{"id":540922,"date":"2026-03-15T00:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T00:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/540922\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T00:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T00:13:10","slug":"famous-costume-designer-exposes-vile-a-listers-including-one-major-a-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/540922\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous costume designer exposes vile A-listers, including one &#8216;major a&#8211;hole&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Costume designer Jean-Pierre\u00a0Dorl\u00e9ac isn\u2019t shying away from naming a few nightmare celebrities he\u2019s worked with throughout his career. <\/p>\n<p>During <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-15631975\/patrick-macnee-shannen-doherty-kirstie-alley-jean-pierre-dorleac.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">a chat with the Daily Mail<\/a>, Dorl\u00e9ac labeled stars like Kirstie Alley, Shannen Doherty and Patrick Macnee as bad apples. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cKirstie was very crude and very brassy and coarse, irresponsible, never on time, a mess, a constant mess,\u201d Dorl\u00e9ac said of his time working with the late \u201cCheers\u201d star.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had to clean her her uniform. She was supposed to be a travel agent in the series called \u2018Masquerade\u2019 with Rod Taylor, and she sweated so badly because she drank.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Famous costume designer Jean-Pierre Dorl\u00e8ac, seen above standing next to a row of mannequins at the Academy of Television Arts &amp; Sciences Best Costume Nominees Exhibition, named a list of nightmare celebrities he\u2019s worked with in an interview with the Daily Mail.  WireImage<\/p>\n<p>He labeled the late Kirstie Alley, pictured above, as \u201cvery crude and very brassy and coarse, irresponsible, never on time,\u201d and \u201ca constant mess.\u201d Getty Images for Extra<\/p>\n<p>The designer went on to share how he had a $350 pearl pink angora sweater dress made for Alley, but it was ruined after a trip to the snacks table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a stunning thing for a scene where she had a major line delivery to do, and about three minutes before she did the scene, she went to the craft table service and picked up this great big chocolate donut and accidentally, supposedly, dropped it down the front of her dress,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was nothing but this big streak of chocolate through her breast all the way down to her belly button,\u201d he said, adding that they ultimately had to throw the dress away.<\/p>\n<p>But, the incident turned out not to be a one-off for Alley, who <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2016\/02\/10\/up-and-down-stars-whose-weight-fluctuates\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">publicly struggled with her weight<\/a> for years. She <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/12\/05\/kirstie-alley-dead-at-71-after-short-battle-with-cancer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">died at age 71<\/a> in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe did that over and over again, plus she was constantly gaining weight, and she was always rude,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>In one incident, Dorl\u00e8ac claimed Alley, seen above in a \u201cMasquerade\u201d promo photo, ruined a $350 costume after dropping a chocolate donut down the front of her dress. \u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe did that over and over again, plus she was constantly gaining weight, and she was always rude,\u201d Dorl\u00e8ac, seen above holding a cat, said of the late actress. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The late Shannen Doherty, whom the designer worked with on her 1994 TV movie, \u201cA Burning Passion,\u201d also received a negative review.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did her this blue suit,\u2019 Dorl\u00e9ac said. \u201cI always go to the set to establish the costume before it\u2019s shot and make certain everything was right, I said, \u2018Oh, Shannen it just turned out to be so wonderful.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt makes your eyes so blue. And she goes, \u2018yeah, they are, aren\u2019t they?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The following day, he dressed her in a tan outfit which he paired with a cream-colored hat, but this time, the \u201cCharmed\u201d star\u2019s eyes appeared brown. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen the next day, she\u2019s doing something else, and it\u2019s more of a vivid green, and her eyes are almost cat green, not hazel-y green, like mine or hers were originally,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The designer also took aim at Shannen Doherty (pictured above speaking at MegaCon Orlando 2024 Q&amp;A session), calling her \u201cvery unhappy.\u201d Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>At one point, while working together on the TV movie, \u201cA Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story\u201d (seen above), the designer claimed Doherty gave him an expletive-laced tongue lashing. \u00a9NBC\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>Dorl\u00e9ac asked the star how she was able to change her eye color so many times, which earned him a swift tongue-lashing from the star, he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe answered: \u2018Just I\u2019ll keep your f\u2013king mouth shut. I\u2019m doing this.\u2019 I said, \u2018What are you talking about?&#8217;\u201d the designer explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe says, \u2018I hate this goddamn movie, and I don\u2019t want to play this Margaret Mitchell. Jesus! Who wants to play an old cripple like Margaret Mitchell?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dorl\u00e9ac claimed Doherty was at odds with the movie\u2019s producer Ren\u00e9e Valente and hatched a plan to change her eye color to \u201cthrow the film off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was a very unhappy girl,\u201d he added of Doherty, who <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/07\/14\/celebrity-news\/shannen-doherty-dead-at-53-after-cancer-battle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">died of cancer<\/a> at age 53 in 2024. \u201cShe smoked constantly, she ate hardly anything. She was so tiny and thin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe swore like a workman. I mean, I\u2019ve never seen anybody who had a filthier mouth than she did,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe says, \u2018I hate this goddamn movie, and I don\u2019t want to play this Margaret Mitchell. Jesus! Who wants to play an old cripple like Margaret Mitchell?&#8217;\u201d Dorl\u00e8ac claimed Doherty said. \u00a9NBC\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>The designer added that Doherty, seen above, \u201csmoked constantly, she ate hardly anything. She was so tiny and thin.\u201d \u00a9Aaron Spelling Prods\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>One star, Patrick Macnee, Dorl\u00e9ac labeled as a \u201cmajor a\u2013hole\u201d over an alleged sexual assault that took place in 1978.<\/p>\n<p>The designer was tasked with dressing Macnee for his guest role in \u201cBattlestar Galactica\u201d when the actor allegedly attempted to make a pass at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe started taking off his clothes, and he said, \u2018I just don\u2019t know how to thank you for making this for me\u2026\u2019 Dorl\u00e9ac claimed. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe got down to his shorts, his underwear, and I\u2019m in alone with this guy, and he sort of comes close to me, and he pulls them down, and he pulls out his old swan and started shaking it around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dorl\u00e8ac claimed the actor proceeded to touch himself inappropriately, asking him to join in. However, the designer refused. The incident was cut short minutes later when a tailor arrived to trim the costume.<\/p>\n<p>The designer labeled late actor Patrick Macnee, seen above in \u201cBattlestar Galactica,\u201d as a \u201cmajor a\u2013hole.\u201d Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>He claimed Macnee, pictured above in \u201cThe Avengers,\u201d made an inappropriate pass at him while working together on \u201cBattlestar Galactica.\u201d Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe struggled to pull up his pants, and he put on the suit, and he was pissed as hell,\u201d Dorl\u00e8ac continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe just pouted all the way through the fitting.\u201d Dorl\u00e9ac said, before revealing that Macnee\u2019s costume was cut to shreds with scissors by a mystery vandal shortly afterwards, prompting the studio to drop $6,000 on a new emergency suit and tailors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was just a major a\u2013hole, and he never spoke to me thereafter, and they never hired him to work at Universal ever again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reps for Doherty and Alley\u2019s estates did not immediately respond to Page Six\u2019s requests for comment. 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