For starters, you’ve basically got to be comfortable with being invisible.
You might think being a celebrity’s personal assistant is a dream job. Heading to the Oscars, meeting famous people on a daily basis, getting hand-me-down designer clothes. There are obviously a lot of perks. But, like any job, there are negatives as well.
For starters, you’ve basically got to be comfortable with being invisible. And don’t even think about putting your Instagram on public. If you have a public profile, people will start to recognise you when you’re running errands for your boss. Picking up a pregnancy test (if needed) turns into a huge media story if people know your face. And of course, when you’re accompanying your boss on the Grammys red carpet, you can’t take away from her ridiculously insane outfit.
Beyonce’s personal assistant, Sam Greenberg, was one of these blend-into-the-background invisible workers. That is, until she agreed to be profiled by Vogue. Have fun keeping your privacy now, Sam.
While she didn’t give details about buying activated almonds in bulk or spending the night on the phone trying to pre-order a Chanel onesie for Blue Ivy, we’re going to assume she does all of these things and more.
In fact, the Vogue profile basically just detailed Sam’s wardrobe. Which is fine, we guess, but it’s not what anyone actually wants to know.
Here’s what we did learn about Beyonce’s assistant.
1. She travels a lot.
“I showed up my first day of the job ready to go on tour with two huge suitcases, a small wheel carry-on, a carry-on for my shoulder, and my purse. I soon learned that was not going to be an effective way to travel, and ended up cutting it down.
“I pack up one to two suitcases and drag those around with me everywhere I go, and then I bring a carry-on with me. If I have a smaller trip I just throw stuff in there so I can run out. Basically, I am always ready to travel: so I have a bag already packed and ready-to-go.”
2. She runs around a lot.
“I definitely don’t wear heels most of the time, because I’m always on my feet and running around. I try to stick to really cool flats and sneakers.”
3. She’s like a ninja at Beyonce shows.
“If I’m on tour, I’m absolutely wearing black backstage. I’ve always worn black, so it wasn’t too much of a challenge. It’s to blend into the background; people won’t have to see a person in a bright pink top running back and forth on stage. And if there are times I have to go out in the crowd during a performance, I don’t want to be noticed. If it is a summer tour, I have two or three black rompers that I live in. If it is winter tours, I wear jeans, sneakers, and sometimes even some Beyoncé merchandise because that is usually black too, so that is helpful to blend in.”
4. She steals from Bey’s wardrobe.
Well… kinda.
“When I was on the shoot for “On The Run,” we shot a whole bunch of footage for the actual show and we were in the desert and it was really cold, even in the middle of Los Angeles. I snuck into the wardrobe trailer and pulled out a big fur and threw that on. It is always fun to play dress-up, because on shoots especially there are always great things.”
And yeah, while we’re kind of disappointed that Sam didn’t spill on any crazy details, there are plenty of celebrity assistants that have.
The former assistant of a (supposedly) very famous Hollywood actress did a Reddit AMA a little while ago which detailed the reality of the job. Being chewed out if she was angry, attending parties with foot-high towers of cocaine, then getting unceremoniously sacked after three months… it was all in a day’s work, apparently. You can read more about that by clicking here.
As for Sam, we’ll be waiting for her to write a tell-all book if she ever quits. But hey, maybe Bey really is Queen of the world and of the assistants.
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