Robert De Niro Says Jay-Z Is "Rude" & "Disrespectful" For Not Returning His Phone Calls
Robert De Niro and Jay-Z got into a tense beef at Leonardo DiCaprio’s birthday bash the other night, when De Niro called the rapper disrespectful.
Spies say “Godfather II” and “Taxi Driver” star De Niro gave Jay a dressing-down in a roomful of celebs including Martin Scorsese because the rap mogul had refused to return De Niro’s calls.
Sources add that Jay tried to joke his way out of the situation, and even his wife, Beyoncé, tried to intervene, but De Niro wouldn’t back down.
“Bob was sitting at a table, and when Jay-Z went over to say hello, De Niro told Jay that he never called him back,” a source says.
A spy then overheard De Niro complaining to the rapper, a fellow TriBeCa resident, about a song Jay-Z agreed to record for the Tribeca Film Festival. De Niro had reached out to discuss further details, but Jay never returned his calls.
“Bob wasn’t in any mood to make polite conversation,” the spy says. “He told Jay that if somebody calls you six times, you call them back. It doesn’t matter who you are, that is just rude.”
When Jay-Z tried to make a joke of it, saying he is terrible on the phone, a source says, “De Niro kept telling him that he thinks he’s the man, but that he was disrespectful.’ ”
“Beyoncé came over, but that didn’t calm Bob down,” the source said, adding that afterward, “It was the talk of the party. Everyone was saying there’s only one star in New York bigger and badder than Jay-Z, and that’s Robert De Niro. He can be quite scary when he’s angry.”
But a source close to De Niro told NYPost, “It was a low-key private conversation between two people that was apparently overheard. It was not a heated discussion.”
The Darby bash, which sources say ended at 5 a.m. with a tab of nearly $3 million, much of which went to the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, drew Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, Chris Rock, Jonah Hill, Edward Norton, Mark Ruffalo and Emma Watson.
Reps for both De Niro and Jay-Z declined to comment.
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Comment by Dave on November 15, 2012 at 10:47am -
cant f*** with Bobby!
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Comment by Arion Luna on November 15, 2012 at 10:47am -
Im just saying, if my girl was in a heated conversation with another girl, and both were pretty respected and powerful people, I would humbly and respectfully stay out of it. I would expect the same from my girl too.
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Comment by Arion Luna on November 15, 2012 at 10:46am
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Beyonce better stay in her lane and shut up when grown men are talking.
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Comment by dee on November 15, 2012 at 10:39am
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if jay would of beat his old man a** everybody would of been saying jay was acoward for beating up a elderly old man.but since jay ignored this emotional old man.the old man is considered gangsta.lolsmh
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ok he gangster because he was shouting like ab!tch trying 2 argue with another grown man because he didnt get his phone calls answered.lol.smh.the lame sh!t yall call gangster now a days.we all know de niro is a elderly old man.if jay would of even pushe dhim he would of had a heart attack.
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Comment by dr0 on November 15, 2012 at 10:37am -
yuh jay always beeen feeln himself too much thankn he above every1 i respect doods hussle but his character is bytch made...
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emotional grown a** man is upset at another man because he didnt return his phone call.lol. sound like some gay sh!t 2 me.
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Comment by Dat n**** marley on November 15, 2012 at 10:28am
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Black boss vs iltilian boss
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Comment by Relentless on November 15, 2012 at 10:18am -
Jay-z has always been stuck up he thinks he's better than everyone eles he talks down to everyone.
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Comment by Timur on November 15, 2012 at 10:10am -
f*** camel
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