When you achieve a certain level of fame and you find yourself in trouble, it’s very easy to default to the “do you know who I am?” response. It adds a nice layer of plot armor to your shenanigans and probably has a very high chance of getting you home free without any further incident. It doesn’t always pan out that way though. When people seem utterly unimpressed by who you are, it just makes you look more entitled and stupid.
Let’s take a look at some of the best times the “do you know who I am?” backfired on a celebrity. Because sometimes you need more than just a well-known face to get out of trouble.
Drake
Party crashing is one thing, but party crashing and then saying you invited yourself and proceeding to ask if the actual person throwing the party knows who you are is kind of out there. It’s Drake though, so while it could be one of the crazy things he does, it could also be one of these stories where there’s more to it than meets the eye.
Reese Witherspoon
While Reese has the image of being one of the sweetest people on the planet – and honestly she probably is – back in 2013 she got caught on camera asking a state trooper trying to do his job whether or not he knew her name. The trooper quickly replied with a “I don’t need to know, ma’am” and shut Reese up.
