HOLLYWOOD, July 13 – “We could have brought Hollywood to a complete standstill and maybe got the respect we deserve.” So says Leo Grimaldini, president of the Hollywood Limousine Ingress and Egress Operators Union. Members of this labor organization believe they have the sole responsibility to open the doors of celebrities arriving at events large and small. “Wthout us Hollywood simply could not function,” he asserted. “Can you imagine JLo stooping to the low of opening her limo door herself? You think a director like James Cameron would do that? Or Mariah Carey? Not gonna happen.”
Grimaldini said he had finally pulled together an agreement among his colleagues and that an announcement had been prepared for Thursday evening eastern time, “only to have those disrespectful actors beat us to it.” He is sure that a spy among them informed SAG-AFTRA top leaders who didn’t want their members upstaged. An exasperated Grimaldini wasn’t sure if his union would go through with the strike now. “What’s the point? ” he sighed.”They’ll all be driving their Camaro convertibles themselves until this thing ends.”
At press time, a source reported that Grimaldi was seen as a greeter at the Burbank Walmart Supercenter.