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.

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I was in a Gymboree class with Solange Knowles about 10 years ago. She was very tall, very skinny, amd very beautiful.

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Anonymous wrote:In person, Cillian Murphy is certainly short but those eyes are indescribably blue, I was shaking just looking at him. I wonder if his kids inherited those!
Back in the 1990s, Ralph Fiennes was super handsome but sweaty after a Hamlet performance. He was gracious but clearly drained after being on stage.

A friend of mine dated Joseph Fiennes. He was a very fine boyfriend. Apparently.

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Briefly overlapped with Ivanka Trump at Georgetown while she was there. She was lovely -- hardworking, down-to-earth, steered very clear of the party scene. Friend of my mom's daughter worked for Chelsea Clinton and said she was a miserable person, not a nice boss.

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Anonymous wrote:Briefly overlapped with Ivanka Trump at Georgetown while she was there. She was lovely -- hardworking, down-to-earth, steered very clear of the party scene. Friend of my mom's daughter worked for Chelsea Clinton and said she was a miserable person, not a nice boss.

What's your political party affiliation? Just curious.

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Worked as a journalist covering Congress. Elizabeth Warren is one of only senators who refuses to take impromptu questions from journalists, will rarely do on record interviews -- frankly as a woman I found it disgusting that she was either too inept to discuss topics unscripted or too self-important to do what is expected of all the rest.

John McCain, DiFi, Chuck Grassley, Amy Klobuchar were gems -+ so smart, could discuss so many different issues at drop off a hat and genuinely thoughtful, kind people.

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20:07, this is PP of Ivanka/Chelsea post. I'm a Democrat, worked for two Democratic senators in my 20s -- should have put that in original post.

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Anonymous wrote:Worked as a journalist covering Congress. Elizabeth Warren is one of only senators who refuses to take impromptu questions from journalists, will rarely do on record interviews -- frankly as a woman I found it disgusting that she was either too inept to discuss topics unscripted or too self-important to do what is expected of all the rest.

John McCain, DiFi, Chuck Grassley, Amy Klobuchar were gems -+ so smart, could discuss so many different issues at drop off a hat and genuinely thoughtful, kind people.

I had Warren as a law professor, she is definitely very smart, not inept at all.

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Mike Pence and family. They came to our little restaurant on NYE and my manager told them:" The bar" since they didn't have a reservation. We had plenty of extra tables that were not reserved. We only noticed the secret service and then figured it's somebody important. Only one other table figured out who they were.
Once the manager recognized him, he had a table for him.
I think I would've recognized him, but I was too busy trying to find a cab outside for another customer. I was wondering why the guys in black SUV looked so suspicious.
The Pences were nice though.

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Turned both Taye Diggs’s and Ryan Phillippe’s heads (about 15 years ago, I was pretty but not stunning by any means). Ryan was fresh faced adorable and Taye was handsome AF. Taye smiled and I almost passed out.

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Mia Hamm is reserved, but that’s well known. She was quite gracious when, in passing, I thanked her for what she’s done for women’s soccer. She’s adorable too.

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I sat behind Eric Dane (Dr. Sloan from Greys) on a flight from LAX to IAD. The flight left LAX at like 6:30 a.m., and he drank about six beers before breakfast was served. His companion was prepping him for some interview/role where he was a Navy officer. Seemed like a jerk.

I've also sat behind Eva Longoria on that same flight, different day. She is TINY and was very nice.

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Anonymous wrote:Bobby Flay is small, and very professional and nice.

I used to see him running in Central Park quite a bit, once or twice with a trainer who I knew (ex of my friend) and at a couple races. He seemed a bit dick-ish but the NYC running scene seemed to bring out the dick in lots of otherwise nice people.

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Why are they all tiny? Is it a requirement for success in the industriy?

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I actually do think there is something to bring tiny and looking great on camera.