Which celebrity would you be gutted to find out was vile in real life?

[EachandEveryone]

Tom Hanks.

😂 I think I must have only been 4/5/6 and I was so confused as I loved that programme but my parents were very odd about it

Stephen Graham

Sick and tired of people slagging David Jason off. His mum in law is good friends with my partner's mum and she knows David and his wife well.

Wow, she must have good genes! Unless his wife is significantly younger than he is.

Aww - now that's what it looks like. What a nice guy.

My sister worked with Huw Edwards and said he was lovely, incredibly friendly and chatty.

I'm so glad to learn that - I love him, too. And he does a lovely "talking book" for Audible.

Ah, just seen that she's 20 years his junior.

I thought Roger Federer was ‘Mr Nice’. That would be gutting if untrue😕

Dolly
Richard E Grant
Miriam Margolyes- I want to be like her when (if! ) I grow up.

I had the misfortune to work on Only Fools and Horses with David Jason and he was vile to his co-workers. All the other actors were lovely. I’m sure he’s lovely to his friends, as they’re his friends? Doesn’t mean he’s nice to work with.

Can confirm David Attenborough is lovely. I've worked with him and several friends have too. All said the same thing. It's a bit like working with god.

Lots of 'celebrities' make loads of demands on their rider. Ridiculous shit. (My favourite was the actress who insisted the ice cubes be made from a specific brand of water)

David Attenborough didnt ask for anything. Even when I was like we're getting you lunch. You can have literally anything! He just asked for a sandwich.

He took the time to chat to me about stuff. He's so knowledgeable. But also keen to share that knowledge. Honestly one of the best jobs of my life.

David Jason's wife is much younger than him.

I know an actor in IRL they are a truly awful and nasty individual. Ive known them and their family for most of my life, im in my 50s. Can't even blame any dependencies of alcohol or drugs, they have been like this their whole life, but they are unrecognisable in interviews, thats where they get their acting credit. I abjectly avoid any production they are in as I can't see past the real person.

Pickledhen

Is it anybody who's already been named on here?

Richard E Grant - he has a reputation for being nice to waiting staff though so I hope I’m right in thinking he really is nice.

Martine croxall - she just seems like she would be a fab friend

Carol Kirkwood

Maggie aderin pocock - another one I think I could be mates with!

Oh that’s exactly what I would have hoped! Thank you! I would love to meet him.

Definitely an excellent fantasy dinner party!

Chris Martin (Coldplay) always seems so genuine and warm. I'd hate that to be an illusion.

Dara O Briain

Michael Schumacher (in his former life)
Seb Vettel (impossible that he isn't lovely)

Tina Fey

Agree about George Russell. The bit in Drive to Survive where he was happy about normal people on normal money losing their jobs was an instant turn off for me. My mum watched it separately and said the same, months later. Stuck in both our heads.

People on here are not claiming to know the person the in question. I've met him twice and he was rude. His MIL might be lovely.
Also a friend spent some time with him in a professional capacity and he was rude and off hand.

@HerbertChops I don’t disbelieve you but what constitutes vile?
Did David Jason ignore people, cut them dead, make rude remarks?

My ex worked in tv for a very long time.
He worked on A Touch of Frost and he said that David Jason was 'difficult'. That's as much as l can say on here.
He also worked with James Nesbitt, and he said he was wonderful. He was particularly impressed that he took time and made the effort to remember the names of the crew working on the shoot. He once stopped my ex on the stairs and asked how his mum was doing (she was terminally ill). He was very impressed by that.

I bet it's Tom Hanks. 😂

Tbh I imagine all celebrities are vile irl.

Anytime a thread like this pops up, Anthony Head’s name usually pops up. Nobody who has ever met him has a bad word to say about him apparently

Oh yes Dolly Parton! She can’t be horrible, she just can’t!

I have seen first hand how someone in the public eye can build a nice (or funny/ditsy/witty/kind etc) persona, it’s part of what they do. The person I know IRL - a pop singer - isn’t horrible or mean, she’s just self-interested and hard as nails. If she wasn’t, she’d be unlikely to have done so well. But the person she is is not what you see in interviews etc. A lot of “lovely” celebs probably are not.

However some must actually be nice people by the law of averages, so I still hold out hope for my favourites.