What New York City socialite – who is more known for her maybe-ex husband than anything else – once rejected two town cars for “not smelling good” until she finally settled on the third one her assistant called?
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The Fourth of July is one of my favorite holidays – there are fireworks, the hot dog eating contest at Coney Island, and crazydaysandnights.net’s blind item reveal day. Unlike many other gossip blogs, Crazy Days and Nights actually tells you who some of their blind item posts are about. Most of them are about bad celebrity behavior, but sometimes the good comes out as well. Here’s one about two celebrities who are awesome bosses:
This foreign born still A list model/reality star and her foreign born celebrity husband have lots of employees. The thing is they treat them all very, very well. Not a day goes by where they don’t send someone on their staff a letter, card or e-mail which tells them how much they are appreciated. It’s the little things.
The awesome bosses were revealed today to be Heidi Klum and Seal. Points for celebrities who treat their employees well!
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?
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.
When this macho heavy metal musician hit it big with his band, he partied to the max and indulged in all kinds of self destructive behavior. Eventually he cleaned up his act, got married and started a family. But one nasty habit he still struggles with is his sex addiction. Now he has an assistant who reads newspapers and magazines before he does, and cuts out all the pictures of sexy women in underwear ads or wearing bikinis.
–Via Janet Charlton
Want to know what makes a great assistant? When your married B+ film actress (but better known for a great television role) drops her stash on the ground outside the airport, and the assistant doesn’t even miss a beat, swoops down to the ground and drops inside her own purse. Must have been one hell of a party they had before they went through security. Unless they the assistant tried to get it through? That would be an assistant worthy of a hall of fame. Trouble is her boss is so mean, she probably wouldn’t even share.
From an L.A. Craigslist posting entitled “Celebrity Personal Assistant,” via Defamer:
Must be comfortable navigating throughout the Los Angeles Area with the ability to give directions including short cuts.
Must be professional, ethical, reliable, organized and multi-task oriented. Confidentiality, discretion, diplomacy and resourcefulness are imperative as is a positive attitude. You should naturally possess a nurturing, compassionate and very personable disposition. Be comfortable as a caregiver with some natural instincts. Nothing over-bearing, just the basics. …
Know when to have a laid back approach/personality; observing when the Artist is in a creative mode as well as when to assert yourself when on the road and handling business.
Any guesses about who this demanding star might be?
Celebrities don’t always have it easy, you know. As is the case with Britney Spears, a competent assistant is a valuable commodity, especially one who won’t sell you out and will still pick up your dirty undies.
But picking up panties is one thing… picking up your drugs is another matter entirely. What’s a highly regarded actor to do when he can’t pay someone to pick up his drugs??? Especially when he has such a voracious appetite?
Given recent events, you’d think he’d know better… and while I can certainly sympathise with a serious addict, how can you sympathise with someone who would rather compromise an employee than risk getting caught?
At least own your own sh*t, you know?
But it’s all about the image isn’t it? He is an acclaimed artist, who is involved and informed and aware, idolised by some for his impish good looks – a selfish junkie isn’t usually what comes to mind. Those in the industry however have surely seen him openly spread his blow all over the dinner table, at any given party, and put half of it into his brain. So brazen is he that he used to carry his stash on his body while travelling, tucked into a coat pocket, cavalierly going through security.
Over the last three months or so however he’s suddenly become a lot more paranoid. And so the task of transporting his happy across borders has rested on his personal assistants. It took her three carries before she finally put her foot down and refused. And got fired for it. The girl who took her place made it only once before quitting herself.
He’s still looking for a replacement.
Substance abuse is one thing. Allowing someone else to take the fall for your addiction is another. Selfish prick.
–From LaineyGossip
WHICH sweetheart Oscar winner doesn’t always have a heart as golden as her locks? She’s known for introducing her best friend for 10 years as “my assistant” when around other Hollywood types.
From The New York Post
