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So who's come across any celebs whilst going about your day?, i lived in Brighton in the UK for 2 years in the mid naughties and came across quite a few. Most would only be known by Brits and Aussies though.

Jordan(page 3 model)- Stood next to her in a bakery.

Nick Cave- Ran past me on the street, he had a tambourine in his hand.

Shane Warne (cricket player)- Was with his wife and kids. Think this was after he was filmed chasing women around a hotel room with an inflatable penis so she's a very forgiving woman.

Chris Eubank (boxer)- Saw him loads of times, used to roll into town in a Hummer with music blasting. Always dressed in a dapper suit.

My wife takes the cake though, she worked in a coffee shop at Brighton station when we first got there and she served a coffee to none other than Paul MacCartney. Funny thing she says she didn't even know until one of the other girls at the shop told her who she'd just served haha. Side note one of her friends was going out with his son for awhile, he was a real weird cat.

 

 

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7 minutes ago, Silverburst80 said:

Nick Cave- Ran past me on the street, he had a tambourine in his hand.

:lol: Made me laugh for some reason.

Best one for me wasn't while going about my everday life exactly but me and my Dad were down London to see The Stones back in '99, we went into a small, sort of backstreet McDonalds and we sit down at a table, only us in there and in walks Dave Gilmour with a couple of young kids. I noticed straight away and was mouthing to my Dad "Dave Gilmour" and nodding my head towards him. :lol: My Dad looks over and is like "yeah, it is". So he orders their food and sits down a couple of tables over and we're just sat there silent, munching away, neither of us dared go over and bother him. Was the weirdest Big Mac and fries I've ever had. :lol:

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31 minutes ago, bucketfoot said:

:lol: Made me laugh for some reason.

Best one for me wasn't while going about my everday life exactly but me and my Dad were down London to see The Stones back in '99, we went into a small, sort of backstreet McDonalds and we sit down at a table, only us in there and in walks Dave Gilmour with a couple of young kids. I noticed straight away and was mouthing to my Dad "Dave Gilmour" and nodding my head towards him. :lol: My Dad looks over and is like "yeah, it is". So he orders their food and sits down a couple of tables over and we're just sat there silent, munching away, neither of us dared go over and bother him. Was the weirdest Big Mac and fries I've ever had. :lol:

Yes when Nick Cave goes jogging he's normally dressed in all black with an instrument in his hand haha. Yeah i'm not one to bother a celebrity when i see one either, though i did forget to mention i ran into Nick Oliveri when i was back in Oz before a gig (when he was touring Kyuss Lives), had a quick chat then but i was pissed up big time and i think so was he.... cool guy.

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Working at a fast food joint, I took Dax Shepards order. He ordered his food without wearing any disguise. After I recognized him, he picked up his food his food wesring sunglasses indoors. Maybe he got spooked someone recognized him?

 

Seemed polite nonetheless

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I made a list a few years ago as there's been so many that I figured it would be fun to keep track.  Not into the whole celebrity thing much as I never ask for pictures or autographs.  

All celebrities I've either spoken to, interacted with, or been very close proximity to...

Axl Rose
Sebastian Bach
Angus Young
Tommy Stinson
Gilby Clark
Dave Navarro
Frank Ferrer
Val Kilmer
Rihanna
Samuel L. Jackson
Paris Hilton
Stephen Colbert
Matthew Morrison
Kunal Nayyar (Indian guy from Big Bang Theory)
Rafael Nadal
The Countess of Wessex (married to Prince Edward)
Paul Schaffer
Kevin O'Leary
Enrique Iglesias
Adrian Grenier 
John Hamm
Sam Rockwell
Michael Sheen
Carrey Mulligan
Josh Brolin
Hillary Swank
Rob Lowe
James Franco
Juliette Lewis
Thandy Newton
David Cross
Minnie Driver
Justin Long
Vincent Cassel
Danny Boyle
David Suzuki
Kristina Anapau
Debbie Travis
All the guys from the band Glass Tiger
Leslie Nielsen
Gordie Howe
Michael Wekerle (from Dragon's Den Canada)
Eric Lindross
Doug Gilmore (former Toronto Maple Leaf)
Gary Roberts (former Toronto Maple Leaf)
Johnny Bower (former Toronto Maple Leaf)
George Armstron (former Toronto Maple Leaf)

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4 hours ago, Silverburst80 said:

Jordan(page 3 model)- Stood next to her in a bakery.

Did you make a joke about ''her buns''?

I'm not really into celebrities and such these days but thousands of cricketers (and ex-cricketers doing punditry) have walked very close to me. Unlike footballers they are not closed-off by security of anything; if you desire, you can just catch them by sitting near the pavilion steps when they go out to field for an autograph or a conversation. I had Warne and Botham right in front of me one time doing the Sky thing; lock up your daughters! I could have went to a members' forum with Botham in April but couldn't be arsed to go.

I think I just saw Michael Portillo on the train the other day

Pavel Srníček, former Newcastle keeper. Keegan and Lee Clark also once visited my school.

That long-jump ''hop-skip-jump'' guy, Jonathan Edwards. He also visited my school. I got my photo taken with him.

Hetfield and Newsted

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The only time I got starstruck was when Sangakarra walked by me. He had just been dismissed for a duck or something or other so I was not going to bother the chap for an autograph.

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I met Jimmy "The Whirlwind" White and got his autograph after watching him play a match at Newport Leisure Center in around 1995. He had a pint of Guinness and was smoking a fag.

I saw Nicky Wire walk over a bridge the other day, again in Newport.

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From what I can remember;

Olivia Vinall

Some people who worked on a TV show here and a friend who was on a modeling talent TV show I never knew existed.

My local MP as well, but I'm not going to mention who is :(.

 

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I've had an oddly large amount of run-ins with celebrities. There's certain ones where the meeting was arranged (a meet & greet thing) like Jimmy Page & Robert Plant, Ozzy or Roger Waters. A lot of others were totally by chance, out in the wild type of stuff. 100% honest to God truth, I actually ended up in Eminem's house once, but that's a whole story on it's own lol. It's always strange and takes me back a little bit no matter who it is. For example, I had my back to a stranger once who thought I worked at a store and was asking me questions about some headphones. I was being nice and answering him, then turned around to let him know I don't know much about the headphones and it turned out I'd been talking to Weird Al the whole time. I said "Oh wow! I was turning around to apologize and say I don't work here but now I have to say 'holy shit, you're Weird Al!". He was really cool and apologized for bothering ME which was funny.

Anyways.... I lot of those types of things have happened to me and they're always very cool when they do. My favorite one of all time is probably Robbie Williams. Myself and 3 friends were standing in the Hard Rock Casino in Vegas about 10 years ago when I saw a person I thought I recognized checking into the VIP area. I couldn't quite place him but I was convinced I knew him. I asked my friends and they had no idea, said it didn't look like anyone on they knew. So I just went up to him and said "Dude. I know I know you from somewhere". He slid his sunglasses down a little, laughed and said "Oh, is that right mate?" and I instantly felt like an idiot. I said "Of course I do, shit, you're Robbie Williams" and he laughed really hard. I said "I honestly wasn't trying to bother you. I just really thought you were someone I knew. Like.... personally I mean". We had a laugh about it, going back and forth for a little bit. I eventually let him go and apologized again but he was really cool about it. 

The kicker on the whole story above was that when I got walked back over to my friends, I said "Holy shit. It turns out I DID know that guy. Did you guys figure it out?". My friends reply was "HOLY SHIT. WAS THAT JOHNNY KNOXVILLE!?" :lol:

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Phil Jupitus, Michael Portillo, John McCrirrick, Tracy Emin, Matt Berry. Several mountain bikers from the old job. 

Those are the celebrities I've met randomly, not at book signings or gigs where it's all happening by design.

Probably have walked past more without realising, not really into celebrities. But they don't tend to end up in my neck of the woods either. 

I did have dinner with Dave 'Bucket' Colwell, guitarist of Bad Company once. He was hilarious. It was a chance meeting, my friend and I had a weekend in London together, and we were quite young, so she said we could see her dad and he'd take us out to dinner. Had no idea until the day before that he was in BC. 

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23 minutes ago, Oldest Goat said:

MATT BERRYYYYYYYY! lmfao. I love Matt Berry. "Damn! These electric sex pants!" :lol:

Did you speak to him?

No. Just passed him on the London Underground in summer 2011. He wasn't a household name then, but the face was definitely his. 

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12 hours ago, Oldest Goat said:

Can you tell about your interactions with Axl @downzy??? I'm intrigued.

Also, Val Kilmer, Samuel L. Jackson and John Hamm if you can be bothered.
 

 

The first time I met Axl was briefly described here.  I met him again briefly last year in Philly after the AC/DC show.  

Val Kilmer - was walking up to a bar during the Toronto Film Festival and Val Kilmer was stumbling my way.  I kind of stopped for a second because he was kind of stumbling and it felt like he might have walked right into me.  He kind of gained his senses for a second, looked at me, and then stepped aside so we could both pass.  It wasn't until he looked up that I realized who he was.

Samuel L. Jackson - Many of the names I listed were from my serving/bartending days at a very hot downtown Toronto hotel bar.  The night I met Samuel L was a weekday and I was helping to close the bar as it was going to be shot in a scene for a movie Jackson was staring in (can't remember the title).  I was the last of the staff to finish up and Samuel L walked up to me as I was standing behind the bar and asked if I was going to be his bartender.  I told him yes if he wants an actual drink, but no if he wanted me to act.  He kind of chuckled and did his "okay, cool, cool..." thing.  Then he said something like, "I was hoping to run some lines."  I can't remember what I said in response but something along the lines of not wanting to hurt his performance and would be better off giving him a drink.  He shook my hand, wished me well, and went to find his crew.

John Hamm - the restaurant at the hotel had a private room that would be flush with celebrities during the film festival.  One night they were so busy they pulled me off the lobby bar and had me help out for a private function.  I remember rumours were circulating that some big star was going to be there but no one knew who it was.  There were a lot of people sitting down at the table and I didn't initially recognize anyone.  I was asked to remove all of the large wine glasses from the middle of the table since most were drinking white.  The problem was that with the table so full it was difficult reaching the glasses.  I had about five glasses on a tray when a women sitting in front of me suddenly pushed back on her chair, knocking into me causing the glasses to crash.  The whole room stopped and went silent.  I moved quickly to pick the broken glass and the man sitting next to the women got up and helped me.  I looked up and realize it was John Hamm.  He was in town to help promote the movie The Town and I guess assist and inept waiter (it was never my thing).  I thanked him for his help and he returned to his seat.  Nice guy.  

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This encounter happened moreso through marriage than anything else. My wife's (now ex-wife) mother is related to Donna Summer. They are 2nd cousins or some shit. I went to New York to meet her one time back in 2000. Donna was very sweet and cordial. Plus she was an Amazon :)

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5 hours ago, 31illusions said:

Highlight: Steven Adler, fun, nice and personable.

Lowlight: Most of the cast of Star Trek: TNG, rude, short and not friendly.

Synopsis: Celebs are like normal people. They can be nice or dicks to you.

Really? Even Riker? Even Crusher and Troi?

 

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6 hours ago, DieselDaisy said:

Really? Even Riker? Even Crusher and Troi?

 

Never met Riker (Johnathan Frakes) but Gates Mcfadden (Crusher) seemed nice as I saw her greet fans. But by that time I refused to pay to meet them anymore at conventions after seeing they can be testy with fans. Marina Sirtis (Troi) refused to sign more than one photo even after I payed. Some of them act as if you are inconveniencing them. When I asked Dwight Schultz (Barclay) how he was, He had nothing to say except he needed a beer.

I guess they think they're special. Is it part of the act or just rude?

https://youtu.be/UX70f7ovNl8?t=47

 

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9 minutes ago, 31illusions said:

Never met Riker (Johnathan Frakes) but Gates Mcfadden (Crusher) seemed nice as I saw her greet fans. But by that time I refused to pay to meet them anymore at conventions after seeing they can be testy with fans. Marina Sirtis (Troi) refused to sign more than one photo even after I payed. Some of them act as if you are inconveniencing them. When I asked Dwight Schultz (Barclay) how he was, He had nothing to say except he needed a beer.

I guess they think they're special. Is it part of the act or just rude?

https://youtu.be/UX70f7ovNl8?t=47

 

She is just having a laugh there. Look at it from their perspective; they only do that because they're broke. They are in the same scenario as the crew at the beginning of Galaxy Quest where Alan Rickman is grumpy as hell trotting around the convention circuit signing things for nerds. Most of them are also in that ''and I wanted to be a serious actor'' frame of mind, whereas they are just known as 'Riker', ''La Forge'' etc. Only really Picar - sorry, Patrick Stewart - has managed to establish a successful outside acting career, although he was already a Shakespearean thespian before he landed the role so he never had anything to prove.

It is the same reason why you cannot keep a Dr Who or a Bond for very long as they all want to be ''actors'' so they bugger off early (Roger excepted).

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I have had a few celebrity encounters, John Schneider, Jim Dandy from Black Oak Arkansas, Ted Dibiase (wrestler), Deborah Norville (news lady), Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Bruce Willis (was a total asshole to kids wanting his autograph), Tree Rollins and Charlie Criss (basketball players), several Atlanta Falcons players and Atlanta Braves players, former Oakland Raider Lester Hayes, was backstage when ex boyfriend's band played a festival that included Garbage and the Goo Goo Dolls but only saw them, did not talk to them. ?

Also watched from my office window as the members of Bush and No Doubt left their hotel behind where I worked and got on their tour buses, went out there during my lunch time, but they didn't come out...that was during the tour when Gwen and Gavin first started hooking up. ?

I also am a third cousin of actress Morgan Fairchild, never met her but my mom and mom's aunts met her parents years ago at a family reunion. ?

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I got to meet many celebrities during the ten years I lived in NYC:  Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Ethan Hawk (lived in my apartment building and got to chat with him many times in the laundry room), Ed Koch, Sigourney Weaver, Ivana Trump, Oliver Stone, Joan Rivers, Rick Okasik and his wife Paulina.  Harry Connick Jr often came into the jazz bar I waitressed at during college and he was incredibly nice.  Kurt Loder and Martin Scorsese both worked on projects for the company I worked for. Kurt Loder was a total asshole, but Scorsese was one of the nicest guys I ever met.  He knew everyone's name -- from the receptionist to the CEO, talked to everyone about their holidays etc. and sent hand written thank you notes to everyone when the project was over.  

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I also talked to Burt Reynolds on the phone...they were filming Cannonball Run in town and had bought a lot of damaged furniture from my family's company and he accidentally paid us twice, I called him and let him know and he talked to me for a little while ?

The furniture was used in the scene at the hotel where the car went thru the wall and into the room.

Also met David Hasselhof's parents while working there, I did the financing for their furniture when they moved to Atlanta, at the time he was only on soaps, but they bragged about who their son was ?

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I met a lot of actors and musicians through conventions.

I met Robert Keppler years ago when he was coming out of the North Park Mall. Prison Break, the show he was on, filmed in Dallas about 10 years ago. He was very nice and signed an autograph for me.

also my brother and I saw Tiny Lister in the DFW airport years ago when he was in Friday and played Zeus, but neither one of us wanted to go up to him. He was very intimating. lol

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I met Bumblefoot and Gary Hoey during the Guitar Gods tour in 2014.

I met Bret Hart at a charity event for the March of Dimes around 2011 or so.

I've met nearly every living past and present member of KISS - Gene, Paul, Tommy, Bruce, Eric Singer, and Ace.

I also know Jim Carrey...'s sister. :lol:

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7 hours ago, James Bond said:

I met Bumblefoot and Gary Hoey during the Guitar Gods tour in 2014.

I met Bret Hart at a charity event for the March of Dimes around 2011 or so.

I've met nearly every living past and present member of KISS - Gene, Paul, Tommy, Bruce, Eric Singer, and Ace.

I also know Jim Carrey...'s sister. :lol:

awww you met Ace?? he's the best! :D

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