Have you met a celebrity? What were they like?

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Following on from the ' have you met abs infamous criminal' thread. Has anyone met a celebrity (bonus points for really famous) and were they nice?

Joshua Malina (American actor) friendly and chatty

John Bishop: shook hands and then blanked me and just talked to the more important person I was with

Julian Clary: as someone up thread said perfectly, sweet and a bit shy

I met Mary Berry at her Baking Bible book signing at the NEC food show about 10 years ago. I was struggling with PND and not in a good place and so was very much looking forward to meeting my hero…
She was absolutely awful! Uninterested. Name? Is what she said to me. I was gutted. Can’t bear to watch the false woman being so ‘nice’ on tv.
I get that everyone has bad days, but really, she had one job that day and fucking failed
#notstillbitter

Novak Djokovic. He was friendly, smiley and didn't mind that I had just ran into him at full speed. (At Wimbledon, was hurrying to the toilet during a break). Very tall - I'm 5'9 and he was quite a bit taller and surprisingly solid. His security were less amused.

Luke Goss (from Bros) asked if I was British and then if I knew who he was as I didn't melt into a puddle when he got into the same lift as me in a hotel in LA.

Nicolas Cage refused to give autographs or pose for photos when he arrived at the London Premiere of Captain Corelli's Mandolin.

Prince Charles (at a young choristers event that he asked to be present at ) - disinterested and couldn’t wait to leave. He walked straight past anyone who wanted to converse with him.

Camilla - (At young choristers event). Absolutely lovely. Very interested in their individual stories and took time to speak to the young choristers, individually. Her lady in waiting was charming too.

Justin Fletcher - Performing panto for CBeebies. He refused to interact with the children off camera.

Rachel Steven’s (S Club 7). Didn’t bother turning up for an event that she was headlining. No apology given.

Simon Cowell - Much more personable off camera than on. He’s lovely! (Off camera).

Cheryl (Whatever her name is this month) - Total bitch to adults and children alike. Her demeanour was exactly the same after several meetings with her.

Tom Jones - Exactly as you see him on The Voice. He was brilliant with the children.

Ollie Murs - Meh! Not rude but not personable either. Maybe he was having an off day?

Arianda Grande - Wow! What a beautiful person inside and out. She is the only person I have ever said that about.

Cilla Black - Her reputation goes before her. Dreadful woman!

John Barrowman - Simply a diva and only interested in himself. Vulgar! 🤮

Pauline Black from Selecter. Really lovely and down-to-earth. Came and hung out/chatting to folk in the bar after a gig...

Amy Winehouse and Paris Hilton, both were lovely.

I’m not going to name him because it’s quite outing (all my real life friends know!) - but I met and had a cheeky snog in a bar with a member of the England football team about 10 years ago.
He didn’t play for England back then, just a small city club. He was nice, really funny, and not a bad kisser

DF has met Paul Hollywood - apparently he was wearing tight leather trousers he was bursting out of and seemed pretty snooty/unfriendly!

Chris Akabusi. Very kind and gentle and his dd was delightfully polite.

Jason donavon. As guy next door as he comes across.

Joe Absolom. Much shyer than you'd think but down to earth, kind and polite.

Mr motivator. As energetic as he comes across. Seemed nice but only key him briefly.

Fred Dinage. Seemed nice enough quite fairly stand off ish.

Mike something - from the oxo cube advert. The most z list celeb I've met and the rudest with the biggest ego for the non celeb he actually was!

Oh and anton dubeck. Seemed nice enough but you could tell he was good at acting interested for the TV!

Brian Connolly - hilarious, engaging charming and genuinely seemed interested in people.

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Quite a few (did a lot of tv/film extra work).

But I can confirm that the the genuinely loveliest most humble celebrity I have ever met is Simon Reeve.

Love this man

Russell Brand. I was shocked at how boring he was. Sleazy in a non obvious way (got his people to round up the girls for him)

Just remembered Sir Patrick Stewart - in church - 2 Xmas in a row. He sat in the row behind us the first year. I recognised the face but couldn't put a name to it - so was doing that weird thing of keep looking and squeezing my eyebrows trying to think where I'd seen him - he smiled at me each time but didn't say anything - During service when we turned to greet those around you - he shook mine and made a point of shaking all the children's - hand - only my eldest recognised him and he didn't tell me till the service had finished - by this time he had left the church.

I forgot a bunch of people. I used to work in the same building as a large radio station so we had lots of famous visitors.
Usher - really short. Super friendly. Totally happy to take lots of photos.
Justin Timberlake - friendly but a bit up himself
Beyonce - lots of security. Friendly and polite.
One direction - they were friendly but I don't know how they didn't get totally exhausted by hordes of fans following them around. I couldn't actually get out of the door to get lunch
Rylan Clarke - seemed very excited to be there and pretty humble and a bit overwhelmed. Extremely white teeth. One of the few "b-listers" that wasn't completely up himself.
Generally I found the more famous they were the friendlier they were.

@Elderflower14 it wasn’t the worst moment of my life, let me tell you!

Billy Bragg - arrogant and total dick. Actually said to me, 'don't argue with me about Woody Guthrie...'

Tony Benn - complete flirt. Gave me his personal number.

Sarah Ferguson - Very polite and considerate.

Johnny Depp - DH met him in Cornwall. Really lovely, talked about dogs, and then ended up going into local pub in pirate costume.

Queen - it was April Fools. She came into train station on Royal Train, which overshot the platform. She was told that it was a joke between the driver and platform staff, and she laughed and thought it was hilarious. (there was no danger). She seemed to enjoy the band/welcoming committee running down the platform.

Dave Myers (hairy bikers) - heart on sleeve. came to help local children's charity and went above and beyond.

Sara Cox - Ibiza years. Really fun. Happy drunk.

I met and chatted to Sir Paul McCartney on a train between Rye and Ashford. He was wearing jeans and a sweatshirt and looked like anyone else. He's very thin!

Philip and Tina Green. Him, alright. Her, acts like she truly believes she's the most desirable woman on the planet. Someone else later after a few drinks described her as "smug paté" which I don't condone, yet it's surprisingly accurate.

Nicole Scherzinger. Lovely.

Lindsay Lohan. Lovely, bought me a birthday cake and champagne (when discovering in a club it was my birthday and my miserable boyf hadn't bought me anything, she said her boyf hadn't even bothered to get her a cake either and she wasn't having it) then partied back at ours in Mykonos.

Gwen Stefani. So funny.

Michael Owen. Rude.

Will.I.am. Quiet and unengaging.

Darren Day. Desperate for anyone to look at him.

Gemma Collins. Self indulged, undisciplined and generally a bit of a dick.

Sophie Anderson (Anderton?) Whiny and annoying.

Naomi Campbell. Beyond stunning in the flesh. Really nice.

Simon Cowell. Lovely.

Caprice. Came across as desperate in the same way Darren Day did.

Andrew Lloyd Webber. His niece and I played together as children. Fond memories of him, always had time to listen to our tales.

Jack Whitehall. No manners at all. Acts as if he is far more "special and famous" than he remotely is, if that makes sense.

Bill Clinton. Hilarious. Like a brilliant grandad.

Uma Thurman. Batshit crazy, but fabulous.

(I, for a period, dated a very wealthy man, and met 90% of these in the circles he mixed in. There's probably more, but I can't think)

Andrew Scott - only had a brief meet up but lovely and happy to pose for a photo

Apparently some famous footballer, who I pleaded with to change seats on a flight as I really wanted an isle seat as I get really claustrophobic but had been given a middle seat. We’d paid extra to upgrade to premium class and I think that’s how the seating choice got changed. I can’t remember his name but my husband was mortified. He did move seats though!
Ainsley Harriet whilst shopping in Harrods and he was absolutely lovely, stood a chatted for a while.
I served the golfer Nick Faldo, again very nice guy and his children were really well behaved and polite.

Went to school with John Whaite (bake off, stephs packed lunch, strictly) and still talk to him occasionally on Facebook

He was a bit theatrical and self deprecating but absolutely lovely and down to earth, exactly as he comes across on tv. Seemed quite a sensitive lad but appears more confident in himself now

James Martin. Arrogant cock sums him up. Met him a couple of times and my opinion has never changed. Thinks he is someone very special and oh-so-attractive to women. In reality, he looks like a big old bloater.

Dion Dublin. Pleasant and friendly.

David Beckham. Friendly and happy to stop for photos even though he was just going about his business.

Tom Hanks. Chatty and engaging.

Gordon Ramsay. Exactly as you would imagine. His personality on TV seems the same in real life - ie doesn't suffer fools but a good sense of humour.

Chris Eubank. Exactly the same as he comes across on TV. Prancing around with all the airs and graces in the world. Full of self-importance.

Sarah Brown (wife of ex-PM) - Thoroughly lovely, engaging, compassionate. I had a lot of time for her.

Met Jay Spades off that repair programme last week. I only met him briefly but I sensed that he was a nice chap and would have taken the time to chat if he was able to.

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Met Jay Spades off that repair programme last week. I only met him briefly but I sensed that he was a nice chap and would have taken the time to chat if he was able to.

Jay Blades!! 🤣 🤣 🤣 I'm jealous.. Love Jay and Repair Shop!