Who is the kindest celebrity you've ever met?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mel Gibson.

You must be white and Christian.

DP, but I also had an hours-long "interaction" with Mel years ago. I say interaction because we never actually met, but were at the same casino in Las Vegas for several hours within eyesight of each other. First, at a restaurant (he was having dinner at a table with a number of non-famous people and a child - I assume manager, agent, etc. and his youngest kid and I was seated at the bar about 25 feet away), and then on the casino floor - he was gaming at the table directly in front of me for a couple hours.

It was a weeknight, the restaurant and casino were not busy, and the behaviour I could see was fine. He smiled at and appeared agreeable and polite with waitstaff and casino dealers. Not many people approached him, but he wasn't trying to avoid it either (was gaming on the main casino floor, not in the high limit room) and seemed pleasant to those who did.

This was probably ~2009 - after he'd divorced his wife but before he had the full on meltdown with the baby mama etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Maya Angelou.
Genuine, looked people in the eye, asked their name.
She was so famous and so revered that she could have been a diva, but instead was like a loving grandmother who loved the people around her.

I met her too when I was younger. She kept referring to me as "sweetie." I thought she was very nice.

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Anonymous wrote:Matt Lauer and Bryant Gumbell. (Seriously).

HILarious! Two of the most notorious a-holes ever.

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I am sure he has his troubles, but Snoop Dogg stopped to help my friend pick up her suitcase which fell on the ground and spilled everywhere at the airport.

FIL worked at a school where the Rolling Stones were rehearsing, rural CT in the mid-1980s. He was there setting up his room over the summer ... They invited him into the rehearsal space, signed autographs, said to help himself to the food and drinks etc.

Best friend grew up with Conan O'Brien - his whole family is very normal and nice, or at least was.

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Anonymous wrote:Matt Lauer and Bryant Gumbell. (Seriously).

HILarious! Two of the most notorious a-holes ever.

My first thought, too.

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Brian Regan. The comic. Several years ago my friend's sister lost her husband tragically young leaving 3 young kids. The oldest son was a huge Brian Regan fan and used to listen to Brian Regan CDs with his dad. Brian was coming to town and my friend got a special waver to allow for his nephew to go to the comedy club even though he was about 13 at the time. When the show as over - and Brian was like always awesome - the club's manager came over and said that Brian had heard about the situation and wanted to meet everyone backstage. We all went backstage where we saw Brian sitting at a dingy table alone eating a Subway sandwich. "Welcome to the glitz and glamor of Hollywood!" he boomed as he stood up and shook everyone's hand. He was super nice to everyone and gave my friend's nephew special attention. Total class act.

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Anonymous wrote:Brian Regan. The comic. Several years ago my friend's sister lost her husband tragically young leaving 3 young kids. The oldest son was a huge Brian Regan fan and used to listen to Brian Regan CDs with his dad. Brian was coming to town and my friend got a special waver to allow for his nephew to go to the comedy club even though he was about 13 at the time. When the show as over - and Brian was like always awesome - the club's manager came over and said that Brian had heard about the situation and wanted to meet everyone backstage. We all went backstage where we saw Brian sitting at a dingy table alone eating a Subway sandwich. "Welcome to the glitz and glamor of Hollywood!" he boomed as he stood up and shook everyone's hand. He was super nice to everyone and gave my friend's nephew special attention. Total class act.

He bought be a drink at the bar after a comedy show back in the 90s and we chatted for a bit.

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Anonymous wrote:Oprah.

Did you have to buy her a cheeseburger in order for her to be nice to you?

Seriously though, I've heard she's not a nice person at all.

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Anonymous wrote:Maya Angelou.
Genuine, looked people in the eye, asked their name.
She was so famous and so revered that she could have been a diva, but instead was like a loving grandmother who loved the people around her.

I met her too when I was younger. She kept referring to me as "sweetie." I thought she was very nice.

Amazing! She seemed like an exceptional lady.

When she passed away the Washington Post put her on the cover with her famous quote, "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

It sounds like she lived her own advice. This is one of the wisest things I have ever read and I keep a copy of the newspaper in my office.

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Anonymous wrote:I've met a good number of celebrities through this friend who brought me to this event (though mostly when I was younger in my 20s and pre kids) and most are nice to the people they know they need to be nice to but are indifferent to the rest. It always stands out when someone (especially when they are younger) are genuinely nice to everyone.

This. I arrived early to a celebrity event and ignored as should have been case bc was not part of that world. When my “date” arrived and people saw who I was with, suddenly everyone wanted to say hello and meet me in hopes would get them some pull for their next job. It’s a definitely a tough business when have to network for jobs so often if haven’t landed that rare 10 season tv show.

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Anonymous wrote:Paul Newman- I waited tables on him twice- so, so nice. And he left a lovely tip. Harry Connick Jr - I helped him shop for his wife in a store I was working at in college.

Paul Newman was an unbelievably good and nice man.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mel Gibson.

You must be white and Christian.

If you were referring to my post, I would consider myself "white" I suppose, but you, considering your racist nature, would likely call me Hispanic or "Latino" (incorrect term, we prefer Hispanic or simply identify by the country of our origin, eg, "Mexican", "Guatemalan", "Colombian", etc.).

And more agnostic than anything really.

Thanks for exposing your true nature.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Paul Newman- I waited tables on him twice- so, so nice. And he left a lovely tip. Harry Connick Jr - I helped him shop for his wife in a store I was working at in college.

Paul Newman was an unbelievably good and nice man.

Easy on the eyes. Would have been neat to met him.

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Anonymous wrote:Alice Cooper.
He signed a golf ball for me and posed for pics with my kids.
Smileing the whole time.

Had forgot about him. Saw him in a bar in TX like 30 years ago. Was friendly with everyone who came up to him.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've met a good number of celebrities through this friend who brought me to this event (though mostly when I was younger in my 20s and pre kids) and most are nice to the people they know they need to be nice to but are indifferent to the rest. It always stands out when someone (especially when they are younger) are genuinely nice to everyone.

This. I arrived early to a celebrity event and ignored as should have been case bc was not part of that world. When my “date” arrived and people saw who I was with, suddenly everyone wanted to say hello and meet me in hopes would get them some pull for their next job. It’s a definitely a tough business when have to network for jobs so often if haven’t landed that rare 10 season tv show.

I'm the PP. It was definitely jarring the first few times when people would quite literally stop talking to me once they knew I wasn't anyone. Kourtney and Kendall Kardashian were actually really nice, especially Kendall. Their sisters? Definitely the type who wanted nothing to do with you if you couldn't do anything for them.