Inside the VMAs’ D*******t Afterparty: $50,000 Bottle Service and Justin Bieber’s Sad Karaoke

[steve2470]

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/01/inside-the-vmas-douchiest-afterparty-50-000-bottle-service-and-justin-bieber-s-sad-karaoke.html

The two highlights of this article (or lowlights depending on perspective):



from: https://instagram.com/p/7DvJqtQE62/ (those are US Dollar figures on the right side of the menu)

and:

I turn around and there’s that goth Arby’s guy, standing up on a table. I yell at Bieber, “Take your hat off!” and a member of his entourage tells me, “That hat looks fresh, bruh. That’s my boy right there!”

Seeing a massive celebrity up close is pretty thrilling, but it wears off after about 15 seconds. I mean, if I saw Jackie Chan in real life and he was doing flips and beating people up, I’d probably start crying. But seeing a gangly 21-year-old kid with a fuzz-stache singing live karaoke to his own song felt sort of sad. It was like watching a trained elephant being prodded to come out and do tricks. It bummed me out.

Then I started thinking about how much money this fuzz-stache has and how people like him are the only types of people that can afford a $50,000 order of “You Only Live Once” or a $25,000 “You Can’t Sit With Us.”

edited title of original article.

[steve2470]

1. no comments on the insane and obscene liquor prices even ? okie dokie nt

[AngryAmish]

3. Bottle service means there is an insanely hot chick serving you booze

[hunter]

2. "The Setup" costs maybe $150 at some San Fernando Valley liquor store.

... so the markup is 10X.

I'm not going to bother with the rest.

But this is Hollywood.

The numbers are imaginary, it's all a show. Whoever "pays" for that booze gets something back.