Report: Starbucks told Hudson to get lost after her reps made "crazy" demands

TMZ reports Jennifer Hudson was slated to perform at Wednesday's Starbucks annual shareholders meeting, but then her representatives' demands started. They wanted five town cars for Hudson, hair and makeup artists, security and her assistant. TMZ hears that chairman Howard Schultz told the "Dreamgirls" star and her reps to get lost after a demand was made for chicken wings. (TMZ.com)

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[MILWAUKEE STARBUCKS REBEL]

Wow.. that didn't take long for her become to full of herself

[anss]

I've seen some pretty crazy riders on the smoking gun. This one doesn't seem very odd.

[Barista Bess]

All celebs have their "things". These requests don't seem that unusual to me, there has to be more that wasn't reported.

[Charles]

The original artical indicates that Hudson's agent put together the wish-list, not Hudson herself. As Anss points out, what was mentioned sounds relatively tame.

[Dreamgirls dream on]

But this wasn't a stadium or arena concert.....it was an annual meeting. Five limos.....sheesh.

[Kat]

What the heck does she need five limos for? There's just one of her. Eh, no loss to Starbucks.

[James the Barista]

I'm glad an internal partner performed instead of her.

[Mr.Dazzle]

The way I see it (no, not like the cups) Shultz just got done bonding with McCartney and after that, I'm sure any kind of demand would just be silly and outrageous if you aren't a former BEATLE.

[11161952]

Chicken Wings?

Good lord, if you are going to ask for some crazy stuff, why chicken wings? I think I would go for a bucket of breast meat and some 'slaw myself.....

Never forget those star skills!

[Evorgleb]

We just reported this over at Highbrid Nation. Didn't take J-Hud too long to get all diva like did it? I hope someone checks her fast because its looking like the media created a monster!

[Sandra]

Mmmm, chicken wings.

[Donald]

So wait... our "just say yes" policy doesn't apply to Howard?

[Timbo H]

The real reason is because starbucks is prepping foray into the emerging chicken wing market, and didn't want hudson to spill the hot sauce

[JW]

Kudos to Starbucks!

[geekbride]

What IS it with chicken wings?!
There's like NO meat on them. Plus, they're disgusting. There's always like, little hairs right on the very end. SICK!
Anyway...earlier this week, Hudson was in the tabloids swearing up and down that she's NOT a diva.
Uh... ???

[SAF]

Here is why she needs 5 cars:
1) For herself
2) For her Oscar
3) For the people the dress her(because she is famous now and can't put on her own pants)
4) For the people that make sure no one is going to touch her or her oscar.
5) For a hottub ala pimp my ride and a big bucket of chicken wings

Seriously though chicken wings are gross, I would demand free Starbucks drinks for an undisclosed period of time.

[seattlesuburb]

Love JHud, but a little disappointed. But then again, I dont really see how one would think to have her perfrom at the shareholders meeting. I think they were better off w/ the barista that did it instead.

[BOSTON STARBUCKS REBEL]

Uncle Howie, have you been to Starbucks lately and heard the crazy drinks people have been ordering and what else. Why don't I just bend over the frappuccino station and take it up the..... Oh wait I already do! Anyway, I don't think the chicken wings is unreasonable in the least because after all how about the DEMAND for field leadership of ZERO(0) variance, now that is what I call unacceptable. And after all, we did sell her Dreamgirls CD at Starbucks, the least we could do is simply get her some chicken wings! And how about the unreasonable customers who want a venti 5 pump mocha exta chocolate drizzle java chip frappuccino(r) blended coffee at 7 AM in the morning. That is crazy and unhealthy.

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BSR, you are always such an ass, everytime I see one of your posts I know it will be absurd. You are vulgar and I wish you would keep that stuff off of here, I ususally scroll down when I see its you, you are sickening!!!!

Why exactly is anyone disappointed with her again? If you read the entire article it states that the demands were made without her knowledge.

[BOSTON STARBUCKS REBEL]

I think the way some customers treat the partners is rude, crude, and socially unacceptable. Now they are the "vulgar" ones and should keep them and their spawn at home, let alone show up at Starbucks. Wait, I was wondering who would ever want to copulate with them?

[chi-town's best/angriest barista]

someone asking for chicken wings at starbucks? that's not an unusual occurance at my store. and not just by so-called divas either. we get people asking for the weirdest shit all the time.
and boston starbucks rebel, i think you're rather funny. keep it up.

and boston starbucks rebel, i think you're rather funny

typical....two peas in a pod

[BOSTON STARBUCKS REBEL]

Yes, I know I'm an ass and damn proud of my tight bubble butt. Yeah, most people love it when I have to bend over and get soy out of the fridge. MMMMMMMMHMMMMMMMM. Work it baby, work it good. Actually, one customer said he gets soy just so he can watch me bend over and get it.

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[chi-town's best/angriest barista]

hey anon, it's humor, get it? it's sarcasm and irony and all of those not so obvious jokes. yes, i'm amused by it. but do i take it all seriously? heck no. however, i could totally see myself cracking up all the time if i met boston starbucks rebel in person.

[Bo]

Yo JHud, check your special celebrity watch: note the time, 14 minutes and 55 seconds. It'll be over soon, and in a couple of years when you can't get a booking at a county fair you'll really regret the eighty or a hundred grand you kissed off trying to impress your friends/hangers on with silly last-minute demands.
That said, it sounds like Howard would make a terrible barista: not good at cheerfully putting up with the most ridiculously self-centered people you can imagine, he'd never make it in any retail job.

[BNBARISTA]

I for one find BSR's posts incredibly entertaining and hope to be fortunate enough to wander into his/her store when I venture into the city.

[not a BSR fan]

boston starbucks rebel, the fact you KNOW a customer gets soy just to watch you bend over and you still do it completely baffles me. Baristas at Starbucks already get very little respect from coffee snobs, but you don't even have enough respect for yourself to earn it from the customers.

Fourteen year olds do that kind of crap for attention. You should really grow up.

[Bo]

BSR must have one hellaciously bootylicious bumper - I mean, soy, yecchhh!!!! Keep up the humor, and don't let the narrow-minded little prigs who can't laugh at everyday life's foibles stop you from being you.

But seriously...soy? I get a bad taste in my mouth just typing the word. How anyone can ingest it without some threat of violence being involved, I cannot fathom.

[Bariesta]

Whoever had to deal with her now knows how we feel on a daily basis with retarded customers making stupid demands. If only we could handle the situation the same way.

[JasonWabbit]

I really don't like the way the article was displayed on this site. It should have really been more clear that the demands made were not even hers to begin with. Many people don't usually read the linked to article, though they really should. Then we get so many comments on here like "Yeah, I knew she would go all diva" and "Damn, girl likes her chicken wings!" It's just...annoying. It would be nice if in the future articles were stated better. It prevents the posting of stupid comments that I really don't care to read through and that also make it less likely that I will continue down the list of comments....

Just a suggestion, sorry to come off a bit harsh.

[BOSTON STARBUCKS REBEL]

I know that the guy watches me BEND OVER to get the soy because I caught him checking me out one day staring and I was like, "See anything you like?" and he responded, "So you're doing my drink today?" and I was like "MMMHMMM, honey I always love doing your drink" and to make a long story short I put my number on the cup.

[CuteBarista!]

BSR....um. gross. gross. GROSS.

if someone talked to me like that, i'd kick them out. simple as that. it's disturbing that you egged them on, then they may get the idea that it's okay to talk to all the baristas like that.

respect and dignity? HELLO?!

BSR, once a ho always a ho....and you gave him your number? Thanks, so now all customers can think we are easy like you are. Get some respect girl!

[Howsthedaygoing?]

The President of Rawanda had less requests or needs. No respect and dignity form this agent so Howard said "No"!

Besides, the President of Rawanda was better anyway!

[BOSTON STARBUCKS REBEL]

To all you prudes out there,
Well the customers always do put at least a dollar in my tip jar because they can't put one well you know what I mean and besides isn't doing espresso bar suppose to be like "theater," well I'm just sort of like the vaudeville act at my Starbucks. Besides showing a little skin never hurt nobody and besides it my body, I can show it or give it to anybody I care to. I bet your tips would be better if you did a few of my tricks. Besides I like all the attention from the customers.

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[BOSTON STARBUCKS REBEL]

I'm sure Uncle Howie could spare a chicken from his coop that he uses in his Black Mass for the Sacred Siren.

bsr, don't you have somewhere to go BEND OVER at?

[Boston Starbucks Rebel]

Yeah its Saturday so I'm sure there's an orgy somewhere in the South End because they closed all the bathhouses. SAD.

[jc]

moderator,
you had a great site going here. I used to really enjoy it. Comments such as the above have nothing to do with the thread and they have nothing to do with Starbucks.

p.s.

BSR= BORING STALE RHETORIC

"Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz had enough and pulled the plug because he didn't like the way the agent was dealing with his people."

Sounds like it wasn't so much Howard neglecting the "Just Say Yes" policy, but rather him protecting his employees. I don't see anything wrong with that, and more so, props to him for not putting up with it.

[BOSTON STARBUCKS REBEL]

Dust bowl, Bible belt
Got more churches than trees
Raise me, praise me, couldn't save me
Couldn't keep me on my knees
Oh, boy, rave on down loop 289
That'll be the day you see me back
In this fool's paradise.

"Lubbock or Leave It" Dixie Chicks

[Darleen]

boston starbucks rebel,
I love that song! I'm not much of a country music lover, more of a rockin' roller myself, but I love the dixie chicks. I think I'm gonna go download it, thanks for the tune!!

[ChrissyatWestchase]

Thanks for saying it before I did, JC.

[Joe]

Let’s do the math:

5 Town car would cost you roughly $750.00
*$150.00 for each town car rental..

Baked Chicken Wings for 5-10 people..Let’s say that would be $100.00

Humidifiers..Let’s say that’s another $100.00

So….Not including what they were paying Jennifer Hudson to perform, her list of “demands” would have cost Starbucks less than $1,000.00

Again..What is the BIG deal ?

I would pay that amount just to say that I had Jennifer Hudson perform at my shareholders meeting !!!

White People are a trip.

They are making a big deal out of it because she is BLACK.

Had Madonna or any one of the white singers asked for these items, they would have bent over backwards to give it to her !!!

yes..she is a black girl, we dont eat crackers or cheese for breakfast

[joe]

Jennifer Hudson’s request PALE in comparision to Most
R&B Stars:

Prince - One of his demands includes having a physician on hand before every show to inject him with a Vitamin B12 shot. His rider also specifies that it is “absolutely necessary” that all food in the dressing room “must be covered by clear plastic wrap” until he uncovers them.

More recently, Pharrell Williams of N.E.R.D. fame has been making a name for himself in the diva stakes. One of his latest requests included having his team of 26 people given a proper pampering. This included being supplied with a mammoth 20 crates of Grey Goose vodka, 15 magnums of Perrier Jouet Belle Epoque champagne and another mammoth 20 crates of Bacardi rum. If that wasn’t enough, he also demanded that they be entertained by belly dancers while making their way into the alcohol while a Rolls Royce would be provided to drive him wherever he wanted to go. All at a bill of close to $100,000 Australian!

Jennifer Lopez is another artist who likes to make sure that she gets exactly what she wants - even at charity events! While attending the recording session for the charity single ‘’What’s Going On,'’ she demanded a trailer of substantial size, furnished all in white with flowers, tablecloths, drapes, candles, and couches, a VCR and CD player, and 43 music CDs selected by her covering all the latest R&B, hip-hop, and salsa. Oh, and she also demands that her coffee be stirred counter-clockwise only.

But the true diva award certainly must go to Mariah “doesn’t do stairs” Carey. Some of her demands have included bunny rabbits, puppies, and kittens to keep her company backstage, Cristal champagne, a box of bendy straws to sip it with, and the requirement of a special attendant to take care of all her needs. Once she even asked an attendant to dispose of her used chewing gum! She’s even picky about the kind of bottled water that may be kept in the dressing rooms. The rider states, “16-oz plastic bottles of Evian are the only acceptable bottles of water for the dressing rooms.” The rider for her dressing room even has a separate list for her backing singers! There are many truly fascinating stories involving this diva. Once during a tour of China, she apparently needed four vehicles to carry her sixty pieces of luggage – including the 350 pairs of shoes that she brought with her. Another time she sent 20 assistants to redecorate the toilets in a music store before an album signing to ensure the toilet paper was in her preferred shade of pink! The woman puts everyone else to shame in the diva stakes.

joe, are you kidding me? to use the race card in itself is just ridiculous, go cry me a river will ya?

[Charles]

Let's be clear, any "star" who is annoyingly demanding and rude, regardless of his/her color, race, religion etc deserves to be called out on their obnoxious behavior.

[ledog3]

I think it does SBX a bit of good to see itself in the mirror occasionally.