Comments on: Toby Keith Comes Under Fire

By: k

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:57:50 +0000

I am not so naive that I don’t realize the situations and tasks on Celebrity Apprentice were, shall we say, enhanced for maximum viewing pleasure. But if you’ve ever seen some of these so-called “star” riders, you’ll see that the situation, as represented, wasn’t far off the mark. I have talked with people in showbiz who work behind the scenes and trust me, while some riders are very simple, some are a lot worse.

If you don’t believe me, go over to The Smoking Gun and check them out.

I’m not saying stars shouldn’t have food and drinks waiting. But come on…they aren’t walking to their gigs, or taking a wagon train…they fly in on private jets or in first class, or they have a huge tour bus (most of which are worth more than my whole block of houses) that they go everywhere in, they are ferried to the arena in plush limos…don’t act like they are barefoot with a guitar slung across their back, panhandling for loose change and a bottle of water. I’m not saying if they like Pepsi, they should be made to drink Dr Pepper…if they like Pepsi, they should get Pepsi. But if they do for whatever reason get Dr Pepper, then that shouldn’t infuence whether or not they take the stage. And you know what? Sometimes it does.

And all this other superfluous crap, like scented candles and rose petals in the toilet and red carpets and this and that….well, some people just done got above their raisin’.

(oh, and some of us totally got the joke behind Trace buying the nail polish, and it wasn’t because he has a ponytail)

By: Maris

Maris — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:17:50 +0000

You do know the wheatgrass and black nail polish requests were part of the staged “challenge” Trace Adkins was given and done specifically for its humor. The Backstreet Boys’ tour rider is no different than most tour riders including Trace Atkins-ie requests for simple food and drinks. That food and drink is made available for artists who have just arrived after hours of travel and will be virtually stuck at the venue for hours of soundcheck and security reasons. But lets be honest, without the added challenges the Backstreet Boys were told to give, there would have been no drama at all to the show. That was the INTENTION of the shows’ producers! The funniest bit for me was seeing a man with hair down his back in a ponytail complaining about getting fingernail polish for another man-highly ironic and humorish!

By: Joanie

Joanie — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:49:10 +0000

The “stars” get away with such behavior because they’ve been trained to act like “stars” from the very beginning.

The contrast between “stars” and Stars is night and day as you’ve nicely shown everyone.

Toby Keith is just one of many performers who’ve taken their act to the troops and done so without a lot of fanfare. Recently, a group of blues artists went to Iraq and you know, I didn’t hear anything about them needing special water or candles or shit like that. Same with Drew Carey. And a host of others.

Thank God there are folks with their heads on straight. Let the “stars” stay home and bring the real talent to the troops.