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?

Tom Hardy and still life painting?

Brass rubbing with Alan Titchmarsh

This line keeps catching my eye for the wrong reasons

so far I have read it as

Thigh-rubbing with Alan Titchmarsh
Breast-rubbing with Alan Titchmarsh

I think my subconscious is trying to tell me something ghastly! (Sorry Alan)

Oh dear god and when I typed that I mistyped Alan and - well I'd never noticed that anagram before

I’m friends with a very famous person through my dp and honestly what he loves is how normal we are

Dp’s friends (and I!!) really enjoy going through the daily mail and spotting ourselves tbh but it never goes further than that

He really appreciates us and I’m sure this person would appreciate you for being normal

Model Railways with Andy Peters.

chips you have GOT to tell us who that was! It’s made my night

Some older friends of mine met Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow some years ago. Neither of them had a clue they were in the presence of fame. Pam says to Gwnnie 'so, what do you do then Dear?' to which the reply is 'I'm an actress'. 'Oh' gushed Pam 'Me too! We're doing South Pacific this season, what about you?'

Thanks for not acting like a prima donna, most slebs are arseholes.
Why the feck would she say that? Unless she also personally knows a load of other celebs and is therefore in a position to judge, that would be a very weird and awkward thing to come out with!
I've worked with and am friends with a larger than average number of 'celebs'. They're just people! Some of them have more quirky habits thanks to a lifetime of living very differently, but no more tendency to arseholishness than anyone else. Actually the people who are naturally arseholes tend not to make it to 'celeb' levels as they're not great to work with. My most successful friends are the ones that are just bloody lovely, so folk want to work with them again, and thus their profile gets raised higher.

Ha, similar happened to me. I accidentally befriended a quite famous comedian in my local cafe. I used to go in for a bap on the way home from a night shift, he was often there after a gig or I presume out partying. We got chatting one day in the queue, got in the habit of sharing a table and would usually talk politics.

I don't tend to follow celeb news or watch live comedy and had no idea who he was until he appeared in an episode of a TV show I watched and DP got all excited. I was like "eh? that's my pal from the bap shop. I was excited for him getting a part on a tv show!"

I never said anything and I'm glad I didn't. Just let him be your friend in a normal quiet way.

We moved away, I wonder if he still goes for an early morning bap when he's in the vicinity.

chipsandgin that was to. Go on! Then quick name change?

Stephen Fry isn’t nice, so it can’t be him

Oh, isn't he? OK, I will take your word for it, and change my guess to line dancing with Andy Crane.

Is it Ian from Eastenders?

I have no idea what your hobby might be...flower arranging?

Stitch n Bitch with Pat Sharpe.

Or vintage car 'tinkering' with Ed Sheeran.

Boxing

It's surely Hugh Grant.... and pottery?

Picture or it didn't happen or their name

Is it lord sugar? He likes cycling.

Boxing

I regularly see someone famous, and see him at least 2 or 3 times a month at our local sports centre. (He lives not far from me, and I also see him in the local market town, and walking around occasionally too..) I actually pass the time of day and chat for 5 minutes sometimes.. But I have never acknowledged that I know who he is.

Maybe he thinks I don't know him. I do, but I pretend I just think he is another random member of the sports centre.

I think it's quite a relief for famous people, if someone doesn't make a fuss of their fame.

Anyway..just carry on as you were.

Were you hoping to date him?

Why would you do anything different? My ex is famous, it doesn’t change who a person is and they certainly shouldn’t be treated differently for it.

War reenactment role play.

Adrian Chiles.

@Blibbyblobby, if you want to get up to all sorts of filth with Alan Titchmarsh then go forth and meet your destiny. Assuming he's willing and there's no Mrs T to object. You could wear matching jumpers.

Dungeons and Dragons with David Beckham.

Is it Elton John? He likes to be anonymous.

I've had a similar experience OP hobby again and it is a rather weird feeling. A couple of us were talking to this bloke we've both known for quite a while, and he said he might not be able to be there for the following few weeks as he was working. He got very evasive, and said no he didn't work in an office and kept changing the subject.
I finally got it out of him in the car park, and even then he didn't tell me much so I did what everybody does and googled him when I got home