Robert De Niro and Mariah Carey were honored Saturday night at the 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Waldorf Astoria - but only one of them insisted on the carpet being completely cleared of any other celebrities before they posed for photographers.
Volunteers for the gay advocacy group snickered that the "Emotions" songbird required that no one be on the carpet when she made her grand entrance at nearly 8 for an event that started at 7. Once there, she briefly posed with her fiancé, Aussie businessman James Packer, and told reporters that she's already selected her wedding dress but won't be warbling at her own nuptials because "that's obnoxious".
Jennifer Lawrence was the surprise guest who introduced De Niro before he was presented with the Excellence in Media Award. His "Joy" co-star revealed that the two have drinks once a week at the Greenwich Hotel, "where I ask him advice on everything" and where "he gets drunk and pinches my cheek and says, 'You remind me of my little Helen, who's 4'."
De Niro brought down the house when he got up on stage and said, "Thank you, Jennifer. If I were a lesbian, I would be all over you." He also complained that it's tough being a straight, 72-year-old white guy: "Who knows how many Nobus I could have opened if I weren't the victim of systemic prejudice? And I can't remember the last time I got a Teen Choice Award."
Caitlyn Jenner also spoke, saying her biggest concerns when she revealed on a Diane Sawyer show last year that she was transitioning to a woman was her two youngest children, Kendall and Kylie. Also enjoying the festivities were Lee Daniels, Connie Britton, Lea DeLaria, Carrie Preston, Aziz Ansari and Jason Biggs.
(New York Daily News)
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