"Mr. Quinto, take your bad vibes somewhere else, we have many lovely celebrities join us at Manita but you are NOT one of them."
Now there is looking like someone and then there is Zachary Quinto looking like Nate Yeomans. The actor famous for bringing Spock back to life in the second to most recent Star Trek reboot, aged 47, is the spitting image of the San Clemente screwfoot and must regularly have to disappoint autograph seekers that he is not, in fact, Big Deluxe.
As evidence play the very popular party game “Is it Nate Yeomans or is it Zachary Quinto?”
Well, there may well be trouble in the Yeomans house now that his doppelgänger has been banned from a fancy Toronto restaurant for acting like an “entitled child.” Apparently, the thespian attempted to go to Manita, which bills itself as a “Mediterranean-ish bistro” but lost the plot when he could not get seated. According to Manita’s Instagram page, which openly declared, “Zachary Quinto – an amazing Spock, but a terrible customer…”
And went on to explain:
Yelled at our staff like an entitled child after he didn’t reply to two texts to inform him his table was ready and refused to believe the empty tables in the dining room weren’t available for him despite being politely informed they were spoken for. Made our host cry and the rest of our brunch diners uncomfortable.
Mr. Quinto, take your bad vibes somewhere else, we have many lovely celebrities join us at Manita but you are NOT one of them.
The offending party has not yet explained his side of the story but the damage might already be done for the Yeomans. Imagine that they are in Toronto right now, Nate carrying some Lost surfboards, and they get the itch for some Mediterranean-ish food. Imagine they check in with the server and BAM. Rejected.
It’s the sort of thing that can damage for years.
Making a host cry is heavy, though.
Do you have any experiences doing such? Or been on the receiving end, hot tears streaming down cheeks whilst Matt Biolos glowers?
While you are thinking, please enjoy Yeomans’ part from Nobody’s Heroes here.
