
Fake Matt Damon Rep Causes Chaos at Gwen Stefani's Fashion Show

The crowd at Gwen Stefani's L.A.M.B. fashion show anxiously awaited as one empty seat needed to be filled. The man in waiting:
Matt Damon. But he never showed.
Apparently, an impostor duped the organizers, pretending to be Damon's publicist. He demanded the coveted front row seats for the actor, his wife and a pal named Peter Gianquinto. But when it became obvious that Damon wasn't coming, organizers had '8 Mile' actress Taryn Manning fill the seat.
"Organizers changed the entire seating plan to accommodate Damon, so everyone was baffled when he didn't show," a fashion show rep tells
PopEater, adding it seemed "out of character."
Damon's publicist, Jennifer Allen, had no knowledge of the request and told New York Post's
Page Six, "He's never been to a fashion show, to my knowledge. No one called me to check."
On-site sources believe infamous party crasher Gianquinto (pictured at left) may have been behind the elaborate hoax.
"During the show, he told me he had bought out Nobu for the night for Gwen and offered to buy me several looks off the runway," Manning tells
PopEater about the man's odd behavior.
This isn't Gianquinto's first scheme. According to press reports from 1997, a man by the same name was
busted for fraud for posing as Elton John's manager in order to get tickets to a dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel. He was charged again with conducting a scheme to defraud and with criminal impersonation after he posed as a rep for the Rolling Stones to get invitations to gala dinners and gifts from hotels.
According to reports, the imposter tried to contact other fashion publicists trying to get into shows and parties for G-Star and Catherine Malandrino, but he was rejected.
No word on if charges have been filed.
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Hilarious....
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Fake as the client himself. Ego driven washeup. Bring on some Ian somerhalder,Paul Walker and Henry Cavill. Sent this boy back to beantown.
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"Infamous party crasher Gianquinto" is a total jerk and a bad title! And people like this should be put on another seperate list to "watch out's for"!!! Another reason why people not only have to check things over & over again to make sure it's the true people you want at your event!
Matt Damon is one of the coolest people in the world and wish people didn't use his name like this!
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Who gives a rat's behind if you're dating some old geezer!
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The talented " Mr. Ripley "...
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