Famous people, preconceptions busted/confirmed
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I haven't met really anyone 'a list' but I did spend the opening night in a bar in Cardiff where I think they must have paid or bribed some local 'celebs' to turn up.
About half of 'Goldie Lookin' Chain' seem nothing like they do when they're performing, this was at the height of their 15 mins and they were very quiet blokes having a laugh between themselves.
Daniel Bedingfield I think his moment was largely over by then, he seemed bored and shy because he arrived on his own and it took about 30 mins for his mate to turn up.
Dirty Sanchez, are exactly like they are on TV, which is to say VERY IRRITATING.
Charlotte Church 'voice of an angel(tm)' mouth like a Docker - about 4ft tall, with an ego the size of Wales and a very s
tty attitude, Her Mum is the same only worse.
About half of 'Goldie Lookin' Chain' seem nothing like they do when they're performing, this was at the height of their 15 mins and they were very quiet blokes having a laugh between themselves.
Daniel Bedingfield I think his moment was largely over by then, he seemed bored and shy because he arrived on his own and it took about 30 mins for his mate to turn up.
Dirty Sanchez, are exactly like they are on TV, which is to say VERY IRRITATING.
Charlotte Church 'voice of an angel(tm)' mouth like a Docker - about 4ft tall, with an ego the size of Wales and a very s
tty attitude, Her Mum is the same only worse. 
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Vincefox said:
Flying Toilet said:
Vincefox said:
A big hero of mine, pleased to hear this. Comes across very genuine on tv, suspected he is.
Yep, I tweeted him asking him if he would be at his shop when we went to Cali for our honeymoon.He DM'd me and asked me what day and time was best and he would make sure he would be there.
Met him, got a full tour and grabbed a coke at the deli next to his shop, amazing man, so humble.
Made quite the impression as we named our son Chip!
I was talking to an elderly American gent about Mustangs. I'd just ordered a new one and he had a GT500.
Chip heard what we were talking about and came over to join in the conversation and gave us all the details about the problems he'd had over the Foose Stallion.
He spent about 15 minutes talking to us and was happy for his PA to take a picture of us with him. He also signed a few bits and pieces that people bought in his shop.
Roo said:
He happened to be there when we were doing a tour of his shop.
I was talking to an elderly American gent about Mustangs. I'd just ordered a new one and he had a GT500.
Chip heard what we were talking about and came over to join in the conversation and gave us all the details about the problems he'd had over the Foose Stallion.
He spent about 15 minutes talking to us and was happy for his PA to take a picture of us with him. He also signed a few bits and pieces that people bought in his shop.
Just gets better I was talking to an elderly American gent about Mustangs. I'd just ordered a new one and he had a GT500.
Chip heard what we were talking about and came over to join in the conversation and gave us all the details about the problems he'd had over the Foose Stallion.
He spent about 15 minutes talking to us and was happy for his PA to take a picture of us with him. He also signed a few bits and pieces that people bought in his shop.
Out in Wolverhampton one midweek before Christmas in the '90's and bumped into the Wolves team on their Xmas jolly. Shook Geoff Thomas's hand outside a club. He was stfaced and I think he must have fell over as he was nursing a cut to his face. Thoroughly nice chap!
Went inside only to see my sister with Don Goodman trying to pull her!
"Been trying all night", she said...
These are the calibre of 'celebs' we see in Wolves.
tfaced and I think he must have fell over as he was nursing a cut to his face. Thoroughly nice chap! Went inside only to see my sister with Don Goodman trying to pull her!
"Been trying all night", she said...
These are the calibre of 'celebs' we see in Wolves.
Ganglandboss said:
A few years ago, I worked at UMIST. We used to drink in the Students' Union bar quite a lot. A group of us were going out after work and as usual, we started there. There was a bloke at the next table; he was very tall and slim, with a shaved head, and was wearing a frilly shirt and leather trousers. It is not unusual to see flamboyantly dressed people in an SU bar,
Fairly odd to see anyone flamboyantly dressed in the UMIST bar IME, awkward looking engineers mostly (I was a regular). Bradgate said:
Zara Phillips - very normal, down to earth horsey person. Absolutely no airs or graces whatsoever, you would never know she was royal. Everyone in eventing calls her 'Zara' , there is definitely no forelock tugging or bowing. She is now such a familiar face around the sport that nobody takes much notice of her really, she is just another competitor.
Used to see her around Clifton Village quite a lot, and know a few people who move in her circles, including 1 guy who was at her wedding to Tindall. By all accounts she is one of very few royals who spurns all the role privileges e.g. cars, protection officers etc. I really hope she doesn't look like her mum when she's older.
Spent a few days with Paulo Maldini (we were both guests on a private yacht) when he was still the Italian national football captain. This would have been around 2000 or so. Very humble, very polite, with a marvellously unassuming wife and a remarkably un-brattish young son. Although he inadvertantly made me feel short, fat, ugly and a bit of a failure. So, swings and roundabouts really.
Matthew Pinsent. Huge bloke, even bigger bellend. A polite hello (when passing in a hotel corridor) was met with a total blank. Complete lack of acknowledgement. Exactly the same treatment was then dished out to a colleague a short while later. Heard similar from others who have met him.
Interestingly have heard from two separate sources who both worked at the BBC that Peter Andre was, quite simply, the most genuine and friendly celebrity they had ever encountered, and was an absolute gentleman to everyone he met.
Matthew Pinsent. Huge bloke, even bigger bellend. A polite hello (when passing in a hotel corridor) was met with a total blank. Complete lack of acknowledgement. Exactly the same treatment was then dished out to a colleague a short while later. Heard similar from others who have met him.
Interestingly have heard from two separate sources who both worked at the BBC that Peter Andre was, quite simply, the most genuine and friendly celebrity they had ever encountered, and was an absolute gentleman to everyone he met.
Nicko Mcbrain the drummer from Iron Maiden.
He was best man at a friends wedding and was pretty much as you would expect i.e monumentally pi££ed but could still play when they took over the wedding band's set.
His wife got smashed the night before the wedding and threw up in the church.
He was best man at a friends wedding and was pretty much as you would expect i.e monumentally pi££ed but could still play when they took over the wedding band's set.
His wife got smashed the night before the wedding and threw up in the church.
Davey S2 said:
Nicko Mcbrain the drummer from Iron Maiden.
He was best man at a friends wedding and was pretty much as you would expect i.e monumentally pi££ed but could still play when they took over the wedding band's set.
His wife got smashed the night before the wedding and threw up in the church.
He was best man at a friends wedding and was pretty much as you would expect i.e monumentally pi££ed but could still play when they took over the wedding band's set.
His wife got smashed the night before the wedding and threw up in the church.
Rock and roll!Ali2202 said:
David Coulthard was easily the most down-to-earth famous person I've met.
I met him at the Italian GP in the regular GA area - he was happy to hang around and chat to British fans with Jake Humphrey. Both very friendly. They could have made their apologies but they stood around for about 10-15 minutes talking about the race and what they expected.Met Damon Hill at a track day. Very nice chap.
Hung out with Electric Six after their gig in Nottingham a few years back. Ended up at a lock-in with them. That was a good night!
Met the guys from Tragedy: All metal trinbute to the Bee Gees and beyond at one of their gigs - awesome band. Got a signed drumstick.
Similar, but back before The Darkness were big. My friend ended up going out with Dan Hawkins for a bit. They were OK. Just a few guys in a band having fun. I hear Justin ended up drowning in his own arse-sunshine once they got massive.
Hung out with Electric Six after their gig in Nottingham a few years back. Ended up at a lock-in with them. That was a good night!
Met the guys from Tragedy: All metal trinbute to the Bee Gees and beyond at one of their gigs - awesome band. Got a signed drumstick.
Similar, but back before The Darkness were big. My friend ended up going out with Dan Hawkins for a bit. They were OK. Just a few guys in a band having fun. I hear Justin ended up drowning in his own arse-sunshine once they got massive.
Helps if you know you are talking to,
I worked on the bar at Manchester airport some years ago, one afternoon some american guys came in, most of the group sat down, one guy sits at the bar, we chat, I ask him what he did and he said he was a musician, I kept getting distracted serving but we chat for a bit, mainly me going on about about wanting to go to America, anyway, his flight is due so off he goes, bids me farewell and he and his mates go for the plane.
A few weeks later I am watching a documentary on BBC2 and see my musician mate, or a very good doppelgänger, his name was apparently Lou Reed.
I worked on the bar at Manchester airport some years ago, one afternoon some american guys came in, most of the group sat down, one guy sits at the bar, we chat, I ask him what he did and he said he was a musician, I kept getting distracted serving but we chat for a bit, mainly me going on about about wanting to go to America, anyway, his flight is due so off he goes, bids me farewell and he and his mates go for the plane.
A few weeks later I am watching a documentary on BBC2 and see my musician mate, or a very good doppelgänger, his name was apparently Lou Reed.
BigBen said:
Ganglandboss said:
A few years ago, I worked at UMIST. We used to drink in the Students' Union bar quite a lot. A group of us were going out after work and as usual, we started there. There was a bloke at the next table; he was very tall and slim, with a shaved head, and was wearing a frilly shirt and leather trousers. It is not unusual to see flamboyantly dressed people in an SU bar,
Fairly odd to see anyone flamboyantly dressed in the UMIST bar IME, awkward looking engineers mostly (I was a regular). Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff