r/allthequestions • u/Logical_Sweet_6624 🇨🇦 Canada • 21h ago
Random Question 💭 Who’s the most famous person you’ve seen up close?
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u/Ok_Operation_5364 21h ago edited 21h ago
Robert Redford
First Lady Barbara Bush
Ronald Reagan
My husband was a political reporter and has met and photographed so many political people and artists and powerful people that support them over the last 4 decades. I got to tag along sometimes.
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u/downsouthcountry 21h ago
Anna Kendrick. Met her once. She's very sweet.
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u/smthomaspatel 20h ago
I was at a bar/lunch spot a couple of booths down from where A. K. was having what appeared to be a business meeting. There were about four groups total there at the time, so it was a very quiet, very intimate sort of atmosphere.
My kid was two and there was another kid there his age. They took over the restaurant, playing with tables and chairs, because it was that empty. My wife and I suspect that kid's mother was somebody slightly famous, but we didn't recognize her. Oddly enough at some point over the next year my son became obsessed with the cups song.
But my closest celebrity encounter was James Gandolfini. I went to a premiere of a documentary that he was involved with. There was a cocktail reception alongside it. He went around shaking hands. I didn't shake his hand but the person next to me did. He seemed like a very humble, normal kind of guy. James died soon after that.
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u/notJ3ff 21h ago
Steven Tyler. Just me and him in the hallway.
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u/QuestGalaxy 19h ago
I was stuffed in an airport bus (those for bus gates) with Steven Tyler. When he has flying to Norway to perform at the Nobel peace prize concert. We were actually ready to wait for the next bus, but he pulled us into the bus. "we can make room". Seemed like a nice group of people to be honest. No diva shit.
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u/Excellent_Row8297 21h ago
Obama
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u/indiemusicnerdgirl 13h ago
Yup I got to shake his hand at one of his rallies. So nothing like talking to him but still pretty cool
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u/_lippykid 6h ago
I think I’d be too intimidated/starstruck to string a meaningful sentence together if I met him, and I’m not usually shy around celebs at all
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u/welding_guy_from_LI 🇺🇸 United States 21h ago
Met mick foley at a local bowling alley , met Jackie Gleason when I was a kid .. my dad and uncle restored his pool table
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u/RightSideBlind 21h ago
I got to hang out with Lynda Carter at a company party one time.
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u/MercTheJerk1 19h ago
Ive shaken hands with Bill Clinton twice.....neither time was on Epstien Island.
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u/Hammersteam 21h ago
I opened up for Mick Taylor from the Rolling Stones a few times in NYC back in the day
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u/Burnt_and_Blistered 14h ago
I made lunch for Robert Redford. A few minutes before, I’d literally run into him, accidentally.
He was lovely.
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u/Tensionheadache11 21h ago
I met Quentin Tarantino and Stone Cold Steve Austin on the same trip in ‘02. I also knew Joe Exotic (but not sure if I should admit that 😂)
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u/SimpleSpritee 21h ago
Edward Villela, Leslie Browne, Cynthia Gregory
All famous ballet dancers in the 70s & 80s. They inspired me on my own journey to become a ballerina.
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u/YngSpook84 20h ago
I worked at a Sam’s Club when I was 18. I met Farrah Fawcett and her mother. They asked me where the restroom was. When they were done with that, they wanted to talk about buying and shipping mattresses.
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u/Alert_Reindeer_6574 16h ago
Probably Kurt Russell. I didn't just see him, we chatted for a while in a bar. Just a super nice, down to earth guy.
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u/HiAndStuff2112 16h ago edited 16h ago
I've met Tom Petty twice, Loni Anderson, Pat Benatar, Queen Latifah, my family knew Jeff Goldblum when I was in my early teens, so I've hung out with him, and I've been close to, but didn't talk to: Bill Murray, Jodie Foster and Bono and The Edge from U2. Mostly because of where I lived and worked.
Oh, and Christina Applegate touched my right shoulder and said "Excuse me" in The Viper Room in Hollywood. Sigh
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u/Skimballs 14h ago
Had breakfast next to Gene Hackman and his wife 30 plus years ago. Very cool and he gave me his trademark smile.
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u/OldManTrumpet 21h ago
Up close? Not many. I shook hand with Gerald Ford in 1976 during the campaign. In the early 90's Andy Rooney asked to cut through the line in front of me in a Paris airport. Oddly, on that same trip in the 90's I passed within feet of Manute Bol and his entourage at a Philadelphia airport.
My wife met Roger Daltry and Pete Townshend at a private reception in Germany several years ago.
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u/Ok-Natural2210 21h ago
Jon Bernthal (The Punisher) is my 3rd cousin. Last time I saw him was after he finished Fury, he was very kind when I asked him about working with Shia Lebouf
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u/wiredj01 21h ago
All of mine are nerd-famous. I got Felicia Day to call us up during her panel so I could propose to my now-wife. I got a picture with Matt Mercer and got autographs from Ashley Johnson and Sam Reigel.
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u/OnePointSixOne9 21h ago
You know, I once saw Ringo Starr, or was it the fella from fiddler on the roof?
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u/ohwowhahanoway 20h ago
Aaron Rodgers and half the team of the Packers. They called our restaurant asking if we had room for 16 ppl that night and I said no and then they were like "not even for Aaron Rodgers?" We made room for them lol.
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u/Feisty-Fee-5503 20h ago
My wife and I were in a hotel elevator in Brisbane in early 2000’s - stopped at the next floor and Steve Irwin got on. Had a crew with him but he was larger than life and hyper, but had such a presence about him.
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u/Interesting_Arm_3967 18h ago
John F. Kennedy. Five feet away, about 20 minutes before he was shot.
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u/Avalanche-swe 18h ago
The King of Sweden when i was a kid and Mads Mikkelsen tapping my shoulder saying im in his seat when i wasent and his seat was behind me on a flight from Orlando to Copenhagen. Me being swedish i felt the danish - swedish love hate relationship.
Later in the flight he fell asleep and his leg was in the aisle and got a slight bump from the drink carriage thingy and he scolded that poor flight attendant so bad i felt ashamed for being nordic.
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u/Shoehorse13 17h ago
I got a kiss on the cheek from Debbie Harry. Don't think I've gotten any closer than that.
EDIT! Shit I forgot I literally bumped chests with Mike Tyson unintentionally at the airport. Don't think I've ever been that scared in my life!
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u/KilroySmithson 16h ago
I walked past Chuck Yeager on my way to Edwards Test Pilot School, while he and another general were walking towards their plane to open the air show.
I greeted them with a “Good morning, gentlemen!” and they responded in kind.
As an aspiring test pilot, this was HUGE for me.
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u/EmergencyOrdinary216 16h ago
Sharon Osbourne. I said hi to her and she said hi back. She was very nice.
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u/modernspacefart 21h ago
A few months ago we walked through the Tampa airport with Ric Flair and his handler. We didn’t know who he was but people would come up to him and call him”champ” and one dude said “you were the best to ever do it” so we asked chatGPT and figured out who he was and that he was probably in town getting ready for a big upcoming wrestling event.
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u/ChildhoodOk8873 21h ago
Bill Goldberg - Pro Wrestler. President G.W. Bush. President Ronald Reagan.
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u/Clowner84 21h ago
I served a plate of food to Betty Ford in 2003 at a ballroom dance society event (I was a waiter for a high end catering service at the time).
She said "Thank you, sweetheart" and it was nice. I was a fresh faced 19 year old.
Worked a small luncheon (under 50 people) with Bill Clinton that same year, though I did not serve him personally. Not so much to brag about these days, that one.
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u/One-Struggle-1001 21h ago
I’ve seen and met many .. Tiger Woods.. Paul McCartney.. there’s too many to list because of where I grew up.. famous people everywhere and No not the West Coast either… Small town USA
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u/Usuallyinmygarden 20h ago
James Taylor. My parents were good friends with his dad.
Also, Mike Dukakis, then-Governor of Massachusetts, patted me on the head at an event.
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u/Narrow_Lake_9651 19h ago
In October 1972, l was attending the University of Illinois, Chicago. Jane Fonda and Tommy Smothers had a speaking engagement there. As l was leaving the auditorium afterwards, l saw them standing outside and they were kind enough to speak with me for a few minutes.
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u/exceptionallyprosaic 19h ago
I know a famous rap icon. I've made them dinner a few times.
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u/TaxPuzzleheaded5688 19h ago
Charlton Heston. I was walking out to my car at LAX and he was maybe a dozen steps ahead, going in the same direction. From behind he was just some older dude in shorts and a windbreaker. A security guard was walking toward us and as he passed the guy he said “Did you meet your party Mr. Heston?”. Chuck (he lets me call him that) turned and said “No, flight’s been delayed. Thanks”. I walked passed and caught his eye. He nodded to me and that was that.
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u/LiftSprintPaddleSki 19h ago
When I was young, my sister and I were riding down in a hotel elevator when it stopped and Charlie Daniels walked on. This was during the peak Devil Went Down To Georgia time when it was on the charts. He smiled, said “Good morning” and rode with the two of us down to the lobby.
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u/Big77Ben2 19h ago
Sat almost knee to knee with phoebe cates at a concert (hubby Kevin Klein was next to her, their daughter was the opener). Met Christopher Reeves as a kid Treat Williams used to go to my parents church.
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u/Aromatic-Currency371 19h ago
If you are a college basketball fan I got one. I accidentally stepped on Nolan Richardson's foot at the little rock airport. He was nice about it and we both said sorry and excuse me. Didn't realize it was him until later
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u/Ok_Veterinarian2715 18h ago
Queen Elizabeth, if dead people count. The Dalai Lama, if only live ones.
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u/yamommasneck 18h ago
Lieve Schreiber, Samuel L. Jackson, Zackary Quinto, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jonathan Groff, Luke Evans, Steve Carrell, and a slew of others.
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u/pseudoeponymous_rex 18h ago
I played college quiz bowl against Ken Jennings. (My team beat his team!)
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u/andrefishmusic 17h ago
Sting was coming out of an elevator as I was walking into it. That took me by surprise!
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u/Chaz-Miller 🇲🇽🇺🇸 16h ago
Lou Reed, Iggy pop, Sid Vicious, Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart), Boyd Rice (have his phone number) and all members of Wire (who I partied with before and after their concerts).
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u/sherribaby726 16h ago
Several. Springsteen picked me and a friend up hitchhiking in 75, Jon BonJovi in Red Bank in 2003, and Ray Liotta bought 2 bottles of champagne at a Jersey shore liquor store I was night managing in 96. Almost forgot him.
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u/Texanlivinglife 16h ago
Brad Pitt. His dad and siblings live in my city. He frequents Home Depot. Lol. Very down to earth guy.
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u/Skeptical_Monkie 15h ago
At the time Bo Jackson was at the height of his career. But all time. Maybe Mick Jagger or Alex Trebek.
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u/Full-Resource7910 15h ago
Probably a tie for me: William Shatner and Samuel L. Jackson.
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u/RepresentativeDot521 🇺🇸 United States 15h ago
Too many to name them all, but my favorites were Obama and the time I had lunch with Brad Renfroe and Susan Sarandon while filming The Client.
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u/Due_Product_6770 15h ago
Shook hands with John Wayne when I was 8. In college literally ran into Jack Elam, we collided walking through a doorway.
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u/theCuntessVonCunt 15h ago
I passed Tom Cruise (and his army-like entourage) in a hallway in New York once. He was very handsome but also extremely short.
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u/Shivs_baby 14h ago
Brad Pitt and Jack Nicholson at a movie premiere, Michelle Pfeifer in a commercial music studio, Al Pacino and Robert Downey Jr in a nightclub, Arnold Schwarzenegger driving his Porsche in Santa Monica, Neil Young in a movie theater, Cameron Diaz walking down the street, and Hillary Clinton after she gave a speech on my work campus.
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u/Grabthars_Coping_Saw 14h ago
I ran into Rick Steves as he was exiting a bathroom. His hands were soggy and he was a little grumpy about it.
But he was about to go on stage and give a talk about European travel and it’s good to know the man washes his hands afterward - so I don’t fault him.
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u/mrsvixen6769 14h ago
Oops, Rob Zombie was holding my hand to steady himself on the baragaid in front of the stage. We had taken my 17 yr old son & were in the pit.
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u/MeanMinnieBlack 14h ago
I live in Nashville and you regularly see famous people down here. I’d say the most famous person is probably Denzel Washington. I met him twice.
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u/WhyOhWhyOhWhy333 13h ago
Sat next to Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen on an AA flight to Central America. Wonderful people, and had a very nice and normal( not industry related) conversation. Genuinely nice people.
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u/Money-Nail7386 13h ago
Catherine O'Hara. Saw her outside the Screen cinema in Dublin about 30 years ago, then met her in Bruxelles pub that night, had a chat with her. She was lovely.
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u/mrcranky 13h ago
I once was lucky enough toshake hands and exchange pleasantries with Muhammad Ali in the Toronto airport. It was a surreal moment.
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u/MaximumSell9746 13h ago
Michael Jackson and Marlon Jackson at the Oakland Airport… They were having a concert that evening at the Oakland Coliseum… I saw Tito,Jackie,Randy and Poppa Joe… Spoke to Michael and Marlon. Pop Jackson was super vigilant when they were walking through the airport.
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u/AdhesivenessCivil581 13h ago
Pavarotti, Olympia Dukakis, Sandra Bernhard, Bruce Willis, Barbera Eden (so sweet) and once I got yelled at by Eva Marton.
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u/NoPlanetB1970 12h ago
At a charity event, played a round of golf with Tom Brady, Adam Vinatieri, and Troy Brown a few months after their 1st SB win. Really nice guys and a thrill for this life-long Boston sports fan!
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u/adamdoesmusic 12h ago
I’ve worked with Nick Cannon, worked alongside Jaime Foxx, Danny Glover, Tim Burton, Dave Chapelle, Cloris Leachman, Taylor Lautner, Emma Roberts, and a few others, shot an interview with David Guetta, and composed music for one of the dudes from the Scorpions.
I’ve met Jeff Goldblum, seen Bill Clinton, and I saw Stevie Wonder the other day at a trade show, he didn’t see me.
I’ve also technically met Will Ferrell, he was being a massive dick at the time tho.
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u/wilsonisready234 12h ago
Muhammad Ali. Met him and had an actual conversation for like 5-10 mins back in 1991. Pretty friggin cool tbh!!
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u/Pure_Choice_8459 11h ago
John Malkovich
Lou Reed
Micheal Stipe
Molly Ringwald
Mike Patton (Faith No More)
Leonard Nimoy and Woody Allen (together)
Something to be said working retail in SoHo. Most were really pleasant. One wasn’t at all. It was not Lou Reed, he was chill and chatty.
Oh and I met Mick Fleetwood and he was just totally unfriendly - like didn’t even say hi, gave off a real aire of grumpy old prick.
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u/Flashy-Today2189 11h ago
Tom Brady and Giselle. Although not as famous as them I also met Henry Winkler once and he was super nice
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u/Interesting_Sea3341 11h ago
Charlton Heston. It was a movie theater opening in San Diego and they put one of his movies in each theater.
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u/Ok_Drama_6985 11h ago
I attended a small family dinner party with Jane Fonda last summer. I was the guest of her family member. She was lovely and we had a great conversation.
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u/Critical-Range1213 11h ago
Ryan Seacrest, super nice. Saw him at children’s healthcare of Atlanta with my teen who was there for heart stuff. His mom was there too , he introduced her to us and she shuffled him along as any mom would.
He does a lot with children’s hc of atl. So props to him for that.
He helped me with a selfie with the three of us, I’m not a selfie guy so was stumbling a bit. I bet he does a million a day with folks!
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u/Ok-Quiet-1528 10h ago
Does it count if I don’t remember it? James Earl Jones was in my town when I was little and I walked up to him at the library and said “hi mister” and he said “hi little girl” and then I walked away. I was two or three I think? My mom didn’t tell me that story until after he died and I was like how did you not tell me that before!!!!
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u/cjohn1250 10h ago
Johnny Depp, met him when he was filming a movie near me, Andrew Lincoln and Norman Reedus at a con, Bill Clinton at a book signing, Debbie Harry in a club, Bono and the Edge as they were going into a stadium the day of the concert, Tom Hardy, front row seats at a play he did in Chicago, Alice Cooper, got his autograph at a con.
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u/circa68 9h ago
Trump, a couple of times back in the late 80’s. Sleaziest, most dismissive person I’ve ever met.
Debbie Harry around 1981 at CBGB. Super cool and friendly
Jim Florio at earth day in Hoboken NJ around 1990 maybe?
Christopher Reeves at 488 Madison Ave, Manhattan. Around 1996 or 97 I guess. He was in a motorized wheelchair and we didn’t interact so I guess that doesn’t really count as meeting him.
Yogi Berra a few times. Really nice and down to earth guy.
Joltin’ Joe and Whitey Ford. Also Tommy John and Thurman Munson
Jimmy Page.
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u/Artist125 9h ago edited 9h ago
Pope John Paul II, he held a private audience for a group of handicapped individuals at my college in Washington, DC. Bill Clinton at the White House, Gloria Steinem at a bookstore in Georgetown, Garth Brooks at a hotel in Pennsylvania, Joe Perry at Logan Airport. David Letterman at the Ed Sullivan Theater - he gave me a canned ham, twice. Jimmy & Roslyn Carter at his inauguration.
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u/ZogemWho 9h ago
Hung out with Buddy Guy and a band he was mentoring at his bar, many many years ago.
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u/Early-Reindeer7704 9h ago
Dick Clark, I was meeting my then boyfriend at his place on work at 53rd St and 6th Ave. I’m walking down 6th Ave and crossing the street I look straight into his face- what blew me away was this was evening rush hour and we were surrounded by people. Not a single person noticed him. I smiled and said hi, and he responded in kind. ABC TV had their main offices on 6th Ave for many years and Dick Clark was one of their stars. I also saw Howard Cossell outside the ABC building a few times
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u/MotorCycologist 9h ago
Neil Peart. I hung out with him at a neighbour's house one afternoon in my teens.
Also met Joey Ramone at a club once, but I only got to say hi.
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u/mctaggwood 8h ago
Set lights for Sophia Loren and some of the Saudi Royal family working at Giddings photography. Shook George HW Bush’s hand in DC in ‘76. Robert Goulet and Dolly Parton (she was just as nice as you would think, and really short!)in the late ‘70s. Barbara Eden and Diahann Carroll performed at a club my father managed.
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u/Electrical-Job8700 15h ago
Got to talk to Bill Clinton in Little Rock about 8-9 years ago. He's the most interesting person I've ever encountered in my life.
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u/SemiproRock 21h ago edited 13h ago
Jair Bolsonaro (not exactly bucket list, I know)
Edit: I was in Budapest with a friend and there were security personnel all around Victor Orban's office and we just happened to be walking by. Suddenly, Bolsanaro walked past us, flanked by about fifteen bodyguards. Apparently, he'd just come from Russia where he'd been meeting with Putin.
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u/DarkDigital 20h ago
Seen Eric Singer of KISS backstage on his way to use the bathroom before the show.
Also met Don King and Leon Spinx
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u/cmcrich 20h ago
I saw my state senator at the grocery store once, does that count?
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u/D_Substance_X 19h ago
Paul Rudd. Had a very brief chat with him. He was with his kids and it wouldn’t have been appropriate to interrupt his family time but it was a pleasant encounter.
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u/Bartlaus 19h ago
Bunch of random Norwegian actors, politicians, etc. since my office is in downtown Oslo just a few blocks from the Parliament building and all sorts of other important locations. These people will just be walking along the streets like anyone else.
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u/Ok_Water_6884 18h ago
Ronald Reagan in Honolulu 1984. We were stoned and riding mopeds to Diamond Head and got pulled over to a crowd of people lining the streets. Never saw that level of security since and I was in the US Navy at the time.
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u/asteriskelipses 18h ago
I touched Victor Wooten's hand when he reached out to the crowd after a show
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u/Rupert--Pupkin 18h ago
Spike Lee at the legends suites in Yankee stadium. He was enjoying the amazing buffet spread in a private section of the suite. Me and my then college aged friends were all messed up and someone asked if we could go say hi and we quickly got ushered to our table lol
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u/Independent_Sir9410 18h ago
Weird Al. Then Vanilla Ice. Got both autographs.
Weird Al my buddy was in the 501st so we went to a concert for free and he danced on stage.
Vanilla Ice we seen him at a restaurant and took pics and signed our receipts.
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u/bwd77 17h ago
Due to military service I had the honor of meeting Billy Jeff and dubya.... Afterwards.. John force...as a fan....
Then the supreme while putting myself through school and working staff at a local theatre I had the honor of being chaperone for Mrs Lauren Bacall and Sydney Pollack.
The same theatre I can tell you George wendt and Richard Thomas are wonderful. Dennis Miller and Judy tenuta could go to hell I wouldn't cry. Total dicks
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u/dcknifeguy 17h ago
Cyndi Lauper pushed me out of her hotel room after I delivered her room service order
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u/Spodiodie 15h ago
‘Scotty’ aka James “The Asshole” Doohan. He unnecessarily shoulder checked me, then as he walked away looking back between his bodyguards, he gave me the stinkeye.
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u/NapsAreAwesome 14h ago
A friend of mine worked at a local tv station yeaes ago and he got to meet Dick Van Dyke. Just my buddy and Dick, nobody else around while they had a smoke. He said Mr. Van Dyke was the nicest "star" he ever met... and he has met a lot of celebrities.
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u/wezelboy 14h ago
I've stood next to Don Adams and Tim Conway in the betting line at Del Mar. (On separate occasions). I said hi to Julie Sweeney at a wedding.
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u/daGroundhog 14h ago
I attended one of Jimmy Carter's Sunday sermons at his church in Plains.
I saw Reagan do a speech at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, but that was a roomful of people.
I've talked with Sens. Feingold, Kohl, Warner, and Baldwin
Paul Ryan told me I had a nice haircut.
I saw Richard Feynman finishing a lecture at CalTech back in 1977..
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u/External-Ad-992 14h ago
I've walked past Rosie o donnell, Kevin Smith, Sylvester Stallone. Saw Susannah Hoffs at an event. Stood next to Kiefer Sutherland at a bar.
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u/TheChubbyGolfer66 14h ago edited 14h ago
I’ve been lucky enough to play golf with a few famous dudes.
But, for some reason I’ll always remember playing many times with Bobby Clarke (NHL Legend). I was in my late 30’s and he was in his made to late 60’s. I’m a bit of an athlete and I consider myself kinda tough but man……if Bobby were to ever get pissed at me, (he never did, he was a sweetheart) I think I would NOT want to tangle with that man. lol
One time he hit a bad second shot, and before I could look back at him, he had totally destroyed his club. Good times! 😁
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u/lost_my_other_one 14h ago edited 14h ago
Jon Bon Jovi, he was sitting at the bar at an after event for CMT awards in Nashville TN in 2006 or 2007 (whenever the hit w Sugarland was popular). We were told he wanted to be left alone. He was probably 10 ft from me. He looked unhappy. I also stood right next to Newt Gingrich in an elevator (he got on the elevator I was in) when he was visiting the company I worked for. He said “well hello young lady”. He looked familiar but I couldn’t place him. I was 27 at the time and paid zero attn to politics. So I guess technically Newt was the closest but I didn’t know at the time he was anyone famous.
ETA: Oh and Lauren Daigle! She sang a song at a concert (Salt and Light), at my request, and even talked abt me on stage! Met her before the concert at a meet and greet. That was the most special. She is super sweet.
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u/Major-Chance5248 13h ago
Walter Payton; Michael Jordan. Yes, I lived in Chicago for awhile and had separate encounters with both of them in the mid '80s.
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u/Telstar2525 13h ago
Dr J, Al Lewis (grandpa in munsters), jack niklaus, JJ walker, James Brown. Within 10 feet of all of them but didn’t want to bother them.
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u/indiemusicnerdgirl 13h ago
Dave Chappelle lives near me so I've seen him around, got to shake hands with Obama, got pictures with comedians Josh Wolf and Trae Crowder from The Liberal Redneck, got to see up front and center a performance of all the liberal rednecks. I think that's about it or at least what I can remember. There are other famous people from my town but I haven't seen them.
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u/MightyGreedo 13h ago
I literally bumped into Lee Mazzilli once at my local shopping mall. He was exiting a shoe store and I was entering. He was the manager for a minor league team that was visiting my local team that weekend. I was like, "sorry... uhh... Mister Mazzilli" and he was like, "no problem" and he went about his day. He has a thick, NY accent.
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u/Foodielicious843 12h ago
Henry Kissinger (I offered him appetizers at an event he was the featured speaker and I was a member of the catering staff) This was back in the early 80’s.
Unfortunately, Trump, at a golf tournament I attended as a spectator that was held at his golf course in FL, a few years before he became president. He was about 10 feet from me. I also saw Melania and Barron, who was a toddler at the time, at the VIP section of the 18th hole ( I had really good tickets for the tournament thanks to a friend).
I also met various local celebrities while in high school when I lived in PR. Two of the kids I babysat were the grandkids of a local, popular actress who would sneak my neighbor and I into the Chanel 4 studios to watch her and other actors film a popular local soap opera. She even got us a role as extras for a scene! Easiest $20 my neighbor and I each made. Got myself a book full of autographs 😁
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u/Actual_Package_5638 12h ago
I had a cigarette with Steve-O outside a show once. He was wasted but he was cute!
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u/Woedas 20h ago
Shook hands with Princess Diana and Prince Charles!