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Apologies this is a whinge and I should know better by now. Last year I spent a lot of time doing a Nike brand project. Whilst its not high paid its it's great career wise because once you have done that its a big brand that leads to what is the really pretty lucrative stuff in my business.
Fast forward to this February I got offered the chance to do a very large Popstar 'celebrity' driven soda campaign. Its really long and labor intensive process to get awarded, but it was a job that meant I had what we needed to meet the next years financial goals in one hit. It meant my wife could have gotten the project she has been wanting to do off the ground, and we would have the luxury of some breathing room.

Anyhow long story short I was the client choice and got the job but i just got bounced because the 'celebrity' decided that after 4 weeks work he wanted someone who he felt would quote make him look better The guy he demanded is a talentless twit but co incidentally is his 'friend' ... If you call people you know from the world of night clubs and dumb parties your friends. I know its going to suck as a campaign, they shoot in three weeks !
TBH In the end i just don't get the celebrity thing, its just so vapid. All the primping and stalling with meaningless concerns, the judgemental attitude, always being late for meetings. I knew the guy was a total idiot when in the fourth meeting we were talking about the 'car' for the drive away shot in one of the spots and i had a couple of pics of the Carrera GT on the mood board and he announced
Yo Is that a Lamborghini ?, no its a Porsche GT ... "Yeah you know i think a Porsche is a haters car ..."
Anyhow upside I'm out of here they have my invoice for all the prep and the kill fee. I hope it comes out of this clowns check.

Again apologies I know this is really pretty minor in the larger scheme of things. Looking forward to getting home jumping in the hater mobile and going to Hershey even if I can't afford the sports seats Ive been dreaming of.
Thanks, sometimes the anonymity of the internet just helps.