Celebrities Who Confronted Nasty Fans

Actress and singer Patti LuPone was rightfully PO'd in January 2008 when, during a performance of Gypsy, a fan in the audience took a picture just as she was about to launch into the song "Rose's Turn." An incensed LuPone stopped what she was doing, broke character, and screamed at the audience member, "Stop taking pictures right now! You heard the announcement! Who do you think you are? How dare you? Who do you think they are?"

LuPone then demanded the person be removed or else she wouldn't continue the performance. (The audience member, alas, was removed.) "This is the theater and all of you, every single one of you, except for that person, has respect, and I, and the rest of this company, appreciate it," she said, before getting back into gear. "Thank you!"

Since then, LuPone's epic rant has become the stuff of Broadway legend, complete with a "LuPWNed!" YouTube remix. For her part, LuPone explained to Andy Cohen in 2013, " First of all, audiences don't know how many times we don't stop the show because this is just an epidemic ... it just breaks this atmosphere that we're working so hard to create because everyone's taken out of it." 

We get it, Patti. We wouldn't want someone busting in to take our picture during our excellent shower rendition of "Memory."

It's actually a little difficult to say who the nasty one really was in the confrontation that occurred between Sugar Ray frontman (and TV host) Mark McGrath and a teenaged fan who yelled "Sugar gay" outside a Hollywood bar. McGrath proceeded to have one of the more epic meltdowns caught on camera, going so far as to implore the fan to "tweeze your nipples, bro." 

To his credit, McGrath has been able to embrace the ridiculousness of his behavior, telling Rolling Stone, "I've done a lot of douchey things... I understand why people don't particularly like me." He also made an appearance on Maria Bamford's 2016 show Lady Dynamite which seemed to suggest he was more than willing to make fun of himself, a quality we can all admire.

Schumer's occasional bestie Jennifer Lawrence had a similar tale to tell to Vanity Fair in 2016 about fans who don't seem to understand the concept of personal space. 

The generally good-humored actress explained to the mag, "You might think you know me, but when you approach me you're a total stranger to me and I'm scared. I get very protective of my space. It took me a long time to be able to do that ... But if I'm eating dinner and somebody comes up and a flash goes off from someone's iPhone camera, I am really rude to that person."

It's a more demure response than Schumer's, but honestly, we get it. No one wants to be interrupted while they're trying to feast.

It's not really surprising that Beyonce and Jay-Z, arguably the most famous married couple in the world, get confronted every now and then by fans who are seriously desperate for a pic. 

In August 2016, one such fan got a little too close for comfort to the pair outside the New York premiere of Hands of Stone, and Jay-Z ended up reaching out to shove said fan away from his (incredibly poised) wife. Meanwhile, Bey kept her cool and kept on strutting. 

A Birmingham fan got way too handsy with singer Rihanna during a 2013 concert in England, and she didn't hesitate to give him a quick smack with her microphone to escape his grasp. 

Honestly, who can blame her? It seems incredibly annoying to have to deal with people grabbing at you, especially when you're trying to nail your song "We Found Love" for an arena full of people. 

As a cast member of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, it comes as no surprise that actress Lisa Rinna is more than willing to bare her teeth if need be. After having it up to here with outspoken fans of the show posting negative comments on her Instagram page, Rinna took matters into her own hands and responded with a series of insulting comments of her own, including "I'm convinced that the haters/trolls are all fat hoarders with 50 cats"; and, "With no teeth, and they couldn't find their vagina if they tried."  She justified her actions by writing "I'm going for it. I got nothing to lose you sick f**ks."

But, apparently she did in fact have something to lose, and the comments were deleted shortly thereafter. Luckily for us, screenshots of the bizarre rant are still floating around. 

She may have written one of the bestselling book series of all times, but that doesn't mean that Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling hasn't had to deal with her fair share of Twitter drama. In October 2016, she made her feelings about then-Presidential candidate Donald Trump very well known, posting "Well, there you have it. A highly intelligent, experienced woman just debated a giant orange Twitter egg. Your move, America. #debate." 

More critical tweets about Trump soon followed. Her many followers took note, and some fans started posting that they were planning to burn all their Harry Potter books and DVDs in retaliation. Rowling unabashedly responded to her critics, tweeting to one, "I've still got your money, so by all means borrow my lighter." Rowling kept her chin up, and acknowledged that despite the haters, she'll keep on doing her thing and writing more "kindling."

Boo-ya.

Another day, another annoying fan provokes a fantastic techno rant remix. 

In the middle of an October 2006 concert at Madison Square Garden, singer and ardent Democrat Barbra Streisand brought out a George Bush impersonator to trade quips with and fake-interrogate. The Associated Press noted in a review that "though most of the crowd offered polite applause during the slightly humorous routine, it had gone on a bit too long" and a heckler shouted out from the crowd. An irate Streisand responded, "Shut the f*** up! Shut up if you can't take a joke!" She also demanded, "Go get your money back if you can't take a joke!"

And so our favorite techno song was born.