Celebrity encounters, exceeded your expectations or not?

[Anonymous]

I had two recently-

Owen Wilson- sweet, down to earth and adorable (he was seated next to us in a restaurant)

Gwenyth Paltrow- seemed happy (was with a small group of friends), but really aged, her skin looks like it needs some serious TLC Would never have looked twice if I didn't know who she was

[Anonymous]

Mariska Hargitay: 100 feet tall and luminous

[Anonymous]

Long ago while the original SATC was airing a friend and I saw Chris Noth at a cafe in LA. We were debating whether to approach him when he walked over with a big grin, chatted for a minute and posed for a picture with us. That was sweet.
My only other encounter with a famous person was running into Bill Clinton during an event at my workplace 10 years ago. Our event staff tried shooing us away but he walked over, asked about our work and took a picture with us.

[Anonymous]

^And we know about each of these men and their ahem, motives

[Anonymous]

Nathan Lane (who I adore) was cranky. He turned gave me a half smile. I smiled back, We were the only people in Starbucks at ~6am. He was getting boxes of coffee and breakfast items. Short, long trench coat, skinny mustache. I was behind him just to grab a simple coffee with only one barista. Was working up the nerve to do my best Atticus Spartacus impersonation to “wig” him out. His loss since he didn’t offer to let barista serve me first when she asked me what my order was. I’m pretty, but alas he’s gay.

Alec Baldwin was fun to watch early morning pulling up to the beach in a town car wearing dressy loafers, swim trunks, wet towel over shoulder, limping to the ocean. ✅Big donor though.

Billy Joel in a local shop sooooo drunk. Also short. Polite and functional.

Christie Brinkley walk-skipping and singing her way down Main Street, ALONE.

Paul McCartney almost ran his bike into DH on his bike. He was very apologetic and self deprecating. Known to buy lemonade from kids stands.

Jimmy Fallon loves fans, always takes selfies with kids.

SJP promised to make a donation to a local charity. Nope.

Another one that’s too close to home (literally), that would out me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nathan Lane (who I adore) was cranky. He turned gave me a half smile. I smiled back, We were the only people in Starbucks at ~6am. He was getting boxes of coffee and breakfast items. Short, long trench coat, skinny mustache. I was behind him just to grab a simple coffee with only one barista. Was working up the nerve to do my best Atticus Spartacus impersonation to “wig” him out. His loss since he didn’t offer to let barista serve me first when she asked me what my order was. I’m pretty, but alas he’s gay.

Alec Baldwin was fun to watch early morning pulling up to the beach in a town car wearing dressy loafers, swim trunks, wet towel over shoulder, limping to the ocean. ✅Big donor though.

Billy Joel in a local shop sooooo drunk. Also short. Polite and functional.

Christie Brinkley walk-skipping and singing her way down Main Street, ALONE.

Paul McCartney almost ran his bike into DH on his bike. He was very apologetic and self deprecating. Known to buy lemonade from kids stands.

Jimmy Fallon loves fans, always takes selfies with kids.

SJP promised to make a donation to a local charity. Nope.

Another one that’s too close to home (literally), that would out me.

Why would anyone care who you are?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nathan Lane (who I adore) was cranky. He turned gave me a half smile. I smiled back, We were the only people in Starbucks at ~6am. He was getting boxes of coffee and breakfast items. Short, long trench coat, skinny mustache. I was behind him just to grab a simple coffee with only one barista. Was working up the nerve to do my best Atticus Spartacus impersonation to “wig” him out. His loss since he didn’t offer to let barista serve me first when she asked me what my order was. I’m pretty, but alas he’s gay.

Alec Baldwin was fun to watch early morning pulling up to the beach in a town car wearing dressy loafers, swim trunks, wet towel over shoulder, limping to the ocean. ✅Big donor though.

Billy Joel in a local shop sooooo drunk. Also short. Polite and functional.

Christie Brinkley walk-skipping and singing her way down Main Street, ALONE.

Paul McCartney almost ran his bike into DH on his bike. He was very apologetic and self deprecating. Known to buy lemonade from kids stands.

Jimmy Fallon loves fans, always takes selfies with kids.

SJP promised to make a donation to a local charity. Nope.

Another one that’s too close to home (literally), that would out me.

Why would anyone care who you are?

Not necessarily care who I am, but if I named the celebrity they’d know where I live and my exact street address. The above encounters are a pretty good giveaway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mariska Hargitay: 100 feet tall and luminous

She's tiny.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like the Hamptons.

[Anonymous]

The Hamptons, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mariska Hargitay: 100 feet tall and luminous

She's tiny.

Ok. But I met her and she towered over many. Maybe she was in heels

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mariska Hargitay: 100 feet tall and luminous

She's tiny.

Ok. But I met her and she towered over many. Maybe she was in heels

DP. Google says she's 5'8", which is pretty tall for a woman. If she was also wearing high heels, she would indeed tower over people.

[Anonymous]

Jack Nicholson exceeded expectations. I thought he'd be really aloof and annoyed by fans, but heh was incredibly friendly, took time to talk to my friend and I, posed for a photo. Had his sunglasses on the entire time (indoors) and his smile is just what you expect it to be up close. Probably most awestruck I've ever been by a celebrity.

Oprah was surprisingly down to earth, but not that friendly. Which is fine, I don't expect people to be friendly. Met her briefly at an event with a lot of celebrities and thought she'd be more sequestered but she was just out talking to whomever and acting normal. She was there with Gail, who was also very normal and down to earth.

BJ Novak was stuck up and kind of a jerk. Sat near him at a restaurant in NY and he was rude to the waitstaff and seemed put upon that he wasn't getting better service. Impatient. maybe just a bad day, but I've never behaved that way in a restaurant and I've had bad days too.

[Anonymous]

Woody Allen and his daughter/wife, very awkward and what you would expect


Nick Jonas and wife, they seemed really down to earth and friendly. I like that she's not reed thin and just normal looking!

Chris Martin, very down to earth and cool

Susan Lucci, like a tiny doll, lovely.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nathan Lane (who I adore) was cranky. He turned gave me a half smile. I smiled back, We were the only people in Starbucks at ~6am. He was getting boxes of coffee and breakfast items. Short, long trench coat, skinny mustache. I was behind him just to grab a simple coffee with only one barista. Was working up the nerve to do my best Atticus Spartacus impersonation to “wig” him out. His loss since he didn’t offer to let barista serve me first when she asked me what my order was. I’m pretty, but alas he’s gay.

Alec Baldwin was fun to watch early morning pulling up to the beach in a town car wearing dressy loafers, swim trunks, wet towel over shoulder, limping to the ocean. ✅Big donor though.

Billy Joel in a local shop sooooo drunk. Also short. Polite and functional.

Christie Brinkley walk-skipping and singing her way down Main Street, ALONE.

Paul McCartney almost ran his bike into DH on his bike. He was very apologetic and self deprecating. Known to buy lemonade from kids stands.

Jimmy Fallon loves fans, always takes selfies with kids.

SJP promised to make a donation to a local charity. Nope.

Another one that’s too close to home (literally), that would out me.

Why would anyone care who you are?

Not necessarily care who I am, but if I named the celebrity they’d know where I live and my exact street address. The above encounters are a pretty good giveaway.

You live in the Hamptons, all of these people have property there.