Jason Bateman iPhone Controversy

Jason Bateman in iPhone controversy

Did Justin Bateman receive special treatment at an Apple store while waiting in line for the iPhone 4?

A couple thousand people had been waiting in line for hours, Jason included, when he was taken from the line and escorted inside the store past all the people who had gotten there before him.

Witnesses claim that people became angry and began questioning why Bateman was allowed to cut in line. Some people reportedly booed the actor as he went inside the store to get his iPhone 4 before everyone else.

Jason Bateman is denying that he was ever booed in line or that he received preferential treatment from the Apple store. He claims they were protecting him from the paparazzi. He posted to his Twitter account: “There wasn’t one boo. Not one hiss. The Apple guy brought me in away from the paparazzi. Period. I was content in line. I wish I’d stayed.”

But witness Andrew Hamer tells Us magazine there was only one photographer “who kept a respectful distance.”

Another witness, Angela Mayhew said of the incident: “It was so much drama! It was the most surreal experience. People were so pissed because that line was ridiculous. I heard commotion in the back. I thought someone was fighting. Then he strolls right on by with the Genius Bar guys and suddenly people in my area started to yell, ‘What the hell is going on?’”

The line for the iPhone started around 3:30AM. Bateman arrived at approximately 4:15AM. But when doors opened at 10:00AM, guess who got to go inside first? Jason Bateman.

Jason’s buddy Keith Olbermann has said that people were booing the paparazzi, but witnesses are saying otherwise.

Mayhew continues, “It was loud, passive-aggressive anger. There was a chorus of boos and then people shouting, ‘What?’ and ‘We’ve been here for hours!’ We were patiently waiting before then, that just made everyone’s blood boil. Plus, people starting yelling at the Apple guys too. They escorted him like he was a pretty big deal.”

So were any of you readers actually there to witness this? Let me know if you were, I’d love to hear your side of the story. For the rest of you, from what we know, do you think Jason Bateman received special treatment when buying his iPhone 4?

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