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.

I've heard Mark Francois is a nasty piece of work all round.

@HundredMilesAnHour

I was interviewed by Carol Thatcher and she was lovely, both on and off camera. It was out "in the sticks" but turned out we lived near each other in London - which we discovered when we found out we were also parked next to each other in the car park. I was dying to ask her lots of questions about her mum and growing up but didn't want to pry.

I used to be in the gym with Andy from Erasure as we had the same personal trainer so we'd chat as we crossed over sessions. Nice guy. Same for Vicky Pattison. She was very down to earth (as you'd imagine) and really funny.

Carol Thatcher is a dreadful old racist though. All those comments about 'golliwogs' and so on. .

@Guavaf1sh

I met Jonathan aitken and surprisingly he was one of the loveliest people ever

Entirely corrupt though, as his prison sentence for perjury and attempting to coerce his children into lying in court would suggest .

I've known people who have met Jarvis Cocker. Apparently very nice man

@forgotmyusernamagain I met him at West Hampstead tube station. He was friendly. My OH at the time was big into music and was in a band.

I took a photo of them together and then he and his wife got on the same tube as us to the Stereophonics concert. He chatted a little bit on the way

@Inthesameboatatmo sorry, have to disagree about Mick, unless he’s changed massively. Used to ‘know’ home back in the day and was sleezy as f*ck. We all used to avoid him as ridiculously ‘handsy ’ and thought he could get any woman he wanted. Vile man.

*him!

My intention of this thread wasn't for naming rude celebs. It was more of wondering WHY famous people act rudely to people who don't mean them any harm or want anything from them. I am confident that the person I have in mind hasn't been guessed.

It is natural In my book not to be rude to parents your kids' are friends with. I get the strong sense she wants to maintain a frosty distance. I also know that our school parents are mostly very friendly and we are a happy school community .

I guess I'm asking do famous people find it that hard to relate to "normal people" . When do they lose the ability to be polite and what causes that. So they really think they are better than other people?!

People who shot to global fame in their teens - several pop stars and a handful of actors - and who have remained famous, probably can’t remember life before they had a team working for them. They’ve never had to do anything for themselves and have been told they are amazing 24/7 for years, decades even. Normal life doesn’t exist for them. They probably do think they’re better than us ordinary people.

Stella McCartney?

No idea whether the OP means her or not, but she always has a face like a slapped arse so I wouldn't fancy approaching her. Serious case of Resting Bitch Face right there.

On the other hand, it must be hard being someone like SM, always wondering your whole life whether people are genuine or just hangers on. Who do you trust? How much can you give away to new friends without worrying it will appear in the gutter press at some point? It must be crap never knowing whether people want to befriend you because of who your family is rather than for your own personal qualities. Especially if you are genuinely shy or anxious.

@EmmalineC

People who shot to global fame in their teens - several pop stars and a handful of actors - and who have remained famous, probably can’t remember life before they had a team working for them. They’ve never had to do anything for themselves and have been told they are amazing 24/7 for years, decades even. Normal life doesn’t exist for them. They probably do think they’re better than us ordinary people.

So you mean it was ok for Cilla Black to be a complete and utter rude bitch all of her life based on what you describe?

She comes from Liverpool FFS not Hollywood.

And then how do you compare her behaviour with other people e.g. Amy Winehouse who was said to be lovely?

I will say Victoria Beckham was absolutely lovely. Met her a few times due to work and was nervous as I assumed she would be awful.

VB is one of those people everyone expects to be awful but turns out to be completely delightful.

Why should you be expected to recognise her?! Is this really something people feel entitled to?!

You'd have thought they'd find that a relief.

That said, I can imagine nothing worse than having my face known everywhere I went. I honestly think that anyone who desperately wants to be famous must be batty. But apparently, plenty of people do want it.

@YouJustFoldItIn

Stella McCartney?

No idea whether the OP means her or not, but she always has a face like a slapped arse so I wouldn't fancy approaching her. Serious case of Resting Bitch Face right there.

On the other hand, it must be hard being someone like SM, always wondering your whole life whether people are genuine or just hangers on. Who do you trust? How much can you give away to new friends without worrying it will appear in the gutter press at some point? It must be crap never knowing whether people want to befriend you because of who your family is rather than for your own personal qualities. Especially if you are genuinely shy or anxious.

I just remembered - we had family friends who lived in the part of Sussex where the McCartneys lived - no actual stories as such but they'd been seen around as kids were slightly younger than theirs.

Also for someone like Stella, if she has natural Resting Bitch Face then there's not much you can do about it is there?!

In defence of Victoria Wood a friend of mine knew her quite well and she said she was very shy, very quiet and was not terribly confident in social situations with people she didn't know. Nothing at all like her stage persona in fact.

It is difficult to take a compliment graciously so she may well have come over as cold without intending to if someone is gushing your praise.

@YouJustFoldItIn

Yes, but it NEVER gives them the right to be rude or ill mannered.

All of us are equal and most people are kind but some will always lack the milk of human kindness.

Holly W must be an amazing actress. I still get fooled when I watch her as she seems so bloody lovely and someone you’d love to be friends with. When I met her she wasn’t working, was in the home of the person I was with. She was v pretty, v smiley but also mean! Just something about her made me v uncomfortable, completely fake, bitchy and looking me up and down, I felt v intimidated and I'm a grown woman. I still to this day hope she was having a bad day or that she generally doesn’t treat everyone like this

I was seated on a table with Clare Balding at a post Grand National awards party, she was lovely, BFF type person. The following year I couldn’t go owing to imminent baby, but she remembered me and was asking my (now ex)h how I was etc. Came across as very genuine, though this was 20/21 years ago and before she was truly famous, only really well known in racing circles.

This is such a nasty thread. Imagine if a load of strangers were critiquing your 'performance' in Tesco, when you felt poorly, your cat was ill, somebody had just pranged your car and you'd left your wallet at home. Celebrities are people too and I'd hate to have my every action scrutinised.

A celebrity that was lovely when I met them Tom Hardy so down to earth had a good chat about our dogs

Craig Revel-Horwood once stayed where my brother used to work for a few days - my brother has never watched Strictly so didn't know who he was, but everyone else obviously did.
He was apparently really lovely, down to earth, happy to chat to everyone, genuinely just a nice person :)

Some names are coming up again and again here!

@SalsaLove

So many English celebrities.

Is one allowed to make a similar comment of other groups or would that incur a penalty?

Entirely corrupt though, as his prison sentence for perjury and attempting to coerce his children into lying in court would suggest Maybe prison reformed him?

@TonTonMacoute

In defence of Victoria Wood a friend of mine knew her quite well and she said she was very shy, very quiet and was not terribly confident in social situations with people she didn't know. Nothing at all like her stage persona in fact.

It is difficult to take a compliment graciously so she may well have come over as cold without intending to if someone is gushing your praise.

Totally agree, a friend was at school with her and thought that her stage persona was her way of dealing with her social anxiety. I have a very similar personality, it would probably have a diagnosis if I cared about it more, but I too find compliments difficult to deal with.