Your most bizarre claim to fame story

[cheesenpickles]

So, I haven't slept with MH or anybody remotely famous, but have plenty of bizarre claim to fame stories (of my own and family/friends).

My two faves are that Florence Welch ran over my foot with her bicycle and broke my toe. I don't think she realised but she was gigging back in the day and had cycled to the venue (where I worked). She jumped on her bike to push it out of the office and ride home and went straight over my foot, snapping my toe on my left foot.

My darling sil, who is quite the character was in the company of some top music people, drank too much wine at an album party, started dancing and launched her shoe accidentally in her vigour smacking old Sir BG right in the chops apparently. She then repeated said move at my wedding and smashed a load of wine glasses. She's a good 20 years my senior.

C'mon now spill.

Gavin Rossdale (of Bush fame) rolled me a joint and made me a tomato sandwich, the sandwich was awful even with the munchies

I crossed the road and realised I was starring at alan Carr who stared back and then I was like.oh shit and he goes " ello love"

I went to Tesco with Lee Evans. We waited at the stage door to meet him and he asked what we were up to. We said we had to go to Tesco and he said he would come with us as he needed to go and didn't know where it was.
I did Jack blacks son's first ever haircut.it was very embarrassing as while i was doing the haircut his son was watching kung fu panda (he did the pandas voice)

@Grumpos by any chance are you from my city? The adoptive British family of Arnie? I read some lovely stories about his time in this particular place and the family that looked after him. ❤️

@steff13

He seemed really nice, I've heard elsewhere that he can be difficult but that is not how i found him.

We chatted about the fremontia tree that I had in the front garden and the area generally.

Oh and another one, I’ve been to James May’s house and chatted to him while I was tinkering with machines in garage.

And I’m related to Cilla Black (quite distantly)

Hoovering

How can you have a pseudoname autobiography?

It’s my own story but names and other details had to be changed for legal reasons as it involves a court case, and I could have been in contempt of court otherwise.

I snogged the lead singer of star sailor.
I snogged Chesney Hawkes.
I was an extra on byker grove when I was younger.
I threw my bra at Jason Donovan and it landed on his shoulder.
I’ve met Mark Owen.
I’ve met various members of the Beautiful South on various occasions.
I’ve lapdanced for Barry off Eastenders.
I met Dane bowers who was pissed off when I didn’t know who the fuck he was.

@cheesenpickles I saw him on Camberley once and one of my mates followed gum through the shopping centre, into the same shops 😂

I was shopping with an exs mum and she pointed out Norris from coronation street. I disagreed quite strongly that it was Norris because he wouldn't be in Kwik save and didn't look like Norris . Man crankily pointed out he was indeed Norris.

Eddie Reader and her sister (very alike) stepped out in front of my car. I got a wave as I had to brake 😄

also Paralympian Kurt Fearnley tried to teach my son to pop wheelies in his wheelchair and on the same day we offended an aussie boy band member (sean from short stack) when he came over and asked if son would like his autograph and we both said but who are you? Tbh we still don't know who he is.

I sat near to Richard and Judy in a posh hotel restaurant once. We were visiting York for a weekend and I believe they were visiting their son who was at York Uni at that time.

They put a lot of salt on their food, multiple asking each other for the salt - that was my main memory, but they were both very polite to all the staff and not at all "showy".

They seemed very nice and were very chatty with each other.

After that DH and I called them the Salty Showbiz Couple .

@LittleCandle
My dad is pals with Dodie Weir too! He's a lovely man

Ooh ooh I've just remembered one. My DF and DSM lived near the Sandringham estate, and regularly walked their miniature dachshund there.

One day they were held back from crossing one of the exit roads for a few moments, and along came a flash car with none other than the Queen in the back. She spotted the very cute dog, beamed and waved at them!

I'm grateful to Rockinhippy cos the first time I ever had a JD & coke Lemmy bought it for me! (he was trying to get off with my friend at the time)

Spike from 911 owes me quite a lot of money for some work I did for him and his ex before they split.

I used to work with and share a flat with Margi Clark's younger sister and was invited to the premiere of "Letter To Brezhnev"

I have served Prince Philip with a half pint of bitter - it had to be in a glass with a handle, he wouldn't accept a straight glass.

Ooh! My claims to fame are I once saw the singer Lorde at a Prince concert.

I also saw Simon the lead singer of Biffy Clyro in Tesco's once.

Lorraine and Ricky from Deacon Blue were seated a few rows in front us at a concert a few years ago.

Loving this thread-so many great stories!

In Morrisons in small town (Leighton buzzard) with my two year old son. He starts waving at the man in front of us, a huge black man with a bright orange tracksuit and a crossover bag on.
Man turns around and it was Frank Bruno! He looked at my son, laughed his wonderful laugh and said hello he he he

What a lovely guy!

@LearningMySelfWorth I too am related to the Ferry, i wonder if we ate originally from the same area...

My strangest one was being on an escorted tour of about 10 people in South Africa and a man all in white got on and introduced himself as connected closely to Robert Mugabe and in SA representing him

Another strange incident was walking round Westminster Michael Portillo walked past me and said I know you don't I, how do I know you?

When dh an I were in NYC there was some big event going on for the Super Bowl and they had a load of American football legends doing signings in Macy's. One of them started trying to chat to us with a tv crew and we explained we were English and nobody watched American football in the UK and we had no clue who he was. He was rather annoyed. Still don't know who he was.

Used to go to a healthclub were my friend said there were lots of famous footballers and she would point them out to me and didn't recognise any of them.

The only claim to fame I have is that the wedding suite DH and i slept in on our wedding night had also been slept in (on a different night!!) by Peter Andre! (Yes, I would definitely rather not have known! Very weird thing to have in your head on your wedding night )