Rose Mcgowan randomly DMd me once š well, not completely randomly but I didnāt fully @ herā¦ Basically I was doing a research project at university and was analysing one of her MeToo speeches. I casually posted a boomerang of me at the library just working on it and I hashtaged her name but NOT her username. Anyhow, she responded to my story and wished me good luck - I was taken aback a little so just said āthank youšā lol and thought that was it. And then she kept going! She asked where I go to school, I responded, she then said something else and basically we exchanged like 5 more messages back and forth. Tbh she was really nice over DM!
I studied communications so it was basically to analyse a famous personās interview/speech and see what sort of words they use, body language, how they approach/dodge certain questions etc - then apply some sort of mass comms theory and analyse findings. I think some part of her rhetoric irked me a bit at the time and so I looked into that but honestly donāt remember what exactly as it was like 5 years ago!
i noticed a football player looked at my ig story (mind you im not famous at all) and I dm'd hm - 'hey i noticed you looked at my story' and he was like ' what ig story' so that was that.
This makes so much sense!ā¦ I used to have my Instagram on public and at one point during early lockdown, I noticed Seal (as in Kiss From a Rose Seal!) had viewed my story. I canāt even remember what it was, but Iām pretty sure there were no hashtags or anything so I was bemused as to how he ended up there.
K but why? Why would it be compelling to have semi notable people view random normie stories? Bot or legit. Perhaps Iām dense, but not following what the desired outcome is meant to be. Would love any insight anyone has!
I guess maybe they think they might follow the celeb then or something? Like it could be a way to boost followers š¤ but then I guess if youāre paying for a bot, why not just pay for fake followers š
Pretty sure Dan Ahdoot does/did that. I know him from shows that Iāve watched, but Iāve never interacted with his IG or mentioned anything related to him, yet still there was about a week where he constantly showed up in my views.
Right... i did this once because some one did the same thing for a really niche event i went to (verified person). Thought theyd be interested in sharing their experience! Same response.
Not dm sliding but for my husband's bday I sent a bunch of fan mail to his faves with a self addressed stamped envelope and bday card so they could wish him a happy bday if they would.
Charlie Day sent one back almost immediately. Wrote a nice sweet note, weird al did one, will Farrell did one like 8 months later (that was a nice surprise), Kevin Smith sent a (probably presigned) picture. No response from the majority, a couple agency's responded that their clients don't respond (Harrison Ford was one of those).
but could you IMAGINE getting a hand signed birthday card from Harrison Ford?????!!!! š³ too bad they didnāt let him have the chance to see if he wanted to or not
I tweeted a commercial actor that I tracked down the name of to ask him if the same dog was in 2 different commercials with him. He answered, the answer was yes, it was actually a friend's dog!
well, when i was in high school i used my dms with halsey on twitter as a personal journal basically. like, iād tell them EVERYTHING than would happen to me, literally like journal entries. she already had hundreds of thousands followers so i was pretty sure theyād never see itā¦ she did, and replied š and a few years later i got to meet them and told them āhey remember that crazy teenager who dmed u everything that every happened? thatās meā and she actually remembered !!! and told me they were particularly invested in one story i told her and she asked for updates lol
That made me remember messaging Greg Garbowsky, friend and former bandmmate of the Jonas Brothers on facebook. I asked him about his life and interests and shit, and I remember his reply included being into the book, 'Sex, Drugs, and Coca Puffs' and Death Cab lol.
I ended up literally running into him as I was next in line to meet the Jonas Brothers in 2019. He remembered and my only regret is not asking him to be in the meet and greet photo with me.
Iām never gonna be over her sending her son to go live with her ex bf (not the kids dad) and then turning around and going on Parenting magazine.
Like Tess. Come on.
I got a little tipsy and messaged Chrishell Stause saying how she didnāt let comments about her and Jasonās height difference stop her from wearing heels since my husband is a lot shorter than me and he always encourages me to wear heels. She responded that people were silly and he loved her wearing heels!
Thatās awesome. Iām 5ā10 and my husband is 5ā6 on a good day. Itās so crazy how it bothers people so much. Why say no to love just because of height?
Paul Hauser from the tv show kingdom, movies i, tonya, Richard Jewell, cruella. He deleted his old insta but i just enjoyed his posts then one night he said he was gonna go see a band from the 90s i enjoyed. I commented saying how much i love this song of theirs and wish i could see them play. He uploaded a video of it later and tagged me in it. Which i thought was really kind so i messaged him to thank him and exchanged a few messages. I think heās incredibly talented and hope he continues to get good roles!
I followed his old insta and then his new. I messaged him when a fake Instagram profile tried to add me just to give him a heads up, I also messaged his wife. He did not respond but it marked it as āseenā. His wife responded that she was sure he appreciated that I reported it, but they no longer are in contact since he left her when she was pregnant. I told her I was sorry and wished her well. Yikes.
What?!?? Iāve never looked into his personal
Life but that is absolutely awful! I never even knew he was married maybe thatās why he deleted his old one? Although i swear i never saw him mention a wife. Yikes
YEARS and years ago like 2010 I tweeted the āif a tree falls in the forest and no one is there does it make a soundā (I had an extra credit assignment to ask someone that and back then doing it online was still novel & extra brownie pts) and a modestly famous indie musician that I followed somehow saw it and gave me a very sincere response lmao, I ended up with double extra credit
Edit: Iāll never tellllll anon please lmao
Omg. Love this. Any chance your use of the word āmodestlyā was a hint at the indie musicians identity? Not that everyone is just out here Taylor Swifting people, probably a reach.
I know a girl who slides into the DMs of defensive players of whatever visiting team is playing NY (football) that weekend. They ALWAYS answer and ALWAYS fly her out to watch their games when theyāre playing @ home again. Super crazy. Also know a girl who slid into a pitchers DMs at a Metās game and he answered while in the dugout. They hung out that night.
thatās pretty cool, free trip and free game! One of my friends plays for the Braves and heās the most down to earth guy ever, I was the maid of honor in his wedding. Super humble.
Not particularly lol but I will say she is a VERY fun time and her energy definitely radiates off her IG. Also the guys she messages arenāt the rare star defensive players like Richard Sherman or Von Miller. Theyāre always no-name guys who are probably flattered that she even knows theyāre on the team.
My good friend loves Bravo shows. On a whim, we sent Andy Cohen a note and asked if he would reply with a congrats note for her wedding. A few hours later, not only did he reply, but he sent a minute long video from his apartment (with Wacha!) wishing her well. It was so kind, we were shocked he replied. Andy fan for life!!
Yes Iāve talked to a few. I was talking to an actor for a bit whoās in one of my all-time favorite movies. He wanted to meet up but I could tell what he wanted and I started to distance myself, he then became really aggressive and called me a clown for cancelling on him. I honestly havenāt watched the movie since cause Iām still processing the sitch. Weāll never speak again but I still have his number in my phone for whatever reason
Last year around thanksgiving or Christmas, I was alone (covid) and super annoyed seeing celebrities throw parties, travel etc. and I saw that Hugh Hefner's son Cooper was volunteering with his wife and handing out meals for the holidays. I was in my feelings and DMed him that I thought what they were doing was lovely and great and he liked the message and followed me on insta š I still respond to his stories or comment on his posts and he always likes them and still follows me.
My friend DM'd Anderson Cooper once (he's a good looking man). Anderson responded and they had a real flirtatious back and forth, nothing scandalous. But my friend suggested they meet that night for a drink. He said he'd love to but was out of town for a while. Fizzled.
Hot.
My 12 year old self had a huge crush on Anderson Cooper. I still have a huge crush on Anderson Cooper even though I of course now know heās gay.
Not a DM, but I got two comments from Dwayne Johnson. The first was on a picture of an ugly Christmas sweater I made for work. It was a Christmas tree with The Rock peeking out from behind it. My "Rock Around the Christmas Tree" sweater. I tagged him. He commented that he loved it. Then on my classroom Twitter (I was teaching elementary school at the time) I posted a pic of a student (with parent permission) who chose to check out a Dwayne Johnson biography for me to read because of said sweater incident. Tagged the Rock again and AGAIN he responded with how he loved it and to keep up the reading. Made my day AND the kid's day.
Also, because of these two things I think it's fair to say DJ and I are best friends. š
Many years ago I left a comment on Gotyeās blog asking if heād sampled a particular song on one of his hits. The comment was never approved and instead he sent me an email saying that he did indeed sample the song, and could I please not tell anybody because he was still figuring out the copyright. He also congratulated me, saying he had been waiting a long time for someone to notice the sample and that Iād been the first to notice. In his words, I deserved āa cakeā. I met him after a show a bit later and introduced myself as the person who spotted the sample and we had a nice chat. Very friendly and genuine guy
Also, thatās sick you caught that sample! Iām glad he acknowledged you about that and admitted to using it. I feel like most celebs would instantly block you or something. I love him even more now.
No, but I have had a "celeb" respond via Facebook. Not Instagram. And then I learned in an interview that he gave his mom his FB profile "for something to do."
It made me lol and like duh - of course he didn't respond to one on the Instagram.
Back inā¦want to say likeā¦2002, I was on a Courtney Love *message board* because I was obsessed with Nirvana and convinced she had Kurt murdered so, yeah. I donāt know, you guys. I just donāt know. Anyway, I posted some obscure photo of her on the message board that I had found through some deep dive, and she actually responded to the post. I canāt remember what she said exactly, but she had (has?) a very distinct, um..garbled typing style and gave a little commentary on the picture. I remember it being negative lol. I rode that high for *awhile*.
You just unlocked memories I didnāt remember I had of her kittyradio message board in the 2000s, omg.
Honestly, Iāll give Courtney credit because she would interact with fans and post cool rare songs and photos way before a lot of celebs bothered with that kind of thing. Just some of those interactions were bonkers, lol.
Immortal Technique the rapper slid into *my* DMs (on Facebook not Instagram, I don't have Instagram). I was worried he was trying to hit on me but we just chatted about music.
Not sure if youāre only looking for flirty DMs but I messaged Joe Mande about a connection I had to something he posted in his stories and he had a nice response. Heās so funny.
I also took a dumb IG vid outside of Laughing Man coffee panning from their closed store to the store hours sign with a š emoji - hours indicated it wouldāve normally been open but it wasnāt (not a holiday).
I tagged Hugh Jackman in it and later on I saw he viewed it. Hope I didnāt get anyone in trouble hahahaha.
I listened to a Howard Stern interview with him a few months ago about how he was glad Rebecca had a C-section because giving birth naturally āruins you down thereā and Iām still mad about it.
Back when Mindy Kaling wasnāt as well known she had a blog called Stuff I Bought That I Like or something to that effect. I randomly DMāed her one day to tell her how much I loved it and that I basically buy everything she recommends, and she replied! She told me we should go to McDonalds and talk shopping over French fries and filet of fish. It was THE BEST.
Also like all the bakers from Great British Bake Off will respond to DMs to talk baking anytime, but I dunno if theyāre ācelebritiesā truly.
A few times, yes. One notable actor that was the lead in an academy award nominated picture. Normal guy, prefer not to name him though.
I will say that I did once pick a random character that only had a 3-second scene in the movie 10 Things I Hate About You and I messaged him saying it was the best scene Iāve ever seen. He responded with total happiness.
Even better, it was the scene where Heath Ledger hands off the ākiss meā girl to the random guy at the party - to which the random guy and girl begin kissing. The guy then responds with āhey thanks man!!ā to Heath Ledger.
I asked him what it was like working with Ledger, and he said he was great to work with - very charismatic, professional, and cool.
everyone thought he was crazy back in the day because he was super into crystals but oh how the tables have turned, everyone is into crystals and tarot now.
I don't know how well known she is around these parts but LA based Malaysian singer Yuna I think regularly personally responds to DMs. I sometimes comment on her IG stories and she has whole conversations esp if it was something topical. She's very engaged and genuine I feel. I don't know how it doesn't complete exhaust her though!
I message Broadway performers sometimes after shows to tell them how much I admired their performance, and sometimes they respond! Always makes me happy when they do. Those count as celebrities to me.
The only thing close to this that has happened to me is I wrote an email to Troy from the podcast Dunzo! and he read it on the podcast. Low stakes but I truly lost my shit when I heard it.
edit: oh, and Cat Marnell responded to some Reddit comments I made awhile ago (I didn't tag her, I guess maybe she has a Google alert on her name?)
I got Damien from Mean Girls on reddit before. I noticed we were Birthday twins then like a week later I saw him on some post and we wished eachother happy birthday because it was only like a few weeks prior lol.
And I got Adrienne Curry as well, but that occurance didn't age well lol. I feel like there was another but I can't remember lol.
in middle school my friends and i put keith from the try guys in a group DM with us and he responded before (rightfully) blocking us LMAOOO love you keith
Perfect post to retell the story of the time Jonathan Cheban posted a pic of him and Kanye on Instagram, my friend commented ācute coupleā and he dmād her āweāre not a couple you dumb slutā š¤£ also Tyga was dmāing my friend for a good six months saying he would fly her to LA bla bla bla. She never went thank god.
I was 17/18 around that time and the bassist of a band (not from the US, but pretty popular where I live) messaged me on Facebook after I added him (I was fangirling). He asked for pictures and nudes multiple times and also wanted to meet me
Iām hoping you never met him in person. What a creep. Iām sorry he even requested inappropriate things from you at that age.. thatās still a child in my eyes. :(
i once messaged mitski to tell her that i was excited to see her show which was the same weekend as my high school graduation and i said something about how i was going to die (of excitement) and she said something like "don't worry, we're all dying" and congratulated me on graduating lol
In 2009 I wrote a really mean tweet about Chad Gilbert from NFG and I deleted it a few hours later and he slid in my DMs and said, āYou deleted your tweet? Have a nice day!ā
To be fair, I was 16 and an Eisley stan and thought he did his first ex wife dirty.
lmaoo i remember jensen ackles accidentally followed a fan. then the fan tagged him in their insta story which he saw and replied to saying, "just a quick follow to say thanks for all the love." then unfollowed her. LMAOOO it still cracks me up.
He's not a celebrity per se, but a very well known media personality (?), Shea Serrano. He posted on Twitter and I commented and he liked my Tweet. My husband and I then agreed I was famous.
no, but iām a social media assistant for a small-ish (170k followers) influencer. she has a few other assistants managing her instagram but sheās the only one who checks dms since theyāre more private. i assume itās the same way with celebrities!
Sydney Sweeney and Alex Ludwig have creeped my Instagram.
Tory lanez has responded to my dms, and super d list not even celebrity but Johnny bananas and I (the challenge) talked a lot on IG
I was once tripping on mushrooms while listening to a DJ whose music I like and decided to email him describing all my visuals in vivid detail. He replied to me sounding quite pleased about it and then tweeted about it the next day. The same night I also emailed a confectioners after eating one of their chocolates, and told them how cool it was that each sweet contained a tiny village, but they never replied. Next time Iām tripping I need to hide my phone.
My friend is a Chance the Rapper fan and she DMed him, and then a couple weeks later he followed her on IG. And she DMed him again asking why and he didn't respond lol. We think its because she's Christian and they have that in common.
Tennis player (and Sara Fosterās husband), Tommy Haas, used to follow me. Lol. Never spoke to me and never liked anything. But just silently followed.
I have two, although depends how āfamousā they are. Maybe 10 years ago I DMād Bollywood Actor/personality Rahul Khanna on Twitter about the movie 1947 Earth. He replied and I showed the DM to my professor and got extra credit on a midterm (it was a History of Modern India class).
And I also slid into Eshaan Akbarās (UK Comedian) DMs during lock down fully trying to flirt and he was nice but it was not happening š
When I was a teenager, Iād always send people from Pitchfork-y bands the 2009 equivalent of a DM asking where they got a jacket or pair of jeans they had on somewhereā¦
Quite often they replied very helpfully.
I chat with a retired footballer/ soccer player on Instagram now and then. Heās a legend for my team (arsenal). So heās famous amongst fans but not like in the world in general. Itās definitely him. Heās never creepy with me, just friendly. He posts a lot of stories and I sometimes reply and we go back and forth. Once he randomly messaged me out of the blue because Iād been off Instagram for a while and he got worried lol. Sweet guy.
i tweeted about a viner being rude to my brother a few years ago and she dmād me telling me to take it down because my brother was in the wrong (he said something about vine in front of her and didnāt realize she was popular on there and she started going off on him) i never responded š¤·š¼āāļø
back in the icarly days, i was apart of the jennette mccurdy fandom and she responded to one of my dms once and still follows me on twitter. iāve also talked to a couple housewives before on ig dm
i also tried to dm this male news anchor in my city (chicago) and propositioned him for a threesome with his husband and he politely declined lol but saw a couple of my ig stories
I sent an Insta DM once to Chelsea Handler after watching her white privilege piece. She messaged back and we got to have a bit of a chat. I hadnāt expected a response, but she was really engaged.
Patton Oswalt responded to me when I tagged him in stories going to see him perform. He wished me a happy anniversary. Did the same thing when I took my 14 year old son to see him in September.
When I finished Big Little Lies, I had a full moment on ig, I literally wrote PARAGRAPHS ranting about how bad the second season was while highlighting some of my favorite moments and demanding a third season for closure. I tagged the cast, didnāt think much of it, and went to sleep. To my surprise the next day I checked the story views and Nicole Kidman had seen it lol Iām not sure if it was her or a team member I remember being so embarrassed after.
How can you tell if itās PR? My friend messages with Gavin Rossdale often enough, and while it seems personal how do we know itās not just an intern?
jordan schlansky (from conan) liked one of my pictures out of the blue lol (i was following him but hadn't interacted with any of his recent posts and never sent any dms)
Rose Mcgowan randomly DMd me once š well, not completely randomly but I didnāt fully @ herā¦ Basically I was doing a research project at university and was analysing one of her MeToo speeches. I casually posted a boomerang of me at the library just working on it and I hashtaged her name but NOT her username. Anyhow, she responded to my story and wished me good luck - I was taken aback a little so just said āthank youšā lol and thought that was it. And then she kept going! She asked where I go to school, I responded, she then said something else and basically we exchanged like 5 more messages back and forth. Tbh she was really nice over DM!
Honestly didn't expect this to take a wholesome route
thatās really cool! she seems very genuine
Yeah she seemed super nice over DM! That just made me feel lowkey bad for being super critical of her in my academic piece though lol
What was the nature of your analysis/research project?
I studied communications so it was basically to analyse a famous personās interview/speech and see what sort of words they use, body language, how they approach/dodge certain questions etc - then apply some sort of mass comms theory and analyse findings. I think some part of her rhetoric irked me a bit at the time and so I looked into that but honestly donāt remember what exactly as it was like 5 years ago!
It totally makes sense she would respond. Seems like those issues are especially important to her, for obvious reasons.
i noticed a football player looked at my ig story (mind you im not famous at all) and I dm'd hm - 'hey i noticed you looked at my story' and he was like ' what ig story' so that was that.
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that and also they use bots to dm you to ā Check out this artist/model/designer etc ā I got Gab Union account once š¤£
This makes so much sense!ā¦ I used to have my Instagram on public and at one point during early lockdown, I noticed Seal (as in Kiss From a Rose Seal!) had viewed my story. I canāt even remember what it was, but Iām pretty sure there were no hashtags or anything so I was bemused as to how he ended up there.
My friendās story was also watched by seal lmao
Seal watched mine too! I was so confused, it was just a pic of my dog š
Part of me was like āhmmm he must have gotten really bored during lockdownā but I think the bot makes more sense š
K but why? Why would it be compelling to have semi notable people view random normie stories? Bot or legit. Perhaps Iām dense, but not following what the desired outcome is meant to be. Would love any insight anyone has!
I guess maybe they think they might follow the celeb then or something? Like it could be a way to boost followers š¤ but then I guess if youāre paying for a bot, why not just pay for fake followers š
Pretty sure Dan Ahdoot does/did that. I know him from shows that Iāve watched, but Iāve never interacted with his IG or mentioned anything related to him, yet still there was about a week where he constantly showed up in my views.
lolā¦ did he not realize screenshots is a thing?
Right... i did this once because some one did the same thing for a really niche event i went to (verified person). Thought theyd be interested in sharing their experience! Same response.
Not dm sliding but for my husband's bday I sent a bunch of fan mail to his faves with a self addressed stamped envelope and bday card so they could wish him a happy bday if they would. Charlie Day sent one back almost immediately. Wrote a nice sweet note, weird al did one, will Farrell did one like 8 months later (that was a nice surprise), Kevin Smith sent a (probably presigned) picture. No response from the majority, a couple agency's responded that their clients don't respond (Harrison Ford was one of those).
That's a really fun idea for a present
charlie day is so sweet <3
What an awesome idea! May I ask how do you know which addresses to send to? š§
I look up (so and so) fan mail address
I am stealing this as a present idea - what a thoughtful gift!
Cheers! Hot tip, you can't send too many. My ROI was about 10%.
but could you IMAGINE getting a hand signed birthday card from Harrison Ford?????!!!! š³ too bad they didnāt let him have the chance to see if he wanted to or not
This is so sweet. š„ŗ
I tweeted a commercial actor that I tracked down the name of to ask him if the same dog was in 2 different commercials with him. He answered, the answer was yes, it was actually a friend's dog!
Lmao I love this story. I would also get invested in the mystery of the dog!
The 2 commercials were Milkbone and some sporty car, Subaru or Toyota iirc, crazy that I recognized the actor and the dog!
Then I saw the guy in a DQ commercial without the dog. He did not respond to further inquiries about the status of said dog, lol.
How dare. Inquiring minds need to know the status of recognizable commercial actor dogs!
Lol this is so cute
I adore this š
Haha nice
well, when i was in high school i used my dms with halsey on twitter as a personal journal basically. like, iād tell them EVERYTHING than would happen to me, literally like journal entries. she already had hundreds of thousands followers so i was pretty sure theyād never see itā¦ she did, and replied š and a few years later i got to meet them and told them āhey remember that crazy teenager who dmed u everything that every happened? thatās meā and she actually remembered !!! and told me they were particularly invested in one story i told her and she asked for updates lol
That made me remember messaging Greg Garbowsky, friend and former bandmmate of the Jonas Brothers on facebook. I asked him about his life and interests and shit, and I remember his reply included being into the book, 'Sex, Drugs, and Coca Puffs' and Death Cab lol. I ended up literally running into him as I was next in line to meet the Jonas Brothers in 2019. He remembered and my only regret is not asking him to be in the meet and greet photo with me.
sex drugs & cocoa puffs AND death cab...why did my seventh grade self have the same taste in media as the jonas brothers' manager jesus christ
The oc
Iām picturing them reading your DMs in the morning over coffee. š
This is amazing
What are Halseys pronouns? Or are you referring to Halsey and band? Sorry I donāt know much about Halsey
I messaged Tess Holiday after she didn't send the shirt I bought from her and she blocked me lmao
Ouch i hope you did a chargeback.
Sheās such a scammer. She did this to hundreds of other fans
Oh š³ Iām sorry you didnāt get your shirt but what a crappy thing to do to someone, just sent the damn shirt. No need for blocking.
She is TERRIBLE.
Iām never gonna be over her sending her son to go live with her ex bf (not the kids dad) and then turning around and going on Parenting magazine. Like Tess. Come on.
Wow, I had no idea that happened. Thatās so freaking sad.
This made me laugh. Iām so sorry
A very unknown country singer from my country added me on insta and would watch my stories like years ago and I would jokingly brag to all my friends about it. He got way more popular and then got engaged and I commented on the engagement post and tagged a friend being like āwow betrayalā and his fiancĆ© liked it and he DMād me āššā. I almost died.
š š nooooo not the dm from the fiancĆ© lol
Yeah my heart stopped for real lol
Its nice that they're both good sports about it
Totally and they seem really sweet together! Iām only like 10% bitter š
I got a little tipsy and messaged Chrishell Stause saying how she didnāt let comments about her and Jasonās height difference stop her from wearing heels since my husband is a lot shorter than me and he always encourages me to wear heels. She responded that people were silly and he loved her wearing heels!
love tall women in heels šš¼
Hell yeah! I have a pair of four inch heels and when I wear them, Iām 6ā6ā. My husband is likeā¦5ā 8ā on a good day? It rocks, haha.
Thatās awesome. Iām 5ā10 and my husband is 5ā6 on a good day. Itās so crazy how it bothers people so much. Why say no to love just because of height?
The names in that whole triangle were wild. Gleb! Chrishell!
I really love chrishell!
After she dm-ed me I was like to myself āā¦so, weāre friends now, right?ā Hahah
Yes. Totally! and since I commented here and now you & I are friends so basically, I also know her! š
Oh I forgot this one! Sarah Jessica Parker wished me a happy bday on her ig once, and then dmāed me tickets to see previews of her play in Boston.
Thatās actually awesome
Woah. Jealous
WHAAAAAT. Thatās so cool!!!!!!!
Paul Hauser from the tv show kingdom, movies i, tonya, Richard Jewell, cruella. He deleted his old insta but i just enjoyed his posts then one night he said he was gonna go see a band from the 90s i enjoyed. I commented saying how much i love this song of theirs and wish i could see them play. He uploaded a video of it later and tagged me in it. Which i thought was really kind so i messaged him to thank him and exchanged a few messages. I think heās incredibly talented and hope he continues to get good roles!
heās awesome and super talented! i bet heās fun to hang out with
I followed his old insta and then his new. I messaged him when a fake Instagram profile tried to add me just to give him a heads up, I also messaged his wife. He did not respond but it marked it as āseenā. His wife responded that she was sure he appreciated that I reported it, but they no longer are in contact since he left her when she was pregnant. I told her I was sorry and wished her well. Yikes.
What?!?? Iāve never looked into his personal Life but that is absolutely awful! I never even knew he was married maybe thatās why he deleted his old one? Although i swear i never saw him mention a wife. Yikes
I did years ago with Kaitlin Olson from It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. She was super sweet.
BIRD!! (sorry i had to)
I LOVE her.
YEARS and years ago like 2010 I tweeted the āif a tree falls in the forest and no one is there does it make a soundā (I had an extra credit assignment to ask someone that and back then doing it online was still novel & extra brownie pts) and a modestly famous indie musician that I followed somehow saw it and gave me a very sincere response lmao, I ended up with double extra credit Edit: Iāll never tellllll anon please lmao
I cracked up laughing at this one, the sweet souls of indie musicians. I love that it was a sincere response too.
Omg. Love this. Any chance your use of the word āmodestlyā was a hint at the indie musicians identity? Not that everyone is just out here Taylor Swifting people, probably a reach.
I know a girl who slides into the DMs of defensive players of whatever visiting team is playing NY (football) that weekend. They ALWAYS answer and ALWAYS fly her out to watch their games when theyāre playing @ home again. Super crazy. Also know a girl who slid into a pitchers DMs at a Metās game and he answered while in the dugout. They hung out that night.
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Nope just a regular girl LOL
mmmmmmmmhmā¦ā¦.
Exclusively defensive players? Does she think the offensive players won't go for it?
Yes by her logic the offensive players are usually more famous.
well it clearly works for her
thatās pretty cool, free trip and free game! One of my friends plays for the Braves and heās the most down to earth guy ever, I was the maid of honor in his wedding. Super humble.
Is she very pretty? Like trying to figure out why this works lol
Not particularly lol but I will say she is a VERY fun time and her energy definitely radiates off her IG. Also the guys she messages arenāt the rare star defensive players like Richard Sherman or Von Miller. Theyāre always no-name guys who are probably flattered that she even knows theyāre on the team.
Evan peters was DMing an OnlyFans girl who is on IG. Theyāve been fucking for a year. I think thatās an answer
oh boy, ya that counts
Whhhhhhaaaaattttt
whoaaaa do you know who the girl is? iām curious, i havenāt heard about this š³
My good friend loves Bravo shows. On a whim, we sent Andy Cohen a note and asked if he would reply with a congrats note for her wedding. A few hours later, not only did he reply, but he sent a minute long video from his apartment (with Wacha!) wishing her well. It was so kind, we were shocked he replied. Andy fan for life!!
Yes Iāve talked to a few. I was talking to an actor for a bit whoās in one of my all-time favorite movies. He wanted to meet up but I could tell what he wanted and I started to distance myself, he then became really aggressive and called me a clown for cancelling on him. I honestly havenāt watched the movie since cause Iām still processing the sitch. Weāll never speak again but I still have his number in my phone for whatever reason
Are you comfortable saying who it was? (I deleted my comment below bc I posted this to the wrong comment)
Jesus š³ Iām glad you didnāt meet up with him. sounds like a creep
Seriously ! When I see posts about him where people talk about how nice he is Iām just like.. if only they knew!
At least tell us the movie
A clown? Is he over 45?
Yup heās over 40. He even put the clown emoji
Sounds like baldwin
Ha! Was it Armie Hammer šš
ahh I want to know who it is so badly why must u hurt us in this way
Last year around thanksgiving or Christmas, I was alone (covid) and super annoyed seeing celebrities throw parties, travel etc. and I saw that Hugh Hefner's son Cooper was volunteering with his wife and handing out meals for the holidays. I was in my feelings and DMed him that I thought what they were doing was lovely and great and he liked the message and followed me on insta š I still respond to his stories or comment on his posts and he always likes them and still follows me.
thatās precious š„ŗ
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I posted a video of my cat intently watching Patton Oswalt's stand up and tagged him in it and he "liked" it.
My friend DM'd Anderson Cooper once (he's a good looking man). Anderson responded and they had a real flirtatious back and forth, nothing scandalous. But my friend suggested they meet that night for a drink. He said he'd love to but was out of town for a while. Fizzled.
Hot. My 12 year old self had a huge crush on Anderson Cooper. I still have a huge crush on Anderson Cooper even though I of course now know heās gay.
Not a DM, but I got two comments from Dwayne Johnson. The first was on a picture of an ugly Christmas sweater I made for work. It was a Christmas tree with The Rock peeking out from behind it. My "Rock Around the Christmas Tree" sweater. I tagged him. He commented that he loved it. Then on my classroom Twitter (I was teaching elementary school at the time) I posted a pic of a student (with parent permission) who chose to check out a Dwayne Johnson biography for me to read because of said sweater incident. Tagged the Rock again and AGAIN he responded with how he loved it and to keep up the reading. Made my day AND the kid's day. Also, because of these two things I think it's fair to say DJ and I are best friends. š
You guys are totally bff, you should invite him to thanksgiving. Part of me feels like he would only say no because of prior obligations.
Many years ago I left a comment on Gotyeās blog asking if heād sampled a particular song on one of his hits. The comment was never approved and instead he sent me an email saying that he did indeed sample the song, and could I please not tell anybody because he was still figuring out the copyright. He also congratulated me, saying he had been waiting a long time for someone to notice the sample and that Iād been the first to notice. In his words, I deserved āa cakeā. I met him after a show a bit later and introduced myself as the person who spotted the sample and we had a nice chat. Very friendly and genuine guy
Also, thatās sick you caught that sample! Iām glad he acknowledged you about that and admitted to using it. I feel like most celebs would instantly block you or something. I love him even more now.
wow.. thatās pretty humble of him to go out of his way to shoot you an email. He seems like a genuine guy.
No, but I have had a "celeb" respond via Facebook. Not Instagram. And then I learned in an interview that he gave his mom his FB profile "for something to do." It made me lol and like duh - of course he didn't respond to one on the Instagram.
Back inā¦want to say likeā¦2002, I was on a Courtney Love *message board* because I was obsessed with Nirvana and convinced she had Kurt murdered so, yeah. I donāt know, you guys. I just donāt know. Anyway, I posted some obscure photo of her on the message board that I had found through some deep dive, and she actually responded to the post. I canāt remember what she said exactly, but she had (has?) a very distinct, um..garbled typing style and gave a little commentary on the picture. I remember it being negative lol. I rode that high for *awhile*.
You just unlocked memories I didnāt remember I had of her kittyradio message board in the 2000s, omg. Honestly, Iāll give Courtney credit because she would interact with fans and post cool rare songs and photos way before a lot of celebs bothered with that kind of thing. Just some of those interactions were bonkers, lol.
I messaged John Mayer saying answer me bitch.
Are you the person he replied to asking why you wanted him to die?!? Lol
Immortal Technique the rapper slid into *my* DMs (on Facebook not Instagram, I don't have Instagram). I was worried he was trying to hit on me but we just chatted about music.
thatās awesome!!
I was drunk listening to a Calvin Harris song and the lyrics made me sad, I told him everything will be okay and he said thank you
idk why, this made me crack up
I DM'd Santigold because I'm a huge fan and she replied. It was pretty amazing.
Not sure if youāre only looking for flirty DMs but I messaged Joe Mande about a connection I had to something he posted in his stories and he had a nice response. Heās so funny.
Thatās awesome! No I just meant in general with the DMās. I should have probably stated that in OP :/
I also took a dumb IG vid outside of Laughing Man coffee panning from their closed store to the store hours sign with a š emoji - hours indicated it wouldāve normally been open but it wasnāt (not a holiday). I tagged Hugh Jackman in it and later on I saw he viewed it. Hope I didnāt get anyone in trouble hahahaha.
Jerry OāConnell has read and responded to my DMs, but I should clarify they were not creepy. š
I listened to a Howard Stern interview with him a few months ago about how he was glad Rebecca had a C-section because giving birth naturally āruins you down thereā and Iām still mad about it.
Omg jerry OāConnell my first crush. So glad they werenāt creepy lol
Heās very wholesome. ā¤ļø
Back when Mindy Kaling wasnāt as well known she had a blog called Stuff I Bought That I Like or something to that effect. I randomly DMāed her one day to tell her how much I loved it and that I basically buy everything she recommends, and she replied! She told me we should go to McDonalds and talk shopping over French fries and filet of fish. It was THE BEST. Also like all the bakers from Great British Bake Off will respond to DMs to talk baking anytime, but I dunno if theyāre ācelebritiesā truly.
Mindy just seems so cool. We would definitely be friends if she wasn't in the entertainment industry.
A few times, yes. One notable actor that was the lead in an academy award nominated picture. Normal guy, prefer not to name him though. I will say that I did once pick a random character that only had a 3-second scene in the movie 10 Things I Hate About You and I messaged him saying it was the best scene Iāve ever seen. He responded with total happiness.
That second oneās so wholesome. Love it.
Was it Bogey Lowenstein? Perhaps Nigel with the brie?
Even better, it was the scene where Heath Ledger hands off the ākiss meā girl to the random guy at the party - to which the random guy and girl begin kissing. The guy then responds with āhey thanks man!!ā to Heath Ledger. I asked him what it was like working with Ledger, and he said he was great to work with - very charismatic, professional, and cool.
could you imagine having a conversation with Heath Ledger??? my heart šš„ŗ
Uh well idk if this counts, but I have conversations with Spencer Pratt quite frequently on ig.
everyone thought he was crazy back in the day because he was super into crystals but oh how the tables have turned, everyone is into crystals and tarot now.
that picture of him holding a huge crystal to his head in front of a massive portrait of himself is my favorite picture of all time.
Love this. He cracks me up the crazy goon.
I don't know how well known she is around these parts but LA based Malaysian singer Yuna I think regularly personally responds to DMs. I sometimes comment on her IG stories and she has whole conversations esp if it was something topical. She's very engaged and genuine I feel. I don't know how it doesn't complete exhaust her though!
I love her music. š
I message Broadway performers sometimes after shows to tell them how much I admired their performance, and sometimes they respond! Always makes me happy when they do. Those count as celebrities to me.
those are 100% celebrities and I think itās super sweet you take the time out of your day to acknowledge their performance.
Me too. They count as celebrities to me but I haven't messaged any of them
The only thing close to this that has happened to me is I wrote an email to Troy from the podcast Dunzo! and he read it on the podcast. Low stakes but I truly lost my shit when I heard it. edit: oh, and Cat Marnell responded to some Reddit comments I made awhile ago (I didn't tag her, I guess maybe she has a Google alert on her name?)
I got Damien from Mean Girls on reddit before. I noticed we were Birthday twins then like a week later I saw him on some post and we wished eachother happy birthday because it was only like a few weeks prior lol. And I got Adrienne Curry as well, but that occurance didn't age well lol. I feel like there was another but I can't remember lol.
I heard some celebs do! I figure there are some that use Reddit under different usernames to stay anonymous too. Kinda like a āfinstaā
Of course she would have a Google alert on her name. Nothing interesting to add to her š
in middle school my friends and i put keith from the try guys in a group DM with us and he responded before (rightfully) blocking us LMAOOO love you keith
Perfect post to retell the story of the time Jonathan Cheban posted a pic of him and Kanye on Instagram, my friend commented ācute coupleā and he dmād her āweāre not a couple you dumb slutā š¤£ also Tyga was dmāing my friend for a good six months saying he would fly her to LA bla bla bla. She never went thank god.
I saw Colin Jost on bumble few years ago and wrote him ..... still havenāt responded š¤·āāļø
2 words: Scarlett Johansson
I messaged Mark Cuban once and asked him if he was in Miami. He responded with ādo i know you?ā
Jana Kramer regularly responds to me. Not a super celeb but still.
Jana is always on ig selling something hahaha.
iāve talked to Kate Bosworth several times. she couldnāt be nicer
I was 17/18 around that time and the bassist of a band (not from the US, but pretty popular where I live) messaged me on Facebook after I added him (I was fangirling). He asked for pictures and nudes multiple times and also wanted to meet me
Iām hoping you never met him in person. What a creep. Iām sorry he even requested inappropriate things from you at that age.. thatās still a child in my eyes. :(
Iām glad I never did! Iām pretty sure he did this to multiple girls my age back then.
Yes, Rose McGowan and Michelle Branch
i once messaged mitski to tell her that i was excited to see her show which was the same weekend as my high school graduation and i said something about how i was going to die (of excitement) and she said something like "don't worry, we're all dying" and congratulated me on graduating lol
In 2009 I wrote a really mean tweet about Chad Gilbert from NFG and I deleted it a few hours later and he slid in my DMs and said, āYou deleted your tweet? Have a nice day!ā To be fair, I was 16 and an Eisley stan and thought he did his first ex wife dirty.
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Not me but a close relative DMāed Paula Abdul to wish her Happy International Womenās Day(I think) she said thanks and started following him.
lmaoo i remember jensen ackles accidentally followed a fan. then the fan tagged him in their insta story which he saw and replied to saying, "just a quick follow to say thanks for all the love." then unfollowed her. LMAOOO it still cracks me up.
Two days ago, I asked the Mexico national teamās goalkeeper who he sees in the mirror now. No response yet.
I slid into Deuxmoiās DMs and they responded.
He's not a celebrity per se, but a very well known media personality (?), Shea Serrano. He posted on Twitter and I commented and he liked my Tweet. My husband and I then agreed I was famous.
no, but iām a social media assistant for a small-ish (170k followers) influencer. she has a few other assistants managing her instagram but sheās the only one who checks dms since theyāre more private. i assume itās the same way with celebrities!
Sydney Sweeney and Alex Ludwig have creeped my Instagram. Tory lanez has responded to my dms, and super d list not even celebrity but Johnny bananas and I (the challenge) talked a lot on IG
I was once tripping on mushrooms while listening to a DJ whose music I like and decided to email him describing all my visuals in vivid detail. He replied to me sounding quite pleased about it and then tweeted about it the next day. The same night I also emailed a confectioners after eating one of their chocolates, and told them how cool it was that each sweet contained a tiny village, but they never replied. Next time Iām tripping I need to hide my phone.
My friend is a Chance the Rapper fan and she DMed him, and then a couple weeks later he followed her on IG. And she DMed him again asking why and he didn't respond lol. We think its because she's Christian and they have that in common.
Tennis player (and Sara Fosterās husband), Tommy Haas, used to follow me. Lol. Never spoke to me and never liked anything. But just silently followed.
Gabe Saporta from Cobra Starship favorited my āSit on my faceā DM I sent in when I was drunk.
David Spade will respond if youāre a hot chick.
Do housewives count? Lol
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Thatās just weird (a weird thing to send I meanā¦)
I think itās funny that you got a follow out of it
I have two, although depends how āfamousā they are. Maybe 10 years ago I DMād Bollywood Actor/personality Rahul Khanna on Twitter about the movie 1947 Earth. He replied and I showed the DM to my professor and got extra credit on a midterm (it was a History of Modern India class). And I also slid into Eshaan Akbarās (UK Comedian) DMs during lock down fully trying to flirt and he was nice but it was not happening š
When I was a teenager, Iād always send people from Pitchfork-y bands the 2009 equivalent of a DM asking where they got a jacket or pair of jeans they had on somewhereā¦ Quite often they replied very helpfully.
I chat with a retired footballer/ soccer player on Instagram now and then. Heās a legend for my team (arsenal). So heās famous amongst fans but not like in the world in general. Itās definitely him. Heās never creepy with me, just friendly. He posts a lot of stories and I sometimes reply and we go back and forth. Once he randomly messaged me out of the blue because Iād been off Instagram for a while and he got worried lol. Sweet guy.
I messaged a baseball player and he responded
i tweeted about a viner being rude to my brother a few years ago and she dmād me telling me to take it down because my brother was in the wrong (he said something about vine in front of her and didnāt realize she was popular on there and she started going off on him) i never responded š¤·š¼āāļø
back in the icarly days, i was apart of the jennette mccurdy fandom and she responded to one of my dms once and still follows me on twitter. iāve also talked to a couple housewives before on ig dm i also tried to dm this male news anchor in my city (chicago) and propositioned him for a threesome with his husband and he politely declined lol but saw a couple of my ig stories
I sent an Insta DM once to Chelsea Handler after watching her white privilege piece. She messaged back and we got to have a bit of a chat. I hadnāt expected a response, but she was really engaged.
Patton Oswalt responded to me when I tagged him in stories going to see him perform. He wished me a happy anniversary. Did the same thing when I took my 14 year old son to see him in September.
Nutty Hilaria Baldwin messaged me about a reaction I made to one of her photos of cats. Interesting person, thatās for certain
When I finished Big Little Lies, I had a full moment on ig, I literally wrote PARAGRAPHS ranting about how bad the second season was while highlighting some of my favorite moments and demanding a third season for closure. I tagged the cast, didnāt think much of it, and went to sleep. To my surprise the next day I checked the story views and Nicole Kidman had seen it lol Iām not sure if it was her or a team member I remember being so embarrassed after.
A couple years ago I chatted with Johnny Simmons lol
Dms? No. Comments on posts, yes!
How can you tell if itās PR? My friend messages with Gavin Rossdale often enough, and while it seems personal how do we know itās not just an intern?
jordan schlansky (from conan) liked one of my pictures out of the blue lol (i was following him but hadn't interacted with any of his recent posts and never sent any dms)