Famous people you have met/chat with

Stevieluvsye

Someone asked me this a while ago and i was quite impressed with who i have met...........

Bruce Springsteen out side the Morrison 06 think it was. Nice fella, asked him to sign my hand as had no paper, he just laughed

Ronnie O'Sullivan on numerous occasions, rather sulky like in real life

Tony McCoy, sound
Willie Mullins, Gent

John Major, we chatted about cricket

Harry Redknapp, he apologised to me, lovely fella

Damon Albarn in knotting hill in 2002 think it was, seemed quite a shy fella

Robbie Fowler in a nightclub in Mathew street back in 98. Mad fcuk

and sat next to Ronan Keating on a flight to FARO, was with his ex and their little ginger kid.

Porklife

I met Bono in Dublin Airport. He was queing at the baggage area and my friend insisted we go over. I was/am a huge U2 fan. My (idiot) friend dragged me over and goes.... ehh Mr. Bono... eh Paul.. Mr. Heuston...em.. she thinks Acthung baby is the greatest album of all time. Bono just smiled and said does she now and looked at me. Then he asked me my name and I told him. He said beautiful name, have a safe trip.
He was teeny tiny... we were at eye level with each other. Seemed really lovely and weirdly didn't seem to have a big entourage around him. He was just in the normal baggage area.

Also met Shane MaGowan after hours at a hotel bar. He was drinking a pint of what looked like water but the bartender told us afterwards it was straight gin. I literally couldn't understand a word he said. He just kind of mumbled and cackled and that was about it!

dhaughton99

Jimmy Saville. Nice lad. Died too young.

Stevieluvsye

Porklife wrote: »

I met Bono in Dublin Airport. He was queing at the baggage area and my friend insisted we go over. I was/am a huge U2 fan. My (idiot) friend dragged me over and goes.... ehh Mr. Bono... eh Paul.. Mr. Heuston...em.. she thinks Acthung baby is the greatest album of all time. Bono just smiled and said does she now and looked at me. Then he asked me my name and I told him. He said beautiful name, have a safe trip.
He was teeny tiny... we were at eye level with each other. Seemed really lovely and weirdly didn't seem to have a big entourage around him. He was just in the normal baggage area.

Also met Shane MaGowan after hours at a hotel bar. He was drinking a pint of what looked like water but the bartender told us afterwards it was straight gin. I literally couldn't understand a word he said. He just kind of mumbled and cackled and that was about it!

Actually now that you mention it, i sat roughly 4 feet from Bono and a mate of his about 10 years ago in the beer garden in the Queens, some chat asked him for a photo and he said no he was having a quiet pint

Irish Guitarist

I once saw Ritchie Kavanagh at the counter in Golden Discs.

Thelonious Monk

Richard Dunne, about 3 years ago in Hogan's on George's St. I insisted on speaking to him in fairness, I was fairly loaded, but he turned out to be such a lovely bloke and was telling me about his life in Antibes where I have visited before. Must have spent a good 10 mins talking, much to the chagrin of the girl I was on a date with.

Porklife

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

Actually now that you mention it, i sat roughly 4 feet from Bono and a mate of his about 10 years ago in the beer garden in the Queens, some chat asked him for a photo and he said no he was having a quiet pint

Aw.. sorry to hear he wouldn't let you have a photo but I guess it's fair enough. Nice that he chatted with you though. I froze standing in front of him. I was completely star struck. I think he's a lyrical genius and has the most beautiful voice. I could barely get my name out. My friend kept stumbling over how to address him.. ehh Mr. Paul... Paul... Sir... Bono... Mr. Bono but he just kind of grinned.

Stevieluvsye

Porklife wrote: »

Aw.. sorry to hear he wouldn't let you have a photo but I guess it's fair enough. Nice that he chatted with you though. I froze standing in front of him. I was completely star struck. I think he's a lyrical genius and has the most beautiful voice. I could barely get my name out. My friend kept stumbling over how to address him.. ehh Mr. Paul... Paul... Sir... Bono... Mr. Bono but he just kind of grinned.

No, wasn't me. Some other chap approached him. He was polite though

Your Face

Peter O'Toole

FTA69

Johnny Vegas - was having a pint on my own in the pub I worked in and he came in and we got chatting about Cork. Got totally smashed and had a lock in til 4am. Funniest man I ever met, and I hated his standup actually but brilliant in person.

Roy Keane - from the same estate as him. Met him loads of times as a kid.

Gerry Adams - was in SF for years and had various meetings with him, can be an angry snapping megalomaniac and is far removed from the grandad personality he has now.

Prince Naseem Hamed - met him at Heathrow, he was very close to an old boxing coach of mine. Very funny and friendly man, he’s the size of a house now.

David Meyler - footballer. Used to come to a club I did the door at, a prick to all the staff but chilled enough after we stopped him getting a hiding one night.

Simon Zebo - same club, arrogant swaggering arse but funny and very charming with it too. His dad is lovely.

Simon Pegg - served him in a pub I worked in, came in wearing a disguise. Seemed to have a sick in his arse.

Saoirse Ronan - had a lock in with her in the same pub. Lovely and down to earth. Genuine nice person.

Shane McGowan - was off his face in the Boogaloo in Highgate. Incomprehensible.

Probably a few other ones but can’t remember now.

Porklife

Re Simon Pegg - Seemed to have a sick in his arse.

What does that mean?

Deebles McBeebles

Porklife wrote: »

Re Simon Pegg - Seemed to have a sick in his arse.

What does that mean?

Rectal cancer.

suicide_circus

Porklife wrote: »

Re Simon Pegg - Seemed to have a sick in his arse.

What does that mean?

IAMAMORON

FTA69 wrote: »

Saoirse Ronan - had a lock in with her in the same pub. Lovely and down to earth. Genuine nice person..

Which accent was she using? I have heard so many different ones at this stage.

Did she go for the Dublin inner city wan loike?

Scoundrel

Andy Lee an absolute gentleman very down to earth seemed very genuine chatted away about boxing and various other topics.

Mick McCarthy very witty very funny man stayed chatting to us for about half an hour signed autographs etc couldn't have been nicer.

Jamie Heaslip a complete and total cock.

Ruairí Ó Brádaigh not a celebrity for most people but for someone like me into Irish history etc he was really friendly intelligent genuinely interested in the opinions of others hard to believe a man so mild mannered and pleasant could be such a diehard.

Mad_maxx

Grainne seoige, met her several times

Delightful

Deebles McBeebles

Had the chance to meet more but I only really ever bothered making an effort for one. Ron Thal...can he be classed as famous in these lands?

The_Honeybadger

Met The Hoff in New York years ago, we had a very brief chat about nothing in particular, I got a pic with him and said thanks as I didn’t want to bother him.

Obviously not a huge celeb but I have met Des Bishop many times through a mutual friend. He is fairly quiet in person, not what I expected at all given his gregarious on stage character. Nice fella though

Tammy!

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

Harry Redknapp, he apologised to me, lovely fella.

:pac:

blinding

dhaughton99 wrote: »

Jimmy Saville. Nice lad. Died too young.

Very well connected in his day . He'd give you some inside nae bother !

Porklife

I met Tommy Tiernan at Electric Picnic years ago but couldn't for the life of me tell you what we talked about. I was a bit (a lot) worse for wear and my bf at the time said he had to come over and take me away as Lord knows what I was on about. Apparently Tommy was laughing though so I must have been pretty funny :pac:

JohnnyFlash

FTA69 wrote: »

Gerry Adams - was in SF for years and had various meetings with him, can be an angry snapping megalomaniac and is far removed from the grandad personality he has now.

I’ve heard this from a few people - that there’s something very ‘off’ about him. His twitter persona being all a carefully crafted image he puts out.

Kevin Kilbane is a dead sound skin. Like properly sound.

blinding

Porklife wrote: »

I met Tommy Tiernan at Electric Picnic years ago but couldn't for the life of me tell you what we talked about. I was a bit (a lot) worse for wear and my bf at the time said he had to come over and take me away as Lord knows what I was on about. Apparently Tommy was laughing though so I must have been pretty funny :pac:

There are other alternatives

Mad_maxx

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

I’ve heard this from a few people - that there’s something very ‘off’ about him. His twitter persona being all a carefully crafted image he puts out.

Kevin Kilbane is a dead sound skin. Like properly sound.

It's impossible to not like Kevin kilbane

the beer revolu

Met quite a few over the years through my old job.
Most notable was Edmund Hillary.
Absolute gent.

Ended up drinking with Damo Suzuki (The singer from 70 Krautrock band Can) in Antwerp of an evening. Myself and a friend were asked directions by a couple and we ended up going to the pub with them for a few pints. It was only the next day, I figured out who he was. His girlfriend kept alluding to him being famous but he really didn't want to go there. I only realised next day when I googled him.

I've met a few people who have been on The Simpson's. (proper famous):D
Adam Clayton - used to know his brother years ago and used to sometimes hang out at his house.
Yo La Tengo. Two of the band came drinking with us after a gig in Cork some years ago.

castletownman

Met John O'Shea in Dubrovnik airport a couple of years ago. Really nice fella. Even helped a woman with her pram getting on the shuttle bus. Talked about the upcoming season etc.

Met Shane Lowry in an Irish bar in NYC the night after the final round of this year's PGA. Had heard mixed reviews of what he was like but came across as sound to me as we talked about the Tour and why Keopka was so good. Little did I know he would win the Open a mere couple of months later.

Met Chris Jericho randomly in a hotel in Cork while at a stag a few years ago. Literal chills. Disappointing hand-shake though

So I suppose not many people can claim to have talked to (not just 'met') a Champions League and Premier League winner, WWE champion and golf major winner on their travels.

Gwynplaine

Shaq. Biggest man I have ever seen.

FTA69

Porklife wrote: »

Re Simon Pegg - Seemed to have a sick in his arse.

What does that mean?

Stick up his arse sorry. He was just gruff, and was wearing a deer stalker hat and glasses he looked like a nonce.

It was in a part of the pub reserved for a party and he seemed convinced he was about to be papped or something.

FTA69

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

I’ve heard this from a few people - that there’s something very ‘off’ about him. His twitter persona being all a carefully crafted image he puts out.

Kevin Kilbane is a dead sound skin. Like properly sound.

Adams persona is bullsh*t. Fact, and I’ve seen what he’s really like more than once.

FTA69

IAMAMORON wrote: »

Which accent was she using? I have heard so many different ones at this stage.

Did she go for the Dublin inner city wan loike?

Soft Dublin accent, deffo nothing like Adam and Paul sort of thing.

Captain Havoc

I've met loads through work and I would never talk to them about their job, same as anyone. I had one colleague who got his photo taken with every famous person which I think is very unprofessional.

The two nicest celebs I've ever met are Robert Plant, unbelievably polite man as is Pat Shortt. One person I did end up in a conversation with away from work was Tony Cascarino at the Irish Open poker, which my brother was playing in. I didn't talk about soccer despite being a huge soccer fan. We spoke for five minutes, mostly about my work. Nice man. I don't recall meeting a famous person who was a cnut.

Porklife

FTA69 wrote: »

Stick up his arse sorry. He was just gruff, and was wearing a deer stalker hat and glasses he looked like a nonce.

It was in a part of the pub reserved for a party and he seemed convinced he was about to be papped or something.

That's really disappointing cos he's so funny in interviews and I would have thought he'd be lovely. Shame.

smokingman

Leslie Nielson once gave me a banana.
Brian Dobson got me barred from the bleeding horse.

Stevieluvsye

smokingman wrote: »

Leslie Nielson once gave me a banana.
Brian Dobson got me barred from the bleeding horse.

What did you do on Dobbo?

Porklife

I just remembered years ago Jim Jeffries asked me out! He wasn't that famous at the time. I was wearing a red dress and was in the Bleeding Horse pub. I was with my boyfriend at the time. He walked up to me and said hey red dress, let me buy you a drink. I said.. this is my boyfriend and pointed at my boyfriend and Jim said so what! Haha.. funny.. we then broke up so I bloody wish I had've accepted that drink. I love Jim Jeffries!!

Seanachai

I met John Martyn about ten years ago in Wexford, I got a call at short notice to say he was playing a gig in a hotel. I was steaming drunk in the bar afterwards and I spotted him in the corner, I went over to him and said some unintelligible nonsense and he just reached up and grabbed me in a bear hug and said something unintelligible in a Scottish accent, it was a good night.

Bigbagofcans

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

What did you do on Dobbo?

He went to lob the gob on Dob.

Gwynplaine

FTA69 wrote: »

Adams persona is bullsh*t. Fact, and I’ve seen what he’s really like more than once.

An Alsation with glasses.

valoren

Bigbagofcans wrote: »

He went to lob the gob on Dob.

I remember the headline in The Irish Sun;

DOB SOB AT PUB GOB LOB

FTA69

FTA69 wrote: »

Johnny Vegas - was having a pint on my own in the pub I worked in and he came in and we got chatting about Cork. Got totally smashed and had a lock in til 4am. Funniest man I ever met, and I hated his standup actually but brilliant in person.

Roy Keane - from the same estate as him. Met him loads of times as a kid.

Gerry Adams - was in SF for years and had various meetings with him, can be an angry snapping megalomaniac and is far removed from the grandad personality he has now.

I heard similar before about Gerry. Someone I once knew had met him and Martin McGuinness a number of times and referred to them both as sociopaths.

Stevieluvsye

Deleted User wrote: »

I heard similar before about Gerry. Someone I once knew had met him and Martin McGuinness a number of times and referred to them both as sociopaths.

I suppose people who order the death of others are bound to be a bit nuts

Church on Tuesday

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Rectal cancer.

Or a butt plug.

JohnnyFlash

Can’t believe The Dobbo is anything other than a perfect gentleman. There was a profile piece in one of the Sunday papers last year when he moved from TV to radio. The journalist said she didn’t hear a single negative thing about him from anyone she interviewed - which she said was pretty much unprecedented in as bitchy and sarky an industry as media.

Stevieluvsye

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

I suppose people who order the death of others are bound to be a bit nuts

Well it certainly takes a certain person alright. Now they may engage in psychological gymnastics with themselves in order to do so, for example "freedom fighter" and having a "cause". But still.

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Ian Bailey, if that counts. He sure loves invading personal space and talking about himself.

And Brendan Gleeson, who's lovely altogether.

endofrainbow

Bill Clinton - charismatic
Robbie Fowler (wearing roller skates and a 70's wig) lovely chap
Courtney Kennedy - quite rude
Aidan Gillen - gentleman
Karl Spain - funny phooker
Joe Hanley - quiet guy
Kenny Daglish - couldn't understand a work
Charlie Sheen - before his demons got him
Jack Nicholson - scared the crap out of me

Tammy!

I was at a wedding before when I was around 18 and the cast of Fair City were in the same hotel having a party.

I'll have to ask him and I can't remember how it came about but there was something where my dad was standing at the door of their party almost like a bouncer and messing he told one of them that they weren't allowed in as he didn't recognize them much to their disgust.

smokingman

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

What did you do on Dobbo?

Kept going up to him and asking was he x from rte news over the course of the night. Got it wrong every time (not intentionally) and the drunker I got, the more I tried.
After about 20 attempts, he got the bouncer to kick me out.
Woke up the next morning screaming "Brian ****in Dobson!!"

Gregor Samsa

Slayer met me and my mates once. Walking down O’Connell street years ago (1994?) on our way to Fibbers. Heard a shout from two guys standing outside The Gresham. Turned out to be Tom Araya and Kerry King calling us over for a chat and asking where to hang out. Tom was sound, Kerry was quiet. Think they ended up going to Bruxelles.

storker

Bea Arthur. I was driving a mini-cab in London while between jobs and got a call one night to pick up a party from a local theatre to go to a hotel in the west End. Her and two others. She sat in the front and was very chatty and friendly. I asked her for an autograph for my parents who watched a lot of The Golden Girls at the time and a few weeks later they received an autographed photo. Lovely lady.

lobbylad

Bill Gates & Warren Buffet - at the launch of Windows 95 in Kildare (in 97!!)

Steven Spielberg, Katie Taylor, Bono, Chris De Burgh, Rosanna Davidson, Sally Fields, Daniel Day-Lewis, Sinead O'Connor - all at premier of Lincoln in Dublin

Rio Ferdinand - at a corporate gig in London

Stevie Wonder, Hilary Clinton, Will.i.am - corporate gig in USA

Vint Cerf - co-inventor of TCP/IP and thus the internet, had 2 pints with him in Amsterdam. At the time he was working with NASA/JPL to extend TCP/IP so that it would work with the upcoming Mars rovers.

My parents had a rural Auctioneers, and over the years 2 notable visitors: Mick Fleetwood and David Bowie (I never met them but my father did).