Molly's visit to St. Louis wasted an hour of my life

That's a real shame that she acted like that. I like her in some roles, and she's certainly pretty, but she always seemed like a snob to me.
I remember when my mom & I went to a convention where William Shatner was going to be. He acted like a real snob to everyone too, like he was something special.
I left there with a pretty poor opinion of him, and watching him in interviews since cemented that opinion.
His comment alone of telling Trekkies to 'get a life' was a real crappy thing to say.


"I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus."
"Didn't he discover America?"
"Penfold, shush."

Yet he doesn't mind cashing in on Star Trek ( his constant appearances for wizard world comic con). Funny eh?

Sounds like she bailed when she found out so few people had her book. Typical Hollywood narcissist makes it all about HER. They forget that without the fans they would be nobodies.

It sounds like it could have been a misunderstanding, hence the 45 minute hold up. Sounds to me like she thought her book was going to be for sale there. Because she really would have to be a narcissist to assume the whole crowd stopped at Barnes and Noble prior to the event. Why would anyone think that?

If she was in fact somehow mislead by the event organizer, I kind of don't blame her for leaving in a way....

When we finally found the table, the wait began. We waited for about 15 minutes and then were told that Molly will only be signing her book. And I thought, okay fair enough, I'll buy her book. Then they went on to inform the crowd that they did not have books available for purchase. The crowd was obviously bummed (only one person had brought a book with them), but everyone else decided to stick around and Say Hi The whole line of people was ignored for a good 45 minutes. No one would tell us if/when Molly would be coming out. Then finally, about an hour after Molly had told us all she would love to meet us, the restless crowd was informed that she would not be coming out after all and she had left the building.
Having worked a number of similar events, with people doing signings and so on, this happens a LOT.
The show organiser books the stars and then charges X amount per autograph, per photo, per 5-minute meet, or whatever. THEY decide what can and cannot be signed, often along with the star's manager or publicist. The star is then TOLD what they are/are not to do. It's purely about marketing and the star is there to sell stuff and make money for whoever 'owns' them.

A better example is a famous singer - They're usually signing original copies of their albums and singles, but are not allowed to sign re-releases, compilations, 'Best Of/Greatest Hits' or the like, because the purchase money went to whoever paid for the rights for that instance, not to the original record label.

Bottom line, Molly had no regard for anyone but herself. She let her fans wait in line for a solid hour hoping to see her, and meanwhile she was sneaking out of the building. She thinks her time is worth more than everyone else's and it didn't matter if we stood around for an hour wasting our lives. I hope she knows her little stunt in St. Louis caused her to lose at least a couple hundred fans.
Chances are the organiser decided having Molly around to meet fans for another hour would cost them far more (her time would be decided upon and billed by her manager) than they would make back, so likely cancelled that and didn't even tell her, or just called an end and sent her packing.
That happens a lot too - Most of the Star Trek main casts have fallen foul of this at some point and you have to be Patrick Stewart or bigger to hold sway over the decisions. I once caught Avery Brooks having a seriously nasty argument because he'd done what Molly did and told some fans that he'd be free, only to be denied this by the organisers and shunted out the door because his manager wanted extra money for it!

The people you meet and the things you learn just from standing outside having a cigarette...!!

Exactly, ttaskmaster. Excellent post! Thank you for responding to the ridiculous hate directed towards Molly that was festering in this thread over something very, very common in the industry. The OP must not get out very much and certainly has very little experience interacting with celebrities (as you note singers are far worse than actors generally speaking -- not that I blame them -- they have to protect their time and their voices and health). The OP did not have anything approaching an actual bad experience, and as you note ttaskmaster, I am quite sure the inconvenience and cancellation had to do with the event organizer's screwup. If they had planned to ask Molly to sign her book and chat a bit with a LINE of fans in an extra session beyond her initial speech and appearance, they ABSOLUTELY NEEDED to have copies of her book available for purchase so that Molly could then sign them. The was no reason for her to walk in and talk to a line of fans for who knows how long with no structure -- no book signing or film premiere or other natural limit to the interaction. The OP would be crying and whining even more loudly if Molly had shown up, then left after other psychos in line monopolized her time, which is exactly what happens in unstructured events.

At shows like comic con, where it can quickly become a madhouse if an actor or a writer decides to talk to a bunch of fans in an unscheduled, impromptu "event," etc. The OP blames and resents Ringwald for an incident that I can pretty much promise had nothing to do with Molly. If her manager decided that the organizer has screwed things up and didn't want to waste any more of Molly's time there is nothing wrong with that -- that is exactly what managers are supposed to do. The OP noted that Molly had already done her appearance and given a great speech. But people tend to get solipsistic and selfish with stars -- always wanting attention and lashing out if a star is exhausted or overbooked or whatever. Yes, there are stars who are jerks, but Molly is not one of them, and this situation indicates the opposite. The problem is the large number of celeb junky types or paparazzi who demand that the star spend endless extra time posing for photos, signing books or 8x10s (99.9% of which end up on eBay -- watch YouTube videos of your average star meet/greet/signing and the most polite celebrities have to deal with the most obnoxious dirtbags shoving twenty or thirty 8x10s in their faces for signatures until a manager puts a stop to it. It takes the "star" part out of being a "superstar" as the paparazzi and aggressive, impolite fans abound in the real world.

"Hearts and kidneys are tinker toys! I am talking about the central nervous system!"

Gravitycakes...thank you. I am sorry for what happened to the op and I can understand her frustration and anger. But...I have met Molly twice and she couldn't have been nicer. Yet nobody (and I'm not referring to anyone on this thread) seems to believe me (the part about her being nice, that is). :(

"He acted like a real snob to everyone too, like he was something special."

'Only error in that sentence is the word "acted". He wasn't acting. That's the real him to a tee..... 




.....................Sometimes ya gotta wonder.... 