To ask for embarrassing celebrity encounters

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Yes I started the celebrity claims to fame last week.

Today I excelled myself.

I went to buy a coffee before work and I walked out of the shop and literally banged into Neville from Harry Potter. I threw my cappuccino all over him. 🙈 He was lovely and bought me a new one but it was so embarrassing!

I stole princess Anne's newspaper

who said "nobody, ma'am- stares at Diddy's shoes. I need to ask you to leave, please

one of the most hilarious and beautifully bizarre things I have ever read on MN

Ex boyfriend worked for Richard Branson. I was so excited/nervous that when I met him at an event, I farted! I don't think he heard but he did look at me a bit oddly. I am hoping that was my imagination though.....

Served Jimmy saville food once and he was a right rude man! Clicking fingers etc

Out doing the shopping and careered around the end of an aisle and almost crashed right into this very handsome guy's trolley. We grinned, I apologised and moved on. We met at the end of the next aisle. (We were going in opposite directions). By the time I had finished my shopping, he had finished his and we were both in the queue for the same checkout and I realised that he was Jason Connery (son of Sean). Absolutely lovely guy and we met quite often in the supermarket. His snooty wife didn't seem to find the situation quite as amusing as we did the one time she was with him

Another time, I was at a riding school with my daughter. She was going out on a ride and I had on jodhpurs, as I was often asked to go out as an extra adult if required. Rory Bremner was up on holiday and his - I think - daughter had been for a ride, and they were just leaving. I was standing there with a handful of horses as you do and he beamed all over at me, told me what a wonderful time his child had had, and how great everyone was who worked at that school and he was so pleased he had the chance to thank everyone. He clearly intended to shake my hand, but I didn't happen to have one free, and I didn't get the chance to say that I didn't work there though it often felt like I did

Sitting by the hotel bar on the beach my DD goes to the loo and comes back saying " Daddy is it alright for my friend to have one of your cigarettes?"
"Friend" then proceeded to sit down and smoke a cigarette and drinks DH's beer.
She then asks if it's ok for DD to walk down to the water with her to see the fish and then they sit on the beach together whilst new friend sings songs to her.
DD was 7 and the "friend" was Amy Winehouse who she had heard complaining she couldn't get any fags anywhere.
Weirdest day of my life.

These are making me feel better!

He was really lovely about it which made me feel worse 🙈

And speaking of Princess Anne, I was at a one day horse trial near where I lived. Mark Phillips had just won an Olympic medal and was competing his Olympic horse there. I was standing by the practice ring, watching him make a complete hash of the jumps. Beside me, a woman was shouting advice and derision, in equal measures, at him. She turned to me as he demolished yet another jump and said, "Have you ever seen anyone so utterly bloody incompetent? He's riding like a rank amateur." I realised that it was HRH, and there was not a security man in sight. I didn't drop a curtsy because I was rather bemused, but I had to agree with her. i nodded and she turned back and shouted, "She agrees with me, too, you moron."

Somehow, I wasn't surprised when that marriage failed...

Many moons ago Iived near Liam Payne's family. I knew him as a toddler and still kept in touch with his Mom and Sister until he got rather famous and they moved. Fast forward to a couple of years ago I ran into him professionally through a youth project he'd funded. He clearly didn't remember me and for some reason I said "I barely recognise you out of nappies".

Another one, when Jesse Spencer was still just the annoying kid from Neighbours he was in panto locally. He was a twat, simple as that. Thrown out of most pubs and clubs. With about a week left I had the pleasure of barring him from the pub I worked in which he didn't take well. I got the whole "don't you know who I am" spiel.

"You're Billy Kennedy and I'm going to tell Karl and Susan what an arsehole you are"

I thought I was hilarious

I see a fair few slebs through work but my favourite shortest claim to fame was being shouted at many years ago by Ivan Lendl for sneaking into the training courts to watch him practice at Wimbledon.

*shittest not shortest

Has anyone ever met Adam Driver ?

When I lived in Dublin I was in a pub in temple bar with my then dp, a few sheets to the wind. I went to the loo and when I came back, dp was chatting to a couple of American lads. He introduced me to one of them as Fred Durst from Limp Biscuit. (This was early 00's) I said yeah of course you are ha ha, guy said yeah are you coming to the show, etc etc, this went on for a little while until we left, me still not believing that this guy was from a band. Until walking home I see a big poster advertising a limp biscuit concert with a picture of Fred Durst plain as day. Yes I had been chatting with him accusing him of not being him to be fair I wasn't exactly a fan so how was I supposed to know what he looked like!

Was leaving the office a few weeks back and on the way to my car, I saw a woman walking towards me wearing the most amazing red jumpsuit with red boots. On most people it would look awful, but on her it looked great. Staring at the outfit in awe until I get closer and realise it's Maria Doyle Kennedy. There was awkward eye contact and I moved quickly past. I wanted to explain I wasn't staring at her because she's been on television. It was just because of her amazing fashion sense.

Me and DP were drinking outside a bar and he asked me take a photo of him with this guy who walked out after calling him over, I loudly said 'why who is he' for my DH to say its Denis Irwin a famous footballer ! He was mortified but he just looked like any old middle aged man to me

Very many moons ago I was a barmaid in a trendy bar. We got quite a few music people in as we were near a big recording studio. One day a woman came in with sunglasses, an older man and a couple of others. My boss told me he was pretty sure it was Kylie Minogue and Pete Waterman. I decided it probably wasn't but he told me to go take their order at their table anyway, rather than have them come up to the bar.

I wasn't used to taking orders at the tables and I was trying so hard to be normal and not make a fuss that it was Kylie bloody Minogue I didn't listen to a word any of them said when they ordered. I got back to the bar, oss asked me what they wanted. I couldn't say I couldn't remember so I just guessed that Kylie wanted sparkling water, Pete Waterman wanted a Guinness and the two others with them could have lemonade.

I took the drinks over to the table and put them down. Pete Waterman looked at them and cracked up and told me I'd got every single drink wrong. I said sorry, I must've got orders mixed up. There was no one else in the bar. I went back to bar, still no idea what they wanted. Told my boss I had no idea what the wanted despite having been over twice. He went over and apologised, explained I was an imbecile and took their order. I still cringe thinking about it.

When was about 10 and my brother 8 we went through a phase of wanting to wear football kits all of the time, despite the fact that neither of us was very interested in football. We were staying in a hotel in Scotland with my parents and got into a lift. About 10 members of Liverpool football team were in there, all wearing their full kit. I was wearing an Everton shirt and my brother was wearing a Man United shirt. My dad (who is a Liverpool fan) has never forgiven us!

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He went over and apologised, explained I was an imbecile and took their order.

I once worked on reception at a posh hotel, it was late one evening and a guy in a scruffy trench coat and flat cap came to check in. Hotel policy was that we HAD to have payment card details before we could issue the room key (you know, in case they trash the place and do a runner) but he refused to give me his card or any type of ID.

I called the General Manager to help as we were getting nowhere, me repeating that its hotel policy, him flat out refusing.....

The GM arrives, speaks to the man and pulls me to one side and says it's ok, just give him his room key.....

Turns out it was only bloody Jimmy Tarbuck, incognito!! Hahaha I felt right a proper burke!

Met loads of other celebs whilst working there, including the Man United squad.... fun times

Nearly tripped over Verne Troyer in a hotel lobby. I can't even.

I once said a big hello to Sarah Lancashire thinking I knew her because she looked familiar

Oh God loads. Most surrounding Take That

I was at a press event connected to work and for some unbeknown reason had been unable to go due to the Dc but my boss had said to take them. Anyway Mark Owen did a performance with my toddler literally at his feet. She took my camera off me and I tried to stop her but she started to have a tantrum and I didn't want her to spoil it for people so I gave it her hoping to keep her quiet. She toddled over to him and of course dropped it and the camera flew at Mark with batteries flying everywhere. He carried on as normal with dd now screaming at the broken camera.

I pulled her away and later dd was loudly insisting she had a picture taken with the lady (Mark). I said no and was dragging her away and he was very lovely and told me to let her. Only the now taped up by his bodyguard camera kept going off. We literally had his bodyguard turning it off and on again and shouting go at him to do it quickly.

Years later she met Howard at another press event and told him the biggest story of bullshit I have ever heard She was five and not one bit of it was true.

She told Gary that Mummy was going to get sacked because I had rang in work (months before!) but wasn't really poorly we had gone on holiday...

Again at a press event I spotted someone who had been on X Factor and when he had gone to get a drink I was telling my Mum all about them and later while chatting mentioned X Factor several times. It was only when I got home and saw the press pictures I realised it was a completely different non X Factor related pop star altogether.

I met noel fielding after a mighty boosh show and was getting my picture taken with him. As the picture was being taken, he turned to kiss my cheek but I at same time turned to say something and ended up out lips touching sure he thought I did it on purpose like a creeper!