Greedy celebrities? Say it ain't so!

Celebrities never cease to amaze me. It seems that the more money they make, the more freebies they want:

NOT only did Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo never date buxom blonde Jessica Simpson - they never even met. Sources say rumors of Romo and Simpson's fling were the work of Jessica's manager daddy, Joe Simpson, who "lent her name out to Romo in exchange for game tickets."

Joe Simpson is such a snake anyway and a total nutcase, but hello! I'd think that with Jessica's millions it would be no problem to buy some game tickets. (The again, this is the same girl who was trolling for dates on the internet and used an escort service- granted, it was supposedly an accident.) Of course not; it's that sense of entitlement again. Why should she (or in this case, her wacko father) have to pay for tickets? Yet again he pimps out his daughter for his own needs. He's an excellent candidate for Father of the Year, at the rate he's going.

GQ recently did an article on this phenomenon, of using one's name and celebrity to get free tix. Very interesting to see who can get the seats and who can't:

GQ magazine punks the NBA in a new feature for its January issue, where it pretends to be a Hollywood rep seeking comped courtside seats for various celebrities.

It had an easier time scoring front-row Utah Jazz tix for Jenna Jameson than getting Mischa Barton into the Dallas Mavericks game. "We're all sold out down there," said a Mavericks rep. But the Jazz told the fake Jameson: "I'm sure we can work something out ... Two tickets or four?"

Author Malcolm Gladwell isn't getting Chicago Bulls seats until his phony rep sends "an E-mail with credit card information." But The Rock can see the Nets for free, especially if he's willing to sing the national anthem.

But what about Rosie O'Donnell belting out "The Star-Spangled Banner"? "I'm a big Rosie fan," said a rep for the Phoenix Suns, "and we're excited about this, but for the date you mentioned, I have a 5-year-old trumpet player I'm flying in from Washington.

I understand why the NBA would want certain celebrities sitting down there- good exposure for both sides, depending on the celeb- but it is intriguing to see who can easily get comped seats and who can't. Not surprising to see that Jenna Jameson and The Rock would easily get them, and a starlet and an author would have more trouble. (On a side note, can you imagine The Rock or Rosie singing the national anthem? Gives me flashbacks of Roseanne singing it.)