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Worst celebrity you have the pleasure of meeting😬part 3

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Tutchytutchyfeelyfeely · 23/10/2022 04:48

Last thread full😁

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Cottagewitch · 23/10/2022 21:24

And my final one. Bumped into Rob Zombie and his wife Sherry wandering round Glasgow. He was really nice and stopped so I could get a picture. He's drinking an aulds coffee in it which is a really cheap chain of bakers in the area. I found that quite amassing when there's Starbucks and Costa everywhere.

Norma27 · 23/10/2022 21:24

CrocodilesCry · 23/10/2022 21:13

@Norma27 DP was friends with John. A proper character, very very funny, and he loved it when people just treated him like a normal chap.

He really was such a gentleman and so funny when I met him. Spent ages chatting to fans and staff. He was delighted when I told him my then 6 yr old was a fan of OFAH.

GyozaGuiting · 23/10/2022 21:23

Tim Westwood invited me and my friend back to his hotel, we thought it was a big party. I ended up in a room with his entourage (perfectly nice people), but he tried it on in a separate room with my friend. We were 18, and he would have been late 40s! She turned him down and we got out of there.

RishTheDish · 23/10/2022 21:22

Kimya · 23/10/2022 21:15

I used to work on the East Coast mainline trains (in many of its iterations!) usually serving in First so we got loads of well known faces in there.

Gordon Brown stands out as having been quite rude. He didn't even look up when asked if he wanted refreshments and had the person with him had to answer on his behalf. The other politicians I remember, from all different parties, were very polite.

But no-one was as big a star as Alan the lovely crew member who used to be in 1st!

LuckyPeonies · 23/10/2022 21:21

Bovrilly · 23/10/2022 07:42

I used to work at the BBC in Bristol where the Natural History Unit is based. David Attenborough is not a twat, he is a very polite person and I've never heard a bad word said about him, which is unusual for a TV presenter and even more so for someone who was a senior manager at the BBC.

I choose to believe this, not the other account. 😊
Jealous you got to meet him.

LizzieVereker · 23/10/2022 21:21

Thank you @Donepaying @Myunclesmustache and @ExtraOnions 😂

Kimya · 23/10/2022 21:20

Some of the lovely people we served were Jane McDonald, Ross Kemp and Ainsley Harriott. The latter had someone approach him asking for his autograph and he was just so happy to have been asked.

Cottagewitch · 23/10/2022 21:19

And I once observed Tommy Flanagan having a fit in said Apple store as his phone wasn't working. I loved sons of anarchy at the time and really wanted to talk to him but my manger said, probably best not too, he's absolutely fuming just now. One of the nicer customers we had was Robert Carlisle, and his wife Anastasia was often in with her broken computer and was absolutely lovely and so normal.

Gunner1510 · 23/10/2022 21:19

@Dashel thankfully it was public, he seems like an absolute predator. 💐His attitude to women, and particularly black women is abhorrent and disgusting. I really felt for all the women in the documentary, but those who wanted a career in music and felt he held all the keys and were pressured into meeting him or coerced into situations they shouldn’t of been in, it can’t of gone unnoticed surely. It’s just awful, yet another getting away with his behaviour for years.

Mingmoo · 23/10/2022 21:18

Thought of a couple of good ones: Tom Cruise was absolutely lovely and tried to make everyone he encountered happy although he was also very much a superstar so a lot was handled by his entourage.

Dara O Briain was very pleasant, extremely clever and friendly.

Kimya · 23/10/2022 21:15

I used to work on the East Coast mainline trains (in many of its iterations!) usually serving in First so we got loads of well known faces in there.

Gordon Brown stands out as having been quite rude. He didn't even look up when asked if he wanted refreshments and had the person with him had to answer on his behalf. The other politicians I remember, from all different parties, were very polite.

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 23/10/2022 21:14

I am convinced that the best reply to "Do you know who I am?" is still "No. Do you?"

Cottagewitch · 23/10/2022 21:13

Paulo Nutini. Had his phone in to be fixed when I was a technician in the stupid Apple store. He was incredibly rude when we called to remind him it was ready to be picked up (policy to call every other week when devices have been left uncollected- his had been sitting gathering dust for quite some time). He told me I shouldn't be bothering him as he doesn't have time to deal with this and actually said 'do you know who I am?'. He was really shouty and unpleasant.

CrocodilesCry · 23/10/2022 21:13

@Norma27 DP was friends with John. A proper character, very very funny, and he loved it when people just treated him like a normal chap.

pixie5121 · 23/10/2022 21:09

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Norma27 · 23/10/2022 21:03

I’ve met Allison Hammond a few times and always found her to be lovely as have others I know who have met her. I’ve never known her not to stop and chat and have photos.
Loveliest celeb I ever met when working in a theatre was John Challis (Boycie). I was so sad to hear he died.
I wasn’t working the day he did a show, but Lenny Henry was apparently vile. I never heard the other staff talk bad about anybody else but they unanimously all couldn’t stand him.

piffle123 · 23/10/2022 21:03

impressivelycunty · 23/10/2022 20:58

"It’s not him … is someone who looks like him. I think it’s from Eastern Europe - it’s a man, in women’s underwear, with his cock stuck up an exhaust pipe (the man seems very happy with the whole thing)"
That you, Justin?

😂

impressivelycunty · 23/10/2022 20:58

"It’s not him … is someone who looks like him. I think it’s from Eastern Europe - it’s a man, in women’s underwear, with his cock stuck up an exhaust pipe (the man seems very happy with the whole thing)"
That you, Justin?

Ionacat · 23/10/2022 20:54

Will Young was a friend of a friend at uni and was a nice guy.
Alan Titchmarsh smiles at everyone and does some things locally for charity.
I’ve seen Alastair Stewart a few times at our local train station or grabbing a coffee before the train, he gives off do not disturb vibes! I’ve never see anyone approach him!

Michaelmonstera · 23/10/2022 20:52

LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet · 23/10/2022 19:59

My grandad, who loves everyone, was in the Navy with PA and said he was an absolute arrogant twat and universally disliked. Will have to ask him if he thinks the story is true!

Sounds true. I went out with someone whilst he was at Dartmouth College with PA. Apparently, he introduced himself to his midshipman colleagues on the course by instructing them to address him as “Sir” - they all thought he was very much up his own arse and disliked him intensely.

UniversalAunt · 23/10/2022 20:49

The Royal Academy has out-of-hours events for members, & speakers have included folk like Michael Palin, so maybe one day David Hattenborough?

When I could afford it, RA annual membership was a treat. I could come up to town for work & afterwards mosey into the big exhibition any time just by showing my membership card & had use of the Members Room which had a nice tea bar & few comfy chairs. A bit of a retreat from the hustle & bustle, far better than a noisy cramped table in a nearby $bucks.

ExtraOnions · 23/10/2022 20:42

LizzieVereker · 23/10/2022 20:31

Could someone just give a brief synopsis of the Mr Tumble car exhaust thing is please? I’m somewhere where I can read threads but it would not be appropriate to Google videos 😂

It’s not him … is someone who looks like him. I think it’s from Eastern Europe - it’s a man, in women’s underwear, with his cock stuck up an exhaust pipe (the man seems very happy with the whole thing)

Donepaying · 23/10/2022 20:42

LizzieVereker · 23/10/2022 20:31

Could someone just give a brief synopsis of the Mr Tumble car exhaust thing is please? I’m somewhere where I can read threads but it would not be appropriate to Google videos 😂

Well if you could imagine going to Ann Summers , raking through the bargain bucket bin , finding an outfit that fits Mr Tumble , stockings , suspenders etc

No knickers required
Full appendage inserted into exhaust of a car parked in a field

Mr Tumble

I will never be the same again

SantaOnFanta · 23/10/2022 20:34

Mick Hucknell... We went to see him in concert and he was milling around outside playing football beforehand and totally blanked everyone out.

Taranta · 23/10/2022 20:34

I’ve worked with David Attenborough, kind, charming, interested in what you had to say, totally lovely.
Dan Snow however, self-aggrandising twat.