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IF there's one thing most celebs have in common it's their penchant for bad behaviour.

Never a day goes by when newspapers aren't filled with stories of some A-lister falling out of clubs, out of love with their partners or simply out of low-cut tops.

Even those who have a reputation for being good will at some point do something that us mere mortals would never dream of - simply because they can.

Now some of our biggest stars' naughtiest moments have been gathered by Loose Women panelist Carol McGiffin and comedy writer Mark Leigh in a new book called Celebrities Behaving Badly: Lifestyles of the Rich and Shameless.

We take a look at some of the best tales of rudeness, tantrums, excesses and stupidity featured in the book.

Film producer Don Simpson (Flashdance, Beverly Hills Cop and Top Gun) used to get through $60,000 a month on alcohol, prescribed drugs and cocaine.

This might account for some of his unpredictable and bad behaviour towards his various secretaries.

On one occasion he couldn't open his hotel room window so he threw a chair through it, then made his secretary personally pay for the damage.

He made another one read and watch pornography with him and schedule call girls. Another time he screamed at his PA because there were too many clouds during one of his plane trips.

Singer Johnny Cash and assorted friends once checked into a Minnesota Hotel with some quick-drying red, black, orange and green paint plus rollers - then proceeded to paint each wall of the room in a different colour.

Mike Patton of Faith No More had a particularly unpleasant party trick. He would take apart a hotel room's hairdryer and place a small piece of his own excrement in it - before carefully reassembling it.

It was touch and go whether rap mogul P. Diddy would proceed with an interview with Radio 1's Trevor Nelson in 2006. The problem was the plates. In particular, plastic ones.

Diddy refused to eat the platter of fresh fruit and pastries that the BBC had thoughtfully prepared for him unless they were served from china crockery.

Moments before the interview, BBC staff borrowed china plates and cups from a local cafe and the interview to promote his album finally went ahead.

When Demi Moore wanted to fly from Idaho to New York to attend a premiere of A Few Good Men in 1992, Sony sent a private jet to pick her up.

According to reports at the time she felt the jet was too small as its hold would not accommodate all her luggage without putting one case on top of another. She demanded the studio send her another jet for the rest of her luggage - and they did.

Christina Aguilera is said to always demand a police escort because her travel needs state that 'under no circumstances can her vehicle encounter any delays due to traffic'.

Before she could even walk, 13 month-old Princess Tiaamii - Peter Andre and Katie Price's daughter - had an abundant selection of shoes - 100 pairs in fact.

The late Freddie Mercury could host a party like no other. Queen's legendary New Orleans launch party for their 1978 album Jazz had something for everyone. There were naked dwarves serving cocaine from trays strapped to their heads, transexual strippers, naked dancers in bamboo cages and naked models wrestling in baths filled with raw liver.

Jay-Z is said to have employed a dedicated 'chicken-wing' chef to keep him and his entourage in the finest chicken wings - the chicken must come from a family-run farm in Mexico and have a special sauce.

Ozzy Osbourne was banned from Texas for 10 years after he urinated on the wall of the revered Alamo fort in San Antonio in 1982.

He was wearing his wife's dress.

Jim Morrison got into a violent argument with girlfriend Pamela over a crucial and fundamental issue - the life expectancy of a golden retriever.

Celebrities Behaving Badly: Lifestyles of the Rich and Shameless by Carol McGiffin and Mark Leigh. Published by Summersdale - £7.99

Slash, left, of Guns'n' Roses (real name Saul Hudson) hired a guard to accompany him at all times. His duties? To pick him up and carry him around if he passed out drunk.

Elton John was staying at London's Inn on the Park hotel when a gale kept disturbing his sleep. A frustrated Elton called the front desk and demanded that they 'Stop the f***ing wind'.