Have you ever met a celebrity? And did they act or look different to what you were expecting?

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I met Chris Gascoigne once who played/plays? Peter Barlow in Corrie.Very short and quiety spoken.

I'm so glad that Hugh Bonneville was pleasant, it would have ruined Downton Abbey for me if he'd been horrible.

Awesome, he didn't disappoint!

Thanks.

Adamski isn't Seal

Might've been Seal getting into the limo and Adamski went in after.......... ?

He really didn't disappoint - exactly as you would have imagined him

I thought I saw Estee Lauder coming out of Harrods about 20 years ago, but the friend I was with disagreed and thought maybe it was Mabel Lean.

Ds2 is friends with Danny Beard. They were friends long before Drag Race... Whenever they meet up Danny has ds on stage with her. She sent him a hoodie and tee shirt for his birthday last year. I chat to her sometimes on Instagram. She is lovely. Hoping to meet her with ds sometime this year.

Ah as in they were together. Gotcha! I thought the poster was saying Seal was then known as Adamski 🤦‍♀️ I have met people in the past who have confused them for some reason but they couldn't look more different

Not me, but my friend's dad: U2, at arguably the height of their success in the 80s.

Friend's dad died a good handful of years ago now, aged 100, so was probably already past retirement age when this encounter took place. He was incredibly intelligent and knowledgeable, deeply into classical music, but had no idea about popular culture. His son is a musician and took him to some kind of event where lots of artists were mingling. The dad started chatting to a pleasant young man who was standing nearby, who turned out to be Bono. After exchanging names and pleasantries, my friend's dad asked what Bono did for a living. "I'm in a band, with those three over there," Bono replied, indicating his bandmates. "Oh, that's very interesting!" replied friend's dad. "What is the name of the band?" "U2," said Bono, probably amused/ bemused to find somebody who didn't have a clue who he was. Friend's dad thought for a moment and then uttered the immortal line, "U2? Shouldn't it be You Four?" 😂

Sorry, it was seal.

No, a previous poster mentioned meeting Paris Hilton, and she seemed pleasant etc. I commented that I read an interview with Sharleen Spiteri (who is lead singer in the Scottish band,Texas) she said there was an altercation with Paris in a London nightclub. Apparently Paris called Sharleen ugly and threw her coat on the floor or something along those lines. It’s probably pretty easy to Google.

Paris Hilton isn't so attractive herself imo. She looks strange so shaming someone else about their looks is a bit rich!

She looks like her chihuahua.

I met Marcus Brigstocke and he was an arse - not what I expected.

I must admit his set was great, and he was utterly charming to those he considered senior enough to bother with - he sat with my bosses and was a great dinner guest, sharing anecdotes and acting as if he was interested in them.

But - he was a total arse to those he assumed to be underlings, particularly me and a colleague - both of us women who were pretty young at the time. He treated us like we were beneath him, something the cat dragged in.

Unbeknownst to him, however, booking the talent was my job, so he was there because of me. I never booked him again. What an arse.

I very nearly booked Dara Ó Briain for that night. I wish I had! Every time I see Dara on TV I think "I bet you're a much nice bloke than Marcus Brigstocke".

I met Gina Yashere - spent a bit of time with her - and she was abslutely lovely. Really smart and down to earth, great company - a lovely woman.

I've done some work for the team around QI so I've met some of the panellists and hosts - Stephen Fry, Alan Davies, Sandi Toksvig and some others. All very much as you would expect, though Alan Davies isn't particularly sociable.

Bernard Cribbins was awful

I met Antony Worrall Thompson around 25 years ago when I was working as a hotel receptionist. He was incredibly rude and dismissive!

I am old. We arrested Victor Sylvester (ask your granny) for shoplifting from Sainsburys, had a row with Tony Booth (Cherie Blairs dad) when he turned uo after closing, pissed as a fart, wanting to buy some fags, met John Sainsbury, all back in the 70s. Since then Sir Tom Finney, Steven Gerrard, Frank Carson, said hello to Ray Davis, Sherree Hewson, the woman who played her mum in Corrie, Liz Dawn, Jack Tarmey Ronnie Wood, Neil Buchanan, Timmy Mallett, Rolf Harris, all involved in the art business. Freddie Flintoff. Favourite if all if them? Sir Tom Finney by a country mile. A real gentleman.

Sounds like a result!

Met the late Queen once at a Buckingham Palace event. Also met Margaret Thatcher who was there as well; exactly the same in the flesh as she came across on TV - not that I guess she would ever have counted as having celebrity status

My late husband did some building work for Eric Clapton. Very eccentric guy! Our accountant formed the Spice Girls and Bros, I met one of the twins at his offices. I also met Christopher Plummer (sound of music) - I wouldn’t have recognised him if my friend hadn’t pointed him out!

Ok so it's not actually "meeting someone" but there was some exchange going on from audience to comedian. He did have a chat with our table and ripped us to shreds.
I was sitting in the front row at one of his gigs in Chester back in the early 2000s. I went with a then boyfriend and Mr Brigstocke called me the social worker's wife. His jokes were very mean.

Used to work at festivals so loads, but mainly Leeds so lots of bands people probably haven’t heard of!

You me at six, Don Broco, My Chemical Romance, Jared Leto (too scared to say hello so just waved at him like a total freak), Fearne Cotton, Ed Sheeran (BBC introducing stage level of famous), Mallory Knox, Jay from the inbetweeners…can’t even remember them all this is going back to the ages of 16-24 😂

all lovely apart from Tinie Tempah and Plan B that seemed like total arses!