In a recent London Times interview, House star Hugh Laurie mentioned one perk of his celebrity status was his Burger King gold card, granting him a limitless supply of free burgers.
The card was originally made available to the public back in 2006, but in reality is no more than a glorified gift card; only the famous people get the gold card perk. Celebrities who are "good friends" of the brand and have "long-standing relationships" have been presented with the card. Jennifer Hudson, for example, was a former employee at Burger King before making it big, and George Lucas always partners with the fast food chain for movie release tie-ins. Robert Downey, Jr. received a card after mentioning Burger King in interviews when he was promoting Iron Man (after all, his character Tony Stark was fiendin' for a BK cheeseburger). Jay Leno describes the reaction upon flashing his Crown Card:
"So I order my food, and the guy says, 'That's $11.' So I say: 'Fine, here you go,' and hand him the card. His reaction was amazing: 'Whoa... where'd you get this?' He was not impressed that I was on 'The Tonight Show' or even that I was driving a Porsche Carrera GT. He was more impressed with this piece of plastic."
You too can earn the admiration of your peers and say you're a proud BK Crown Card holder (because, you know, "prepaid gift card" sounds a little boring and unoriginal) by getting one from bkcrowncard.com.
..a limitless supply of fast food burgers eh?
So that means that maybe we can look forward to less crappy celebrities when they all start dying off due to heart failure.
So, Jay Leno is driving his Porsche to Burger King and has the nerve to flash a minimum wage-earning guy his special card, so he won't have to fork over 11 bucks? Wow.
"So, Jay Leno is driving his Porsche to Burger King and has the nerve to flash a minimum wage-earning guy his special card, so he won't have to fork over 11 bucks? Wow."
Yet again celebrities receiving freebies that they can more than afford. Can't they tie in a charity or something? This just seems ridiculous for these ultra rich to get a free $3 burger.
ARE YOU KIDDING BURGER KING? YOU HAVE ALL US COMMON BLUE COLLARS MAKING YOUR PAY CHECKS AND YOU HAVE THE GOAL TO GIVE THESE GOLD CARD TO ACTORS, WHEN ALL ALONG IT'S US THAT KEEPS YOUR BUSSINESS GOING BY WORD OF MOUTH, SO NOW HERES MY SUPPORT TAKE THE GOLD CARD STICK THEM WHERE THEY DON'T SHINE WITH YOUR ACTORS THAT REALLY DONT PAY YOUR WAGES WE THE PUBLIC DO THAT! I WILL NO ;LONGER VISIT YOUR BUSINESS AS LONG AS I'M LIVING... HOW DARE YOU ALL...
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In a recent London Times interview, House star Hugh Laurie mentioned one perk of his celebrity status was his Burger King gold card, granting him a limitless supply of free burgers.
9 Comments:
Kate Walsh has one, too. Sean Combs and Michael Waltrip also have been in possession of one.
I thought Regis Philbin has one but couldn't find any info about it.
The card comes with a personal visit from the creepy Burger King mascot for a full-body massage. (Nooo, not really! LOL)
holdthemayo at 8:03PM on 06/24/08
The End is, indeed, nigh.
srhcb at 8:16PM on 06/24/08
..a limitless supply of fast food burgers eh?
So that means that maybe we can look forward to less crappy celebrities when they all start dying off due to heart failure.
bisbee at 1:19AM on 06/25/08
So, Jay Leno is driving his Porsche to Burger King and has the nerve to flash a minimum wage-earning guy his special card, so he won't have to fork over 11 bucks? Wow.
ricestein at 12:16PM on 06/25/08
the minimum wage guy is probably an unemployed actor or wanna be comedian. It probably ain't his "dead end" job.
Uglycuss at 3:22PM on 06/25/08
"So, Jay Leno is driving his Porsche to Burger King and has the nerve to flash a minimum wage-earning guy his special card, so he won't have to fork over 11 bucks? Wow."
Welcome to America.
poxpopuli at 9:53AM on 06/26/08
Yet again celebrities receiving freebies that they can more than afford. Can't they tie in a charity or something? This just seems ridiculous for these ultra rich to get a free $3 burger.
thefoodie377 at 9:14PM on 06/26/08
They should all take these down to the London branch and claim their free "The Burger"'s ;)
hyphz at 10:48PM on 06/28/08
ARE YOU KIDDING BURGER KING? YOU HAVE ALL US COMMON BLUE COLLARS MAKING YOUR PAY CHECKS AND YOU HAVE THE GOAL TO GIVE THESE GOLD CARD TO ACTORS, WHEN ALL ALONG IT'S US THAT KEEPS YOUR BUSSINESS GOING BY WORD OF MOUTH, SO NOW HERES MY SUPPORT TAKE THE GOLD CARD STICK THEM WHERE THEY DON'T SHINE WITH YOUR ACTORS THAT REALLY DONT PAY YOUR WAGES WE THE PUBLIC DO THAT! I WILL NO ;LONGER VISIT YOUR BUSINESS AS LONG AS I'M LIVING... HOW DARE YOU ALL...
sherikhen at 3:33AM on 09/13/08