GTKY: Who is the most famous person you've met?

mrsclark731

Has anyone ever met anyone famous??

I worked for the Philadelphia Eagles a few years back....so that is the best I got. 

How about you ladies??

psychobutthead

I was at a Dax Riggs concert. Saw a guy walk by me and I wasn't sure if it was him or not. So I kind of just stared until he caught me staring.

Thats the biggest celeb I have ever seen.

racheltherose

Probably the biggest celebrity I've met was Mike Tyson, he was on my flight from Ireland to London in 2006. He wouldn't talk much, but he did agree to take photos with a handful of people

cloe111479

Hmm... Recently it was Anthony Mackie at the endymion parade with family

And also recently -- solange knowles and her mom. That was work related but still got to do it.

ambz06060

Giada DeLaurentiis she is my cooking idol and the smallest person ever!!

foxslaw

Merle from the walking dead came into my Starbucks. I had a temporary tattoo of a mermaid on my arm & he asked me if I had kids. I had no idea who he was at the time so I was sassy back (in a polite good customer service way).

AnotherSun

I used to work in Malibu, Ca. Pierce Brosnan was a regular. Mel Gibson came in, Pamela Anerson and Kid Rock. Rick Springfield was my absolute favorite, nicest guy ever.

marblesparade

I've seen Alec Baldwin. Was sitting at a doctors office in Manhattan a few years back, and he was a patient there. Wasn't very friendly. I guess the fact he was at the docs and then filmed David Letterman that night didn't help. My brother worked for TSA and has seen so many celebs.

lotsofdotts

Ludicrous was at my school a few years ago for a basketball camp. He was super nice. It was cool that he spoke to our at-risk inner city kids and encouraged them to do well in school. I'm on the far right. 

Alygohome

I've met a lot of professional boxers .. My dad was a coach in Vegas for years until the economy bombed and all us cdn were shipped out. I was in a boxing movie once ( my dad has been in a few) and I can't remember the stars name he wasnt Very big just a b lister and I was like 10. The movie is pretty terrible. I don't watch movies or tv much so I probably wouldn't recognize 90% of stars! (Is Jason priestly a star? I think that's who was in the movie ... Sounds familiar)

mahalo3

Denzel Washington at a Seattle's Best Coffee. He was very sweet, and had a whole conversation with me Grandpa, who had no idea who he is. I used to work for a hockey team and met the guy played JR on Dallas when we did a charity thing with him. The million Dollar man (can't remember his name).

kefttsc

Gavin Degraw is the best I've got. Before he was big, he played at a local mall. My sister and I were already obsessed with his first album, and we were the oddballs that knew every word among the 50 people there to see him.

t8keepr03

My hubby and I gave Lou Ferrigno a ride back to his hotel from our gym this past August. My DH works at the gym part time and closes on Sunday's. Well we have one car so I have to pick him up. He called me and said, "Don't be late today we have to give Lou Ferrigno a ride home." I thought he was joking but I pulled up and out come my DH and Lou Ferrigno. He was in town for a comic con and wanted a work out.

CatLadyTX

I was friends with Melissa Rauch (Bernadette in Big Bang Theory) in high school, she is the sweetest person you will ever know. 

Randoms:

Who remembers Life Goes On from waaaaaaaaay back in the day? My uncle grew up best friends with Chris Burke (Corky on the show), they were roommates at their special needs boarding school. As a result, I've had dinner with him and his family a few times.  

I've been to book signings for Alton Brown, Bobby Flay and Stephen King.  I met Cat Kora at one of her restaurant openings.  I sat next to Gene Wilder in 10th grade when I saw A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Forum.  He was a dick and signed everybody else's playbill, but refused to sign one for me because I got to sit with him. 

schnitz9

Hahaha...I love this! Josh saviano who played Paul pfiffer on the wonder years was actually my camp counselor when I was 13. He was super cool. One of my closest friends is friends with Toby Keith so I used to hang out with him and his band whenever they were in the NYC area. He's also super cool. She used to work as the event planner for the soho house in NY so there was a ton of people that we would run into when I hung out there. Almost got to meet oprah ( my friend ended up marrying her lighting director) she was supposed to be at their wedding but had to cancel last minute. Was at the Oprah taping in Central Park and sat next to the director Lee Daniels. I didn't even realize who he was. Sat there comparing pics of our dogs. Got to go backstage after the taping and said hi to Mariah Carey. Of course again missed oprah ugh....one day it will happen he still works for her so it's on my list

flyster

My sister's freshman year of college she lived across from Claire Danes.  I brushed my teeth next to her in the dorms when visiting. Didn't meet her or say anything though cause that would have been weird and I was a super cool 16 year old.

I also met Adrien Brody earlier this year for work.

cups4

@kefttsc‌ I was just going to say Gavin DeGraw! I went to his concert in Chicago and met him afterwards.

Carrie Underwood is my most famous celeb, though. She was in the same sorority as me but a different chapter and she came as a guest to our national convention when I was a junior in college. She is so sweet and actually more beautiful in person. Long story short, but I was the only girl to get a picture with her and the camera was acting up and she was just wonderful about it even though I felt so terrible about making her wait!

jennjilljo

I know a lot of Internet sensation celebrities, part of one of the Marine bands, a stand up comedien or two, an aspiring singer and a pin up for vets. No one actually famous.

lizzybean

I saw the Vancouver Canucks old coach Alain Vigneault jogging on the Stanley Park seawall when they were in the middle of their Stanley cup run in 2011. I gave him a high five and congratulated him on his great season. It was so exciting!

crabigator

I've lived in LA for 11 of the last 16 years, so I see famous people all the time, though it's usually that you see them going about their normal life, go "huh, that's XYZ," and then move on.

In terms of specific interaction, I used to head visitor services at a photography gallery that was started by a philanthropist, and was asked by said philanthropist to give a tour of our exhibit to her special friend: Charlize Theron. She is, unsurprisingly, CRAZY GORGEOUS in person and was super super nice. In full disclosure, she was ultimately there to ask for some money to benefit her pet cause, but still -- very nice and professional. And tall.

Outside of work stuff, I was once having dinner at a burger joint with my husband, and it was a place where it's very small and all the tables are crowded next to each other. Dennis Haysbert walked in to pick up a to-go order, and you could feel a hush go over almost all the tables, where we all keep talking, but maybe just a bit quieter. Once he left, all the tables (mostly 20- and 30-somethings) were like, "that was Allstate guy, right? Allstate, man! Allstate!"  

(in case you're confused, Dennis Haysbert is this guy. Absolutely well-known and respected for his regular acting, but it tickled me that we were all like, ALLSTATE! since those commercials were so ubiquitous.)

dacora

I went to high school with Ashley Greene, the actress who played Alice in the Twilight movies.

schnitz9

flyster said:

My sister's freshman year of college she lived across from Claire Danes.  I brushed my teeth next to her in the dorms when visiting. Didn't meet her or say anything though cause that would have been weird and I was a super cool 16 year old.

I also met Adrien Brody earlier this year for work.

The homeland cast lived in my building in Charlotte for 2 years while filming. Met claire a few times. Found her to be not as friendly as the others and OBSESSED with the gym. It was crazy! We had one of my bridal showers in the community room which looks into the gym and she was in there the whole 4 hrs. My guests couldn't believe it. Damien Lewis and David harewood were super cool. They used to hang out up at the pool with all of us and David's little girls were sooo cute and so well behaved. Damien even came to a few building socials. Ran into Mandy patinkin a few times and being a big broadway fan I was most star struck by him never got the nerve to say anything to him.

cloe111479

crabigator said:

I've lived in LA for 11 of the last 16 years, so I see famous people all the time, though it's usually that you see them going about their normal life, go "huh, that's XYZ," and then move on.

In terms of specific interaction, I used to head visitor services at a photography gallery that was started by a philanthropist, and was asked by said philanthropist to give a tour of our exhibit to her special friend: Charlize Theron. She is, unsurprisingly, CRAZY GORGEOUS in person and was super super nice. In full disclosure, she was ultimately there to ask for some money to benefit her pet cause, but still -- very nice and professional. And tall.

Outside of work stuff, I was once having dinner at a burger joint with my husband, and it was a place where it's very small and all the tables are crowded next to each other. Dennis Haysbert walked in to pick up a to-go order, and you could feel a hush go over almost all the tables, where we all keep talking, but maybe just a bit quieter. Once he left, all the tables (mostly 20- and 30-somethings) were like, "that was Allstate guy, right? Allstate, man! Allstate!"  

(in case you're confused, Dennis Haysbert is this guy. Absolutely well-known and respected for his regular acting, but it tickled me that we were all like, ALLSTATE! since those commercials were so ubiquitous.)

I totally would have been the person saying -- its president Palmer! (24)

StephanieLBerg

Living in Tahoe I met quite a few, and was on a first name basis with some. Pro Snowboarder Shawn Palmer (customer of my mom's when she worked for a bank) he's a good buddy of mine. Olympic gold medalist Travis Cabral, he's a good buddy also and is now a SLT Police Officer. Actress Jena Malone, she's a good friend we went to school together.

I briefly met: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Jordan, Donald Trump (total D-bag), Robin Williams, Jo Koy, Gabriel Iglesias, Mike Bibbi, Winnie from the Wonder Years (at Disneyland - that was interesting), Condoleezza Rice, David Spade, and Barry Manilow (he came into our family store for a few minutes).

My step dad used to drive limos for Caesar's and has met many other people. These are just the people that I have met or know, knowingly. Hazard of living in a tourist attraction I guess, eapecially when we have 11 different ski resorts to choose from.

mrsclark731

These are all great!! I'm enjoying this

My DH wants me to add that Kenny Bania from Seinfeld hit on him numerous times one night at a club in AC.

Lol. He's participating.

mrsclark731

@StephanieLBerg‌ -- I totally thought you were going to say Bode Miller.

StephanieLBerg

My hubby knew the members of the band of Papa Roach before they went big. So that's something for him I guess

Mrs. Zee

@crabigator‌ I have such a girl crush on Charlize Theron and am suuuuuuper jealous!!

Actually met-Matt Nathanson and Ari Hest (both singers, Ari was a douche canoe), we had a Pgh Steeler who lived next door when I was growing up and he came over a lot, a Pgh Pirate who lived down the street, a coach of the Steelers (friends w/his daughter who is now kind of making it as an actress) and some other random Steeler I babysat for. Oh and Z from the Cleveland Cavaliers whenever he still played for them.

Just around-a bunch of the Steelers belonged to the athletic club I lifeguarded at, Dr. Ray from Dr. 90210 was on our flight going to LA one time, one of the WWF guys who was on Hulk Hogan's tv show was on our flight back from LA.

lizjennings81

Lit geeks who freak out over literary celebrities over here. The husband and I got to hang out with Adam Mansbach (author of Go the Fuck to Sleep) after a book festival one year.

Also: Junot Diaz, Benjamin Percy, Stewart O'Nan, Colson Whitehead, and a few others. Junot Diaz is an absolutely fantastic person.

misshart00

I can't think of a single famous person I've met. But I have lots of degrees of separation. My aunts went to high school with James Marsden. We were watching 27 dresses once and one of my aunts randomly blurts out "hey, that's Jimmy!" And then there's my husband. He's a sound guy and has been on hundreds of tours. He's also friends with Nik Wallenda since they worked at the circus together.

crabigator

Mrs. Zee said:

@crabigator‌ I have such a girl crush on Charlize Theron and am suuuuuuper jealous!!

Actually met-Matt Nathanson and Ari Hest (both singers, Ari was a douche canoe), we had a Pgh Steeler who lived next door when I was growing up and he came over a lot, a Pgh Pirate who lived down the street, a coach of the Steelers (friends w/his daughter who is now kind of making it as an actress) and some other random Steeler I babysat for. Oh and Z from the Cleveland Cavaliers whenever he still played for them.

Just around-a bunch of the Steelers belonged to the athletic club I lifeguarded at, Dr. Ray from Dr. 90210 was on our flight going to LA one time, one of the WWF guys who was on Hulk Hogan's tv show was on our flight back from LA.

Haha, as a Clevelander, I'm jealous of you! I'd love to meet any Cavalier, except for He-Who-I'm-Pretty-Mad-At-Still-Yes-Still.

PeaceofKia

Jason David Frank aka Tommy from Power Rangers... Sorry it's sideways, I'm mobile.

Dani_Love

I've met Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, slash, Kerry king, Holly Madison, I think that's everyone. My sister worked hotel VIP in Vegas and has so many stories, my mom's friend was Vince Neil's assistant. I didn't really know who most of them were though lol

Mrs. Zee

@crabigator‌ then you will appreciate this-one of my gf's was out at a bar and pinned Anderson Varejoa (sp??? Cav with curly hair) to a wall and professed her love to him. He was like high-fiving his friends over her head and not even paying attention to her (she's pretty cute!) so I guess that happens to him a lot???

crabigator

@Mrs. Zee -- what!?! That's sorta unexpected, right, with his Carrot Top hair?! Though... maybe it's a Brazilian bravado thing?

foxslaw

Pics or it didn't happen. @StephanieLBerg‌

kefttsc

Oh I went to high school with Rachel Boston. She's on Witches of Eastwick or something like that now....

magsame

Met Jason Aldean a few years back when he was up and coming. Went to a Dierks Bentley concert with my sister and there was this guy people kept going up to so we did too and turned out to be him. Took a pic with him and got an autograph. Now he's kinda a douche lol

crystalw88

Jordy Nelson came into The Children's Place once when I was working. Didn't get to say hello because he didn't stay long and all I could do was stare. He's my favorite Packers player. I've also seen Donald Driver here and there in a crowd a few times. That's all I got.

Oem617

Sarah Michelle Geller is probably the biggest one I've met and talked to. My moms best friends daughter is a B (maybe C) actress. Her and Sarah are good friends and she came to my house for the wedding shower.

Born and raised in LA I have met others and seen tons. JTT went to my middle school. I also served tables for years and served a few over time.

krispy83

I went to high school with Jonathan Taylor Thomas (obviously not such a big deal now, but it was then lol!)  He was a total jerk though.

Also met/waited on Ernie Hudson (Winston from Ghostbusters) several times through my parents' business.  Suuuuper nice guy!