Name some famous people you've seen in real life

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  • ALKNica
    ALKNica Posts: 50
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    I saw: Steve Wozniak on the tram at Snowbird, Utah.

    I've met: Four of the active United States Supreme Court Justices.

    And I met Byron White and Sandra Day O'Connor.
  • maeld51
    maeld51 Posts: 3,415 Member
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    Alice Cooper invited me to party with the band in his hotel room (1970's)
    I was 17 and worked at the hotel, so no,
    thank goodness coz I probably would have gone!
  • jtotheno
    jtotheno Posts: 123 Member
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    Dan Akroyd- at his house, in a bath towel when I was 12 (Our parents delivered fresh produce to his house)
    Avril Lavigne - went to school with her and had all classes together. Didn't hang out with her because she was a preppy/jock-just not my crew.
    SUM 41- Used to perform at our local shows- before they were famous-
    Backstreet Boys - haha. My proudest. Yup.. shut up. Love them. :P

    Super jealous of the person who saw the cast of Suits. I'd have pooped myself.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,742 Member
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    John Glenn (astronaut) - at the Missouri State Capital building, rode the elevator with him and my photo was in the newspaper shaking his hand. I was seven or eight.

    actor Martin Mull - at Johnny Rockets in Chicago, he was super nice & normal and looked younger in person than on TV (great skin)...this was around 1995

    Bob Dole (ugh) - at a political appearance

    George W. Bush (another ugh) - different political appearance

    Vanilla Ice - long story, but met him at a concert venue then my friends and I went to his hotel, male friends, nothing creepy (!!) and it was years after the height of his fame

    Tori Amos - outside a concert meeting fans

    Preston Lacy from "Jacka$$" show - grew up in, and lives in my area, so I've seen him around a million times

    Aaron Buerge from "The Bachelor" (2nd season I believe) - lived near me and rode my school bus, he was a few years older so I actually attended school with his 2 brothers

    Jamie McMurray (Nascar driver) - went to high school together, he graduated one year ahead of me and I had several classes with him.

    Quite a few country music people I have no interest in...Ricky Skaggs, Roy Clark, Kenny Rogers, Barbara Mandrell, some guy from the Statler Bros, Ed Bruce, and Travis Tritt. My aunt was briefly married to a guy who worked for Tritt so I met him more than a few times and he was really nice to my cousins and I, but I hate that sort of music and always have...

    I know there are more. Just random people! No one that exciting :-)
  • BlondeButtercup127
    BlondeButtercup127 Posts: 750 Member
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    Patrick Dempsey-Comes back home to Maine for the Dempsey Challenge.
    Tim Sylvia-UFC fighter & my cousin
  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
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    Don't know if he is really famous anymore... but Ashley Parker Angel... I was more pissed that he got to bypass the security check out line at Logan airport than excited that I saw an overrated musician from a fake boyband (O-town).
  • darkrose20
    darkrose20 Posts: 1,139 Member
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    Wade Boggs when i was a child in a sports store with my mom shopping for something for a gift for my dad.
  • jnichel
    jnichel Posts: 4,553 Member
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    Forgot about Will Clark. Came into a card shop with his father that I was in at the time. It was the off-season and he had this monster beard. Got mad and stormed out because none of us recognized him right away. :laugh:
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,793 Member
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    Mine are all so long ago that you wouldn't know most of them.

    Met Dino Martin and Desi Arnez Jr. at a Golf Tournament in early 70's. Met Edy Williams, Peter Graves, Mike Connors and Marty Allen the same weekend.

    I was an escort for one of the Miss America Contestants in 1973. Can't remember which one. The only reason I got to do it was they needed Marines with Dress Blue uniforms.

    When I was a Marine and was hitchhiking, Jackie Coogan (Uncle Fester) Picked me up.

    Working as a Chauffeer / Bodyguard in the 80's, I met Lou Ferrigno when I was chauffeering his wife around, shopping.

    Use to play racquetball with Jerry Quarry. Heavyweight Contender.
  • KatieKat1979
    KatieKat1979 Posts: 470 Member
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    *Adam Levine -met him 3 times

    *Drew Barrymore - shes precious. Met her on Manhattan Beach and played with her dog

    *Avril Lavigne and ex Deryck at the Palms in Vegas. Waited in line next to her at Nathans Famous.

    * Wanye Morris from Boys 2 Men - Sat next to him at dinner in Vegas

    *Pete Rose - Vegas

    *Adam Duritz - Lead singer of Counting Crows - met him several times in Berkley

    I'm forgetting someone...
  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
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    Oh and speaking of politicals. I have met Wendy Davis... well in passing... I was trying to take a few minutes out of work to vote while I was at the polling place (which was at a satellite office of where I work).... and before she was famous.
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,642 Member
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    41 (total not "ugh"). I was fishing the pond behind his presidential library. He was taking a lap before a talk there (which I got to attend) on "fishing and the presidency".

    He talked to me like he knew me and we just discussed the fishing in his pond for a bit (in the gazillion times I fish the pond while at Texas A&M I never was there while he was fishing, but I heard he would fish sometimes when he was in from Houston).
  • meridianova
    meridianova Posts: 438 Member
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    i created a marriage certificate for marina sirtis and johnathan frakes, and had michael dorn and gates mcfadden sign as witnesses. i also got to talk to denise crosby for a bit.

    i have a really cute selfie with james marsters *drool*.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,742 Member
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    I didn't see/meet her, but once when my parents and I were staying in a condo in Branson the housekeeping staff told us the last guest prior was Phyllis Diller, and she left behind several tips for them hidden beneath gag items like fake vomit & a fake spilled can of Coke :-)
  • canadjineh
    canadjineh Posts: 5,396 Member
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    Donald Trump, in our hotel in downtown NOLA, just the year before Katrina. My husband & I were the only ones in the rooftop open air pool & hot tub that night and we had our camera set up for photos of the downtown nighttime lights of the city. He came up with his assistant and was all huffy about the camera (didn't say who he was), but we told him we were visiting from Canada and taking pictures of the lovely city from the rooftop (and pretended we didn't know who he was). Just chatted a bit about the city, he told us where we should point our camera for the best shot from that vantage point (his opinion anyhow.) I think he had the penthouse suite that night or maybe even owned the hotel, who knows. He's as much of an idiot as you think.
  • Some_Watery_Tart
    Some_Watery_Tart Posts: 2,250 Member
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    Lou Ferrigno and John Elway. I also hang out with the lead singer of Dr. Neptune on the regular. :laugh:
  • ELMunque
    ELMunque Posts: 136 Member
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    Johnny Depp, Channing Tatum, Adam Levine.... waiting for the results of the paternity test.... none of them will return my calls.


    Seriously, I haven't really met anyone famous, I've seen a few in concerts, I went to school with Hank Baskett and him and Kendra have been here for football games and random stuff a couple of times, but that's about it.
  • rosebette
    rosebette Posts: 1,659 Member
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    I saw Meryl Streep this spring in Lowell. She is gracious and modest, a real classy lady. The guy who interviewed her kind of came off as a jerk compared to her. I just saw Robert Redford, also in Lowell, at a fundraising event. I had complained about how old he looks, but he is 78, and now I think he looks pretty damn good. He is a small guy, kind of slight, extremely articulate and intelligent. I was extremely impressed. Seeing him was a wake-up call for me because when I went to the venue, I felt like I was surrounded by old people, especially older women. Then, I realized that I was one of them! All those films that we admired him for are over 40 years old! Anyway, I saw two of my idols in person less than 6 months apart, so I can die happy!
  • mank32
    mank32 Posts: 1,323 Member
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    I forgot: Tony Alva, like 15 years ago at the opening of the skatepark in Westminster, CO. he invited me and my girlfriend to his room. (we didn't go.)

    ed to fix time
  • Galatea_Stone
    Galatea_Stone Posts: 2,037 Member
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    I don't remember all of them

    Elton John - I stepped on his toe once, and he was pretty nice about it. We even joked a little.
    Anthony Hopkins
    Jane Fonda - we had a little argument because she's a horrible, entitled person in real life.
    Heather Locklear
    Prince
    Shaq
    Ludacris
    Ronnie Dunn
    Susan Sarandon
    Dita Von Teese
    Hank Aaron - I was really awkward and fanboy with him, unfortunately
    Chipper Jones
    Jessica Lange
    Tom Berringer
    Ted Turner
    Greg Maddox
    Pierce Brosnan
    Christian Bale
    Jared Leto
    Tiger Woods
    Vijay Singh
    Evander Holyfield sat down beside me on a MARTA train.

    MANY sports stars


    My kids have played with a couple of the Jolie-Pitt kids. Didn't meet the stars, just the kids.

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