"I Was Such A Big Fan Of Yours Until I Saw This": 11 Times Celebs Were Suuuuper Let Down By Famous People They Admired
They say never meet your heroes, but honestly, would you turn down the chance to chat or work with someone you've always admired? Plenty of celebrities gush over other famous people they adore, but sometimes, the peers they look up to let them down.
Here are 11 times celebs had poor experiences with famous people they admired:
1.During a 2015 appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Rob Huebel shared the story of being slapped in the face by his childhood hero, Chevy Chase.
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2.Vanderpump Rules star Lala Kent was "such a huge fan of" Jennifer Lawrence before the actor called her names on Watch What Happens Live in 2018.
In a since-deleted tweet, Lala said, "Did Jennifer Lawrence really just call me a 'c*unt' on @BravoWWHL? Annnnd talk about my mama? Bitch, you better pray I don't see you in the streets. You're one of the highest paid actresses on the planet.. you claim you are 'pro-women.' And you call another woman a cunt? You're gross."
Then, on Reality Checked, she said, "I did a three-peat: I did one tweet, delete, two tweet, delete, three tweet, delete. My manager called me and said, 'Lala, what are you doing?' She goes, 'You either delete the tweet or you delete my info for the next 24 hours 'cause I'm not trying to deal.' So, I deleted it.
The thing is, no one wants to be called the c-word, especially by an A-list celebrity on national television. I was such a huge fan of hers, and it bummed me out. I thought that she had a little more class than that. You know, let's leave the trash to people like me who do reality TV. Don't try to steal my thunder, girlfriend!"
Jennifer later apologized to Lala in a "very sweet email."
3.Growing up, Latto was a fan of Nicki Minaj, but in 2022, the two rappers got involved in a Twitter feud.
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On Instagram Live, Nicki expressed frustration over the Grammys' decision to move her song "Super Freaky Girl" from the rap category to the pop category. Referencing Latto's song, she said, "If 'Super Freaky Girl' is a pop song, what genre is 'Big Energy?'...They stay moving the goal post when it comes to me."
She mentioned other artists, but she kept referencing Latto. Seemingly alluding to Latto, Nicki said, "If you know something is unfair as an artist, speak on that shit. If you can't tell by now that there is a concerted effort to give newer artists things they really don't deserve over people who have been deserving for many years, they you not paying attention."
Afterwards, Nicki continued to make digs about Latto and "Big Energy" on Twitter, even reportedly posting that Latto was "wiping that spray tan off & being a Karen."
Latto tweeted, "Damn I can't win for losing… all these awards/noms I can't even celebrate."
For hours, Nicki and Latto argued back and forth.
Latto tweeted, "I've ignored countless subtweets since March and instead addressed u in the dm. You're asking why I didn't speak up in ur defense… it's the same answer I gave u when u asked why I didn't congratulate you. Ur literally older than my mom tryna be a bully @NICKIMINAJ."
Nicki reportedly quote tweeted the post, adding, "All this time I thought you was at least 35."
At one point, Nicki reportedly posted a screenshot of a text from Latto, so Latto leaked a phone call with Nicki.
Eventually, Nicki deleted all her tweets. The only one she left up was a clip of Whitney Houston laughing.
In 2023, Latto told Billboard, "It's difficult navigating through situations like that because there's a disconnect. I will look at myself as a fan of someone, and they will view [me] in a whole different light."
"It's disappointing. You just got to take it to the chin and keep pushing," she said.
4.In 2022, Damon Albarn told the LA Times that Taylor Swift "doesn't write her own songs." On Twitter, Taylor replied, "I was such a big fan of yours until I saw this."
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She continued, "I write ALL of my own songs. Your hot take is completely false and SO damaging. You don't have to like my songs but it's really fucked up to try and discredit my writing. WOW."
In a follow-up tweet, she added, "PS I wrote this tweet all by myself in case you were wondering."
Damon replied, "I totally agree with you. i had a conversation about songwriting and sadly it was reduced to clickbait. I apologise unreservedly and unconditionally. The last thing I would want to do is discredit your songwriting. I hope you understand."
5.After Olivia Rodrigo released "Drivers License" in 2021, she often cited Taylor Swift as one of her biggest influences, and the two publicly supported each other. However, a few months after Olivia released Sour, she retroactively credited Taylor (along with her co-writers Jack Antonoff and St. Vincent) on "Deja Vu" for interpolating "Cruel Summer." Later that year, Olivia told Teen Vogue, "I think it’s disappointing to see people take things out of context and discredit any young woman’s work."
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She continued, "But at the end of the day I'm just really proud and happy to say that my job is being a songwriter … All music is inspired by each other. Obviously, I write all of my lyrics from my heart and my life first. I came up with the lyrics and the melody for 'good 4 u' [which retroactively credited Hayley Williams and Josh Farro from Paramore for interpolating "Misery Business"] one morning in the shower."
She also said, "What's so beautiful about music is that it can be so inspired by music that’s come out in the past. Every single artist is inspired by artists who have come before them. It's sort of a fun, beautiful sharing process. Nothing in music is ever new. There's four chords in every song. That's the fun part — trying to make that your own.”
Then, in 2023, Olivia told Rolling Stone, "I was a little caught off guard. At the time it was very confusing, and I was green and bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Is that the phrase?”
"It's not something that I was super involved in. It was more team-on-team. So, I wouldn’t be the best person to ask," she said.
She also denied rumors of a feud between her and Taylor. She said, "I don't have beef with anyone."
6.In 2014, Daniel Franzese told Yahoo, "It's actually funny because I met Christina Aguilera, and I thought for sure that would be an exciting moment in my life. And I was like, 'Christina, my name's Daniel. I sing 'Beautiful' in Mean Girls.' And she was like, 'Never saw it.' And then turned her back and walked away."
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"She was so rude," he said.
7.In a 2022 TikTok, JoJo Siwa revealed that the "rudest celebrity" she's ever met is Candace Cameron Bure. JoJo later explained that, when she was 11, she asked Candace to take a picture with her at a red carpet event, and Candace told her no but continued taking pictures with other people.
In an Instagram video, Candace responded, "I immediately tried to reach out to her through mutual friends, and my publicist contacted her manager, and I DM'd her because I didn't know what happened — I didn't know! [JoJo] actually didn't want to tell me [what had happened] because she said it's so silly, she felt bad, and that's why it just wasn't a big deal to her. But then she said, 'I met you at the Fuller House premiere when I was 11 years old, and we were all on the red carpet. I had come up to you and said, "Can I have a picture with you?" and you said to me, "Not right now." And then proceeded to do what you were doing and take pictures with other people on the red carpet.'"
She said that she apologized to JoJo, who purpotedly told her, "Yeah, you weren't even mean, and I get it now as an adult — when you're on the red carpet and everything's happening and you're being pulled in different directions. But at that time, I was 11."
Candace said, "I told JoJo how much I've always appreciated her because she has been a good role model because of her positivity throughout her whole life and career. She said she still loves watching Full House and watches it to fall asleep, and it's a comfort show for her, so we had all the feels, and it was all good, and there's no drama."
Then, JoJo told Page Six, "I had a rough experience when I was little. I was 11, and I was a big, big fan, and I wanted to take a picture with her, and it wasn't a good time for her. I will say because I had a bad experience, that doesn't mean that she is an awful human. I think it just was an inconvenient time for her, and little 11-year-old me was just so pumped up and so excited, but that doesn't mean she's the worst human ever."
8. When JoJo Siwa shared a picture of her first car — a custom BMW convertible with a giant picture of her face on the hood — on Instagram in 2018, Justin Beiber commented, "Burn it."
@justinbieber commented on a picture of my car! he said “burn it”! pic.twitter.com/ZTPztQFi3y
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JoJo's mom replied, "burn your own things."
Justin later apologized, tweeting, "@itsjojosiwa I have nothing against you it was the car and the colors I didn't like I really hope you didn’t think it was malicious or mean spirited."
JoJo used the interaction as an opportunity to ask Justin to play at her Sweet Sixteen. On Twitter, she said, "it's all good bro! you can perform at my 16th birthday party and we’ll call it good!" In 2019, she doubled down on her request on The Tonight Show.
Here's the full clip, with this part starting at the 1:25 mark:
9.During a 2023 appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Jersey Shore stars Deena Cortese and Sammi "Sweetheart" Giancola shared that the "rudest celebrity" they've interacted with since their show got popular was Ryan Reynolds.
Here's the full clip, with this part starting at the 1:45 mark:
10.In 2023, Stephen Mangan told the Telegraph about his "worst celebrity encounter." He said, "One of my acting heroes is Robert De Niro, and I once found myself in the same room as him at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. I am not the kind of person who runs up to everyone I admire. I’m actually a little bit shy. But I thought, 'I cannot miss this opportunity to go and just say hello to him.' So, I made a start towards him, then I thought, 'No, I can’t do it,' and stopped. Then I went to go and stopped again, then eventually I just strode straight up to him, and said, 'Hello, I'm Robert De Niro.' There was a pause, and then he said, with no hint of anything other than irritation, 'No, I’m Robert De Niro.'"
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He continued, "I then made some unintelligible noises, walked away, and that was the end of that. Our paths have never crossed since."
11.And finally, in 2010, Hailee Steinfeld told J-14, "When I was auditioning for True Grit, I was on the Paramount lot. I was wearing clothes from the 1800s that were big and uncomfortable. Glee also films on the lot and I love the show, but I haven't really followed it. I saw Lea Michele just walking to her trailer, and I was like, 'That's the girl from Glee. I've got to go ask for her autograph!' So I walked up to her and asked for her autograph, but she walked by, and a guy came and said, 'Sorry, now's not a good time!'"
"So I had to walk all the way back to the car wearing what I was wearing. I was practically crying on the way home. I was so sad! But she's beautiful and she has an amazing voice," she said.
