Meeting Your Idols and Being Disappointed

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Today I almost met somebody who has been a big figure in my life. It took ages to pluck up the courage to speak to them and I was totally dismissed. I wasn’t being a “gushing fan” and it was a setting that was laid back. Everyone else was lovely. Have tou ever met someone you admire and wish you hadn’t?

I would never approach a celeb if I saw them, they're just people who happen to have high profile jobs. I have never put any of them up on a pedestal for the above reason, if you do you will end up disappointed if you do meet them.
When you meet them in their work environment like watching them film a show, book signings or other promo event of course they're going to be lovely, they're working. They need to be professional to keep fans happy and interested in what they do for a living, the rest of the time just let them live normally like we do. I bet if you got to know many of them well, most of them would be very different to the public image they portrait because like all of us they often play different roles professionally and privately.

andNone we should team up, I smacked Gary Barlow in the face with the door to the Cheers bar in Boston. I was dashing out in a panic having just discovered my credit card had gone walkies. I though the poor chap I'd just hit with the door looked familiar but only later when I heard TT were in Boston that day did it click who he was. This would have been a few weeks after Robbie left.

Mark Williams frequents the pub in the village he lives in and is apparently lovely.

He IS lovely, and so are his little girls. DP and I were in a pub garden (possibly the same village pub?) with the dogs, when MW strolled over with his daughters, and asked, very politely, if it would be ok for the kids to make a fuss of the dogs. He was really nice, chatty but not pushy, and he thanked us for letting girls say hello to the odgs.

I didn't know who he was. When we left and got into the car, I said "I'm sure I know that man from somewhere, he seemed awfully familiar", and DP pissed himself laughing, then called me a twat and recited practically Mark Williams' entire IMDB entry.

I've bumped into him a few times since, and he always says hello, and makes a fuss of the dog if she's with me. One of these days, I may confess that I had no clue who he was, and that I wasn't just being mega-cool.

Amanda Holden must be related to Lulu. My mother can never understand how she started off younger than Lulu and is now several years older.

The base player from Muse took my calling him a miserable bastard well so I guess he is probable a nice chap.

Yes to Elton John not being very nice, I knew a flight attendant who flew him and he was horrible to her. Treated her like shit and had no regard for safety or her role he was so awful she refused to fly him again.

not really met, but have been a life long fan of Billy Connelly and was so happy that we managed to get tickets to his last tour. I understand that he is not well, but tbh, I wish I hadnt went as it ruined how I saw him as a performing comedian. His routine was flat and not that funny (compared to all his shows Ive seen on the tv).

elle mcphearson is a horrible woman

I saw a quite sad story on. fan account on Instagram recently. The woman who runs it is an absolute mega fan of a Game of Thrones actor, runs several social media accounts dedicated to him, actively participates in the whole ‘fandom’ thing. She spent a fortune flying halfway around the world to meet him at a comic con and was posting for months about how excited she was. The big day came and he was an absolute arse. Really rude to her and other fans who had queued for hours and paid to see him. She was SO upset. And it wasn’t even like she’d intruded when he was somewhere private. He was being paid a shit load of money to be there and be vaguely polite to fans and he couldn’t be bothered. What an arse.

Was THAT kit harrington apparentley he is a total arsehole.

Paul McCartney was very pleasant but Lionel Ritchie, oh Lord that man..he is beautiful and lovely, gave me the fanny gallops

LovesLaboursLost

Oh come on, you have to at least hint at who this was! (Hope it wasn't Peter Dinklage)

I was an extra on a Charlie Brooker programme and he is one of the loveliest people ever. He chatted to everyone, all the extras got to come to the wrap party and he bought us all biscuits at the breaks! Despite his persona, I've never met anyone who has a bad word to say about him.

On that note, Chris Morris is also a friendly, effusive man.

It was Rory McCann who plays the Hound. As least Kit Harington is so good looking you’d be distracted if he wasn’t v nice. Peter Dinklage someone I know who’s met him said he is perfectly nice but a bit dull so disappointingly unlike his character.

Despite his persona

Tbf, he has the disgruntled cynic shtick down but he never seems unfriendly or mean on TV. Definitely comes across as a nice guy I think.

As least Kit Harington is so good looking you’d be distracted if he wasn’t v nice

Ditto Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. He always looks smiley in his pictures, so I'm hoping he's both good looking and nice.

I didn't know who he was. When we left and got into the car, I said "I'm sure I know that man from somewhere, he seemed awfully familiar", and DP pissed himself laughing, then called me a twat and recited practically Mark Williams' entire IMDB entry

I was going to attempt to make you feel better by saying "I've never heard of Mark Williams either" but then I google image searched him and yeah, he's pretty famous and recognisable! haha.

@FluffyPersian

I met Marcus and had a good chat with him and he was lovely. Really down to earth and much more handsome than on TV with the most piercing eyes too.

Monica was also lovely. We had lunch at her restaurant Mere and she came round and said hello to everyone. One lady actually burst into tears on meeting her and Monica put her arm around her and chatted to her while she composed herself.

Michel Roux Jnr said the food is quite cold when they film the dish tasting on Masterchef The Professionals but as the chef's are cooking they go around and taste all the elements so they do know how it would taste hot iyswim.

Inspired by the mark williams I know them from somewhere-
Bumped into a mum I knew from somewhere or other in Sainsbury’s I had kids in tow she had her baby in the trolly. Said ‘ hey how’s things? Aww this ones looking big now’ general chat...wasn’t until we said bye and my husband came over and asked what I was talking to Sam Bailey from the X factor that it was a mum I knew from a baby group 😂 she was very friendly must have been thinking 🤔 at me

Not idols but:

Sharon Davies - Was utterly charming, and amazing with my then 3 year old.

Prince Harry and Katherine Middleton - just as you would imagine, warm, engaging, friendly.

Lady who played Janine Butcher - my niece was an EE fan, spotted her and excitedly yelled 'omg it's Janine' and she rolled her eyes! Miserable cow!

@mydogishot We must have gone to the same school!

On the Kit Harrington note, I know someone who lives on his street and he is apparently a really lovely guy!

I've told this a million times but I was heavily pregnant in summer, travelling into London on a series of broken down trains from Edinburgh. When I arrived at King's Cross, I realised I had a flight of steps to get up, with my trolley case.

I'm a strong person but this moment just defeated me. I was standing there feeling utterly hopeless when a 'happy chappy' type appeared as if from nowhere, gave me a massive smile, and picked up my case.

Maybe I'm exaggerating this a teeny bit but in my memory he actually pranced off up the steps with it. He then carefully put it down, smiled back at me and vanished off into London. It was the actor Martin Freeman. I felt really bad for all those times I'd called him a cunt.

K H was on the one show last night good looking maybe but god he is dull 😀 Peter Dinkledge looks like he takes the craft far too seriously

I have friends that have had dealing with Kit Harrington and they found him to be lovely.

I was at a days filming of a film Iwan Rheon was in and didn't quite get to meet him but he waved heartily and grin at us every time he passed giving off a really nice vibe. Mel Gibson's son Milo was also in the film and definitely wasn't giving off a nice vibe - like father like son ehh? The other cast members were all lovely, friendly chatty and interested in what connection brought us there (the film is a WW2 film and we were there as part of the squadron association for the squadron featured in the film and the actors were on the whole interested in us - especially those who were playing named people who's children/grandchildren were there.)