MET ANYONE FAMOUS?

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  • brianward81
    brianward81 Posts: 217 Member
    Billy Corgan and the current incarnation of the Smashing Pumpkins
    Cog (Aussie band)
    The Butterfly Effect (Aussie band)
    Ian Kenny (frontman for Karnivool and Birds Of Tokyo)
    Adam Spark (Birds Of Tokyo)
    Keith and Chemda (Keith and The Girl podcast, their famous to me!)

    forgot Enrique Iglesias, my mother-in-law got the whole family tix to the show and a meet'n'greet with him after she dealt the games he played at the casino where he was staying.
  • AhronR
    AhronR Posts: 6
    Not Really famous unless you like IndyCar Racing, Boxing , oh and 1 US President.

    Ive met :IndyCar
    Paul Tracy
    Juan Montoya
    Sebastien Bourdais
    Dario Franchitti.
    Boxing:
    Julio Cesar Chavez,
    Pernell Whitaker
    Felix Tito Trinidad
    Oscar De La Hoya

    Oh and George W Bush I met when I was in the fourth grade he came to our advance classroom (he wasnt yet President of course.)
  • DS67ATX
    DS67ATX Posts: 289
    A few,the biggest I think are Lou Ferringno and Brent Spiner.
  • Micahroni84
    Micahroni84 Posts: 452 Member
    yes! My husband and I met former heavyweight UFC champion Maurice Smith who is a very serious looking guy but was really nice. And gigantic. LOL!
  • dhencel
    dhencel Posts: 244 Member
    My husband and I are Steeler fans... We had the opportunity to meet TERRY BRADSHAW a few years ago... It was a fantastic experience.......
  • dhencel
    dhencel Posts: 244 Member
    Of course... He is famous......In PA....
  • spynoodle
    spynoodle Posts: 404
    Oh that reminds me! 2 years ago Ron Jeremy kissed me. Lol

    He grabbed my boob!!! Nasty! LOL!!!
  • JmeJinxx
    JmeJinxx Posts: 210 Member
    I met comedian Brian Posehn after seeing him perform, got a hug and a lot of autographed merch.
    Met director Darren Lynn Bousman and Terrance Zdunich (Repo! the Genetic Opera) after seeing The Devil's Carnival road show.
    Shook hands with Dez Fafara (Coal Chamber, DevilDriver) at a show..
    on that note have met quite a few metal bands.
  • buckeye86
    buckeye86 Posts: 128 Member
    I've been with... Wait, that wasn't the question. Yes, I've met some famous people. Is this the name dropping to sound cool thread? I think my sister's first one is more interesting... One of the old Busch guys (I'm assuming Gussie Busch because of the time frame) asked my sister to ride in the carriage with the Budweiser Clydesdales in St. Louis when she was a kid. I was a little baby, so I guess I wasn't cool enough yet. Current people aren't as exciting. Anyone can be famous with all of these reality shows and youtube and stuff.
  • Micahroni84
    Micahroni84 Posts: 452 Member
    I used to work at Disney World so I met several celebs. I lost a bet because of one and I also met my favorite actor and didn't even recognize him.

    I bet one of my roommates I could go 48 hours without finding out who won the Super Bowl. 24 hours....no problem. I always worked closing shifts but for some reason I ended up opening the tuesday after the game. I was minding my own business when the guest relations guy who I knew usually escorted celebs came through. I was curious who he had with him and to my dismay, I recognized one of the very muscular men that followed him. It was Eli Manning (it wasn't this year, it was 2008). Bet lost.

    Another day I was at my ride when the guest relations guy came through with a small family. I chatted up the oldest looking man in the group as we waited for the ride vehicle to return to the station. We had a nice conversation and I joked with one of the younger ones in the group and arranged for them to have the back because I told them it was the best seat on the ride. I put them on and didn't see them again. A couple days later my manager asked to speak to me and told me I did an excellent job with that group and that Harrison Ford said he appreciated being treated like a regular person for once. I almost fainted. I talked to Indiana Jones himself and didn't even realize it. It is probably a good thing because if I had recognized him I would have at the least asked for an autograph and a picture and I'm pretty sure that would have gotten me fired.

    I can't imagine being start struck with too many people but if I were to meet Harrison Ford I would have passed out. He is my ultimate celebrity crush an has been since I was a little girl.
  • Mr_Motivator42
    Mr_Motivator42 Posts: 42 Member
    Ali, London 1993
  • MySunshine76
    MySunshine76 Posts: 389
    Gene Simmons of KISS
  • lamoursuffit
    lamoursuffit Posts: 267 Member
    Just one, and they're only famous among people my age. Gabe Saporta, who I had a huge crush on! lol

    My friend and I went to a Fall Out Boy show because we liked the opening bands (yes, we paid for pit tickets just to watch the headliners, and then LEFT when FOB came on! :laugh:) anyway, one of the bands headlining was a band called Cobra Starship whose lead singer is Gabe Saporta. When FOB came on my friend and I left and went to sit on the stairs and just chat for a bit. The place was deserted because eevryone was of course inside watching the show. We ended up talking to this woman who was sitting around drinking some beer and we were just chatting, turned out she was the best friend of Cassadee Pope (who is on Blake's team on the Voice, if you watch it!) and then she ended up leaving because she wanted to go ask Cassadee if we could join her in the party box. Anyway, when she left, this guy that was really cute was walking up the stairs on the other side. We were just kind of checking him out and I guess he noticed because he flashed us a peace sign, raised his cup to us, drank, and kept walking. Then it occurred to me where I had seen him before, because I just watched him preform.

    Anyway, so we casually like, ran up the stairs after him (luckily he didn't notice that part) and he saw us and was like, hey guys! And we started chatting and he was SO sweet. HE was asking about US, how nice. We were really shy about it because we didn't want to be rude, but we asked for a picture. He was like, omg yes, you don't even have to ask! So we ended up taking a picture with him. It was really cool...plus he smelled good.

    P.S. I didn't end up meeting Cassadee because we went and talked to Gabe. She came out to find us and thought we left lol

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  • ShmoozyQ
    ShmoozyQ Posts: 390 Member
    I met a famous murderer. True story. I met him a few years ago after he got out of prison.
  • lachesissss
    lachesissss Posts: 1,298 Member
    M.Shadows and Zacky Vengeance from A7x.

    Jonathan Maberry of the Joe Ledger series fame.

    And the news guys from our local radio station on accident while on vacation in the Bahamas. The show is very popular, and the whole cast/ crew was there doing the annual Spring Break thing they do. Ran into him in the Port Lucaya Marketplace.
  • beccarockslife
    beccarockslife Posts: 816 Member
    Snogged the lead singer of Muse (before they were famous) and I partied with AC/DC a number of times most memorably in Oz in 1999/2000 new year
  • LuccyH
    LuccyH Posts: 266 Member
    David Schwimmer, 7 years ago when I was working in London.
    Bill Nighy- Love actually
    Russel Brand
  • lamoursuffit
    lamoursuffit Posts: 267 Member
    Oh yeah I almost forgot, if there are any wrestling fans, I went to school with Taylor Rotunda (aka Bo Dallas, nephew of Bo Rotundo, brother of Windham Rotunda aka Bray Wyatt, Husky Harris, or Axel Mulligan, son of Mike Rotunda aka IRS and grandson of Blackjack Mulligan.) I got into high school the year after Windham graduated, so never knew him. Taylor is the sweetest, most mild-mannered person you'll ever meet. Truly an incredibly nice person. His sister Mika is a friend of mine, she's the most inspirational person on the freaking planet. Went from my size to a fitness model/Zumba instructor. She is awesome.
  • ShmoozyQ
    ShmoozyQ Posts: 390 Member
    Oh yeah! I've met Terry McMillan - author, among her many books are "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" and "Waiting To Exhale." She was a customer of mine when I worked in retail.
  • amberlykay1014
    amberlykay1014 Posts: 608 Member
    I met Chris Sharma, pro climber sponsored by Evolv, Sterling, prAna, & Sanuk. I got a photo taken with him down in West Virginia in the New River Gorge and then ended up having breakfast at a table next to his the next day in a diner.
  • zrmac804
    zrmac804 Posts: 369 Member
    I had the chance to meet General Rick Hillier at a function. He was chatting with some of the staff while waiting for the ceremony to start, but I was too shy to approach him directly :blushing:
  • Kelene616
    Kelene616 Posts: 166 Member
    David Bowie bought me coffee when I was 16
  • Laddiegirl
    Laddiegirl Posts: 382 Member
    I've met a few.

    I met Sarah McLaughlin at a baby clothing store I used to work at (she had just had her first daughter and was buying things for her). She is SUPER nice.

    Tracy Chapman comes into my current work all the time, at least once a month. I think she lives nearby. She is also SUPER nice.

    I've met two Giants players at work, Brian Wilson and Pablo Sandoval, I work in SF and am a Giants fan so that was pretty cool.

    The latest was Adam Savage, one of the guys on Myth Busters (the blond one). He came in buying school supplies for his son, he's super nice as well.
  • Phaedra165
    Phaedra165 Posts: 7
    Hi, I live in Vancouver and they do a lot of filming up here. I met Johnny Depp once, and Kevin Costner was behind me in the line at Starbucks Downtown. Didn't talk to him though. I think one of the reasons celebrities like it here is that not so many people bother them; they can go out and do ordinary things easily. I've seen others, but not as close, mainly when they were filming things.
  • Lady_Bane
    Lady_Bane Posts: 720 Member
    Ted Nugent, just bc I used to compete in the NFAA (archery), and he was there a lot.
    Dany Carey, drummer from tool aka drum god lol
    Joe Satriani
    John Petrucci
  • TheBiggestLosee
    TheBiggestLosee Posts: 101
    I met Wilt Chamberlain when I was young. He was kinda grumpy. I didn't know who he was and didn't care, but because I was the baby of the family, I was urged to approach him for an autograph.
  • ellyloo
    ellyloo Posts: 49
    Red Green.
  • slkehl
    slkehl Posts: 3,801 Member
    I've seen I bunch of people at events, like Kate Winslet, Penelope Cruise, James Cameron, Jake Gyllenhal, Sandra Bullock...
    I've only actually talked to Rob Lowe and the guy that plays Pedro on Napoleon dynamite, so no one too famous :)
  • FitnessPal4L1f3
    FitnessPal4L1f3 Posts: 77 Member
    Shook hands with President Bush (Sr) and the then Secretary of State James Baker.

    Met Chevy Chase in Vermont when he was filming the movie Funny Farm.

    Met President Bill Clinton - missed out on a photo op.
  • icimani
    icimani Posts: 1,454 Member
    In my family we make a joke out if it and you get more 'points' the farther removed you were from meeting someone famous. I'm the winner so far - my colleague's daughter's best friend's father is Jim Belushi. HA.
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