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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.

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.

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.

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.

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