Last night. Pharaoh Karaoke, K-town in Los Angeles.
You have to take a weird elevator to get down to the basement level. My three friends and I get in, a guy comes running up, I hold the door for him. We remark on how bizarre the whole set-up is as we descend, and we both get off the elevator. We walk up to the welcome desk, but it's chaotic in there, I eventually learn our reservation isn't till a bit later...and suddenly, my friends are gone. Where did they go?
Neither of us has our parties here yet, apparently, so he offers to come around with me to find them. Nice guy! Shakes my hand, says his name is Max, he lives close by. Just looking for a chill night. We talk for a few minutes about nothing in particular, cool LA stuff we'd done, as we go back upstairs, wander a bit, circle back down. I text my friends, but I don't really have a signal.
Finally, I see them. As I walk over, and start to say "Hey, this is--", one of the girls comes up and absolutely starts SCREAMING. That he wasn't welcome here, or anywhere, and that he was making everyone feel unsafe, how dare he...! I couldn't even fathom a scenario that made sense, here. This was a random dude who she couldn't possibly have known? Was it an ex? Why wouldn't she have said so earlier? Should I stop this? What's going--
And then one of my other friends comes up to me and whispers "That's Max Landis. Let her do her thing."
oh, Oh, OH---
We basically kind of stood behind her, backing her up, but she had it handled. He made some weak protests, but eventually she drove him right into an elevator and presumably out of the building. I felt awful, of course, but I just didn't recognize the dude. I think I saw a picture of him once, but he'd changed his hair and I didn't exactly study the guy.
Of all the possibly celebrities to just have a chill run-in with in Los Angeles, I get one of the absolute worst? Goddamn. But kudos to my friends for having my back, and especially to the fucking legend who drove him away. We then later sung Sam Smith and everyone had rounds of peach Soju so it was cool.
Whew.
You have to take a weird elevator to get down to the basement level. My three friends and I get in, a guy comes running up, I hold the door for him. We remark on how bizarre the whole set-up is as we descend, and we both get off the elevator. We walk up to the welcome desk, but it's chaotic in there, I eventually learn our reservation isn't till a bit later...and suddenly, my friends are gone. Where did they go?
Neither of us has our parties here yet, apparently, so he offers to come around with me to find them. Nice guy! Shakes my hand, says his name is Max, he lives close by. Just looking for a chill night. We talk for a few minutes about nothing in particular, cool LA stuff we'd done, as we go back upstairs, wander a bit, circle back down. I text my friends, but I don't really have a signal.
Finally, I see them. As I walk over, and start to say "Hey, this is--", one of the girls comes up and absolutely starts SCREAMING. That he wasn't welcome here, or anywhere, and that he was making everyone feel unsafe, how dare he...! I couldn't even fathom a scenario that made sense, here. This was a random dude who she couldn't possibly have known? Was it an ex? Why wouldn't she have said so earlier? Should I stop this? What's going--
And then one of my other friends comes up to me and whispers "That's Max Landis. Let her do her thing."
oh, Oh, OH---
We basically kind of stood behind her, backing her up, but she had it handled. He made some weak protests, but eventually she drove him right into an elevator and presumably out of the building. I felt awful, of course, but I just didn't recognize the dude. I think I saw a picture of him once, but he'd changed his hair and I didn't exactly study the guy.
Of all the possibly celebrities to just have a chill run-in with in Los Angeles, I get one of the absolute worst? Goddamn. But kudos to my friends for having my back, and especially to the fucking legend who drove him away. We then later sung Sam Smith and everyone had rounds of peach Soju so it was cool.
Whew.
