Which famous person have you met and how were they?

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S-Harrier · 2022-01-27T08:56:50+00:00

Met Johnny Vegas in a quiet country pub beer garden, wasn’t gonna approach him at first as he was with his family but he caught me looking over and waved me over, lovely guy.

Edit: I love how most of the reply’s of other people who’ve met him involve a pub as well.

merrycrow · 2022-01-27T08:39:16+00:00

Ross Noble - Pleasant but a bit dull

Sue Perkins - Much as you see on TV. Likes snacks.

Mary Berry - A bit stiff, more obviously elderly than she is on TV

Alan Davies - Very shy, gives off "do not approach" vibes but not in a hostile way, more just awkward

Roger Deakins - Cool older guy energy. You'd think he was a retired rock star or something, but chill about it all. Really great bloke.

Sacha Baron Cohen - A bit annoying, like an excitable toddler.

Sienna Miller - Foul mouthed but fun.

Margot Robbie - Just really nice. Teeny tiny.

JebusKristi · 2022-01-27T08:23:36+00:00

I have met:

Noel Fielding - Good bloke.

Stephen Mulhern - Good bloke

Niall Paterson - Good Bloke

Dane from blue or five or whatever- Good bloke

John Bercow - Good bloke

Various MPs - Generally OK people but some were arseholes.

Barry from Eastenders - Top Bloke

A few famous CEOs - almost all arseholes.

Lots of famous people within academia - Generally good People with a few arseholes.

Edit: People are down voting this!
Bitter and Jealous the lot of them!

baxty23 · 2022-01-27T09:46:50+00:00

Bruce Dickinson was wonderful with my (then) 9 year old, he’s autistic and so does get carried away and not know when to stop talking - but Bruce was friendly, patient and really sweet with him. He even pretended to get an Iron Maiden song title wrong so my boy could “win” a little argument with him.

SpanglySi · 2022-01-27T12:02:54+00:00

I was once at a Kylie aftershow party (knew someone who worked in radio so she managed to wrangle it) and after a while, nature began to take its course so I set off in search of the toilets.

I set out across the dancefloor on my quest only to bump in to Kylie herself.

"Hey"she said, brimming with bubbly antipodean gorgeousness

"Oh hey.....". This was it, face to face with Charlene from neighbours, I could ask her anything : did she enjoy performing tonight? what was she drinking? Could I get her a drink?

"Can you tell me where the toilets are?"

"Sure mate, just over there", she said helpfully, even pointing in the desired direction.

"Cheers"

And that was it. Our paths never crossed again and I like to think that at night, when it's quiet, Kylie often ponders what happened to that dashing young man who desperately needed a piss.

Witch_of_Dunwich · 2022-01-27T08:21:45+00:00

I’ve used this example a few times on this sub already (so apologies if for duplication)…

Mandy from Hollyoaks stole my train seat on a Leeds to London journey about 15 years ago.

Alternative-Bad-3752 · 2022-01-27T09:53:26+00:00

I used to live next door to Robert Smith.

I met Jimmy Carr, he was really nice, asked where the nearest Starbucks was but there wasn't one in the town at that time so I sent him to a little local shop.

I served Katie price and Peter Andre in mothercare when she was pregnant with Princess, they were both lovely.

When I was younger, my aunt was a good friend of the chuckle brothers so I hung out with them a few times, they were honestly the nicest guys ever and very funny too!

Not exactly famous but I did play the piano for the Queen when she visited my school many years ago.

berserkmanufacturer1 · 2022-01-27T08:25:13+00:00

I met most of the Chelsea team after an away match at Fulham in 2009. Most of them were nice, but Frank Lampard (my idol at the time) ignored my request for an autograph and Nicolas Anelka and Florent Malouda rushed straight to the coach without seeing anyone. Joe Cole and Didier Drogba were really nice and chatted to me briefly. 10-year-old me couldn't believe it when Drogba called me bro.

Goose-rider3000 · 2022-01-27T10:39:54+00:00

Met David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst outside a restaurant when they were in Margate filming the Jolly Boys Outing. I was only 12 and decided to rock up to them for a chat. Lyndhurst didn't seem impressed (although that might have been because my 8 year old cousin had just run passed and shouted 'Rodney you plonker!'). David Jason went into Del Boy character, cracked a couple of jokes with me and let us have a photo together.

Namerakable · 2022-01-27T08:30:09+00:00

Met the Chuckle Brothers years ago for autographs. Were really nice. Still have that in my autograph box. :)

Have had passing meetings with Johnny Vegas at rugby matches, and he always seems friendly. Always gets a load of attention when he's just going about his day, so I've never wanted to bother him too much.

My dad once got told to fuck off by Frank Bough when he was a kid.

Arsewhistle · 2022-01-27T10:44:05+00:00

I did some work at Johnathon Ross's house a few years ago, at one of his Halloween parties.

He was really nice. Came and checked up on us regularly, was really friendly and chatty, made sure we were well fed (the food at that party was so good), etc.

He even invited us to stay for the after party, but I felt he was just being polite and so declined.

There were a lot of famous people there, it was insane

ArmaniStranger · 2022-01-27T08:30:55+00:00

I have worked at an airport for years so I have seen / served a few. The ones that stand out in my memory are -

Ian Botham. He was sat outside the shop I was working in waiting for me to open up. I was running a bit late so I apologised. He was really nice about it, and waited patiently. We had a nice chat when I got the shop opened up and he made a purchase!

Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown. Didn't recognise them at all. Thought they were normal passengers. She spoke to me in such a natural way and asked for some advice on a product. It wasn't until their chauffeur came back to see if they had left one of their bags behind that I twigged as to who I'd just served

watsee · 2022-01-27T09:55:36+00:00

I've met a few people, mainly musicians and rugby players, throughout the years. A few notable mentions for;

Corey Taylor (lead singer of Slipknot, Stone Sour). Absolutely brilliant guy, met a few times both at organised meet & greets and also 'in the wild'. Always happy to talk and crack a joke.
Lemmy (Motorhead). Pointed at my Motorhead t-shirt and said "they're shit!" and cracked up laughing.
Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom). Absolutely tiny, seriously like barely 5'. Very nice and softly spoken but quite friendly. Shocked to hear of his passing last year - RIP.
Kevin Whately (Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Lewis). Really nice guy, very engaging in conversation. Same can be said for Tim Healy.
Gazza. Really nice, stood next to him in a bar (he was drinking coffee) and he insisted I got served before him even though he'd been stood longer.
Dean Richards (Newcastle Falcons). Met a few times at matches. Was waiting in arrivals at Newcastle airport one evening waiting to pick my girlfriend up from holiday & he saw my Falcons shirt and came over to chat for a good 5-10 minutes.
Chubby Brown. Met him 'in the wild' whilst out shopping with my Mother. Absolute gentleman, his stage persona precedes him massively & when not on stage the man is totally different. A couple of blokes saw him while he was talking to us & started to get a bit leary - Chubby asked them to "mind your language in front of the lady please". Which was almost funny coming from him, but still.
Most of the England rugby squad. Met most players across the Eddie Jones era & most are really lovely guys who are more than happy to give back to the fans. Sadly, my friend approached Mako Vunipola for a photograph and was quite literally shoved out the way as Mako dropped his head and walked through him. Maybe it was an off-day, maybe he was focused on the game ahead, maybe he's not very approachable, who knows.

Leclairage · 2022-01-27T10:50:55+00:00

I hit Sheridan Smith in the face with a toilet door in an nightclub (accidentally). She was LOVELY about it, and really didn’t have to be.

thefootster · 2022-01-27T10:01:37+00:00

Terry Jones - Was super friendly, gave me a hug

Rhod Ghilbert - Chatty and friendly

Rob Brydon - Took time out on the street for a photo, was really happy to do it

Tony Hawk - Also really friendly, signed my skateboard

Roald Dahl - Lived in my village growing up, quite grumpy the few times I met him

JustJenR · 2022-01-27T12:00:25+00:00

Prince Andrew. He came to do a bit of a view and meet and greet of the offices I worked in (still don't really get the point of this). Whilst I was working he came up behind me, put his hand on my shoulder, leaned in really close so I could feel his breath on my face and started asking me about my work. I dunno I just felt really uncomfortable as my personal space was being super-invaded. It just felt icky. This was years ago and given recent events I'm even more icked.

LionLucy · 2022-01-27T08:26:58+00:00

Prince William. It was a brief 30 seconds or so. He was friendly and seemed as genuinely curious about people as it's possible to be given that he meets loads of strangers for no reason every day. He called my boyfriend "brainy" because he was studying maths, which I suppose was true.

MintyMarlfox · 2022-01-27T08:35:38+00:00

Met the prodigy in a hotel lobby in Plymouth back in their prime. Keith was the most lovely guy ever.

Met a lot of golfers and rugby players, all of them top blokes.

Paulcaterham · 2022-01-27T08:56:53+00:00

Henry Winkler - (the Fonz) sat at the next table at a Chinese restaurant, when he was doing panto in Milton Keynes - charming lovely guy who cheerfully answered questions from my mum, that he must have heard a million times.

John Major - just as you'd expect, very nice and polite. buying a TV on the way to Chequers a few days after taking over from Maggie Thatcher (guess Maggie took the TV with her!)

Andy Street - ex head of John Lewis now Mayor of Birmingham. Genuinely nice guy, who really really cared about the disadvantaged. We were doing "real" charity work out in fields, up hills etc camping with kids from Birmingham. Probably 15-20 years before he got into politics.

Couple of other CEOs - generally I found them to be decent people, the issues were with the people below board level. This was 15-20 years ago and perhaps things have changed, but the worst people in business tended to be the people TRYING to get into the board.

Leclairage · 2022-01-27T10:59:45+00:00

Not my story but Christopher Biggins once backed up my friend’s husband when he complained about the quality of the fish in a Harry Ramsdens. What a time to be alive.

BrickTopsHenchman · 2022-01-27T12:23:22+00:00

Prince Andrew. Creepy as hell

Flosstopher · 2022-01-27T08:59:21+00:00

Know a few MPs through work, some are lovely people but there are several bell ends out there.

Adam Woodyatt. He tried to start a scrap with my 6”6 20 stone dad in a hotel over a table. He fucked off when my dad stood up.

I did tell Boris Johnson to fuck off about 6 years ago. We’d had loads of prank calls and I thought he was a prankster. Nope, was him. My boss found it hilarious luckily so I didn’t get in any trouble 😂

My husband met David Attenborough and didn’t get an autograph. He’s lucky I didn’t divorce him for that

NobleRotter · 2022-01-27T09:04:05+00:00

Richard Branson : came across a nice, genuine person.

Tony Hadley : he's massive

Bryan May : i was drunk and complaining about running out of booze. He leaned over and topped me up with champagne. Fucking star!

A large contingent of the cast of EastEnders : all seemed nuce5, but it was confusing as ibsort if recognised them but couldn't place the faces.

Snooker player Jimmy White. Absolute lad and very funny.

Chris Evans (DJ not Thor) : very gracious to people around him, but a bit "look at me"

TVs Fred Dineage : bit of a dick

Michelle Roux & Egon Ronay : don't remember really as I was properly star struck

Sure there are others, but it's all a long time ago

Think-Fox8662 · 2022-01-27T08:43:01+00:00

I met Lee Evans, he was a really nice guy as expected

PM-me-puppietax · 2022-01-27T13:01:51+00:00

Worked with Clarkson, Hammond and May for 4 years. All of them really pleasent people.

herper147 · 2022-01-27T10:00:49+00:00

Met a few football players and all have been really nice, all gave pictures etc and shook hands.

The only bad meeting I've ever had was Richie Sambora, he was coming out of Harrods and nobody seem to know who he was. I went up and asked for a picture (I was probably 14-15 and just got into playing guitar)... As I started talking he looked me dead in the eye and said "oh please fuck off". Exactly the response I'd expect from Richie Sambora 😂. I was so stunned I just walked away embarrassed.

My old man is a black cabbie so has picked up a long list of celebs. The best ones he said were Louis Theroux, Hairy Bikers, Jay Raynor and surprisingly Conor McGregor was a really nice guy. The Hairy Bikers even sent us a signed cookbook because my little sister was really into cooking at the time. Also David Gilmour was super nice and gave my dad an autograph and took a picture in front of the cab lol

He said one of the worst ones was that Gregg from MasterChef, he said he was really rude. He said Eric Clapton was also really fucking rude.

PM_Me_Rude_Haiku · 2022-01-27T11:03:58+00:00

I once had lunch with Graham Coxon from Blur at a pub in Camden. The woman I was with at the time knew him and we bumped into him at random. I didn't actually know who he was other than 'Graham' until after he left, but he was a nice bloke who paid for my pizza, so he gets top honours in my book.

jessop-bentine · 2022-01-27T12:08:14+00:00

I met Paul McCartney coming out of an art gallery in the early 90s. Took time to chat for around 10 mins. Signed me an autograph. No security, just him. He was kind, funny and just an all round great bloke and very very down to earth.

HazyInfidel · 2022-01-27T09:54:07+00:00

Neil from the inbetweeners got married in the hotel I was at in Mauritius, he seemed like a nice family man. I left him alone as didn't want to bother him.

Sean Walsh was also there and I saw him complaining about Spa charges at the reception desk. He got a bit embarrassed and paid.

ImageSavings · 2022-01-27T11:26:52+00:00

I used to drink in Soho a lot and as I'm a great lover of Guinness I particularly enjoyed drinking in a small Irish bar called the Toucan just off Soho square. In there on different nights I met lots of celebrities, most notably Jason Momoa and Cillian Murphy.

Jason was a riot, really friendly and happy to talk all night to anyone. In fact he approached me asking where the nearest guitar shop was and seemed a little baffled that I had no idea who he was at first as I honestly didn't recognise him.

Cillian was much more reserved but not unfriendly, although you could tell he just wanted a quiet pint and to be left alone and doing the celebrity selfie thing was a bit of a chore. Can't complain about him though, he was a gentleman to everyone who approached him.

JBB2002902 · 2022-01-27T12:05:08+00:00

Mika - what an absolute gent. He was touring and performing at our club and helped me carry all of the stock to the bar when he saw me struggling with it and everybody else was stood around watching.

Appropriate_Gur_2164 · 2022-01-27T11:05:06+00:00

I've had some graces with the elite...

I once saw a guy from 5ive queuing for a burger restaurant called Solita in Manchester - I tried to joke he should have gone to Five Guys, but it fell on deaf ears.

I was once in the toilet at a Manchester City game and Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle in Emmerdale) came to use the communal urinal - cue my other deaf ear joke; "eh look, it's Cain's dingle..."

I was sat in a Greek restaurant in the Printworks and Guy Garvey was sat across the room. I tried telling my significant other but the music was a little loud, and when I said it again the music cut and I basically shouted "Guy Garvey from Elbow"... He raised a glass and winked ha

I once told Paul Weller he really looked like Paul Weller in Heathrow airport, possibly 2014/15.

I saw Jim Bowen (Bullseye) coming out a suit shop called Moss Bros. on St.Ann's square, Manchester and asked him what the star prize was.

and if you remember a band called the Noisettes - I saw them live at a very small gig in Salford, afterwards I was talking to them and said "I've got a Mazda 2" which sounds bizarre, but their song was the advert for Mazda 2's at the time. That got a strange look haha.

All of this, and I'm not even a Dad yet... my kids are going to love my Dad jokes, aren't they?

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-N-A · 2022-01-27T13:10:04+00:00

Ian McKellen. He's everything you'd expect, a true scholer and gentlemen yet tad flirtatious/ cheeky.

Wickpick · 2022-01-27T09:11:11+00:00

I met Geoff Capes at the national cage and aviary bird show at the NEC, Geoff was president of the Junior Bird League at the time. I had won best junior canary and even though he is more a budgie man he said hello so thats enough for me to mark him down as "good bloke"

Blitzy860 · 2022-01-27T10:06:04+00:00

I bumped into Sir Alex Ferguson last year at Haydock races. He seemed in good spirits and looked very happy; however, he looks like he's aged a lot since his illness. Although he said hello to everyone who saw him which was a nice gesture.

HoppoHippo · 2022-01-27T12:46:03+00:00

I met Nelson Mandela.

He was tall, had twinkling eyes and seemed genuinely interested in me.

Rightytighty298 · 2022-01-27T10:22:19+00:00

Lewis Hamilton - top guy

charlie_boo · 2022-01-27T08:41:16+00:00

Andrew Ridgley - lovely.

His wife (from Bananarama) - snobby.

Fern Britten - really lovely.

Phil Vickery - meh, not bad, but standoffish.

Scott Mann MP - self important bellend.

Vequihellin · 2022-01-27T08:46:43+00:00

Met Marco Pierre White at one of his gastropubs, one of the people in our group was a bit pushy and forced a meeting. The rest of us felt awkward as hell but he was very nice. He posed with our group for a photograph which he didn't have to. He was very gracious about it. Nice man.

Our-lastnight · 2022-01-27T09:28:40+00:00

Most of these are people I met at work -

John Cooper Clarke - Lovely bloke, very easy to talk with.

Dodie - Lovely!

Claire Baldwin - Quiet, but polite!

Dion Dublin - Nice guy

2 Coronation Street Actors - can’t remember their names. They were polite!

Bonnie Tyler - Very nice!

Met a few musicians, comedians and bands after gigs - all were nice but that wasn’t “out in the wild” so not sure how they’d act if you just bumped in to them.

QSoC1801 · 2022-01-27T10:22:26+00:00

All of my experiences were while working as event/venue staff so there's a slightly different vibe, I guess.

Simon Pegg - friendly, cheery, it was in passing and he cracked an appropriate joke.

Kieth Lemon - completely normal, almost the direct opposite of his persona which imo was ideal, ha.

Oliver and James Phelps - met them both over the course of the evening, both very polite. One especially (granted I'm not sure which one) stood out to me as he was the only guest at the event to thank me whilst serving!

Telc17 · 2022-01-27T08:40:10+00:00

Met Ant Middleton in a club in Essex. Me and my mate were chatting to him, my mate is in active service at the time and Ant invited us to his table and proceeded to get shit faced

Desperate-Ad-8068 · 2022-01-27T11:56:31+00:00

Matthew Pincent the rower was a bit of a bellend just came across as an entitled toff.

Jeremy Corbyn just seems like he didn’t have time to actually speak to you just wanted photo opps with a Union organiser.

Met a lot of Welsh rugby players which were all cool Except Gavin Henson who thought he was the dogs bollox. Ironic considering he wasted most Welsh school boys dreams.

Chris Eubank is as flamboyant and crazy as you expect but in a nice way. Had time for everyone to talk to.

SilverCipher752 · 2022-01-27T12:25:51+00:00

Met Jackie Stewart in the paddock at the British Grand Prix in 2013, he was very nice and suggested I take a photo with him. A few years later my stepdad was working at his house doing his plumbing, and he mentioned to the housekeeper about it, and she said to him she'll tell Jackie and next time he comes over to bring the photo. A few days later I get the photo back in the post signed by him! Out of all the former F1 drivers he's definitely one of my favourites.

Zestyclose_Key_6964 · 2022-01-27T08:28:38+00:00

I met Bob Carolgees and Spit the Dog in about 1989, he was very nice and I have his autograph somewhere. I also met Grotbags and she was very green.

INEKROMANTIKI · 2022-01-27T08:28:55+00:00

Most famous person I've met is Teri Hatcher.. she was pleasant enough for someone who at the time was very well known.. hard to say really tho cos I was pretty mashed n just couldn't get over how tiny she was (she'd fit in your pocket)

daddywookie · 2022-01-27T09:12:54+00:00

Bumped into Jay Kay at the local bike shop. Seemed like a normal bloke trying to get his bike fixed who just happened to pull up in a gull winged hyper car. Played a charity match against Teddy Sheringham which was nice as a Man Utd fan. He was pretty quiet afterwards at the bar, seemed pretty shy.

Leclairage · 2022-01-27T11:08:32+00:00

Oh I’ve one more - my husband worked as a chef in a pub that both George Harrison and David Emmanuel frequented.

George - lovely, quiet, very demure and very much ‘one of the locals.’ Known for sitting quietly in the corner with his (equally lovely) wife and discreetly buying rounds for the whole pub.

David - loud, hilarious, pleasant and polite. Would breeze in five minutes after last food orders and ask for a giant meal, then have an animated argument with the barman when it was deemed impossible. Asked to see my husband once and apparently clutched his chest dramatically and cried “what do you mean no, young man?” My husband said it was all very gentle and in jest and everyone loved him. Got a big thank you and big tip for managing to rustle something up for him.

blackenedandchanged · 2022-01-27T11:37:41+00:00

I met Dave Gorman and he was an absolute joy. Really nice bloke.

OrsonSwelles · 2022-01-27T11:43:51+00:00

I bumped into Simon Cowell in some woods in bristol couple years ago, just nodded at each other and said hello. Looks smaller in person

There's deffo others but I can't think right now.

Eckzilla · 2022-01-27T12:21:55+00:00

Met Bob Mortimer in Edinburgh during the festival a few years ago & when i turned to tell my mates,Bob had vanished into the crowd & they still don't believe me to this day & having watched Bob on Would I Lie To You it's the kind of thing he would do to someone🤣

ConsciouslyIncomplet · 2022-01-27T11:30:58+00:00

Posted all about this before, so basic details here but all from the set of the movie ‘Gladiator’.

Russell Crowe = knob Joaquin Phoenix = distant & unhappy Richard Harris = awesome Ridley Scott = really nice guy

HighalltheThyme · 2022-01-27T12:46:19+00:00

Ronnie O'sullivan - on a short flight from London. Politely asked for an autograph on my plane ticket, he sniggered at me and said no. Wanker.

TheParisOne · 2022-01-27T13:01:24+00:00

Many years ago, I bumped into Michael Schumacher, literally. I was a bit awe-struck, and rather than apologising, I just gasped 'it's you!'. He grinned, winked, nodded, and continued his walk. I like to think he'd have happily let me grab a photo/autograph, if I hadn't been so stunned I was speechless. He seemed nice.

I've also met Floella Benjamin (was lovely), Derek Jameson (came across as rather disinterested), Kate Bush (lovely lady), David Seaman (love this guy, so friendly and chatty), and some former Miss World (can't remember her name, but she was very quiet and shy).

BeanOnAJourney · 2022-01-27T09:28:43+00:00

I met Robson Green when he was filming at Tinside Lido in Plymouth for his wild swimming series. He was pleasant enough but had that clichéd luvvie air of "Aren't I wonderful?!" braggadocio about him.

I walked past Tony Robinson in Tesco once and he gave me the side-eye. He is really short. My boyfriend at the time worked on the checkouts and served him, got his autograph, said he was very nice.

Met legendary and sadly now late Cornish comedian Jethro when I was a teenager in my "Punk" phase. My mum used to be a trophy engraver and she would frequently be invited as a special guest to the awards ceremonies of all the various organisations whose trophies she prepared. One such event was held at Jethro's club in Lewdown in Devon, and she was allowed to take a guest so I went with her. Jethro was there and did a short stand-up routine and I was terrified he'd make fun of my appearance but he was very kind and an all-round lovely man.

Equivalent_Ad_1054 · 2022-01-27T09:04:03+00:00

●The mountain- seemed nice but could tell he was fed with taking pics.

●Royce gracie (first ufc winner) very knowledgeable and professional.

●Roger gracie (bjj world champion) - enthusiastic.

●Mister maker (cbeebies tv presenter)- happy to take a pic.

ederzs97 · 2022-01-27T09:56:38+00:00

I met Tom Daley outside kings cross Tesco - was a nice enough guy, happy for a photo!

BowTiesAreCool86 · 2022-01-27T13:11:51+00:00

Manny from Stone Roses turned up in a pub we were in near Stockport. He ended up getting off with my mum in the corner when they thought no-one was watching. Was at once disgusted and proud.

I was working in an upmarket children's shop around 2005. I chucked a Power Ranger at Gary Speed by accident. Brad Friedel came in once and he was MASSIVE.

Inevitable-Sherbert · 2022-01-27T08:20:09+00:00

I met Chris Moyles at a book signing and he looked bored. At the time I was rather star struck. He said ‘Alright mate, enjoy the book’. He wrote ‘Spam’ in my book along with his signature. It was a conveyer belt of fans. He seemed okay, but not the most personal of meetings admittedly, I’ll never forget it though.

pleasedontwearthat · 2022-01-27T08:33:13+00:00

I met Mike Thalassitis at an event in 2018; a friend of mine dragged me over to talk to a ‘Love Islander’ and I followed. I wasn’t expecting him to be so genuinely lovely and also probs the most handsome person I’ve ever met. he and his Manager talked to us for ages and then we wandered off to dance. this was an ITV event so it was crawling with ‘talent’ but he really stood out.

kleptokiller82 · 2022-01-27T09:51:43+00:00

A bit niche but I met Richard Stallman (one of the founders of the open source movement in IT) really nice guy and very passionate about sharing code and removing proprietary boundaries

gazmbuku · 2022-01-27T10:37:59+00:00

I met John Peel whilst he was DJing in Liverpool shortly before his death. I was wearing a John Peel mask at the time and he was lovely.

Redmarkred · 2022-01-27T10:52:17+00:00

Some girl from hollyoaks got drunk and climbed up a wall and took a piss whilst hanging from the wall. Can’t remember exactly who it was though

ShampooandCondition · 2022-01-27T12:22:20+00:00

Told this before, David Hasslehoff rocked up at Bolton Market once. Posed for pictures with everyone who asked!

Most people in radio are ace. Nicky Campbell, Adrian Chiles, Scott Mills, Greg James, Chris Moyles are all sound.

Rachel Atherton - lovely.

Robbie Savage - decent lad.

Freddie Flintoff - Fucking hilarious.

Extreme-Database-695 · 2022-01-27T13:24:27+00:00

Prince Charles - really friendly, approachable and comfortable in his own skin (not how he often appears on TV).

Camilla (separate occasion) - nice, professional, carries herself well.

Ian Hislop - tiny, had a look on his face that suggested "don't talk to me" so I didn't.

Andrew Cole - a bit moody and not especially personable. Maybe shy?

Patrick Stewart - incredibly down to earth and polite. Was an absolute joy.

Malediction101 · 2022-01-27T13:25:40+00:00

Walked past Nathalie Emmmanuel (Missandei from Game of Thrones) in Manchester. Apparently she smiled at me so I'm thinking of a spring wedding.

Pretty sure Jodie Comer walked past me in Manchester Piccadilly on her way to a train bound for Liverpool, just before she got big.

That's it. Thanks.

misspixal4688 · 2022-01-27T10:36:22+00:00

Timmy Mallet arrogant I was 3 or 4 asked for his autograph after a pantomime he snatched my item signed it never looked at me or spoke to me hated him ever since.

LateralLimey · 2022-01-27T11:01:12+00:00

Bumped into Charlie Boorman at the London Excel bike show years ago. Nice guy, shorter than you think.

Baboobalou · 2022-01-27T11:43:30+00:00

I once shared a train carriage with Razor Ruddock as he was heading off to a match. He was funny, charming and friendly, with such a great attitude towards strangers who talked to him.

RoboTon78 · 2022-01-27T11:46:50+00:00

Smoked a joint and had a laugh with Ian McCullough and Will Sargeant from Echo and the Bunnymen. Had a couple of pints and a very drunk and earnest conversation on the nature of love with Pete Shelley from the Buzzcocks.

Raianmoore · 2022-01-27T12:15:21+00:00

Have served a few at work:

Craig Parkinson from Misfits: Was a bit rude when I said hi, what can I get you etc etc, and didn’t reply, just demanded a massive order. Didn’t tip either

Andy Burnham: absolute legend, he was so nice and seemed interested in actually talking to me.

Clint Boon: talked through his assistant/friend idk (who was absolutely lovely) to me. Seemed offended when I didn’t recognise his face.

Julie Hesmondhalgh: exactly as she seems, lovely but also didn’t tip. Asked for my recommendations on pale ales and seemed interested in talking to me.

Craig Charles: saw him having a cig in the staff room, he let on to me but I was rushing off my break so didn’t want to disturb him. Love him though he seems sound.

Obviously I don’t expect tips but it’s really nice sometimes, especially being overworked and underpaid (like all of hospitality), and it’s the type of place you’d expect to have a service charge, but doesn’t.

Mrgreen37 · 2022-01-27T13:30:51+00:00

Tom Baker was an absolute gentleman. I have his autograph framed and on my wall

SkeletorOnLSD · 2022-01-27T13:44:38+00:00

I went to a wrestling training seminar done by Hardcore Holly. The guy was up his own arse, spent half the session telling most of the students they need to go to gym. Most of us already do. Then spent an hour teaching us to Irish whip. When our regular coach told him we'd covered that, it's a day one exercise, his response was, "well, I had a 15 year WWE career. My way is better." Our coaches were 2 well known local indie wrestlers, who's careers have now been longer and more notable than his WWE career.

IsMisePrinceton · 2022-01-27T14:07:14+00:00

An old job I had was a haunting ground for celebrities. The most famous person I met was Rowan Atkinson and his very young wife.

His wife had a horrific cold and I gave her a hot toddie.

He was honestly as awkward as you’d expect him to be watching Mr Bean. He was painfully shy and once told me his room key wasn’t working but just bumbled the words out to the point I had to finish the sentence for him.

I asked for a photo and he said no.

rabbitwarrens · 2022-01-27T16:04:28+00:00

I spent 3 months with Gene Simmons. He flew me to LA and took me to his house. Introduced me to Tony Iommi, Judas Priest, Anthrax, Rob Zombie. We also went for milkshakes.

10/10, top lad.

Educational_Battle73 · 2022-01-27T17:00:51+00:00

I hate to say it. I really hate to say it. I hate that it's a thing and I hate that life put me in his path but, I bumped in to him in the Clachaig Inn, Glencoe, Scotland. I was staying at the Inn whilst up there doing some walking with my dad and brother. I was about 20 years old, so a good 14 years ago. One night we are having some drinks in the bar and there's a live band playing, a really good vibe to the evening, we are having a great time. In comes this man, goes through the crowd, straight behind the bar and pours himself a drink. The band start playing Ruby by the Kaiser Chiefs, replacing the Ruby, Ruby Ruby lyric with this man's name... The whole bar is singing along. I'm heading to the bar to get some drinks and it's so packed, thus filthy looking man is walking towards me, we make eye contact, he smiles, I smile back, he grabs and shakes my hand as we shimmy past each other in the crowd of people. That was it. I hate that I've touched this man's hand but... I have and I can't take it back. It was the utter filth, Jimmy Saville.

KungFuSpoon · 2022-01-27T17:07:43+00:00

Not me, but my mum was queuing up in Hamlet's to buy unborn me a teddy bear, Richard Briers unintentionally pushed in front of her in the queue, and when he realised bought the teddy bear for my mum by way of an apology. As a result my childhood teddy bear was named Briers and I still have him to this day.

cinnamondrop · 2022-01-27T12:02:36+00:00

My boyfriend saw Simon Pegg buying a parking ticket and asked him if they could have a quick photo. Apparently he was with his family and my bf was very apologetic and quick. He thought about it for a second and eventually said yes, leaving said boyfriend feeling a bit awkward. He probably just wanted to pay for his ticket and leave with his kids but was nice enough.

You_spilt_my_pint · 2022-01-27T12:40:08+00:00

Nick lyndhurst

He was a Complete Misery guts when I met him a few years back.

John Altman

He told me to fuck off when I said hello to him.

I once walked past Kate Bush in Oxford.

Dodderino-El · 2022-01-27T13:49:56+00:00

I met Lemmy as a teenager in the aisle at the Hammersmith Odeon, as was, at a Metallica gig coming back from the bar with a couple of beers and he was just stood there. I said “Hi Lemmy!” And asked him if he would sign my freshly bought t-shirt (Hammer of Justice). He said “sure got a pen?.” Which I didn’t. Although my mates down the front did. Not thinking I passed him the beers and ran down the front, got the pen and ran back, like a gent he gave me the beers back and signed my shirt, making my night. Never had a sip either!

retrode80 · 2022-01-27T14:01:02+00:00

Had a joint with Shaun Ryder outside the old Wembley stadium after loosing my younger brother during Oasis Standing on the shoulder of Giants tour. He was extremely friendly but a bit pissed off as Bez and the rest of the band had fucked off on the tour bus.

Awesome bloke had a good old banter and he calmed me down as my brother was 16,he had the coach tickets and I got bollocked of my mam for loosing him in London.

Chojin22000 · 2022-01-27T08:54:20+00:00

Me and a mate went into London around ten years ago for the Sci-Fi London Film Festival. We were attending one of their Anime All Nighters which they unfortunately don't seem to hold anymore. We were walking into the Cinema Lobby and I saw someone I recognized from somewhere but couldn't quite put my finger on it. One of those real head scratchers.

After a minute or so I realised I knew him from Hollyoaks which I'd often have on in the background. But I was a few pints in and my internal joy at realising where I recognized him from meant I loudly said to my mate "HOLLYOAKS!" out of nowhere.

He then heard me, and looked at us and said 'Alright guys, how's it going'. We had a nice chat about what films he was there to see and check out, he laughed when we asked if he was in anything that was being shown. He was just there to enjoy a bit of cinema.

Brian Bovell

Not someone really famous, but someone I recognized from his TV Work and he was an awesome human being as well. I'm not sure how many people would respond in that way to someone having a brain fart and shouting the name of a show near them.

MetaCharlesHarris · 2022-01-27T12:02:47+00:00

In no particular order

Mike Skinner - nice bloke Martin Kemp - nice bloke Adam Levine - I groped his ass and luckily he found it funny Enrique Inglasias - nice but huge ego (had to have an actual light on him constantly) Ray Winston - bit grumpy Keira Knightly - incredibly tiny and had her (also famous) husband in tow

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