ever met a famous person face to face?

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  • Dunkirk
    Dunkirk Posts: 465 Member
    My 19 year old son punched a celebrity last month. It happened in a pub. The celebrity had a girl by the neck and was about to punch her, so my son rescued her by punching the celebrity (he had to be quick). Turned out the girl was a bloke with a pony tail. My son was escorted from the venue by 4 security guards. Turns out, the celebrity had been obnoxious and inappropriate to other patrons, including girls, and my son got a lot of high fives outside the venue as other patrons left. All that training when my son was little "You don't hit girls, " 'kind of' paid off.
  • GiddyupTim
    GiddyupTim Posts: 2,819 Member
    I met my grandfather and he was famous in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was a high school principal for 30 years in that fairly small town, and he has a middle school named after him. Back in the day, we were treated like in that town, and everyone you met had a story.
    During the Great Depression, he went out and offered overly-qualified, out-of-work people jobs teaching if they just got themselves to Council Bluffs. Then, he was able to keep them there by flattering them and making them feel needed. I do not know all the teachers he had; but I know he had a shop teacher who had a PhD from MIT and I know the music teacher had performed in Carnegie Hall.
    At least two college presidents came out of his high school. One was a president of Harvard!
  • Jersey_Devil
    Jersey_Devil Posts: 4,142 Member
    tons. used to work for one.
  • FrauHaas2013
    FrauHaas2013 Posts: 615 Member
    I grew up in So Cal so yes, plenty! And when I worked for a city in Ventura County I did all the film permits for them - I was often invited to watch the filming and meet people. It was fun!
  • shellma00
    shellma00 Posts: 1,684 Member
    Derek Ray

    Hes in:
    Payday
    Payday 2
    A Taste of Romance

    Been on TV shows:
    Mad Men
    Revenge
    Mentalist
    Southland
    True Blood
    Tons more, you can look him up on IMDb

    He grew up in the town right by mine. Met him in High School. He always says hi and talks when I see him if he is home visiting his family.

    Edited to say.. we are from very small towns in Southern Illinois so it is not very common that someone from here becomes famous.
  • nena49659
    nena49659 Posts: 260 Member
    Stephen Lynch

    If this is referring to Congressman Lynch.... he was my neighbor when I lived in South Boston :) Nice guy. I have met multiple celebs and politicians due to family connections. Met Shirley McClain, Edward Norton, Ted Turner, several of the Rockefellers, Hillary Clinton, Richard Gere, Kevin Bacon, Celine Dion etc. Edward Norton was prob my fav :)

    My daughter LOVES Edward Norton.
  • Andy_83
    Andy_83 Posts: 270
    Stephen Lynch

    Bloody love Stephen Lynch. The comedian not the congressman :-).
  • beepermad
    beepermad Posts: 198
    Reba McIntyre told me to **** off once.

    I was 8.
  • exmsde
    exmsde Posts: 85 Member
    Yes. And there are some I know. But I'll only mention one of the coolest accidental meetings. A few of us from work were doing something over the weekend. When we stopped to pick up one of our colleagues she introduced us to her husband and father-in-law. My jaw dropped. Her father-in-law was Hans Bethe. For those who don't know who Hans Bethe was (he passed away in 2005) you can read his Nobel Prize bio at http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1967/bethe-bio.html
  • vickyplum
    vickyplum Posts: 193 Member
    I've met Jonathan Ross (in Blackpool with his wife), a few of the cast of Eastenders (when Nick Berry and Lofty and a very young Ricky Butcher was in it, I was working in the hotel they stayed at) Scotland Rugby Team and Dunfermline Football Club
  • dylsmom99
    dylsmom99 Posts: 32 Member
    theres no job like it (:
  • Derpes
    Derpes Posts: 2,033 Member
    I met former WWF wrestler Virgil while in line at 5 Guys Burgers
  • TeachTheGirl
    TeachTheGirl Posts: 2,091 Member
    Baseball player Ben Revere. Where I proceeded to blush when I really just wanted to rub my face on his biceps.

    Is that weird?
  • ThinLizzie0802
    ThinLizzie0802 Posts: 863 Member
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    That was randomly at a bar in North Carolina while on a business trip.

    Also, Hank Williams III, Trent Reznor, Nick Lachey, Chris Robinson, Snoop Dogg, and Slug from Atmosphere.
  • heylookitsval
    heylookitsval Posts: 1,141 Member
    WWF- John Cena

    Met Jeremy Renner at Best Buy here in my town where he's also from...
  • IanBee93
    IanBee93 Posts: 237
    Justin Bieber, Tim Currey, and Kardashians. The kardasians were not on purpose. They are the most stuck up people I've ever met.
  • SugarBaby71
    SugarBaby71 Posts: 3,630 Member
    I don't think I have, (a couple of athletes) but years ago my hubby was away on a business trip and was having a beer in the hotel bar watching some game or another... it was super quiet in there. The guy just down a couple of seats starts a conversation and they chat for most of the game. When eh gets up to leave, he asks hub, "Do you want my autograph?" hub says, "No thanks" and the guy walks away. The waitress comes over immediately and says, "Holy crap, you just had beers with Tommy Lee."

    He paid his bill and went to his room and called me immediately and asked, "Who's Tommy Lee?"

    LMAO

    Oh, I rode on Space Mountain with Nicole Ritchie and her entourage about 5 years ago.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    In the late 80's I was traveling around as a Dead Head. (I always thot I looked like a mix of Jerry Garcia & Tommy Chong) In San Francisco their stage collapsed breaking my left leg. So here I was in downtown San fran and a black BMW pulls up and Carley Simon climbs out!
    She asked me about my leg and I told her about it, and right there in the middle of the afternoon she sang Anticipation to me and my leg! Carley you will always have a special place in my heart!

    So you have any stories to share?

    Wow what a classy lady. I will remember your story next time I am loving "your'e so vain" and that other song I can't remember right now. This time for reals...cool story bro!
  • AprilMae1975
    AprilMae1975 Posts: 726
    I won a contest in middle school and got to meet Hulk Hogan. He was really sweet and I still have his autograph on the program. This was in his WWF 80's days!! I also got tickets to the WWF event and my seat was right in the aisle where they come out. I got to be right next to Andre the Giant. It was one of the fights when he had to fight Jake the Snake but didn't want to come out because he was afraid of snakes so he was standing right in front of me...he really was giant lol!!!
  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    Master P, Lil Romeo, Bill Walton, Nancy Kerrigan, Vanna White. Probably some I am forgetting.
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    I crossed paths with TI at Walmart.
  • InForBacon
    InForBacon Posts: 1,508 Member
    I am famous. Why do you think my profile is private...
  • kikicooks
    kikicooks Posts: 1,079 Member
    Chris Robinson and Steve Gorman of the Black Crowes, just from being a groupie and going to shows early, caught them in the parking lot. Short conversations but both were pretty cool. Met Jeremy Piven at a Chicago street fest. He was funny, love him!
  • etoiles_argentees
    etoiles_argentees Posts: 2,827 Member
    Yes.
  • Lisa1971
    Lisa1971 Posts: 3,069 Member
    It was Jon Bon freakin' Jovi. And yes, he's hot in person!

    I. HATE.YOU!!!!!! YUMM!
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
    I met William Shatner at Griffith Park during a horse show. He hit on me. :sad:
  • jeffryjirraf
    jeffryjirraf Posts: 179 Member
    Ewan McGregor at the opening of a distillery! he was smashed
  • PJ64
    PJ64 Posts: 866 Member
    Tom Petty, he was really nice and took the time to talk, I was a teenager in a band and he gave me a few minutes of his time, very cool guy.
  • suziepoo1984
    suziepoo1984 Posts: 915 Member
    I dreamt last night that Janet Jackson hired me as a dancer in her next tour, and Will Smith was my dance partner. Does that count?:wink: ~Not sure what that dream was all about.....hmmm....

    In my line of work I have met many....too many to list. But I think the first "famous" person I met was on spring break, daytona 1990. I partied with Danny Bonaduce ( patridge family)....passed out for a few minutes, and woke up to him trying to get all kissy face with me. Later that night he was apparently arrested for posession of cocaine. Thank God he tried to kiss me....which sent me fleeing in the opposite direction!!

    My fave celeb is David Schwimmer. I worked with him on a movie he directed. He is such an awesome, hardworking guy. I love to meet people that really earn my respect!!!

    I do like david a lot..such a good actor!
  • MissKalhan
    MissKalhan Posts: 2,282 Member
    Does Hockey players count? I've met Daniel Alfredsson, Bobby Ryan, Chris Niel, Chris Philips and Kyle Turris(I live in Ottawa so all Senators).
    I've also met Drake(on set of Degrassi before he got huge) he's a douche, The Jonas Brothers (on set of Camp Rock) and 30 Seconds to Mars (on set of Degrassi).

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