Steve's V.I.Plea
It may have been Mariah Carey's party, but Steve Brookstein can cry if he wants to. Reality show winner Steve was recently labelled the "Ex Factor" by industry insiders - and it seems the poor bloke's already been forgotten by those that matter.
The 36-year-old singer - tipped for great thing by Simon Cowell - pitched up at pop diva Mariah's 35th birthday party on Saturday. If only someone had warned the club doormen he was on his way. Despite making it into plush nightspot Tantra, Brookstein was barred from the party's VIP section because no one knew who he was. Surely you could have taken your hit album along as ID, Steve? Oh, of course... there hasn't been one, has there?
A 3am spy at the party tells us: "It was a huge embarrassment for Steve. Mariah's proper party was going on in the roped off VIP area. Steve strolled up and was expecting to join the fun, but the bouncers gave him the once over and said, 'no way'. He spent the rest of the night outside the VIP section looking in. To make matters worse, Mariah spotted some of her fans on the way into the club and invited them all in to join her for champagne and a dance. So they got in - but Steve didn't."
And you missed out on a right old knees up, mate. The Armadale vodka was flowing, and it took a team of six male models just to carry her birthday cake. The singer, in the UK to promote her new album, The Emancipation of Mimi, wore $1million-worth of diamonds, including a chunky bracelet, and spent two hours mingling with her close pals.
Although when we say "close" pals, we're not quite sure Lee Ryan, ex-Mis-Teeq singer Alesha Dixon and Simon Webbe are Mariah's lifelong chums - but at least they got in. (The Mirror)
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