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Anyone met a celebrity and they haven’t been how you expected?

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Everdeen80 · 18/09/2023 14:35

I guess from all the RB threads…a lot of people saying that they are appalled but not exactly surprised.

so I wondered - anybody met anyone well known and they were NOT how you expected? For good or bad?

I had a very strange and brief encounter with one of my favourite actresses a couple of years ago and it was not what I expected at all! Made me realise of course we don’t know these people at all. Any other stories?

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Blueink · 03/10/2023 23:48

Many but don’t think any have been how they present in public - good/bad/different

Bearing in mind a celebrity is just a human being and can vary a lot depending on the context and what’s going on with them at the time - for example rude and irritable on one occasion and extremely warm and chatty another

SiobhanSharpe · 03/10/2023 23:52

goodbyestranger · 03/10/2023 21:53

That was to FatherJack etc. He's major major though.

Gotta be Mick and Keef...

RainbowWilf996 · 03/10/2023 23:55

Here is the photos of me with them

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Mumwithbaggage · 03/10/2023 23:58

The legend of our village was Paul O'Grady. So lovely and really got involved in village life.

RainbowWilf996 · 03/10/2023 23:59

But my favourite of this year when I got to meet Tony Christie and i did signed his song Aramillo while he was singing he loved it so much and he wanted to see me and I got the purple suit with me too!

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Nanny0gg · 04/10/2023 00:00

CakeInAJar · 03/10/2023 13:58

Oh and India Willoughby told me to fuck off 🤣

Colour me shocked!

SkatinginCardiff · 04/10/2023 00:02

I wouldn’t say I met him but I walked past Gareth Thomas (the Welsh rugby player) at the beach. He’s always funny and has a good energy on tv but he didn’t pick up after his dog so I have a very low opinion of him Grin he’s much taller / wider than I expected though, absolutely massive.

AmIAutumnalNow · 04/10/2023 00:04

I've met loads but to be fair they all pretty much matched what I though previously

Except for Richard Osman. I thought he'd be lovely

He was a diva

TravellingT · 04/10/2023 00:06

Angela Scanlon, always thought she'd be meek and mild- she was awful, and called a woman a lard-arse behind her back.

Pamela Anderson- thought she'd be a terror but she was a soft sweetheart, genuinely cared about those working with her.

Joanna Lumley is as lovely as she seems, sharp as a tack and witty.

Wintersgirl · 04/10/2023 00:06

FuckingAnnoyed · 03/10/2023 22:05

Mary Berry - not nice at all. Met her through work and she was haughty and rude.

That doesn't suprise me, I went right off her when she said she's a better cook than Delia Smith because she's got children and grandchildren (Delia hasn't) a real low blow to have a sly dig at another woman like that......nasty

IncognitoMam · 04/10/2023 00:08

Wintersgirl · 04/10/2023 00:06

That doesn't suprise me, I went right off her when she said she's a better cook than Delia Smith because she's got children and grandchildren (Delia hasn't) a real low blow to have a sly dig at another woman like that......nasty

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That's awful.

Delia is delightful (I imagine)

Playingintheshadow · 04/10/2023 00:08

Where the heck do you all meet these slebs??? I've seen Jason Orange, Richard E Grant, Alison Steadman among others but I've never actually MET them??

Slicedwhite · 04/10/2023 00:09

Delia taught me to cook. She'll always be my number one

Wintersgirl · 04/10/2023 00:09

While Berry acknowledged that Delia is a great cook, she also hinted that her children have given her an edge. "I always feel that Delia, hasn't had the advantage of having children like I have because you don't half get the truth," she added.

Bitch....

Slicedwhite · 04/10/2023 00:10

I've met Joanna too. She tapped me on the shoulder in a loo in the park lane hotel and said "sweetie, you've got loo roll stick to your heel"

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Wintersgirl · 04/10/2023 00:12

Slicedwhite · 04/10/2023 00:09

Delia taught me to cook. She'll always be my number one

And mine!

Slicedwhite · 04/10/2023 00:12

Bearing in mind a celebrity is just a human being and can vary a lot depending on the context and what’s going on with them at the time - for example rude and irritable on one occasion and extremely warm and chatty another

I'm also a human being but never ever rude and irritable other than with those closest to me who understand and will let it slide

Slicedwhite · 04/10/2023 00:13

Unitedthebest · 03/10/2023 23:47

Sir Alex Ferguson. A friend of his (and a mutual friend of our family) arranged a meet with him for our daughter. He is without doubt (celeb or not) the nicest, kindest most humble man ever. He chatted to us for ages, shared a glass of red with my hubby and asked my little girl so many questions whilst telling us his tales of his time in Glashow. My little girl wrote him a letter to say thank you for his time and he wrote a 2 page handwritten letter back with some beautiful life advice about living your life with enthusiasm and determination. A true gentleman ❤️

I'm a Liverpool red and I love this

Slicedwhite · 04/10/2023 00:15

Woody Allen (director) - answered the door to his massive house in belgravia in a dressing gown. Enough said

Is that bad? I'd do that. I do do that even though I have a small house in Merseyside

BodegaSushi · 04/10/2023 00:27

Floopyfloop · 03/10/2023 22:10

Met James Corden several times and he was genuinely one of the funniest warmest people I have ever met.

Ok you must be James Corden because no one has even said this of him

TheLizardQueen · 04/10/2023 00:27

Richard Ashcroft - met him in a pub in NYC with his wife. I was starstruck but he was lovely. Paul Weller, very friendly and down to earth. Liam Gallagher not so much, arrogant prick (expected tbh)

Tonight1 · 04/10/2023 00:33

Stephen Fry - he was miles more nervous and underconfident than I would have thought

Greengrassohla · 04/10/2023 00:33

You know mumsnet has changed when a thread mentioning Terry Wogan has been running for ten hours before someone posts this photo Sad

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Zone2NorthLondon · 04/10/2023 00:50

Michelle Collins charming,understated, great with kids
Russell Tovey Funny,down to earth regular guy
Cathy Newman, clever, charming, understated
Andy Burnham interested in people,funny, charismatic
Angela Rayner, knowledgeable in music,opera,literature. really puts people at ease, funny & charming

Tonight1 · 04/10/2023 00:51

That was an unfortunate photo!

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