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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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MrsMoastyToasty · 09/07/2024 17:14

Ioan Gruffudd wants to be my Facebook friend.

Madlymumming · 09/07/2024 17:07

Brad Pitt recently liked my comment on FB. Actually he liked quite a few people's comments. It was on a post about cake icing 🤨

KnittyNell · 09/07/2024 16:51

Sinatra and Prince Andrew recently. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

OnlyFrench · 09/07/2024 16:45

Keanu Reeves pesters me to the point I'm thinking of getting a restraining order

CornedBeef451 · 09/07/2024 16:31

Nicholas Galitzine messaged me yesterday on Instagram.

Instant block as I'm pretty sure he's not really trawling social media for middle aged women.

Itsallsostressful · 09/07/2024 16:26

Grannyinnwaiting · 09/07/2024 15:57

I'm actually jealous that i haven't had fake Brad and Cillion rather than Aidan Gillen and Gary Numan

Oh I'd quite like a chat with Aidan !!

cheezncrackers · 09/07/2024 16:02

If you engage with any fan sites on SM you get people claiming to be that person and asking you to go over to another site or private message or whatever. I instantly block.

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Grannyinnwaiting · 09/07/2024 15:57

I'm actually jealous that i haven't had fake Brad and Cillion rather than Aidan Gillen and Gary Numan

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PeachyKeane · 09/07/2024 15:00

Yes, lots on Facebook. All sorts of musicians. I'm irresistible obviously 🙄 🤪

Thewaytogohome · 09/07/2024 14:45

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? 😂

I'd rather a fake Brad Pitt than the real one!

Itsallsostressful · 09/07/2024 14:43

Oh I had Cillian Murphy get in touch via FB messenger !! Kept it going for a while but unfortunately rl was too busy for me to really wind them up !

CurlewKate · 09/07/2024 14:41

I have a mild hobby in which I "collect" celebrities by finding ways to get likes from minor celebrities. Money does not change hands 🤣 and there is no dialogue. Just a mild satisfaction to me for. Collecting Nigella Lawson. Like a sort of birdwatcher!

LightDrizzle · 09/07/2024 14:40

User14March · 09/07/2024 14:38

@LightDrizzle lol, you’ve brightened my afternoon. Have you seen the ‘Elaine Figgis’ sketch?

I have 😂
It was painfully good as well as funny.

spikeandbuffy · 09/07/2024 14:39

Dean Gaffney but many years ago and was the actual real one

User14March · 09/07/2024 14:38

@LightDrizzle lol, you’ve brightened my afternoon. Have you seen the ‘Elaine Figgis’ sketch?

SecretBirthday · 09/07/2024 14:36

caramac04 · 09/07/2024 13:51

Somebody famous, male, good looking but I can’t remember who it was supposed to be. Unfortunately it was definitely not genuine and I blocked.
is it always men messaging women? As in people purporting to be a male celebrity?

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.

KreedKafer · 09/07/2024 14:29

This has been happening for years - I get them occasionally.

shellyleppard · 09/07/2024 14:18

On Facebook joe Elliott and rick savage from def leppard liked my post on their fan club page.....and rick Allen (drummer) sent me a friend request. A lot of people fall for these scams as they're often very very convincing

OldTinHat · 09/07/2024 14:14

Hahaha, I have about a dozen on Tiktok!

Rainydaydreamer · 09/07/2024 14:10

Sometimes if I'm bored I have some fun messing them about

DragonGypsyDoris · 09/07/2024 14:08

Freddie Mercury hassles me relentlessly on SM. Same with Bruce Forsyth.

qazxc · 09/07/2024 14:05

Prince Harry is following me on tik tok.

Snoopystick · 09/07/2024 14:04

Yes - commented on his Facebook page (Jerry Cantrell if anyone likes a bit of grunge) and then got a messenger message - completely thought it was from him - I didn’t realise the blue ticks can be faked 🫣

SamW98 · 09/07/2024 14:02

LightDrizzle · 09/07/2024 13:59

I wonder if anyone is reading this thread with a mounting sense of horror…

I haven’t had any fake slebs, but I’ve had the odd astonishingly good looking 30+ bloke who has seen the unfiltered profile photo of teeny, dumpy, 50+ year old me and purportedly felt moved to contact me on account of my beauty and elegance 😂 From this they can also deduce that I am a lovely person. Must be a useful skill to have.

And don’t forget all the widowed American military surgeons stationed in Yemen or wherever who can’t resist us mature ladies on FB and feel they have to message us to tell us.

LightDrizzle · 09/07/2024 14:00

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? 😂

😂😂😂