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 wouldn’t anyone else but David Tennant. And I still wouldn’t if he was with his family. I also probably wouldn’t in real life as I’d be too nervous but I would probably jump up and down and squee a bit.
In my fantasy world I’d probably say something amazing and steal a snog but I’m well aware that’s just my fantasy life.
Anyone else I’d probably grin and wave but that’s it.

I once saw a casualty actor buying undies in m&s. Didn't say anything as I thought it would be embarrassing!
Forgot in the earlier post, that one of the GBBO winners lives locally. His daughter goes to the same school as my daughter. The end of the Christmas panto he took part in a comedy bake off sketch. I think all parents say hello to him as everyone recognises him.

I tend to see celebs all the time due to where I live. There are a few celeb school mums and I’ve seen others at the cash point, in Tesco, in M&S, all in our local town. I’ve never and would never approach them. There’s one particular premier league footballer who likes to hang around Starbucks in his training kit when it’s the end of the school day. The kids all crowd around him but I suspect that’s intentional on his part as the other local footballers get pretty much left alone

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Haha I did this with Peter Barlow from Corrie when I worked in a coffee shop in Manchester. I was like "oh heeey how's it go in?“ and then realised who it was and started to fumble cause I was embarrassed and forgot how to do simple maths. He had to tell me how much change I owed him. 🤦‍♀️ I'm not even a big corrie fan and I don't care about meeting celebs. It was just embarrassing! And nearly went in for a chat with Jenny & Lee from goggle box when I saw them shopping in Liverpool 😂😂😂

I never recognise people if I see them out of context. I've even stood next to my next door neighbour in a petrol station in the next town and didn't recognise him.

Unless someone else was with me to tell me who the person was then all celebs would be safe round me. I was waiting for a lift in the Rockerfeller centre one day and couldn't work out why all the rest of the people were nudging each other and murmuring. Turns out I was standing next to Beyonce.

I'm unlikely to approach any celebrities because I never know who they are! I've met a couple through work e.g. when they were being shown around the school I taught at but it wasn't until afterwards that I had any idea they were famous.

The only 'celebrity' I would approach is the one I've known since he was six. I used to babysit him when I was a teenager and he's still good friends with one of my siblings so doesn't really count.

My dad has terrible face blindness and both Princess Margaret and Jerry Hall have done the smile, nod and wave at him while he wondered why random women were suddenly being super nice to him. I wonder if they heard his "who's that?".

I have crossed path with a few and never approached them (one was in my flight sitting in the same row as me, I too thought he was a friend of mine for a minute until he talked about filming and I realized he was just someone I saw on TV a lot!) for me they just are normal people and I really don't care much (if at all) about them.

I used to Nanny after a child who had been on TV and had quite a lot of billboards with his face on it. Almost everytime we would go to a public place you would see people approach him. Kids didn't care about him at all but you would see 40yo ladies fan-girling and trying to befriend him (or me!) and it was just plain awkward and very annoying to see older ladies trying to befriend a child who just want to go about his business without answering to strangers. I wouldn't approach, you wouldn't approach strangers and ask for their photo or autograph, you shouldn't want to talk/take pictures with someone you don't know, just because you saw them on TV.

It depends. Ron Howard, Amy Adams, and Glenn Close have been in my town scouting for a movie. If I saw them out looking at locations I might say something to them. But not if they were eating dinner or something.

It's nice that almost everyone wouldn't approach a celeb, I do think it must be horrible when you're just trying to nip out to get some milk and someone tries to take your photo for social media or something.

We were once on a plane and my two dc were playing Harry Potter top trumps when the woman sat behind me tapped me on the arm (I was expecting her to moan about my kids or something) but she said my boyfriend played Gregory Goyle in HP would your kids like his autograph? Much scrabbling thru the pack to find his card followed and he duly signed his autograph on his card - kids were so chuffed (we wouldn't have recognised him as he was so grown up from the films iyswim) and yes we do still have that game! He was also staying at the same hotel as us so the dc enjoyed spotting him around the place but we never bothered him.

Recently was in one of Rick Steins restaurants when the man himself came in for a quick meal. They sat at the table next to us and I could hear him tell his wife he felt quite vulnerable there even though it's the smallest of his venues. It was also clear other diners recognised him as none of them wanted to settle their bills and leave despite finishing leaving by before us. I've seen him frequently around the place and actually wanted to leave ASAP as I didn't want to add to his unease.

We have also seen other famous people around like Richard Hammond on the beach with his family- he gave us a smile as he walked past with his daughters but we left him be too.

Eventers though - if it's a show and they are signing I would chat but not if they are shopping like I literally walked into William Fox-Pitt (he's very tall and hard to miss so still don't know what I was looking at to not notice) and apologised and walked away but have chatted to him at other times when he was doing signings - he was lovely and asked my young son about riding.

Before I could say anything, she snapped at me “LOOK, I’M WITH MY CHILDREN. NO PHOTOS, NO AUTOGRAPHS. HAVE SOME RESPECT

Ugh. Who do these people think they are? I wouldn't know a soap actor or reality TV person if I fell over them in the street. But it was poetic justice just to let her continue walking around with her skirt tucked in her knickers: quite an appropriate pose for someone who is wedged so far up her own backside!

The only person I was ever really star-struck over was the late, great Doris Day. And sadly there's no longer any opportunity to approach her.

But I'd never try to make conversation with a well-known personality in the street. I can't imagine how sick of it they must get, or how horrible it would be to have your face known everywhere you went. Why on earth do some people covet fame? It would be my idea of hell!

Only if it was Tom Ellis aka Lucifer. But tbh, before I got within 20feet I probably would have swooned and fainted anyway so he’s safe 😂

Just remembered, was visiting Aunt in hospital and walked past a bloke said hi, he said hi back. Convinced I actually knew him, must do he spoke back. I did it was Jimmy Nail, thankfully he was canny enough I felt like a right divvy!

I probably wouldn't unless it was a public event type thing.

That said about 10 years ago I saw jimmy Carr in the street in Sheffield and I was so shocked it was him I stopped dead and said "it's jimmy Carr!!" And pointed at him. He just kind of nodded and said yeahhh. Iwas only 19 in my defence and rather star struck. Oh dear Hopefully I'd be more mature now...

I wouldn’t stop celebs going about their day to day life. There are loads round here but they seem to be left alone. The only exception would be if I saw David Attenborough. I’d want to say hello and thank him for being an amazing human being.

I remember a house party at uni where someone famous by association turned up and did the don’t you know who I am thing. Everyone took great delight in pretending they didn’t have a clue (arrogant tosser that he was).

My dh works with lots of famous people. Not everyone that approaches is nice! Some people will just walk up and say "oh I can't stand you" or worse.

I wouldn't do it because it is quite annoying.

I literally bumped into Kit Harrington (Jon Snow from Game Of Thrones).
I live very close to the village where he and his wife live, and he shops in the local farm shops.
I turned around a bit to quickly to pick up something and bumped straight into the back of him. I looked at him like a cod fish with it’s gob hanging open and said something like “Oh my goodness it’s you!” He was really nice, very chatty, and actually recommended a lovely chutney to go with the posh cheese I was buying I didn’t ask for a photo though.

@HotChocolateLover he once came up to me to ask if his daughter could meet my dog - he’s very nice

No way.

I once saw Helena Bonham Carter in the loos at the Albert Hall after a concert. She was with an elderly relative, and once she was out of the door of the ladies she was literally surrounded, crowded in, by people taking selfies. Anyone could see she was just enduring it.
TBH I thought it moronic behaviour.

No way, unless it was an Obama

I was sitting on a bench in Paisley about ten years ago and DD starter chatting to the dishy young man sitting on the other end. It was Paulo Nuttini and he was utterly lovely - DD was only 2 and asking him a million questions as 2 year olds do and he was playing along and laughing with her. I've had a massive soft spot for him ever since.

We once saw a very famous British celebrity in a large toy shop in New York. He's not known at all in the USA so no one else was bothering them. I would have loved to say hello and have a picture but it felt like it was our gift to him and his wife to let them have some wonderfully free time selecting Christmas presents for their kids. I can't imagine how impossible that would have been to do in the UK.