perform at a charity show in Detroit for residents afflicted by Flint’s
poisoned water supply when the club served the wrong brand of
champagne.
The event raked in at least $3,000 to buy bottles of water and filters
for the troubled city despite the multi-Grammy winner’s apparent lack of
professionalism late Thursday night, said Club Bleu co-owner Mitchell
Jaworski.
The 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, the hip-hop producer and his 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.”
On top of Timbaland’s excessive alcohol demands, his entourage failed
to tip and exceeded their hospitality rider during the fifth stop of his
“King Stays King” mixtape tour.
"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 from the FOX “Empire” music producer.
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.”
After obligating his Club Bleu contract, Timbaland refused to speak with club employees while posing for photos. By 2 a.m., Timbaland was gone.
At a separate non-charity concert on Wednesday, several fans alleged
Timbaland displayed similar behavior at CAVO in Pittsburgh, Pa.,
Wednesday night.
“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.
Timbaland nor his management responded to The News’ request for
comment. The legendary producer, instead, defended himself to an
Instagram fan blaming the concert promoters for false advertising.
“U look a smart girl,” Timbaland wrote in an run-on Instagram apology.
“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 las min sorry 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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