Robert De Niro Says Jay-Z Is "Rude" & "Disrespectful" For Not Returning His Phone Calls - ThisIs50.com
Robert De Niro and Jay-Z got into a tense beef at Leonardo DiCaprios birthday bash the other night, when De Niro called the rapper disrespectful.
Spies say Godfather II and Taxi Driver star De Niro gave Jay a dressing-down in a roomful of celebs including Martin Scorsese because the rap mogul had refused to return De Niros calls.
Sources add that Jay tried to joke his way out of the situation, and even his wife, Beyoncé, tried to intervene, but De Niro wouldnt back down.
When Jay-Z tried to make a joke of it, saying he is terrible on the phone, a source says, De Niro kept telling him that he thinks hes the man, but that he was disrespectful.
Beyoncé came over, but that didnt calm Bob down, the source said, adding that afterward,
]It was the talk of the party. Everyone was saying theres only one star in New York bigger and badder than Jay-Z, and thats Robert De Niro He can be quite scary when hes angry.
The Darby bash, which sources say ended at 5 a.m. with a tab of nearly $3 million, much of which went to the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, drew Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, Chris Rock, Jonah Hill, Edward Norton, Mark Ruffalo and Emma Watson.