When a celebrity in person really underwhelms you

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Anonymous wrote:Uma Thurman is a mess but oozes cool
Saw Gwenyth before she became a workout guru and she was skinny fat and her face was pallid and her eyes very beady.
Reece Witherspoon needs every inch of help. She is a complete soccer mom in person, no offense to soccer moms but she is completely highstrung SAHM normal. Not hot in trhe least.
Ethan Hawke is part-the-crowd something special.
Tracy Anderson is nice and toned, but sad.

I grew up with Ethan Hawke and disagree, totally average looking. Nice enough, but always wanted to be the center of attention.

Agree. Went to college with him. He's just a regular looking guy. Although I do remember dating to blond women at the same time (literally -- one on each arm). So, yeah, liked attention.

I was at NYU at the same time - used to see him on the street.

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Anonymous wrote:My sister slept with Kevin Costner back when he was first starting his career.

He was married then.

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In 2003 for MTV's Spring Break in Miami (yep, it was bananas), my bf and I went to a taping of one of those celebrity dating shows, where the celebrity has to choose from 3 lovely ladies. Anyway, the show was for the singer Tyrese. Being skinny and cute in a bikini (back then, ugh), I was told by the producers to go to the front and to jump around a lot, so my bf and I got to be in the front row. Tyrese was gorgeous in person. Flawless skin and a beautiful smile. In between takes during filming, he was vulgar and sexually explicit to many of the girls in the crowd, including me. I told him I had a boyfriend and pointed to my bf, and Tyrese got worse. Really laying it on and told my bf that he could 'steal' me from him in a min. Bf got into a back in forth with Tyrese, who laughed it off. I'm sure it was part of his "act", but it was a complete turn off and gross.

Met Tommy Ford (RIP) from the TV show 'Martin' at Pentagon City Mall in early 2000's. I was with the same bf mentioned above, and we stopped him to say hi. He was SO NICE, funny, and his personality was exactly like on the show. He's super tall. My bf was 6'0" and Tommy towered over him. We talked for several minutes and took pics with our flip phones.

Scott Stapp's sweat dripped on me at a Creed concert. He winked at me afterwards as to say "I'm sorry, but I bet you liked it". I did.

That's all I got!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My sister slept with Kevin Costner back when he was first starting his career.

He was married then.

Rumor is that never stopped him, then or now.

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Spike Lee was kind of a dick but humored me to take a photo. At the time I had a cover on my blackberry with the logo of my alma mater, which used to be a Georgetown basketball rival. He saw that and went from kind of a dick to TOTAL dick. I was like, Spike, wtf dude you didn’t even go to Georgetown, and we are gonna whoop Georgetown on the hardwood in a few months so I’ll see you down at Verizon Center. We did whoop them but little Spike (and he is short) was nowhere to be found. I was totally ready to be like HEY ‘MEMBA ME??

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Anonymous wrote:In 2003 for MTV's Spring Break in Miami (yep, it was bananas), my bf and I went to a taping of one of those celebrity dating shows, where the celebrity has to choose from 3 lovely ladies. Anyway, the show was for the singer Tyrese. Being skinny and cute in a bikini (back then, ugh), I was told by the producers to go to the front and to jump around a lot, so my bf and I got to be in the front row. Tyrese was gorgeous in person. Flawless skin and a beautiful smile. In between takes during filming, he was vulgar and sexually explicit to many of the girls in the crowd, including me. I told him I had a boyfriend and pointed to my bf, and Tyrese got worse. Really laying it on and told my bf that he could 'steal' me from him in a min. Bf got into a back in forth with Tyrese, who laughed it off. I'm sure it was part of his "act", but it was a complete turn off and gross.

Met Tommy Ford (RIP) from the TV show 'Martin' at Pentagon City Mall in early 2000's. I was with the same bf mentioned above, and we stopped him to say hi. He was SO NICE, funny, and his personality was exactly like on the show. He's super tall. My bf was 6'0" and Tommy towered over him. We talked for several minutes and took pics with our flip phones.

Scott Stapp's sweat dripped on me at a Creed concert. He winked at me afterwards as to say "I'm sorry, but I bet you liked it". I did.

That's all I got!

^OP of this post. I know this is supposed to be underwhelming but, still wanted to add this one. My DH and I were in Orlando and had dinner at a very nice Japanese Hibachi restaurant and were seated at the table with another family. The husband and wife were very down to earth, chatty, and nice. Honestly, we laughed and got along like we knew each other already. About 20 min into the conversation, the guy casually mentioned when he was in the Super Bowl. DH and I were like, come again? He smiled and told us his name, Vinson Smith, and that he was in the Super Bowl while playing for the Cowboys. I suddenly realized at that moment that the huge diamond encrusted ring on his finger was a Super Bowl ring! Anyway, we talked sports (Go Ravens) and enjoyed our meal. At the end, he paid for everyone, which was completely unexpected and so kind. We appreciated it and walked away from the restaurant like, whoa! Random night in Orlando.

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Madonna and Lourdes: I was on the beach in San Diego with my high school girlfriend and her family. I was flying a kite. Madonna approached me with Lourdes - who was probably 4 years old - and asked me if I could teach Lourdes how to fly a kite. We played for probably 30 minutes. She was with a massive male bodyguard and a butch female nanny/personal trainer/bodyguard who also looked like she could crush me. Madonna made small talk with me, but was incredibly aloof. Lourdes was a sweetheart and a typical 4 year-old. I remember the female nanny being much more involved with Lourdes. No one on the beach recgonized them.

Ironically enough, I met Guy Ritchie at the MTV Movies Awards just six months later when I was working as a seat filler. This was before he had met Madonna and he was doing press for Lock Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels. He's definitely a brooding artist. Also next to him were Jason Statham, Vinnie Jones, and the rest of the Lock Stock lads. Totally hilarious guys, they gave me (a 17 year-old) a bunch of drinks.

Kid Rock: sort of a dick.

Dustin Hoffman and his wife: lovely people who welcomed me into their UWS home. I knew their son in college, but didn't realize who his parents were. One day he invited me to his parents' UWS apartment for watching movies and family dinner I didn't put two-and-two together until I saw the Oscar statutes in his parents' bedroom.

Janet Yellen: Teensy-tiny and so soft spoken. She's the polar opposite of the typical DC blowhard.

Zoe Deschanel: utterly bizarre. I worked at a hotel restaurant in NYC and served her breakfast for an entire week. She seemed zonked out on medication. She would drink half a cup of OJ, half cup of coffee, and eat two bites of a single hard-boiled egg each morning.

Pierce Brosnan: total Irish lad. Gregarious, hilarious, a man of the people. Again he had a few meals at my hotel restaurant. He arrived in the late afternoon from JFK and wanted some beers and food after a Transatlantic flight. He sat with me for an hour while I served him beers at the bar and we just bantered back and forth. The paparazzi was waiting for him outside the hotel all day - we had a good laugh as we waved at them through the window. He had me send a keg of Brooklyn Lager to his penthouse hotel room. Great tipper.

Funny enough, I saw Pierce at the baggage carousel at JFK 18 months later. He totally remembered me and we had a laugh about the paparazzi.

Scottie Pippen: he came into my restaurant with a woman. He ordered everything for both of them, was sort of a curt dick, and he and his date basically did not talk at all through the entire night. Really awkward situation, neither looked happy to be there.

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Anonymous wrote:Madonna and Lourdes: I was on the beach in San Diego with my high school girlfriend and her family. I was flying a kite. Madonna approached me with Lourdes - who was probably 4 years old - and asked me if I could teach Lourdes how to fly a kite. We played for probably 30 minutes. She was with a massive male bodyguard and a butch female nanny/personal trainer/bodyguard who also looked like she could crush me. Madonna made small talk with me, but was incredibly aloof. Lourdes was a sweetheart and a typical 4 year-old. I remember the female nanny being much more involved with Lourdes. No one on the beach recgonized them.

Ironically enough, I met Guy Ritchie at the MTV Movies Awards just six months later when I was working as a seat filler. This was before he had met Madonna and he was doing press for Lock Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels. He's definitely a brooding artist. Also next to him were Jason Statham, Vinnie Jones, and the rest of the Lock Stock lads. Totally hilarious guys, they gave me (a 17 year-old) a bunch of drinks.

Kid Rock: sort of a dick.

Dustin Hoffman and his wife: lovely people who welcomed me into their UWS home. I knew their son in college, but didn't realize who his parents were. One day he invited me to his parents' UWS apartment for watching movies and family dinner I didn't put two-and-two together until I saw the Oscar statutes in his parents' bedroom.

Janet Yellen: Teensy-tiny and so soft spoken. She's the polar opposite of the typical DC blowhard.

Zoe Deschanel: utterly bizarre. I worked at a hotel restaurant in NYC and served her breakfast for an entire week. She seemed zonked out on medication. She would drink half a cup of OJ, half cup of coffee, and eat two bites of a single hard-boiled egg each morning.

Pierce Brosnan: total Irish lad. Gregarious, hilarious, a man of the people. Again he had a few meals at my hotel restaurant. He arrived in the late afternoon from JFK and wanted some beers and food after a Transatlantic flight. He sat with me for an hour while I served him beers at the bar and we just bantered back and forth. The paparazzi was waiting for him outside the hotel all day - we had a good laugh as we waved at them through the window. He had me send a keg of Brooklyn Lager to his penthouse hotel room. Great tipper.

Funny enough, I saw Pierce at the baggage carousel at JFK 18 months later. He totally remembered me and we had a laugh about the paparazzi.

Scottie Pippen: he came into my restaurant with a woman. He ordered everything for both of them, was sort of a curt dick, and he and his date basically did not talk at all through the entire night. Really awkward situation, neither looked happy to be there.

+100 ohhhh these are good!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Madonna and Lourdes: I was on the beach in San Diego with my high school girlfriend and her family. I was flying a kite. Madonna approached me with Lourdes - who was probably 4 years old - and asked me if I could teach Lourdes how to fly a kite. We played for probably 30 minutes. She was with a massive male bodyguard and a butch female nanny/personal trainer/bodyguard who also looked like she could crush me. Madonna made small talk with me, but was incredibly aloof. Lourdes was a sweetheart and a typical 4 year-old. I remember the female nanny being much more involved with Lourdes. No one on the beach recgonized them.

Ironically enough, I met Guy Ritchie at the MTV Movies Awards just six months later when I was working as a seat filler. This was before he had met Madonna and he was doing press for Lock Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels. He's definitely a brooding artist. Also next to him were Jason Statham, Vinnie Jones, and the rest of the Lock Stock lads. Totally hilarious guys, they gave me (a 17 year-old) a bunch of drinks.

Kid Rock: sort of a dick.

Dustin Hoffman and his wife: lovely people who welcomed me into their UWS home. I knew their son in college, but didn't realize who his parents were. One day he invited me to his parents' UWS apartment for watching movies and family dinner I didn't put two-and-two together until I saw the Oscar statutes in his parents' bedroom.

Janet Yellen: Teensy-tiny and so soft spoken. She's the polar opposite of the typical DC blowhard.

Zoe Deschanel: utterly bizarre. I worked at a hotel restaurant in NYC and served her breakfast for an entire week. She seemed zonked out on medication. She would drink half a cup of OJ, half cup of coffee, and eat two bites of a single hard-boiled egg each morning.

Pierce Brosnan: total Irish lad. Gregarious, hilarious, a man of the people. Again he had a few meals at my hotel restaurant. He arrived in the late afternoon from JFK and wanted some beers and food after a Transatlantic flight. He sat with me for an hour while I served him beers at the bar and we just bantered back and forth. The paparazzi was waiting for him outside the hotel all day - we had a good laugh as we waved at them through the window. He had me send a keg of Brooklyn Lager to his penthouse hotel room. Great tipper.

Funny enough, I saw Pierce at the baggage carousel at JFK 18 months later. He totally remembered me and we had a laugh about the paparazzi.

Scottie Pippen: he came into my restaurant with a woman. He ordered everything for both of them, was sort of a curt dick, and he and his date basically did not talk at all through the entire night. Really awkward situation, neither looked happy to be there.

+100 ohhhh these are good!

Oh yeah, I want more of this

[Anonymous]

Kadeem Harrison of A Different World fame... slipped me his number when I was 17... and I told him I was 17... total creeper

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Ten years ago worked an event with Bill Cosby. He was quiet, sweet and friendly. Did not travel to event with handler so I drove him back to the airfield to get his plane. Asked for a salad for dinner in his makeup room. Greeted fans after show and accepted their gifts. Wanted to talk business about how show went, if audience numbers were good, also talked about his plans to hang with his wife that weekend and what I was going to do for the weekend. He was really nice. When everything came up a few years ago it just sucked. I had had such a good impression of him.

[Anonymous]

Do Real Housewives belong on this list? if they do, I have a couple of stories. otherwise, I've got nothing.

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I saw Mark Harmon at Disney World. He had just pulled up to the Boardwalk Hotel and was getting out. Very slim build.

My DH and I hung out with Dana Carvey for about a half hour backstage before one of his standup shows in the late 80s. He was incredibly nice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do Real Housewives belong on this list? if they do, I have a couple of stories. otherwise, I've got nothing.

Yes why not!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Madonna and Lourdes: I was on the beach in San Diego with my high school girlfriend and her family. I was flying a kite. Madonna approached me with Lourdes - who was probably 4 years old - and asked me if I could teach Lourdes how to fly a kite. We played for probably 30 minutes. She was with a massive male bodyguard and a butch female nanny/personal trainer/bodyguard who also looked like she could crush me. Madonna made small talk with me, but was incredibly aloof. Lourdes was a sweetheart and a typical 4 year-old. I remember the female nanny being much more involved with Lourdes. No one on the beach recgonized them.

Ironically enough, I met Guy Ritchie at the MTV Movies Awards just six months later when I was working as a seat filler. This was before he had met Madonna and he was doing press for Lock Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels. He's definitely a brooding artist. Also next to him were Jason Statham, Vinnie Jones, and the rest of the Lock Stock lads. Totally hilarious guys, they gave me (a 17 year-old) a bunch of drinks.

Kid Rock: sort of a dick.

Dustin Hoffman and his wife: lovely people who welcomed me into their UWS home. I knew their son in college, but didn't realize who his parents were. One day he invited me to his parents' UWS apartment for watching movies and family dinner I didn't put two-and-two together until I saw the Oscar statutes in his parents' bedroom.

Janet Yellen: Teensy-tiny and so soft spoken. She's the polar opposite of the typical DC blowhard.

Zoe Deschanel: utterly bizarre. I worked at a hotel restaurant in NYC and served her breakfast for an entire week. She seemed zonked out on medication. She would drink half a cup of OJ, half cup of coffee, and eat two bites of a single hard-boiled egg each morning.

Pierce Brosnan: total Irish lad. Gregarious, hilarious, a man of the people. Again he had a few meals at my hotel restaurant. He arrived in the late afternoon from JFK and wanted some beers and food after a Transatlantic flight. He sat with me for an hour while I served him beers at the bar and we just bantered back and forth. The paparazzi was waiting for him outside the hotel all day - we had a good laugh as we waved at them through the window. He had me send a keg of Brooklyn Lager to his penthouse hotel room. Great tipper.

Funny enough, I saw Pierce at the baggage carousel at JFK 18 months later. He totally remembered me and we had a laugh about the paparazzi.

Scottie Pippen: he came into my restaurant with a woman. He ordered everything for both of them, was sort of a curt dick, and he and his date basically did not talk at all through the entire night. Really awkward situation, neither looked happy to be there.

damn

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