7 celebrity dictators: When stars turn into tyrants

Bieber commands his kingdom with fury (Getty Images)Justin Bieber, a little Napoleon? Well he is 5'4. And he mobilized his militant army of 4.5 million fans to bombard some kid. Albeit, on the phone. It all started when a Detroit teen named Kevin Kristopik hacked into a Bieber pal's account in hopes of aquiring the pop star's contact information. The crooner fired back by posting "everyone call me 248-XXX-XXXX :) or text". Not only did he phone-bomb the kid, he tricked his fans, who thought they were calling Beebs, into doing it. That is some crazy Ivan the Terrible s---.

And to think, just a few years ago, he was another kid with windswept hair and first-day-without-braces teeth. Now he may face a civil suit from Kristoik's family. There's just something about fame that turns people into tyrants. No matter how small.

"Seize her!"
Maybe Beebs got the idea from a fellow power-monger. Back in May, musician M.I.A released the personal contact information of New York Times journalist, Lynn Hirschberg. After Hirschberg published a less-than-flattering profile of the artist, she took to Twitter--now the equivalent of a castle balcony overlooking hoards of worshipful peasants--and punched in the journalist's home phone number.

"Do my dirty work, minions!"
Katy Perry like Glee. Katy Perry want to be in TV box and play with the Glee! Seeing as they live to serve her, the singer asked her Twitter followers to launch a campaign to get her on the hit musical show. Wait, isn't that what agents are for?

"Slaughter me an animal, this instant!"
Kanye West has worked hard to have the rep of a spoiled brat. This report of a temper tantrum at a charity function furthered the cause. In 2009, Vibe Magazine wrote abut the rapper demanding chicken backstage at a benefit concert. "Why wasn't I offered chicken? You want me to perform for free, [and] everyone is eating… why am I not eating?" West was reported to have wailed. Heads totally rolled.

"Prepare to be raped and pillaged!"
In the world of celebrity there is a vague system of checks and balances. They wear cool outfits and show up to concerts and we love them. They say cruel, racist or psychotic things in the press, and we eat them alive. The exception to the rule is John Mayer, because nobody can ever tell if he's joking. But still, he was pretty warlord-y in an interview with New York Magazine. Unhappy with the interviewer's questions about politics, he snapped at her to shut her bleeping mouth. Then he followed it all up with the kind of threat a byzantine emperor would toss out between chomps of a fried lamb head, "I'm going to forcefully sodomize your editor." Well maybe not the editor part, but all the rest.

"I am the law!"
It's enough that Naomi Campbell is handed satchels of uncut diamonds on good faith. Is she Gargamel? But the fact that she had to be ordered to the Hague after initially refusing to testify in a war crimes trial is a tribute to the fact that she thinks she shouldn't have to deal with this whole international law stuff. In her kingdom, she is the law. And the law says freeze, I'm going to hit you with a blunt object for my amusement.

"I demand this village at once!"
Wherever Mariah Carey goes, other people are forbidden. At least that's how it seems. From reports of closing down a bathroom to taking over a furniture store for a shopping spree, she's like a kid in a candy store that no other kids are allowed in. "It was like a raid," one insider told WENN of the spree. "The shop was closed down and her huge minders stood guard at the door."