We’re still bloody FROTHING the wild yarn Jack Vidgen shared about a coupla influencers allegedly dining and dashing on him after a Real Housewives of Beverly Hills event featuring Kyle Richards. (BTW we also interviewed the Real Housewives OG if ya wanna suss it!)
ICYMI: Vidgen spilled in an ep of his podcast Hey Doll! that several unnamed influencers enjoyed drinks on his tab at the Kimpton Margot Hotel in Sydney after the event then skipped out on the bill.
The So Dramatic! podcast has done some digging to try and figure out which influencers attended kick-ons with Jack.
MAFS’ Jules Robinson, reporter Justin Hill, model Simone Holtznagel and The Bachelor’s Sophie Tieman were all in attendance at the event but confirmed to the poddy that they did not attend kick-ons.
Of the 15 attendees who were present at the event, So Dramatic! reported that only four did not respond: MAFS’ Selina Chaurr, Byron Baes’ Jade Kevin Foster and influencers Johnny Magz and Sammy Robinson.
PEDESTRIAN.TV reached out to all four influencers and only got a response from Sammy who said “I have no idea who was there. I left after the event.”
So scratch her off the list too!
That being said, just because the aforementioned folks did not respond does not necessarily mean they’re the culprits, but it’s just nice to have a list of names who attended the event to narrow it down, right?
Have a listen to the latest ep of the So Dramatic! podcast for more tea.
Speaking on his poddy, Jack said: “I won’t say exactly who this story’s about — but we went down to the bar afterwards [at the] Kimpton Margot.
“It was me and Tim and Rod who won The Amazing Race and a few other people.
“There was a couple of other people who racked up probably about a $360 or $380 cocktail tab with us and legged it!”
Absolutely scandalous. Also, to rack up a bill like that you’re surely buying the most expenny cocktails on the menu.
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On the podcast he confirmed the $380 tab was for the dashing influencers’ drinks alone.
“Me and Tim and Rod were like ‘what the fuck’,” he said.
According to Vidgen, he had a very restrained three margaritas. He and podcast co-host Tom Whitaker estimated that should only cost around $60 or $70 in total.
Luckily Vidgen managed to avoid paying the extra bar tab though. I’d be absolutely fuming if someone stiffed me with a massive cocktail bill.
“I said to the bar, ‘look, invoice Hayu because I’m not paying that’. And I gave their names,” he said.
“It was disappointing because I actually had a good conversation with this person as well. I thought we connected a little bit, more than I thought we would.”
He described them as “a couple of cheap influencers” and called them out via Instagram with a rather excellent use of the Little Miss meme.
The spiciest detail of all though? Vidgen reckons the set-up was intentional.
“The reason I know it wasn’t like, a mistake, is because I messaged them… like 10 minutes after they left because they said they were going out for a cigarette,” he explained.
“I said ‘did you leave?’ and they just never opened it.”
The ‘ol slurp, scurry and strategically ignore strategy? Now that’s definitely not a good way to make new friends.
