carpet vulture

noun
(shortened from red carpet)
Someone who needs to have constant attention and enjoys the fame from being known by many people. Anyone that is annoying in a social event by always finding someone that is willing to pay attention to them or constantly commenting or interupting your talking. Someone who is constatly trying to show how much better they are compared to you.

Evan was such a cartpet vulture every time I would talk with a girl.

I watched the carpet vulture move around the party all evening.