Well, that’s what a Detroit club owner is claiming. Allegedly, Timbaland refused to perform at the charity show when the club served the wrong brand of champagne.
Late Thursday night (Jan 28), Club Bleu co-owner Mitchell Jaworski claims that two bottles of “Ace of Spades” champagne — worth more than $300 each — were replaced with Dom Perignon because the club did not carry Jay-Z’s expensive line of Armand de Brignac bubbly.
Despite the mix-up, supposedly Tim and entourage polished off an entire arsenal of booze in the club’s VIP seating, including two bottles of Patron, three bottles of Ciroc, two bottles of D’usse and one bottle of Disaronno Originale Italian Liqueur.
“They had about 15 bottles of liquor and champagne, which is extremely excessive especially for a charity event,” Jaworski told the Daily News. “They seemed more concerned about getting every drop of liquor.”
Jaworski added that on top of the excessive alcohol demands, his entourage failed to tip and exceeded their hospitality rider.
“It was a disaster,” added Jaworski’s wife, Aureila Jaworski.
Mitchell Jaworski took to the club’s Facebook page to slam Timbaland and his management, who allegedly tried disputing a contract signed two weeks ago requiring a live set.
The contract paid Timbaland in advance to DJ a half hour set and perform five to eight songs before a crowd of about 300 concert-goers. After the booze fracas, Timbaland — the stage name for Tim Mosley — reluctantly took to the stage after 1 a.m. and “just stood there” in defiance. He nodded his head to the beat as another DJ performed.
“His management (took) classlessness to a new level when they said Timbaland did ‘not feel like’ performing,” Jaworski wrote Saturday. “They then insisted that we show them the signed contract for the night and where the stipulation was for the ‘live’ performance. Finally management relented and literally had to wake Timbaland up so he could proceed to stand behind the decks and nod his head for 30 minutes.”
“The show was a joke,” Ed Kalchthaler wrote on CAVO’s Facebook page. “He didn’t do anything but just stand there and drink champagne.”
A representative for CAVO said Timbaland “embarrassed himself” at the venue rented to an outside party for the concert. He refused to perform even after being served two bottles of “Ace of Spades” as requested.
“U look a smart girl,” Timbaland wrote on Instagram to a fan. “I want everybody to think I wasn’t suppose to perform think about it.”
“Why would I do that see what I need to do for now on call these promoter out that not rite for the fans and me now I’ve gave money and came and they ask me at last min sorry to to the people who lied.”
He continued in another comment: “I’m the realest and I don’t let people down I’m here to uplift not disappoint so I’m sorry for the confusion.”
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