MEAN AND HIPPOCRITE

By bxcat69 on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 02:05

On October 23,2009 in La Guardia Airport in New York I was standing behind Andrew Zimmerman in the security line check point at 5:30 am. I couldn't believe my eyes and was astonished to be standing there with him. I approached him by asking him if he was Andrew and I kind of pulled a little on his jacket by his elbow and asked him if he was Andrew Zimmerman and he gave me the dirtiest looked and shaked his head yes and turned around. I felt so embarressed and pist off at the same time. I thought he would be a nice kind person and be glad someone reconized him. But I have to say hes such an a**hole. I would never watch his show ever again. I watched it religiously every tuesday, but never again. He so mean. Hes not what you see in t.v. with other people.

8 Comments

Personal space people.

I don't particularly like people who I don't know to touch me either. Besides... before you start pointing fingers make sure that you are always Mr. Sunshine 100% of the time. Only one celebrity I've met has been exceptional with greeting me and that was Kevin Sorbo at The Canyons ski resort in Park City, UT. I must say I was like a little school girl when I saw him walking by... I didn't even mean to attract his attention but he came over and greeted my wife and I and thanked me for being a fan. Very polite... I apologized for disturbing him and that was that. I'd be excited to have Andrew Zimmern be rude to me in the airport at 5:30am... on second thought I need my sleep. I'll catch him later in the day; and try to restrain myself from tugging on his coat =)

By nickwbutler on Tue, 12/22/2009 - 15:09

Rude "fans"

You're lucky that all you got from Zimmern was a dirty look, because the person tugging rudely on my sleeve, would have gotten my full attention, in the form of being cursed out as well! And how was Zimmern being a hypocrite exactly??? Unless Zimmern has made a habit on his show of tugging sleeves....... or expressed verbally that the tugging of his garments is his preferred method of someone getting his attention, then he's not being a hypocrite! Not suffering fools like you gladly, is not a character flaw!

By needcafeen247 on Sat, 01/30/2010 - 16:38

Oh tais-toi!

Seriously? You'd post this on his site?? I don't think that he would be that way, you sound pretty innocent but I do not think it was so. And everyone's right, if it was 5:30am, you might have misunderstood his reaction.

By sarahdavis on Tue, 12/22/2009 - 15:00

just met him

I agree with the other commentators here. I actually just met Andrew at the Iowa Food & Wine expo and he was the nicest person. He chatted with my 13 year old daughter about food and cooking. Very charming man!

By JennThom on Sun, 11/15/2009 - 23:29

invasion of personal space

I have to admit that if a complete stranger tugged on my clothes at 5:30 in the morning, it would annoy me too. And I'm usually a pretty nice person.

I'm giving Andrew the benefit of the doubt. :)

By jannafer on Thu, 11/05/2009 - 00:47

Hmm

Indeed, 5:30 AM isn't the best time to really meet someone. But I'd also like to point out that you tugged on his /elbow/ to get his attention. I know that would set me off, especially at 5:30 in the morning!

By Scyther123 on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 20:01

celebrity

The pitfalls of fame. Andrew Zimmern probably has people recognizing him everywhere he goes. Most people are probably nice, but others probably want pictures/pitch show ideas/critic him/etc. 5:30 in the morning also can affect someone's attitude. BTW, he could've been annoyed that you called him Andrew Zimmerman, not Andrew Zimmern.

By rsardena on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 02:15