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What are your vague celebrity connections?

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ANewNameForThisThread · 23/07/2022 12:48

What are your barely related celebrity connections? Not the "I'm Bruce Springsteen's Sister " type but the much more loosely connected "Friend of my Uncle's milkman's brother" kind?

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TheDoveFromAboveCooCoo · 23/07/2022 12:54

My first boyfriend when I was 15 was a professional footballers cousin. Never met him though.

wonderstuff · 23/07/2022 12:55

I’ve got a few, going to be a bit stingy on details though I’m afraid.
My friends brother is married to the sister of a moderately famous singer.
Also the step father of one of the kids in my sons year group was in Strictly.
Rock and roll around here!
AND my Nan was at the same psychiatric hospital as Keith Chegwin when he was being treated for alcoholism.
Keith Moons mum taught at the school my parents went to.

Louise0701 · 23/07/2022 12:56

My cousin is married to one of the England football team.

My sisters SIL married the heir of a large, well known British company.

IncompleteSenten · 23/07/2022 12:56

My great aunt's cousin dated Joe Cocker before he was famous. She dumped him because he was a heavy drinker.

My mum was, well, a groupie I suppose, in the late 60s/very early 70s. Hung around with Gilbert O'Sullivan and others. Apparently. I have no evidence this one is true and she used to claim she was engaged to him which I only found out was a lie a few years ago so 🤷.

But the Joe Cocker one is true.

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ANewNameForThisThread · 23/07/2022 12:57

I forgot to put mine.

My Mother's friend's nephew is married to a very well known chat show host.

I'm friends with the best friend of one of the people who took/created(depending on your pov) one of the most famous photos in the world.

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Fckingfuming · 23/07/2022 12:59

Used to work years ago with David Seamans Aunt.

RhubarbCheekbones · 23/07/2022 13:00

I was in a terrible student play with Siobhán MacSweeney, aka Sr Michael from Derry Girls.

DrCoconut · 23/07/2022 13:02

I'm related to Tony Jacklin. I've never met him but my great grandma and his grandma were cousins or something like that.

gogohmm · 23/07/2022 13:05

I dated the son of a future ruler of Egypt, student days

gogohmm · 23/07/2022 13:05

Oh and used to live next door to a member of kasabian, lovely chap

FeatherbedRock · 23/07/2022 13:06

I have one! I took my son to London for a weekend to celebrate his 30th birthday. He has LDs, autism and mobility problems. We'd had a lovely meal in Chinatown and were walking down Shaftesbury Avenue when he had a meltdown and sat on the steps of some Theatre, swearing and cursing loudly.
Suddenly a young woman, in a group of other people, came up and asked if he was from XXXX a place in NE that we WERE indeed from. (obviously recognised the accent from the swearing)😁
She recognised him as she'd done many drama workshops with him, decorated his walking stick with tinsel one Xmas.
She asked what we were doing there, told her and asked her why she was in London 'Oh, I work here now'
'What's your name?' I asked, hoping a chat would cheer the grumpy one up
'Charlotte'
'Miss who though?'
'Riley' she said. I'm still none the wiser.
She chatted to son, did the trick, cheered him up and we said our goodbyes.
Told oldest son who asked me did I even know who Tom Hardy was? No, I didn't.

fudfootedfannybangle · 23/07/2022 13:07

David bailey’s sister was my teacher when I was 8. He’d have been married to Marie helvin at the time.

Sunnysal · 23/07/2022 13:10

My ex SIL sisters,daughter is married to the brother of a long time actor in Causality.

Blackcountryexile · 23/07/2022 13:12

DD1 went to the wedding of the sister of the husband of the daughter of a very famous British businessman and entrepreneur.
DD2 was at university at the same time as Victoria Wood's daughter.

Onlyhereforchaletschool · 23/07/2022 13:14

A friend of mine from uni worked with jk Rowling’s husband.

FlippinOmicron · 23/07/2022 13:14

FeatherbedRock · 23/07/2022 13:06

I have one! I took my son to London for a weekend to celebrate his 30th birthday. He has LDs, autism and mobility problems. We'd had a lovely meal in Chinatown and were walking down Shaftesbury Avenue when he had a meltdown and sat on the steps of some Theatre, swearing and cursing loudly.
Suddenly a young woman, in a group of other people, came up and asked if he was from XXXX a place in NE that we WERE indeed from. (obviously recognised the accent from the swearing)😁
She recognised him as she'd done many drama workshops with him, decorated his walking stick with tinsel one Xmas.
She asked what we were doing there, told her and asked her why she was in London 'Oh, I work here now'
'What's your name?' I asked, hoping a chat would cheer the grumpy one up
'Charlotte'
'Miss who though?'
'Riley' she said. I'm still none the wiser.
She chatted to son, did the trick, cheered him up and we said our goodbyes.
Told oldest son who asked me did I even know who Tom Hardy was? No, I didn't.

Oh my @FeatherbedRock
Charlotte Riley sounds so so nice.
Well done her Flowers

BarrelOfOtters2 · 23/07/2022 13:17

My brother was at school with Jeremy clarkson. Apparently he was an arse.

someone I work with, their daughter is married to the brother of someone from Westlife.

a friend flew Amy winehouse once, shortly before she passed away, she was a spoilt brat on the flight.

BarrelOfOtters2 · 23/07/2022 13:18

Razor light played in my neighbours back garden.

Sparklingbrook · 23/07/2022 13:18

i grew up in the same place as the two founding members of Duran Duran, it's fair to say that their parents were very nice about it all when their fame took off.I think they quite enjoyed the visiting fans.

TheDoveFromAboveCooCoo · 23/07/2022 13:20

Oh and used to drink in the music venue where two of the kaiser chiefs worked.

I have been obsessed with Ricky Wilson for approximately 22 years now 😂😂

Watto1 · 23/07/2022 13:23

I vaguely know the guy who does the drawings of the cakes on Bake Off.

femfemlicious · 23/07/2022 13:28

Kemi badenoch is a close aquantaince. She is a very good friend of my best friend and used to see her quite a lot when i used to go out socially. She used to be Kemi Adegoke. Really proud of her...naija massive!

Idontgiveagriffindamn · 23/07/2022 13:28

My midwife was Gareth Gates mum.
My dad was friends at school with an actor from the Bill and the person that wrote the wombles theme song.

MunchMunch · 23/07/2022 13:29

My paternal gm back in the 60's was friends with the Krays and apparently was in that kind of business. We never had anything to do with her including my dad apart from every now and again (years and years in between) he might speak to her in the phone or she might call in when she's visiting her "family"

Dh is related (distant cousins) to someone who was once in Emmerdale and has been in another tv show. A few weeks ago he found out his gm is cousins with an ex-footballer of our local team and is regarded as a bit of a legend round here.

lightand · 23/07/2022 13:30

Am a friend of a friend of someone who is in the Cabinet. Not a celeb exactly, but you get my drift.