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To ask if any so called celebrities have contacted you on social media

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Grannyinnwaiting · 09/07/2024 12:39

I'm an occasional instagram user - my settings are private and i only post occasionally. in the past few weeks i've been contacted by Gary Numan, James Norton, Aidan Gillen and Matthew Mcconaghy. Very clear these celebrities are not IRL keen to engage with a middle aged woman. I've blocked them all. Anyone else experiencing this? Gary Numan thanked me for liking one of his posts but then went on to say we should chat ove something called Telegraph - it's clearly bollocks

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HazelOP1972 · 18/01/2026 23:51

The rel Dean dated my Sisters friend about 30 yrs ago!!!

TammyJones · 15/07/2024 06:34

Yes
Wonder what that was about.
Refus Sewell
And various male members of Bridgeton.
But it was just like my comments
I didn't engage.
One had 2 different accounts.

jasminocereusbritannicus · 15/07/2024 06:28

Omid Djalili replied to a message I sent …. He was visiting my town and my daughter and her boyfriend were eating in the same local restaurant as him but were too shy to approach him! So I let him know;he thought it was funny.🤭They went to his show later in the evening !

Zanatdy · 15/07/2024 06:10

I know someone who would fall for this. She paid 5k to someone who befriended her and started complimenting her, then said he had sent her 25k in the post but it was stuck at customs…. If you can’t believe there are people naive enough in the world, let me confirm there are. She isn’t unintelligent either, earning 40k a year, mother of 3. But very naive

FindingMeno · 15/07/2024 06:03

I don't know who half these people are, so I'd probably be singularly unimpressed if it was the real celebrity!

sashh · 15/07/2024 05:43

Danielle Radcliff. This was years ago when social media didn't really exist but there were messenger services like ICQ.

I'm sure a teenage actor was really interested in a 40 year old woman in Wolverhampton.

YesIReallyDoLikeRootBeer · 15/07/2024 05:30

Adam Ant contacted me on Tik Tok the other day LOL

TheresNoPiccalilliInThisJar · 15/07/2024 02:39

I've been genuinely contacted by 2. Not celebrities per se but well known if you happen to be a fan of them or their work.
First was Michael Harney (he's been in OITNB, Erin Brockovich etc). Second was Lucy Davis (from the Office). They both follow me on Instagram and Lucy messages periodically to ask how my son is (I mentioned in the comments on one of her posts how he was in hospital and the reason why and she got in touch to say she was thinking about us which was so sweet).
I've also been contacted by bots pretending to be Kevin Costner, David Morrisey, Christopher Eccleston, Dawn French, Chris O'Dowd, Brian Cox and Ricky Gervais. 😂

Ponoka7 · 13/07/2024 09:01

My DD, however, stunning and under 28, has been contacted by minor celebrities. She's actually been dating one for over a year and has had free travel/accommodation when he's working. It's annoying being stopped in Costco for pictures with people, though. But, yes, I've known men to fall for scams through loneliness. It's interesting that we see women as victims but men as arrogant.

LunaNorth · 13/07/2024 08:55

SecretBirthday · 09/07/2024 14:36

No, it’s just that the men haven’t realised yet that they’re being scammed, they genuinely think that Sam Fox from the 80’s has chosen to message them on insta because they’re fucking irresistible and she must just have a humongous wetty for them.

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‘Humongous wetty’ hahahahaha 😂

Might change my username…

ThePoshUns · 13/07/2024 08:55

'Neil Stuke' and 'Jim Kerr' both wanted me to send them nudes funnily enough!

LunaNorth · 13/07/2024 08:54

I’ve had three separate Austin Butlers. Go me.

BeardedLodger · 13/07/2024 08:47

Jason Statham whatsapped me. It was obviously him, had his picture set as his profile and everything 😀

DottyLottieLou · 13/07/2024 08:31

Mark Owen keeps pestering me, and his mate Gary Barlow.

TerfTalking · 13/07/2024 07:41

Also Elon musk, I chatted to him for a while and told him I wasn’t interested in his money as I was wealthy in my own right, which encouraged him. Eventually he wanted to move to Telegram Messenger or just “telegram” as he said. I thought “bloody hell, communicate by telegram, where in the world was he?”, then I worked out it was an App.

At this point I tired of him and told him I knew he was a scammer working in a call centre to which he immediately audio called me on some App, never shared anything so no idea how he called me.

At this point I decided I didn’t need Elon in my life and blocked him.

dogoverman · 13/07/2024 07:34

I did once match with Dean Gaffney on tinder

Cliedi · 13/07/2024 07:32

Wait, what? So Paul MacCartney doesn’t want to form the new Beatles with me?

emilyelf · 13/07/2024 07:32

I'm jealous now, no one's contacted me ever before 😂

Gingerdancedbackwards · 13/07/2024 07:21

systemicmotivations · 09/07/2024 12:42

Dean Gaffney and Lewis Capaldi. Clearly not them of course but makes me feel sad for people who would believe it and get drawn in. I have a friend who firmly believes it's the real celebrity contacting her when she gets similar messages, she won't be told otherwise.

Dean Gafny?? Is he still a 'celebrity'?
Was he ever?
Why on earth would anyone think that a 'celeb' is randomly contacting them for a natter? V gullible if they do

Peterbeardwy · 13/07/2024 07:18

FoleyHuck · 09/07/2024 12:42

I get various incarnations of Henry Cavill on the regular 🤷🏼‍♀️

Me too !!!

SimplyReadHead · 13/07/2024 07:04

The actual real Trevor and Simon follow me on Twitter.

and the real CBeebies follow me on Instagram!

sadly, no DMs from Hollywood AListers yet.

medianewbie · 13/07/2024 06:51

Prince William and the Archbishop of Canterbury. Twice. Now, there's a thing!

DrinkUpBabyDown · 13/07/2024 06:38

systemicmotivations · 09/07/2024 12:42

Dean Gaffney and Lewis Capaldi. Clearly not them of course but makes me feel sad for people who would believe it and get drawn in. I have a friend who firmly believes it's the real celebrity contacting her when she gets similar messages, she won't be told otherwise.

Dean Gaffney I can believe. He's contacted a friend of mine from his official insta account. He'd probably say he was hacked though.

UseOfWeapons · 13/07/2024 06:29

Elon Musk and Keanu Reeves! As neither could spell very well, and Keanu couldn’t spell his own name correctly,I concluded they weren’t genuine 😀. Elon, or should I say’Elon’, clearly was uncomfortable using a language not his mother-tongue.

ImCamembertTheBigCheese · 09/07/2024 17:15

Summervibes24 · 09/07/2024 14:00

Brad Pitt contacted me. Is it weird to say I would rather a fake Brad Pitt than a fake Michael Bolton? 😂

To be fair I also have Mark Whalberg and quite a few James Martin's. Not sure if that improves things?

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