![]() ![]() "Certainly the staff would be expected not to leak anything or photograph anything," she says. The nightclub promoters Mears interviewed for her book describe being in an awkward position of wanting to publicize the presence of their A-list guests without betraying their privacy. It’s a place where their private business can go public.” “A scandal like this has the potential to hurt a place like The Standard because it means it’s not a safe place for the celebrity. “This is a place where you can see people like them and see them in this authentic moments,” she says, but cautions that might not last for long. Mears agrees, noting that The Standard, which opened in 2009, has been able to stay on the top of the New York night life food chain in terms of the models, celebrities and moneyed guests it continues to attract. The video reinforces that. Nevertheless, she says, “I think this will cause a lot of celebrities not to go there anymore because the expectation of privacy is incredibly low,” and Yahoo Travel even compiled a list of hotels known for keeping the secrets of its celebrity clientele safe. (Jay Z and Beyoncé are as good as it gets in terms of big names a high-end establishment would want to attract.) “It’s just great name recognition this is the hot spot,” she says. It said it was “shocked and disappointed” the tape was released and that it was “investigating with the utmost urgency the circumstances surrounding the situation.”Īccording to Jo Piazza, author of “ Celebrity, Inc.” and an editor for Yahoo Travel, the scandal presents a mixed bag in terms of publicity for the Standard. Quickly after the footage surfaced, the hotel issued a statement to the Grio and other outlets strongly condemning the leak. “Having a fight with celebrities always has the potential to get a place in the news,” says sociologist Ashley Mears, a Boston University professor who is researching a book on the global circuit of VIP night life. Further fueling public interest in the spat is that the fight was caught on tape in a moment the filial music stars thought they were behaving in secret. ![]() The reputation of New York’s Standard Hotel – home to the elite nightclub where Jay Z, Solange and Beyoncé were partying after last week’s Met Gala – has seen its name brought into the scrap. Jay Z may have been the intended recipient of Solange’s blows in elevator security footage that rocked the Internet Monday, but with the leakage of the tape – posted first on TMZ – the rapper was not the only one taking a hit. ![]()
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