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To ask what do you say when you meet a celebrity?

194 replies

Mollymoo78 · 13/08/2016 22:45

I feel like the only person who has never met a famous person and I wouldn't know what to say if I did!!

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Beeziekn33ze · 14/08/2016 19:35

Going to Italy about in the 1990s the plane had to wait for someone. It turned out to be Sarah Ferguson and a couple of others. 'Recognising' her I inadvertently grinned at her and got a big grin back.
We discussed in whispers whether she'd be up for a photo with our 2 year old, thought she would, and decided we'd ask just before landing. By that time the well behaved little angel had covered himself in a chocolate fudge cake which came with lunch. I have to say SF seemed very relaxed and not
at all showy, just another passenger.
Still thinking about the poster who fended off Sean Bean's drunken advances, I'd have found that very difficult!

Beeziekn33ze · 14/08/2016 19:37

The short answer to OP's question is that I go red and speak gibberish. Did manage a reasonable conversation at a book signing with Sathnam Sanghera - very nice guy.

MaureenMLove · 14/08/2016 19:45

Well, I'm not quite sure what my DD is saying to various music slebs, but she's doing the rounds of summer festivals this year and her FB is full of great pictures of her and people I have no knowledge of! Her friends all seem to be quite impressed though!

I did recognise Jayden Smith though, son of Will. Today's offering is Experiment?? Hmm. Lord only knows who that is! Grin

BlueLeopard · 14/08/2016 19:54

Word got around my home town that Cillian Murphy was having a few quiet pints in a pub, cue half the town crammed in nonchalantly also supping pints in the middle of the day, and pretending they don't recognise him. A typical Irish thing to do - wouldn't want to be giving him a big head, like Grin

QuietTiger · 14/08/2016 19:58

DH and I were at the theatre one night and Denise Welch was sat in front of us. We couldn't work out where we knew her from - DH was convinced she worked in the local branch of our high street bank and that he knew her, and so he asked her how she and her kids were & how work was going. They than had a lovely conversation about the weather and DH mentioned that the boy in the play was excellent. It turned out to be her son and she was there for his opening night...

She was very gracious and lovely. It was clear DH & I had utterly no clue who she was and it wasn't until we got home that we realised!

Diglet · 14/08/2016 19:58

Lol, Ive not heard of 90% of these 'famous' celebs Grin.

Whatsername17 · 14/08/2016 20:07

I had an x factor winner come and look around our school. She came in with the head who was giving a tour (as he does with every parent) and when they came in I carried on an the kids all froze. After they left I asked the kids why they went all shy and they all went 'because of xxxx, miss! The celeb had the same name as a kid in my class at that point so I responded with 'xxxx hasn't done anything wrong, what are you talking about?' They then explained to me that the boy in my class has the same name as the x factor chick whom I didn't recognise at all. Not sure if the celeb was insulted but my street cred with the kids took a major hit!

Bonniethewestie123 · 14/08/2016 20:10

Give me a break..... God Almighty.... Just say hello if it's what you usually do. Or, just shut the fucking Hell up. I live in a city where it isnt "cool" to say hello to "celebs". But, the again, I live in a city where we think they are just people and not fucking God's....

redexpat · 14/08/2016 20:15

My mother met Jarvis Cocker and said 'oh we had a rabbit named after you'. Jarvis said he was honoured! The bunny was Jarvis Hopper. I may have just outed myself.

curlywillow · 14/08/2016 20:22

DS1 had a long chat with Nicky Chapman at a corporate event about how to stand out at auditions. She was lovely and did a run through practice with him about what to say etc. It was two days before his first audition and he really appreciated it.

I chatted to a new parent at school for a good few weeks about school rubbish before turning on the tv one day and realising why she'd looked vaguely familiar..

SiegePants · 14/08/2016 20:25

I met Nelson Piquet Jr (racing driver) in the pits at a racetrack in a slightly exotic foreign land, years ago. He was gorgeous and tiny and started chatting to me about the previous race. He was very sweet. After he'd wandered off my boyfriend ran over and melted into an excited little puddle Grin If he hadn't spoken to me first, I don't think I would have said anything in case he'd been a moody cow.

OhMrBadger · 14/08/2016 20:26

I stood next to Roger Black (the athlete) at the self service photo printing machines in our local Boots. He was clearly having some difficulties operating it and I stood like a statue having a mental debate about whether I should attempt to help him. I didn't and he skulked off.

I served Julie Walters in a shop once. My colleague sneezed and JW said, "oh dear, I hope you don't get the awful cold I've just suffered!" She was lovely.

Owlytellsmesecrets · 14/08/2016 20:30

I really want to meet Matt Goss of Bros fame ... I'm seeing him in concert in October ....
I would say ... When I was 13 I wanted to fuck you and your brother at the same time !!!!

Too much ?????

Bros fans will get that !!!

quasibex · 14/08/2016 20:31

I met my favourite author, not a celebrity to others but was godlike to those who read his books. My mother and aunty are fans too. They were there too (book signing). I approached, hands sweating, heart beating faster and faster, mouth getting drier then croaked "You're great"

My mother was too weak laughing at me to say anything but my aunty had a nice little chat and told him it was just the excitement of meeting him and we weren't loons!

Sadly he passed away the following year but so glad I got to meet him, even if I couldn't speak!

spankhurst · 14/08/2016 20:39

I've met several through work. They've been crushingly normal and down to earth. Once the brief surreal feeling faded,I spoke to them like anyone else.

spankhurst · 14/08/2016 20:39

..that makes me sound icy cool. As a very young woman I met Stephen Fry at a book signing and was rendered properly speechless.

BlueberryJuice · 14/08/2016 20:47

A few years ago i met my childhood hero Hugo Myatt, i was shaking with nerves, but I needn't have worried, he was so lovely and charming he put me at ease right away & we had a lovely little chat about the fact that I'm from Kent & how it was such a shame id not managed to appear on his show despite applying

LunaLoveg00d · 14/08/2016 20:49

I have met a few celebrities and agree that "hello" is usually a good start. In a professional capacity then it's usually followed up with "can I get you a coffee" or "have you got everything you need?"

Celebrities are just people like you and me. They like to be treated as normal folk and not have smoke blown up their arses. And yes, if they're mooching round Asda or something say nothing.

SheDoneAlreadyDoneHadHerses · 14/08/2016 20:53

I stood next to James Nesbitt in Manchester. Didn't recognise him but thought he looked familiar and complimented him on his Beano tshirt. It wasn't until he said thanks and walked off that I realised who it was.

I've also bumped into Les Dennis. Literally, bumped into. He rounded a corner in Chinatown and hit me square in the face (I'm little). He got a very annoyed "OH FFS!!" squeaked at him.

But Manchester's bloody full of famous people. We went to Mediacity and saw Craig Charles eating his lunch and him offa Countdown Nick Wotsit and his mate Margaret Doodah came out of a lift in front of us.

auldfuckingspinster · 14/08/2016 20:57

Squeak 'great show' when meeting Rob Newman in my case.Blush

Shakey15000 · 14/08/2016 21:17

Blue If Cillian Murphy was in my local I'd be hot footing it down there and throwing my self at his feet Grin and thinking along the lines of kidnap whilst simultaneously eyeing up the pool table...

Cumberlover76 · 14/08/2016 21:33

I saw Noel Fielding at a festival bar one evening and said 'Hi Noel, my daughter really likes your pony painting, she's 4', he replied thanks and gave me a hug and a kiss and then got dragged off by publicist.

Shakirawannabe · 14/08/2016 21:35

When I met Jamie rednapp I told him I loved him Blush

firstdatesfear · 14/08/2016 21:37

If recent history is anything to go by I had to be 'in role' when I met a few celebs so I was a complete upper class Edwardian cow! Very very weird to have to be totally in role with them the whole time- especially as we were being served tea and cakes by them for the filming.

They did not like us very much, that's for sure. I'd have loved to have spoken to them normally afterwards but we weren't allowed to.

Pettywoman · 14/08/2016 21:38

DH and I used to be kind of friends with a minor sleb. He used to take DH to Tesco with him as he helped him ward off the muppets that would approach him all the time. He was quite an introvert and felt a bit uncomfortable. People would randomly call him a cunt for bravado and threaten to hit him. He's unassuming and has done nothing to deserve it apart from having annoying dogs that shat on my living room carpet

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