Have you ever met any famous people and what were they like?

AnamGlas · 03-08-2011 04:51PM

Absurdum wrote: »

Amanda Brunker - hawwwt, incredible in the sack, bit rough the next morning

That must have been the morning she performed at Oxegen, no?

Witchie · 03-08-2011 04:53PM

Loads and they were just people.

westendgirlie · 03-08-2011 04:56PM

I had dinner with Brenda Fricker when I was a child. She was my dad's guest of honour. She was really nice, chatted away and laughed along with all our mob like she was part of the family.

Chris P. Bacon · 03-08-2011 04:57PM

Princess Peach wrote: »

Oh we always get famous people in the shop I work too doing book signings. Had Philomena Linnott, very nice, very classy lady. Ryan Tubrity (whose name it took me 5 minutes too remember) VERY energetic and a bit overly friendly and happy, so tall and skinny and very badly dressed but couldn't really say a bad word about him like.

Amanda Brunker too and that girl who won Miss World the other year, Rosanna Davis or something.

Johhny Giles who got a massive crowd. I didn't go to meet him cause I hadn't a clue who he was.

So you work in the book centre then

Princess Peach · 03-08-2011 05:00PM

Chris P. Bacon wrote: »

So you work in the book centre then

Stalk much? :eek:

x_Ellie_x · 03-08-2011 05:03PM

3 or 4 years ago, I was working for an electrical wholesaler and our M.D. was having a meeting with the M.D. from another electrical wholesaler in Scotland. I was chatting to this guy for a while and walked him out to his car. When I was walking back into the job, some of the fellas I worked with told me he was some big premiership footballer from the 90's. I don't follow football so I had no clue who he was. I can't even remember his name anymore but he's probably the biggest celeb I've ever met.

Mary Byrne lives next door to my cousin. My grandfather owned that house before he sold it to my cousin. So I've known her for years. And Mary's daughter Debbie used to work for my sister but my sister had to sack her.

Phill Ewinn · 03-08-2011 05:04PM

Met David Norris's boyfriend when I was 15. Gave me a right pain in the hole.

Chris P. Bacon · 03-08-2011 05:04PM

Princess Peach wrote: »

Stalk much? :eek:

Well you practically named everyone who has signed a book in there in the last year

dpe · 03-08-2011 05:06PM

Loads.

Noel Gallagher - really nice, met him a few times and he remembered me when I ran into him in a pub years later and came over and said hello.
Liam Gallagher - really not nice at all.
Sean Ryder - pissed but hilarious
Johnny Vegas - ditto
John Thompson - my mate got him to phone his missus (this was just after Cold Feet was on) and she wouldn't believe it was him.
Chris Evans (the DJ not the actor), lovely bloke
Michael Parkinson - grumpy old git
Paul Whitehouse, lovely bloke, spent an afternoon with him working on some website stuff, along with
Charlie Higson, who was pretty reserved and didn't really want to know.
Gary Lineker, very pleasant.
Ryan Giggs, quiet but friendly enough.
Jeremy Clarkson (a few times). Raced him in a go-kart!
Former page 3 girl Jo Guest, twice. Second time spent an afternoon with her at the bike show in Birmingham (she was working on the same stand as me). Lovely girl, absolutely tiny. I pinched ciggies off her.
Former F1 driver John Watson, Eddie Jordan and Rubens Barrichello (met them all at the Jordan factory - company I was working for had a sponsorship deal).
Barry Sheene. My childhood hero. One of my Dad's friends was a bike racer and he took me and my brother to meet him. First famous person I ever met.

Lots more but they're the ones that stick in my memory

Oh, and I saw Catherine Zeta-Jones breastfeeding in a restaurant in LA, and Phoebe off Friends was also there (at a different table).

Deise Dolly · 03-08-2011 05:06PM

I met Mariah Carey a few years ago. She was a lot nicer than I thought she would be. People were asking for autographs and her entourage were trying to stop her from signing stuff but she just ignored them.

I met Tariq that used to be in Eastenders years ago last year in Washington. He was nice - very chatty.

Princess Peach · 03-08-2011 05:08PM

Chris P. Bacon wrote: »

Well you practically named everyone who has signed a book in there in the last year

We have 4 shops though.

py2006 · 03-08-2011 05:09PM

Charlton Heston: Shook his hand at a book signing. Stumbled backward off platform and he stood up asking was I ok?

Shane from Westlife: Had to ask his autograph for the gf at the time! (shame)

Roy Keane: Autograph at Old Trafford

Paul Scholes: As above

Silvester Stallone: Didn't meet but he waved at me from his car. Also responded to me indirectly on Twitter.

Fago! · 03-08-2011 05:13PM

Met Frada before.

Timistry · 03-08-2011 05:15PM

I met Pierce Brosnan while he was playing Bond, sound as a pound so he was. real nice and not stuck up. I met most of the munster rugby team who were all savage craic except O' Gara, who is a complete dickhead! Also met Jerry Springer, Cecelia Ahern, Keith Duffy, Michael Flatley and the likes once or twice. All real nice and great to talk to.

gaf1983 · 03-08-2011 05:17PM

Phil Babb, Gary Kelly and Jason McAteer, a few days before they went and drew 0-0 with Liechtenstein. They were looking for a golf course in Limerick city centre.

The puppeteer who does the voice for Oscar the Grouch. When he's off camera, Oscar curses like a sailor, a gas man.

Dermot Morgan, on St Stephen's Day morning a few years before he died. He was pretty hungover but still gave us kids a few autographs and chatted to myself and my cousin about Kevin Moran, John Aldridge and other Irish players who plied their trade in Spain for a while, don't know how we got onto that topic.

I once took a phone call from Stephen Hendry, former World Snooker Champion, but he had dialled the wrong number.

Oh and I met BBC Sport presenter John Inverdale in a pub after the Ireland v England Six Nations match last year.

electrobanana · 03-08-2011 05:19PM

i met mickey pierce from only fools and horses at a party in limerick a few years back smoked a few spliffs with him which i taught was pretty random..nice fella

tallaghtmick · 03-08-2011 05:21PM

I met ray houghton yearssssss ago when he was at villa stood for photos with us.

Mentioned before somewhere I met bill o'herlihy while i was training to be a manager for Dunnes he was bang on.

randomly met Gerard McSorley(john gilligan in veronica guerin)in burdocks in Rathmines and he decided to stare at me,nod and copy my order :pac:

Chris P. Bacon · 03-08-2011 05:23PM

Princess Peach wrote: »

We have 4 shops though.

I was talking about the Waterford city shop,because I remember seeing there pictures in the local papers and a friend went to see Johnny Giles.

hazelhoff · 03-08-2011 05:29PM

Clive Owen
Ray Winston
both really nice
Nikki from westlife (looked pretty hot with a tan and shaved head)
Ciara Knightly, she gawked me and my friends out of it and was a real bitch to the people she was working with, which totally turned me off her. Maybe it was because we were eating hamburgers and she yearned for one. She ie really pretty but even skinnier in real life. So not a fan of her anymore :P

annnnnnnnnnnd loads of people who think their famous not worth mentioning! worst was Spiral tho cause my friend made him look like a king and i wanted to die!

Fago! · 03-08-2011 05:41PM

Was in a film with James McEvoy before. He was in a wheelchair.

Colin Farrell in a pub, seemed sound.m

Brendan O Connor in town, trying not to look famous.

Heavy metal band God Forbid at a cd signing in tower records.

I served David Norris coal when I worked in Dunnes. He's so eccentric.

Talked to Brian Dowling off Big Brother and Brian Kennedy on the radio.

Damien Lewis off Band Of Brothers. Very nice chap.

Eric Cantona did an ad near where I live and I shook his hand.

Lee Evans shook my hand at the end of his comedy gig. sweaty. kinda counts.

Mairead Farrell off Today Fm - ride.

Sharon Ni Bheolean in tesco - ride - nice arse.

Karona · 03-08-2011 05:47PM

Niall Quinn - Used to drink in a pub down the road from me, a very very nice man.

Gary Kelly, - a bit of an asshole, he's from my hometown, so used to see him everywhere.

Ronan Keating - met him in The Balrothery Inn, he was at a private family gathering but still had time for pictures and autographs and chatted for a bit, he was lovely.

Cheryl Cole - I met her backstage at o2 in the park, she was really really nice.

Jamelia - Again I met her backstage at o2 in the park, really really nice, she didnt know how to use the cornetto ice cream cone thing so I did it for her.

Shane Horgan - I met him in Fusion Nightclub in Drogheda, really sound bloke, was chatting to him for most of the night.

Tommy Tiernan - I cant stand the bloke, he is loud and brash.

Twink - Met her when I sang for a play she was in at the national concert hall. She's very up herself.

We Are Scientists - Went drinking with them after one of their gigs, really funny guys.

Rubberlegs · 03-08-2011 05:48PM

Ryan Tubridy, lovely man, bit hyper:D
Philomena Lynott, a lady.
Joey Dunlop, was a true gent
Nell McCafferty, mad as a hatter
Terry Wogan, Mick McCarthy, Ronnie Corbett, all very nice and happy to sign autographs. Ronnie Corbett is tiny:D

pappyodaniel · 03-08-2011 05:58PM

Loads. Most of them are pricks.

yesno1234 · 03-08-2011 05:59PM

hazelhoff wrote: »

Clive Owen
Ray Winston
both really nice
Nikki from westlife (looked pretty hot with a tan and shaved head)
Ciara Knightly, she gawked me and my friends out of it and was a real bitch to the people she was working with, which totally turned me off her. Maybe it was because we were eating hamburgers and she yearned for one. She ie really pretty but even skinnier in real life. So not a fan of her anymore :P

annnnnnnnnnnd loads of people who think their famous not worth mentioning! worst was Spiral tho cause my friend made him look like a king and i wanted to die!

Shaved head on women just doesn't look right really but I suppose your own opinion.

irishgirl19 · 03-08-2011 06:02PM

Bendihorse wrote: »

John Deegan from fair city played by Tommy O'Neill,

Jumped into a taxi in Dublin on way to gig at Marlay park and he was driving, pure sound man, had great craic with him

other people robbing fulltime taxi drivers jobs

summerskin · 03-08-2011 06:04PM

Tom hanks and his wife, alan rickman, gwyneth Paltrow, all of coldplay, jimmy White, benicio del toro, johnny Vegas, Noel Gallagher many times, all lovely.

Lenny Henry, tosser like you would not believe.

Liam gallagher, Jamie Oliver, Gary Barlow and mark Owen all ok-ish.

Also shifted mark Owen's sister Tracy many years ago( we grew up in the same town, my ex used to sit next to mark at school)

Fago! · 03-08-2011 06:12PM

summerskin wrote: »

Liam gallagher, Jamie Oliver, Gary Barlow and mark Owen all ok-ish.

no way, you met boyzone?

Absurdum · 03-08-2011 06:24PM

Best I ever met was Mike Tyson in a New York hotel lobby, I was completely star-struck because he was and is a hero of mine, he was very quiet but polite, I got an autograph and a few pics. I really wanted to ask him if he wanted to have a drink or coffee or something, I could've talked to him forever but alas his entourage decided to get out of there.
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foxinsox · 03-08-2011 06:49PM

My list is a strange mix - in no particular order:

Bono - meh
The Edge - ok bloke
Larry Mullen - was really nice and chatty
Chris De Burgh - meh
Dougie Howser - US actor - played a kid being a doc I think - meh meh
Tom Cruise - nice enough - while filming Far and Away
Nicole Kidman - nice - while filming Far and Away
Eddir Irvine - F1 driver - meh
Simon Climie (sp?) - Climie Fisher - 80's band - nice guy
Neil Jordan - meh
Niall Quinn - lovely bloke chatted away
Pierce Brosnan - nice bloke - while filming Remington Steel
Conrad Gallagher - nice fella
Dave Mc Savage - nice bloke
Twink - actually really nice
Nikki from Westlife - not nice - kinda "do you know who I am" I didn't!
Van Morrison - ugh

Can't remember any more names..

MGMTea · 03-08-2011 07:36PM

Met Kenny Dalglish at a book signing, what a man.

Got to meet Paramore last year at the O2.. Hayley

*swoon*

The cast of Dream Team (Remember them!)

that's it so far.

Have you ever met any famous people and what were they like?

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