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Time for the Name Drop

Have you ever met someone famous? I've met a few. I'm not talking going to a concert... most have done that. Something unique... like, I once handed a microphone to Mikhail Gorbachev. It was a pretty big deal, because it was not too long after the cold war. I grew up thinking he was public enemy number one 😅 I'm just curious about what other people have experienced 😊

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ChampagneOnIce · 51-55, F Best Comment

I used to work for an entertainment industry charity in the Public Affairs office. We held several celebrity fundraising events, and I’ve met and spent time with many celebrities including Tom Hanks, Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta Jones, Jody Foster, Charlton Heston, John Ritter, Tom Selleck, John Schneider, Ann Miller, Dale Evans, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and others I can’t remember at the moment. I even met Donald Trump, but I try to forget that. 😉

Randomly, I’ve also met Peter Mayhew, Britney Spears, and the members of N*Sync and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. 😄

ChampagneOnIce · 51-55, F

@CCMorgan Thanks for the BA. 😄

CCMorgan · 51-55, M

@ChampagneOnIce WOW! Those are some serious names(!) I'd like to have been a 'fly on the wall' and listen in on some of that ☺️👍

ChampagneOnIce · 51-55, F

@CCMorgan All, with the exceptions of Charlton Heston and Donald Trump, were really nice.

Very cool about Gorbachev!

CCMorgan · 51-55, M

@ChampagneOnIce You're welcome... you stole the 'show' haha!!

Funny note... there are apartments where I work, and there once was a person living with her fiance who was one of the two people that formed the group Vertical Horizon. I went to picnics and he was there! But I've never had your experiences with so many!

CCMorgan · 51-55, M

@ChampagneOnIce Why am I not surprised? 😅

It was surreal with him. Remembering the cold war, and kids chanting in school "kill a commie for your mommy". I still remember the weekly testing of the 'air raid' horns in town... fast forward and then that happens. He had security with uzi's at the ready-- but he was giving a speech for humanitarian aid.

ChampagneOnIce · 51-55, F

@CCMorgan I remember the Cold War but not that schoolyard chant. I remember Reagan and Gorbachev’s summits.