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Post by QueenFoxy on Dec 6, 2019 15:37:24 GMT -6
50 Fans Talk About The Time They Had An Average, Everyday Conversation With A Famous Celebrity ~ |
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Post by QueenFoxy on Dec 28, 2019 10:11:32 GMT -6
20. I actually had no clue I was sitting next to a celebrity in an airport for about 90min. People asked him for his picture. Some people asked me if I should be in the photo. I declined. The celebrity asked me to smile and play along if anyone else asked for a picture of us both. At first I was confused, as time wore on I was a little embarrassed. He told me he was on TV and we chatted about where we were flying, what books we were reading etc… but I didn’t want to ask who he was because it seemed rude. After he left someone asked me how I knew him. I said I didn’t. They told me he was Michael C. Hall from “Dexter”… saddest thing is I watched that show but didn’t clue in. I think about it and laugh… someone got a picture of me and Dexter and showed it to their friends trying to figure out who the other guy in the picture was. ~ |
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Post by lostineternity99 on Dec 29, 2019 6:17:16 GMT -6
Ha ha ... I did like the series Dexter  |
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Post by QueenFoxy on Dec 29, 2019 11:17:38 GMT -6
21. Michelle Pfeiffer used to come into the hockey rink I played at in NorCal. Her son played and so did David. She’d sit up in the club/restaurant watching practice or games and no one ever treated her like she was mega famous. We mostly just left her alone. Btw, She’s even more beautiful in person. ~ |
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Post by lostineternity99 on Dec 30, 2019 5:58:30 GMT -6
I am sure recognizable people like it best when left alone in public.
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Post by QueenFoxy on Dec 30, 2019 11:19:08 GMT -6
I think that is true, Rick. I sure would not like to be bothered by everyone who walks by. We all deserve our privacy, even when out in public.
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Post by QueenFoxy on Dec 30, 2019 11:24:45 GMT -6
22. My dad and I bumped into Michael Jordan at a Walgreen’s near Chicago. This was back in 2006 or so.
We were picking out birthday cards for my mom, and MJ and his son came in the same aisle browsing some cards. My dad kept his cool and continued to look through different cards, giving him his personal space. I, on the other hand, was 9 years old and in awe, sort of staring at him. After MJ picked out his card, he winked at me and gave me a walk-by fist bump.
Didn’t really set in until I was older how cool that was. ~ |
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Post by Catlady2710 on Dec 30, 2019 11:39:31 GMT -6
This really happened to hubby and me, and son.
When son was just a little guy we stopped in at our local live theater (Stage West) to book dinner and a show. I went up to the counter and set things up. When I returned, there was hubby and son being engaged in conversation by this beautiful black woman. She had seen our son and went up to ask him if he was going to come and see her show. She said her little boy was up in the room and she was glad she was able to bring him because she misses him when she can't. We all then talked about trivial things
like travel and weather, etc.
Who was this woman you asked? Mary Wilson of the Supremes.
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Post by lostineternity99 on Dec 31, 2019 6:36:54 GMT -6
Good for the nine year old Foxy and ... Mary Wilson, that is so cool Cat  |
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Post by Catlady2710 on Dec 31, 2019 9:06:05 GMT -6
Thanks Rick. It sure was an experience to remember |
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Post by QueenFoxy on Dec 31, 2019 12:54:02 GMT -6
Oh yes, Cat. That's a wonderful experience with a celebrity. She was being treated normally, not being worshiped in some adoring and embarrassing way. Makes for a very nice memory for all; even the celeb.
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Post by QueenFoxy on Dec 31, 2019 13:06:29 GMT -6
23. Robin Williams used to walk around my lone childhood country town near SF. I saw him once (after hearing many rumors about his sightings, not entirely unlike Bigfoot or Nessy sightings). My brain didn’t fully comprehend what it was seeing. But I could tell he was trying his very best to remain incognito and not draw any unwanted attention. We locked eyes. He smiled, I smiled and nodded back, and we both went our separate ways. ~ |
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Post by lostineternity99 on Jan 1, 2020 6:15:07 GMT -6
A nice no stress encounter with him
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jan 1, 2020 11:31:27 GMT -6
I always saw Robin Williams as a kind and normal man that was not changed by fame and money,
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jan 1, 2020 11:47:47 GMT -6
24. I worked at a Barnes & Noble in NY as a clerk, but once or twice I’d be called over to the in-store Starbucks cafe to help out whenever they were understaffed. One time, Alan Rickman came up and ordered something, I can’t recall what. I wrote “Hans Gruber” on his cup though. He smiled at me when he noticed it. ~ |
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Post by lostineternity99 on Jan 2, 2020 6:23:59 GMT -6
He was a well-liked actor.
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jan 2, 2020 8:50:08 GMT -6
25. Yay! I have one to share! Bruce Springsteen. A hole in the wall bar. Early 2000’s. I had just left home and moved to nyc in the last year or two, and there was this bar my friends and I would meet up at. I got there a little early and sat at the bar, five minutes in this guy sits next to me, with a chair in between, ordered French fries. I had met a celebrity and asked for an autograph and realized Bruce might leave… and I REALLY loved him (my mom was a fan). So I didn’t say that I knew him. We did comment back and forth about the news (it was on the tv over the bar) Several people came up and asked for autographs or photos and the atmosphere changed and he booked it out of there.
Kinda felt bad for him. ~ |
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Post by lostineternity99 on Jan 3, 2020 6:10:34 GMT -6
It is part of being recognized but yes ... not fun for this singer or any well known person in public.
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Post by Catlady2710 on Jan 3, 2020 9:46:35 GMT -6
Oh yes, Cat. That's a wonderful experience with a celebrity. She was being treated normally, not being worshiped in some adoring and embarrassing way. Makes for a very nice memory for all; even the celeb. You know, we never even asked for an autograph. It never occured to us until we were home again. I guess she liked that fact too |
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jan 3, 2020 11:54:26 GMT -6
I'm sure she appreciated that, Cat.
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jan 3, 2020 12:57:57 GMT -6
26. Patton Oswalt grew up in the area I was living in for a while. Walked into starbucks and saw him talking to an older woman at a table in the middle of the room. Made eye contact by accident and gave a lil head nod like I would if i accidentally making eye contact with anyone, and went about with my order. Got home and looked up why he’d be in the area and found his wife had died like a week prior. So glad I gave him space. ~ |
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Post by lostineternity99 on Jan 4, 2020 6:31:21 GMT -6
Definitely good to give him space at this sad time.
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jan 4, 2020 15:42:56 GMT -6
So true, Rick.
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jan 4, 2020 15:46:20 GMT -6
27. I was sitting at the Genius Bar at an Apple store one day and a very large man with dreads came and sat next to me. He was bringing his phone in to get fixed because he dropped it and didn’t have a case. I overheard an employee jokingly say, “you wear a helmet when you play football, shouldn’t your phone have the same protection?” I knew it was Larry Fitzgerald, but I didn’t want to be a fanboy so I started asking very broad questions about what he did as a profession to stay engaged in a conversation with him. Larry Fitz is, to this day, one of the nicest, most humble people I have ever met. ~ |
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Post by lostineternity99 on Jan 5, 2020 6:34:30 GMT -6
Good to know this fantastic NFL wide receiver is also so nice and humble  |
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jan 5, 2020 10:37:16 GMT -6
I agree.
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See you all more tomorrow. Happy Friday/weekend everyone