How would you react to meeting a celebrity?

wilburbud · January 2012

Lady Gaga is moving into our town (well, shes buying a house here). Her boyfriend is from our area- and she has been spotted around down all the time. The grocery store, a ton of local restaurants, some pubs.. shes just been fitting in like another regular citizen, which I think is awesome. DH and I apparently missed seeing her by about 10 minutes the other week at a pub up the street.

So, If you were eatting at a restaurant, and a celebrity (such as Lady Gaga) was at the table next to you, would you acknowledge her in any way?

weelass24 · January 2012

Nope

t.bird · January 2012

wilburbud:

So, If you were eatting at a restaurant, and a celebrity (such as Lady Gaga) was at the table next to you, would you acknowledge her in any way?

Lady Gaga? no

Ryan Gossling? hell yes. "Hey girl..."

~denise~ · January 2012

I wouldn't. Maybe a nice hello as you would anyone else. If she wanted to start a nice neighborly conversation then I'd talk with her and would say I liked her music. I would not run up and SQUEEE!!!!!1!!!!!1! OMG you are lady Gaga.

starchai920 · January 2012

wilburbud:
Lady Gaga is moving into our town (well, shes buying a house here). Her boyfriend is from our area- and she has been spotted around down all the time. The grocery store, a ton of local restaurants, some pubs.. shes just been fitting in like another regular citizen, which I think is awesome. DH and I apparently missed seeing her by about 10 minutes the other week at a pub up the street.

So, If you were eatting at a restaurant, and a celebrity (such as Lady Gaga) was at the table next to you, would you acknowledge her in any way?

Nope. But I heard about Lady Gaga buying a house in the area (hey neighbor!) and BF lost his mind. We live about 30 minutes from the town that Davy Jones calls home, but I figure everybody, even celebrities, are entitled to a little normalcy.

starchai920 · January 2012

Bump burp.

Jessiree · January 2012

I wouldn't. I am also very awkward and have no hope of having any sort of normal interaction with someone famous, so celebrities are better left alone by me.

danlexi04 · January 2012

I wouldn't say anything. Especially is they were trying to have a quiet time, like dinner or out with their kids. I also suck at initiating conversation.

Confession: I've been in the same vacuity as a ton of famous people at different events and whatnot. I worked in a very high end mall that a lot of famous people shopped in. The only time I have ever been star struck was when Bobby Flay was there promoting his cook book in William Sonoma. I stood at the opposite end of the store staring. I just couldn't even get enough balls to say hello. I probably looked like a freak.

joanithegreat · January 2012

Depends on the celebrity, but I probably wouldn't say anything. I might try to get a sneaky cellphone pic though.

DH's cousin met Ozzy Osborne in Hawaii and he got a picture with him (Ozzy is pretending to strangle him) which is pretty cool.

elizabethtaylor944 · January 2012

wilburbud:
Lady Gaga is moving into our town (well, shes buying a house here). Her boyfriend is from our area- and she has been spotted around down all the time. The grocery store, a ton of local restaurants, some pubs.. shes just been fitting in like another regular citizen, which I think is awesome. DH and I apparently missed seeing her by about 10 minutes the other week at a pub up the street.

So, If you were eatting at a restaurant, and a celebrity (such as Lady Gaga) was at the table next to you, would you acknowledge her in any way?

Is this the boyfriend from Nebraska? I'm not sure who she's dating at the moment. If she is in fact buying a house in Nebraska my stepmom is going to flip. She's a huge fan.

I wouldn't say anything because I'm super awkward, but if I saw Tori Amos I would probably tell her I'm a huge fan. I met Alexander Payne once (director of Election, Sideways, The Descendants...) and I couldn't do anything but smile maniacally while my BF at the time chatted him up. He was really drunk and hitting on some cheap-looking woman, and he was married to Sandra Oh at the time. Gross.

I see famous people from time to time, living in NYC, but I don't have the balls to say anything to them. It does seem kind of rude to wander up to someone who's eating dinner and force them to talk to you.

panda10 · January 2012

Nope.

My husband's aunt "met" Dennis Quaid a few months ago. And by met I mean went up and took pictures of him while he was eating and then asked the person he was eating with to take a picture of the two of them. He refused and now she thinks he's a giant tool. Huh? Can you blame him?

ASmallWonder · January 2012

I'm sure I wouldn't say anything because even if I recognized the person, I'd always be convinced it wasn't actually them but rather someone who looks like them. I'd be afraid I'd make an ass of myself

Emie28 · January 2012

I wouldn't recognize Lady GaGa.

There are certain celebs that I would be pretty starstruck by, but I wouldn't bother them, just sneak glances and maybe a cell phone pic.

HappyAardvark · January 2012

I met a lot of celebs through my old job, but had to always play it cool because of the professional situation. I'd probably not interrupt a celeb if they were out having dinner or were not engaged in an otherwise public appearance, out of respect for their need to have a private life and some normalcy. But if I happened to find myself one-on-one with them and they happened to be a celeb I actually liked, I might say something complimentary. After all, it's usually a rare person who doesn't like being told that someone admires them

salt78 · January 2012

I've interacted with quite a few of them in the past for work and other things. I have always treated them like I would treat anyone else. That includes not interrupting their dinner.

magdalina.h · January 2012

Nope.

charlies-angel · January 2012

No. I have seen a few celebs out and about (in either NYC, LA, or ATL) and I have always just pretty much kept on going and acted like they were normal people. Actually, the one celeb I did stop for a picture was Lenny (Jerry Orbach) from Law & Order SVU - and that was because they were taping at my school in NYC. I don't know what made me stop him...hahaha.

easjer05 · January 2012

Generally I try to leave them alone or a simple, friendly hello as I would give anyone.

Now, if it were a chance to meet someone whose work has really meant something to me? I would probably try to take it, even if I look really stupid fangirl. Like, Noel Gallagher or something. Even though he wouldn't care, it would mean a lot to me to tell him how healing his music was for me and how much that meant. But I wouldn't interrupt his family time or anything.

I did 'meet' an author (via Twitter) and told her how much her book meant to me and we're (Twitter and occasional email) friends now, which was is so cool. She's totally awesome though.

cdymond · January 2012

t.bird:
wilburbud:

So, If you were eatting at a restaurant, and a celebrity (such as Lady Gaga) was at the table next to you, would you acknowledge her in any way?

Lady Gaga? no

Ryan Gossling? hell yes. "Hey girl..."

I second this.

TheMrs923 · January 2012

No more than I acknowledge anyone else. We have a number of athletes that own homes outside of the city in our town. I see them all the time and eventually, they are just part of our community.

Excitedtostart · January 2012

It depends. I used to live in a pretty celebrity/famous heavy neighborhood of a very celebrity/famous heavy city.

When I see famous people in my neighborhood, out living their life, walking with their kids, eating in a restaurant, I leave them the hell alone. Especially when they're with their kids or family. It is ridiculous and disgusting when they're disturbed by streams of people. REALLY DISGUSTING if they're with their kids. Not saying you would do that, but it happens.

If they're at the dog park with their dog, tossing a ball around, I'll talk to them like I would anyone else at the park, especially if their dog is playing with mine. I don't acknowledge their fame, I'm acknowledging the guy/lady with the Vizsla/Boxer/Mutt.

If I'm taking care of them at work in the ER, I acknowledge them as the patient with the medical history and the problem or injury I need to treat. It's possible that their occupation will come up, but I don't fawn all over them. I mean, it's stupid to not acknowledge Barack Obama as being the President just because he's having his appendix out. (FTR I have never met President Obama, I made that up as an example)

If they're working in a professional capacity, I'll acknowledge them as such, but not get in the way. They were filming 30 Rock outside my building and had the Kraft services table set up by the entrance. Riley snuck a doughnut as we walked by and we totally got called out on it by Alec Baldwin. He was really nice, it was funny, he scratched Rileys ears and I complimented him on his career with 30 Rock, SNL and his work for WNYC (NYC NPR).

Also, unless you live in a place where there's a lot of foot traffic, you will likely never see them. I only run into people because this is primarily a walking city.

BallSox · January 2012

I was amiss that Shaq was walking past us at Busch Gardens. You can't not see a giant man walking with an entire posse.

I probably would never notice lady gaga.

Other than Mark Harmon (:swoon:) I'd probably not recognize who they are enough to do anything and as much as I'd want to run up and hump his leg horny monkey style, I'd probably not. However, I'm a very social person and talk to strangers a lot, so I could very easily talk with a celeb and not realize it.

greenclown · January 2012

I would treat them exactly the same way I treat everyone. Which means I probably would do and say nothing.

Except maybe some baseball players. David Ortiz and I almost ran into each other (literally) a couple of months ago. It's a good thing we noticed each other because he would have crushed me. I don't think I said anything but excuse me, but I did decide that next time I see him, if I have TLF with me, I will probably say something. I want them to laugh at each other.

jenna3016 · January 2012

I took a road trip to Memphis in the mid 90s to see a Bush Concert at the Pyramid arena. My friend and I were killing time & browsing the stores on Beale street when Gwen, Gavin, and Pete Black (the band photographer at the time) walked by.

They ducked into a restaurant, I went to the nearest bar and did a shot of vodka.

Later, I saw them shopping in the Mercantile, and I - we totally followed them inside, but never approached them.

I ended up sneaking into front row seats & noticed the photog walking around before the show. We struck up a conversation which eventually led to passes & meeting the band after shows in various cities.

Good times. Glad I took the road trips when I could.

MNgirl326 · January 2012

I have net many celebrities because I used to work at a high end department store, so I have kind of gotten immune to them. If I saw one at a restaurant, I would act normal.

Bride-hilda · January 2012

I've rarely spoken to the one's I've seen, however, I really wanted to talk to Gary Sinise when I saw him. If I were any closer to him I would have, just because he's awesome. With your average celeb, I wouldn't just because I don't really have anything to say, and I'm ok without telling my friends that I said anything.

Although, I did get a picture with Ted Raimi!

ChristyML · January 2012

charlies-angel:
No. I have seen a few celebs out and about (in either NYC, LA, or ATL) and I have always just pretty much kept on going and acted like they were normal people. Actually, the one celeb I did stop for a picture was Lenny (Jerry Orbach) from Law & Order SVU - and that was because they were taping at my school in NYC. I don't know what made me stop him...hahaha.

You got a picture with Jerry Orbach? Lucky! I'm so sad he's gone. (Law and Order SVU is my favorite show)

akalutts · January 2012

weelass24:
Nope

This. Most I've ever done is smile and nod "hello" if they happen to look my way. My list is pretty long because of where I live.

Edit - actually, I forgot about Jerry O'Conell. He sat next to me in a local restaurant and asked me which salad I was having and was it good - so I told him spinach, and yes. So that was a touch more than a smile and a nod.

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