Chelsea Green still hasn’t gotten her promised free hotel stay after being mistaken for an escort at New York City’s Plaza Hotel — and now Cody Rhodes is getting involved. More than two years after the original incident, Rhodes wants the hotel to finally make things right.
Green revisited the infamous story during her appearance on Cody Rhodes’ What Do You Wanna Talk About? podcast. Rhodes asked whether the situation had ever actually been resolved, and Green quickly confirmed that despite everything that happened afterwards, it hadn’t.
“Has that story resolved itself yet? No. Okay. ‘Cause the story I know is you were stopped because they thought you were an escort. Yes, they were. They asked you to leave. They did. And then obviously they were incorrect, and they came back to you and said they were gonna make it right? Yes. And that hasn’t been made right.”
Green then explained what happened after she originally went public with the incident. She had posted a photo of the security personnel she said removed her, which led to a representative from the Plaza contacting her and promising that the situation would be addressed.
“Then they didn’t. Yeah. And then I tweeted a picture of the two bodyguards, security men who told me I was an escort. And then the sweetest man from the Plaza Hotel called me. Sweet, sweet man. And he went on and on about how he was gonna train them and this and that. And he was gonna give me a free stay at anywhere in the world. And then let me tell you something. Last year I went to go redeem my free stay, and it didn’t exist.”
That was enough to get Rhodes fired up on Green’s behalf. He asked which hotel group operates the Plaza and jokingly announced that his podcast was now coming after them before calling on the hotel to honor what Green says she was promised.
“What’s the hotel group the Plaza’s at? We’re coming after you here on this pod. You owe her a free stay.”
Green immediately reminded him that the original offer was supposedly good anywhere in the world, saying, “Anywhere in the world.” Rhodes wasn’t letting it go. Since Green said her original conversation with the hotel representative had actually gone well, he argued there was a pretty simple solution left — honor the promise.
“Just make it right. The conversation was great. She liked the conversation.”
Green agreed that she had no issue with the way that conversation went, saying, “I did. I had a great conversation with him.” Rhodes then doubled down on his message to the hotel, pointing out that the entire situation has already played out publicly.
“But you gotta make it right. This story is public. Make it right. We all love the hotels, you know.”
Green had actually talked about the missing hotel stay before. Back in October 2025, she said she tried to redeem the offer for a trip to London with her mother only to be told it had expired and was supposedly intended for the Fairmont in Vancouver rather than anywhere in the world.
At the time, Green was pretty much ready to wash her hands of the entire fight. She joked about being treated like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman and said she wouldn’t spend her own money staying at a Fairmont again.
“At this point, I’ve realized it’s a battle I’m not going to win… it’s champagne problems. Boohoo, I can’t stay at the Fairmont. But I’ll never stay at the Fairmont again on my dime.”
A year later, Green apparently hasn’t completely given up on the Plaza itself. Despite everything that happened, she admitted that she still loves the hotel and would happily return if she could finally get the Christmas stay she wants: “I wanna stay there at Christmas.” Rhodes could see that Green still had some unfinished business with the whole thing.
“That’s another thing. You know what I mean? I need to make peace with all this, you know what I mean?”
Chelsea Green agreed, explaining exactly why she still wants to go back despite everything that happened.
“I need to make peace with it because I love the Plaza Hotel. I need a Macaulay Culkin moment.”
The funny part is that Green doesn’t seem interested in turning the Plaza into her lifelong enemy. She actually wants to go back — she just wants the apology to finally mean something. With Rhodes now using his own platform to put some pressure on the hotel, Green might have a better shot at getting that Macaulay Culkin Christmas moment than she did a year ago.
Do you think the hotel should finally give Chelsea Green the stay she says she was promised? Let us know what you think in the comments.
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