Have You Met Anyone Famous?

Tom Cruise, back in his Top Gun days. The nicest guy EVER. I tagged along after him like a leech and he actually took the time to introduce me to people, even though I was a nobody. No other celebrity would have done that.

Also met Dr. Seuss, he was a doll. Pee-Wee Herman was as odd as you would think he might be.

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Melanie Griffith was in my hometown to film the movie "Milk Money", and she and Don Johnson both came into the doctors office I was working at, at the time.

Nick & Drew Lachey grew up here in Cincinnati. They both worked at Kings Island singing, and I met them when my sister worked with them.

Gavin Rossdale, former lead singer of Bush, and married to Gwen Stephani, came to my chair at a concert and stood in it while playing a song. I touched his jeans and about died. If thats what you call "meeting". LOL

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George bush senior when he was running for office in the 80s, i was 5, he came to my school.

other than him, nope

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Jimmy Buffett came into the old record store I used to work at. He wanted a copy of James Brown Live at the Apollo. I had gone to his concert the night before. He's much shorter in person!

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I've gone to a couple of Star Trek conventions. William Shatner- total dick to his fans. Someone asked him a Star Trek question (god forbid, at a star trek convention!) and he was all rude about how the show's been over for 40 years and then spent half an hour discussing his ear problems.

The guys who played Gowron and Martok were totally awesome. The kid next to me had saved up all his birthday and christmas money to take his mom and they signed his shirt and took pictures with him and were totally sweet.

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John Buck - before he was famous- he played with my nephew on the Houston Astros.

Jim Youngs - played the "bad boy" in Footloose - he was a roommate of my boy friend.

Branscome Richards - played Dwayne Johnson's brother in the Scorpion King as well as in Renegade with Lorenzo Lamas (whom my sister has met through Branscome).

John Buck and his wife were WONDERFUL - still are - I got food poisoning during the game and his wife took care of my son while Bob rushed me to the ER...

Jim Youngs - was a sweetie and a hottie!!

Branscome was a true gentleman, VERY kind....my "other sister" (she is my sister's best friend, whom I've known since I was 4 years old...41 years) has known Branscome for YEARS - I believe they met in Hawaii MANY years ago...I might have met him there too but I don't remember him from there..

And last but not least - Johnny Depp!!! he was at the Jungle Lounge (bar) where we had my bachelorette party when I married Ian - oooh my word!!! I should've ran away with him!!! He danced with me!! YAHOO!!!

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I worked in radio for years, so I have met quite a few. Aretha Franklin was very nice. Billy Currington was a jerk. Most country artists are very nice (met SO many of them), while pop artists usually had sticks up their rear ends. I know some NFL players that are great, and Ben Rothlesberger (sp.) used to be a nice guy. Fame changed him I guess.

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Several. Ironically the celib who has a rep for being so down to earth was the biggest dick I ever met.

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Johnny Cash -awesomely nice! Andy Griffith -not so nice! Newt Gingrich AND Al Gore, but thankfully not at the same time. Evander Holyfield was very nice and much smaller than I anticipated! Tom Hulce who is teeny tiny and Rosanne Cash who is as sweet as her daddy. The cast of Real Housewives of Atlanta were in my old studio one day earlier this year and seemed quite huffy that I didn't know who they were or care! I got to be Kool and the Gang's room attendant when the opened The Tabernacle here. I love them and they were very nice and well, cool!

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I don't think it's name dropping, it's fun to meet people you admire and it makes for great stories. :)

I've met Les Claypool several times. He's very funny and sweet.

I've met the entire band Galactic and hung out with them quite a bit. They are very down to earth and always take time to meet their fans.

I met Phil Lesh and Bob Weir after a concert at the Oakland Coliseum. A very nice lady gave me her backstage pass because I had never met them and she had. Both were amazing and gave off really good vibes just like their music.

I LOVE music memorabilia and have quite the collection. It's been great to add things to it and really makes it more special for me to have personal belongings, autographs and photos of the musicians that have inspired me and influenced my life so heavily.

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I have kissed DeForrest Kelly (Dr. McCoy from Star Trek) and Rockin' Dopsie.
I have pix of me with Hal Holbrook (he's in full makeup and costume from his one man show Mark Twain Tonight), Richie Havens, Mary Gauthier, Zachary Richard, Delbert McClinton, and Chris Thomas King.
I have autographed cd's from Smithfield Fair, Mary Gauthier, Zachary Richard, Tabby Thomas, J. Douglas (Allison Krauss' dobro player), Iris Dement, Irma Thomas, Marcia Ball, Henry Gray, and Jimmy Lafave.
I have autographed books by Ray Bradbury, Thomas Kenealy (author of Schindler's List), Rodger Kamenetz, Kay Murphy, Maya Angelou, John Camp, and Sue Owen.

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Just missed meeting the guy who played Herman Munster once- LOL

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I met Tracy Ulman, the commedian, walking in NYC - very nice. Met John DeLancie (Q from StarTrek) in an airport - also very nice. Met Rene Aubergenois at a StarTrek convention, in an elevator on the way to sign autographs) - he was very nice, and remembered me when it was my turn to get his autograph. I was a COMPLETE British SciFi/fantasy nerd, and I got to meet a bunch of Dr. Who and Robin of Sherwood cast members at a convention in 1991 - one of the best weekends of my young adult life - all of them very nice - and I got to visit some of them in England months later and they were happy to visit with me. Met Nicholas Grace, Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin of Sherwood, and he was very gracious. Tom Baker of Dr. Who hit on me (LOL!)!

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Quite a few. Mostly, they're just people. AKA on good behavior until you get to know them. Some of the nicest people, you'll catch on a bad day, some of the ickiest people are the biggest charmers ever.

The hardest thing, for me, with someone I know OF, is separating that public persona, or their reputation/parts they play, from who they really are in their everyday lives.

Really, though, I don't particularly care to meet anyone famous. Fame takes up an inordinate amount of one's time. Leaves very little for other people / makes it difficult to be friends on more than just an acquaintance/ enjoy their company level. I have enough of those in my life. But I dig friends.

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Yes and yes. But I (like Jo G.) choose not to drop names.

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When my daughter was a baby, Chuck Norris was visiting at Children's Hospital. He asked if he could hold her and said she was the prettiest baby he had ever seen! He was very nice. On the other hand, my husband was very ill as a child and was asked to make a commercial with Michael Landon to support a certain foundation. Unfortunately, he said that Mr. Landon couldn't stay sober enough to actually make the commercial and was a total jacka$$.

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I met Mark McGwire when I was working at Bath and Body Works (he bought lip balm). I also met Amanda Borden (96 Olympic gold medal in gymnastics) while working at Bath and Body Works.

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The only celeb I have ever met was "Mini-Me" from Austin Powers! He was surrounded by his entourage of gorgeous women and turned down our request to have an autograph. He did shake our hands, though!

Remember Jake from Melrose Place? Zack Morris from Saved By The Bell? Carlton Banks from Fresh Prince of Belaire? I saw them at a club in Cleveland when I was younger and was too chicken to say anything to them. They, too, were surrounded by hot chicks!

Great question!

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I worked in a building in Chicago in the 90s next door to the attorney Sam Adam. One of his clients was Mr. T. I talked to him in the hallway several times when he was there for a meeting. Very chatty, down-to-earth guy who wore ALOT of bling!

I also met Christopher Reeve in the early 90s, before his fall, and he also was very easy to talk to, and nice.

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My favorites are Donnie Wahlberg at a film festival, and Derek Jeter in a hotel lobby where I was attending a conference! I've also met many sonics and mariners players, Lisa loeb, dweezil Zappa, Roger Clemens, Joe torre, the rock (also a jerk!), Fred durst, Ruben studdard and the other finalists from his season of AI (except clay), rob base and dj easy rock. I would love to meet Reese Witherspoon, Christina Applegate, kristen wiig, Ben affleck, and chris Harrison!

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Steve Young from the San Fransisco 49ers is my second cousin :)

I hung out backstage with the band Sum 41 on accident, they were hilarious! I also played Phase 10 on an airplane with Elizabeth Smart's little sister (the poor girl who was in the bedroom with her when her sister was abducted) and the rest of her family joined in. This was while Elizabeth was still missing and they were flying from utah to NYC to film "America's Most Wanted". They were very nice people and stuck together in such a horrible situation.

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I used to work at a busy restaurant in St. Paul, MN and I met a few famous athletes while working there...Kristi Yamaguchi (VERY SWEET and signed autographs for the bus boys) and also Pete Rose (MALE DIVA who wanted us to kick out an entire room full of people so he could dine alone....we made him wait :)

I grew up in the same neighborhood as Joe Mauer (catcher for the MN Twins) and he was my first crush (unreciprocated). He is a great guy, as are his brothers.

My grandma lived next to Gary Gaetti (MN Twins' 3rd baseman in the 80s and early 90s). He hid his kids' Christmas presents at my grandma's house, so he came to pick them up on Christmas Eve--such a nice guy, but admits that he wasn't always a good one!

I met Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia when I was in college and he came to my campus.

Met former MN Gov & Senator Norm Coleman at my friends' older brother's funeral (he was military.)

Kevin Garnett and Tim Hardaway came to my high school to film a commercial, and I got to be an extra...I got a wave from KG when I had to use the restroom and saw him in the hallway.

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I met Guy Fieri at a book signing. He let me hug him and I screamed in his ear on accident. (I was so excited to meet him! I love him!) He was cool and cracked jokes the whole time he was signing autographs.
I met Scotty Pippen years ago- my dad's company did some plumbing for him and my dad was the head of the crew that did the work. He was super nice and signed some stuff for me.
My brother's 1st band used to do shows with Patrick Stump's (FallOut Boy) first band. He was the drummer. They hung out with all the same people and were pretty good friends. They used to jam a lot in my Mom's garage. My Mom was just talking about how Patrick sat in my Mom's kitchen trying to convince my brother to leave his band and join the project Patrick was starting (which became FallOut Boy) but my little brother wouldn't leave his band (which was fairly large on the Midwest music scene). The first award FallOut Boy won- when they accepted the award- Patrick was wearing a 504 Plan button (my brother's band). Patrick is sweet as pie. Kinda shy at first and then funny. Pete Wentz is pompous though. He was kind of a jerk to my brother- always trying to show him up.
I would love to meet Stevie Nicks too! She just seems like so cool and serene. I would also love to meet Amy Poehler and Tina Fey. They are such funny, strong, independent women.

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I've met some very famous people and was never starstruck, and it wasn't a big deal at all. Then I met a semi-famous person and was completely in love and totally giddy. Weird, huh?

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I met Jackson Rathbone in Vegas last month when we went to his concert for 100 monkeys. He was nice and had a cute accent. We talked about my tattoos for a little bit, he thought I was a teenager and they were fake haha. If no one knows his real name (Jackson Rathbone) then I'll tell you he plays Jasper in Twilight.

I haven't met any other celebs. Guess they don't like SC where I grew up haha. I don't see why it's a big deal to say who we met. If you knew my best friend as a celeb I'd say her name too lol it's not like your telling us dirty secrets.

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Fun question: my hubby and I met Gabrielle Anwar on a plane from LA to London. We did NOT know who she was at the time, even when we asked her what a Brit was doing in LA. She replied she was an actress but didn't elaborate nor did she state her name. We actually spent quite some time chatting with her; we had admired how attentive she was to her baby, so we went over to introduce ourselves and tell her. She seemed like a lovely person. We got to talking about how we were returning to our home in England after a family reunion in California and she was going to England for a family reunion flying from her home in LA! How funny is that!

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I met Paul Newman, he did a documentary at a hospital that I used to work at. He was not very nice

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I was Travis Tritts waiter at a Holiday Inn Restaraunt in the early 90s

If I could meet someone it would be Bill Clinton

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14 years ago, I was working my first job as a vet at a small animal hospital in Connecticut that had Gayle King as a client (Oprah's BFF). I actually ended up neutering her dog! She did seem to have a bit of that Diva thing going on though, like she expected everyone to bend over backwards for her, just because of who she was.

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I was working at a small animal hospital in Connecticut that had Martha Stewart as a client... I only saw her once... She sent "her people" most of the time... but she was very nice. At that same animal hospital I met Chris Sarandon, The Talking Heads, and a couple of other people I can't remember off the top of my head. My husband was always laughing because I would come home all the time telling him who was there that day. Also, when I was living in that area I ran into Tracy Morgan in a club in NYC (VERY nice guy) and Britney Spears that same night... I saw Heidi Klum, Lance Bass, and Jeremy Piven at that same club... I think there was an event going on we stumbled into... oh yeah! best of all I met John C. Reilly in a dinky Michigan airport... super nice... I freaked out on him. Poor guy. All my brain could process was, "Shake N Bake!" hahaha

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Ian Ziering: As a teeny bopper, my friends and I went to a meet and greet and met Ian Ziering from 90210.

Andre Agassi: I went to Europe the summer before my Senior year of HS. We were in the Hard Rock Cafe in London and Andre Agassi was leaving with a group of people. I had no idea who he was at the time, but my classmates were going ga ga. I just pretended I knew, then asked someone later!

Gene Keady: Most people won't even know him, but he was the head basketball coach for Purdue for 25 years. I was in the airport with my family and my brothers spotted him. We approached him and he was super nice! One of my brothers went to Purdue, so it was really neat for him!

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On our Sixth Grade field trip to Downtown Seattle, we walked through the running set of Assassins. Starring Sylvester Stallone. I walked right into him as he was coming outta this hat shop. He nodded to all of us and said ''Hi''....There were so many of us...he didnt sign autographs, but just acknowledging us was COOL.

We were down downtown visiting with some Family, when they were filing Sleepless In Seattle. So, we got to watch some of that.

Being a Port City we actually have a ton of movies that get filmed in our city.

Our Local Radio Station here does these acoustic sessions...Its a small venue that they only give so many tickets out too. My best friend won tickets to go see FUEL record a session. So, we got autographs, signed CDs, Idea tag and I think he signed my Cigarette case.

When I was in junior high I was in love with Scott Wolfe. I loved him in Part of Five...So, for English we had to write someone Famous....I chose him. Like eight months after I wrote him I got a package with a signed Autographed photo and a Generic note.. I still Thought it was pretty awesome.

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Just met Laker Shannon Brown last month outside a hotel at Disneyland. Took his pic with our daughter; we're big fans. He was nice and accommodating ... Have also met surfer Kelly Slater; he's very shy.

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I've met Bing Crosby's kids, his Sister in law was my 3rd grade teacher. I've said hello to David Gates of Bread. I almost ran over Henry Kissinger (on foot) while in the Dulles airport. Bing's family was nice (Mary and Nathaniel), David Gates always said Hi back. I thought he was a friend of my sisters. The Crosby's and David Gates owned property near the town where I grew up in Northern CA I've met John Grey (Mars, Venus) He is really nice and quite reserved compared to his stage presence. Don't feel I'm name dropping as it's not like I can give you any real info or substance on them.

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I met the Jacksons dionne warwik and Celine Dion in 1994. I was part of a choir from the Jackson Family Honors in 1994. It was alot of fun and i was not too far from michael a few times. :)

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I used to work at Lucky Brand Jeans and we would have tons of musicians come in while they were on tour and had a stop in KC. Janet Jackson was the most famous and she was really nice! She was absolutely gorgeous, as you'd expect, and very sweet. I also helped Jackson Browne and lots of random baseball and soccer stars who were in town. George Brett (former 3rd base for the Royals) is pretty well known around town and he's not very nice, but his wife is fabulous!

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Yes!!! I have met alot of country singers from the work that I did in the South. Most were extremely nice and friendly.

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Actor Steve Buscemi is married to a cousin, so I've met him. Sweet, sweet man!
I've met Ziggy Marley as well as several local athletes: Mike Wallace (Pgh Steelers), Neil Walker (Pgh Pirates).

Oh and Scott Blasey of The Clarks.....

My husband has met Rocky Bleier and Joe Piscopo.

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I met the main anchor to a local new station, Michelle King. Actually was in the same congregation as she was for a while. She is an absolute sweetheart.

Also met several author; most famous is probably Terry Brooks (Shannara series). Also Carole Nelson Douglas (Midnight Louie) and Barbara Hambly. All very nice, very down-to-earth people.

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I just went to a book signing and met Richelle Mead last month. She was super nice.

Also met our local weather man when I was 15. I was working at Dairy Queen and gave him his food and all I could say was "You're the weather guy!"

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I am a Shaklee distributor, so have met many Olympians and world class athletes. They are/were all great.
I have done physical therapy at Michael Johnson's center in McKinney. He has been there when I was there, but I haven't had a chance to meet him. He is one of my favorite athletes so I would really like to meet him.
I am sure some of the other people there are famous athletes, but I don't keep up with professional sports so I don't know who they were.
My son went there also and was amazed to be working out next to Marion Barber.
I met James Galway after one of his performances.
The person I was most thrilled to meet was Kay Arthur.

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Several in country music back in the mid-90s when we went to FanFair. Some met at the fairgrounds, sometimes ran into others at restaurants.

Son was flying out one day and sat down beside Ted Nugent in the airport. They chatted a bit - Ted had out a laptop, so he didn't keep him too long.

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Dennis Prager. My favorite. Yes, nice, but it was at an event, not off the street, he had to be nice.

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Elizabeth Taylor, Barack Obama, Oprah, Jon BonJovi (literally ran into him coming out of an elevator in Atlantic CIty), Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman (all the Bulls from the 90's championships), Walter Payton and tons of other Bears players, Rosie O'Donnell, Jesse Jackson, Evander Holyfield, John Kennedy Jr., Kerry Wood (baseball player), William H. Macy, David Schwimmer (ran into him at Blockbuster about 10 years ago), and John Malkovich. That's all I can think of off the top of my head. All were very nice.

I am actually related to two famous people, but I rather not give the names for privacy issues.

I've met my all time favorite (I'm the biggest fan) Bon Jovi. He was very nice. I've met Bill Clinton (nice), the band Tesla (nice), some WWF wrestlers (worked for a private ambulance co. & we did stand-bys at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee) all were very nice. Fun to watch behind the scenes :0) Sterling Sharp when he was a Green Bay Packer (total A$$) Brian Noble when he was a Packer (awesome). That's about all I can think of for now, probably a couple more.