Minor Celebs Roughed up at Kanye Show

I actually think this story is funny. Hey man, smoking's not cool.

My dearly beloved saw Kanye perform last night at an up-front party in NYC. He sent me a text message in the middle of the night (it was late!) saying "Kanye is ripping it up" and the pic below. I'll be sure he gives us an in-depth report on his celeb sightings when he gets back. He's had some good ones!

KANYE West's Tuesday night concert at Madison Square Garden turned into a nightmare for celebrity stylist Phillip Bloch, who was manhandled and thrown out by three security guards before it even started.

Rihanna, West's opening act, was performing around 9 p.m. when Bloch - whose clients include John Travolta and Salma Hayek - was approached by a tall security guard who ordered him to "take a walk with me." Bloch, who had earlier lit a cigarette but quickly stubbed it out unnoticed, had been talking to a group of pot-smoking teenagers in the row behind him who were passing a pipe among themselves.

"The whole stadium smelled like pot, and the kids behind us were smoking. I'm sitting there having fun, laughing," said Bloch. "Then I get an order to go with this man.

"They say, 'You're leaving, give us your ticket.' I held it up, they took it. At that point they grabbed me by my arms to take me out, so I threw my hands up and said, 'You've got to keep off me. I'm no threat.' "

Page Six witnessed three security guards then spin Bloch around and pin him against the corridor wall. One, who refused to give us his name and flipped his identity pass around so we couldn't see it, gave Bloch a sharp jab in the left rib.

"I had nothing in my pockets, not even a match. They never asked for ID, never asked for my name. It was complete brutality," said Bloch, who was tossed out a side door. "One pushed me out with his knee in my back. I still can't wrap my head around this."

Butter owner Richie Akiva and a gal pal were also stopped on their way backstage. "Security grabbed the girl and yanked her," said a witness. "The guards got hot-headed and he was sticking up for her. They took him to a room to interrogate him."

"MSG policy is if you are caught smoking an illegal substance it's cause for immediate ejection," said Garden rep Barry Watkins.

(Source: Page Six)