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

[CornflakeShark]

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?

@Mitzimaybe

Thanks for the insight. I'd always thought he was rather glamorous so a bit sad to hear he is not so dashing as he seems in real life.

Ugh do we still not know who it is?...

This happened to me with a VERY famous actor. I knew who he was when we met at my work but we didn’t really discuss it. Somehow we just started hanging out every night. I think maybe he was lonely. He did ask to see me outside of work but I never did. When I left England we lost touch.

I don’t watch a lot TV - no ‘popular’ reality shows or ‘entertainment’ type stuff, or the news etc. I watch the occasional film, house renovation type programs - so not loads of ‘celebrities’. Add in the fact that my facial recognition is crap, there are very, very few people I’d recognise. So all the celebs I’ve ever - unknowingly - met will think I’m very ‘low key’ 🤣

Patrick Stewart is dead boring IRL

What a mean thing to say.

Just enjoy the friendship.
I so wish you hadnt found out.

I once started chatting to George Best in a pub as I thought he was a friend of my dads that I vaguely recognised. He was not. Very charming though when I asked if he had seen my dad lately.

Maybe Patrick Stewart, an older man who has been famous for a lot of his life, just wants to chill when he has time to himself rather than always be 'on'?

Ballet with Stavros Flatley??
Pot holing with Ashley Banjo (hell yeah)
Plectrum making with Russell Brand?
Gel nail application with Michael Parkinson?

Ignore it, move on.

Whatever it is Peter does, its a job, it isn't the entirety of his life and whatever there is in the media about him is also not the whole story...

I have friends who are 'famous' or married to famous people, they're still people, so just ignore it UNLESS he brings it up, in which case you can then say 'ha, I'd no idea for ages im such a dork, anyway blahblah pass the prittstick ta'

And move on. :)

ubbess ponytail Ooh, what a dream if it was Rory McCann. 🥰

Hair braiding with David Coverdale

Time Travelling with Peter Capaldi

You totes fancy him. Just saying...

A friend of mine sat next to a man on a flight back from the US once and chatted to him throughout the whole flight. When they got off he was inundated with fans. Turns out it was Simon le Bon, and she had no idea who he was.

I think it must be really nice for celebs to have a normal life for a while.

I think you've got the next allotment to Jeremy Corbyn.

Pot holing with Ashley Banjo (hell yeah)

Is that a euphemism?

Don’t think you need to do anything, these things happen

Taekwondo with Michael McIntyre?

Doily Making with David Dickinson?

I once performed a task in my customer service role for a man in show business. That's all I can say.

@sherlockholmes that would be my dream flight...

Decoupage with Idris, still chortling at that. What a lovely thread.

Is it ballet with James Martin?

If the OP sits down to poop and bleeds red blood they are really no different to everyone else. I have a fairly well known cousin - he’s well over being fawned over by fans and at the end of the day he’s just a lad who’s done good.

My dear old dad did meet Elton John, didn't have a clue who he was, it was at a cricket match and they had a lovely natter for an hour or so about cricket, couldn't undesrstand why everyone was asking hi, for autographs

My Dad accidentally did this- a very famous actor used to walk his dog next to his allotment in the evening. They always ended up chatting over the wall, and would share a cigarette whilst talking about heritage vegetables.

Then one day my Dad, DH and I all went to a local market together and bumped into his mate. They were chatting away whilst DH and I were hyperventilating over who it was.