" She asked me to ratify autographs for her in her trailer while she changed . I handed out the bastard autographs to some VERY mad the great unwashed . "
Recently, weaskedmembers of theBuzzFeed Communitywho’ve worked closely with celebs to share what their experiences with them were like.
Here are all the ✨secrets and stories✨ celeb-adjacent employees shared with us:
Disclaimer : Though we ca n’t 100 % confirm all of these stories , these masses are supposedly speaking from their own experience as former fame employees and colleagues .
1.“I worked an event where I metDrew Barrymore. When I asked for a picture with her, she agreed and then proceeded to have a heart-to-heart with me about our mutual decision to quit alcohol. It was like talking to a kind, comforting old friend. She really is just like how she is on her show — a true comforting ICON!”
— Anonymous
2.“I knew an assistant to an actor who was an indie sweetheart of the 2010s. Apparently, because he’s been in the business for so long, he doesn’t know how to do virtually anything by himself besides act. Like, he doesn’t know how to check in to a hotel room, and his assistants have to do it for him. They said it was basically like taking care of a child, although he was nice.”
— paiges475bd796b
3.“I worked an event forSteph Curryat his house. He came out and helped me unloadMYcar and helped set up just like a friend would! I’ve met almost a hundred very famous people, and he is the most down-to-earth guy around.”
4.“A female artist who had a #1 single that week cursed me out for not letting her have the biggest dressing room since she was supposedly more important than the five-piece girl band (who had a string of #1s) who needed the space.”
5.“I worked for a celebrity chef and his restaurant company. I was told three rules at the very start of it: 1.) You do not look at him, 2.) You do not say anything about peanut butter, and 3.) You do not acknowledge his wife unless her assistant is in the room. We had a huge meeting with all of the employees probably four weeks into the job, and they (him and the other chefs) were doing a tasting in the other room, and you could hear when he didn’t like a dish that was brought out because he would throw the dish on the floor, and it would shatter. His assistant quit after that meeting. I also left shortly after that.”
6.“I worked as a production assistant for a late-night talk show host. He always had to have his coffee very hot. Two weeks into working, I made his coffee for him at 185 degrees Fahrenheit when I checked the temperature. He took one sip, and then threw it at me while screaming that it wasn’t hot enough. If I hadn’t moved out of the way, I would have gotten seriously burned. I quit that night. The show’s producer had to spend an hour convincing me to not make a formal complaint for assault.”
7.“I worked on a shoot with a prominent celeb known for their bubbly, eccentric personality. They were perfectly nice, but I remember being struck by how they stuck to themselves and kind of kept their head in their phone. Of course, once we turned our cameras on, they immediately snapped into their public persona. However, I completely respect it — I can’t imagine having to be ‘on’ like that all the time.”
8.“I’ve worked with lots of celebs in a big southern city known for its music and film festivals. The nicest YouTuber I’ve ever met was actuallyOlivia Jade— she was really polite.”
— Lorelei
9.“I once worked for the model wife of an A-list child sensation-turned-pop star. She was super jealous and possessive of her husband, and she didn’t want me interacting with him. So, if he wanted something, I’d go get it, hand it to her, and then she’d hand it to him. They also had several expensive pets who were barely trained, and it was sometimes my job to walk them. I’m quite short, so I would literally be dragged down the street by their several-hundred-pound dogs that they’d ignore for the rest of the day (until they needed cute pictures for Instagram).”
10.“I worked as an assistant to a bigemopop/punk band’s manager in the late-2000s. I had to go through all the fan mail and pull out anything super creepy to send to the private investigator they kept on retainer to make sure no one was actually going to attack the female lead singer.”
11.“I was the stylist for three women on areality showfor two seasons. The show centered around their daughters who danced. They pretty much were exactly as they appear on TV. Not terrible people, but one was much nicer than the rest.”
— elh1983
12.“Colin Farrell sent me a bouquet of flowers and a massage gift card for booking him tickets to multiple Broadway shows. I was an assistant at the time, and I never forgot it. A true gem!”
13.“I worked for a pharmaceutical heiress. She wasn’t so bad — it was her inner circle of leeches that were vile. It wasn’t until I was standing in the middle of her penthouse asking for a raise that she started screaming at me saying she was DROWNING in money problems. Meanwhile, she had just paid a photographer $25,000 for four hours of work.”
14.“An actor I worked for was shooting a movie in her hometown and had quite a few people lined up to get her autograph in the rain. We went into her trailer, she pulled out a bunch of headshots, threw a Sharpie on the table, and asked me to sign them while she changed into her personal clothes. I signed them, and she walked out of the trailer, smiled at everyone, said, ‘My assistant has signed photos for you all,’ and jumped into the waiting car. I handed out the fake autographs to some VERY excited people.”
15.“I work for a well-known female comedian who has written and starred in beloved TV shows. She’s one of the most amazing people I’ve met. In addition to being a funny person with a great sense of humor, she’s super smart and is a great mom to her adorable kids. I’ve worked for other celebrities, and she’s the first to actually care about my personal life. When my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer, not only did she give me paid time off for several months to take care of her, she’d always check in and ask how my mom was doing and if I was okay.”
" Even after I went back to work , my boss would ask about my mom . And when she finally beat Crab , my political boss sent her a wonderful ' health spa day ' natural endowment basketful with program , candles , plush robes , and expensive chocolate . "
16.“When I worked on the Warner Bros. studio lot, Zachary Levi said hello to me every morning when I passed his trailer. I always thought, ‘Wow, he seems really nice.’ Simple, but I never forgot it.”
And lastly:
17.“I worked with an actor-turned-Royal on their TV show for years. They never even bothered to learn my name.”
Submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity .
