How things managed to go south while Russell Crowe was hosting a party for a small number of people that included rapper Azaelia Banks is odd. However, the details are worth looking at.
Who would’ve thought that Russell Crowe’s extremely tiny dinner party would have any issues? According to reports, Crowe was hosting a dinner party for 10 people and it would be followed by a music listening session. Crowe invited RZA who brought fellow rapper Azaelia Banks as his plus one. The whole incident went down at a Beverly Hills hotel.
According to eyewitness accounts the trouble started when Azealia laughed out loud at Russell’s music selection, and then called him and at least one other guest, “boring white men.” We’re told a female guest jumped to Russell’s defense and suggested Banks pipe down.
Instead, we’re told she made an insane speech/threat to Crowe and the woman …”You would love it if I broke my glass, stabbed you guys in the throat, and blood would squirt everywhere like some real Tarantino s***.” Then for good measure, witnesses say she dropped a few n-bombs … yet Crowe remained surprisingly calm.
We’re told Azealia reached for her glass, cocked it back … and that’s when Russell had enough — he grabbed her in a bear hug and carried her out of the suite. He then called hotel security guards who removed Azealia from the grounds.
Azealia posted a different version of events, claiming Crowe called her the n-word, choked her, threw her out and spit on her.
We’re told at least 4 of the guests/witnesses gave statements during the investigation, and all 4 used the word “erratic” to describe Azealia’s behavior. For the record, we’re told … even RZA says she used the n-word, not Russell.
This is definitely a dinner party from hell. We’ll keep our eyes on this as we’re sure this is still developing.