Or when it was revealed that he demands two roses waiting for him when he travels.
Have you heard of celebrity riders? They are the lists of requirements the rich and famous demand from the service class. Some are normal, like water bottles and Butterfinger candy bars.
Others are honorable. Jack Johnston, surfing minstrel, insists that his music venues change all their lightbulbs to the energy saving sort and staff bike valets.
Still others are grandly bizarre. Iggy Pop stipulates that there must be seven dwarves at each of his shows dressed up like the famous Disney Snow White troupe. Katy Perry, a person to wash and cut her vegetables. Eminem, a koi pond. Dustin Diamond, that no person in his presence call him “Screech.”
What about World Surf League CEO Paul Speaker? Rumor has it that he requires two roses to be sitting on his limo/Towncar seat and two more in his hotel rooms.
What?
The hell?
Totally amazing!
It it wonderful that Mr. Speaker has a rider at all, don’t you think? In his mind he must be a powerful lord overseeing a robust and thriving business. Or maybe in his mind he is a precious pop star whose every emotional whim must be catered to immediately?
Or maybe in his mind he is a renaissance painter and needs reminders that life is both beautiful but fragile always by his side?
Or maybe he is a li’l freak?
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One for Speaker one for Parker…those two love birds have run off in order to start a new online surf mag/forum.. “Beach Bitch”
one for him and one for kelly
hmmm….Speaker left to spend more time with family. His rider requested two roses in the car and the hotel room. ***I figure he was too fucking lazy to buy himself the roses he would send to Mrs. Speaker…..often as it were.***
Sounds like someone..***cough, cough*** Mrs. Speaker got sick of the two rosed sorry. Shit, that plan has a limited shelf life. Good riddance to him with game plans that horribly thought through.
Let it go Chas, let it go…breathe in, breathe out
The roses was my favourite ever Chas – imagine the blowups where he could only get daffodils tulips or daisies!!!. Oh to be a fly on the wall.
Maybe the unavailability of seasonal roses was the real reason he resigned the CEO position??