Have you met a celebrity villain?

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Someone that is controversial in the media or comes across unpleasant on TV or whatever?

What were they like in real life?

AIBU to think there might be some surprises and some of them will be a persona on TV or whatever?

@Ihopeyourcakeisshit

I will confess I would likely lose control of all my faculties if I was somewhere and Al Pacino and Robert Dr Niro walked in together.

What would you have done? Would you have braved the giant-necked security?

From a reliable source, MM was in an VIP airport lounge (whilst dating Harry but just pre-engagement I believe). She was sitting alone in seating area that would fit a group. A group of foreign dignitaries came into the lounge and asked to be seated together as a group. The staff in the lounge asked MM to move to a smaller area as she was alone. She was extremely rude to said staff and basically said this would be the last time anyone asked her to move.

She was prob right though. After the engagement/marriage I can't imagine she would ever be asked to move seats again.

[quote AndNoneForGretchenWieners]@PuppyMonkeyBaby interesting about Geoff Capes. I met him through work (he was patron of a charity I worked for) and was organising an event for him to speak at, and he was fine with me. Really engaging and polite. I think I still have his phone number in my contacts list (have no reason to phone it though). Maybe in professional mode he is different to personal?[/quote]
I've told this story on MN before but (YEARS ago), my granny found a budgie in her garden and called someone to rescue it. Geoff Capes tumed up, as he was into budgies apparently. Anyway he was lovely to my granny and to the budgie. I can report he ate her cake* drank tea and took the cups and plates to the kitchen and washed them up. He rescued budgie and all was well.

• Her cake was known for being rather...tough. And chewy. But he probably had a strong jaw, so maybe he did really like it?

Has anybody mentioned yet what Oprah was like at Harry and Meghan's wedding?

@Ihopeyourcakeisshit

I will confess I would likely lose control of all my faculties if I was somewhere and Al Pacino and Robert Dr Niro walked in together.

This! I'd disgrace myself, I'm afraid. Gawping would be the least of it.

Lenny Henry. I was sat next to him at a charity do. I was very excited, but he clearly had no interest in being there. Was a bit moody too & left at the exact second he could get away, didn't say goodbye to our table etc. His agent was lovely however!

@yoniAndGuy @baroqueandblue Surely you are not questioning someones " truth" - tad hypocritical no?

My father stayed at the same hotel as Michael Jackson decades ago, long before the allegations. When he told me, I asked the usual ooh what was he like, and he responded quietly there was a young lad staying with him blunt.

I won’t go into detail on how he described how they interacted but will say it was enough that my father asked the question of a member of staff as he was uncomfortable, the staff member confirmed quietly that the boy was staying in his room but they didn’t know who he was.

It was before the allegations came out.

@FastMovingSummerShower

From a reliable source, MM was in an VIP airport lounge (whilst dating Harry but just pre-engagement I believe). She was sitting alone in seating area that would fit a group. A group of foreign dignitaries came into the lounge and asked to be seated together as a group. The staff in the lounge asked MM to move to a smaller area as she was alone. She was extremely rude to said staff and basically said this would be the last time anyone asked her to move.

She was prob right though. After the engagement/marriage I can't imagine she would ever be asked to move seats again.

As you only ever post to slag off Harry and or Meghan, then I'm sorry but I don't believe you or your reliable source

And quite frankly, if I was asked to move when I was in the VIP lounge, I'd also have been cross. Why did the foreign dignitaries have any more right to sit there than she did?

@FastMovingSummerShower
@BIWI

I have heard this MM story before

Also VIP airport lounges are NEVER full. There is ALWAYS room for a group.

I knew that war criminal tony Blair back in the 90's before labour were elected. Didn't see him after 1997

Ross Kemp was lovely btw. Chatted to everyone (corporate gig) and had us spellbound with his trips to war zones in the bar

One thing I never quite got was that Cilla, Paul and Dale Winton were all really close pals - I think she often spent Christmas with them after Bobby had died; yet I've only ever heard reports of Dale being genuinely lovely.

I know someone who was on a TV quiz show Dale hosted, who said that the minute the cameras stopped rolling he switched off the smiles and was really rude to everyone.

I once thought I saw Jimmy Saville in the algarve, after he'd died. I didn't speak to whoever it was - they were walking along the quiet beach. They were wearing a sovereign around their neck, and had his straggly peroxide blond locks. With really naff swimming trunks.

@PolloDePrimavera

I live very near Ian Brown and my dog escaped into his garden. He was very nice about it. Not a villain unless we are talking about anti maskers.

I used to see him pretty regularly in Altrincham Sainsbuys, he always seemed pleasant and smiley. Must admit I nearly lost control of my faculties the first time!

Just popping up to say Yes some VIP lounges do get full up. Having been in a few, it would surprise some folk how small quite a few are.
Are those doubting the MM stories forgetting how she behaved at Wimbledon? Insisted on have her own section, sending security after people taking photos??

www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/07/meghan-markle-wimbledon-photos-tatum-o-neal-sally-jones

More than once too.

... er, that's not what the piece says! Simply says she asked them not to take photos as she was there in a private capacity. Which is absolutely fair enough.

And there's no way you'd be asked to move in a VIP air lounge.

So sorry. Still don't believe it.

I was having a drink with a friend at the bar of the Lyric Theatre when there was a production of Romeo and Juliet on, I think it had had very good reviews.

As well as hordes of GCSE groups, Dawn French and Lenny Henry were also in the audience (over 20 years ago now).

At the interval some of the kids went up to them to ask for autographs and we could see them shaking their heads and saying no, not now, we're relaxing not working. But, they didn't send them away, and spent quite a long time talking to them about the play and what they thought about the actors etc etc. I thought that was quite a positive response to the situation.

Two friends worked with Bill Oddie on two separate books, he was breathtakingly rude to both of them.

Another friend worked with Lucy Worsley at Royal Palaces, 'not a team player' I think would be the best way of summing her up.

I would love to know the true story of what happened at Wimbledon. The pictures made it look bad - Meghan was sitting with friends with quite clearly a circle of empty seats around her. This was a major match, so it is not really believable to think that they just happened to be empty.

The camera point I can understand. The guy was legitimately taking a selfie but it did look like the camera was pointed directly at her, so I can understand that feeling uncomfortable. Although you know, you are sitting very publicly at a public event so kind of have to expect people will take photos.

I met Camilla, and she was lovely. Really polite, engaging, made a point to ask us all our names. She is absolutely tiny in real life!

Fair enough @BIWI, people will always choose believe whatever they want, no matter what anecdotal evidence is presented.

@FastMovingSummerShower

From a reliable source, MM was in an VIP airport lounge (whilst dating Harry but just pre-engagement I believe). She was sitting alone in seating area that would fit a group. A group of foreign dignitaries came into the lounge and asked to be seated together as a group. The staff in the lounge asked MM to move to a smaller area as she was alone. She was extremely rude to said staff and basically said this would be the last time anyone asked her to move.

She was prob right though. After the engagement/marriage I can't imagine she would ever be asked to move seats again.

Cool story, Kate bro

I know someone who was on a TV quiz show Dale hosted, who said that the minute the cameras stopped rolling he switched off the smiles and was really rude to everyone.

Sad, but probably more plausible.

As is often said here 'anecdotes do not equal data'