Worst celebrity you have the pleasure of meeting😬part 3

Barnowl25 "Amanda Richardson - I love her. Had three long chats with her not realising who she was."

Do you mean Miranda Richardson?

"couldn't hear us" we're not that rude

Over the years Gary Linekar, Johhny Wilkinson (just after they won the World Cup and being mobbed) and Jason Donavan have being next to me and have all been pleasant to the staff and patient with fans

@whatkatydid2013 In March 2020 on what turned out to be the day lockdown in the UK was announced, Jonny Wilkinson was meant to be keynote speaker at a lunchtime event I was at.

He bailed in the morning citing worries about covid. He did a zoom presentation which was a thing before WFH and which the organisers and venue managed to set up.

We all sided with the organiser because she was in a hole and she is a good person working for a good cause and never lets anyone down. He was really boring and everyone talked through his speech though he could hear us. Of course now I realise he was right and we were stupidly and dangerously complacent.

To be fair to us he was genuinely dull as dogshit as many top sportspeople who go into motivational speaking after retirement are unless you are a fan of the alleged "personality" or the sport or just like cliches about "being your best self every day". That other England rugby player Will "Bumface" Carling was the same though also not unpleasant.

But on covid I admit Jonny got the call right and we were wrong. He shouldn't have left it to the last minute though.

I don't know who she is. Never heard of her and in my book she is not a celebrity.

SerenaB12, I have had the same experience of David Attenborough. We were at a Conference, and he was in a queue behind me. I was speaking on another part of the Conference, and talking in the dinner queue to the Chairman of our part. He just had to butt in with some 'clever' remarks about something we said. But he was wrong. He obviously did not know the area of psychology we were discussing, nor the terminology we were using, but he still had to "correct" our terminology. I didn't answer, but our Chairman, a distinguished person in his own right, very politely put him down with a comment along the lines of gorilla's language not quite being Shakespeare.
I think the BBC is much to blame for raising people to a status of "Entertainment Royalty" which makes them feel superior.
Btw, I immediately 'got' your DH meaning DA - I've had similar brain fog for over 20 yrs and a touch of dyslexia too, so maybe we understand each other!

Apart from that, the most distasteful person I met .... Sorry! I can't, I've deleted it. I've deleted three lovely musicians and someone else everyone knows too. I got overwhelmed with guilt. Partly because I met them through my work, and partly because i felt like a gossip. Sorry.

Why? Many people in the media are showbiz reporters and have met many celebrities - nice or nasty. Or if they are not they could ask around the office for much more informed tales.

James Cordon! I don’t want to say much as I’ve told this story a lot in real life. But… he’s rude and he’s a twat and I wasn’t surprised at all to read about his behaviour in Balthazar that was recently reported in the American tabloids.

That short little Scottish man from the Bodyguard, rude, abnoxious and smug

I used to go out clubbing a lot in my 20s - we used to socialise in Westbourne Grove/Notting Hill a lot too.

I swear I saw loads of famous people, but I'm one of those people who basically wouldn't recognise most of them unless they were pointed out to me!

@FlirtyMelons I actually agree with you as far as MM is concerned...I think she's gorgeous and all we hear about her is based on rumours and assumptions. Her dad is a slug.
And not wanting Piers Morgan as a friend was probably one of her best decisions...marrying in to the British RF probably not...

I think that Dermot comes across as fake too.
Not a fan

They’re pretending they don’t get it just to be shitty to the OP.

cantthinkofabetterusername · Yesterday 06:57
MollyRover · Yesterday 06:48
@cantthinkofabetterusername what's the Academy?? I'm so confused.
No idea 🤷‍♀️

Royal Academy!
What is the world coming to...?

He's often seen out and about and is always polite, when I first saw him I had that 'I know him from somewhere' moment, I think he realised and just said Hello, only later did I place him,
Can all the armchair critics honestly say they've never had an off day where thay aren't as pleasant as they normally are? Some of these posts are very not picking.

Gabby logan before she got famous was spectacularly rude and disdainful to me at a social event where she was there as a 'plus partner' as was I !

Yes. My irony meter peaks when I see him sat in some far away place telling me i should be kinder to the planet, then he does an interview where he proudly announces his travel took him the equivalent of 763 times around the world. Or almost 2 million miles.

I could just about cope with that, but he never ever mentions the entire teams he went with, the sheer amount of luggage and cars and stuff that had to be helicoptered/flown/shippped into wherever the most inhospitable places are.
Just so he could make a show, and now hes done all of that, it's a bad thing if we want to fly to Spain once a year. Pillock

I always find the whole hatred of Megham Markle odd, no one who actually knows her has ever said a bad thing about her that I have read, only the opposite TBH. Only person is her dad who I find extremely uncomfortable to watch so not sure I can believe what he says. Only other person is Piers Morgan and has basically said its because she wouldn't be friends with him.

The press now prints stuff that has allegedly happened to do with the Royal family but no one has actually said anything there either. I am always arguing with my dad over her as he reads FB too much and truly believes everything on there.

I am really surprised to see Anton DB name crop up on here, I have met him loads of times and he is always lovely, he always remembers me even though it's fleeting meetings. I know people who have worked closely with him for years and say he's lovely.

Acting stupid to cover up being bitchy is definitely worse!

What did she do?
She worked on ‘Suits for years and even the Daily Fail couldn’t find anyone who had a bad word to say about her

Might be showing my age here but met Toby Anstis back when he was a broom closet presenter. My friends had a huge crush on him, one made me run up to him as in her words I was a loud mouth and wouldn't be embarrassed. We spent a good 30 minutes sat with him chatting. He was such a lovely guy, commented on how polite we were as apparently he got alot of lewd suggestions/comments, underwear given to him etc and he hated it . He noticed my friends camera and asked if we wanted to get a photo with him, the lady with him took it for us. Wonder if she still has it, not seen her in over 20 years.

Met Mr T once when he was doing panto in the UK, well I say met but it was more like I accosted the poor bloke. Talk about making an idiot of myself. I ran into this cafe he was sat in shouting "Mr T I love you mate" at him, grabbed him in a hug and then ran out again. He didn't utter a single word. 😂

I’m surprised about Martin Shaw. He was doing a charity thing near me and was assigned a university student as a runner (so about as low ranked as you get). The student said he was really nice - polite and cooperative.

Not me, but SIL has met Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber for her work (lovely, a bit pompous) and people like Grayson Perry (I met him too) - very nice.

@SerenaB12

"Whilst unlocking the areas he turned to David H and mentioned he thought the last episode of xxx was the best TV he had ever seen. DH stood there and stared at him before saying coldly.. " I don't think someone like you should be talking to someone like me"

At least he's humble isn't he

Why? What did she go?
My friend met her through work and said she is painfully thin but pleasant and even seemed a bit shy or under confident.

Jeremy Clarkson called me out for bad driving (he was right) and called me something unpleasant (but fair enough).
Melanie Sykes is a sweetheart.
my cousin met Michelle Obama at a school thing and said she’s just relaxed and joyful.