To ask for embarrassing celebrity encounters

[woofsaysthecat]

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!

Years ago I bumped into Glenda Jackson whilst browsing the knickers in M&S in Woolwich; I think she lived Blackheath at the time. She said something to me, which I didn't quite catch, and I scuttled off because I was too embarrassed to ask what she had said!

Many moons ago at the Rainbow Theatre I asked a man in the foyer if he knew what time it opened. My friend later informed me it had been Brian Ferry. I hadn't recognised him without his Roxy Music make- up. (He was perfectly polite.)

These are amazing thank you all!

I once shouted across to a fella 'hey, you look just like that celebrity chef Ross Burdon' to which he replied 'that's cos I am him!'
He was a lovely lovely man and had a dance with me and sent me a signed photo to my work ( I had just opened a cafe with my friend and scrawled the address on a paper napkin)
I was genuinely sad to hear he had died quite young of leukaemia

That's not me, but a friend - our children used to go to the same nursery as Emily (not Emma) Watson's child. At pick-up time towards the beginning of the year parents wait around, do small talk, get to know each other. My friend comes up to EW and goes 'So what do you do for a living?' EW was very gracious about it and said someting along the lines of 'I work in entertainment'. I'm still kicking myself for not having done the pickup myself that day.

I used to work on The Big Breakfast and met George Clooney whilst dressed as a giant strawberry.

I also had a series of embarrassing encounters with the singer James Morrison. He came up to me when I was eating lunch at the cafe in my local park and asked if my daughter could pet my dog. I was so shocked I choked on my lunch and nearly threw up on him. A week later I was in Sainsbury's at the checkout and the man in front was trying to calm his tantrumming toddler. I said something about it and he turned around. James again. I started waffling about 'ooh it's you again, remember when I nearly threw up on you' he looked at me as if I was insane. As we left his car was parked next to mine and he saw me coming and looked terrified, frankly. I carried on walking and waited until he'd gone 😂😂

I was in a tiny little shop in Padstow a few years ago. I turned to leave and there was a man with his back turned and his little dog was blocking the way. So I tapped him on the shoulder saying 'excuse me can you move your dog please' only to be met by Martin Clunes! He was very lovely and said 'Oh come on Mary do get out of the way!' I expect he thought I was going to ask for an autograph!

Well just had one - I'm having a bad hair day and feel like shit, go to the supermarket (in part to get lots of snacks to stuff my face) and there's filming going on - thought it was Kelly Brook, but it turns out it was Karen Brady! Still I can report that Karen was very polite as I wandered into shot looking for snacks and they had to pause filming till I ambled off again!

I have a few. I once went to see a concert by someone called Gary Clail (i'd never heard of him and a friend dragged me along). At the bar during the warm up act a bloke started chatting to me and bought me a pint. He seemed a bit funny that i was being so 'hard to get', then he introduced himself as Gary Clail and i still didn't twig it was his concert and just introduced myself and thought he was weird for saying his surname too. I carried on obliviously chatting then i asked what he 'did'. He said quite angrily 'I'm performing here, it's ME you've come to see!' then he asked if i'd go home with him after the show and i said no. He tried to sweeten the deal with a chinese takeaway on the way back, but i asked where he lived and realised getting home would be a pain so i still said no

Met a famous footballer through work; he stood very close to me and bullied me throughout the walk-about. Eventually I avoided eye contact as he was so aggressive. His wife was nice, like a mouse really and kept offering me coffee.
He looks like a wolf man.
On returning to the office, people told me who he was. I wish I had told him 'don't you bully me' !

I was dragging my then toddler through selfridges in Birmingham, trying to get past Krispy Kreme without him spotting any doughnuts. I turned to pull stroppy toddler along a bit faster and rammed the pushchair full on into the legs of Lionel Blair. I'm sure he did a little tap dance as he recovered from the stumble.

Just love Mark Rylance, he's mesmerising.

I ran a 10k race and Dame Kelly Holmes was at the end giving out medals. I'm really slow and was nearly last and gasping for breath as I made it over the finish line and lurched up to her. I tried to speak to her and ask her to come to our local parkrun one Saturday but obviously she thought I was about to pass out as she grabbed my arm and started asking if I was ok and if I needed help. She never has been to my parkrun either....

I once picked up a pint of Guinness and had a gulp from the bar of a pub in Kentish town only to hear someone exclaim 'oi that's my pint'. I turned to see Erasmus Microman and Dr Who* standing there. I apologised coolly and realised the barman was still topping mine off so i gave Erasmus my new one and styled it out. Then i turned to my friend and started jumping up and down and squealing - still about 6 inches away from them. I turned back and they look bemused.

*Ken Campbell
**Sylvester McCoy

I was talking about David Gandy being an arrogant prick who loved himself... whilst standing next to David Gandy

I once went into a theatre bar and saw someone I recognised vaguely so pottered over for a chat (there was a gang of friends due that evening) and after a while I noticed that he was looking at me a bit blankly.
I then noticed my friends over the other side and as I trotted over to see them I realised the bloke I had been chatting to was only familiar as he was on Eastenders!

Just remembered the celeb I mentioned above was done for assault. Met much nicer ones, though!

Looking in a Peugeot garage about 12 years ago I recognised someone I went to school with. Spent a good 10 minutes chatting asking if he still saw so and so.

Literally as I walked away I realised it was Jermaine Defoe and he'd been so polite answering random questions about a school he hadn't attended.

Not embarrassing at all.
But Dh was helping my uncle at his shop for a few weeks.
He met Emma Thomson who was very lovely and they had long chats on her visit. He met Charles Dance whose apparently really moody. Noel fielding who has a gorgeous girlfriend and dh had a lovely chat with him but didn't know who he was till one day he came home switched on tv and said oh look that guy comes into the shop all the time. Oh and Kate moss. In his words looked a bit trampy and not model like at all. .

Amandah- did you kiss him and say sorry.

When I was a 17 year old working in our local video shop, a man came in and brought the video he wanted to rent up to the counter. I asked his surname to bring up his membership...
Him: "Jagger"
Me: "which Jagger? There are 3 on here"
Him: "Mick"
Me: "oh you can't rent the video until you've paid off your overdue fines"
Him: "I know the owner, it's fine"
Me: "ok this once I'll allow it but next time you need to pay off the balance or you can't borrow another one"
He left with his rental.

Man behind Mick once he'd left the store: "Did you know who that was"
Me: "No but I doubt he knows the store owner, everyone uses that line"
Man chuckles!

I went home and asked my parents if they knew who this guy was...turns out fairly famous!! Had to serve him a few more times after that too!!

Had a very, very angry phone call in London some years ago, can't remember why but I was very cross. Shouted a very, very rude word cunt at the end of said call as Bill Nighy was walking past. No one else around. He said "thank you", looked mildly amused and walked off. Shameful. Love him - don't think he's a cunt.

I went up to Jarvis Cocker at a Henderson's event in the 90's very very drunk and introduced myself. He looked at me imperiously and asked me what music I was into. I totally went blank and stammered I liked Garbage and The Verve! He was totally unimpressed and said he didn't like them and was into French piano music. I made a quick retreat after that much to his relief I think.

I dropped a pie into the lap of frankie dettori when I was waitressing as a teenager. He was very nice about it and still tipped!
Working in a nightclub reception. Tried to charge someone to get in and he said the typical 'don't you know who I am?' I responded with 'why? Don't you?' and charged him anyway. Later found out it was Robbie savage. Got a dirty look from boy george while working there as well cos I didn't recognise him either!
Also met most of the england football team and didn't realise until they'd gone!
Seriously think I'm oblivious when it comes to these things!