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Have you ever seen a celebrity in the street?

630 replies

BeckyRac · 07/04/2021 21:06

I saw George Sampson once.

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HelenHywater · 08/04/2021 19:49

yes loads. Most of them in North London
Ricky Gervais has spoken to my dogs a few times
Sue Perkins
Hugh Lawrie
Mick Jagger and L'Wren Scott in Hyde Park
The spice girls in Hampstead
George Michael
Katy Price
Shane McGowan
Damien Lewis and his wife lots
Was on a flight with Jeremy Corbyn
Daniel Craig
Mel Sykes
Jamie Oliver and Jools
Kate Moss
Nick Cave
Kate Winslet was once in the empty park with me
Davina McCall -we shared a changing room in a shop (that wasn't a gratifying experience for me)
Quite a few on Hampstead High Street over the years
Russell Brand
Jon Snow (the journalist)
both the Millibands
Martin Freeman
Chris Eubank
Zoe Ball
Ewan McGregor used to live in my road
David Baddiel used to live in my (different) road
Simon Pegg
Noel and Liam Gallagher and their wives (in Gap kids on hampstead high street if I remember correctly)
Helena Bonham Carter and her then husband (can't remember his name) in the queue for the butcher
Chris Evans

My exH was in a lift with Elle MacPherson once.

Sharonthecat · 08/04/2021 19:54

Kirsty and Phil in our street. Kirsty declared the area not suitable and our style of house 'soulless', the cheeky mare Hmm

Cam2020 · 08/04/2021 19:56

I've seen many when i worked in Central London near Theatreland: Timothy West, Penelope Keith, Vanessa Feltz, Fern Cotton, Ian McKellen, Sarah Ferguson (outside Harrods).

Crinkle77 · 08/04/2021 20:24

I saw Sean Maguire once in an amusement arcade in Blackpool. I saw all these people in black jackets with Sean written on the back and thought why have they all got the same jackets on? I then realised it was him with his entourage. I've also seen Jamie Carragher cycling with his kids at the beach eating an ice cream. That's about as exciting as my celeb spotting has got.

glittereyelash · 08/04/2021 20:24

Bono, moby, a few of the cast of Vikings, ed burns, John c Reilly.

toffeebutterpopcorn · 08/04/2021 20:43

I used to bump onto the chap off coronation street (he was married to Hayley) in our local sport Centre. He always smiled nicely and said hello.

Frazzled2207 · 08/04/2021 20:51

@Crinkle77

I saw Sean Maguire once in an amusement arcade in Blackpool. I saw all these people in black jackets with Sean written on the back and thought why have they all got the same jackets on? I then realised it was him with his entourage. I've also seen Jamie Carragher cycling with his kids at the beach eating an ice cream. That's about as exciting as my celeb spotting has got.
he had an entourage? And everyone had his name on their backs?! He's hardly a-list. Talk about attention-seeking.
Botanica · 08/04/2021 20:54

Sophie Dahl and Jamie Cullum were ahead of me in the baggage scanning queue at Heathrow once.

MrsDukeOfHastings · 08/04/2021 21:01

Jodie Marsh, Jay from Eastenders and Harry Rednapp (not together) is about as exciting as its got for me

ShitUsername · 08/04/2021 21:28

Saw David Platt from Corrie in a bar on holiday once, that’s about as exciting as it gets for me! Grin

Crinkle77 · 08/04/2021 21:36

@Frazzled2207 yep he did. It was in the 90's during his pop star days. He might have been there in tour at the time.

BrownEyedGirl80 · 08/04/2021 21:37

@CHIS my town is 30 mins away from Sheffield but fingers crossed!

PolarnOPirate · 08/04/2021 21:43

Walked past Konnie Huq pushing her buggy in Clapham, and Angelica Bell in Kingston train station.
Sat a couple of rows in front of Alan Rickman at the theatre once, was on a school trip and it was during the Harry Potter movies era so all of us kids were going ‘OMG it’s Snape!!!!’.

Sat next to Dom Joly at the theatre once, and behind Jason from Gavin and Stacey too (two different theatre occasions).

Mostly during the joys of my footloose and fancy free London dwelling years!

Also have sung with many celebs and stood next to Steven Fry in theatre wings dontchatknow.

TheTestOfTime · 08/04/2021 21:47

Mine are all quite old:

  • Jonathan Ross in a card shop on Camden High Street. I could hear him discussing buying a card for her mum with his young daughter and thought that he sounded really sweet, then I went around the corner and realised who it was.
  • Joanna Lumley in Vauxhall Sainsbury’s.
  • Joe Absolom - twice, once on a trip to London Dungeons; the second time on a flight to Thailand when he was with his family.
  • Henry Kelly in Camden.
  • Jesse Birdsall - in a pub close to Spitalfields, he was often in there and think that he may have part owned it.
  • Joe McGann - shopping in Norwich.
  • The actor who played Ted Roach in The Bill at an auction in Suffolk.
I could go on but I think that they’re getting increasingly obscure Smile
Canyoupleasejusteatyourdinner · 08/04/2021 21:49

Victoria Wood walking down regent st
Nick knowles in Wimbledon
Ian brown walking down Queensway
Moira Stewart on Chiswick high road
Gok wan in soho
Dr Christian jessen in a bar in soho
Richard e grant waiting for a bus at Richmond station
Vivienne Westwood at Clapham junction
John Hannah in Dartmouth, Devon
Andrew marr and Polly Toynbee at open air theatre in London
Paul whitehouse in Covent Garden
Jeremy Bowen in a cafe in Waterloo
Ed Byrne at a family theatre thing on southbank
Cerys Matthews at Tate Britain
Gary lineker in Sloane Square
Pail whitehouse nipping into a new agents in Covent Garden

mrsdolittle · 08/04/2021 21:49

George Micheal on the towpath by the River Thames

Zara Tindell in Waitrose

Ben Miller in our local park ALL THE BLOODY TIME

Nick Knowles ditto

Richard E Grant in Cote

Lawrence Llewelyn Bowen in Tesco.

Toomuchtooyoung01 · 08/04/2021 21:50

Graham Norton outside Wimbledon Theatre years and years ago after a performance of The Rocky Horror Show. I was frantically looking for my lost purse while dressed as a French maid.

Toomuchtooyoung01 · 08/04/2021 21:52

Oh AND Danny Murphy the footballer (now pundit) in Asda of all places at the self checkouts. The only item of his shopping I spied was some individual chocolate trifle things.

Maemar · 08/04/2021 21:56

Tim Peake

MrsPatrickDempsey · 08/04/2021 21:58

My list has some oldies:-
Princess Margaret in Bond Street. I reckon this was early 1980s
Mike Nolan from Bucks Fizz in M&S Marble Arch
Sylvester Stallone in a lift in the Las Vegas Hilton
Victoria Beckham in Bluewater

MrsPatrickDempsey · 08/04/2021 21:59

Oh and we stayed in the same hotel as the Man U football team - remember Giggs and Rooney

Kezzie200 · 08/04/2021 22:02

Joanne Lumley. I was looking out of my office window at the street and she owned it. Tall, elegant and beautiful. Caught my eye immediately.

Sat next to Dawn French in a restaurant. I was about the only person in the place to not notice! Richard and Judy, a lot.

Juanbablo · 08/04/2021 22:02

Saw Matthew Horne running along the South Bank.

PollyannaWhittier · 08/04/2021 22:04

Oh, and not in the street but I saw Rob Lowe when my workplace was being used to film something he was in. I had no idea who he was, but all the women over about 40 were carrying on like teenage girls trying to plan how to meet him Grin

dizzydizzydizzy · 08/04/2021 22:34

Joe Sugg twice!!! Once in Belfast Airport and another time in Brighton.