Worst celebrity you have ever met part 2

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Starting a new thread as last one wasn't accepting new posts.. Years ago I was a young dancer and background singer .. Very shy starting out on the job I loved (age 16 ) Jim Davison was on the Sunderland Empire about 2002 ish.. He was awful.. Moody! Shouty! Miserable, Rude.😭 I danced and sang in a lot of shows afterwards, and the much bigger stars were absolutely lovely.. But he is the one I remember most.. Awful man!.. I have worked with the Nolan Sisters and they all were so lovely.. I really understand how Linda (she was so kind and lovely to me, as were all of the sisters) did not like Jim Davison when she was in Big Brother (that was not the man he acted like on that show) Out of all the 50+ lovely celebrities I worked with over 15 years(some quite famous stars) , this is the one I remember most as the most horrible one.

Not me, but my dad met Jimmy Saville when he was doing a summer job at the BBC in the late 1960s. Never had a good word to say about him.

I've never properly 'met' any celebrities, and I wouldn't really know most of them by sight because I have face blindness, but I've occasionally had very minor interactions with a few. I saw Richard Wilson in a café and that scene from Father Ted where Ted gets egged on to shout 'I don't believe it' at him because 'I'd say no one ever does that to him' just kept going round and round in my head, it was with difficulty that I restrained myself. I was sitting at the table next to him for about an hour. He came across as a massive lovie, but nothing worse.

Noel Edmonds, total arse. The make up girls disliked him as well

Have you ever seen the Colin Farrell s3x tape?? it's so self indulgent it's ridiculous 😂😂PS..only one I' ve ever seen !😮lol

I can never understand why celebs are rude to waiters/servers. Surely they know that these are the very people who can spit in your food before they hand it over........??

The actress who played Victor Meldrew"s wife Margaret I.had the misfortune to share the same table as her in a very busy refectory by my house in Hove Museum..She was very rude and dismissive towards the serving staff and she appeared to be reading a script & was tutting & glaring at a toddler who was over tired ,bored & crying..I was tempted to slip some salt into her buttered scone..but would have got caught .lol

I must be so far out of touch, or just getting old, because a good two-thirds of the names on this thread mean nothing to me. On reading it though, I just can't fathom for one second why anyone would hanker after fame, or want to be recognized everywhere they go. It would be my idea of hell, so I kind of 'get' the 'leave me alone' vibes emitted by some, but then why choose a profession that made them famous in the first place?

It must be hard to be accosted by strangers constantly when you've having a fat day, an off day, a day when you have a headache or just want to be alone with your thoughts, etc. Some of this behaviour goes beyond that, though. There's never any excuse for outright rudeness, and some of the stories detailed upthread show certain people up in a horrible light. Screaming or swearing at people is not okay, and are there really people who utter that excruciating phrase 'do you know who I am?' I thought that was more an indication of attitude than an actual direct quote from people who actually said it. How embarrassing for them.

Please tell me that the charity shop employee's response was "Give us the fucking money"!

Jim Davidson is a thoroughly unsavoury nasty I individual 😠😠If he was vile to an openly gay guy working in a hotel it wouldn't surprise me at all..he's just vile !He openly supports racist organisations is Britain First and has more of less done a one man campaign to get Gary Glitter out of jail ..in fact he had his boat moored close to that jail in Dorset so he could visit his paedophile pal..I have always thought his attitude towards women was sickening and very immature..only good thing I think these days her have to pay the audience himself just to get an audience😂😂

Ds (through work) says that Kier Starmer is one of the most decent and principled people he has ever come across.

Does his name rhyme with Hames Gordan..if you don't want to say it?? 😂😂I absolutely loathe him and since he's been working in America his ego is 100X worse..they've now had enough of him over there & he's coming back to Blighty...poor us 😢😢

Timmy Mallet, i was on a childrens' program that he hosted in the 90s, he swore at the kids when they took too long to answer, really laid into them asking if they were thick as they weren't answering.

Fred Dibnah, bit of an arse, saw someone ask him for an autograph at a steam rally. They were told no, not unless they paid £5.

Rick Wakeman, absolutely lovely, took the time to talk to all of us individually after a concert even though it was getting late and the venue workers were waiting to lock up (they were lovely elderly volunteers , this wasn't at a club or pub).

really ive met bros loads of times can be a abit off dependingon their mood but violent? never

My dh met robert vaughan whilst he was working and said he was very nice and polite-also met bradley walsh who was lovely

Well I don’t know - Andrew Garfield is pretty famous at the moment. I was shocked to see his name, he must be a better actor than I thought because he always comes across relatively nice (despite being very self-indulgent/soppy) when I’ve seen him on TV.

Jimmy Tarbuck.

I've spent a few great nights with Vanessa Feltz. She is quite full on which I guess some might find off-putting but she was really lovely- surprisingly insecure and just great company.

Victoria Wood was quiet and reserved but absolutely lovely to my terminally ill mum when a mutual friend arranged back stage drinks.

Alison Hammond came to a charity do I was hosting and really threw herself into the fundraising- and refused any expenses.

Gordon Ramsay was really sweet and brought us a bottle of fizz when we were celebrating at the Savoy

Only genuinely rude person was Thora Hird. This was maybe 40 years ago when she was filming that Sally Army comedy in Leeds and I went to ask her for an autograph and she ticked me off for interrupting. Still was probably deserved. I also saw Michael Barrymore and Martine McCutcheon several times out clubbing. He was always off his head and very obnoxious. She had an entourage who loved blocking any lesser mortals from going near her.

The not making eye contact thing -- pre performance that's about staying prepared, focused and ready for the many many people who've paid to come and see that performer. It's not about being too lofty to talk to those working backstage.

Someone who doesn't want their accountant's secretary to make eye contact (for example) is a completely different kettle of fish.

Whilst there is no excuse for down right rude behaviour, it must be awful being in the public eye and being expected to 'perform' ALL the time. I consider myself very polite, friendly etc but there's days I wanna drop my kids off at school quickly and run back to the car or go to Sainsbury's and not have to engage with people and thankfully being a no body lets me do this without thought. I even hate ( I don't actually hate, but I dislike ) it when I bump into colleagues on my day off because sometimes you just need to have some down time.

What are the Colin Farrel sex tapes? Does he appear in them? if so where can l find them?

That's surpising - The compnay I work for was involve with a DIY SOS, and although I never met him myself everyone who did said he was really nice and down to earth. But thinking about I suppose they were always around the build so maybe they only saw his TV persona?

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I think I would let Jessica Ennis off being 'nice' while she was fitness training for the Olympics! She must have been super focused

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I come into contact with lots of celebrities with my line of work, and the one who always stuck in my head as the nicest was Moira Stewart! I was an assistant at an awards ceremony and I was to hand her the award, and we stood and had a right natter for about ten minutes. Lovely woman.

Also - Peter Doherty always stood out as such a gentle kind soul when I met him several times around 20 years ago. Very sweet and caring. I do hope he manages to overcome his demons.

What a brilliant thread - as long as the libel lawyers aren't reading!!!

Sorry to sound smug but...I don't get the 'Oh but they seem so nice on TV'. Yes, 'seem' being the operative word. Surely no-one is naive enough not to realise these people are acting or have developed a media persona? I don't expect any celebrity to be 'nice', especially if approached when trying to live their private lives. If they're polite and civil, that's all I would expect when they're booking into a hotel or in a shop or restaurant. They can't be 'on' all the time.

But there is never any excuse for rudeness, even if someone does transgress by asking for an autograph or photo when they're off duty. Rudeness - no, but coolness - fair enough.

Slightly disagree with the poster who wants to give an amnesty for nasty behaviour at school, though. I think that 'the child is father of the man' (or mother of the woman!) and often, the way we behave when we're young and haven't learned to modify our behaviour in line with social norms is actually more truly our personality. I tend to think: cruel, sadistic horror at 16 = better behaved and more inhibited sadistic adult at 36. I was at school with an A-list comedienne (considered a national treasure) and I assure you she was ice-cold, mean and derived a lot of enjoyment from the misery of others.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if Theresa May was nice - why wouldn't she be? A friend of mine once had to waitress at a big do where Mrs Thatcher was a guest and (to her eternal surprise) said she was really kind, took time to treat waiting staff as human beings and thanked everyone afterwards. Being a Tory doesn't mean you aren't nice. Some of the nastiest people I've met have been very left-wing, so please don't fall for a simple-minded stereotype.

When I was younger I met Iron Maiden post gig. We were a mixed group mid/late teens. They were absolutely lovely guys and really made an effort to connect and chat with their fans even though they must have been exhausted and were under no obligation to appear after the gig had finished.

I used to go to lots of gigs back in the day and Iron Maiden always made the effort to sign autographs and have a chat after. I remember Bruce Dickinson was very friendly with fans - in a nice, normal person way, NOT a weird way I might add.