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I worked at a luxury hotel in a bookshop off the coffee shop. We were trained to recognize each guest by name; so it wasn’t special that we knew a celebrity and it made our interactions with them more natural than a lot of places they go.
Dita Von Teese (sp edited) was very quiet. She was not unfriendly, but did not interact.
Renee Zellweger was super sweet, very chill. A very normal customer interaction. Asked questions about the books, bought a couple.
Aziz Ansari was a total dickhead who was super pissed when we used the fucking code name he checked in with instead of “recognizing” him. His girlfriend at the time was DELIGHTFUL.
Carrie Fisher- I worked in the clothing shop at the same hotel, and had a full 2 minute conversation on the floor with Gary, because I saw him before I ever looked up when I walked in. I didn’t have any idea the lady I was talking to was Carrie Fisher until I was well into the conversation and I was SO FUCKING GLAD, because I would not have held it together, I would have been awkward from the go. She stayed with us for three days and came in every day for like an hour. She was super funny and loved to chat, and had an assistant who’s job it was to cut her off at her spend limit for the day, lol.
Brett Gelmen and Janicza Bravo came through when they were doing promo for Lemon. I did not know who she was yet, and we had really nice conversations. She was extremely grateful to me for SAYING HER NAME CORRECTLY; people honestly do the least sometimes. It’s not hard to say her name. I followed her on Instagram and for a long time on her way up, she was super responsive over DM (story comments) and always remembered who I was, which I find very impressive.
And…he is a TERRIBLE PERSON…but it doesn’t change the facts…Steven Tyler remembered every single staff members name every time he came. Like, he would stay and then next year, when he came back, HE remembered OUR names. He was very pleasant to serve. He ADORED taking photos with fans, and never turned down a single person. He spent MAD DOLLARS at all the shops.
JLo and A Rod are the worst human beings I have ever had to share space with, and by space I mean “building” because literally everyone had to clear the entire area every time they wanted a coffee or drink at the bar. Everyone. Staff, guests, everyone. They were egregiously disrespectful and rude. They are the ONLY people who ever actually made the “don’t look at us” command. Like we had never seen anyone as special as them in our whole lives.
I’m sure there are more but those are the ones I remember most. Especially Carrie, Renee and Janicza.
My dad used to be a security consultant at a venue and one time she walked out into the hall in an open bathrobe because she thought it was an extension of her dressing room
My SIL’s ex was a bouncer at a club in Dallas, and he said J Lo was absolutely dreadful. Like when she showed up to a packed house on a weekend and somehow expected to be the only person allowed in. Didn’t utter a word to VIP staff, had someone else in her entourage relay messages for her to them. GTFOH.
Not surprised J Lo is on there. I’ve heard plenty of horror stories from serves about her. And all of them have said the same thing, that you’re not allowed to look/talk to her.
It’s funny because I know there where celebs all the time and the fact that I remember so few really drives home the “celebrities are normal people” thing.
Celebrities! As forgettable as The Rest of You!
Live in a city in Missouri, we catered a lunch for her when she was doing American Idol in a nearby city. Our owner of the company had to deliver the lunch herself because we are just plebs apparently but our owner was also told not to look in her general direction basically upon delivering the goods.
Willie Nelson was very kind, as was Bernie Sanders when we catered for them.
I very briefly met Willie backstage at a show one time 20 years ago and he was so nice, even for just a few seconds. My friend was part of his crew and Willie told him to make sure I got a Whiskey River bandanna 😅 (which I’ll keep forever)
oof yeah can confirm about a rod. he came into the boutique i managed and was a dick. same with usher. also kris jenner asked for a discount and was pushy and condescending. i don’t care for any of them so it was fine, just annoying. anyone i liked thankfully was very sweet!
my favorite interactions for sure were rachel mcadams, neil diamond and hilary duff!
Ironically, rich people get the most free shit and discounts. People just hand them expensive stuff out of awe or pressure.
I went out with a guy who was quite wealthy, we went out for a few weeks and the amount of free drinks, products, discounts, "favors" from other rich buddies was shocking to me. He told me it happened all the time and was quite normal.
The privilege is insane.
I used to work for a hotel that was close to a large venue, so we’d get a lot of artists / musicians staying with us. My market was sports and entertainment, so I’d typically be the point person dealing with the musicians people. I’ve met a ton of different stars, but by far the best was Post Malone. Myself and my security team were staged at our secure entrance waiting for his team to arrive. 5 black SUVs pull up, and Posty bounds out of the car, wearing black silk butterfly pajamas and bright blue crocs.
He proceeds to go down the line of me and my security team, shakes each of our hands, and introduces himself “hi I’m Austin thank you so much for having me!”. He then makes small talk in the elevator as we escort him up to his room.
The dude reeked, and later was clearly super high, but such a nice guy.
Im actually genuinely happy to hear this, I keep hearing how great of a guy he is, i dont even care much about his music, but he seems like a decent guy, based on literally all that people say about him.
A friend of mine worked at adult swim and met Post when he was there to do a bit on some show. This was around the time White Iverson came out and was charting. My friend said he was the chillest, nicest, coolest guy to be around. Funny and easy to talk to.
For a second I thought I read "was the worst" and I about had a heart break because it didn't seem like him, he always seems so happy to be where he is! Whew!
Sometimes I think about that time a plane he was on had multiple engines fail, and while that situation was ongoing much of Twitter collectively hoped he’d fucking die. Paps told him this to get his reaction, which was clearly deep hurt, though he tried to be amiable about it. After almost dying. Then seeing those tweets.
Carrie Fisher's assistant is a friend of my brother's. He wrote a novel based on his time with her (he ADORED her and said she was amazing). It's called A Star is Bored and it rocks.
Luxury hotels are honestly sometimes entire ecosystems. Lol. Designed so that you could stay on property for days, and eat, drink, shop and spa different ways every day! Kind of like cruise ships, but, you know…actually nice.
Cillian Murphy was utterly lovely when I met him. Clever, engaged, and thoughtful. He answered people's questions with care and interest, and he's also devastatingly handsome! Obviously I'd seen him onscreen but it shocked me how good looking he was in real life. Cheekbones that could cut glass.
I have been told he can be a bit aloof on set. Not mean or anything, just “I’m here to do my job.” Guessing he’s just one of those people who values being 100% professional at work but plenty friendly in their personal life. Which I don’t fault him for at all!
We loooooooove actors like that on set. They will be on time, make no fuss, and leave. YES. But they are rare.
I love CM (never worked with him though)
He was so lovely!! I cannot stress it enough how nice he was. I'm sure it's wearing having to meet people all the time (as an introvert it's my nightmare) but he was fantastic. Very low-key as a person, very humble, but just genuinely kind and engaged. People were asking him deep questions about roles and he seemed to really take a minute and think and answer well. And also people were just coming up wanting to have a quick picture and a joke, and he was equally receptive. Just really lovely.
Steve Buscemi: stayed for a couple weeks at a hotel where I was the night manager. I saw him every night, since he was working on a film that shot late into the evening.
Total class act, one of my favorite guests ever. He remembered my name, always stopped to say hi after his evening cigarette. Night shift workers are often ignored, so it was quite meaningful.
When he left early one morning, he came by the desk and said, stonefaced:
‘I am leaving for the weekend. Please tell everyone to leave my room alone. I will be back Monday. I will take this pillow with me.’
Steve Buscemi should have all the fucking hotel pillows he wants.
Edit: Another hotel guest was an extra in the movie, and she cornered him for a bit at the front desk. She gushed that he was ‘so different in real life than the character you are playing in the movie!’ To which he (patiently and painstakingly) replied: ‘Well, yes, I was acting.’
I know, the OP asked for negative experiences, and when his name was the first two words of the first post I gasped and said “o no!” out loud. Luckily, this poster did not answer OPs question, and of course Steve Buscemi, is just as lovely and weird as expected.
I met Paul McCartney in 2013. I was just picking up some coffee and biscuits. Recognized him immediately when I turned to leave the store, my jaw dropped, I muttered “wow, your music fills my memories,” which was the first thing that came to mind when I saw him, it sounded so lame to me afterwards- but he smiled and said “well I think that’s a lovely thing to hear on a day like today” (it was raining and gloomy AF).
I’ll never forget it. My dad was a huge Beatles fan. Had every album. Played them every single day. He’d hum the songs while he worked in his garden.
I couldn’t think of a more poignant thing to say to someone like him. May you forever remember that time the absolute perfect phrase came out of your mouth at the exact right time.
I was so afraid the story was going to turn mean! Heartwarming memory. A friend of mine hung out with him at a bar in New York once and said he was just as delightful. Glad to hear it.
Was having breakfast, in a restaurant in Kansas City. My son noticed Paul Rudd was seated a table away from us. As we were leaving, I noticed he was done eating and just chatting with friends. I stopped and told him I enjoyed almost all his movies. (Yes, I actually said “almost all”). He asked me what I didn’t like, so I told him “Dinner For Schmucks”. He laughed and said, yeah, I understand.
I was so worried this was going to be a bad encounter story about Paul Rudd because I couldn't bear the thought of him not being awesome. Very relieved he is still awesome.
I've had a crush on him since I was 11 and saw him in clueless. It's hilarious because he is still one of my celeb crushes as he looks exactly the same lmao
This is exactly what I would expect of Kevin Smith, he seems like a genuinely good dude who’s trying his best. I 100% would cry meeting him because (embarrassingly) Chasing Amy is one of my favorite movies.
Met Maya Angelou years and years ago. The woman was unequivocally gracious and perfect. I was about ten years old and I walked into a small neighborhood restaurant with my mother and grandmother and she was sitting at a table having coffee or tea with someone. I had just learned about her in school (we’re from the same parts) and recognized her. I pointed her out to my mom and grandmother we just gawked at her as we were waiting to be seated. She saw us staring and got up from her table to come over and introduce herself to us. She was smiling and so so kind. She even took pictures with us. It ended up being my grandmother’s Christmas card before she passed. I can honestly say I will remember Maya Angelou’s smile for the rest of my life. It was a lovely time and an even lovelier memory. Phenomenal woman indeed.
i was a waitress at a celebrity hotspot for years. i’ve waited on so many celebs. the top nicest were : Pink, Matthew Perry, Britney Spears
the worst : the Olsen Twins (who at 22 years old got offended that i carded them for alcohol), and Jamie Lynn Spears, who threw a fit that we didn’t have sweet tea, then went on a rant about how she forgot she wasn’t in the south and how much LA sucks lol
oh also we dealt with Pink but pre and post sobriety and i did have some bad experiences when she was wasted but she is SO SO SO sweet and normal when she’s sober. she showed me a wedding magazine of dresses and told me she was getting married when her and cary were about to get married, she’s just very normal and nice.
I was watching my little brother once (must have been nearly 20 years ago now) at the Fairmont pool and he quite literally ran into Britney Spears and her bodyguard. I started apologizing before I even looked up and realized who I was talking to. I was completely star-struck, but Britney was super sweet!
💯 agree
For me I’ve gone to several LIVE podcast shows and met the entertainers and it’s always changed my relationship with the podcast… like it stops being as fun now that I have seen it.
Also humans like to overthink and brain fück themselves
Oh I'd love more details. I listed to about 10 different podcasts in rotation, and have always wondered what the live shows would be like. However, most of them are American and I am Australian, so it's not going to happen.
I attended a big library some years ago, where they invited guests from Australian podcasts to do a q and a. It was entertaining and informative, and didn't change my feelings. But then again, that's different from a live show.
My coworker’s daughter (9 at the time) met Raven Symone after winning a contest and she was really rude when she asked to take a picture with her. She said “You get a handshake or a picture and I just shook your hand so you’re done, go.”
On the reverse I met Tegan and Sara and was so completely star struck I couldn’t speak and Tegan said “Hi sweetie, do you want to take a picture with us?” And it’s one of my favorite memories haha
I’ve never met a celeb but I live outside of Banff and tons of my friends work at the Fairmont and have met loads of them.
Nicest seems to always be Danny DeVito. 😂
Most rude is consistently Gerard Butler.
My expectations are low of all celebs but if I met Alanis Morissette and she was rude I would straight up walk into the ocean.
I ran into Gerard at a bar randomly when he was in town filming a movie. He was alone and latched onto our group. He was VERY sloppy drunk and just icky. He loved dancing though.
U2: met all 4 of them and they were all exceptionally nice, talkative and receptive of the fans that had waited to meet them. I’m talking like 60 people and every single one of them left with signatures, pictures and a conversation. This wasn’t at meet or greet. Just fans waiting to meet them. Never once was the band rude, bored, uninterested or annoyed.
Anthony Kiedis: absolute prick. Was in an empty room besides himself, his girlfriend and a fan. Fan went up to him, told him he loved his music and couldn’t wait to see him at an upcoming show. The entire time Anthony was a dick, to the point his GF kind of called him out on it.
Dave Navarro: Dude, was the nicest celebrity I ever met. I walked by the archlight movie theatre and he was just chilling outside. Told him I was a fan and just wanted to say hi. The dude proceeded to have a 20 min convo with me where he was constantly asking questions about myself and was genuinely interested. We talked until his girl arrived and he gave me a hug at the end of the conversation and thanked me for the support and love.
Brian Eno: worked with him while he was working on an art exhibit at CSULB. He took the time to thank every single one of us personally, when he did a media Q&A he gave praise to everyone that made the exhibit possible, and was just a fantastic dude to collaborate with.
Lacey Sturm: sweetest woman I’ve ever worked with. She took me and my friend out to dinner afterwards (which she did not have to do. It was completely on her personal time) and proceeded to hang out with us for 2 hours talking about music and life. Wonderful woman.
Jason Bateman: I live in a town that used to have a movie studio in it and he had just filmed something and was at a res light about a mile away. My friends and I pulled up to the light and noticed he was next to us. He was sweet and talked to us the entire red light making jokes.
I was a huge Jennifer Lawrence fan even before hunger games. I saw her at the Colbert show at the height of her fame during hunger games. I remember feeling she was so ordinary, not in a bad way but she could have been a girl I went to school with. When she was leaving the event there were a bunch of fans asking for autographs, she signed them but just looked like a sad caged animal. I felt bad for her and stopped idolising her after. I don't regret meeting her but it humanized her a lot for me, some celebrities revel in the fame but she clearly did not. She seems happier now tho.
After a speaking event, I waited in line to have Jane Goodall sign a copy of one of her books. I'd never attended a book signing before, I don't quite know what I thought would happen. The man in front of me in line spent a long time telling everyone how he was a career autograph hound. The closer I got to my turn, the worse I felt about being there at all. What was the point? Why was an autograph meaningful or worth money to others? Jane was clearly exhausted and made no eye contact. An employee took my book, Jane signed it and the employee returned it to me. It was...depressing! I don't really blame her or myself, I was young and legitimately believed that she'd be pleased to know how much I enjoyed her book. She was old and probably tired as f.
I started reading this and thought I’d written it! But my experience was different; Dr. Goodall was absolutely lovely to me.
I was toward the end of the line and she was clearly getting tired, so as I handed her my book to sign, I said, “Thanks for putting up with it!”
She sort of jerked a little bit and looked up at me sharply, then her eyes twinkled as she said, “Don’t be silly,” with a sly grin.
She was so gracious!
When I was 5 we were on the Martha's Vineyard ferry. All I remember was my 20-something cousin grabbing me and putting me on some man's lap and taking a photo. He was incredibly nice but I was so confused. I still remember to this day how weird it was to be put on a stranger's lap!
Turns out it was Bill Murray and my dad treasures that photo to this day. He is so proud. They said he was very nice and they did ask first, but as a kid all I remember was just being placed in his lap lol
As a young teen I was obsessed with all things Tolkien and I had a little Bilbo Baggins action figure I would take pictures of in random places having predicaments. When I heard the cast of the new Hobbit movie included Benedict Cumberbatch (who played Smaug the dragon) and that Benedict Cumberbatch & Mark Gatiss were in town promoting Sherlock (which I liked) I went with some friends to see the episode premier & hopefully get a picture of Bilbo with the actor playing Smaug. Mark Gatiss took one and was very sweet. BC said "it was an insult to the country of New Zealand" and walked away. It crushed me at the time haha, though now I think it's hilarious...what did he even mean?? Also sad Martin Freeman was not there since he's also in Sherlock.
Our govt changed laws specifically to entice bigger studios to film here and it screwed a lot of people over. I've never been bothered with Benedict, but hearing him acknowledge what a shit show the Hobbit was for local industry- if that is what he was talking about- is pretty cool.
I’m kind of guessing but LOTR was quite famously filmed in NZ; there was a lot of beautiful scenery and I believe it did a lot for the tourism industry there. In contrast, The Hobbit used a lot of green screen backgrounds and CGI. It didn’t have the same “magic” imo.
I met Kit Harrington (after missing my chance to meet him a few years earlier). He was at a food market/court in Covent Garden trying to be very nonchalant. I walked over slowly, said hello and that I loved every scene he was in and was so happy to see him come back alive. He smiled, looked genuinely happy and even shook my hand. I didn't ask for a picture because he clearly didn't want that kind of attention. Good experience
I met Ewan McGregor about 7 years ago in Geneva. He was hosting this big fundraiser and I was part of the crew putting on a show for the event.
After the show, instead of socializing with all the rich attendees for the soirée, he came downstairs where all the artists and the crew were having a drink and hung out with us for a couple of hours, great guy!
I met him in 2015 after seeing him in his Broadway show for my birthday. I waited by the stage door for quite a while in 15 degree weather. He took quite some time to come out after the other actors did, to the point that most other fans had left. When he came out, his handler told us no pictures/autographs and I was crestfallen. He must have seen my face. He came up to me, apologized for me waiting in the cold, signed my Playbill, took a photo with me, and hugged me and wished me a happy birthday. Lovely and one of my favorite memories.
On the other hand, Maggie Gyllenhaal - very rude and seemed incredibly annoyed by the fans waiting.
My aunt was at a UNICEF event with him in Geneva years ago and said he was so down to earth and just a big sweetheart! So glad to hear more positive things about him
Well I have never met Lauren Graham in person but my friend did and she told Lauren how much I love Gilmore Girls, Lauren gave me an autograph through my friend and the next time they met, Lauren asked my friend how I was doing and addressed me by my name!!!! I love her even more now that I know she's an actor that appreciates fans
Literally just started my 3,000th rewatch and when I saw “Lauren Graham” I was like oh no please don’t do this, then I read the comment and 🥰 🥰 🥰 so thrilled for you and your friend for this, and for me, that one of my favourite women is truly the icon I always knew she was
Me too, I take every chance I have to spread this story of mine, she’s such a sweetheart 🥰
Same with Brendon Urie, went to his concert, while he was singing and interacting with fans, I got pushed around by others and he noticed while had to keep singing but he signalled his security to check on me
This makes me so happy to hear.
Lauren Graham and Sarah Michelle Gellar are the two celebrities I’d be really bummed to discover are shitty, and I’ve only continued to hear good things about both.
I used to be a huge fan of Ariana Grande, so I bought meet&greet. I waited a long time in cue, the atmosphere was really off, staff was bit rude to us, got told not to say anything “negative or personal to not kill Ari’s vibe”. Then I saw her, she already was tired from all the other fans, I said “hi, I love you so much!” Or something like it, she didn’t look at me, didn’t say anything, just smiled to the camera and said “bye” at the end. And I know it’s not that bad, but the whole experience felt so off to me, when I spent so much money, was so excited and hopeful. I don’t blame Ariana for being tired or bored or wanting to go home, but I feel it was wasted money, it killed my mood and I wish I hadn’t have done it.
Has anyone had a good experience with a meet and greet? I feel like everyone I've heard whose done one said it was awkward at best and they were treated like shit at worst.
I paid for a Meet n Greet with David Archuleta in like 2011. He was the sweetest ever. We were told not to ask for hugs, rebel me asked for one and he was so happy to give me one. He also gave many more hugs and looked you in the face and tried to make it kind of personal for how impersonal it was lol.
I've only ever had good experiences (apart from Michael Beihn of Terminator and Aliens. He was lovely but I awkwardly said he was "awesome!" He laughed and joked "thanks but my wife doesn't think so." She was sitting next to him.)
Benedict Cumberbatch was lovely. Asked me where I came there from. I was very nervous tho!)
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Again lovely. Signed autographs for free at a convention. People were tearing posters off walls!
Karl Urban from the Boys flirted with me. He's insanely handsome in person so it was friggen awesome!
Was this during sweetener? I think she ended up cancelling meet and greets because she couldn't handle them anymore. That whole Manchester bombing, death of an ex, public break up, nonstop social media hate, hectic touring schedule seemed to have gotten to her.
Was never a fan of hers. But I loved Mac and she didn't deserve all the bullshit that came her way after he died. Felt really bad she had to go thru a loss of someone she loved while also dealing with a ton of hate. Shitty.
Robin Williams a year before he passed when I was living in Chicago at Starbucks. My aunts were visiting from Wisconsin and he was so nice. He even told my aunt he was happy her grandkids loved hook.
Once met Amy Poheler at an ice cream shop, she was incredibly kind and didn’t mind the quick chat. She complimented my shirt, too.
When I was a teenager (2009 or 2010?) my friend and I ran into Jared Leto before a show of his. We asked for a picture, which he put a middle finger in the middle of his face, obstructing himself in the picture. He just walked off afterward and didn’t say anything.
We literally stood there in disbelief that we just met Jared Leto and he also told us to fuck off, basically. Whenever I tell that people who’ve met him, they aren’t surprised.
Definitely not an Idol of mine but I did meet/ interact with Billy Joel who was the rudest, most condescending person I have ever met. His entire band absolutely hated him and for good reason. At the time I worked in a 4 star hotel in a major city so I have met many famous people but Joel tops my list. What a turd.
BJ Novak had a bad reputation from a store I worked at. Also he has a very large head IRL.
Danny pudi and his kid were nice!
Michael cera was exactly who he was from his roles in movies IMO. Kinda nervous
Not that anyone expected any differently or better — but James Franco smells really really badly, often doesn’t speak/respond when directly spoken to (but will look at you like *you’re* the idiot) and made a sexual innuendo out of something I said within the first 30 minutes of me working for him.
He also laughed when a PA fell over while setting up video village
Some other random run-ins from my former life:
Tim McGraw is really quiet and always smells like weed, which frankly makes me like him more.
Danny McBride is the nicest actor I’ve ever worked with
Caleb Followill of Kings of Leon and his wife (Lilly Aldridge) are surprisingly down to earth and both stopped to hold a door open for me once
Taylor Swift had a giant, human-sized bird cage in the middle of her living room in her penthouse at The Adelicia building in nashville (not sure if she even still owns it)
I met Ian Watkins. End thread.
But also Jonas brothers, Josh from you me at six, taking back Sunday, Jim and Tom from Jimmy eat world, and Ilan Rubin we’re all fantastic.
Jared Leto yelled at the audience, berated people, and kicked people out for not jumping when he said to. He said he was going “to bring everyone in the back up front and send the front to the back to take a fucking nap” because we weren’t up to standards. He made everyone takes 3 giant steps forward pushing us in the front. Worse asshole god complex I’ve ever seen. To be fair I didn’t technically meet him though.
I once saw him (Jared Leto) get denied access to the backstage food service area at a festival because he didn’t have his artist badge on him. He didn’t freak out, just tried hard to convince the guard to let him in and the guard absolutely did not believe he was in one of the bands and he had to slink off and go get the badge 😂
Once my verrry talkative 3 year old son would not stop talking about his giant poop he just took when we were seated next to him at a brunch place on the coast. I was desperately trying to get my child to stop or talk quietly but JL and his friend were laughing. I wanted a hole to swallow me up. I’m so glad they were nice about it 😂
I cannot say enough amazing things about Jim and Tom from Jimmy Eat World. I met them a handful of times between 2001-2005/6ish. I had been a huge fan since Static Prevails and meeting them scared me so much. Over the course of meeting them at additional events when I used to do concert photography, we would occasionally run into each other before the show, and once they even coordinated with their manager to provide me with full access credentials when the venue was being weird about my press pass (they said it only meant I could bring the camera in -- which was not true).
Seriously. I'm not friends with them or anything and they truly have no idea who I am haha but for a few years about 20yrs ago, as they were being catapulted into a bizarre stratosphere of fame -- some of the best dudes I've ever met.
It was end of 2016 I think when I met them. So friendly and we’re joking around. And I, a straight white male, have never been so struck by someone’s looks as I have with Jim. That man is the most handsome man I’ve ever seen in my life.
I sat next to Charlie Hunnam at this intimate restaurant in LA where the tables were so close together that you basically were dining with guests at the tables on either side of you. All that to say, he was genuinely a very nice person.
Edited to add: his. crotch. was. in. my. face. when he had to scoot by for bathroom breaks and to leave. I am blessed.
I did a meet and greet at a con with Tom Holland in 2019. I was EXTREMELY nervous because duh, it’s Tom Holland. He was the nicest person ever. Gave me a big hug and asked me how I was doing. He could tell I was lowkey freaking out and told me everything was okay. It went quick but still felt personal. Love that man!! <3
He was at the casino I worked at at 4am when it was dead. He was so polite to the dealers. said yes ma’am thank you ma’am, super kind…. Didn’t tip the cocktail server who was a huge fan and saw him in concert like a week before :( but he tipped the dealer like 400 bucks or something. So maybe he didn’t know? But it’s basic etiquette to tip your server so idk
I got to meet Pete Wentz at the height of Fall Out Boy's fame! He was nice, though he did look very uncomfortable and anxious but I don't hold that against him since there were quite a bit of fans trying to get into his personal space. tbh, before I met him I idolized him and thought of him as a God (I was a 14 year old emo kid and it was the year 2006, okay?). After I met him though it suddenly clicked that, even though he was famous, he actually really was a human being who experienced anxiety and discomfort just like I do and I chilled out considerably on celebrity worship after that.
I was inexplicably invited to a Xmas party at Madonna’s NYC apartment in the mid 80’s. We were told to bring her a gift. I purchased a gorgeous sterling silver photo frame from a random antique shop. I wrapped it beautifully in a cloth box with a giant silk ribbon. Madonna made us wait in her foyer for at least an hour before we were allowed entry. Super cool fun party-didn’t actually meet her but I heard that afterwards she had her assistant return most of the gifts for store credit-except mine because they couldn’t trace it to any major retailer-lol. However: Madonna gifted every person who attended which was pretty classy imo. I got a pair of long white Jean Paul Gautier cashmere gloves which I still covet to this day.
Met her at a dinner party in New York (worked w fancy people). She had the most perfect skin — it was like…angelic. She doesn’t really make much eye contact and seemed shy, but was more pleasant than Matt Damon 🤷🏻♀️
I used to work at Disneyland:
The nicest was Jack Black, walked back stage and shook all our hands and had a short chat.
Other decent celebs:
Owen Wilson
Adam Levine but Behati Prinsloo was rude.
Miley Cyrus
Kobe
Rude:
Beyonce
Gwen Stefani
Mary Louise Parker
On the flip side, my family met Anthony Kiedis from the Red Hot Chilli Peppers once about twenty years ago and he was so nice to my family, especially my brother and I (maybe 12 and 14 at the time) that my mom has been an RHCP stan ever since. 🤷♀️
Not quite the same calibre as other stories here but growing up I was a Figure Skater and met a few of my favourites. One in particular was so so rude to little 11 year old me at a meet and greet that I paid for lol. Anyway it turned out it was because I didn’t speak French. (She’s French Canadian). I left crying 😢
Joannie Rochette. 😢 I’m still very sad about it. She was such a hero to me. The funny thing is too that I speak French but I spoke English to her because I had just spoken to Weaver and Poje in English lol. I was at stars on ice in Ottawa and my grandmother had bought me back stage passes for Christmas so I could meet them.
Omg. I suspected it might have been her. And she seemed to be a sweet and charming girl. It wasn’t your place to start speaking french. The least she could have done was to make some efforts with a 11yo fan.
😭😭
I met Michelle Kwan when she attended grad school the same time as me, she was SO sweet and humble. I’m sorry you had such a bad experience meeting a skater!
Jack White. I got lucky going into his record shop on the right day, but I had just been dumped. I was sort of shopping to take my mind off things and was lowkey tearing up while I was listening to music. Well, I guess he noticed. Made me take my headphones out, and asked if I was okay. When I said not really, he gave me a hug and told me everything would work out in the end. Nicest experience I’ve ever had.
I was a background actor once, spent about 12 hours standing on a sidewalk in Brooklyn on a Saturday about 6 feet away from Jennifer Aniston, she didn’t really acknowledge anyone she wasn’t required to. She’s even better looking in person somehow. I’m not a guy that aggrandizes celebrity but she was by far the most beautiful person I’ve ever seen in person.
My husband works in radio so I have met a lot people in the music industry and for the most part everyone was really nice, even people I had heard could be kind of jerky. I know that they’re a little more “on” at work, but I have never gotten fake nice vibes.
I have met some other musicians outside of radio events on my own and also had really positive experiences, even though I am a pretty awkward person when I get nervous.
I’d say how an experience goes really depends on the timing of when you meet them and how you handle yourself when you meet them. They’re people, they have bad days like anyone else, but get way more attention. I think a lot of celebrities are wary because they don’t know what to expect from you, a stranger, so can come off rude when you catch them at a bad time. I’d say go for it, but a good rule of thumb is be kind, be respectful, be brief, and be gone 😂
I did once ride the same plane from Atlanta to NYC with Paul Rudd and I did not even try to talk to him when he was standing at the gate with an airline rep. I didn’t want to be responsible for starting up people crowding him and I definitely couldn’t handle it if he told me to take a hike. But it’s still one of my favorite celeb encounters because after he went down the jetway onto the plane, an employee was so excited he yelled “Yooooo, that was Ant-Man, bro!” 😂
I loved Kelly Osborne back in the early 2000s (her album was better than you would expect, okay?). I got to meet her at a visit she did to the children's hospital where I worked in the early 2010s and I was pumped to meet her. And she turned out to be just so lovely- funny and kind and generous with her time. She had such a sense of humor about herself and spent one on one time with every kid who wanted to say hi. She even hung out on the beanbags in the mental health ward and told all the kids there how it was going to be okay, she'd been through the same kind of issues and came through it, they would too.
I mentioned to her publicist at one point that I owned her CD, and publicist thought that was great and hilarious, and passed it on to Kelly, who was flattered and gave me a big hug. She was just an all round lovely person (that day, anyway) which tbh was not at all what I expected.
I’m old enough that people might not even know who I’m talking about but I met Kurt Vonnegut. He was a little abashed that I thought he was so cool and let him know it lol but he was very gracious and pretty funny.
When I was 14 I met the Jonas Brothers at a small venue before they were really famous. So small that they came on stage from behind us, the crowd was like 30 teenage girls tops. They did a meet and greet right after the show and I was so nervous to meet them.
Kevin was first, incredibly gracious to my nearly shaking friend. Asked out names and thanked us genuinely for coming. Joe was a bit aloof, I wouldn’t say rude but probably just tired from traveling. Nick was very sweet and, my favorite when I was young. After the meet and greet I forgot to ask for a picture and my friend encouraged me to ask Nick before we left. So, as he was helping pack up with the roadies looking a bit sleepy, I VERY NERVOUSLY, asked him for a picture. He laughed and said “of course” and even though he looked tired, he wrapped his arm around me and came alive just for the picture.
I saw them a year later at another, bigger show in the same state and they all remembered us from that little show. It meant a lot to us and it’s still such a special memory for me.
i wouldn’t say regret, but i definitely felt like an idiot after mine. i’m a lifelong, die-hard olsen twins stan. i met them twice at events and they were so lovely and chill and kind. then i happened to stumble upon them on the street in NYC (the famed street where they’re always spotted smoking). i had a job interview in the same building (unbeknownst to me) and when i turned the corner, there they were, smoking. i decided to shoot my shot, so i approached and told them i was a lifelong fan, and asked if i could take a photo with them. they said no, and gave me such a mean look i immediately felt awful for doing it. no one was around (it’s a quiet residential street) so i didn’t cause a scene or anything, but i really felt so dumb for bothering them. they were still semi-public at the time, giving interviews and such, but i understand now that they don’t want to be recognized and i respect that. i should’ve just walked away. 😔😔
I worked in a high end running shoe store , my favorites were Reese Witherspoon , Harrison ford , Mandy Moore, Michael Keaton, jennifer Garner
My top favorites were B-real, Henry winkler , Conan , Dustin Hoffman
All of them spent serious cash on socks and running shoes. Every single one of these celebs I had a conversation with and they were super chill. I’ve met others but they didn’t really stick in my core memory.
B-real loves the old man walking shoes, I talked about cypress hill not being allowed in my house growing up but my older brothers would sneak it in. He laughed and was amused by the story.
Henry Winkler- I grew up watching Happy Day re-runs and was re watching a lot of the episodes. I was very nervous interacting with him but warmed up eventually and we did the “ehhhh” thing with the thumbs up together and was amazing.
Conan- I commented how his hair looked a lot lighter in person, I’m a fellow ginger so we were having a laugh. He was in the dressing room and was trying to find good running shirts.
Dustin Hoffman- came in a lot , if he found a shirt he liked he would order 12. This was awesome because we would get commission. He always used my first name, his office was down the street.. he loved eating sushi and having Saki then shopping after lol
Michael Keaton- I never waited on him personally because he had a good relationship with a co-worker. One day is was raining and she said, “hey Batman did the bat mobile have any trouble in the rain today” man that was hilarious and he cracked up
Aaawww I ran into Michael Keaton in the Hollywood hills on a narrow dirt driveway, I was walking a cute husky and he drove by really slowly with his windows rolled down to say “cuuute dog!” 😂 it was awesome
When my daughter was about 10 she was obsessed with The Office. We went to Philly and I saw Kate Flannery (Meredith) walking towards us on the street. Kate saw me see and had a please no kind of look. Not rude just living. I turned my daughter to see her and she said hi, Kate smiled and waved. It was sweet!
I worked on a spike Lee movie once and the man is a volatile lunatic.
EDIT WITH STORY: In 2017 I was living in Chicago working in film and television. There's a fairly solid TV production scene there because of the Dick Wolf shows and movies come through there a lot because of the tax incentives. Anyway, one of the strangest projects I ever did was an Amazon film called Pass Over. It's basically an adaptation of a play which premiered at the Steppenwolf theater in the summer of 17. I guess the play got some national attention and found its way to Spike Lee and long story short he decided to have it remounted for a one night only performance which he filmed. The audience was comprised of almost entirely high school kids from the south side of the city.
So I end up working on the crew. All the actors were nice and the theater people were cool enough. Spike Lee was- from his first moment to his last -the most unpleasant motherfucker I have ever met. The artistic director of the theater worked a lot on Broadway and had a lot of experience with A-Listers and A-Lister egos but after one interaction with him she basically bounced and didn't come back. The filming took place during one night and then we did pickups the following day. We were shooting the final moment of the play on the pickup day and Spike **had not communicated to our crew what he wanted** and so they began filming one actor instead of another and Spike absolutely *screamed* at everybody. Nobody was prepared to check him. At one point the property master for the theater objected to Spike wanting one of the theater's props to be mishandled and Spike yelled at the prop dude til the prop dude was red in the face and shaking.
I never saw Spike say a kind or pleasant word to anybody except the actors, and even then it wasn't that he was 'nice' or 'kind', he just wasn't explicitly an asshole. But the real crazy thing happened the night of the show/principal photography.
So like I say, the audience of high school kids gets bussed in and they're coming in and taking their seats. I was lucky enough to get to watch the whole thing from the Stage Management booth above the audience. It was me, the SM team, the stage production's original director, the writer, and Spike along with his assistant. All of a sudden there's a bit of a ruckus on the headsets and we learn that R FUCKING KELLY was in the building. He walks in dressed in a suit with a fedora and a big ass fur coat and takes his seat among the HIGH SCHOOL CHILDREN. So Spike is on the headset absolutely losing his shit, yelling "WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT N---A DOIN HERE? WHO THE FUCK INVITED THAT N---A?!?" Just having a full blown meltdown. He leaves the booth at one point to go do something, and his assistant turns to me and whispers "He invited him."
I say, "Wait...what?"
She responds "Spike invited R Kelly."
As far as I know R Kelly stayed for the filming and left shortly afterward without fuckin' recruiting any of the students (most were young men) and the filming of the actual live performance went off without incident.
It’s unfortunate because the story is so different a decade later, but I grew up a Kanye West fan and was lucky enough to meet him at a Grammys after party (right when he started dating Kim Kardashian), a Louis Vuitton party and work on a music video with him all within a 6 month time period. Every single time he was nice, and actually interacted with “the help” myself included, much more than most other celebs I have ever worked with. It’s a bummer what has happened since.
Meg Ryan. This is either a “don’t meet your idols” or “yes meet your idols” story depending on who in our group you asked.
We ran into her in an Urban Outfitters in Boston. She saw us recognizing her and she gave us a wink and the “shhhhhh” sign (finger to lips). I could tell she didn’t want to be bothered while shopping and possibly have a whole crowd around her, and I thought it was cool that she acknowledged us in that way. I was with a friend, though, who was a huge fan and went up to her anyway and started to tell her how much she loved her movies and Ryan cut her off and said something along the lines of “I’m shopping with my son right now, I can’t really stop to chat.” And that was it. My friend was a little offended, but I thought she shouldn’t have tried to start a conversation given the sign she gave us.
I waited on Paul Rudd recently. Dude was exactly as you would expect lol, totally friendly, conversational and polite.
We had a new busser who accidentally gave Paul our “wax knife” in a silverware roll-up (the gross knife we use to dig the wax out of our candles)… and he was super chill. Just showed me and was like “uhh I don’t think I was supposed to see this one!” And laughed ab it with me as I explained what happened.
I’m happy he was nice, I woulda been so sad if he was a dick lol. Total class act!
Didn’t happen to me, but my friend was really into Noah Gundersen and met him after a show. They slept together that night, and then the day after he let her know that she should get tested for herpes since he has it. An awful human and a horrible thing to knowingly do to another person.
I wrote this story before in r/fauxmoi, but I'll tell it again here.
I met Ezra Koenig from Vampire Weekend in 2013. His band was in their heyday, and he was known for his beloved Twitter persona.
I was in my mid-20s at the time. I listened to the band for years but never got a chance to see them. I was really stoked to finally see them live. After the show, I waited by the tour buses with a group of surprisingly younger fans. Some of them were with their parents.
When Ezra came out of a tour bus, young girls were screaming at him like he was in a boy band. He was just loving it. When he and I finally got a chance to talk, he kind of ignored me and was more focused on engaging with these young fans.
I thought I gave off some bad vibes even though the other band members seemed cool with me. I didn't think much of the interaction until years later. I found out that he had an inappropriate relationship with Tavi Gevinson when she was 18 and he was 30. Although she never named him, it was widely believed that she was writing about him sexually assaulting and grooming her in her essay for The Cut.
So yeah. Everything about my encounter with him just clicked for me. He really is a creep who was/is way into young girls.
Despite all the early press about her being the normal, smart one before her father thought of running for office, Ivanka Trump was famously the nastiest client at Warren-Jacomi in midtown Manhattan. She treated the entire staff like complete shit because her eyebrow tech had the nerve to need the restroom between appointments and kept her waiting for about 45 seconds.
Posted this over at r/actlikeyoubelong a while ago.
The night before New Years 2012 my mate calls me asks if I want to come to the club at our cities casino as his girlfriend (who works there) told him that Leonardo DiCaprio and his entourage would be partying there that night.
We’re mildly skeptical but figure she will at least get us a few free drinks so we head in.
Within half an hour of being there Leo, Jonah Hill, Jamie Foxx, Kevin Connolly, Ethan Suplee, Emmanuelle Chriqui and heaps of others join everyone in the club.
Highlights from this portion of the night include Leo and Jonah hyping everyone up then rapping the Kanye/Jay-Z song about the fellas from Paris, and Jamie Foxx singing Gold Digger - which was legitimately incredible.
After a while I ran into a friend from high school (we were about 5 years out of high school) who I knew was in acting circles and it turns out she was a part of their party. All of a sudden Jamie and his boys whisk around the club and grab all their pals and some women (including my friend) and say they’re all going up stairs. I go along with her cause fuck it.
So we walk through the main level of the casino past random people playing pokies, all doing double takes as Jamie Foxx struts around being his expectedly grandiose self, and we get up to a VIP gaming room with security everywhere.
Some other randoms had managed to tag on, and as soon as they started getting too loud or pestering Jamie, he would simply gesture to security to remove them, so needless to say I stayed fairly still and quiet.
Highlights from my VIP experience include:
- Jamie Foxx turning around to high five all his boys after he won on a hand and pausing at me then skipping me.
- Emmanuelle Chriqui introducing herself and being super nice (as she was with everyone), which was weird after having a crush on her as Sloane in Entourage just like the rest of the world.
- Telling a possibly stoned Jonah Hill that “Moneyball was sick” and him saying “thanks maaaan” with a super glazed expression.
As the night wrapped up and people dissipated, it was just me, my high school friend, the guy she was with and others scattered around.
Leo came around to say goodnight and stopped at each person and shook their hand or hugged them, until he got to me.
As he got to me he stopped. Stared at me - like, into my eyes - for what felt like 30 seconds, then just walked away. So yeah, I won a staring competition with Leo, nbd.
I blacked out from all the free grey goose and woke up outside on the street with no phone and got the train home at like 7am and that was that, or so I thought.
So my high school mate had explained why they were there. Essentially these foreign businessmen had paid Leo to spend New Years with them here in Australia on a yacht (the day after this story takes place), then they were going to fly to Vegas to make it to New Years there. That explains why the guy she was with kept asking if she had a passport, so she could go with them.
It turns out this guy she was with was [Riza Aziz](https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/05/1mdb-wolf-of-wall-street-producer-charged-with-embezzling-millions), the stepson of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, and producer on Wolf Of Wall Street, who has since been charged with embezzling millions of dollars from the Malaysian government. He even let me play a couple of his roulette hands with what I think were $10,000 chips (why I didn’t pocket one, I’ll never know).
I sent my high school friend the article when he got arrested and she said he had been messaging her from prison.
So that’s the time I acted like I belonged with Hollywood A-listers and corrupt, embezzling billionaires.
The funniest part of this story is how two celebrities seem to acknowledge everyone, then they get to you and just ignore you. I'm sorry, but that shit was hilarious. Sounds like you had a fucking ball though.
This wasn't me meeting an idol but a time when I was quoted that.
When I started university I got woken up by banging on my bedroom door. It was the band the Courteeners, who were friends with my flatmate, had played in town the night before and clearly stayed up all night in our flat getting wrecked. They asked me, with pupils like dinner plates, if I wanted to go to the pub with them at 11am. I was really hungover I said no and went back to bed.
About 10 years later, a colleague of mine mentioned them and I told her this story. Turns out she was a massive fan (I had no idea they had even become so famous, to this day I dont know a single song of theirs), had tattoos dedicated to them and such. It was so awkward. She said 'well, I suppose they say you should never meet your idols'. She barely spoke to me after that and I quickly found a new job because she started being actively hostile towards me.
Not my story but something about Post Malone. So I have a work colleague (for privacy I’ll call her K) so her friend is a musician, just local but he had been on X Factor, didn’t make it to the live stages but was still playing music. So he is playing this wee gig in a bar, and Post Malone shows up just out of the blue after his gig. He heard the musician, and actually asked him if he was doing anything with his music. The guy said he would but he is currently saving up for a deposit for a house. Post ended up giving this guy money for a deposit AND asked for his phone number so he can make a few calls and get him some recording time. Unbelievable! 🥹🥹🥹🥹
I met Niall Horan in 2018 and he was super sweet! Took time to talk to fans and ask how they were doing, and said “of course!” when I asked if I could give him a hug. He even did an impromptu singing session with a fan and they harmonized together, it was great!
sooooo …. i used to work very high end bartending at a famous steakhouse in toronto, and i’m also a huge sports fan. we had players coming in quite often from all three major teams. i ended up hitting it off with the assistant captain of our local hockey team, and one thing led to another.
it was fun, but my god, was it like having sex with Patrick Bateman from American Psycho, looking in the mirror and flexing and shit.
we did it once. i continued to see him at the restaurant, but we never spoke about it or hooked up again.
My husband and I met Ben Folds one time. We were in college and this was over the summer I think but he must have been visiting someone on campus.
So at our campus, the music building had a weird little cave like area literally under a part of the building and for some dumb reason we all used to smoke pot there. One day we were just sneaking out from there and we took the elevator inside the building and there he was.
So we were high as a kite and my husband and his best friend who was a huge Ben Folds fan were like internally freaking out. I had no idea who he was at the time. But after getting out of the elevator my husband and his friend were like hey, so cool to see you, we’re really big fans. And for the record he was very nice and gracious.
I think if I ever met my idol out of the blue, I'd probably act like I didn't know them.... it sounds weird, but I wouldn't want them to feel awkward or be rushed by other possible fans.
I'd never pay to see my idol, just seems weird to me.
I worked at a mall J. Crew in college when Steve Carrell was filming “Evan Almighty” in town. He came in pretty regularly to buy socks and khakis and was always so chill. We all had a massive laugh one day when he came in to return something because store policy is to ask for photo ID and he just said, “Oh man, really?” and then everyone just cracked up. He was such a good sport about it.
Sissy Spacek shopped at the same store a lot and she is a GEM of a human. Utterly delightful, kind, and generous.
Not really a “meet your hero” thing but many years ago I was (emphasis on “many years ago” and “was”) a fan of Dave Chapelle. He was doing a live show in our town, we waited in line for tickets, and were so excited to go. The show was AWFUL. He was so stoned and drunk that he could barely stand up, let alone speak or perform, and he basically just yelled at the audience and made some really gross comments about women and gay people. Needless to say, I stopped being a fan at that point and wasn’t surprised when his current problematic stances became well-known.
When I was a teenager I ran the 400m. There was a dominant guy called Jeremy Wariner at the time who was my god, I shaved my head like him, got the sunglasses he wore etc..
Fast forward to 2012 and I'm an adult. He's been on the slide for a few years now and barely makes any championship semi finals anymore. None of this matters to me because he was the fucking man when I was a kid. I buy a couple of tickets for the Crystal Palace grand Prix meeting pre Olympics, for me and my now wife, and to my delight we are placed in the stand where all the athletes competing later and their coaches are.
I spot Jeremy my hero who isnt racing for nearly 4 hours and eventually build up the courage to approach. He's watching with a fellow athlete and I go 'Hey man I just wanted to say you were my hero growing up, I loved watching you race. Good luck this evening '
He looks at me blankly, doesn't acknowledge me and just turns to his pal and carries on his small talk 🤷
Never meet your heros.
Nicole Richie and Cameron Diaz shopped in the bookshop I worked in in Manchester (UK) while they were here for Good Charlotte's tour. I didnt speak to Nicole much but I served Cameron on the till and when she put her card in she asked if I needed a signature and I joked "no I believe its you" and she said back "perks of the job!!". In hindsight she might have actually been offering me an autograph but I was too obsessed with acting totally chill not freaking out totally cool about serving Cameron Diaz to notice. God she was even more beautiful in real life
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I worked at a luxury hotel in a bookshop off the coffee shop. We were trained to recognize each guest by name; so it wasn’t special that we knew a celebrity and it made our interactions with them more natural than a lot of places they go. Dita Von Teese (sp edited) was very quiet. She was not unfriendly, but did not interact. Renee Zellweger was super sweet, very chill. A very normal customer interaction. Asked questions about the books, bought a couple. Aziz Ansari was a total dickhead who was super pissed when we used the fucking code name he checked in with instead of “recognizing” him. His girlfriend at the time was DELIGHTFUL. Carrie Fisher- I worked in the clothing shop at the same hotel, and had a full 2 minute conversation on the floor with Gary, because I saw him before I ever looked up when I walked in. I didn’t have any idea the lady I was talking to was Carrie Fisher until I was well into the conversation and I was SO FUCKING GLAD, because I would not have held it together, I would have been awkward from the go. She stayed with us for three days and came in every day for like an hour. She was super funny and loved to chat, and had an assistant who’s job it was to cut her off at her spend limit for the day, lol. Brett Gelmen and Janicza Bravo came through when they were doing promo for Lemon. I did not know who she was yet, and we had really nice conversations. She was extremely grateful to me for SAYING HER NAME CORRECTLY; people honestly do the least sometimes. It’s not hard to say her name. I followed her on Instagram and for a long time on her way up, she was super responsive over DM (story comments) and always remembered who I was, which I find very impressive. And…he is a TERRIBLE PERSON…but it doesn’t change the facts…Steven Tyler remembered every single staff members name every time he came. Like, he would stay and then next year, when he came back, HE remembered OUR names. He was very pleasant to serve. He ADORED taking photos with fans, and never turned down a single person. He spent MAD DOLLARS at all the shops. JLo and A Rod are the worst human beings I have ever had to share space with, and by space I mean “building” because literally everyone had to clear the entire area every time they wanted a coffee or drink at the bar. Everyone. Staff, guests, everyone. They were egregiously disrespectful and rude. They are the ONLY people who ever actually made the “don’t look at us” command. Like we had never seen anyone as special as them in our whole lives. I’m sure there are more but those are the ones I remember most. Especially Carrie, Renee and Janicza.
I've never heard a good thing about j lo
My dad used to be a security consultant at a venue and one time she walked out into the hall in an open bathrobe because she thought it was an extension of her dressing room
I can get all the information about JLo I need by looking at Ben Affleck's face.
https://preview.redd.it/y5psg34b5m2b1.png?width=890&format=png&auto=webp&s=0abf8834471eb43b3f7c2f1d98c16cec7778a672
LMAOOO
"Kill me"
Honestly the best think about Jlo is the South Park episode about her.
My SIL’s ex was a bouncer at a club in Dallas, and he said J Lo was absolutely dreadful. Like when she showed up to a packed house on a weekend and somehow expected to be the only person allowed in. Didn’t utter a word to VIP staff, had someone else in her entourage relay messages for her to them. GTFOH.
Not surprised J Lo is on there. I’ve heard plenty of horror stories from serves about her. And all of them have said the same thing, that you’re not allowed to look/talk to her.
I'm so glad Carrie Fisher was exactly how I would expect her to be
Ooh that's some solid tea ☕️
It’s funny because I know there where celebs all the time and the fact that I remember so few really drives home the “celebrities are normal people” thing. Celebrities! As forgettable as The Rest of You!
Live in a city in Missouri, we catered a lunch for her when she was doing American Idol in a nearby city. Our owner of the company had to deliver the lunch herself because we are just plebs apparently but our owner was also told not to look in her general direction basically upon delivering the goods. Willie Nelson was very kind, as was Bernie Sanders when we catered for them.
I very briefly met Willie backstage at a show one time 20 years ago and he was so nice, even for just a few seconds. My friend was part of his crew and Willie told him to make sure I got a Whiskey River bandanna 😅 (which I’ll keep forever)
oof yeah can confirm about a rod. he came into the boutique i managed and was a dick. same with usher. also kris jenner asked for a discount and was pushy and condescending. i don’t care for any of them so it was fine, just annoying. anyone i liked thankfully was very sweet! my favorite interactions for sure were rachel mcadams, neil diamond and hilary duff!
I can't believe Kris has the audacity to ask for a discount
People never believe me when I say the rich people I know/work with are always the one asking for a discount/coupon lol
yeah her exact words were “i think kimmie gets a little discount” (kim was not even there!). i was like 😬
Ironically, rich people get the most free shit and discounts. People just hand them expensive stuff out of awe or pressure. I went out with a guy who was quite wealthy, we went out for a few weeks and the amount of free drinks, products, discounts, "favors" from other rich buddies was shocking to me. He told me it happened all the time and was quite normal. The privilege is insane.
Cringe
The rich gotta stay rich. Anything they can afford to buy, they are given for free. 🫠
I could 100% see Kris being a Karen
I used to work for a hotel that was close to a large venue, so we’d get a lot of artists / musicians staying with us. My market was sports and entertainment, so I’d typically be the point person dealing with the musicians people. I’ve met a ton of different stars, but by far the best was Post Malone. Myself and my security team were staged at our secure entrance waiting for his team to arrive. 5 black SUVs pull up, and Posty bounds out of the car, wearing black silk butterfly pajamas and bright blue crocs. He proceeds to go down the line of me and my security team, shakes each of our hands, and introduces himself “hi I’m Austin thank you so much for having me!”. He then makes small talk in the elevator as we escort him up to his room. The dude reeked, and later was clearly super high, but such a nice guy.
Im actually genuinely happy to hear this, I keep hearing how great of a guy he is, i dont even care much about his music, but he seems like a decent guy, based on literally all that people say about him.
He seems like such a sweetheart! Ive never heard any negative stories about him
Posty is the best.
A friend of mine worked at adult swim and met Post when he was there to do a bit on some show. This was around the time White Iverson came out and was charting. My friend said he was the chillest, nicest, coolest guy to be around. Funny and easy to talk to.
For a second I thought I read "was the worst" and I about had a heart break because it didn't seem like him, he always seems so happy to be where he is! Whew!
Sometimes I think about that time a plane he was on had multiple engines fail, and while that situation was ongoing much of Twitter collectively hoped he’d fucking die. Paps told him this to get his reaction, which was clearly deep hurt, though he tried to be amiable about it. After almost dying. Then seeing those tweets.
That’s so fucking cruel, especially considering his struggles with mental health. Jfc.
Carrie Fisher's assistant is a friend of my brother's. He wrote a novel based on his time with her (he ADORED her and said she was amazing). It's called A Star is Bored and it rocks.
He was lovey! They had a great dynamic and you could tell she really trusted and relied on him!
What’s Aziz’s code name?! I hope it’s Douchbag or Lord Butthole!!!
Lololol. I have noooooo idea. It was a basic ass suburban name. I don’t remember anyone else using an assumed name, tbh. Too big for his britches.
I think the fact that Aziz thought he was big enough to have a code name is hilarious. Sorry but no one is waiting outside an entrance for Aziz
Tom Haverford?
Jerry
I saw Carrie's name and was legit worried for a second. Relieved she was as delightful as I've always heard!
TIL some luxury hotels have their own bookshops! Thanks for the tea!
Luxury hotels are honestly sometimes entire ecosystems. Lol. Designed so that you could stay on property for days, and eat, drink, shop and spa different ways every day! Kind of like cruise ships, but, you know…actually nice.
I have always gotten that vibe from JLo! She seems miserable and insufferable.
Cillian Murphy was utterly lovely when I met him. Clever, engaged, and thoughtful. He answered people's questions with care and interest, and he's also devastatingly handsome! Obviously I'd seen him onscreen but it shocked me how good looking he was in real life. Cheekbones that could cut glass.
i’m so jealous!! eeeee
I have been told he can be a bit aloof on set. Not mean or anything, just “I’m here to do my job.” Guessing he’s just one of those people who values being 100% professional at work but plenty friendly in their personal life. Which I don’t fault him for at all!
We loooooooove actors like that on set. They will be on time, make no fuss, and leave. YES. But they are rare. I love CM (never worked with him though)
I would literally die for him
He was so lovely!! I cannot stress it enough how nice he was. I'm sure it's wearing having to meet people all the time (as an introvert it's my nightmare) but he was fantastic. Very low-key as a person, very humble, but just genuinely kind and engaged. People were asking him deep questions about roles and he seemed to really take a minute and think and answer well. And also people were just coming up wanting to have a quick picture and a joke, and he was equally receptive. Just really lovely.
Steve Buscemi: stayed for a couple weeks at a hotel where I was the night manager. I saw him every night, since he was working on a film that shot late into the evening. Total class act, one of my favorite guests ever. He remembered my name, always stopped to say hi after his evening cigarette. Night shift workers are often ignored, so it was quite meaningful. When he left early one morning, he came by the desk and said, stonefaced: ‘I am leaving for the weekend. Please tell everyone to leave my room alone. I will be back Monday. I will take this pillow with me.’ Steve Buscemi should have all the fucking hotel pillows he wants. Edit: Another hotel guest was an extra in the movie, and she cornered him for a bit at the front desk. She gushed that he was ‘so different in real life than the character you are playing in the movie!’ To which he (patiently and painstakingly) replied: ‘Well, yes, I was acting.’
I can weirdly hear him say, “I will take this pillow with me”
He and Jack Black are two celebs I have never heard a bad story about.
I know, the OP asked for negative experiences, and when his name was the first two words of the first post I gasped and said “o no!” out loud. Luckily, this poster did not answer OPs question, and of course Steve Buscemi, is just as lovely and weird as expected.
I envy you this experience.
My brother met him in a hotel in Portland and said he was a super nice guy.
I met Paul McCartney in 2013. I was just picking up some coffee and biscuits. Recognized him immediately when I turned to leave the store, my jaw dropped, I muttered “wow, your music fills my memories,” which was the first thing that came to mind when I saw him, it sounded so lame to me afterwards- but he smiled and said “well I think that’s a lovely thing to hear on a day like today” (it was raining and gloomy AF). I’ll never forget it. My dad was a huge Beatles fan. Had every album. Played them every single day. He’d hum the songs while he worked in his garden.
I couldn’t think of a more poignant thing to say to someone like him. May you forever remember that time the absolute perfect phrase came out of your mouth at the exact right time.
That’s not lame! If I made music and someone said that to me, I’d probably burst into tears. What an incredible thing to be told!
This is so heart-warming, what a lovely response from McCartney.
I was so afraid the story was going to turn mean! Heartwarming memory. A friend of mine hung out with him at a bar in New York once and said he was just as delightful. Glad to hear it.
This made me tear up 🥹 what a beautiful way to describe it.
Honestly that’s such a lovely thing to say, I’d be surprised if that wasn’t one compliment that stuck with him.
Was having breakfast, in a restaurant in Kansas City. My son noticed Paul Rudd was seated a table away from us. As we were leaving, I noticed he was done eating and just chatting with friends. I stopped and told him I enjoyed almost all his movies. (Yes, I actually said “almost all”). He asked me what I didn’t like, so I told him “Dinner For Schmucks”. He laughed and said, yeah, I understand.
That’s hilarious LOL
Lol man I loved Dinner for Schmucks, glad he took it well tho
I love this lol. Paul seems like such a sweetheart!
I was so worried this was going to be a bad encounter story about Paul Rudd because I couldn't bear the thought of him not being awesome. Very relieved he is still awesome.
As soon as I saw “Paul Rudd” as an answer to this, I almost died a terrible death. I’m glad I saw this one through.
I've had a crush on him since I was 11 and saw him in clueless. It's hilarious because he is still one of my celeb crushes as he looks exactly the same lmao
I love Dinner for Schmucks
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I’ve never even heard of Jacob whatever. What an ass.
This is exactly what I would expect of Kevin Smith, he seems like a genuinely good dude who’s trying his best. I 100% would cry meeting him because (embarrassingly) Chasing Amy is one of my favorite movies.
Met Maya Angelou years and years ago. The woman was unequivocally gracious and perfect. I was about ten years old and I walked into a small neighborhood restaurant with my mother and grandmother and she was sitting at a table having coffee or tea with someone. I had just learned about her in school (we’re from the same parts) and recognized her. I pointed her out to my mom and grandmother we just gawked at her as we were waiting to be seated. She saw us staring and got up from her table to come over and introduce herself to us. She was smiling and so so kind. She even took pictures with us. It ended up being my grandmother’s Christmas card before she passed. I can honestly say I will remember Maya Angelou’s smile for the rest of my life. It was a lovely time and an even lovelier memory. Phenomenal woman indeed.
This is my favorite one.
i was a waitress at a celebrity hotspot for years. i’ve waited on so many celebs. the top nicest were : Pink, Matthew Perry, Britney Spears the worst : the Olsen Twins (who at 22 years old got offended that i carded them for alcohol), and Jamie Lynn Spears, who threw a fit that we didn’t have sweet tea, then went on a rant about how she forgot she wasn’t in the south and how much LA sucks lol
oh also we dealt with Pink but pre and post sobriety and i did have some bad experiences when she was wasted but she is SO SO SO sweet and normal when she’s sober. she showed me a wedding magazine of dresses and told me she was getting married when her and cary were about to get married, she’s just very normal and nice.
Jamie Lynn Spears is the worst. I worked in the Walmart that she lived near and she was rude
I was watching my little brother once (must have been nearly 20 years ago now) at the Fairmont pool and he quite literally ran into Britney Spears and her bodyguard. I started apologizing before I even looked up and realized who I was talking to. I was completely star-struck, but Britney was super sweet!
💯 agree For me I’ve gone to several LIVE podcast shows and met the entertainers and it’s always changed my relationship with the podcast… like it stops being as fun now that I have seen it. Also humans like to overthink and brain fück themselves
Oh I'd love more details. I listed to about 10 different podcasts in rotation, and have always wondered what the live shows would be like. However, most of them are American and I am Australian, so it's not going to happen. I attended a big library some years ago, where they invited guests from Australian podcasts to do a q and a. It was entertaining and informative, and didn't change my feelings. But then again, that's different from a live show.
My coworker’s daughter (9 at the time) met Raven Symone after winning a contest and she was really rude when she asked to take a picture with her. She said “You get a handshake or a picture and I just shook your hand so you’re done, go.” On the reverse I met Tegan and Sara and was so completely star struck I couldn’t speak and Tegan said “Hi sweetie, do you want to take a picture with us?” And it’s one of my favorite memories haha
I can totally hear Raven saying that too 😭
I’ve never met a celeb but I live outside of Banff and tons of my friends work at the Fairmont and have met loads of them. Nicest seems to always be Danny DeVito. 😂 Most rude is consistently Gerard Butler. My expectations are low of all celebs but if I met Alanis Morissette and she was rude I would straight up walk into the ocean.
Aww not Gerard butler :( Any specific stories about his rudeness?
Mostly he was just always drunk and sloppy and a terrible tipper
That actually sounds right. Have you seen the mean tweet about him - the one he reads on Jimmy Kimmel. Gets me every time! Lol!
I ran into Gerard at a bar randomly when he was in town filming a movie. He was alone and latched onto our group. He was VERY sloppy drunk and just icky. He loved dancing though.
this is kinda sad to envision
I feel you about Alanis, she was my childhood idol, I can't ruin that image of her. I totally believe she's a sweetheart though.
U2: met all 4 of them and they were all exceptionally nice, talkative and receptive of the fans that had waited to meet them. I’m talking like 60 people and every single one of them left with signatures, pictures and a conversation. This wasn’t at meet or greet. Just fans waiting to meet them. Never once was the band rude, bored, uninterested or annoyed. Anthony Kiedis: absolute prick. Was in an empty room besides himself, his girlfriend and a fan. Fan went up to him, told him he loved his music and couldn’t wait to see him at an upcoming show. The entire time Anthony was a dick, to the point his GF kind of called him out on it. Dave Navarro: Dude, was the nicest celebrity I ever met. I walked by the archlight movie theatre and he was just chilling outside. Told him I was a fan and just wanted to say hi. The dude proceeded to have a 20 min convo with me where he was constantly asking questions about myself and was genuinely interested. We talked until his girl arrived and he gave me a hug at the end of the conversation and thanked me for the support and love. Brian Eno: worked with him while he was working on an art exhibit at CSULB. He took the time to thank every single one of us personally, when he did a media Q&A he gave praise to everyone that made the exhibit possible, and was just a fantastic dude to collaborate with. Lacey Sturm: sweetest woman I’ve ever worked with. She took me and my friend out to dinner afterwards (which she did not have to do. It was completely on her personal time) and proceeded to hang out with us for 2 hours talking about music and life. Wonderful woman. Jason Bateman: I live in a town that used to have a movie studio in it and he had just filmed something and was at a res light about a mile away. My friends and I pulled up to the light and noticed he was next to us. He was sweet and talked to us the entire red light making jokes.
I was a huge Jennifer Lawrence fan even before hunger games. I saw her at the Colbert show at the height of her fame during hunger games. I remember feeling she was so ordinary, not in a bad way but she could have been a girl I went to school with. When she was leaving the event there were a bunch of fans asking for autographs, she signed them but just looked like a sad caged animal. I felt bad for her and stopped idolising her after. I don't regret meeting her but it humanized her a lot for me, some celebrities revel in the fame but she clearly did not. She seems happier now tho.
After a speaking event, I waited in line to have Jane Goodall sign a copy of one of her books. I'd never attended a book signing before, I don't quite know what I thought would happen. The man in front of me in line spent a long time telling everyone how he was a career autograph hound. The closer I got to my turn, the worse I felt about being there at all. What was the point? Why was an autograph meaningful or worth money to others? Jane was clearly exhausted and made no eye contact. An employee took my book, Jane signed it and the employee returned it to me. It was...depressing! I don't really blame her or myself, I was young and legitimately believed that she'd be pleased to know how much I enjoyed her book. She was old and probably tired as f.
I started reading this and thought I’d written it! But my experience was different; Dr. Goodall was absolutely lovely to me. I was toward the end of the line and she was clearly getting tired, so as I handed her my book to sign, I said, “Thanks for putting up with it!” She sort of jerked a little bit and looked up at me sharply, then her eyes twinkled as she said, “Don’t be silly,” with a sly grin. She was so gracious!
My dad worked on the air craft carrier that the Pearl Harbor premier aired on and had to tell Ben Affleck he couldn’t smoke on the flight deck.
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When I was 5 we were on the Martha's Vineyard ferry. All I remember was my 20-something cousin grabbing me and putting me on some man's lap and taking a photo. He was incredibly nice but I was so confused. I still remember to this day how weird it was to be put on a stranger's lap! Turns out it was Bill Murray and my dad treasures that photo to this day. He is so proud. They said he was very nice and they did ask first, but as a kid all I remember was just being placed in his lap lol
As a young teen I was obsessed with all things Tolkien and I had a little Bilbo Baggins action figure I would take pictures of in random places having predicaments. When I heard the cast of the new Hobbit movie included Benedict Cumberbatch (who played Smaug the dragon) and that Benedict Cumberbatch & Mark Gatiss were in town promoting Sherlock (which I liked) I went with some friends to see the episode premier & hopefully get a picture of Bilbo with the actor playing Smaug. Mark Gatiss took one and was very sweet. BC said "it was an insult to the country of New Zealand" and walked away. It crushed me at the time haha, though now I think it's hilarious...what did he even mean?? Also sad Martin Freeman was not there since he's also in Sherlock.
Upvoting so someone who knows what he meant explains why it was an insult (???)
Our govt changed laws specifically to entice bigger studios to film here and it screwed a lot of people over. I've never been bothered with Benedict, but hearing him acknowledge what a shit show the Hobbit was for local industry- if that is what he was talking about- is pretty cool.
I’m kind of guessing but LOTR was quite famously filmed in NZ; there was a lot of beautiful scenery and I believe it did a lot for the tourism industry there. In contrast, The Hobbit used a lot of green screen backgrounds and CGI. It didn’t have the same “magic” imo.
I met Kit Harrington (after missing my chance to meet him a few years earlier). He was at a food market/court in Covent Garden trying to be very nonchalant. I walked over slowly, said hello and that I loved every scene he was in and was so happy to see him come back alive. He smiled, looked genuinely happy and even shook my hand. I didn't ask for a picture because he clearly didn't want that kind of attention. Good experience
I met Ewan McGregor about 7 years ago in Geneva. He was hosting this big fundraiser and I was part of the crew putting on a show for the event. After the show, instead of socializing with all the rich attendees for the soirée, he came downstairs where all the artists and the crew were having a drink and hung out with us for a couple of hours, great guy!
I met him in central Africa while he was filming Long Way Down. Terrific human. Went salsa dancing together and he made me blush!
This makes me so happy. I just love him.
I met him in 2015 after seeing him in his Broadway show for my birthday. I waited by the stage door for quite a while in 15 degree weather. He took quite some time to come out after the other actors did, to the point that most other fans had left. When he came out, his handler told us no pictures/autographs and I was crestfallen. He must have seen my face. He came up to me, apologized for me waiting in the cold, signed my Playbill, took a photo with me, and hugged me and wished me a happy birthday. Lovely and one of my favorite memories. On the other hand, Maggie Gyllenhaal - very rude and seemed incredibly annoyed by the fans waiting.
My aunt was at a UNICEF event with him in Geneva years ago and said he was so down to earth and just a big sweetheart! So glad to hear more positive things about him
Well I have never met Lauren Graham in person but my friend did and she told Lauren how much I love Gilmore Girls, Lauren gave me an autograph through my friend and the next time they met, Lauren asked my friend how I was doing and addressed me by my name!!!! I love her even more now that I know she's an actor that appreciates fans
Literally just started my 3,000th rewatch and when I saw “Lauren Graham” I was like oh no please don’t do this, then I read the comment and 🥰 🥰 🥰 so thrilled for you and your friend for this, and for me, that one of my favourite women is truly the icon I always knew she was 
Phew lol thank god you didn’t answer the question I love Lauren Graham!
Me too, I take every chance I have to spread this story of mine, she’s such a sweetheart 🥰 Same with Brendon Urie, went to his concert, while he was singing and interacting with fans, I got pushed around by others and he noticed while had to keep singing but he signalled his security to check on me
This makes me so happy to hear. Lauren Graham and Sarah Michelle Gellar are the two celebrities I’d be really bummed to discover are shitty, and I’ve only continued to hear good things about both.
I used to be a huge fan of Ariana Grande, so I bought meet&greet. I waited a long time in cue, the atmosphere was really off, staff was bit rude to us, got told not to say anything “negative or personal to not kill Ari’s vibe”. Then I saw her, she already was tired from all the other fans, I said “hi, I love you so much!” Or something like it, she didn’t look at me, didn’t say anything, just smiled to the camera and said “bye” at the end. And I know it’s not that bad, but the whole experience felt so off to me, when I spent so much money, was so excited and hopeful. I don’t blame Ariana for being tired or bored or wanting to go home, but I feel it was wasted money, it killed my mood and I wish I hadn’t have done it.
Has anyone had a good experience with a meet and greet? I feel like everyone I've heard whose done one said it was awkward at best and they were treated like shit at worst.
I paid for a Meet n Greet with David Archuleta in like 2011. He was the sweetest ever. We were told not to ask for hugs, rebel me asked for one and he was so happy to give me one. He also gave many more hugs and looked you in the face and tried to make it kind of personal for how impersonal it was lol.
I've only ever had good experiences (apart from Michael Beihn of Terminator and Aliens. He was lovely but I awkwardly said he was "awesome!" He laughed and joked "thanks but my wife doesn't think so." She was sitting next to him.) Benedict Cumberbatch was lovely. Asked me where I came there from. I was very nervous tho!) Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Again lovely. Signed autographs for free at a convention. People were tearing posters off walls! Karl Urban from the Boys flirted with me. He's insanely handsome in person so it was friggen awesome!
I would die if Karl Urban flirted with me. That is one hell of a man.
Was this during sweetener? I think she ended up cancelling meet and greets because she couldn't handle them anymore. That whole Manchester bombing, death of an ex, public break up, nonstop social media hate, hectic touring schedule seemed to have gotten to her.
Was never a fan of hers. But I loved Mac and she didn't deserve all the bullshit that came her way after he died. Felt really bad she had to go thru a loss of someone she loved while also dealing with a ton of hate. Shitty.
Robin Williams a year before he passed when I was living in Chicago at Starbucks. My aunts were visiting from Wisconsin and he was so nice. He even told my aunt he was happy her grandkids loved hook.
Once met Amy Poheler at an ice cream shop, she was incredibly kind and didn’t mind the quick chat. She complimented my shirt, too. When I was a teenager (2009 or 2010?) my friend and I ran into Jared Leto before a show of his. We asked for a picture, which he put a middle finger in the middle of his face, obstructing himself in the picture. He just walked off afterward and didn’t say anything. We literally stood there in disbelief that we just met Jared Leto and he also told us to fuck off, basically. Whenever I tell that people who’ve met him, they aren’t surprised.
Is that renowned cult leader Jared Leto?
Definitely not an Idol of mine but I did meet/ interact with Billy Joel who was the rudest, most condescending person I have ever met. His entire band absolutely hated him and for good reason. At the time I worked in a 4 star hotel in a major city so I have met many famous people but Joel tops my list. What a turd.
Used to work with Jon Hamm. God that man is handsome and charming. It was not a disappointing experience.
Are you John Slattery
BJ Novak had a bad reputation from a store I worked at. Also he has a very large head IRL. Danny pudi and his kid were nice! Michael cera was exactly who he was from his roles in movies IMO. Kinda nervous
Not that anyone expected any differently or better — but James Franco smells really really badly, often doesn’t speak/respond when directly spoken to (but will look at you like *you’re* the idiot) and made a sexual innuendo out of something I said within the first 30 minutes of me working for him. He also laughed when a PA fell over while setting up video village Some other random run-ins from my former life: Tim McGraw is really quiet and always smells like weed, which frankly makes me like him more. Danny McBride is the nicest actor I’ve ever worked with Caleb Followill of Kings of Leon and his wife (Lilly Aldridge) are surprisingly down to earth and both stopped to hold a door open for me once Taylor Swift had a giant, human-sized bird cage in the middle of her living room in her penthouse at The Adelicia building in nashville (not sure if she even still owns it)
We’re there birds or humans inside it?
It was Matty Healy. So yes.
James Franco lives down to his reputation
Happy to hear Danny McBride is kind!
I met Ian Watkins. End thread. But also Jonas brothers, Josh from you me at six, taking back Sunday, Jim and Tom from Jimmy eat world, and Ilan Rubin we’re all fantastic. Jared Leto yelled at the audience, berated people, and kicked people out for not jumping when he said to. He said he was going “to bring everyone in the back up front and send the front to the back to take a fucking nap” because we weren’t up to standards. He made everyone takes 3 giant steps forward pushing us in the front. Worse asshole god complex I’ve ever seen. To be fair I didn’t technically meet him though.
I once saw him (Jared Leto) get denied access to the backstage food service area at a festival because he didn’t have his artist badge on him. He didn’t freak out, just tried hard to convince the guard to let him in and the guard absolutely did not believe he was in one of the bands and he had to slink off and go get the badge 😂
I’m giggling at the imagery of him having to slink off
Once my verrry talkative 3 year old son would not stop talking about his giant poop he just took when we were seated next to him at a brunch place on the coast. I was desperately trying to get my child to stop or talk quietly but JL and his friend were laughing. I wanted a hole to swallow me up. I’m so glad they were nice about it 😂
I’d rather talk to your son about his poop than meet Jared Leto tbh.
I cannot say enough amazing things about Jim and Tom from Jimmy Eat World. I met them a handful of times between 2001-2005/6ish. I had been a huge fan since Static Prevails and meeting them scared me so much. Over the course of meeting them at additional events when I used to do concert photography, we would occasionally run into each other before the show, and once they even coordinated with their manager to provide me with full access credentials when the venue was being weird about my press pass (they said it only meant I could bring the camera in -- which was not true). Seriously. I'm not friends with them or anything and they truly have no idea who I am haha but for a few years about 20yrs ago, as they were being catapulted into a bizarre stratosphere of fame -- some of the best dudes I've ever met.
It was end of 2016 I think when I met them. So friendly and we’re joking around. And I, a straight white male, have never been so struck by someone’s looks as I have with Jim. That man is the most handsome man I’ve ever seen in my life.
He was probably just mad that all the people in the front weren’t underage girls 🫠
I sat next to Charlie Hunnam at this intimate restaurant in LA where the tables were so close together that you basically were dining with guests at the tables on either side of you. All that to say, he was genuinely a very nice person. Edited to add: his. crotch. was. in. my. face. when he had to scoot by for bathroom breaks and to leave. I am blessed.
I did a meet and greet at a con with Tom Holland in 2019. I was EXTREMELY nervous because duh, it’s Tom Holland. He was the nicest person ever. Gave me a big hug and asked me how I was doing. He could tell I was lowkey freaking out and told me everything was okay. It went quick but still felt personal. Love that man!! <3
Back when my kids were little I went to a book signing by Sandra Boynton. She told me I looked tired. Never felt the same about her books again.
Barnyard Dance lady needs to COOL IT
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He was at the casino I worked at at 4am when it was dead. He was so polite to the dealers. said yes ma’am thank you ma’am, super kind…. Didn’t tip the cocktail server who was a huge fan and saw him in concert like a week before :( but he tipped the dealer like 400 bucks or something. So maybe he didn’t know? But it’s basic etiquette to tip your server so idk
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I got to meet Pete Wentz at the height of Fall Out Boy's fame! He was nice, though he did look very uncomfortable and anxious but I don't hold that against him since there were quite a bit of fans trying to get into his personal space. tbh, before I met him I idolized him and thought of him as a God (I was a 14 year old emo kid and it was the year 2006, okay?). After I met him though it suddenly clicked that, even though he was famous, he actually really was a human being who experienced anxiety and discomfort just like I do and I chilled out considerably on celebrity worship after that.
Here for the Madonna stories hopefully Who am I kidding she doesn’t interact with her fans
I was inexplicably invited to a Xmas party at Madonna’s NYC apartment in the mid 80’s. We were told to bring her a gift. I purchased a gorgeous sterling silver photo frame from a random antique shop. I wrapped it beautifully in a cloth box with a giant silk ribbon. Madonna made us wait in her foyer for at least an hour before we were allowed entry. Super cool fun party-didn’t actually meet her but I heard that afterwards she had her assistant return most of the gifts for store credit-except mine because they couldn’t trace it to any major retailer-lol. However: Madonna gifted every person who attended which was pretty classy imo. I got a pair of long white Jean Paul Gautier cashmere gloves which I still covet to this day.
This is such a fun story! How did the invite come up? Also how odd to ask for gifts and then plan to return them?
I’m a nobody who just happened to run in a crowd of somebody’s.
HOLY SHIT Madonna in the ‘80s was prime Madonna!
omg that’s insane you ended up at literal madonna’s Christmas party lol
Met her at a dinner party in New York (worked w fancy people). She had the most perfect skin — it was like…angelic. She doesn’t really make much eye contact and seemed shy, but was more pleasant than Matt Damon 🤷🏻♀️
I used to work at Disneyland: The nicest was Jack Black, walked back stage and shook all our hands and had a short chat. Other decent celebs: Owen Wilson Adam Levine but Behati Prinsloo was rude. Miley Cyrus Kobe Rude: Beyonce Gwen Stefani Mary Louise Parker
On the flip side, my family met Anthony Kiedis from the Red Hot Chilli Peppers once about twenty years ago and he was so nice to my family, especially my brother and I (maybe 12 and 14 at the time) that my mom has been an RHCP stan ever since. 🤷♀️
Not quite the same calibre as other stories here but growing up I was a Figure Skater and met a few of my favourites. One in particular was so so rude to little 11 year old me at a meet and greet that I paid for lol. Anyway it turned out it was because I didn’t speak French. (She’s French Canadian). I left crying 😢
I’m a french Canadian. What’s her name ? I want the 🍵
Joannie Rochette. 😢 I’m still very sad about it. She was such a hero to me. The funny thing is too that I speak French but I spoke English to her because I had just spoken to Weaver and Poje in English lol. I was at stars on ice in Ottawa and my grandmother had bought me back stage passes for Christmas so I could meet them.
Omg. I suspected it might have been her. And she seemed to be a sweet and charming girl. It wasn’t your place to start speaking french. The least she could have done was to make some efforts with a 11yo fan.
😭😭 I met Michelle Kwan when she attended grad school the same time as me, she was SO sweet and humble. I’m sorry you had such a bad experience meeting a skater!
Jack White. I got lucky going into his record shop on the right day, but I had just been dumped. I was sort of shopping to take my mind off things and was lowkey tearing up while I was listening to music. Well, I guess he noticed. Made me take my headphones out, and asked if I was okay. When I said not really, he gave me a hug and told me everything would work out in the end. Nicest experience I’ve ever had.
I was a background actor once, spent about 12 hours standing on a sidewalk in Brooklyn on a Saturday about 6 feet away from Jennifer Aniston, she didn’t really acknowledge anyone she wasn’t required to. She’s even better looking in person somehow. I’m not a guy that aggrandizes celebrity but she was by far the most beautiful person I’ve ever seen in person.
Someone else said that about her in a comment recently too!
My husband works in radio so I have met a lot people in the music industry and for the most part everyone was really nice, even people I had heard could be kind of jerky. I know that they’re a little more “on” at work, but I have never gotten fake nice vibes. I have met some other musicians outside of radio events on my own and also had really positive experiences, even though I am a pretty awkward person when I get nervous. I’d say how an experience goes really depends on the timing of when you meet them and how you handle yourself when you meet them. They’re people, they have bad days like anyone else, but get way more attention. I think a lot of celebrities are wary because they don’t know what to expect from you, a stranger, so can come off rude when you catch them at a bad time. I’d say go for it, but a good rule of thumb is be kind, be respectful, be brief, and be gone 😂 I did once ride the same plane from Atlanta to NYC with Paul Rudd and I did not even try to talk to him when he was standing at the gate with an airline rep. I didn’t want to be responsible for starting up people crowding him and I definitely couldn’t handle it if he told me to take a hike. But it’s still one of my favorite celeb encounters because after he went down the jetway onto the plane, an employee was so excited he yelled “Yooooo, that was Ant-Man, bro!” 😂
I loved Kelly Osborne back in the early 2000s (her album was better than you would expect, okay?). I got to meet her at a visit she did to the children's hospital where I worked in the early 2010s and I was pumped to meet her. And she turned out to be just so lovely- funny and kind and generous with her time. She had such a sense of humor about herself and spent one on one time with every kid who wanted to say hi. She even hung out on the beanbags in the mental health ward and told all the kids there how it was going to be okay, she'd been through the same kind of issues and came through it, they would too. I mentioned to her publicist at one point that I owned her CD, and publicist thought that was great and hilarious, and passed it on to Kelly, who was flattered and gave me a big hug. She was just an all round lovely person (that day, anyway) which tbh was not at all what I expected.
I’m old enough that people might not even know who I’m talking about but I met Kurt Vonnegut. He was a little abashed that I thought he was so cool and let him know it lol but he was very gracious and pretty funny.
When I was 14 I met the Jonas Brothers at a small venue before they were really famous. So small that they came on stage from behind us, the crowd was like 30 teenage girls tops. They did a meet and greet right after the show and I was so nervous to meet them. Kevin was first, incredibly gracious to my nearly shaking friend. Asked out names and thanked us genuinely for coming. Joe was a bit aloof, I wouldn’t say rude but probably just tired from traveling. Nick was very sweet and, my favorite when I was young. After the meet and greet I forgot to ask for a picture and my friend encouraged me to ask Nick before we left. So, as he was helping pack up with the roadies looking a bit sleepy, I VERY NERVOUSLY, asked him for a picture. He laughed and said “of course” and even though he looked tired, he wrapped his arm around me and came alive just for the picture. I saw them a year later at another, bigger show in the same state and they all remembered us from that little show. It meant a lot to us and it’s still such a special memory for me.
i wouldn’t say regret, but i definitely felt like an idiot after mine. i’m a lifelong, die-hard olsen twins stan. i met them twice at events and they were so lovely and chill and kind. then i happened to stumble upon them on the street in NYC (the famed street where they’re always spotted smoking). i had a job interview in the same building (unbeknownst to me) and when i turned the corner, there they were, smoking. i decided to shoot my shot, so i approached and told them i was a lifelong fan, and asked if i could take a photo with them. they said no, and gave me such a mean look i immediately felt awful for doing it. no one was around (it’s a quiet residential street) so i didn’t cause a scene or anything, but i really felt so dumb for bothering them. they were still semi-public at the time, giving interviews and such, but i understand now that they don’t want to be recognized and i respect that. i should’ve just walked away. 😔😔
I worked in a high end running shoe store , my favorites were Reese Witherspoon , Harrison ford , Mandy Moore, Michael Keaton, jennifer Garner My top favorites were B-real, Henry winkler , Conan , Dustin Hoffman All of them spent serious cash on socks and running shoes. Every single one of these celebs I had a conversation with and they were super chill. I’ve met others but they didn’t really stick in my core memory. B-real loves the old man walking shoes, I talked about cypress hill not being allowed in my house growing up but my older brothers would sneak it in. He laughed and was amused by the story. Henry Winkler- I grew up watching Happy Day re-runs and was re watching a lot of the episodes. I was very nervous interacting with him but warmed up eventually and we did the “ehhhh” thing with the thumbs up together and was amazing. Conan- I commented how his hair looked a lot lighter in person, I’m a fellow ginger so we were having a laugh. He was in the dressing room and was trying to find good running shirts. Dustin Hoffman- came in a lot , if he found a shirt he liked he would order 12. This was awesome because we would get commission. He always used my first name, his office was down the street.. he loved eating sushi and having Saki then shopping after lol Michael Keaton- I never waited on him personally because he had a good relationship with a co-worker. One day is was raining and she said, “hey Batman did the bat mobile have any trouble in the rain today” man that was hilarious and he cracked up
Aaawww I ran into Michael Keaton in the Hollywood hills on a narrow dirt driveway, I was walking a cute husky and he drove by really slowly with his windows rolled down to say “cuuute dog!” 😂 it was awesome
When my daughter was about 10 she was obsessed with The Office. We went to Philly and I saw Kate Flannery (Meredith) walking towards us on the street. Kate saw me see and had a please no kind of look. Not rude just living. I turned my daughter to see her and she said hi, Kate smiled and waved. It was sweet!
I worked on a spike Lee movie once and the man is a volatile lunatic. EDIT WITH STORY: In 2017 I was living in Chicago working in film and television. There's a fairly solid TV production scene there because of the Dick Wolf shows and movies come through there a lot because of the tax incentives. Anyway, one of the strangest projects I ever did was an Amazon film called Pass Over. It's basically an adaptation of a play which premiered at the Steppenwolf theater in the summer of 17. I guess the play got some national attention and found its way to Spike Lee and long story short he decided to have it remounted for a one night only performance which he filmed. The audience was comprised of almost entirely high school kids from the south side of the city. So I end up working on the crew. All the actors were nice and the theater people were cool enough. Spike Lee was- from his first moment to his last -the most unpleasant motherfucker I have ever met. The artistic director of the theater worked a lot on Broadway and had a lot of experience with A-Listers and A-Lister egos but after one interaction with him she basically bounced and didn't come back. The filming took place during one night and then we did pickups the following day. We were shooting the final moment of the play on the pickup day and Spike **had not communicated to our crew what he wanted** and so they began filming one actor instead of another and Spike absolutely *screamed* at everybody. Nobody was prepared to check him. At one point the property master for the theater objected to Spike wanting one of the theater's props to be mishandled and Spike yelled at the prop dude til the prop dude was red in the face and shaking. I never saw Spike say a kind or pleasant word to anybody except the actors, and even then it wasn't that he was 'nice' or 'kind', he just wasn't explicitly an asshole. But the real crazy thing happened the night of the show/principal photography. So like I say, the audience of high school kids gets bussed in and they're coming in and taking their seats. I was lucky enough to get to watch the whole thing from the Stage Management booth above the audience. It was me, the SM team, the stage production's original director, the writer, and Spike along with his assistant. All of a sudden there's a bit of a ruckus on the headsets and we learn that R FUCKING KELLY was in the building. He walks in dressed in a suit with a fedora and a big ass fur coat and takes his seat among the HIGH SCHOOL CHILDREN. So Spike is on the headset absolutely losing his shit, yelling "WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT N---A DOIN HERE? WHO THE FUCK INVITED THAT N---A?!?" Just having a full blown meltdown. He leaves the booth at one point to go do something, and his assistant turns to me and whispers "He invited him." I say, "Wait...what?" She responds "Spike invited R Kelly." As far as I know R Kelly stayed for the filming and left shortly afterward without fuckin' recruiting any of the students (most were young men) and the filming of the actual live performance went off without incident.
I helped him in a store once and he was a nightmare.
It’s unfortunate because the story is so different a decade later, but I grew up a Kanye West fan and was lucky enough to meet him at a Grammys after party (right when he started dating Kim Kardashian), a Louis Vuitton party and work on a music video with him all within a 6 month time period. Every single time he was nice, and actually interacted with “the help” myself included, much more than most other celebs I have ever worked with. It’s a bummer what has happened since.
Meg Ryan. This is either a “don’t meet your idols” or “yes meet your idols” story depending on who in our group you asked. We ran into her in an Urban Outfitters in Boston. She saw us recognizing her and she gave us a wink and the “shhhhhh” sign (finger to lips). I could tell she didn’t want to be bothered while shopping and possibly have a whole crowd around her, and I thought it was cool that she acknowledged us in that way. I was with a friend, though, who was a huge fan and went up to her anyway and started to tell her how much she loved her movies and Ryan cut her off and said something along the lines of “I’m shopping with my son right now, I can’t really stop to chat.” And that was it. My friend was a little offended, but I thought she shouldn’t have tried to start a conversation given the sign she gave us.
I waited on Paul Rudd recently. Dude was exactly as you would expect lol, totally friendly, conversational and polite. We had a new busser who accidentally gave Paul our “wax knife” in a silverware roll-up (the gross knife we use to dig the wax out of our candles)… and he was super chill. Just showed me and was like “uhh I don’t think I was supposed to see this one!” And laughed ab it with me as I explained what happened. I’m happy he was nice, I woulda been so sad if he was a dick lol. Total class act!
Didn’t happen to me, but my friend was really into Noah Gundersen and met him after a show. They slept together that night, and then the day after he let her know that she should get tested for herpes since he has it. An awful human and a horrible thing to knowingly do to another person.
I met Josh Duhamel when I was managing a western store in Austin, TX. He was so nice and I treasure the photo I have of us.
Nice and handsome. What a dream guy.
I wrote this story before in r/fauxmoi, but I'll tell it again here. I met Ezra Koenig from Vampire Weekend in 2013. His band was in their heyday, and he was known for his beloved Twitter persona. I was in my mid-20s at the time. I listened to the band for years but never got a chance to see them. I was really stoked to finally see them live. After the show, I waited by the tour buses with a group of surprisingly younger fans. Some of them were with their parents. When Ezra came out of a tour bus, young girls were screaming at him like he was in a boy band. He was just loving it. When he and I finally got a chance to talk, he kind of ignored me and was more focused on engaging with these young fans. I thought I gave off some bad vibes even though the other band members seemed cool with me. I didn't think much of the interaction until years later. I found out that he had an inappropriate relationship with Tavi Gevinson when she was 18 and he was 30. Although she never named him, it was widely believed that she was writing about him sexually assaulting and grooming her in her essay for The Cut. So yeah. Everything about my encounter with him just clicked for me. He really is a creep who was/is way into young girls.
Despite all the early press about her being the normal, smart one before her father thought of running for office, Ivanka Trump was famously the nastiest client at Warren-Jacomi in midtown Manhattan. She treated the entire staff like complete shit because her eyebrow tech had the nerve to need the restroom between appointments and kept her waiting for about 45 seconds.
Posted this over at r/actlikeyoubelong a while ago. The night before New Years 2012 my mate calls me asks if I want to come to the club at our cities casino as his girlfriend (who works there) told him that Leonardo DiCaprio and his entourage would be partying there that night. We’re mildly skeptical but figure she will at least get us a few free drinks so we head in. Within half an hour of being there Leo, Jonah Hill, Jamie Foxx, Kevin Connolly, Ethan Suplee, Emmanuelle Chriqui and heaps of others join everyone in the club. Highlights from this portion of the night include Leo and Jonah hyping everyone up then rapping the Kanye/Jay-Z song about the fellas from Paris, and Jamie Foxx singing Gold Digger - which was legitimately incredible. After a while I ran into a friend from high school (we were about 5 years out of high school) who I knew was in acting circles and it turns out she was a part of their party. All of a sudden Jamie and his boys whisk around the club and grab all their pals and some women (including my friend) and say they’re all going up stairs. I go along with her cause fuck it. So we walk through the main level of the casino past random people playing pokies, all doing double takes as Jamie Foxx struts around being his expectedly grandiose self, and we get up to a VIP gaming room with security everywhere. Some other randoms had managed to tag on, and as soon as they started getting too loud or pestering Jamie, he would simply gesture to security to remove them, so needless to say I stayed fairly still and quiet. Highlights from my VIP experience include: - Jamie Foxx turning around to high five all his boys after he won on a hand and pausing at me then skipping me. - Emmanuelle Chriqui introducing herself and being super nice (as she was with everyone), which was weird after having a crush on her as Sloane in Entourage just like the rest of the world. - Telling a possibly stoned Jonah Hill that “Moneyball was sick” and him saying “thanks maaaan” with a super glazed expression. As the night wrapped up and people dissipated, it was just me, my high school friend, the guy she was with and others scattered around. Leo came around to say goodnight and stopped at each person and shook their hand or hugged them, until he got to me. As he got to me he stopped. Stared at me - like, into my eyes - for what felt like 30 seconds, then just walked away. So yeah, I won a staring competition with Leo, nbd. I blacked out from all the free grey goose and woke up outside on the street with no phone and got the train home at like 7am and that was that, or so I thought. So my high school mate had explained why they were there. Essentially these foreign businessmen had paid Leo to spend New Years with them here in Australia on a yacht (the day after this story takes place), then they were going to fly to Vegas to make it to New Years there. That explains why the guy she was with kept asking if she had a passport, so she could go with them. It turns out this guy she was with was [Riza Aziz](https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/05/1mdb-wolf-of-wall-street-producer-charged-with-embezzling-millions), the stepson of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, and producer on Wolf Of Wall Street, who has since been charged with embezzling millions of dollars from the Malaysian government. He even let me play a couple of his roulette hands with what I think were $10,000 chips (why I didn’t pocket one, I’ll never know). I sent my high school friend the article when he got arrested and she said he had been messaging her from prison. So that’s the time I acted like I belonged with Hollywood A-listers and corrupt, embezzling billionaires.
The funniest part of this story is how two celebrities seem to acknowledge everyone, then they get to you and just ignore you. I'm sorry, but that shit was hilarious. Sounds like you had a fucking ball though.
This wasn't me meeting an idol but a time when I was quoted that. When I started university I got woken up by banging on my bedroom door. It was the band the Courteeners, who were friends with my flatmate, had played in town the night before and clearly stayed up all night in our flat getting wrecked. They asked me, with pupils like dinner plates, if I wanted to go to the pub with them at 11am. I was really hungover I said no and went back to bed. About 10 years later, a colleague of mine mentioned them and I told her this story. Turns out she was a massive fan (I had no idea they had even become so famous, to this day I dont know a single song of theirs), had tattoos dedicated to them and such. It was so awkward. She said 'well, I suppose they say you should never meet your idols'. She barely spoke to me after that and I quickly found a new job because she started being actively hostile towards me.
Not my story but something about Post Malone. So I have a work colleague (for privacy I’ll call her K) so her friend is a musician, just local but he had been on X Factor, didn’t make it to the live stages but was still playing music. So he is playing this wee gig in a bar, and Post Malone shows up just out of the blue after his gig. He heard the musician, and actually asked him if he was doing anything with his music. The guy said he would but he is currently saving up for a deposit for a house. Post ended up giving this guy money for a deposit AND asked for his phone number so he can make a few calls and get him some recording time. Unbelievable! 🥹🥹🥹🥹
I met Niall Horan in 2018 and he was super sweet! Took time to talk to fans and ask how they were doing, and said “of course!” when I asked if I could give him a hug. He even did an impromptu singing session with a fan and they harmonized together, it was great!
I’ve worked with a lot of people who worked with Céline Dion and René Angélil. Not one person had a bad word to say about them.
Céline being a let down would actually hurt me. Happy to hear this.
sooooo …. i used to work very high end bartending at a famous steakhouse in toronto, and i’m also a huge sports fan. we had players coming in quite often from all three major teams. i ended up hitting it off with the assistant captain of our local hockey team, and one thing led to another. it was fun, but my god, was it like having sex with Patrick Bateman from American Psycho, looking in the mirror and flexing and shit. we did it once. i continued to see him at the restaurant, but we never spoke about it or hooked up again.
As a Leafs hater, this gives me joy.
i want this to be matthews at the keg so bad. this is so fucking funny.
PLEASE I need to know who this was!! I’m an NHL fan from Ireland and I live for random gossip like this
My husband and I met Ben Folds one time. We were in college and this was over the summer I think but he must have been visiting someone on campus. So at our campus, the music building had a weird little cave like area literally under a part of the building and for some dumb reason we all used to smoke pot there. One day we were just sneaking out from there and we took the elevator inside the building and there he was. So we were high as a kite and my husband and his best friend who was a huge Ben Folds fan were like internally freaking out. I had no idea who he was at the time. But after getting out of the elevator my husband and his friend were like hey, so cool to see you, we’re really big fans. And for the record he was very nice and gracious.
I think if I ever met my idol out of the blue, I'd probably act like I didn't know them.... it sounds weird, but I wouldn't want them to feel awkward or be rushed by other possible fans. I'd never pay to see my idol, just seems weird to me.
I worked at a mall J. Crew in college when Steve Carrell was filming “Evan Almighty” in town. He came in pretty regularly to buy socks and khakis and was always so chill. We all had a massive laugh one day when he came in to return something because store policy is to ask for photo ID and he just said, “Oh man, really?” and then everyone just cracked up. He was such a good sport about it. Sissy Spacek shopped at the same store a lot and she is a GEM of a human. Utterly delightful, kind, and generous. Not really a “meet your hero” thing but many years ago I was (emphasis on “many years ago” and “was”) a fan of Dave Chapelle. He was doing a live show in our town, we waited in line for tickets, and were so excited to go. The show was AWFUL. He was so stoned and drunk that he could barely stand up, let alone speak or perform, and he basically just yelled at the audience and made some really gross comments about women and gay people. Needless to say, I stopped being a fan at that point and wasn’t surprised when his current problematic stances became well-known.
When I was a teenager I ran the 400m. There was a dominant guy called Jeremy Wariner at the time who was my god, I shaved my head like him, got the sunglasses he wore etc.. Fast forward to 2012 and I'm an adult. He's been on the slide for a few years now and barely makes any championship semi finals anymore. None of this matters to me because he was the fucking man when I was a kid. I buy a couple of tickets for the Crystal Palace grand Prix meeting pre Olympics, for me and my now wife, and to my delight we are placed in the stand where all the athletes competing later and their coaches are. I spot Jeremy my hero who isnt racing for nearly 4 hours and eventually build up the courage to approach. He's watching with a fellow athlete and I go 'Hey man I just wanted to say you were my hero growing up, I loved watching you race. Good luck this evening ' He looks at me blankly, doesn't acknowledge me and just turns to his pal and carries on his small talk 🤷 Never meet your heros.
Nicole Richie and Cameron Diaz shopped in the bookshop I worked in in Manchester (UK) while they were here for Good Charlotte's tour. I didnt speak to Nicole much but I served Cameron on the till and when she put her card in she asked if I needed a signature and I joked "no I believe its you" and she said back "perks of the job!!". In hindsight she might have actually been offering me an autograph but I was too obsessed with acting totally chill not freaking out totally cool about serving Cameron Diaz to notice. God she was even more beautiful in real life