Columnist Meredith Pro Tem is clearly jealous of all the attention being piled on the assistants who have been linked to David Letterman. In her most recent article, she reminisces about when she had a chance to be ‘the other woman’ for a celebrity. (However, her boss didn’t even so much as hit on her, that cad.) Anyhow, here’s the story about her past assistant experience:
My best shot at being the young Other Woman came and went in the mid 1990s. For a short time I did some side work as a personal assistant to a cast member on “Saturday Night Live.” As part of the gig, it was necessary for me to be involved in almost all aspects of his life, including spending time at his apartment with his wife and baby. I’d be kicking myself now for having missed out on the chance to be a (retired) star in my own right if I hadn’t since learned that he’s gay.
Ladies and gentlemen, start your guesses!
Here’s a delicious assistant blind item, via Crazy Days and Nights:
This A list comic movie actor is looking for a new assistant. The pay is six figures which is extremely high for an assistant. The reason it is so high? Well first of all there is travel 70% of the time and you have to deal with one of the most obnoxious, irritating, pains in the asses in the business. Our actor has tried to offer less money in the past but they all quit after a few days. As it is he can barely hang on to them for long.
Six figures is not unheard of for a celebrity assistant, but it’s much more likely to be the amount of money somebody earns if they’ve worked for a given celebrity for a couple of years and have proven indispensable, not for newbies. I have heard some stories about assistants making six figures who were called assistants but were actually drug dealers or full-time ‘escorts.’ That said, this A-list comic actor (any guesses?) has got to be one hell of a pain in the ass. I wonder how many of the assistants make it long enough to collect half a dozen of those inflated paychecks?
From BlindGossip.com:
Which celebrity’s Personal Assistant just walked out on him? The PA was overwhelmed with guilt about having to lie constantly to the star’s wife about where the boss was and what he was doing… and who he was doing it with. No gay gossip here. Just a horndog with a lust for beautiful women. Given that this actor isn’t the most handsome guy in the world, you’d think that he’d be a little more loyal to his sweet wife.
Kudos to the assistant for putting their values above their paycheck - especially since the actor in question sounds like a seriously shitty boss.
From Page Six:
WHICH hip-hop fashion team is taking more credit than it deserves? While most designers acknowledge their assistants do much of the work, this up-and-coming pair accept kudos but never mention the staff in the back who actually make it happen.
Just to be kind of a jerk… is it true that most designers acknowledge their assistants do much of the work? I don’t know much about the fashion industry, but I feel like nobody acknowledges when their assistant does most of the work.
That said, the people in this blind item suck.
From the New York Daily News:
Which pop star won’t even throw away her own used hankies? When she gets a case of the sniffles in the recording studio, the high-pitched princess forces an assistant to do it.
I totally think it’s Mariah. If she has an assistant to hold her straw for her, she can definitely get an assistant to throw out her used tissues.
What fashion house just fired an assistant in their New York office because she was busted having sex with her boyfriend in the building’s basement?
From the New York Post:
WHICH talk-show host has a flatulence problem so bad, he’s said to have an assistant follow him around with an odor-vaporizing spray can?
Please be Rush Limbaugh. Please.
What beauty company recently laid off every single assistant in their New York office? They seem to think their company can justly function without anyone to handle admin tasks. It doesn’t smell good to me!
From Entertainment Lawyer Blog:
Do you think the fact that this funnyman has an assistant who is a coke fiend and will sleep with anyone had an effect on the breakup of his marriage?
From The Daily Mirror (UK):
Which TV star has developed an unhealthy crush on his assistant? He bombards her with inappropriate calls day and night, and even tells her about, er, special dreams he is having.
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A fashion-industry assistant shared a horror story with us recently, but because she still works at the company in question, we’re going to run her horror story as a blind item. Isn’t guessing fun?
What fashion designer, while walking around her New York office, loudly told her assistant how much she hated working with Jews? The [Jewish] assistant was horrified, and thought that, no, no, maybe the Garment District wasn’t the best place to make such statements.