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Who is the most famous person you've met?

For me it was either King Charles (Prince then) or President Jimmy Carter (retired). What about you and what was it like?
Blondily · F
Kevin Costner. Didn't meet him but walked by him in Deadwood, SD where he owned the Midnight Star.
He had gotten out of his van and he yelled something at his dad.
He was in a pissy mood ignoring fans as he walked tuwards his casino.
Soph03 · 18-21, F
@Blondily it must be so sad when you're in a bad mood and so many people won't leave you alone :(
Blondily · F
@Soph03 No one bothered him that day. They just stared. 👀 The price of fame. lol
@Soph03 Sting was cool he was nice and talked with people
Hall,Nash and Steiner was all 3 pretty mych a-holes they wasnt interested in fans and seemed to just want to leave to go back to the motel they was at
Peyton Manning was cool i talked with him a good while he signed some stuff for me signed one of his rookie cards i had and an 8×10 picture of him when he played for Tennessee Eli was supposed to be there too but he had something else come up so he didnt show up
I have also met John Schneider and Tom Wopat
Aka Bo and Luke Duke they was both nice as well and they sang country music at the event
Soph03 · 18-21, F
@ExperienceDLT A good list of people and thanks for sharing
RedBaron · M
NYC mayors Ed Koch and Bill Deblasio (and wife Chirlane McCray - they live in my neighborhood), NYS governor George Pataki, actor Corbin Bernsen, MLB players and managers Jim Abbott, Vida Blue, Barry Bonds, Gary Carter, David Cone, Ron Darling, Kevin Elster, Dallas Green, Bud Harrelson, Davey Johnson, Jay Johnstone, Kevin Kennedy, Harmon Killebrew, Ray Knight, Tommy Lasorda, Roger McDowell, Keith Miller, Jim Rooker, Nolan Ryan, Billy Sample (a longtime friend), Art Shamsky, Lee Smith, Darryl Strawberry, Joe Torre, and Mookie Wilson.

I could list even more baseball personalities from the time I spent around the game as a journalist.

I met most of them in professional settings like press conferences, batting practice, and postgame locker rooms, so the interactions were limited.

But in all cases, I found people to be pleasant and down to earth; not that different from the rest us other than their elite talent and notoriety. Some were surprisingly (to me) relaxed and easygoing.
Soph03 · 18-21, F
@RedBaron that's great to hear! So good that you had good experiences and thanks for sharing
@RedBaron i would have like meeting Nolan Ryan myself
spjennifer · 61-69, T
Margaret Thatcher and Bill Clinton, the old washerwoman at a State Dinner, she was a frump and Bill Clinton at a celebratory dinner at a defence contractor I was working for, they won an award and Clinton attended as the Governor of Arkansas before he became President, he was very tall, quite handsome and friendly too.
Soph03 · 18-21, F
@spjennifer That's nice and he probably didn't have lots of bodyguards with him then. Thanks for sharing!
spjennifer · 61-69, T
@Soph03 No, he may well have had some but they were very discrete, I never saw them. It was a dinner at a local country club with lots of food and lots of booze. I was like 22 then so didn't care much about politicians. He did shake my hand and spoke to me for a couple of minutes. My parents were both Foreign Service so I'd met lots of politicians like him but he was the handsomest I'd met.
Forrest Griffin. My sisters were concierge in Vegas, and I’d go with them to events they’d get to go to for free. He was at one, going down the line to take selfies with people. I didn’t want one (never watched his fights at the time), but said I’d just get a pic of him without me in it. He said he felt awkward about that. Then I felt awkward, like saying I’d take a pic of him instead of with him was creeper stuff or something. Not what he said, but I wonder. 😬 I ended up taking the pic anyway.
Soph03 · 18-21, F
@Colonelmustardseed lol at least he wasn't that rude!
@Soph03 Yeah. He was pretty nice as far as I could tell from his interactions with everyone else. 🙂
Maya Angelou. After she spoke at a college where a friend taught, we went to get her autograph and she invited us to eat with her. She was a great conversationalist, had a wonderful sense of humor. ☺️
@SW-User I’m not sure. I respected much of what he had to say, but he also had some ideas about women that were rather old-fashioned. Perhaps if he’d lived longer those beliefs might’ve evolved.
PhilDeep · 51-55, M
@bijouxbroussard Finally, someone I've heard of and respect 👍
Soph03 · 18-21, F
@bijouxbroussard this is a great example, thanks for sharing!
Ynotisay · M
I've met a lot, and not all positive encounters, but maybe the coolest was Robin Williams. Just the two of us sat on an out of the way grassy knoll at an event for maybe 20 minutes. I think he was hiding. He came up to me and asked to sit down. We just chatted. Very relaxed. And unlike a lot of celebs he was curious about who I was. That's the mark of a decent person in my opinion.
Raaii · 22-25, F
I've never met anyone here yet
so no experience
May be I can count those big govt officials I've seen in school college functions but they're no famous
SW-User
George Lazenby at a charity baseball game. He was quite nice, considering
Soph03 · 18-21, F
@SW-User James bond!
SW-User
@Soph03 Yes, that's him :)
SW-User
When i was little Gospel singer Larnelle Harris held me in his arms.
Patriot96 · 56-60, C
Ernie Banks. Play 18 with him at Cog Hill
SarahAndSamantha · 46-50, F
Elvira. Absolute sweetie
Soph03 · 18-21, F
@SarahAndSamantha i'm glad! Thanks for sharing!
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tommy lee/heather locklear...pele... it was cool.
hillbilly · 26-30, M
Met a few pro wrestlers
SW-User
None.

I have seen actors and politicians from a distance that's about it.

Never actually met anyone.

I would love to meet Emma Watson someday.🥰
Soph03 · 18-21, F
@SW-User I really liked her in harry potter
SW-User
@Soph03 Me too.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
Jeremy Corbyn
Multiple pro wrestlers Kevin Nash,Scott Hall,Scott Steiner,Sting
Met Peyton Manning at a card show in Tennessee
Soph03 · 18-21, F
@ExperienceDLT what were they like?
PhilDeep · 51-55, M
I don't think the famous people who met me were really bothered and it was mutual.
Soph03 · 18-21, F
@PhilDeep sometimes they just try to have normal interactions where they can
exexec · 61-69, C
President Carter, Sally Ride and other astronauts
Soph03 · 18-21, F
@exexec what were the astronaughts like
exexec · 61-69, C
@Soph03 Most are just normal people with a different job. They live in our community and do the same things everybody else does. A few can be jerks, but they are the exception.
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
Hilary Clinton, Al Gore, Theodore Bike, Zero Mostel, Yogi Berra others.
SW-User
Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Ryan Mallett, Cam Newton
SW-User
@assemblingaknob You met me🤨
assemblingaknob · 26-30, F
@SW-User you're only famous because you know ME
SW-User
@assemblingaknob pfft! 🤪
Queendragonfly · 31-35, F
Britney Spears
Soph03 · 18-21, F
@Queendragonfly what was she like?
Queendragonfly · 31-35, F
@Soph03 She was kind and sweet, I was just a kid.
SW-User
I'm not going to name drop it feels a bit obnoxious
Sevendays · M
Absolutely nobody and I'm okay with that.
darkmere1983 · 46-50, M
i got to meet Tom jones during the 80s.
mayguy · 46-50, M
How did you meet Jimmy Carter? Were you in Georgia? He is one of my heroes 👏
Soph03 · 18-21, F
@mayguy highland games in Georgia. He turned up with his bodyguards but they waited in the distance while he went around and talked to people. I only spoke to him briefly and I needed one of the american dancers to tell me who he was
Couple of Presidents and a few athletes
Soph03 · 18-21, F
@Sojournersoul which ones?
@Soph03 Clinton, Bush as far as presidents. Too many athletes to name at different games and autograph sessions
SW-User
Chuck Berry at an airport in late 82
Soph03 · 18-21, F
@SW-User was he cool?
SW-User
@Soph03 yes he was. The way he was dressed he was advertising who he was I thought. We didn't say much but he was nice.
Alyosha · 31-35, M
The physicist Lawrence Krauss.
Soph03 · 18-21, F
@Alyosha what were they like?
Alyosha · 31-35, M
@Soph03 He was intelligent and affable. He did a lecture on the physics of Star Trek.
My friend's big brother is a famous tv presenter/producer in the UK, and spent many a party chatting with him.
A mediocre defenceman for the Montreal Canadiens
@ImperialAerosolKidFromEP lol...i got larry robinsons autograph back in the day when i visited my bro in montreal when i was a kid... lost it tho when i flew back to bc
@beermeplease that's probably worse than losing the picture of me shaking Yvon Lambert's hand
@ImperialAerosolKidFromEP or me playing road hockey with a signed tony tanti hockey stick and breaking it. i know tanti will never be in the hall of fame or anything but he did score 40 goals one year on a shitty canucks team
Monalisaa1986 · 36-40, F
How did you meet them one’s English and one is American and jimmy carter is old
uncalled4 · 56-60, M
Probably Al Pacino.
Ed Asner, Moses Malone, Alan Iverson, Regina King, Chris Webber, Paris Hilton, Nikki Hilton, Mike Tyson, and many others, I used to work security at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
Soph03 · 18-21, F
@NativePortlander1970 Who was the nicest and who was most rude?
@Soph03 I'd tie Ed Asner and Mike Tyson as the nicest, hands down Cris Webber was as rude as fuck, he missed his own charity golf tournament because he was up all night getting stoned and partying with others in his VIP suite.
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Soph03 · 18-21, F
@Patriot96 Jimmy was nice, I don't like the king
@Patriot96 Oh and BTW, Carter was the Trump of his day, the establishment dems resisted all of his policies, he actually tried rescuing the hostages, but a sudden sandstorm fucked that up. What did Reagan do? He gave the Iranians weapons funded from Contra cocaine.

 
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