MSNBC on Elton John's party: "Do not speak to Elton unless spoken to"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8133771/



Elton John’s party guests were stunned when they were told that they were not to speak to the Rocket Man unless spoken to.

While stars often stipulate that co-workers on movie sets or the staff of shows where they’re being interviewed are not allowed to look at or speak to them, the request from the increasingly prickly pianist to fellow partiers struck many as bizarre.

“Elton is obviously a star but this is bordering on paranoia,” a source told the Daily Mirror of London. “He is acting like old-fashioned royalty, or some tinpot dictator.”

“I was staggered when I was told not to approach Elton,” one guest was quoted as saying in the Daily Telegraph of Australia. “To be honest it is absurd. I have been to the White Tie party in previous years and all the guests mingled very informally.”

[NoPasaran]

1. WHo does he think he is? Bush?

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

3. It's like he's been taking lessons, isn't it?

:evilgrin:

:toast:

[formerrepuke]

2. ..that is the proper etiquette required in the presence of the Queen.

..Elizabeth that is, not Elton

[sui generis]

4. It's DQ syndrome

In the community we call it "dreadful queen" syndrome. You get older and grander and more dreadful each passing year until you wake up one morning surrounded by Louis V gilded reproductions, red velvet drapes and a little yappy dog with a bow on its head.

Correction - "old fashioned royalty" (with the exception of QE II's protocol officers) does not issue proclamations like "don't speak to unless spoken to".

That's mostly just the province of rhinestone-crusted-tin-pot dictators.

[Dukkha]

5. The guy is a colossal asshole

not to mention a wash out has been who musically jumped the shark long ago. Why have a party if you don't wish to speak with your guests? What a prima donna loser.

[medeak]

6. that's what happens when your career is filling in for Celine in Vegas

[Wickerman]

7. He's afraid someone will give him shit about being "over"?

Disney soundtracks aside, the hits just aren't popping up like they used to. He has reached Zsa Zsa Gabor status - famous for his acting out and his past.