Did you or do your kids go to school with children of a celebrity or famous person?

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I went to college with the child of a famous comic. One woman who knew of, but didn't really know has since become very famous in the fashion industry.
DD has participated in an extracurricular activity with the daughter of one very famous politician, and granddaughter of another.

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My husband went to school with Bon Jovi's brother - does that count?

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I met and tried to date a senator's daughter while a senior in HS (this was in the early 80's). He is still a senator. She could not date me because of religious differences.

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Our oldest son was chronically bullied in school by Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan's grandson Micheal while in 7th grade. This was back in 2000

No idea what happened to that little punk, but I'd like to thank him for inspiring our son to take up MMA fighting when he got older. He has his own coaching business now.

And I'm sure he wouldn't mind running into Michael sometime either, with no witnesses around.

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My daughter attended school with the daughter of a very famous and popular NBA star. She had no clue at first but the daughter of the player told my daughter that I would likely know who he was. He was a very down to earth man and his daughter was a sweet and friendly girl. He is now in the NBA Hall of Fame.

I also have friends who have children that have become famous, in varying degrees, as actors and played ball with the father of a very famous actor who used to, on occasion, come to games.

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Bradley Cooper was in my Georgetown class (1997)
It's our 20th reunion in June.
I'm sure he'll be looking for me.

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my wife is very famous, you'd know who she is if I mentioned her name. Overall, our life is very normal and we cherish all of our children's friends.

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Several former classmates are now well known: one got the National Book Award, another is a columnist for the NYTimes, a third is a well known performer. It was a good high school in a suburb of St. Louis.

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Hmmmm, odd how a certain post discussing bullying by the grandson of a well known politician isn't around anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:Hmmmm, odd how a certain post discussing bullying by the grandson of a well known politician isn't around anymore.

Do you mean the post at 10:52 on this page? Or are you talking about another grandson-of-politician post?

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Anonymous wrote:I went to Princeton when Prince Ali of Jordan was there. I got a kick out of seeing his bodyguards all over the place. Ali dressed very casually, usually in jeans.

My sister went to Maret with one of the Princes of Jordan. I forgot his name though.

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We are good friends with a retired football player and his wife ( 2x Super Bowl Champion), and his house is decorated like anyone else would decorate. I've seen pictures of their home from when he played, and it wasn't decked out in team logos then, either. I think it depends on the player, and how down-to-earth they are.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I went to school with Howard Stern's daughter (the oldest). We were friends and her parents just acted like regular parents.

They had this very long driveway and once I drove myself there. Then I was scared to back into the street because it was blind and Howard offered to come out and help me. He said he was too tall to fit in my tiny midget car and had me roll down the window while he yelled directions and I drove. He was just a regular dad-type.

And once Emily was having a party and everyone was hanging out in the basement. I went upstairs to the main floor of the house for something (bathroom? water? my jacket? I don't remember) and Mrs. Stern was just sitting on a couch with her feet up kind of in the dark. I said, "Oh, hi!" and thanked her for the party and assured her that the pool table wasn't scratched regardless of the screaming she may have heard earlier, and we talked for a couple of minutes. Years later my mother told me how she heard from Emily's mom that I was the most polite kid who ever came over. I was really sad when they got divorced.

Thanks for sharing! Great story.

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Anonymous wrote:I too went to elementary and high school and college with many kids of celebrities. One of my closest friends in elementary school is the son of a very famous singer. My older sisters always encouraged play dates with him in hopes of his dad picking him up, he never did, it was always the nanny. But, when I hung at his house, his dad was very nice, as was his-then stepmom who was also very very famous. At that point we were beyond our parents making plans for us so my parents never interacted with them. My dad did have to call up the famous dad several times to hit him up for money for the annual fund. Says he was always very meek and friendly and generous.
I was also friends with the son of another well-known but dead singer in college (and ironically enough he now performs with my elementary school buddy). He didn't mind talking about his dad and probably enjoyed the fact that having a dead famous dad got him a fair number of girls.

My DD is now friends with the daughter someone mentioned previously in this thread. Her mom (also famous) is super-nice and glad to facilitate friendships for her daughter. The key is to just be chill.

This would be much more interesting if you named names. I highly doubt you will out yourself

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I went to school with Howard Stern's daughter (the oldest). We were friends and her parents just acted like regular parents.

They had this very long driveway and once I drove myself there. Then I was scared to back into the street because it was blind and Howard offered to come out and help me. He said he was too tall to fit in my tiny midget car and had me roll down the window while he yelled directions and I drove. He was just a regular dad-type.

And once Emily was having a party and everyone was hanging out in the basement. I went upstairs to the main floor of the house for something (bathroom? water? my jacket? I don't remember) and Mrs. Stern was just sitting on a couch with her feet up kind of in the dark. I said, "Oh, hi!" and thanked her for the party and assured her that the pool table wasn't scratched regardless of the screaming she may have heard earlier, and we talked for a couple of minutes. Years later my mother told me how she heard from Emily's mom that I was the most polite kid who ever came over. I was really sad when they got divorced.

Thanks for sharing! Great story.

I like this story, too. I love Howard Stern and always liked the way he talked about his daughters. I'm not surprised to hear that he and Mrs. Stern were nice.