Has anyone ever met a celebrity?

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Anonymous wrote:Saw Eric Holder at GDS.

Oh, wow.

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Ran into Mitt at a supermarket check out near Boston. I didn't vote for him but he seemed like a nice and surprisingly down to earth guy.

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Ernest Moniz and I were at Whole Foods together and he banged his cart into me. I apologized, naturally.

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Anonymous wrote:Robert Redford at MassPirg banquet in Cambridge in the early 80's. It was in a sparse receiving line near the podium. I was wearing a sleeveless dress and he looked directly into my eyes as he shook my hand with his right hand and hooked his thumb and palm around the inner part of my upper right arm at the same time and gave a little 'squeeze to my bicep'. I went completely deaf but was able to mutter something like: 'thanks so much for all your support'. His head looked huge as compared to his body--he smelled like suede and honey. He was so casual and charming--It was unnerving. My arm felt disconnected from my body for hours.

Wow -- suede and honey is exactly how you'd imagine the Sundance Kid to smell. Or like sunsets and leather.

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Jack White is a total diva.

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Anonymous wrote:Jack White is a total diva.

Care to tell the story?

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Robert Downey Jr and he was the nicest, funniest guy.
He was filming Chances Are with Cybil Shepherd and Mary Stewart Masterson at the MoCo courthouse in Rockville. I think it was 1988.
My older sister, her BFF and I hung outside his trailer. He came out and had a long-ish conversation with us (5 minutes?) And then have me his Koosh ball (remember those?) I was in 5th grade.
My sister made out with Woody Harrelson when she was in college. She said he was short, balding and smelled bad. He was also a bad kisser and a sloppy drunk.
I met Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rosanne and Tom Arnold in Georgetown when they made True Lies. Ah-nold couldn't be bothered, Rosanne wouldn't stop shopping in Polo site but I had a20 minute conversation with Tom in between takes and he was super friendly, funny and not at all annoying.

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And I forgot!
My friend and I met Limp Bizkit (can't remember his real name now) in a bar in Jacksonville,fl. He was super fun and we were having a great time until he proposition us for a blue job. We left.

My dad ran into Bruce Springsteen while antiquing in NJ. My dad couldn't place the face so said to him "do I know you?" And Bruce said "I don't know. You might." They discussed antiques for the next 10 minutes. My dad said he was a really nice guy.

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I met Will Smith once. He walked out of a restroom as I was entering it. Smiled and nodded, was pleasant at least in passing.

I went to HS in the Midwest with some guys who played a few seasons in the NFL. They were second and third stringers for one or two seasons but I don't know what they do now. They were on the football team in HS and got full scholarships to various schools, also for football. I hope they got real degrees with marketable skills and didn't take too many of those special easy classes for athletes.

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Anonymous wrote:Met O.J. once. Seemed like a very nice guy.

I see O.J.!

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Englebert Humperdink came to a dinner party at my parents house when I was little and I remember my mom being especially frantic about the piano keys being polished and my dad bellowing "he better sing for his dinner" as they discussed the menu that was apparently more expensive than usual

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Eric Stonestreet (Cam from Modern Family) at the Four Seasons in Sydney (they were filming that episode in Australia).
I was working a conference and he was keeping a low profile in the lobby behind a baseball cap. I almost didn't approach him but then I thought, well, I will never have an opportunity like this again. He was incredibly nice, even though it was clear he was tired and not in the mood for fans. He actually got his assistant to take a pic with me and him - I will always treasure it. My kids were so thrilled. One of my colleagues got a pic with Sofia Vergara - he was over the moon, and has had bragging rights ever since.

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This is an old story, and you may have to be an old punk rocker to appreciate it...

I met Johnny Rotten in 1981, I think. PiL was touring and I desperately wanted to get into the show but was underage, so a friend and I snuck in before the soundcheck and hid in the bathrooms. When we heard the band start, we ran out toward him, screaming his name. The funny thing is that he was sitting on a table and didn't flinch, as though this happened every day. Security started to throw us out but he told them to leave us alone. We chatted for a little while and we gave him some tulips we'd brought. He really loved that and said, "Ah, the flowers of romance...," which made us giggle.

We then explained that we couldn't get into the show because we were underage, so he said he'd put us on the guest list. Before we left, he asked for a kiss...and yes, his teeth lived up to his name.

Later that night we came back to find that the club wouldn't let us in without IDs, even though we were on the guest list. We were so upset. We ran to the backstage entrance and met the band as they were going on and told Johnny what was going on. He said he'd help us out. Sure enough, he sent his tour manager out several times during the concert (!) to negotiate with the bouncers, who wouldn't budge. We were hysterically sobbing at this point. Finally, the tour manager said that she would put us backstage so that there was no way we could get to the bar, and the bouncers finally agreed. During the show, Johnny saw us, grinned, and said into the microphone, "See? I told you I'd get you in."

He has a reputation as the biggest asshole ever, but he was incredibly nice to a couple of 15-year-old fans that night.

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Anonymous wrote:This is an old story, and you may have to be an old punk rocker to appreciate it...

I met Johnny Rotten in 1981, I think. PiL was touring and I desperately wanted to get into the show but was underage, so a friend and I snuck in before the soundcheck and hid in the bathrooms. When we heard the band start, we ran out toward him, screaming his name. The funny thing is that he was sitting on a table and didn't flinch, as though this happened every day. Security started to throw us out but he told them to leave us alone. We chatted for a little while and we gave him some tulips we'd brought. He really loved that and said, "Ah, the flowers of romance...," which made us giggle.

We then explained that we couldn't get into the show because we were underage, so he said he'd put us on the guest list. Before we left, he asked for a kiss...and yes, his teeth lived up to his name.

Later that night we came back to find that the club wouldn't let us in without IDs, even though we were on the guest list. We were so upset. We ran to the backstage entrance and met the band as they were going on and told Johnny what was going on. He said he'd help us out. Sure enough, he sent his tour manager out several times during the concert (!) to negotiate with the bouncers, who wouldn't budge. We were hysterically sobbing at this point. Finally, the tour manager said that she would put us backstage so that there was no way we could get to the bar, and the bouncers finally agreed. During the show, Johnny saw us, grinned, and said into the microphone, "See? I told you I'd get you in."

He has a reputation as the biggest asshole ever, but he was incredibly nice to a couple of 15-year-old fans that night.

Wow, thats so cool. I am tempted to say it was a bit creepy of him to ask for a kiss, but if he didnt try to get with you guys any more than that then maybe he did do it because he was just being a nice guy!

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I went to HS with Rodney Peete. He was a year behind me. At the time, he was not the big-deal HS quarterback; that was his older brother, Skip.