@VictoriousSockPuppet
Great story needtoknow, and extra kudos points for using the gents.
I note Babooshka makes plenty of references to knowing or having met famous people, but doesn't actually name them
#alltalk
#giventoexaggeration
#don'tthinksheisgoingtowinthiscategory
I know what you’re doing with your trash talk
@VictoriousSockPuppet - you’re trying to goad me into listing them... well it’s worked.
To be fair, Honey probably will have encountered far more famous faces in one year doing her job than I have in my lifetime but here goes (will update with any more that come to mind later...). You should probably do your list @Honeyroar - or at least the highlights if too many to mention. There’s a good bit of scrapping of the barrel on my list (desperate 
), especially towards the end...
Mostly met through work - the ones I’ve met in a non work context are in italics. Bold means met more than once.
Paul McCartney
Invited me to sit with him on his throne-y chair thing when everyone else nabbed the chairs near him. On another occasion I embarrassed myself horribly in front of him but I‘m still weighing up whether I can tell you about that.
Sean Hughes Spent a lot of time mocking me and then asked me if I wanted to help him find his hotel room 🤔🤔🤔
Harry Hill He’s a good egg. The only one I think might remember me now if we bumped into each other.
Ricky Gervais Ditto. A misunderstanding on one occasion resulted in my being on the receiving end of his more caustic side. When he realised he’d made a mistake I got the sincerest apology email
you could hope for.
Sophie Thompson
Michael Brandon and Glynis Barber (does anyone remember they were Dempsey and Makepeace back in the 80s and then got married? I somehow managed to accidentally stalk them throughout their honeymoon
Green Gartside Friend’s party, chatted for a while. Did the whole ‘Oh, like Green from Scritti Politti?’ and then took a good ten minutes to realise he actually was green from Scritti Politti. 🙄
Jeremy Healy/Jeremiah from Hayzee Fantayzee This was, admittedly, pre Hayzee Fantayzee and DJ days.
Billy Bragg
Viv Albertine (The Slits)
Julian Cope
Jarvis Cocker (not sure whether he really counts. I sat in a meeting with him but beyond the initial introduction didn’t speak directly to him)
David Byrne (again - only really an introduction- I was a bit too star struck for any further interaction!)
Michael Palin - about as nice as you might imagine.
Richard Ayoade
Jonathan Ross
David Milliband
Ken Livingstone
Miranda Richardson
Sarah Ferguson
Matthew Horne
Jackie Collins
Mark Steele
Myleene Klass
Steve Wright
Grace Dent
I must have been thinking about these awards a bit too much last night as I had a dream I was sitting on the floor with a group of people I don’t know whilst Anthony Head read A Bear Called Paddington to us and I kept thinking ‘damn, they are never going to believe this happened the night before the awards!’ 🤣🤣🤣
If I don’t win at least I might get ‘Most Effort Put In To Trying To Win a Category’ category (or maybe Most Desperate Name-Dropper )