Name some famous people you've seen in real life

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  • Joanne_happygramma
    Joanne_happygramma Posts: 207 Member
    I've seen a lot of famous musicians in real life when I was at various concerts.

    ^ This

    Bah! There are no famous people in Canada!

    Ryan Reynolds, Rachael McAdams, Ellen Page, Michael Buble, Michael J Fox, Micheal Myers are all Canucks!

    Ryan Reynolds and my husband have the same aunt --- he is much younger than my husband so he only knew him as his cousin's irritating young cousin.
  • kendall916
    kendall916 Posts: 4,222 Member
    Veronica Taylor( the voice of Ash Ketchum), Jim Cummings (the singing voice of Scar - The Lion King), Vic Mignogna (Plays Capt. Kirk in web series Star Trek Continues)
  • littlefoot612
    littlefoot612 Posts: 156 Member
    Nerdy mom here. I take my kid to Cons so we see a lot of famous people. We were at a smaller Con in June and the celebrities went walkabout when they weren't signing autographs. We saw Tony Todd, Giancarlo Esposito, Tracy Gold, Sylvester McCoy, Erika Eleniak, Chandler Riggs, Wiliam Shatner Burt Young, Dean Cain, Kevin Sorbo, previously met John Barrowman, Marina Sirtis, Alice Cooper, LeVar Burton, George Takei, Nichelle Nicholls and a bunch more I can't remember.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    Tom Cruise
    Tom Selleck - I ran with him in central park
    Bunch of race car drivers - Dale Earnhardt, Richard Petty, Rusty Wallace, Kyle Petty, etc
    David Brenner
    Ted Kennedy
  • triciabh1
    triciabh1 Posts: 126 Member
    I think the only famous people I've seen in real life is Josh Duhamel and Fergie and that's only because Josh is from here and they come back every now and then to visit his family.
  • jkal1979
    jkal1979 Posts: 1,896 Member
    Robin Williams while he was touring with the USO in Iraq.
    Gary Sinise at an event that I had to "work" at.
    Latrice Royale at a meet and greet after one of her shows.
  • tlcarolinagirl
    tlcarolinagirl Posts: 1,700 Member
    I saw Si Robertson last week on my cruise ship. Can he count? Please please!?!

    If not, I got nothing. :(
  • stemmingthetide
    stemmingthetide Posts: 363 Member
    I met Vince Vaughn at the Beverly Hilton- he was a great guy and stood and talked to my friends and me for about a half hour. He intoduced himself- "Hi, my name is Vince." He actually came over an introduced himself to me. I didn't want to be a star-f'r so I didn't say anything until he said hello.
  • justinitsul
    justinitsul Posts: 1,018 Member
    John Travolta. During the filming of Phenomenon.
  • cowbellsandcoffee
    cowbellsandcoffee Posts: 2,975 Member
    B-Real of Cypress Hill
    Everlast
    Maurice Gibb

    All were at paintball tournaments.
  • GhostriderMav
    GhostriderMav Posts: 308 Member
    All mostly as a chef in NYC

    Faith HIll..cool and just WOW!
    Howard Stern. super nice
    Howie Long..very cool nicest guy ever
    Bono: gracious and personable
    Terry Bradshaw: drunk but funny
    Matt Leinart: pompous
    John Malcovich: Odd
    Paula Abdul: nutty but nice
    Brad and Kimberly Paisely: very cool
    Michael J Fox and wife, nice
    Kurt Busch: cool
    Randy Johnson: Tall!
    Merril Hoge: cool
    Matt Lauer: pure professional
    Mario Batali: Cool
    Bobby Flay: in a hurry lol
    BJ Novak: cool
    Tony Bennet: The man
    I think that's it.
  • MiloBloom83
    MiloBloom83 Posts: 2,724 Member
    I once walked past Gallager in the St Louis airport. He seemed like he wanted to be recognized.
  • HopeNShelton
    HopeNShelton Posts: 59 Member
    Motley Crue when I lived in California, Sir Mix Alot danced on stage with him and was invited back to his hotel room... that was a good night!!!!
  • jyogit
    jyogit Posts: 280 Member
    i used to work backstage security at the local arena in Sheffield for about 10yrs on and off so i have seen,met,spoken to a lot of the top stars over the years :) .. from The Who to tina turner ,michael jackson,the spice girls and many many more ..even included royalty at some events .. the one who stood out the most was Keanu Reeves at glastonbury once .. oh and riding a quad bike with keith flint from the prodigy on the back was a good one too.
  • Jonesingmucho
    Jonesingmucho Posts: 4,902 Member
    Saw the band Paramore this weekend in PA at amusement park riding rollercoaster

    Saw Mike Tyson in Atlantic City playing blackjack

    Saw Kevin Costner filming movie
  • emzmc
    emzmc Posts: 85 Member
    Rod Stewart - walked past me in Harrods London

    Bowling for soup - band - met them twice at VIP gigs Cambridge

    Matt from zebrahead - band - met him outside of a gig his band were supporting Bowling for Soup

    Michel Roux Jr - Celebrity Chef - saw him at the good food show and met him at his restaurant in London

    James Martin - Celebrity Chef - stood like 7 feet from him at the good food show

    Jackson Rathbone - played Jasper in Twilight - his band played in London and they had a meet and greet after and got to shake his hand
  • Forty6and2
    Forty6and2 Posts: 2,492 Member
    I met both Dave Chappelle and REO Speedwagon. I wasn't aware that I met Dave Chappelle until one of my friends pointed him out to me (I was working at a political rally and asked him for his ticket) and I met REO Speedwagon when I was like 5, so I asked one of the band members if he wanted to meet my teddy bear. I'm sure it was adorable.
  • KatieKat1979
    KatieKat1979 Posts: 470 Member
    I forgot Danny Donabucci. Epic *kitten* with a short man complex.
  • Soggynode
    Soggynode Posts: 1,179 Member
    Lots of the Star Trek and sci-fi cast at Cons but my favorite was someone you gotta be kinda old like me to know... Amanda Blake (Miss Kitty on Gunsmoke). She was at a western wear store in Gilbert AZ. We were too chicken to walk up and say hi and while in the process of deciding who was going to be brave enough she walked up to us and just started talking to us. She was so nice and about the most friendly person you ever want to meet.
  • LegendaryOrange
    LegendaryOrange Posts: 2,864 Member
    Athletes aside, David Hasselhoff.

    Athletes, OJ Simpson, Joe Delamaleur, Gunter Schlierkamp
  • MSeel1984
    MSeel1984 Posts: 2,297 Member
    Does this include sporting events? Ray Lewis
  • LegendaryOrange
    LegendaryOrange Posts: 2,864 Member
    There are different levels of famous too. I've also met Bre in Knight, Mugsy Bogues, and Michael Grosek
  • SwashBlogger
    SwashBlogger Posts: 395 Member
    This thread is so fun! I think I have a new one. Was at a dinner event with Garth Brooks. He is warm and stunning looking in person, and I'm not even a country music fan.
  • roanokejoe49
    roanokejoe49 Posts: 820 Member
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  • RonnieLodge
    RonnieLodge Posts: 665 Member
    Met:

    Orlando Bloom - just after he did The Calcium Kid - he was incredibly sweet.
    Bill Clinton - outside the Ritz - rather friendly.
    Eminem - at a party - absolute self absorbed git
    50 Cent - at a party - very pleasant and wasn't even drinking alcohol
    Rik Mayall (twice) - after a couple of live shows AWESOMENESS personified.
    Prince Edward - perfectly pleasant at a charity gala.
    Jeremy Beadle - really kind when I knocked over a tray of full champagne glasses at a gala.
    Mario Testino - as above. The same event, I think.


    Seen:

    Kevin Spacey
    Oprah
    Richard E Grant
    Marc Almond
    Dita Von Teese


    London is pretty wonderful for star spotting!
  • mygnsac
    mygnsac Posts: 13,413 Member
    Not many.

    Captain Kangaroo - early 70s. The oldster MFP'ers may remember him. He was doing a appearance at the TV station where my dad worked. He wasn't a very nice man.
    Arnold Schwarzenegger, while he was the CA governor. He made a number of appearances in the building where I work.
    Dr. Oz - He made one appearance in the building where I work. I wasn't impressed.
  • Rochelle951
    Rochelle951 Posts: 1,389 Member
    LL Cool J, Trey Songz, Cedric the Entertainer, Keenan Wayans, Tony Hawk, Jamie Foxx
  • fatcity66
    fatcity66 Posts: 1,544 Member
    Met Greg Dulli from the Afghan Whigs and Mark Lanegan from the Screaming Trees. Chatted with them and the rest of the band after a show.

    Met Dave Attell after a comedy show.

    Saw Bam Margera and the rest of the Viva La Bam crew at a music festival in Baltimore. Also saw Bam and his girlfriend at a CKY/HIM show walking around in the audience.

    That's all I can think of at the moment.

    ETA: Oh yeah, and I hung out with the band Orgy at the club Fallout, in Richmond after a show.
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  • daw0518
    daw0518 Posts: 459 Member
    Mine are pretty lame. & both from when I worked at Wendy's in HS.

    John Stockton & his son came in one night & I had no idea who they were. He & his family are from Spokane [my hometown] though, so that's not that exciting.

    I didn't actually see him, but Kenny Chesney's tour bus came through our drive thru one night & his driver ordered chili for him. We had no idea until we handed the bag out the window & the driver said something like "Kenny Chesney loves his chili" & smiled before driving off. That one was really weird because the Wendy's I worked at was pretty far from the arena & there are probably 5 Wendy's between there & the one they ended up at.

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