I accidentally made friends with someone very famous, now what?

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I feel a bit of a dork here but hear me out. I met Peter* at one of my regular fav haunts. It's a quiet, out-of-the-way place used by those who share a common pass-time. Peter & I must have similar schedules because we often rock-up at the same time. Over a period, we've progressed from a smile & nod at a distance, to polite small-talk, to sharing a space to do our hobby side-by-side - with the accompanying chit-chat that goes with it. I felt like we were right on the cusp of becoming quite pally. I don't have a tv & seldom read the news online apart from a quick scan of the headlines, I'm a bit out of touch really. Then a week ago I suddenly saw his pic in the news & thought 'Oh fuck'. I was shocked. I know Peter's just a bloke like any other person underneath it. He doesn't court the press like some do but now I feel a bit funny about the next time we meet up. He's never told me who he is other than first names & I suspect he likes the quiet friendship. I feel funny about it now. Do I say something? If I don't I feel a bit awkward. Wwyd?

I love this thread

Glass etching with Danny Dyer?

Jam making with Patrick Stewart?

I don't make jam but I'd start if I knew he'd be there!

Dungeons and Dragons with Linda Evangelista.

Cake decorating with Sir Steve Redgrave?

Pigeon fancying with the Archbishop of Canterbury?

Life drawing with Noel Fielding?

Juggling with Dave Benson-Phillips?

It’s wood whittling with Russel Brand

Building birdhouses with Joey Essex.

erotic crochet with Denise Welch?

wait no it’s a man isn’t it.

kazoo orchestra with Joe Swash.

The art of shadow puppetry with Corey from Slipknot?

Actress Emily Watson brings her children to school in central London on my commuter train and nobody says anything to her. I see her in M&S as well and nobody bothers her.

Russ Abbot is not dead!

Geisha dancing with Jeremy Clarkson

Tap dancing with Lionel Blair

Flower Arranging with Axl Rose?

Ceroc with Jeremy Vine?

If he is "very famous" how come nobody else in the place of common interest has recognised him and said anything?

I reckon its clay shooting with Chris Packham.

We have some famous friends and don't treat then any differently from any of our other friends. It gets tiresome when out and people keep interrupting and fawning over them (for our friends as well as us) they really like it when they go out and can just be normal, as people either don't notice or are too polite to bother them.

We have a famous actor who has a bolt hole home not far from us, whenever they are this way they stop off and buy eggs and a few other bits from our farm shop. I had no idea who they were(apart from their first name as we do all our regulars) for ages until one of our other customers said.
They often sit out on the patio area near the orchard with a coffee and homemade treat just to watch the chickens wandering about looking so happy and well cared for(which is why they like to buy from us) and to have some peace and quiet, as no one bothers them here.

DDIL waited on Sir Ian McKellen's table last week - she didn't have a clue who he was Enjoy your lovely normal relationship OP

Ah, this thread made me snort-laugh while I was skimming it during a boring conference call. I had to pretend it was a sneeze.

I think it's making pictures out of discarded bottle tops, with Jerome Flynn.

"a quiet, out-of-the-way place used by those who share a common pass-time."

Its an allotment, guarantee it. Theirs are next to each other.

I took on an office in central London last year and since I did I've had a string of well known people through the door. I never know who they are until they say something - I've decided people look different on tv or in papers

Loads of them 'know' each other so they say so-and-so told me about you. It does help that the office is approached down an alleyway so really discrete I suppose.