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To think I've peaked after spotting three celebs in one day??!

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Fancyflorist · 15/05/2025 19:42

On a work trip to London today. I spotted:

Hugo Taylor (MIC OG) this morning on the street near Liverpool Street station

James Acaster (comedian) coming out of Liverpool Street station at the end of the working day, AND

(Most excitingly for me) Marina Hyde with her husband, running for a train at Paddington Station!

I’m not even a massive celeb-spotter usually, but this was a personal record. AIBU to think this is peak and it’s all downhill from here?

Can anyone beat that? What's your best day of unexpected celeb sightings?

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getahhtmapub · 16/05/2025 21:07

LushLemonTart · 16/05/2025 19:54

That was a dream wasn't it 🤣

It’s totally true! I used to work on Tottenham Court Road. Slebs spotted daily!

saltinesandcoffeecups · 16/05/2025 20:14

My weird spotting story was being at a smaller US airport one morning.

Al Sharpton -Celebrity Activist
The Oakridge Boys -Old School country band
Somebody else that I’ve forgotten but was totally random but famous.

I was talking to a couple as we waited for the airline to figure out what they were going to do with us. It was really early but the airport port was in chaos I think because of storm delays somewhere that brought this airport to its knees. As we were chatting I mentioned seeing Al Sharpton and they pointed out the band and the 3rd celebrity.

I leaned over and said “we are the safest we’ll ever be in our lives at this moment”. As you would expect they both looked a little quizzical at me until I said “Imagine the astronomical odds of something happening with these 3 random famous people all randomly at the same place”

They laughed and agreed

LushLemonTart · 16/05/2025 19:54

getahhtmapub · 16/05/2025 17:40

I walked right into (as in clashed bodies with) Paul McCartney and Heather outside Heals. I was so starstruck I then let the heavy door swing back into the face of Jonathan Ross and Jane.

That night me and friend went to a restaurant and Paul Daniels came in with Debbie McGee. He was dressed as Aladdin.

That was a dream wasn't it 🤣

Fancyflorist · 16/05/2025 18:18

getahhtmapub · 16/05/2025 17:40

I walked right into (as in clashed bodies with) Paul McCartney and Heather outside Heals. I was so starstruck I then let the heavy door swing back into the face of Jonathan Ross and Jane.

That night me and friend went to a restaurant and Paul Daniels came in with Debbie McGee. He was dressed as Aladdin.

Wow ok is that a thread record for number of celebs in one day?!

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Bimblebombles · 16/05/2025 17:56

Walked past Halle Berry in LA

getahhtmapub · 16/05/2025 17:40

I walked right into (as in clashed bodies with) Paul McCartney and Heather outside Heals. I was so starstruck I then let the heavy door swing back into the face of Jonathan Ross and Jane.

That night me and friend went to a restaurant and Paul Daniels came in with Debbie McGee. He was dressed as Aladdin.

madgreenlemons · 16/05/2025 14:18

Banmooo · 15/05/2025 22:11

That was Marina Wheeler

I’ve met Marina Wheeler. (This is a fun game!) She was tiny and quite quiet and seemed nice.

Foodfiend2025 · 16/05/2025 13:25

Last night I saw Billy Ocean, Matt from Saturday Kitchen and Pat Sharpe!

x2boys · 16/05/2025 13:25

Just remembered another one ,many years ago when I was doing my nurse training in Salford,I was in a,pub with some friends watching some student band ,one of the band members Dads ,was none other than Dr Chris Steele from this morning 😂😂

x2boys · 16/05/2025 13:21

ToCriefforNotToCrieff · 16/05/2025 11:56

I spotted someone,who always appears as a body language expert on true crime programme,s ,I excitedly, told my sister as I'm a big fan of true crime and she had no.idea who he was

@x2boys Cliff Lansley?

I was at a non political event through work many years ago and saw a man there and was about to say "What are you doing here??". I stopped myself but I could feel my face saying it. He smiled as if to say "Yes! It's me!". It wasn't until a good few hours later it occurred to me it was John Swinney. He doesn't look so smiley nowadays.

The year Ewan McGregor was Chieftain of Crieff Highland Games his friend James Cosmo was also there and he smiled at me. I very nearly swooned. Ewan's arse was out the window after that!

Many, many years ago I was doing the walk of shame early one Sunday morning in Edinburgh when Billy Connolly stopped to look in a shop window and said to the child he was carrying "Oh look, a fishy!". I was very hungover cool and pretended not to notice him.

Yes that ,s the one,it took me a while to realise where I knew him from as his face was so familiar .

BlueSkyBeing · 16/05/2025 12:24

Never heard of them. But very exciting for you that you have and you have seen them.

augustusglupe · 16/05/2025 11:59

Jujujudo · 16/05/2025 11:56

I bloody wish!

😃

ToCriefforNotToCrieff · 16/05/2025 11:56

I spotted someone,who always appears as a body language expert on true crime programme,s ,I excitedly, told my sister as I'm a big fan of true crime and she had no.idea who he was

@x2boys Cliff Lansley?

I was at a non political event through work many years ago and saw a man there and was about to say "What are you doing here??". I stopped myself but I could feel my face saying it. He smiled as if to say "Yes! It's me!". It wasn't until a good few hours later it occurred to me it was John Swinney. He doesn't look so smiley nowadays.

The year Ewan McGregor was Chieftain of Crieff Highland Games his friend James Cosmo was also there and he smiled at me. I very nearly swooned. Ewan's arse was out the window after that!

Many, many years ago I was doing the walk of shame early one Sunday morning in Edinburgh when Billy Connolly stopped to look in a shop window and said to the child he was carrying "Oh look, a fishy!". I was very hungover cool and pretended not to notice him.

Jujujudo · 16/05/2025 11:56

augustusglupe · 16/05/2025 10:37

Dave Gahan? 😍

I bloody wish!

TorroFerney · 16/05/2025 11:41

unstableunicorn · 15/05/2025 20:59

Ooo disappointed that James Acaster may have walked past me today without me noticing, I was in the area earlier! I've seen a few celebs, most recently Ncuti Gatwa and Nicola Coughlan, but my most exciting sighting was probably Simon Farnaby, the fella from Horrible Histories who did the stupid deaths skit 😂 one of my favourite childhood shows to this day, what an icon haha

That’s impressive. Mine are Shaun ryder and gok wan at the Trafford centre, micheal mosely in London and also Greg w.

sarah Parrish and her husband on the airport shuttle at Miami airport (husband stared he thought he knew her husband from work). Someone from shameless uses the same gym as me.

oh and I served billy cork hill in a shop I worked in , him and Janice battersby live near me.

if anyone who is genx replies and says they don’t know who Shaun Ryder or billy corkhill are I’m closing my account!

SingingSands · 16/05/2025 11:34

I saw Keith Chegwin on my tiny local high street in West Yorkshire and pointed with surprise and said "you're Keith Chegwin!" 😆

He stopped to chat and said he was presenting a fish n chip shop of the year award to the chippy near the airport.

Not as glamorous as London 🤣

Littledidsheknow · 16/05/2025 11:27

My only celebrity spots are:

Ronnie Wood (Rolling Stone) in Bath,
Edwyn Collins (singer) in Mallorca
Ray Winstone in London
Gaz Coombes (Supergrass) in Brighton

KimberleyClark · 16/05/2025 11:22

Saw Monty Don in the BA Club lounge. He got on the same flight as we did, to Athens, and then a few days later saw him again. We’d gone on a day trip to Hydra and were sitting outside a bar on th3 harbour and saw him again walking past us with his wife.

Heylittlesongbird · 16/05/2025 11:18

An ex footballer called Matt Le Tissier was at my son’s football tournament. This meant nothing to me, but all the boys were having photos with him so I got one.
Later some of the parents on Facebook and WhatsApp were really excited because they thought they’d been photographed with Phil Tuffnell 😂
I wasn’t going to be the one to tell them!

NotDarkGothicMama · 16/05/2025 11:15

My celebrity spots are Helen Glover and Steve Backshall with their kids at Whipsnade Zoo and Germaine Greer at a London pub. The HG/SB one was a bit awkward because DS was massively starstruck and we kept trying to take a different route to them to give them space, but somehow kept ending up in the same spots with DS gawping. Steve was lovely and said hello to DS, who was so overcome that he accidentally called him Simon 🤦‍♀️

Tiddlersfish · 16/05/2025 11:07

Fancyflorist · 16/05/2025 11:04

I can see you wouldn't be able to look at Josh Widdicombe without flashbacks - hope they're not too distressing for you. Did he take any notice of what was going on or look out for you in any way?

No he was very engrossed in his book! Not that I’d have expected him too, DH was patiently waiting for the tube to stop so we could get off for some air, once I’d calmed down I was more annoyed that my claustrophobia had stopped me from having a chat 😂

Fancyflorist · 16/05/2025 11:04

Tiddlersfish · 16/05/2025 10:49

I live quite close to Diversity’s studio so see them fairly often locally.
Was sat opposite Billie Piper and Chris Evans at Typhoon Lagoon in Florida in 2001, they were both lovely.
Had a panic attack on the tube whilst sat next to Josh Widdecombe once too - that was a bizarre experience, everytime I see him on TV now I get flashbacks!

I can see you wouldn't be able to look at Josh Widdicombe without flashbacks - hope they're not too distressing for you. Did he take any notice of what was going on or look out for you in any way?

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KimberleyClark · 16/05/2025 11:01

One for Trekkies. Went to a convention, met George Takei, Marina Sirtis, Garrett Wang, Kate Mulgrew, John Billingsley.

Tiddlersfish · 16/05/2025 10:49

I live quite close to Diversity’s studio so see them fairly often locally.
Was sat opposite Billie Piper and Chris Evans at Typhoon Lagoon in Florida in 2001, they were both lovely.
Had a panic attack on the tube whilst sat next to Josh Widdecombe once too - that was a bizarre experience, everytime I see him on TV now I get flashbacks!

augustusglupe · 16/05/2025 10:37

Jujujudo · 15/05/2025 21:25

In the 90’s I worked at Sound Republic in Leicester Square where they filmed MTV and the chart show. I remember one afternoon we had Westlife, The Beautiful South, Charlene Spiteri, Depeche Mode, Emma Bunton, Steps, Suggs, E17 and Suede in the restaurant. I even had a cheeky snog with one of them - I’ll leave that up in the air there…!!

Dave Gahan? 😍