The most recent case of “Celebrities Behaving Badly” features actress Ruby Rose, best known (only known…) from Orange Is the New Black where she played Stella. According to newspaper reports, she got all bent out of shape at a New Orleans restaurant when things weren’t moving as swiftly as she wanted. So what does a spoiled TV star do in such a scenario? Why they throw a bunch of French fries at their waiter until they are asked to GTFO. Yep, that’s what Seung Hong, owner of Rebellion Bar and Urban Kitchen says at least. (We will get to her version shortly.) He says that “she was having like a tantrum. She was awful. She was a horrible person.”
According to Seung, her party of 10 got to the restaurant at 9:15 and were seated at 9:30. They had their apps within 40 minutes and their entrees came out 10 minutes after that. That wasn’t good enough for this superstar celebrity who guest starred on a Netflix series 8 times last year. Eventually, the server asked for the owner to take over and he offered to comp their apps and buy them a round of drinks, but Ruby Rose, the diva of all divas, ended up throwing a handful of French fries at the bartender. Soon after, she was asked to leave.
And now her side of the story:
On her Facebook page (full post embedded below for your viewing pleasure) Ruby says she waited 60 minutes for fries and over 90 minutes for food that never came. When the bartender offered drinks, she thanked him and explained she is sober. Then she says “he made some really rude and vulgar comments to the table. When someone makes repeated derogatory jokes about the sobriety I worked so hard to achieve, it’s hard not to react emotionally. So I threw a singular fry at him. Then he came back as we were getting ready to leave and continued making awful comments, so I continued with the fries.”
Who to believe, who to believe? Should we trust a restaurant owner who has everything to lose by making up vicious lies about a celebrity or should we have faith in the celebrity who probably has a huge ego and quickly crafted, along with her publicist and a team of writers, the perfect Facebook explanation in an attempt to not damage her reputation? We shall never know. My guess is that it falls somewhere in the middle. Maybe she wasn’t truly a “horrible person” but I bet she did throw some attitude just like she admitted to throwing some French fries. Look, Ruby Rose. If the food took as long as you say it did, it’s certainly not justification for throwing food at someone. What are you, five-years-old? Grow the fuck up.
In her Facebook post, she mentions that she worked in hospitality for 5 years and has huge love, respect and admiration for servers. That may be the case, but it sounds like someone has forgotten what it’s like to wear an apron at work and cater to the whims of impatient and hungry customers. Hopefully, this incident will be a reminder of what it’s like to be in our slip-resistant shoes and the next time she feels like throwing food at a server she will take a deep breath, count to ten and think, “Oh, it’s not that big of a deal, is it?”
Jennifer G.
Is she kidding and who fell off the turnip truck for believing her so called side? I’ve been sober 7 years and not once have I responded to a drink offer by a server with “I’m sober.” Wtf do you do with water, soda, or tea? Eat it? Ask for a lemonade bitch and stfu. Nobody cares who you are or think you are to people.
Carolyn
Hmmm, fries usually come with the food (never had fries as part of an appetizer myself), so if the food NEVER came Ruby, who’s fries were you throwing?
neoweasel
There are plenty of bars that have a solo fries app. She also explicitly stated that they waited 60 minutes for fries, which implies that was the app they ordered. As much as everything else she wrote smacked of nonsense, that was 100% believable.
catherine parrilli
Please please do not ever darken our door brat!!! Jeez grow tf up! Who are you again?
MANGLER
The appropriate response to “do you know who I am?” is always “no. should I?”
Sharon
Mr. BW, even a 5 year old knows that throwing food is not the way to react when you are disappointed. That is on the level of a 2 or 3 year old who didn’t get their entire nap.
I can never figure out what people gain by treating customer service personnel like this.
Seriously, I just don’t get it. I know what the payoff is if you interact with people with kindness and respect.
But, what on earth does she expect to gain from acting like this? Anybody???? I got nuthin’.
Emily
You forgot to mention the fact that this place was fully booked with reservations for the night but they squeezed her and her team in while fully warning them that the kitchen was slammed and food would take awhile. When someone tells you food is going to take long, and then you throw that food at them for taking long, you’re an asshole, regardless of your “fame.”
SinCityKitty
90 minutes for food?? Bull-caca. They always exaggerate the time they wait for food. And when is it acceptable to throw food? “I threw a singular fry”. WTF!! REALLY?? Since it was only ONE, I guess that’s ok, huh? Obviously you wish you were more known than you are. After this crap you pulled, you will be. Loser. Grow the hell up. And keep your ass at home. Have your chefs cook for you in the privacy of your one-bedroom apartment.
Elisabeth
“Model, actress, French fry thrower”, I’ve never laughed so hard!
Krista
The bartender offered her drinks, and she is sober. So? What would a polite, kind (normal) person do? They would say Thank You! and order a Virgin Daquiri or a Shirley Temple or a fucking soda water with lemon! The bartender doesn’t give a shit if you drink alcohol or not, he/she is just trying to get you to STFU!