Melanie Griffith freaks out at LA Apple store

Wired News reports that Actor Melanie Griffith threw a fit when she wasn't given the star treatment at an LA Apple retail store.

Apple has four retail stores in the Los Angeles area, which give the sales associates ample opportunity to rub elbows with Hollywood celebrities. It isn't always pleasant. Melanie Griffith threw a tantrum when she was unable to buy a pink iPod mini early last year, according to the sales associate who tried to serve her. The associate, who asked to remain anonymous, said Griffith came right up to him and "pretty much demanded" a pink iPod mini. The mini was in short supply, and the associate told her there were none in stock. "She then proceeded to get pissed off at me personally because we didn't have any in stock," the associate said. "She said we have a special stock of iPods for people like her.... I hadn't seen any celebrities there up until then, so at first I was like, 'Oh wow, cool, Melanie Griffith.' But then she opened her mouth and used me as a doormat, and I was like, 'What the fuck is this shit? Milk Money sucked.'"

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UPDATE: A longtime friend of Boing Boing who asks to remain anonymous says: "It's a funny story, but I spent a fair amount of time working professionally with Melanie back in the dotcom days... she was always really gracious and dealt with 'public stress' very well. The uncorroborated account of the store clerk in this piece is just that. The characterization doesn't jive with what I witnessed. Maybe she freaked inappropriately, maybe she didn't. But I'm sorry to see that lady trashed in the press, when she was always SUPER accommodating to fans in our presence... I watched strangers harass her beyond belief, and she was always very patient, very cool, very generous. She's a really cool lady."