Famous people, preconceptions busted/confirmed
Discussion
Flip Martian said:
Carnage said:
Dr Jekyll said:
There was that case years ago when someone was standing in a queue in a shop, taking no particular notice of the bloke in front of her when he span round and said 'Yes, I am Jeffrey Archer', Apparently it didn't occur to her to say 'Jeffrey who?' until it was too late.
I broke down outside his house, en route to visit my dying father. He sent one of his minions to tell me to move.Not a fan.
)Also met:
Cheggers - lovely bloke (and funny too).
Bill Oddie - miserable
Cheryl Baker (Bucks Fizz) - lovely
Doofus said:
nonsequitur said:
Indeed not.
What does surprise me though is when a famous person is described as a 'good bloke', as if we are all expecting a monster.
I know somebody who asked Lewis Collins for his autograph, and he told her to fWhat does surprise me though is when a famous person is described as a 'good bloke', as if we are all expecting a monster.
k off 
Not met many celebs, and those I have have been when they were working, but my experiences are:
Robert Lindsay - arse
Aidan Turner - bit monosyllabic (but apparently happy to have a laugh with joe public from time to time)
Michael Portillo - a bit bossy and self entitled, but quite professional when doing his railway series
Jonathan Dimbleby - nice enough but not as bright as I'd expected (his film crew were quite rude about - but clearly fond of - him)
Monkman and Seagull (are they celebs yet?) - utterly delightful. Shy, disarming and more interested in everything around them than in themselves. Also, clearly have a great rapport and enjoy taking the pi$$ out of each other off camera
Prince Edward - professional plaque-unveiler (and extremely good at it, too). No sense of there being a person in there
The Fragrant Mary Archer - pleasant enough and very sharp, but a bit entitled and used to having the universe arranged around her.
An ex-colleague had previously worked as a floor manager for the BBC, so had loads of entertaining stories. Particularly memorable are those concerning Bill Bailey (as nice as you would hope) and Dylan Moran (exactly as you'd expect).
Chris Evans - Genuinely nice bloke who isn’t the cocky arse he sometimes appears to be on TV. Comes across as extremely intelligent and highly astute in normal conversation which probably explains his otherwise unfathomable success.
Steve “Love the show” Wright. Very strange. I think he has “issues” of some description, just not sure what. It’s like he was in a different time zone or something.
Steve “Love the show” Wright. Very strange. I think he has “issues” of some description, just not sure what. It’s like he was in a different time zone or something.
Crossflow Kid said:
Chris Evans - Genuinely nice bloke who isn’t the cocky arse he sometimes appears to be on TV. Comes across as extremely intelligent and highly astute in normal conversation which probably explains his otherwise unfathomable success.
In a professional capacity I have been lead to believe he is an absolute arse who will crap on you once you have served a purpose.
Dermot O'Logical said:
Sadly, my own brush with fame was spending a long time chatting to Paul Warwick at a charity karting event. Top bloke, walking away with the British F3000 Championship at the time, and talking to a couple of F1 teams about the following season. He was killed at Oulton Park a fortnight later.
I was stood in front of that when it happened.Do you listen to podcasts? Try his brother Derek’s on this week’s beyond the grid, he totally breaks down when talking about him.
Poor bloke.
Jimmy Savile. Wasn't keen. Was expecting him to keep doing that eugheugheugh thing but no, just 'now then' every other sentence. Quick on the draw in conversation which I never thought anything of at the time but now see in a wholly different light.
Gillian Taylforth, at a charity dinner in the aftermath of that thing on the A1, pleasant & chatty, signed dozens of autographs for the fans with the patience of a saint while her gangster boyfriend simmered beside her.
Joe Mangle - can't remember the guy's name irl, at a party. Was a moody arse.
Roy Greenslade, used to pop in the pub on occasion, immensely interesting guy, whip smart intellect.
Gaz Coombes, used to come to same pub now & then, never accompanied by fewer than 50 of his closest pals which used to piss the regulars off.
Simon Day, miserable bks of a man. In hindsight, I understand he was struggling with addiction, a quick peek at his Twitter suggests he's still a miserable bks.
John Leslie. Friend of mine met him in a bar, he took her bag & refused to give it back until she agreed to go back to his with him. She refused repeatedly, eventually told him to keep it & walked out. Bumped into us in the next bar, understandably upset. Five of us out on the beers went back, found him & made things clear (we're no hard men by any means but numbers etc.) He gave it back & claimed it was all a laugh. nothing would surprise me with him.
Chris Ramsay, a warm, likeable guy the few times I've bumped into him.
Dennis Davis - Bowie & Stevie Wonder's studio drummer. I met him in Ronnie Scott's. Really lovely man, generous with his time, happy to tell scurrilous tales of the heyday, genuinely sorry to hear he passed a couple of years back.
Gillian Taylforth, at a charity dinner in the aftermath of that thing on the A1, pleasant & chatty, signed dozens of autographs for the fans with the patience of a saint while her gangster boyfriend simmered beside her.
Joe Mangle - can't remember the guy's name irl, at a party. Was a moody arse.
Roy Greenslade, used to pop in the pub on occasion, immensely interesting guy, whip smart intellect.
Gaz Coombes, used to come to same pub now & then, never accompanied by fewer than 50 of his closest pals which used to piss the regulars off.
Simon Day, miserable b
ks of a man. In hindsight, I understand he was struggling with addiction, a quick peek at his Twitter suggests he's still a miserable bks.John Leslie. Friend of mine met him in a bar, he took her bag & refused to give it back until she agreed to go back to his with him. She refused repeatedly, eventually told him to keep it & walked out. Bumped into us in the next bar, understandably upset. Five of us out on the beers went back, found him & made things clear (we're no hard men by any means but numbers etc.) He gave it back & claimed it was all a laugh. nothing would surprise me with him.
Chris Ramsay, a warm, likeable guy the few times I've bumped into him.
Dennis Davis - Bowie & Stevie Wonder's studio drummer. I met him in Ronnie Scott's. Really lovely man, generous with his time, happy to tell scurrilous tales of the heyday, genuinely sorry to hear he passed a couple of years back.
Stormzy - A very level headed, humble gentleman. Doesn't court publicity like some others I could mention in his industry and does a lot for others less fortunate than himself that most of us will never know of. Amazingly talented too.
A likeable young man with a very bright future ahead of him. I wish him well.
A likeable young man with a very bright future ahead of him. I wish him well.
Spumfry said:
Overtook Jason Plato on the A34, and he didn't ram me off the road in retaliation.
So, preconception busted.
I met him at Knockhill race track, an autograph signing event had been arranged, all the other drivers did it but despite the fact that people had been waiting for him for ages he just stomped off in a huff. He came across as an arrogant tSo, preconception busted.
t.My sister worked at the Edinburgh commonwealth games as a helper for the athletes, she was allocated to Daley Thompson, she said he was an arrogant, rude, unappreciative, t
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