Have you got any famous friends?

[SauvingnonBlanketyBlanc]

I haven't and I don't know anyone that has.Must be weird to be on a night out and have constant attention from strangers.

@Knowivedonewrong his niece is in my daughters class

I went to school with the guys from Hue and Cry and they’ve been to parties at my house.

Gary recognises many fans and follows and replies to DMs on Twitter, he follows me on Twitter. But there is no fan out there that has become his 'friend'. He's friendly with them but there's a difference between that and actual friendship.

How would you even know that? Are you Gary?

memaymamo

No but it's absolute bollocks! Seriously?!

Gary is very interactive on Twitter (less so lately). There are many fans that have had frequent DMs off Gary, who he has arranged meet-ups with at gigs for special reasons or what not! Do you really think he has continued an internet friendship with just one of them and become real life friends? Or do you think it's more likely there would be fans mad enough to believe that Gary recognising them and sending them a few nice DMs means they are real life friends?

I would think having been in the business for 30 years that Gary would be a bit cautious about bringing someone who he only knew from his DMs into his real life friendship circle. He's a very wise business man!

Unless there is something else to it not explained in the original post then no, I absolutely don't believe it.

Just to add I know that he has been very lovely to some fans who have been through difficult times. They share it in the fan groups. But that does not make him a 'good friend'.

I don’t have any true friends who are famous, but I have a few acquaintances through my job who are famous.
I run my own little childcare business in north east London and over the years I have looked after some famous people’s children. We don’t particularly keep in contact so can’t call them friends, but I do often see them around and about so will always exchange pleasantries.

LaganOnABubble - oh god, I so love Hue and Cry, that voice.

My distant cousin was (is?) the lead singer of Showaddywaddy and my ex bosses son went to school with Bono's son.

I used to be friends with a few premiership footballers, this was in the 90s when I was a teenager and they were at most four years older than me. I didn't see them as any different from my other friends, until two of them came to a party with me that had been arranged at a local nightclub - suddenly I was really popular at school

And one of them was giving out the awards at my school's speech day, and afterwards offered me a lift into the city centre in his convertible (I was 17 and it was my last day at school). I remember looking back from the car park and seeing loads of younger pupils staring at me, and feeling quite smug.

I still speak to them now when I see them, but I do cringe when I think of how I used their friendship to get some status at school (I was bullied all the way through for not fitting in as a poor working class girl at a posh private school).

My husband is a very famous golfer. Does that count?

My daughter is friends with an actor who’s been in a big US series as well as some comedy stuff for the BBC. He’s a lovely lad

I am good friends with an actor from Goodnight Sweetheart, plus a few from my years of film extra work.

I’m friends with a niche but also quite famous singer.

We don’t see each other too regularly though.

Gary Barlow doesn't even keep in touch with many of his real life friends so I doubt he classes fans as friends (I am friends with his friend which is how I know).

And DSS2 is friends with a comedian who is becoming more successful, and has had his own series on the BBC. They went to uni together, and the friend also taught DS before he changed career.

@BingandFlop2019

No, less famous/more niche than that - probably stretching the definition of ‘famous’ really! Although after I posted I was thinking about JM because my friend does know the Manford family and went out with his brother a couple of times, including a night out with Jason and partner which was apparently all a bit odd with swapping cars and avoiding ‘hassle from the press’ as if he was a bigger deal than he actually is, but apparently he was a nice enough bloke aside from that.

Yes.

@AndNoneForGretchenWieners

Were you on a scholarship?

romax very heavily assisted place.

My XH's ex-girlfriend was Miss Ohio! Only just remembered that. Now she's a big name in organising Miss USA or something like that. Melissa Proctor - gorgeous, even now

Also I shagged Barney Hart Dyke (v minor actor and cousin to Miranda Hart). Barney's claim to fame was that he had shagged Elizabeth Hurley's sister. Barney and I ran into John Inman and his DP whilst we were out and John Inman knew Barney and his father. John was really lovely.

I used to babysit for Gordon McQueen's and Derek Parlane's DCs. (you'd have to be very into Scottish football to care about that though!).

I saw Gary Lineker walking out of a petrol station about a year ago. He stunningly handsome and beautifully dressed. I nearly fell over staring at him. It was quite funny (to me) and i thought he was very clever to simply stare into the middle distance whilst walking which discouraged chit chat without being rude.

My uncle was in a famous band in the 80s and performed at the Live Aid concert