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[New York Post] Prospective assistants should give up dreams of sharing in their employers’ rich perks, according to one woman who used to assist a famous actress.

She recalled how “my boyfriend dumped me because he got sick of the fact [that] I always had to drop everything for her.” Having displayed such loyalty, “I naively believed that, given the amount of amazing stuff my boss got sent, she’d spread the love a little.

“She would send me to gifting suites to collect all the swag offered . . . I was in charge of organizing storage units full of candles, pens, body creams and things that she never had any intention of using.” The final straw was when the millionaire actress instructed her to sell some of the designer freebies on eBay.

“She wanted me to list the shoes and clothes via my personal account, and I was told to pay her in cash when the auctions ended,” she said. “When I pointed out that some of the shoes were actually my size, she told me I could make her a ‘reasonable offer’ to buy them.

“I’d worked so many 80-hour weeks, survived on 4 hours’ sleep a night, cleaned up after her incontinent dog. But this was the wake-up call I needed to leave.”

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[Optional] Was The Actress unreasonable in her demands?

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  3. spoofbyrd says

    Jennifer Anniston. Can’t expect freebies but long time loyalty and competence should be rewarded with some kind of perks or bonuses . The line from Law and Order episode from a studio publicist about the Industry ” They talk like Hippies but they behave like the Sicilian Mob ! ” Dog poop is one thing but covering up Crime Scenes . Walk away from these jerks. Most Celebs are scum and this last Pres Election was an indictment against Celebrity Culture !

  5. algarve2016 says

    Actress: Julia Roberts

    I think this is pretty awful behavior on the part of the actress. She is getting 40 hours free work at times from her assistant and she can’t spread the wealth? That’s selfish.

  8. dreamer8791 says

    Jennifer Lawrence and her so “lovely” pippi
    Talley Singer her former assistant

    Now, Laura Simpson, BBF’ JLie, is the new assistant (Red Sparrow in Budapest)

  9. UKGoss says

    I think this is either Hilary Swank or Demi Moore.

    The clue is in the phrase “millionaire actress”. All famous Hollywood actresses are millionaires, surely, so you wouldn’t need to make a point of drawing attention to that fact.

    Hilary Swank was in ‘Million Dollar Baby’, and Demi Moore’s character slept with Robert Redford for a million dollars in ‘Indecent Proposal’.

  10. felicia says

    Jennifer Aniston but I’m not sure.. something tells me “millionaire” is the clue since I would assume most actresses are.

    I don’t think the assistant is entitled to any freebies unless stated in her employment contract. Just like I’m sure nurses don’t get free healthcare and prescriptions, legal assistants don’t get free representation from their lawyer, etc. It’s nice if they offer, but yeah I don’t expect my boss to give me a share of his performance bonus, so…

    • Buckskinlady says

      Does your boss ask you to sell high priced items on ebay under your personal account and they leave you stuck with paying the taxes on this ‘income’ while your boss doesn’t have to because you gave them the cash and no transaction was done under their name?

      I think that alone is enough to deserve the assistant to keep some of the free stuff.

    • algarve2016 says

      Actually, I’ve known nurses for plastic surgeons to get free surgery, and the drug reps leave samples of all sorts of drugs with medical offices. Staff in those offices can get all sorts of drugs for free, and can often order prescription meds at wholesale rates. And then, when the drug reps take the docs out for lunch or dinner, the entire office gets to go along. This is just one of the reasons why drug costs in the States are so high. How do I know this? I used to work in such an…

  11. amagod121 says

    Tori Spelling.

    Optional: Depends. Did she spell out (hee hee) her requirements when she hired the girl or just dump extra work on her that was unpaid? I’m not sure why the assistant thought she was entitled to freebies, though.

  13. CAGirl2014 says

    I keep thinking Julia Roberts here.

    If you want loyalty from your employees, never hurts to spread the wealth a bit. They aren’t your slaves ya know.

  17. carriebradshaw says

    no clue who’s this.

    I think nice, generous people are still nice and generous, even if they became rich, famous or simply old.
    those not nice became really disgusting.

    money, fame or age don’t chenge people, they only intensify dominant character traits.

    If I would have no money worries and great stuff I got for free, I would give it to other people. Why not? This is a great feeling to see someone smiling because of something You did 🙂

    • Nataliexyz says

      I agree. I wonder why brands give their products away for free, just to let the Hollywood elite sell it for money on the side? This is outrageous, actually, when they could be gifting it to many worthy people…underpaid and overly used assistants, family members or friends not as well off, a women’s shelter, needy teens in foster care settings, etc etc etc. Whoever this is (and I’m sure it applies to more than just one) is a disgusting human being.

    • stinkerbell says

      It really bugs me how much free stuff celebs get when they’re the ones who can most certainly afford it.

  21. buddypal says

    Actress: Random Guess, Blake Lively?

    Optional: Well no one should have to work 80 hours a week and so the Actress seemed unreasonable in that way. But I don’t think an assistant should feel entitled to free luxury stuff just because the actress has extra. Sure, it would be great if the actress threw her a bone, but the assistant knew what the real job description was when she was hired, and I’m sure free stuff was not on there.

    • luvprue1 says

      I agree she not entitled to free stuff. But when you do your job well (any job) and you work real hard you expect that all that hard work will be acknowledged and appreciated. Usually, they will give you a bonus, or a raise….or take you out to lunch on Secretary appreciation day. She wasn’t mad about not getting free stuff, she was upset because her boss didn’t value her in any way. She had a lot of free stuff she was never going to use, yet she didn’t think give her one thing.

  23. IntolerantOldBat says

    NO idea who this is. Kate Hudson, maybe? Could be anyone. Gwyneth Paltrow?

    Yes, the actress is unreasonable, but the assistant should have wised up when she was expected to work 80 hours a week. Maybe her boyfriend wouldn’t have dumped her. The blame here goes both ways.

  24. KCeagle says

    Reese Witherspoon ? or

    Kristen Bell is who the blind resembles

    Yeah, her boss was a piece of…work. Storage units filled with nice stuff that the selfish star was never going to use. I would have tipped my asst. by allowing her to choose an item for herself she liked each time.

    • IrishEyes says

      sounds just like her…no meaner meanie in Hollywood- still so ticked off how she treated Tia Mowry who I adore!

  26. CyndiTx123 says

    thinking of Kate Hudson…..

    The actress is very unreasonable…. She should have given some of the free stuff to her assistant…. I would have…

    • IrishEyes says

      I think this is the one- there was just a recent story about her visiting her storage unit- she has an older dog name Spinee….

  28. Cindylouwho says

    No idea, could be any famous actress. Any famous actress who is just a horrible person, anyway.
    Some of the demands do sound unreasonable. The actress is obviously mean and very cheap.