To ask if you saw a 'celebrity' would you approach them?

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Just been in a pram shop and saw an actress from Hollyoaks, DH told me to ask for a pic but I said no because she was clearly busy being shown a pram 😂 so just wondering if you saw a celebrity in a shop would you approach them? Or let them get on with their life.

Also should they be ready to be approached constantly or not? Whats your opinion x

I got approached by Dean Gaffney once and asked out he tapped me on the shoulder whilst I was snogging someone else to ask me!

I got in a lift with Su Pollard once, DD then 3ish barked at her...Su Pollard barked back!

I used to live in an area where celebrity sightings were common because it was right next to a big studio campus. You do not bother them. They are just trying to get a coffee or buy groceries just like you. They aren’t working.

Of course, if it’s a good sighting, you go home and tell your friends you saw so and so actor eating waffles at the next table or news anchor buying asparagus at the farmers market.

No I would never ask for a picture.
My DD attends nursery with a famous singers child. Once or twice we have seen them out and about at the local shops, and my DD always says hello to the singers child, so obviously as parents we have exchanged pleasantries. She is such a genuine lady, very easy to talk to, but I wouldn’t ever ask for a picture and be a total fan girl...even though I want to!

I just wouldn't get anything out of interrupting someone who doesn't know me to tell them I liked their work.

Having put it like that though... I did shake the hand of a policeman on duty during the riots and thanked him. It was a horrifying week where we were, and the police presence very reassuring.

I went up to an athlete I admire at an athletics event last weekend and chatted to her for a minute... Nobody else was talking to her and she was just sitting, not practising or anything.

If it was a male celeb that I fancied, absolutely not. I'd be too embarrassed. If it was a female celeb that I admired I probably would in the right circumstances.

If it was somebody I really, really admired, HUGELY I might attempt a tiny nod and smile at them, (without being creepy). Not with someone I recognised because I was familiar with their face because of them being on the telly and had no interest in.

I DID sell Stuart Copeland a pair of shoes once, and the suede protector to keep them boxfresh

No I would respect their privacy.

It's a funny one - I find it really odd wanting a picture with someone just because they're famous but I have a friend who's super keen on this stuff, will always go up to folk and regularly does those meet and greet things where you pay to meet and have your pic taken with folk then she plasters it all over her Facebook - I just don't get it

I was in a beer garden a few years ago and asked a man a couple of tables over for a cigarette, my then boyfriend had nipped to the shops to get some. Nice man obliged and my boyfriend returned to find me smoking. Asked where I’d got it from, I gestured to the man “nice bloke over there” says I. Boyfriend goes “that’s James Dean Bradfield from the Manic Street Preachers!”. I hadn’t recognised him, not even in a “looks a bit familiar but can’t place him” sort of way.

@Nottonight Josepheen, ah I'm dying to know now. Please tell me it wasn't Bela!

Definetely not, i remember reading an actress was at a london park with her 2 young children someone approached her and asked for her autograph, she said please i'm with my children, i'm mummy to them not someone famous,

Definitely not. I live in an area where I often see celebs going about their lives and if you do make eye contact with them, they always have this look like "please don't talk to me" I feel sorry for them when they are just picking up some milk! My neighbour above is on TV and he is lovely but I've never ever mentioned the fact he is famous.... feels embarrassing. (Though my grandma tells me things about him from the newspaper 😂)

Absolutely not, never. I cringe when I see people do it.

On holiday in California recently, we 'spotted' a very famous face at the next table, dining with several not quite such famous but still very recognisable faces.

We paid them no attention,j ust as if they were complete strangers and they returned the favour by ignoring us, too.

no I wouldn't, and I would also encourage my companions not to to stare

I did when my partner and I saw Michael Palin in a cafe in Venice. I've loved him almost all my life so stopped to chat and he was as gorgeous and charming as you'd expect. His wife Helen sat beaming in a 'He's gorgeous, isn't he?' kind of way.

More than made our day.

I actually bumped into an actor I knew well at 16-17 - briefly dated his best friend etc.
I was so embarrassed I didn't say hi even though if he'd not been a celeb I'd have had a quick chat!

If I really loved them I might approach, but not if they were with their family or sat down for a meal or something that would be awkward to interrupt.

People like that talentless beast Dawn French

😱 That's harsh.

Has she ever been rude to you, or are you going off anecdotes?

(I am not Dawn French BTW)

Never happened to me , but it is well known ( at least here in Cumbria ) that Prince Charles loves walking the fells when he comes here. He apparently likes to walk alone. His bodyguards walk ahead , and warn anyone who may come across him not to acknowledge nor make eye contact and to basically keep our of the way

Nope. Would not approach. Never have.

I was at a wedding when one guest was a famous actor, gave him a wide berth. Couldn’t stand the thought of him thinking I was fawning over him.

Saw another famous TV presenter at an event a couple of years ago, he was with his kids, we did lock eyes and I gave a brief smile then looked away.

Saw a new presenter at the airport getting on the same flight as us many years ago she had a very frosty “don’t come near me” stance -not that I would have approached her anyway- but she was very obviously not wanting riffraff to bother her.

Actor & radio presenter was in the family business New Year’s Eve one year. I was with friends, partying not working, he did keep looking over and smiling - probably because we were all really enjoying ourselves and having lots of fun. Didn’t even consider going near him. He phoned the next day asking if he had left his camera.

@JaretsGirlfren

Gaffney & Pollard, That must’ve been like the ambassadors reception

I agree with @bibbitybobbityyhat