreciate it's not fair to say

Love these threads! Shamelessly placemarking!

Stella McCartney was my first thought too. The fact OP didn't deny it pretty much clarifies it.

Cross post!

Apparently Alison Hammond is really up herself and demanding. A friend met her whilst on holiday once.

@HangingOver

I met quite a famous newsreader once - female

HA! I bet I know who.

Please say it wasn't Sophie Raworth!

I love them too! Was going to say Stella McCartney too-bah! I think PP have it bang on : if you're told you're special for a long time and only always hear yes there's a chance you'll be a bit of an arse.