when booking these celebrities you’ve
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down our picks for the top 10 bizarre
celebrity contract demands before we
begin we publish new videos every day so
be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
reported celebrity contract writers that
stand out for being strange outrageous
or unreasonable number 10 fresh cotton
boxers Mobe compared to other requests
on this list this one made by Moby is
modest if a bit personal according to a
contract writer from 1999 the musician
wanted several pairs of both socks and
underwear specifically cotton boxer
shorts such items would be considered
the worst Christmas gifts for children
anywhere let alone a high-profile
celebrity so it raises some important
questions for example did Moby need to
wear the requested socks and underwear
to go onstage and couldn’t he have
picked up this stuff at a target before
the show number 9 the diva experience
Mariah Carey this diva demands a lot
from herself and she expects some perks
to come her way when she’s on tour for
her greenroom Mariah wants the
temperature to be 75 degrees Fahrenheit
and to be equipped with two air
purifiers to relax her throat before a
big performance Kari has been known to
sip on crystal champagne accompanied by
a bendy straw but as far as personnel
goes the singer requests someone who is
dutifully bound to throw away her gum
after she’s done chewing it and another
person to provide help when she’s going
up a flight of stairs number 8 a bag of
pirate booty Foo Fighters no treasure is
silver and God
mocking the stereotype about rages
demands made by rockers when they go on
tour the Foo Fighters have taken a
playful tone with their contracts as
they snuck in some facetious language
when outlining what they wanted like an
unexplained bag of pirate booty from a
2008 rider
they also asked for cereal that was not
previously used for a do concert an
assortment of cream cheeses and that
they prefer to be served vegetable soups
since meaty soup supposedly gave the
roadies gas in addition the rider refers
to bacon as God’s currency and includes
the Fu’s recipe for ice spoiler it
involves freezing water
number 7 no animal products Paul
McCartney socially conscious of animal
rights Paul McCartney’s vegetarian
lifestyle plays a big part in his show
contracts the rock legend wants no
animal products in his dressing room or
backstage which includes the food and
furniture materials additionally his
limos can’t have seats made out of
leather or animal prints even if it’s
fake Linder and I both feel strongly
about animal rights in fact if you play
maybe I’m amazed backwards you’ll hear a
recipe for a really ripping lentil soup
while Sir Paul takes great care to steer
clear of products that come from animals
his contract or at least a 2002 world
tour rider does have one blind spot 24
bars of ivory soap which while not
containing actual ivory does contain
material derived from animal fat number
6 glam rock decor Lady Gaga Lady Gaga’s
certainly has a reputation for having
rather offbeat tastes which are
represented in a 14-page rider that was
made public in 2013 courtesy of a
lawsuit filed by Gaga’s former assistant
in addition to things like Jameson
whiskey lemongrass tea and strawberry
jam the writer tells us that Gaga wanted
her dressing room to have a glam rock
vibe asking for posters of icons like
Queen and David Bowie to be placed on
the walls
[Music]
and presumably to keep her company
before a show she wanted a mannequin
that had puffy pink pubes number five no
carnations no conversations Katy Perry
Katy Perry knows what she wants and it
shows in her 45 page rider among these
things are French lamps a director’s
chair with her name on it
a total absence of carnations and
someone whose sole task is to cut up
fruits and vegetables but what stands
out as the most extreme provision in the
rider is that the singer reportedly
doesn’t want anyone who works in her
staff to say a word to her before a show
especially not the chauffeur’s so if you
got into the service business on the off
chance that you could one day mingle
with Katy Perry don’t get your hopes up
number four gummy bears and a bald
hooker Marilyn Manson given Marilyn
Manson’s dark demeanor you could imagine
the requests that fill his greenroom
would be a chamber of horrors but for
the most part that’s not the case among
the items Manson is asked promoters to
supply backstage before concerts include
Haribo brand gummy bears
chocolate candy and a half gallon of 2%
milk which seemed pretty tame for an
aspiring Antichrist Superstar however he
does push the boundaries a bit with his
reported and unique request for a quote
bald toothless hooker which wouldn’t be
most people’s first choice in bedroom
buddy but to each their own number three
a personal chef and an army Madonna it
should come as no surprise to anyone
who’s a fan of Madonna that she has
extravagant tastes when she goes on tour
according to in touch Weekly the pop
diva wants to be surrounded by an
entourage composed of 200 people she
wants 30 bodyguards to look over her for
protection and personal chefs to make
vegan food exclusively if that already
doesn’t seem like too much 20
international lines are requested
perhaps so everyone from the entourage
can phone home and furniture is even
moved from Madonna’s house to her
dressing room so she can feel more at
home number two an all-white trailer
Jennifer Lopez when asked to appear in a
video for a charity song benefiting an
African AIDS program in 2001
JLo agreed but only under the right
conditions in exchange for her 90
minutes of work to make the video she
wanted a trailer where everything had to
be white including the flowers curtains
and candles a star also wanted Cuban
food which she reportedly then didn’t
eat
what’s more the writer included requests
for chocolate chip cookies and pie
lamode but absolutely no tomato Apple or
grape juice
otters still were the entertainment
requirements which demanded an
assortment of music that included Marc
Anthony and matchbox 20 before we unveil
our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions
[Music]
[Music]
number one no brown M&Ms van Halen
throughout the 80s
van Halen had a provision tucked away in
their rider that said they’re backstage
bowl of M&Ms couldn’t contain any Brown
pieces on its face the request sounds
needlessly ridiculous as all M&Ms taste
the same regardless of color
however this request was really a clever
ploy devised by lead singer David Lee
Roth who wanted to test how committed
the promoter was to details before the
show Roth would check the M&Ms bowl and
if there weren’t any brown ones he’d
know it was safe to go on stage
but seeing brown M&Ms was a warning sign
that there may be unexpected trouble do
you agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from watch mojo and
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got your work cut out for you welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 bizarre
celebrity contract demands before we
begin we publish new videos every day so
be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
reported celebrity contract writers that
stand out for being strange outrageous
or unreasonable number 10 fresh cotton
boxers Mobe compared to other requests
on this list this one made by Moby is
modest if a bit personal according to a
contract writer from 1999 the musician
wanted several pairs of both socks and
underwear specifically cotton boxer
shorts such items would be considered
the worst Christmas gifts for children
anywhere let alone a high-profile
celebrity so it raises some important
questions for example did Moby need to
wear the requested socks and underwear
to go onstage and couldn’t he have
picked up this stuff at a target before
the show number 9 the diva experience
Mariah Carey this diva demands a lot
from herself and she expects some perks
to come her way when she’s on tour for
her greenroom Mariah wants the
temperature to be 75 degrees Fahrenheit
and to be equipped with two air
purifiers to relax her throat before a
big performance Kari has been known to
sip on crystal champagne accompanied by
a bendy straw but as far as personnel
goes the singer requests someone who is
dutifully bound to throw away her gum
after she’s done chewing it and another
person to provide help when she’s going
up a flight of stairs number 8 a bag of
pirate booty Foo Fighters no treasure is
silver and God
mocking the stereotype about rages
demands made by rockers when they go on
tour the Foo Fighters have taken a
playful tone with their contracts as
they snuck in some facetious language
when outlining what they wanted like an
unexplained bag of pirate booty from a
2008 rider
they also asked for cereal that was not
previously used for a do concert an
assortment of cream cheeses and that
they prefer to be served vegetable soups
since meaty soup supposedly gave the
roadies gas in addition the rider refers
to bacon as God’s currency and includes
the Fu’s recipe for ice spoiler it
involves freezing water
number 7 no animal products Paul
McCartney socially conscious of animal
rights Paul McCartney’s vegetarian
lifestyle plays a big part in his show
contracts the rock legend wants no
animal products in his dressing room or
backstage which includes the food and
furniture materials additionally his
limos can’t have seats made out of
leather or animal prints even if it’s
fake Linder and I both feel strongly
about animal rights in fact if you play
maybe I’m amazed backwards you’ll hear a
recipe for a really ripping lentil soup
while Sir Paul takes great care to steer
clear of products that come from animals
his contract or at least a 2002 world
tour rider does have one blind spot 24
bars of ivory soap which while not
containing actual ivory does contain
material derived from animal fat number
6 glam rock decor Lady Gaga Lady Gaga’s
certainly has a reputation for having
rather offbeat tastes which are
represented in a 14-page rider that was
made public in 2013 courtesy of a
lawsuit filed by Gaga’s former assistant
in addition to things like Jameson
whiskey lemongrass tea and strawberry
jam the writer tells us that Gaga wanted
her dressing room to have a glam rock
vibe asking for posters of icons like
Queen and David Bowie to be placed on
the walls
[Music]
and presumably to keep her company
before a show she wanted a mannequin
that had puffy pink pubes number five no
carnations no conversations Katy Perry
Katy Perry knows what she wants and it
shows in her 45 page rider among these
things are French lamps a director’s
chair with her name on it
a total absence of carnations and
someone whose sole task is to cut up
fruits and vegetables but what stands
out as the most extreme provision in the
rider is that the singer reportedly
doesn’t want anyone who works in her
staff to say a word to her before a show
especially not the chauffeur’s so if you
got into the service business on the off
chance that you could one day mingle
with Katy Perry don’t get your hopes up
number four gummy bears and a bald
hooker Marilyn Manson given Marilyn
Manson’s dark demeanor you could imagine
the requests that fill his greenroom
would be a chamber of horrors but for
the most part that’s not the case among
the items Manson is asked promoters to
supply backstage before concerts include
Haribo brand gummy bears
chocolate candy and a half gallon of 2%
milk which seemed pretty tame for an
aspiring Antichrist Superstar however he
does push the boundaries a bit with his
reported and unique request for a quote
bald toothless hooker which wouldn’t be
most people’s first choice in bedroom
buddy but to each their own number three
a personal chef and an army Madonna it
should come as no surprise to anyone
who’s a fan of Madonna that she has
extravagant tastes when she goes on tour
according to in touch Weekly the pop
diva wants to be surrounded by an
entourage composed of 200 people she
wants 30 bodyguards to look over her for
protection and personal chefs to make
vegan food exclusively if that already
doesn’t seem like too much 20
international lines are requested
perhaps so everyone from the entourage
can phone home and furniture is even
moved from Madonna’s house to her
dressing room so she can feel more at
home number two an all-white trailer
Jennifer Lopez when asked to appear in a
video for a charity song benefiting an
African AIDS program in 2001
JLo agreed but only under the right
conditions in exchange for her 90
minutes of work to make the video she
wanted a trailer where everything had to
be white including the flowers curtains
and candles a star also wanted Cuban
food which she reportedly then didn’t
eat
what’s more the writer included requests
for chocolate chip cookies and pie
lamode but absolutely no tomato Apple or
grape juice
otters still were the entertainment
requirements which demanded an
assortment of music that included Marc
Anthony and matchbox 20 before we unveil
our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions
[Music]
[Music]
number one no brown M&Ms van Halen
throughout the 80s
van Halen had a provision tucked away in
their rider that said they’re backstage
bowl of M&Ms couldn’t contain any Brown
pieces on its face the request sounds
needlessly ridiculous as all M&Ms taste
the same regardless of color
however this request was really a clever
ploy devised by lead singer David Lee
Roth who wanted to test how committed
the promoter was to details before the
show Roth would check the M&Ms bowl and
if there weren’t any brown ones he’d
know it was safe to go on stage
but seeing brown M&Ms was a warning sign
that there may be unexpected trouble do
you agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from watch mojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
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