Molly Bloom is a former cocktail waitress who became poker hostess to the stars. She hosted exclusive, underground tourneys for Leo DiCaprio, Rick Salomon, Ben Affleck, and — the worst of all — Tobey Maguire. Sometimes even the Olsen twins attended! Molly became known as the “poker princess,” and she’s written Molly’s Game: From Hollywood’s Elite to Wall Street’s Billionaire Boys Club, My High-Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker.
We’ve heard about this poker ring before. Tobey Maguire was sued in 2011 by some of the guys who lost big bucks in these games. I’m always amused to hear these stories about Tobey’s past because he plays the family guy role in public. According to Molly, Tobey is sore loser who loves to humiliate women. Molly often hosted high-stakes ($50,000 minimum bet) games at Tobey’s mansion. We also hear more about Ben Affleck’s serious poker game. Molly also tells a weird story about Rick Salomon asking Ben Affleck about JLo’s booty. Most of this excerpt from Molly’s book is about super-douchey Tobey:
Molly’s philosophy: “You can tell a lot about a man’s character by watching him win or lose money. Money is the great equalizer.”
Ben Affleck only bought in for $50,000: He was “a smart player who liked to limit his downside.”
Rick Saloman, weirdo: Salomon was “crass and dirty, but . . . still hot in a caveman kind of way.” He asked Affleck about Jennifer Lopez, “Hey, yo, did Jennifer’s ass have cellulite on it, or was it nice?” The table went silent. Ben looked at Rick. “It was nice.”
Tobey Maguire was a sore loser: “He was the worst tipper, the best player, and the absolute worst loser. I had to worry about my job security if he lost,” Bloom writes. Tobey went on to humiliate Bloom in front of the players, loudly offering her a thousand-dollar chip if she did “something to earn these thousand dollars. . . . Bark like a seal who wants a fish.” Bloom writes that she tried to laugh it off, but Tobey continued: “I’m not kidding. What’s wrong? You’re too rich now? You won’t bark for a thousand dollars? Wowwww. . . you must be really rich. . . . C’mon,” he said, holding the chip above my head. “BARK.” “No,” I said quietly. “No?” he asked. “Tobey,” I said, “I’m not going to bark like a seal. Keep your chip.'”
The fallout: “My face was on fire. I knew he would be angry, especially because he had now engaged the whole audience, and I wasn’t playing his game. I was embarrassed, but I was also angry. After all I had done to accommodate this guy, I was also shocked. I had made sure I ran every detail of every game by him, changed the stakes for him, structured tournaments around him, memorized every ingredient in every vegan dish in town for him. He had won millions and millions of dollars at my table, and I had catered to his every need along the way–and now he seemed to want to humiliate me. . . . He gave me an icy look, dropped the chip on the table, and tried to laugh it off, but he was visibly angry. When he left, the room was buzzing.”
Tobey’s grudge: “My tips that night reflected the enormous success of the game. I think I walked away with close to $50,000.” Tobey “began bringing up how much I was making even more frequently, not even trying to hide his dissatisfaction. “I think the game needs restructuring,” he said one night. “How so?” “Well, you make too much and it takes too long to get paid.'”I raised my eyebrows. In what other universe do you show up, play a game, win a million dollars, and get the check within a week? The only reason this game was still running was that I had searched far and wide to recruit new blood and maintain relationships so that Tobey could take their money. Now he had the balls to suggest that I figure out a way to cap my own salary.”
[From Vanity Fair]
Tobey sounds like a miserable person to deal with. He also sounds like he made a total ass of himself in front of all the poker players. We’d already heard that he hated to lose, but this stuff about Tobey trying to make Molly bark like a seal … that’s just awful. I wonder if he’s this way about everything or if gambling is what brings out the douche.
Photos courtesy of WENN
if this story is true, he is beyond pathetic.
Disgusting.
His wife probably rules at home so he acts like a pig when he’s away from home. Loser.
Yep, I think so too. I always thought he’s the nice one of both of them (I mean him and DiCaprio), but this story is awful. Who’s that mean? Sometimes it’s better to not know much about celebritys – they almost always turn out as assholes.
No kiddong! I was blah about him before … But now, blacklisted for sure. Sicko
It IS disgusting! What a pig. He just ruined himself for me with his antics. He’s right up there with the Kartrashians (yes, Kourt, I’m side eying you AND Kimmycakes), who don’t tip on comped meals and treated ANDREA FREAKING BOCELLI SO BADLY!
It really says something about a person who would treat another human being like that. Ugh.
Short man syndrome.
Word.
Yep. And now I dislike Tobey Maguire. I also now like Ben Affleck 🙂
LOL. That DID make me like Affleck. I can picture him just sort of sheepishly muttering, “Um… it was nice.”
Agreed. I had thought Tobey might be one of the nice ones. There are so few. But I guess the ones you think are nice can be the biggest douches of them all.
He clearly has a MAJOR inferioirity complex…small mind/small man/small eventhing….
And Affleck…clearly has his own demons…but I can’t see him as the bad one now.
Tobey wins that one in a landslide…..dude needs some serious therapy or lobotomy to treat someone that way.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – Tobey is the pig in that little crew, not Ben.
Second fiddle to Leo Decaprio syndrome.
Pretty much. Never did like his acting.
And seriously, aside of the Superman franchise which has now been re-incarnated once again with Andrew Garfield and Sea Biscuit what has he been in?? I’m not a huge movie goer these days but I can’t even think of a movie I’ve seen advertised with him in it.
That’s precisly what I was going to say. What a pathetic little s***
He and Leo grew up poor around LA; which one should also factor in. They have been friends for years. Leo is known to be stingy. If he doesn’t have to pay, he won’t, even though he’s earned millions. Tobey comes across in the same stingy way. I tried to like Tobey during the Spiderman days, but his inner douche kept coming out. I’m sure he loves his wife, but her pedigree probably didn’t hurt.
That’s a load of crap. I know plenty of great shorter guys and super douchey tall guys. Personally I find that tall guys have a much easier time getting laid and hence become egotistical asses, whereas shorter guys have to work a little harder and thus develop great game and personalities.
I don’t think you can blame a guy’s terrible personality on height. Some men are just crappy people, plain and simple.
I would agree with that. Toby is a selfish, egotistical twerp. It has nothing to do with his stature, he is short on class and is a total ass.
That’s Leo DiCatchaHo’s best friend.
There’s a reason their little sexist group is called the P-ssy Posse.
He obviously has a problem with independent women.
Is that really what they call themselves? Absolutely disgusting. Wonder how he would feel if someone treated his daughter that way.
That’s their name since the 90’s. They behaved as bad as Bieber’s crew.
OMG, this is revolting. If any of this is true, Peter Parker is a giant bag of d*cks. Wonder how everyone is going to react to this book? And isn’t Rick Salomon the guy Pam Anderson just married? Once again, stellar man choosing skills.
@kri yes that’s him. She actually married him twice!
Saloman is also the douche that made that awful sex tape with Paris Hilton.
Really? Wow what a bunch of assholes.
Or maybe just a problem with losing money? Or he’s just a dick?
or both, a dick with a problem losing money
That’s the thing: if you read the Vanity Fair excerpt, it talks about how Tobey won A LOT. He was winning a ton of money and still behaved like this.
For me it doesn’t even matter if he won or lost.
A millionaire losing some money in a poker game and using that as an excuse to be degrading towards others – I find that a very lousy excuse…
They should have called it the “douchey posse”.
I think this is the first article that talked about their juvenile posse
http://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/features/2793/
Thanks for posting this. What a read! (“I don’t like being Leo anymore.”)
Wow, thanks for pisting this link!! Criminal a~holes protected by their fame and the failure of a society to reward decent character traits. The only way I will EVER watch any of their films again will be involuntarily. I haven’t been able to stomach Tobey Mcguire sine he butchered Spiderman in the first blah incarnation, especially when he crapped all over the films that made him famous to begin with, and this information~along with the Lainey information~has totally destroyed any residual tolerance for the modelzser as well. How bad does this make them look, and how sad is it that now I actually really admire Blake Lively for playing Dicatchaho like she did??!!
Omg! the Elizabeth Berkley part alone….
I had to look up Jay Ferguson.
Tremendously disappointing, I used to like him. And what’s up with his face in the top photo? He looks like Glenn Quagmire with a beard. Giggity?
LMAO! 😃
Yeah he looks totally busted.
LOL. He never looked good honestly. He is very lucky he made it big for a while.
He does resemble Glenn, which is kind of comical given Tobey’s “Family Guy” act.
Never liked him and never bought the PR-driven narrative of him as a doting father and husband.
Total douche rocket.
I never heard of his Family Guy act. I liked him in The Cider House Rules, but then again I may have projected my love towards him from the Irving novel.
LOL!!! Giggity indeed!
Yep, I believe it. And what a piece of work – it certainly makes sense why Tobey rarely works anymore.
This^^. A piece of work who doesn’t work and we know why.
If you look at the other guys in the posse, most of them are still working (even the ones that have made a lot of money): DiCaprio, Kevin Connolly, Lukas Haas, Jay Ferguson… they all started out as kids in the business, they’re all still working actors. But Tobey married a Meyer and then just stopped (except for Gatsby, which feels like people pulled strings).
@Bridget, who wrote: “But Tobey married a Meyer and then just stopped (except for Gatsby, which feels like people pulled strings).”
Married a ‘Meyer’ … what does that mean? Who is her family and is she a heiress or something?
*Never mind! The question is answered below.
Yep, Meyer is a major power player and you can see it reflected in his daughter’s social life. When Jennifer was pregnant the guest list for her baby showers was ridiculous! So Maguire spends years building his career from childhood, hits it big with Spiderman, marries the daughter of one of the most powerful men in Hollywood, and then just stays home and plays poker. Its kind of weird.
@Emma – the JP Lover: his wife is Jennifer Meyer, daughter of Ron Meyer who is President and CEO of Universal Studios
Lukas Haas and Jay Ferguson…do they really work a lot? Never heard of the latter one and I wouldn’t know Haas either, if he wasn’t Leo’s pet.
Both Ferguson and Haas are steadily working actors. They’ve certainly put more time onscreen than Maguire since Spiderman ended.
Also, to elaborate: Lukas Haas may be best known nowadays as Leo’s bud, but he was an incredibly successful child actor at one point (remember Witness?). And Ferguson has worked steadily for years, though he’s probably best known as Stan on Mad Men.
Thanks for the infos, Bridget!
I do know Ferguson’s face from Mad Men, didn’t know his name though.
Just googled Witness, it was released quite a few years before I was born, thatÄs why t doesn’t ring a bell.
So all those guys became friends because they were basically on the same audition circuit – they’d see each other in the waiting rooms at all these things and eventually struck up a friendship. In the early days Haas was probably the most successful of them, but all those guys have at least worked steadily over the years. Maguire was really the only one to give it up.
And in case you’re wondering how I know some of this stuff, I’m in my early thirties, which means I was DiCaprio’s prime fan demographic when he really hit big.
I just found Tobey’s wife’s instagram – she has a jewelry line so it’s all a part of that http://instagram.com/JenMeyerJewelry and here is an interview she did for Net-a-Porter’s “The Edit”:
http://www.net-a-porter.com/magazine/251/18 she insists that her Dad cut her off after college and that she has made it on her own and mentions Tobey in it too. She seems, I dunno, ‘meh?’ But I did always think her jewelry was ‘cute’ but def on the expensive side.
OK this info makes it clear now that he resents his wife being the breadwinner and took it out on this hostess who is also “making too much money.”
Wow! That is incredibly douchy!!
I officially despise him. Awful person, horrible actor. Hope his career tanks.
Totally. What a creep.
Probably won’t. His wife’s daddy is the head of Universal. He’ll always have connections as long as he stays married.
So now we know why a member of the p**sy posse got married. It was a marriage of convenience.
Identical sentiments Ollyholly.
Wow. Disgusting.
he always struck me as an asshole, so I’m not actually surprised.
1) Love your name.
2) I was just coming on here to write this. I have NEVER liked this guy. I always thought that he seemed like a douche. It just emanates from his pores…
Same here, Renee. Years ago, when I found out he was a big gambler, that’s when I KNEW he had “the sleaze factor.” The gambling versus the “nice guy” image he projected…I knew there was a disconnect present. I just didn’t know how BIG a disconnect till now. Sorry to say, but anyone that is into gambling that much…is gross to me.
I dare say no one’s going to find many people present at the gambling table that would be on the forefront for women’s rights, and generally forward thinkers. I ought to know…my ex-husband was a big-time gambler. I learned the HARD way, unfortunately.
One last thought….look closely at the photos of Tobey in this thread. He doesn’t look like he’s much into personal hygiene. He LOOKS dirty! Nasty dude inside-out. That’s all I’ve got to say.
+1 I’m not surprised either. He’s a member of Leo’s d-bag club after all.
If this is true, then I feel validated, because I’ve always hated him for no real reason. Something about him just made my skin crawl.
Mr. M feels the same way. He hates his face and the way he talks and refuses to watch any movie with him in it haha.
It’s also sad that this douche has daughters. Would he want someone treating his daughters like that?
OMG he has daughters?? Karma has a wayof biting people in the a**, they’ll make him suffer
Agreed. That face! I remember watching the Spiderman movies and and having to consciously put aside how unattractive he was and how he moved his lips. Half the time I wondered how he got the part in the first place.
Ruby. And he brings his wife coffee and flowers in bed.
Then definitely consider yourself one that has good instincts. You’re blessed, really. For me, when I found out about how into gambling he was, that’s when I knew he wasn’t the person he put himself forward to be.
What does gambling have to do with whether you like him or not?
Tammy, just saw your question to me. Scroll up a little & read my comment on thread #9. Maybe that will clarify.
^This!!! He always gave me the creeps. What a douche. I don’t know why either but I’ve always gotten a King Joffrey vibe off him.
excellent reference;) and couldn’t agree more. Hope his child isn’t a girl or she’s going to have serious daddy issues. And if it’s a boy, I hope he doesn’t inherit his father’s view on women.
He’s got a boy and a girl.
Tobey is an complete assswipe if this story is true. I would have gotten fired that day if I was that hostess, because I would have preached him a sermon!
LOL. I’d be fired too because I would suggest, with a very sweet smile, exactly where he could put his tip.
Anyone who behaves like that during a poker game has that mindset away from the game. I doubt poker brings out the a-hole in him, I am sure he is that way all the time.
Weren’t there rumblings in HWood that he was let go from the Spiderman franchise for being a jerk?
I guess he thinks with Meyer money he can say or do anything and get away with it.
There were rumblings between Spiderman 1 and 2 about Tobey being replaced (Dunst was even pushing for her then-boyfriend Gylenhaal to take over) but I thought at the time it was blamed on an injury?
As I recall @Briget the gossip about him being replaced was put off as being about an “injury” but most people suggested it had to do with trying to get more money. Bargaining tactic maybe. That is not unusual, but the fact that the studio was willing to let talk of a replacement get going makes me think they would not have been heartbroken to show him the door.
How do we know her account is reliable?
Because she’s not being sued.
I can not stand when a person with money believes they are better than you because they are wealthy and you’re not. Since when does the amount in your pocket book decide your worth as a human being?! So many of these celebrities need to get a clue. Society allows this horrible behavior and it needs to change. I’m glad she told him no and kept her dignity and didn’t back down. Toby needs a good swift kick in the a$$! I guarantee this is how he always acts not just at the poker table.
Yeah, if she’d done it, he would more than likely have pushed to see what else she would do.
Word to everything you said. The way he disrespects her in front of people is inexcusable! Obviously Napoleon syndrome the whole way.
Can Leo’s group be a bigger bunch of d-bags?
Only if they let Bieber in (where did I read that he was trying to party with them and they blew him off?). What a disgusting story. I just lost a lot of respect for Tobey.
Afraid Jonah Hill already joined as the new member. Douche power is strong with these bunch
What a d*ck!!!!!
James Franco suggested he wasn’t a good person when he was on Howard Stern awhile back. He didn’t commit to it because Tobey still has power, clearly, but he did hint.
Lol, James Franco is such a gossipy, little b*tch though. Who does he ever like, besides himself? And Seth Rogen. 🙂
I love his gossip. I think he’s definitely a weirdo, but I think he has a good read on people and his gossip is usually right on the money.
Agree with Juliette, James Franco clearly has the pervy weirdo factor going on but he can reads people very well.
If the weird douche thinks you’re an *sshole, then you must be a pretty big *sshole.
This!
Yup
Ooh how did he say it?
Exactly. If you fail the James Franco litmus test, you probably suck.
Ok. Who is this Molly chick and how can I get her job?
Tobey always did strike me as a d bag, as do most of the P$ssy P$sse. I will say one thing about Leo though….you never hear stories about him treating people badly. Even his cast off VS models…have any of them bad mouthed him??
That depends: do you consider treating women like disposable, interchangeable things to be treating someone badly? It also helps that he has people to do the dirty work for him.
Oh I know! I see the womanizing ways in Leo, but I’m seriously just asking…….have there been any stories about him being rude or demanding or shitty in public? On the movie set? At night clubs? Maybe he does just have other people do it for him, but eventually that stuff would leak. He’s been around long enough.
I would consider his deep seated misogyny treating people badly.
And to further answer your question, DiCaprio is actually famous for keeping things Locked Down in his personal life, but occasionally pissy stories about him come out (I always loved the one about George Clooney playing basketball with him). If he wasn’t “Leonardo DiCaprio” we’d all just call him a douche and move on from him.
One of the vilest blind items I’ve ever read was about DiCaprio and Toni Garrn. As it was a BI of course nobody knows if it’s true but the gist was that he “rented” her out to some Russian billionaire when they stayed on his yacht – against Toni’s wishes.
I don’t want to believe it, but if there is some truth to it, then he’s not a douche but something so much worse. On the other hand I can’t imagine an international supermodel like Toni Garrn to be such a doormat, although of course a lot of famous women have been in abusive relationships sadly.
I think Leo just keep his business locked in contracts, just like he learned with Clooney, that’s why we never heard any story, specially from his personal VS catalogue usage.
Leo keeps his stuff locked down since a reporter wrote a hit piece on the p*ssy posse just after TITANIC. It was not pretty. I can’t remember if it was in NYMAG, but I recently found it again when I googled Leo.
That’s how the world found out their own pet name for themselves. The reporter spent a week with them in NYC and said they were essentially court Jesters at the court of Leo who was the biggest DB of the lot.
here’s the link!
http://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/features/2793/
It’s called a disclosure statement. LOL. He has them sign contracts. I don’t even think he actually dates them. You see them riding bikes with lucas haas in tow for a minute in NYC. Or see him chatting them up at parties with hundreds of other people around. I’m sure they are lucrative contracts, too. Money talks. Also, child actors really don’t get a chance to normalize or mature developmentally-emotionally, psychologically or spiritually. If the predator rumors, re: many hollywood children, are true, that just adds to the mix. It’s like they are emotionally vacant sometimes-such as Toby M and Leo D seem to be-IMO.
The thing I never understand about the child thing in Hwood is that the studios and directors etc need the kids in order to make money-I can seem that they might prey on some kids with parents who are absent or desparate for their kid to make it, but the kids would also seem to have some bargaining power. Or, I guess the competition is so fierce that they can just use their casting and financial power to pit the kids against each other, vying for roles.
Actually it’s called a “Non-Disclosure Agreement”.
Misogynist. Misanthrope. Loathsome little lowlife. I hope karma has his number and topples him from his lifts. Permanently.
+ Narcissist!
Dark. Twisted. Abusive. Ingrate. Psychologically sadomasochistic. A justifiably hatable, Evil little man. I hope he has a two inch pencil penis.
Where is the truth on Leo? Tobey is an obvious douche.
What a Tool! So lucky to be where he is at. Any idiot could have played Spider-Man and made all that money. Go away you little runt
I’ve never liked him. How would he feel if someday someone treated his daughter that way? Jerk.
He is terrible actor who ruined Great Gasby for me. He is not any better in other films either. The only thing I know about him is that he is a part of DiCaprios group. But this seems beliavable.
Ugh! I hated that adaptation too
He is the worst actor I think I’ve ever seen. So unbelievably monotone and wooden. I’m glad I didn’t see Gatsby. I almost wanted to rip off my own face during Cider House Rules because he was so mind-numbingly boring.
I hadn’t seen him in a film for so long, so my only memorable impressions of his acting were from my teens (I used to think he was cute with some talent). When I watched The Great Gatsby last year, I cringed at how awful he was. He’s actually irritating.
I agree, he ruined The Great Gatsby. And he was unfortunately in almost every single scene, always lurking.
Holy Insecure Douche Batman!…I mean Spider-Man!
He has money but he also married a woman from a family with a lot more money than him (studio exec’s daughter) and his career has kind of stalled. He doesn’t measure up in his age group of actors anymore. Somehow it all adds up if this is true.
if the story is true, then good on her for NOT playing his little games. I wouldn’t have “barked like a seal” for a tip either.
Seriously. If somebody offered me a million dollars to bark like a seal…then maybe, just maybe, I would do it.
Barking like a seal for a measly thousand dollar tip? You’ve got to be joking.
So has the IRS ever investigated this? I would think Tobey the Terrible would be on the hook for not paying taxes on gambling income. What an a**hole for treating anyone like that. Gross.
I wondered that myself. It was pretty well known these games were happening and he was a big part of it, so I’d hope the IRS paid attention too. If not then, now maybe.
Hmmm…maybe someone should send a copy of this book to the IRS’ fraud investigation division. I’m assuming that this book was vetted by a team of lawyers, so the author is probably on the up-and-up taxwise.
People winning millions of dollars in underground poker games probably aren’t paying the taxman his fair share.
Actually there has been some legal trouble stemming from this poker ring. For one thing it’s illegal gambling.
I remember when he had to do promotion for Spiderman. He did Ellen and it was like pulling teeth to get him to talk about anything and I mean anything. She is the fluffiest interviewer around. She had the stroke his ego and basically kiss his backside because he was brave to come and do her show as he is not a fan of promotion. Then there was Letterman who was not having it and this clown had the nerve to threatend not to return to his show. On the air. My mindset, you take a 20 million dollar check and are provided first class accommodations for interviews, you sit down for 15 minutes and answer questions about your freaking costume. Douche.
That’s why I will miss Letterman. Of all the show hosts, he is the only one not afraid to let these dbags know they aren’t all that and he won’t fluff them in an interview. DL literally has no fuks to give anymore. And I’ve always gotten that dbag vibe from TMcG. Yuck. Pig.
Except he has been just as bad with women.
He seems depraved. Those types of people seldom change for the better.
depraved is the perfect word choice-I was going to say disturbed but depraved is the right match. Yeah, it’s like he is removed or emotionally not there, to me.
Loser and a pig!
It sounds like Tobey is a jerk. However, I don’t understand why she would expect a great tip from someone who is playing poker and losing.
It wasn’t for a tip. He was telling her that if she barked like a seal in front of everyone he would give her a $1,000 chip.
Really don’t think I could control the contempt I’d feel if someone said that to me.
It could hardly be considered a gratuity if she was expected to humiliate herself in order to receive it.
Apparently Tobey derives some sort of enjoyment or amusement out of making people feel bad.
Gross.
I can’t stand people who treat others like that. If it’s true, he’s a total ass.
Stories about Tobey being extremely cheap have been around for years and years.
Sounds like the more he makes, the cheaper he gets.
So degrading women is his thing? I would have flat out told him what he could do with his poker chip, smiling all the while of course.
I’m appalled. That’s the word I’m choosing. Tobey cannot be redeemed. He is a pig.
Hot in a caveman kind of way! Lol I admit I do find Rick hot even though he is sleazy and douchey.
I’m surprised that everyone at the table didn’t burst out laughing after what Rick said to Ben about JLo. Jenny from the Block needs to be brought down a peg or two. Besides, in the gossip magazines, Ben apparently bought her a jewel-encrusted toilet seat said to have cost $105,000 when they were together. Tobey’s a jerk but Rick’s comments made me laugh.
So, misogyny is okay when it’s aimed at someone you don’t like.
No wonder you like Solomon’s comments. You’d fit in quite well in that group.
I hate when men who behave like this are raising daughters. I totally believe this, although I have never heard anything negative about Tobey Macguire before. I never really liked him as an actor so I haven’t paid much attention to him. His acting seems to consist of having a kind of innocent, blank look and oddly pursing his lips in a defeated sort of way. If anyone has other scoop on this cad, do share.
What a jerk. I’ve never like him and have always like Ben.
Wow. What a complete jerk. Never knew that about him.
Gosh he sounds like an absolute peach. And by peach, I mean turd.
Glad she stood up for herself.
Ever since I read a story Lainey did on Leo and how he shut down Don’s Plum, I realized that his friend Tobey can be a much bigger ass. Tobey and Leo allowed a friend to make a movie with them in starring roles – largely improvised, it seems. Later, because Tobey didn’t like his role, he falsely accused, berated, and humiliated his “friend” in a meeting with the other actors. Tobey used his close friendship with Leo to get him to side with him. The details can be found on the smoking gun. Or can wiki Don’s Plums where there is a link to the court documents. On page 8 Tobey shows what an asshole he is. Tobey is a dick!
This sounds like a good book. I may have to pick it up. I’m glad she stuck to her guns even if he was angry. I’m not terribly shocked since I live in Vegas where douchey gambling behavior is rampant. This just proves how this group are a bunch of sexist a holes. I believe every word of it.
This makes me sad and disgusted. I admit I had a crush on him, but now I just wanna crush his nuts in a vice! I’m glad she wrote this book and outed his douche-baggery! Good on her! There’s nothing less attractive than a sore loser who tries to humiliate women.
He is disgusting, and married a spoiled brat with huge connections. This is who he is. This is what he is. It’s got f- all to do with gambling or losses. He f-ing hates women, and I am disgusted by any woman who is with him voluntarily or calls him a friend.
Well add Tobey Douche McGuire to my blacklist as well. Will never support anything this short douche does again. Wonder how his wife can stand him. Doesn’t her daddy support them? Weird. She must be a princess like Tori, only more low-key, if she is married and reproducing with this brat. Isn’t she a “Jewelery designer”? We all know that is code for trustfund baby and just like all those starlets who wear Marchessa Jennifer wouldn’t be selling anything if it wasn’t for her daddy connections. I bet her parents can’t stand this freeloader Tobey.
I was curious so I looked up his wife Jennifer Meyer’s jewelry line. There is nothing special about this jewelry and it is grossly overpriced. You can find some of her stuff on shopbop and Barney’s website. Some of her jewelry costs hundreds to thousands of dollars. Most are simple pieces like a thin gold chain with hearts or stars. On her Facebook page there are photos of Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Lawrence, and Emma Roberts wearing her necklaces and earrings. Celebrities would not be wearing her jewelry if her father was not head of Universal Studios, period. Her designs look pretty much like anything you can find at a retail store’s jewelry counter at a fraction of the cost.
Looks AND acts like a damn weasel
Meh. I’m not worried about Tobey. He’ll get old and sick and die some day. Probably alone.
That’s not nice at all if it’s true. I don’t get people who don’t tip.
That is seriously despicable behaviour. Toby is going on the blacklist!
I always thought he was pretty harmless, and I wa so confused about why he was in the Pu$$y posse. Well true colours. What he did shows a pretty messed up mind.
Something disgusting happens to men when they’re in a group. Especially if there’s a pretty girl around. They turn into turds.
I’m appalled at people who grew up poor, made it big and then treat working people like trash. They can all go die in a fire.
There’s no price on your personal dignity. I’m glad she didn’t do it.
Is her name actually Molly Bloom? I read that book almost ten years ago and I’m still recovering.
Molly Bloom?
Yes.
Holy shite, is that your real name?
Yes, I said, yes.
Will you please tell Tobey he’s an arsehole next time you see him?
Yes, I said, yes I will, yes.
lol
You win the internet today.
Tobey McGuire is a lousy actor, anyway. There are talented people in films, and non-talented ones. He is definitely on the “non talented” list.
Considering who McGuire’s father-in-law is, it’s a pretty big F-U to him that Vanity Fair would run this. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy -the little pr!ck deserves the takedown.
Here’s what I don’t get… From the excerpt, it seems like a lot of big names wanted in on the game. After the seal incident, why didn’t she just cut him out of the game? I’m sure there were other celebs who would’ve gladly taken his place, and if he tried to screw with the game or hostess in retaliation, he would’ve just pissed off a bunch of other powerful H’wood players.
I’m casting major side-eye on this woman’s account.
Here’s why.
In my first job out of college, I worked in close proximity with Tobey’s then girlfriend, now wife.
I had a several encounters with Tobey, and he ALWAYS went out of his way to be nice. One time, we hosted a party at Ron Meyer(his father-in-law and CEO of Universal, I think)’s home. Tobey helped us load boxes, unload boxes, haul shit to our car, etc. Other celebs would act like the dickbags you expect, but Tobey always seemed cognizant of NOT wanting to play that card. I don’t know — I just don’t buy it. I mean, it’s possible, But I’m skeptical.
Just because someone is nice to YOU, doesn’t mean they are nice to everyone all the time. Also, some people can act differently when they are drunk or just in a certain mood. When I was in college, I knew a guy that I thought was pretty nice, but it turns out he had raped several women on campus. Other women would say “oh I don’t believe that, I went out with him and he didn’t rape me”. Just because he didn’t rape EVERY one he went out with, doesn’t mean he didn’t rape SOME of them. Turns out he really was a rapist and also got busted for drug dealing as well during college.
Well Tobey would want to impress his rich and well-connected father-in-law so any good behaviour done around the Money doesn’t count. How you behave when “it doesn’t count” shows your true character.
I’m buying what she is saying. To top it all off he has to do the “I am going to put my hand on this chicks ass and have a stupid I’m not doing anything look on my face while we get our picture taken” to Carey Mulligan.
I knew Leo had a group he was a part of but I didn’t realize what a bunch of douchebags they were, assuming this is all true. If she doesn’t get sued we’ll have our answer.
I hadn’t heard a thing about McGuire though, I always thought he was harmless. If this is true then this lady handled herself with a lot of class. Good for her in the face of what was obviously embarrassing for her.
Tobey sounds like he’s confused about which of them is the meat puppet.
I don’t want to believe this, but it has the ring of truth. When you are catered to and spoiled, your brain goes soft. And he has a daughter? What a tool.
This is just her side of the story. Maybe he was hurt whe he realised she was a sycophant and wanted to make her feel bad about it.
Who would want to be a sycophant to Tobey McGuire? He’s incredibly ordinary. I certainly wouldn’t be falling all over him.
He’s about as appealing as non-fresh bacon grease.
Well, Toby sounds like a jerk. Ben actually comes off sounding like a smart player. For people calling him a gambling addict, maybe they are wrong. Maybe he is just a very good, smart player, who allots himself so much, and enjoys the game of cards. Are all gamblers addicts? Then what are professional poker players, etc., called? After reading her description of Ben, maybe he’s just a guy who likes the game of cards and is strategic about when and how much he is willing to bet.
Just because you’re a smart gambler doesn’t negate the fact that you could have a problem with it. All gamblers that are addicted are not all losers at the table. Ben obviously spends a lot of time thinking about this activity. Planning and figuring things out. That is a lot of energy to put into something that is just a pass time activity. Especially considering he has had some addition problems in the past.
I believe that he did this. There is just something gross about him. I liked him when I first saw Cider House Rules years ago, but then over the years he just became creepy to me, I don’t know why. My husband has never liked him and groans if he’s in a movie we’re watching. I can actually see and hear Tobey doing this to this woman. He just gives off a petty, sleazy, beady-eyed vibe.
Tobey grew up as poor white trash. Tobey is new money, and the nouveau riche are known to talk down and patronize people. If you were born with little financial means, you often dream of the day when you have money but you were not raised with proper manners for those conditions. If you are a true blue blood or old money, your parents demand that you treat everyone with respect, from the strung out Baltimore heroin addict to the president. Trash Bag Tobey.
All celebrities are horrible people. I’m sorry, I know it hurts but becoming a celebrity turns a person awful, even if they weren’t entirely awful before. All. Celebrities. Are. Horrible. People.
They’re “publicly rich and so everyone probably expects them to pay, so I don’t blame them for counting the dollars. I know Madonna clips coupons and is super careful with her money. Too many freeriders. Still, both he and his wife (Meyers is the daughter of a major studio exec) must be totally loaded.
Tobey Maguire sounds awful. I never liked his acting anyway. He does the same kind of wide-eyed thing in every single film and picks really boring films, including Gatsby and Brothers. He gets typecast as the pure boy next door type but doesn’t this story tell you how far from the truth that is? Maybe he’s a good actor then, but I still don’t like his monotone screen presence.