Warm cookies and cold milk are apparently the order of the day when Jennifer Lopez is in town, if This Morning host Phillip Schofield is to be believed. Schofield claims that before he could conduct an interview with the singer, she had to have her cookies warmed up to a specific temperature and served with cold milk – along with her usual demands of an all-white dressing room with white candles and flowers and room-temperature Evian water.
‘There was quite a commotion when they worried the cookie wasn’t the right temperature’ Schofield said on This Morning. ‘If you want Jennifer’s real secret to looking fabulous at 50, this is it.’
Soon after the event, a source told the Daily Mail that no such demand for cookies was made, but it wouldn’t be the strangest celebrity requests we’ve heard.
Strangest Celebrity Demands - Grazia
1 of 9Madonna: 20 International Phone Lines
Madonna apparently brings a 200-person entourage with her, and asks for 'light-pink roses that have stems trimmed to precisely six inches' as well as 20 international phone lines... Source: Daily Mail
2 of 9Katy Perry: Absolutely No Carnations
Katy Perry wants flowers backstage,]: she wants white and purple hydrangeas, pink and white roses and peonies, or white orchids, but her rider also reads, 'ABSOLUTELY NO CARNATIONS' (with the text underlined!) Source: The Smoking Gun
3 of 9Kanye West: Two Alcoholic Machines
Now this one actually sounds pretty fun – Kanye West apparently asked for 'two alcoholic machines' one with frozen Hennessy and Coke and the other with frozen Grey Goose and lemonade. Source: TMZ
4 of 9Cher: A Wig Room
Another pretty iconic request - Cher asks for an entire room to store her wigs in while on tour, and refers to it as 'The Wig Room.' Source: The Smoking Gun
5 of 9Mariah Carey: 20 White Kittens
It's a well-known fact that Mariah Carey loves Christmas and so it's no surprise that in 2009 she requested 20 white kittens and 100 white doves for a Christmas tree lighting. Source: Daily Mail
6 of 9Justin Bieber: Antique Furniture
Former wild child Justin Bieber may have calmed down a little since getting married to Hailey Baldwin, but he once requested; a jacuzzi, two hotels, a redesigned suite 'filled with antique furniture ... art and purple carnations' and a private jet and helicopter on standby. Source: Mirror
7 of 9Barbra Streisand: A Piece Of Freshly Cut Turf
What on earth could Barbra Streisand want with a piece of grass? It's for her dog Samantha, of course. In 2017 it was reported that she asked the hotel to 'provide a hand-made box filled with freshly cut turf so her dog Samantha…could go to the [bathroom] on the balcony outside her room'. Source: Daily Mail
8 of 9Van Halen: No Brown M&Ms Allowed
Rock band Van Halen famously banned brown M&Ms backstage at shows - but rather than having a strange aversion to them, it was to make sure the venue had read all the paperwork they provided with more important specifications about lighting and sound. Source: NPR
9 of 9Mary J. Blige: A New Toilet Seat
Probably the most relatable request of all - Mary J. Blige requests a brand new toilet seat backstage. Source: The Smoking Gun