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Celebs that give you good vibes

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Pekoe78 · 23/01/2024 23:13

Just in the interests of balance, following a previous thread about negative vibes, AIBU to ask which celebrities have you NOT met but when you watch or listen to them you get a really positive vibe from them? Mine would be Dolly Parton, Craig Revel Horwood, Ian Hislop and Tom Hanks. They just come across to me as genuine good people.

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Polly291869 · 24/01/2024 16:38

Henry Winkler [aka The Fonz, Happy Days 😎]
always comes across in interviews as a good 'un.

Has spent decades raising awareness about dyslexia, fighting for kids to get better access to support and empowerment.

Humble, self-deprecating, far more interested in other people...

And with that twinkly geniality and a never-ending supply of anecdotes!
I'd like to adopt him as a wise Uncle, please.

JoeyJojoJnrShabadoo · 24/01/2024 15:55

Cathbrownlow · 24/01/2024 15:03

Ricky Tomlinson
Bill Nighy

Just about everyone else who's been mentioned

I spotted Bill Nighy in Leeds years back and walked past him leaving the direction of the Trinity Centre as I was going in. He saw me spot him and gave me this, "yeah, I am who you think I am" smile 🤣 Not in an arrogant way though, just in acknowledgment if that makes sense. He seemed very genuinely cool. My DP was gutted because he'd just come off night shift and was so out of it he didn't notice. When I told him, "we just walked past Bill Nighy", he tried to peek but BN was too far into the distance and his face was the 😩 emoji followed by, "oh for fuck sake, that's typical" hahaha

Uricon2 · 24/01/2024 15:47

Oh, adding to the votes for Dolly Parton, Martin (and Shirley) Kemp and Emilia Clarke too. EC seems like such fun that I can't take her seriously saying "Dracarys" now.

GoT theme, great vibes from Gwendoline Christie too.

sandrapinchedmysandwich · 24/01/2024 15:46

Ryan Reynolds - some of his social media posts are hilarious

Anthony Head

Jason Donovan

Lovely Ovie of Love Island fame

Matt Damon

Keane Reeves

Anna Ryder Richardson seems like she would be fun down the pub.

Dave Grohl

PabloPawcasso · 24/01/2024 15:39

BigMandsTattooPortfolio · 24/01/2024 15:17

Dolly Parton, Dolly Parton and Dolly Parton. ❤️❤️❤️

“If I have one more facelift I’ll have a beard”

shatteredmum1 · 24/01/2024 15:24

Another vote for Liza Tarbuck.
I have a massive girl crush on her !!

thomasinacat · 24/01/2024 15:19

Dolly Parton - hasn't a negative bone in her body.
Alan Rickman
Celia Imrie
Tom Wilkinson
Dawn French
Emma Thompson
David Beckham

BigMandsTattooPortfolio · 24/01/2024 15:17

Dolly Parton, Dolly Parton and Dolly Parton. ❤️❤️❤️

Yepidid · 24/01/2024 15:15

JK Rowling - Brave and stands up for women. Also brilliant writer.
Zoe ball and Claudia winkleman I like they way they come across

Jonny Ball- I actually crashed my pram into his back by accident once due to my toddler having a meltdown and me not looking where I was going. He was very lovely and human.
Julie Walters

SandyWaves · 24/01/2024 15:09

Joanna Lumley, Claudia, Martin Kemp all have good vibes.

But for anyone saying Alison Hammond, please watch Ant and Dec's show where they pranked her and had hidden cameras. She was incredibly rude to people that she thought were working in a hotel and obnoxious to her manager. Awful woman.

PabloPawcasso · 24/01/2024 15:08

beguilingeyes · 24/01/2024 14:26

Have you heard him on Grace Dent's Comfort Eating Podcast? He is the nicest man in the world.

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Every time someone on the thread has said this I’ve thought of Timothy Spall and been surprised he has such a strong following as I’ve not seen him in anything for years. Just image googled and pretty sure it’s a different bloke 😆

KimberleyClark · 24/01/2024 15:08

Nestofwalnuts · 24/01/2024 14:35

Hugh Dennis. I was looking for somewhere to sit in a cafe and he glanced up from his laptop and gave me the most gorgeous smile ever. It radiated niceness. Nothing sleazy or 'recognise me?' about it. Just lovely man. I think he was about to say I could share his table but another table became free so I didn't really have the excuse. But that smile made me glow the way a baby's laugh makes you feel happy.

My DH saw Ben Miller on the train and says he gave him that sort of smile.

PabloPawcasso · 24/01/2024 15:05

CactusMactus · 24/01/2024 14:34

Met them both (which is weird as I am not in the business of hanging out with celebs).
Gok Wan - met him on a photoshoot. He was very rude about the lady he was doing make up for. Referred to her face as "like a sponge" (she had a lot of work done). He also admitted to taking lots of drugs to loose weight.
Sara Cox - met her at a festival. She was lovely.

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This confirms exactly my impression of both of them!

AmethystSparkles · 24/01/2024 15:04

LusaBatoosa · 24/01/2024 01:49

I find both Bradley Walsh and Chris Tarrant really disturbing and I don’t know why.

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Bradley Walsh has always set off my narcissist radar.

Miranda Hart
Claudia Winkleman
Victoria Coren Mitchell
Victoria Wood (and all her friends, Celia Imrie, Julie Walters etc)

However I’m not sure that celebrities should be congratulated just because they’re nice. I’m always polite and nice and no one congratulates me!

Bibbidybobbidyroo · 24/01/2024 15:04

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Richard def gives me the vibes of a guy who wouldnt let you get a word in edgeways when he starts talking!

Cathbrownlow · 24/01/2024 15:03

Ricky Tomlinson
Bill Nighy

Just about everyone else who's been mentioned

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Vicliz24 · 24/01/2024 14:54

Joanna Lumley , Dave Grohl , and Katherine Tate who I had a short chat with at the theatre once , she was just lovely.

Caresha · 24/01/2024 14:47

Oh also Viola Davis and Susan Sullivan.

Bibbidybobbidyroo · 24/01/2024 14:38

Kate Winslet
Keanu Reeves
Pedro Pascal
Jason Momoa

I also met Moira Stewart at an event where I was working as an assistant and she was a HOOT!

Snugglemonkey · 24/01/2024 14:37

I instantly thought Dave Grohl and Claudia Winkleman. I see I am not alone!

Bibbidybobbidyroo · 24/01/2024 14:37

FloofCloud · 24/01/2024 04:07

Johnny Depp
George Michael
Both seem(Ed) lovely but have deep issues

Dolly
Joanna lumley
Keanu reeves
So lovely they need naming twice

Get bonkers/good vibes from Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt

Can confirm that Johnny Depp was incredibly gracious and sweet IRL.

Nestofwalnuts · 24/01/2024 14:35

Hugh Dennis. I was looking for somewhere to sit in a cafe and he glanced up from his laptop and gave me the most gorgeous smile ever. It radiated niceness. Nothing sleazy or 'recognise me?' about it. Just lovely man. I think he was about to say I could share his table but another table became free so I didn't really have the excuse. But that smile made me glow the way a baby's laugh makes you feel happy.

CactusMactus · 24/01/2024 14:34

Fullofeffingjoy · 23/01/2024 23:25

Gok Wan
Sara Cox

Met them both (which is weird as I am not in the business of hanging out with celebs).
Gok Wan - met him on a photoshoot. He was very rude about the lady he was doing make up for. Referred to her face as "like a sponge" (she had a lot of work done). He also admitted to taking lots of drugs to loose weight.
Sara Cox - met her at a festival. She was lovely.

Uricon2 · 24/01/2024 14:29

The Suchet brothers (John and David)
Sir Lenny Henry (I know people who know him but haven't met him myself)
Joanna Lumley
George Michael did so many kind things that no one knew about until his death, seemed able to laugh at himself and as someone said upthread, the person he hurt was him.
Mark Williams (Father Brown)
Paul Whitehouse
Jennifer Saunders and Ade Edmondson
And of course, Anthony Head😆!