which celebs have you met and what were they like?

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Anonymous wrote:Brandy, Common, Wyclef, Kevin Costner, Jenifer Lewis, Rita Moreno, Elton John, Queen Latifah, Nas, Al Sharpton, Dave Chappelle, Questlove, Sterling Brown, Billy Dee Williams, Christian McBride, Esperanza Spalding, Lupita Nyong’o, Jordan Peele, Cornel West, Anika Noni Rose, Denzel Washington, Mary J Blige, Niecy Nash, Anthony Anderson, Angela Bassett, Danny Glover, Bill Clinton, Hill Harper — all nice

Bill Cosby and T.I. were assholes

My father met Bill Cosby back in the '70s and he said the same thing. Complete asshole. Totally not what his character on TV led us to believe.

I just want to know how does someone meet so many famous black people while meeting so few famous non-black people?

NP but I assume this person’s social circle is how— or perhaps they work in black media.

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Anonymous wrote:Paul Newman - I worked for several summers at one of his camps. He would come every summer and hang out. Just a regular nice guy who loved to spend time with the kids. He'd sit in the dining hall eating speghetti drinking (his own brand!) lemonade with the rest of us.

Anna Clumsky (VEEP) she was in line with her husband to get her daughter's picture with Santa at a local Maryland mall (presumably when they were filming VEEP in B'more.) Seemed very normal just hanging out in a long line with our squirmy kids with all the other parents.

I also worked at Paul Newman's camp. I wonder if we overlapped? But yes, he was really a lovely person, as was his wife Joanne Woodward.

I was in Florida 96/97/98

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John McLaughlin—cantankerous and had a manservant

Jose Andres—gregarious

Ben Folds—tiny

Ben Stiller—beady eyed and surly

Jakob Dylan—yummy

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Anonymous wrote:Bryan Cranston. Super down to earth and friendly. One of my favorite actors!

That makes me so happy to hear! He's one of my favorites as well.

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Omarosa-- if you consider her a celebrity. She was accurately portrayed in the first season of The Apprentice. She is a narcissist.

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Anonymous wrote:Back in the mid 90's my best friend was a college student at UCLA (I went to a different college in So. Cal.)
I was at a party at her apartment in Brentwood and she introduced me to her neighbor, he was the voice of Ferdinand the Duck from the movie Babe. He was very nice and cool to talk to.

I love this! You win the thread!

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Anonymous wrote:Steve Jobs, when after 99.9 percent he was the father of his daughter on the stand he was in court, lied. Then went on to have more children and ignored his other daughters. Oh and didn't buy his first daughter socks or shoes too her to an outdoor event when it was 40 degrees outside. Horrible parent! Everyone still loves him..,,,

What is this punctuation?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm curious about Ellen. She seems so nice and down to earth, I loved the book she wrote 20 years ago, but then you hear rumors that's she's not so nice behind closed doors. I can't help but wonder if that's true or if it's some bitter wannabe starting those rumors.

She is indeed nasty to her staff. And pays them next to nothing.

Yes, my cousin worked on her show and told us lots of horror stories.

She plays some mean pranks on her staff...

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Eddie Vedder: drunk, extremely smelly, handsy.

Natalie Maines (dixie chicks): way shorter than expected, polite, reserved.

Tucker Carlson (does he count?): friendly enough, self-important in interpersonal interactions at social events.

Al Gore: very, very reserved. Polite. Carries a genuine (justified?) sadness about him.

Katy Perry: childlike (Not necessarily in a bad way, but like running on the beach spinning around and falling down laughing—not drunk). This was during the Russell Brand marriage. He was with her. He was more low-key and seemed exhausted.

Condoleeza Rice: polite, reserved, nondescript.

Nora O’Donnell: totally glammed out with rhinestone sweatshirt...at somber occasion. Beautiful, but it was a little odd.

John Malkovich: Exactly as you’d expect. Even with his kids at a rainforest cafe of all random places.

Tiger Woods: cold, standoffish.

Drew Barrymore: seemed very unsettled and even angry to be amongst regular people.

Diane Keaton: totally down-to-earth, no make-up, just doing her thing at her kids’ school. Socialized easily with us other parents. (My LA days).

Jay DeMarcus (rascal flatts): good ol’ boy, fun-loving, youth-group-kid who randomly got famous kind of vibe.

Kenny Chesney: a little odd. Hard to explain. Hard to read.

Mary Louise Parker: normal acting, except her skin is the most amazing skin i’ve ever seen in my life, so i found it hard not to stare awkwardly when we talked briefly. Such perfect skin.

Barbara Eden (99 from the original Get Smart): super, super nice. Loves to support up-and-coming opera singers. Humble. Amazing.

Pete Davidson: quite shy in person.

Neil Patrick Harris: seriously the most normal celebrity dude I’ve ever encountered.

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I have met quite a few celebrities because of a close friend. One of the nicest celebrities I've ever met is actually one of the nicest people I've ever met. Chris Evans. Met him shortly after Infinity War was released. So humble and nice. We are from the same area and after awhile it felt like I was talking to someone I knew as a kid vs a celebrity. I've been able to hang out with him a few other times at things and have met his brother too. They are just really great people

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David Letterman. Surprisingly nice and kind. My brother and I saw him in a hallway at Rockefeller Center. He stopped, signed autographs and asked us about our visit. He seemed very charmed that we were siblings traveling together and signed my brother's notebook, "Be nice to your little sister."

Prince Charles. Met him twice. Polite and nice. Very patiently listened to one man's long-winded story of meeting his mother in the 1950s. Cooed over my 18th month old daughter. He took more time than his aides wanted to make sure that he greeted everyone waiting for him. (Camilla also quickly greeted the crowd, but seemed nervous and rushed in her handshakes and greetings, and didn't linger with any of us.)

JFK Jr. (sort of), at a conference. He seemed friendly in the brief moment he spent with the staff, but his aide was extremely protective and rude, so no one was allowed to actually talk to him. We were really disappointed--we were a small staff that had worked very hard to set up his visit, and we hoped for at least a handshake or a thank you. Or a marriage proposal.

Dolly Parton. AMAZING human being. Very, very tiny, and looked like an everyday version of her stage self (slightly toned down wig, makeup and dress, but still very recognizable). I met her in a doctor's waiting room and she was so friendly and outgoing. She told me she was excited to meet the doctor since he played a rare instrument and she was going to try to convince him to play on a new album. How humble is that?!

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Anonymous wrote:I met Goran Visjnic at my kids school (also his kids school). He was arrogant and loud and couldn't handle it unless all the attention was on him, 100%.

well, this is SAD. He is HOT and under-rated. what a shame he's an ass.

Yes I was very disappointed. He is stupid and can barely speak English without a script, either.

Wow. And how many languages do you speak, PP? Maybe he is a jerk and stupid, but I hate hate HATE when Americans who rarely attempt to learn any language other than their own knock people from other countries who do not speak English fluently.

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Noah Wiley from ER, while hiking. Had no idea who he was, we ended up hiking together with our dogs in Connecticut and this was during his time on the TV show. I never asked what he did until the very end of this 3-4 hour hike and I just said “oh, that sounds like a fun job.” I think he enjoyed the reprieve from talking about it and just hiking with someone.

No numbers exchanged and I never saw him again.

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This is my most random and unbelievable one: I met Joe Pesci outside of Bethlehem Connecticut while we were both at K-Mart trying to buy the cheapest flip flops possible for our kids (his grand kids I assume).

All the shows were out of size order, and the simple little $1 ones were in with the $10 ones, which neither of us wanted, so me and Joe Pesci reorganized the dollar flip flop rack and helped each other find the right sizes.

Me “here’s a blue pair in a 6, is that good?”
Him “I guess, but let me look more and see if there’s a pink pair. I found some 7 in red is that what you need?”

Just 2 people not about to pay $10 for Kmart flip flops. It was hilarious

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Anonymous wrote:I met Goran Visjnic at my kids school (also his kids school). He was arrogant and loud and couldn't handle it unless all the attention was on him, 100%.

well, this is SAD. He is HOT and under-rated. what a shame he's an ass.

Yes I was very disappointed. He is stupid and can barely speak English without a script, either.

Wow. And how many languages do you speak, PP? Maybe he is a jerk and stupid, but I hate hate HATE when Americans who rarely attempt to learn any language other than their own knock people from other countries who do not speak English fluently.

Well congratulations because a) I am not an American I'm from Europe and yes, b) I speak multiple languages fluently, including English.