Orange Is The New Black star ‘begs for free dinner’ at posh London sushi restaurant in return for Instagram posts
SHAMELESS blagging seems to have become a pastime for a number of celebrities.
The latest caught in the act being Orange Is The New Black actress Alysia Reiner.
A pal of mine showed me a rather embarrassing email sent to posh sushi restaurant Chisou in London’s Mayfair from a woman claiming to be Alysia’s personal assistant.
The woman revealed that Alysia had come to London for work and said that as a “sushi lover” she was keen to chow down on some of Chisou’s finest nigiri.
Oh, and her daughter also happened to be in town and she would like to get her hands on a free dinner too.
The email went on to ask if the restaurant would consider “hosting them for dinner”, before revealing that Alysia had more than 270,000 followers on social media and that she would be happy to post about how much she loved her grub with them.
I’m pretty sure they’d just rather you paid the bill, Alysia.
She isn’t the only celebrity with short arms and long pockets, mind.
Last year actress actress Catherine Tyldesley was at the centre of a “cakegate” row after it was claimed she tried to blag cupcakes for her 40th birthday bash, which she later denied all knowledge of.
And singer Gareth Gates was caught after sending businesses in Birmingham messages about getting free booze for himself and his then girlfriend, actress Faye Brookes
Awkward.
SUNNIES SIDE UP FOR SHAK
WEARING sunglasses in bed to cope with a banging hangover is nothing new to us.
And it seems Shakira is also in on the hack.
The pop star sported these oversized glasses with a white swimming costume and tights – baffling – for an interview with Allure magazine.
She told of her split from footballer Gerard Pique and said her new album, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, which to us non-Spanish speakers means, Women Don’t Cry Anymore, helped her get over the break up.
Shak, who watched the Miami Open tennis final on Sunday, said of the split: “I was in the mud.
“I had to reconstruct myself.
“Creating this album has been a transformation in which I have been reborn as a woman.”
All power to you, Shakira.
SWIFTIES GET AFTER SILLY BILLIE
HELL hath no fury like a Swiftie scorned.
And Billie Eilish got the brunt of their rage after she gave an interview criticising artists who release albums with multiple versions because of the impact it has on the environment.
Green Billie said: “It’s some of the biggest artists in the world making 40 different vinyl pack- ages that have a different unique thing just to get you to keep buying more.”
While she didn’t name Taylor Swift, her fans rounded on the American over the interview with Billboard mag.
Billie told them: “I wasn’t singling anyone out, these are industry-wide systemic issues . . .
“The climate crisis is now and its about all of us being part of the problem and trying to do better.”
LIL NAS X’s tour film will be out on May 20.
Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero follows the singer over 60 days as he kicks off his first jaunt across the US for his debut album, Montero, in 2021.
Insiders say the documentary is “access all areas”.
I became a huge fan after seeing him at Glastonbury last year, so I’ll be adding this to my watchlist on HBO.
HE admitted two kids has left him exhausted, now Jax Jones is terrified a third could be on the way.
The DJ explained: “My wife got gifted a tarot reading.
“She said loads of cool stuff that has started to come true.
“Then she said, ‘You’ve got a third child on your shoulder.
“A little boy. And you can either choose to have him, or push him to your grandchild’.”
He added: “I was like, ‘No!. I can’t’.”
He told the Headliners podcast of having children: “It affected my career most definitely because I couldn’t think about things so much, you’re just in survival mode.”