As if you needed another reason to love Keith Richards (considering he's a really nice dude who once nearly burned down the Playboy Mansion), the Rolling Stones guitarist hated Soiled Carpet Sample Donald Trump way before it was cool.
Stones tour manager Michael Cohl recently told this pretty awesome story at a Pollstar event.
It was 1989, and the Rolling Stones were looking to wrap up their Steel Wheels tour with a big show broadcast on pay-per-view. Unfortunately, the only place they could find was Atlantic City at Donald Trump's Plaza Hotel and Casino. As Cohl tells it:
I opened my big mouth in the meeting with The Rolling Stones where they go, "This is all great, but we're not going to be affiliated with Donald Trump. At all. Screw you." And I go, "I will control Donald Trump! Don't you worry!"
After what sounds like a completely insufferable argument, Cohl goes and finds the band in the dressing room, where they are rightfully pissed that Trump is trying to steal the show from, again, the biggest rock band on the planet:
They call me back, at which point Keith pulls out his knife and slams it on the table and says, "What the hell do I have you for? Do I have to go over there and fire him myself? One of us is leaving the building – either him, or us." I said, "No. I'll go do it. Don't you worry."
Moral of the story. Donald Trump is ~literally~ the worst. But you already knew that. And Keith Richards is completely awesome. But you already knew that, too.
