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Anthony Haden-Guest

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The Resume

    (February 2, 1937- )
    Born in Paris, France
    Anglo-American socialite/author/cartoonist
    Contributor to 'The Financial Times,' 'Vanity Fair,' 'The New Yorker,' 'Paris Review,' 'Esquire,' 'GQ' and 'Rolling Stone'
    Wrote 'In the Meantime,' 'The Chronicles of Now' and 'The Last Party: Studio 54, Disco and the Culture of the Night'
    Son of the 4th Baron Haden-Guest
    Half-brother of Christopher Guest
    Three-time winner of SPY magazine's 'Pro-Am Ironman Nightlife Decathlon'
    Alleged inspiration for the character Peter Fallow in Tom Wolfe's 'Bonfire of the Vanities'

Why he might be annoying:

    He was born before his parents married, so under the rules of the British peerage, his father's baronetcy passed on to younger brother Christopher instead of to him.
    His frequent public drunkenness earned him the nickname Anthony Haden-Beast.
    He was fired from 'The Financial Times' for 'inaccurate, sloppy and tenditious' reporting (2007).
    He lost a million-dollar art collection after failing to pay $1,500 in fees from the storage company (2010).
    He has four separate Facebook accounts (and over 10,000 Facebook friends).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was called 'one of New York's great raconteurs.'
    He won a local Emmy for writing and narrating the PBS documentary 'The Affluent Immigrants.' (1979)
    He and his girlfriend were stabbed multiple times by a man who had crashed on their couch after a party (1994).
    He managed to knock out the assailant with a shillelagh.
    Asked 'If you could do it all again, would you change anything,' he replied 'I think I'd do much the same, but more of it. And much more quickly.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 19 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 78.57% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 73.33% Annoying