Prince Would Allegedly ‘Only Eat Pancakes for Days’ When He Stayed at L.A. Hotel

Prince allegedly had an interesting order when he was staying at a Los Angeles hotel in the early 2000s.

In a Vanity Fair oral history of the early aughts Los Angeles club scene, Jason Pomeranc, cofounder, Thompson Hotels Group, claimed that the Purple One would eat a certain breakfast food repeatedly when he stayed an L.A. hotel (which was likely The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, where Prince was known to frequent).

According to Pomeranc, “Prince would come in and just start playing a random solo show at Teddy’s [at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel] until four or five in the morning.”

He noted that the “Purple Rain” hitmaker did so “just because he felt like it.”

“And these things were regular occurrences,” added Pomeranc. “If you weren’t at the Prince pop-up show or you weren’t [there] when Courtney Love showed up, it was gone.”

He noted that Prince would stay in the penthouse of what was likely The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, which they allegedly “had to redecorate to his specifications of white shag rugs and purple.”

Pomeranc added that Prince “would only eat pancakes for days” while he stayed here.

In a September interview with Ally Pankiw, the director of Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery – The Untold Story, she recalled Prince’s surprise performance with Sheryl Crow at the festival in 1999.

According to Pankiw, Prince had “begged” to be a part of it “year after year.” However, he was constantly turned down.

“He had really outsized requests,” she told PEOPLE at the time. “And Lilith was very equitable. Everyone had the same size dressing room, and no one had this crazy rider.”

Pankiw noted that everyone at Lilith Fair “got the same amount of stage time and things were very collaborative and equal.”

“His demands didn’t match that,” she said.

When Prince had the opportunity to duet with Crow, 63, on “Every Day Is a Winding Road,” he let his demands fall by the wayside.

“He was like, ‘Fine, I won’t need any of that. I just want to come play Lilith,’ I think that was surprising, just how mainstream and cool it was, and that people who actually worked in music understood its value and how cool the performers and the artists were there,” said Pankiw.