Maybe they just caught Darius on a bad day or the booing/you suck ruined it for everyone.

My Darius experience was a much more pleasant one. At a KC Chiefs game (Nov. 2010), he was going to sing the National Anthem and before the game I was standing in row one right where the players come out. I'm a big Hootie & the Blowfish fan and he pops up the stairs and onto the field 5 feet away from me and I instantly yell out, "HOOTIE!" Instantly I regretted it thinking, "Oh, you idiot, his name is Darius, he's going to hate you now!" But to my amazement, he graciously came over and talked to my wife and I for a minute. We told him about a concert of his we had been to and he asked if we had a good time. He then signed my Chiefs hat for me(sadly it was the only thing I had on me at the time). I have seen in interviews where he said he doesn't like the Hootie thing, my only guess is he could tell how excited I was to see him.

In the end people are people. Sometimes you're going to catch them on a bad day, sometimes they'll be in a great mood and no matter what you say, they'll be happy to meet you. You just never know...but if all experiences were great ones, then I guess the successes wouldn't seem so special.

Starzgirl93 wrote:Your friend doing that probably ruined him from ever comming over and signing for anyone ever again at Kimmel. I am glad now I wasnt there that day. No fan is entitled to a photo, and just cause he is busy doesnt give a person the right to insult them.

Now I know who not to stand by for autographs, since you said she also booed james franco.
Lucky for those there he came over though.

I still agree with what i said in this post!

Great success with James Franco, I think hes a brilliant actor.

Ive met 30 seconds to mars, and they were very nice, got to meet them at download 2010, talked about the Nottingham gig and signed my item

Great success with James Franco! But I think your giving Darius a bad rap! Maybe a little harsh but what "Pinky" said was very rude. I met him a couple years ago backstage at a concert and actually talked to him for about 4 minutes. He was very nice then and I got a picture with him.

Hootie's got a tudie!

I agree insulting is kinda harsh but sometimes if you are really ticked off you never know what might fly out of your mouth.

Starzgirl93 wrote:Your friend doing that probably ruined him from ever comming over and signing for anyone ever again at Kimmel. I am glad now I wasnt there that day. No fan is entitled to a photo, and just cause he is busy doesnt give a person the right to insult them.

Now I know who not to stand by for autographs, since you said she also booed james franco.
Lucky for those there he came over though.

I actually agree with you on the James Franco issue. Booing him was juvenile at best.
However, Darius is just a tool. I would say fans are more entitled to a photo then auto.

Your friend doing that probably ruined him from ever comming over and signing for anyone ever again at Kimmel. I am glad now I wasnt there that day. No fan is entitled to a photo, and just cause he is busy doesnt give a person the right to insult them.

Now I know who not to stand by for autographs, since you said she also booed james franco.
Lucky for those there he came over though.

Heyheyyou wrote:I said it once and I will say it again people need to be thankful they have fans.

Not sure I would call that person a fan though. She didn't know what he looks like, told him he sucks, and still got a picture in the end anyways.

I said it once and I will say it again people need to be thankful they have fans.