Following his heated clashes with George Clooney, casino mogul Steve Wynn caused a scene at a plush Beverly Hills hotel when his favorite suite was already taken by another billionaire, Page Six has learned.
Wynn — who has been trading barbs with Clooney after the pair got into an argument in Vegas, when Wynn allegedly called President Barack Obama “an a—hole” — was heard losing his temper as he checked into the Peninsula Hotel for the Milken Institute’s Global Conference on Wednesday.
A witness tells us, “Mr. Wynn was told the suite he prefers to stay in was taken by another billionaire. He made quite a scene at the front desk, yelling at the staff, and telling them they were incompetent. Despite their desperate attempts to calm him down, Wynn went on for a while as they desperately tried to resolve the situation. They could not move the other billionaire out, and eventually Wynn had to accept another room.”
A spokesman for Wynn confirmed there was a mix-up with the rooms, but denied there was any drama. He told us, “Upon Mr. Wynn’s arrival, the hotel realized that the room Mr. Wynn had reserved for multiple nights was occupied by another guest in error. The hotel recognized the mistake and it was resolved. There was no scene.”
Guests at the Milken Global Conference — dubbed “The Coachella of Capitalism” — ranged from moguls such as Jeffrey Katzenberg, Les Moonves and Bob Iger to billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen, Blackstone’s Steve Schwarzman and sports legend Magic Johnson.
Wynn and Clooney famously got into a verbal fight in Vegas last month. The battle amped up on Friday when Wynn called Clooney “mollycoddled.” Clooney responded, “He said I live in a bubble. More of a bubble than Las Vegas? . . . Steve is one of the richest men in the world . . . but he needs to take off his red sparkly dinner jacket and roll up his sleeves every once in a while and understand what most of the country is actually dealing with . . . or at least start with the fact that you can’t make up stories.”