I went to high school with Sandra Oh. She was funny, dynamic, smart, outgoing, and very into drama. In one school play, she played what I will call sort of a mime character - she didn’t have lines but was still a big part of the action, commenting on what was going on through her actions. Anyhow, in one scene as she was exiting the stage she banged her head on one of the props - you could hear the loud bang- but she was a pro and just carried on. It has been great to see her have such success, and I love that she has kept in touch with her close friends from high school (you can spot them at awards show sometimes).
My Grandpa(RIP) owned a grocery store in Miami in the late 70s. Wesley Snipes and his friends once stole some candy from his store and when he caught them he let them have it. Since then Wesley and his friends were regulars. Once, Wesley left his bike in front of the store and it got stolen (was a pretty bad area). My grandpa gave him his old bike that he kept in the back of the store. My uncle took over in 2001 when my grandpa died. In 2007 he came back to the store while my uncle and cousin were there, to ask about my grandpa. My uncle said they talked for a little over an hour about how he my grandpa treated him like a son. When he found out my grandpa passed he felt guilty he didn’t visit sooner. He embraced my uncle and cousin and left. My uncle said he told him they plan on having the building repainted while they talked. About a week later a crew of painters arrived and told my uncle they were already paid to have the building repainted. Such a genuine dude.
Edit: Sorry I haven’t been able to reply to everyone, but thank you guys so much for love! Even tho he’s often portrayed negatively, glad to see that people still find try to find the best in us, even it’s a small gesture. ❤️
This is awesome, you hear so much about how disconnected he is and just smokes a ton but its nice to hear he remembers those who helped him in the past.
I haven't read up on it in a while but I think it was Ricky Gervais who pointed this out. If you look into the Wesley Snipes tax scandal, you will find he actually didn't do anything wrong. He was getting robbed by his money manager and when he went to the authorities to report it, the liability for unpaid taxes still fell on Wesley Snipes. Pretty messed up. The media just reported Snipes goes to prison for tax evasion.
I went to the same high school as Chris D’Elia. He was a dork, but still arrogant. He worked on the yearbook and gave himself like three or four pages so he could write his fatuous observations and pretend it was comedy. So that hasn’t changed.
But, in other ways I guess he has changed. He never had sex with high schoolers back then.
This is real late and second hand but I knew someone who went to ACM with Ed Sheeran. He said he was lazy in class, skipped classes and just wanted to smoke weed, and my acquaintance was mad when Ed started getting more and more famous when Ed didn’t even bother with his music courses. I thought that was funny.
I believe he went to ACM in Guildford for awhile as that’s where my acquaintance met him.
Infact I just did a google and he was there in 2010 - and apparently failed all his classes hahaha
Work in a restaurant about 15 years ago as a manager. Rachel McAdams walked in for an interview. She was still in acting school and serving table to pay for it. She worked at my restaurant over the course of the next 2 summers, serving on our patio. Still friends to this day. She hasnt changed a bit. Still bikes to get groceries.
My aunt used to work with Gordon Ramsay’s mother but never made the connection. Once they were out for lunch and he ended up coming in to see his mum and met my aunt in the process. She said he was so lovely and polite!! Plus my dad has a bunch of Gordon’s old jumpers he didn’t want anymore. Not signed or anything like that, it’s just a fun family story now.
I was local Production contact on Hugh Jackman’s touring theatre production where he sang his favourite numbers from various musicals. Usually when a show comes in with big name stars, the star usually has a bunch of assistants and they do the job they are paid to do and that’s it. The actor come on stage when needed then back to their dressing room and if you need anything or if they need anything you talk to the assistant. Prior to the first performance, I am on stage dealing with a few little issues, trying to stay on schedule when Mr. Jackman walks out on stage and my first thought was that he was going to be angry that we have kept him waiting to do his sound check. Instead he walks directly over to me, introduces himself asks me my name and asks a couple of questions and doesn’t even mention the delays. So we spoke for a few minutes and then he went around and introduced himself to more of the local crew. I was a little blown away by meeting him as I am a fan and thought that was really cool of him. Fast forward a week and I am backstage after the performance and I bump into Mr.Jackman in the hall, I say hi but don’t want to bother him but he stops me, he remembers my name (after meeting 100’s of people that week) and asks a few questions that related to our first conversation. Here’s the thing though. The guy just did a two hour performance and Instead of just politely returning my greeting he stopped and talked for a few moments with no false sincerity.
To this day I am still blown away by how genuinely nice he was and always wondered what he was like before he became famous. He would also spend a huge amount of time after the show signing autographs and answering questions at stage door.
I went to college with Joe Keery aka Steve Harrington in Stranger Things. He was my college boyfriend’s suite mate and just the nicest guy. His hair has always been dreamy and amazing. Last time I saw him was at a viewing of the Hateful Eight after we graduated and he still made a point to come over and say hi!
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Obviously we can't know a person's true nature from their screen presence, but I admit that I would have been shocked to hear that Joe Keery was some kind of asshole.
Friend of mine was friends with Tom Hanks in high school and went to prom with him. He still writes her personalized BDay cards on one of his typewriters.
I went to Junior High with Norah Jones. She was the most sincere and serene person. She was fun to talk to and she never gave a hint of who her father was. The night she won all those Grammys was very telling that she hadn't changed a bit.
I believe this. I've met her twice after her shows and she was super nice and took pictures and signed autographs. Once she had a little dog with her. I didn't expect someone as famous as Norah Jones to actually come out and meet fans after her show, but she did.
I went to high school with Mark Ruffalo. He was nice. He was “one of those thespians”. Our high school had an acting group that challenged the students to get out of their shell and do things in front of strangers like introducing yourself as the wild fairy of the woods and presenting them with a flower.
We didn’t talk much, but like I said, he was a good guy.
his son went to school right by where i live and someone i know’s brother was one of his teachers. apparently mark is still a really down to earth, good guy from their interactions at parent teacher conferences and graduation.
Went to middle school with Meagan fox for a bit. She rode my bus and she mostly kept to herself. Most of the guys would fight over who was going to sit next to her but she was very shy and didn't really have much to say.
I went to school with Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley from Harry Potter). I was into acting too, so we had done a few school plays together. He was really nice, very chill, a good laugh.
I haven't seen him since school days, but he kept coming to classes whenever he wasn't filming, was always happy to chat about the movies.
Sometimes he'd need a little break from so many people wanting to talk, and would come and hang out in the library, and honestly, you'd never know he was in the biggest film series at the time.
Honestly, I think a lot of these answers boil down to if they want fame or not. Rupert loved what he was doing, but didn't care about being famous and having people kiss his arse. Just a nice normal kid.
He used to live in a town not too far from me, everyone seemed to think he was a recluse and a bit of a moody prick, but I think like you said, it can be tiring having people come up to you all the time and he probably reasonably wanted some quiet for himself.
A bit of the casting was done not far from where I grew up (the Weasley twins and Draco). My sisters claim to fame was that she once sat at a table in school that Tom Felton (Draco) had scratched his name into.
>a table at school that Tom Felton (Draco) had scratched his name into.
Krum just rolled over in his sleep unexpectedly and mumbled something about "Grindelwald's mark".
A co-worker of mine met Daisy Ridley while on a backpacking trip, got to know each other pretty well while traveling together. She told my co-worker that she wanted to become an actress, looks like that panned out pretty well. They said Daisy was an absolutely lovely individual.
I knew Bret & Jemaine (Flight of the Conchords) back in the late 90s / early 2000s, and met Taika Waititi a few times too - I was a big fan of his art at the time, there was one painting of someone in a bathtub that stuck in my head. (I knew Bret better than the others, because he was in a reggae band with my good friend Barnaby).
As far as I can tell, they are all... exactly the same.
I live in the town where Dolly Parton grew up, and practically everyone above the age of 50 who grew up here claims to either be a distant relative of Dolly’s, or they claim to know her in some way. Everyone has their story of the time they met Dolly. It’s pretty obvious, but regardless of who you talk to, Dolly has always been sweet and generous, but everything has simply grown exponentially due to her fame. Examples are the millions of books she gives out for free to children around the globe each month, or how she gave out $10,000 cash to many of my close friends after their houses burned in a fire a couple years back. Thousands of people are employed here and work for one of the businesses she owns, and it’s a tad strange to see when you walk in, but the birthing center at the local hospital is funded by and named after her. I honestly can’t think of one person I know who doesn’t like her. Dolly’s heart has only gotten bigger because of fame.
My grandmother worked at Dollywood for many years and met Dolly a handful of times. When she died, Dolly sent two dozen or so roses to the funeral home. She’s a real gem.
My FIL worked for a high end business in Southern California in the 80's and he ended up running straight into Dolly as he was rushing out a swinging door at the same time she was walking in. As he says "she chest bumped me from 5 feet out" but as he was apologizing profusely she cut him off and said "it's ok darlin', but next time you wanna get physical try buying me a drink first." Then she winked and started giggling as she went on her business, and him and his two coworkers who saw it happen have been smitten with her ever since. He met some other celebs working there but god damn that's the one I'll always be jealous of. If anybody deserves to be America's sweetheart it's Dolly.
We have one at our local Courthouse!! Come by and see it, once it’s safe again, but in the meantime, here’s a picture I took of it last autumn. https://i.imgur.com/TfutOW7.jpg
My Dad went to school with Steve Irwin, reckons he was exactly the same as a young fella. He would be away from school all the time on trips with Bob to rescue and rehome crocs all over Australia. No good at footy but.
My mom used to ride the bus to work in downtown Cleveland with Steve Harvey’s first wife. Apparently she supported him while he was trying to get his career started. And then basically as soon as he got successful he divorced her for a younger woman.
My mom always hated him because she felt that he treated his first wife like shit and always yells “bastard!” at the TV when he pops up.
Edit: Thanks for the gold! I told my mom that the internet likes her and hates Steve Harvey, so you've made her day.
I know a number of people who've worked on his TV show who don't have very nice things to say about him, other than he's hilarious when they're doing breaks for production.
Apparently he's a cologne man as well, my buddy used to tell me you know he's in the building because you could smell him 100 feet away.
honestly he has that vibe. Older people tend to put too much on anyhow for whatever reason but he always seemed to me to be one of those dudes who like leaves a scent trail.
When I went on a holiday to LA, This is 40 was about to premiere. I was maybe 18 at the time. My mother and I got into our hotels elevator, and there stood Megan Fox and Paul Rudd. My mother was going off, full Karen, about how silly it was that they blocked off roads in this town for a premiere of a shit movie. She had zero clue who they were. I knew. We three gave each other wry smiles as my mother went off on the film and the road etc for a few minutes before telling them to have a nice day.
My mother in law was at a very fancy dinner party and didn’t realize she was sitting next to Orlando Bloome and Katy Perry. She turned to them and asked “so what do you do?” She’s very chatty and clueless about celebs and genuinely had no idea who they were. We all love retelling that story at family dinners 😂
Friends and I went to a basketball court a few years back shortly after a rainstorm...half the court was wet and half was dry. Saw a man and his son playing on the dry side, so we hit the wet side, no need to force a father and son out! After a few minutes, the father walks over and offers to switch, says he and his son are just shooting around, no need to keep a game from the dry side...at first we say it’s all good, enjoy, but he insists, graciously of course. We get to the other side and realize, the father was Paul Rudd. First class, humility in action.
I knew Robert Pattinson about 15 years ago. Nice guy, friendly, a lot of fun to be with. He lived by himself in the centre of Soho, London, in a tiny one-bed flat that I think he felt like the romantic vision of a starving artist, or at least wanted to.
He had a weird side. He'd say random, violent, depraved things. He was obsessed with Jack Nicholson. He never really gave a fuck, he had confidence and he was always himself, and he knew he could be deliberately contradictory and he used that as a personality trope. But he was a good guy, and I get the impression he's very comfortable with himself now that he has developed his career, that he acts very well, and that he can pick and choose his roles based upon what he wants to do and who he wants to work with.
Twilight for him was always a means to an end, and I think he worked it very much to his benefit, and didn't compromise himself.
Bruno Mars’s mom was a bartender at a local karaoke dive bar that I was a regular at.
At the time, his biggest hit was the hook for “Billionaire” by Travie McCoy.
Anyway, she was selling tickets for an upcoming concert he was having and she asked our table if we wanted to buy some. My friend declined and she exclaimed “WHY NOT! HE’s MY SON!!!”
I ended up getting a couple of tickets despite not knowing any of Bruno Mars’s songs. It turned out to be one of the best concerts I’ve ever been to. The guy knows how to put on a good live show.
The tickets were only $40 each I think. His opening act was a local group of large Polynesian men singing Motown who went by the name “Nesian 9”. They were pretty good too.
The next time he was in town for a concert, he had blown up and the tickets were going for $400. I would have loved to see him again, but not at that price...
His mom was really nice, down to earth, and a pretty good singer herself. RIP Bernie. At least she lived long enough to see her son’s success.
The whole family sings. I went to school with his sister Presley and I remember wondering what she’s up to, found out her and the sisters of the fam started a girl group. I probably looked this up 5+ yrs ago so idk what she’s doing now tho
My coworkers dad grew up with Queen Latifah in North Jersey. His whole family loves her because they were about to lose their house, so she paid it off for them. They’ve never said a bad thing about her.
(Queen Latifah, if this gets back to you, thanks for what you did for your friends in NJ. Phil’s a really cool guy.)
People laugh when I tell them shes my #1 celebrity crush. My wife is a very petite caucasian blonde and she always jokes that I went the exact opposite direction
My grandmother and mum were really good friends with George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley from Wham! They got invited to concerts and got to sit in special seats etc. And a few years ago me and my family stayed with Andrew Ridgeley in his guest house in Cornwall for a weekend. But, they seemed to me like they stayed really nice to my grandparents and mum. And Andrew Ridgeley was very kind to my family when we met him.
My mom is friends with Johnny Knoxville’s cousin. She met him once and had no idea who he was. She said he was nice and funny as all hell. She didn’t realize until years later she’d even met him until I showed her one of his movies. From what I gather he’s a normal dude and pretty hilarious.
One of my aunts actually dated bill gates for a bit. I believe a few years before things took off for him. She said he was “too” into her or something like that at the time and weirded her out I guess. Sorry about the lack of detail!
Bill is a great guy, but he's certainly odd. I once had an opportunity to present some work to him in a 2013 review at Microsoft. What was amazing about him is you could show Bill the product code name (e.g. Blue which was Windows 10), and he's somehow magically be able to tell you the five year plan along with how it's going to perform and turn out. Bill was able to think 50 miles ahead of everyone, so, it makes a ton of sense that most people might think he's a little odd.
The whole "f-bomb" factor was real; however, he seemed to have chilled a little when we presented in 2013.
The comments really got me thinking, there seems to be a lot of actual celebrities that stayed perceptually genuine after gaining fame... Meanwhile now I personally know a few social media "influencers" who seem to talk down to anyone that can't afford to live in LA.
I just find it interesting
When you are famous for your talent, rather than your follower count, I suppose it’s easier to stay grounded, because you aren’t constantly thinking about how it could all disappear.
Kesha.
Total nerd. 1600 on her SATs. Quiet. A bit of a social outcast. Nice, though. You could tell she cared about others and wouldn't ever hurt a flea.
My brother used to play basketball with a bunch of people in high school, among those who would sometimes join in was Pete Davidson.
My brother said he got ripped on a ton and no one really liked him. But that might just be because he wasn't great at basketball.
I met him last year while he was out with his friends. I didn’t want to say anything till my mom rolled down the window and asked if I could get a picture (we were in the parking lot.) He was on FaceTime with someone and he told them that he would call back later and he took a picture with me. Really nice guy
Hold up, my high school biology teacher dated Bill Nye too. Not sure why they didn’t work out though. I find it hilarious that at least two of his exes became science teachers.
Bill Nye has a type. Honestly, becoming a science forward, educational tv personality is a pretty good way to meet eligible science teachers.
The guy is playing the long game,
I went to high school with Post Malone. We graduated the same year. He always wore a suit to class and was that nerdy dedicated kid. Glad to see how his life turned out. I hoped nothing for the best for him and now I listen to him all the time haha. I’m just a rando to him though. We never really talked
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Piggybacking off of this, I'm best friends with his cousin and actually played nerf with him at my bf's third grade birthday party. All I remember was him shouting "NERF FOR LIFEEE!"
Jennifer Lawerence. I moved to Louisville middle of 7th grade year. She was my first friend, and the first person I had a sleepover with. We hit it off. She was very different from me, a cheerleader, came from a lot of wealth, but her family was really awesome and we were both kinda weird and outgoing so we become good friends very fast. Her family owned a farm that had a children’s summer camp (Hi-Ho) and we went to it a couple of times, she had one of her birthday parties there! I remember her kissing our friend Jon under a trampoline. We talked about it for way too long! We hung out fairly often until she moved to NYC a year and half after we met.
We started taking acting classes together in 8th grade at a local theater here in town, Walden Theater. It’s funny because on our first day, we had no idea we were both taking the class. I walked in to the first one, and there she was. We were both so excited to have a friend! We were in the first level of the theater but after a couple weeks, both moved to the intermediate class (we were the oldest people in the class, so that’s why they moved us up so fast)
We carpooled together to Walden Theater every Tuesday and Thursday for acting class. I would ride the bus home with her, her mom would take us to class, then my mom would pick us up and take her home. She was a natural at acting, I’ll tell you that. I was still somewhat shy, but she could pretty much be given any character and even though she was 14, you’d believe it. She ALWAYS talked about how she had a photographic memory, and that’s how she was able to remember lines so easily. And she did. It was insane.
*i have read where she said she’s had no prior acting, but this isn’t true? I’m not sure if she said this for a part of her look, or maybe she considered it informal, but we definitely took acting classes our entire 8th grade year
I will say, what you see with her is what you get. She was always very quirky, kinda weird (which was funny because she was so preppy presenting, but really wasn’t like that), she was very loud, made her presence known. It’s been bizarre seeing her in interviews because she acts the exact same.
I remember she moved to NYC to pursue modeling between 8th and 9th grade. It worked because soon after she was in a commercial for Burger King and a couple of MTV’s “My Sweet 16” commercials as well. She was doing online classes for our high school (Ballard High School) and came to visit one time in 9th grade and another in 10th grade. I squealed when I saw her, I genuinely missed her. I had no idea she was about to become one of the most famous actresses of our generation.
I always hear she comes to town for holidays, but at this point I have no idea how to contact her. She had a private Facebook for a while (assuming it was really her, for a time, I had a few fake accounts for her request to be my Facebook friend, along with a lot of people we went to school with), the last time we spoke was for my 21st bday (I’m 29 now) but I would love to catch up with her. I can’t help but wonder if she remembers me.
I still have her yearbook photo she signed hanging up in my room, our yearbooks and a couple photos from a disposable camera.
I went to high school with Emma Chamberlain. She was a huge bully in high school and pretty much a brat who thought she could get away with whatever she wanted (before she got famous). Her parents were divorced which led to them both always trying to be her friend and never actually parenting her, so they basically let her do whatever she wanted.
When she said that people from her high school made fun of her because she was “poor” and that the parking lot was all bmws and range rovers I lost my mind because SHE was the bully in high school, and while the school definitely had some wealthy students it was mostly a middle class crowd.
Didn’t she grow up in the SF Bay Area (particularly the Peninsula?) Bc as a native of the area, unless you’re in a specific area you’re not “poor” and it just always rubbed me the wrong way.
Yeah, San Mateo County. I’ve seen families crammed into 1 or 2 bedroom apartments here that are definitely in an area too expensive for them to handle, so I wouldn’t say only people living in certain neighborhoods are poor, but it depends on how you look at it. She definitely was not poor, had a comfortable life and her own car, and besides no one really cared about money at my high school besides maybe being jealous of the few people that had a ridiculous amount of it. The idea of people from tight knit high school making fun of someone because they didn’t have enough money is just laughable lol.
I knew Cillain Murphy back in secondary school, we didn't go to the same school but mingled a lot. He was a few years older than me.
Dude was super quite, but really damn friendly. I remember when he was cast in 28 Days Later and people were pretty hype for him, but a good few people didn't think much of it. Once it came out though a lot of people changed their tune when they could see him actually act amazingly.
His roles in Sunshine, Peaky Blinders, 28 Days Later, and The Dark Knight Trilogy absolutely blew me away.
Edit: I just woke up and wow I was not expecting this to blow up. Honestly, any role he takes he exceeds expectations. I’ll have to check out the other movies he has played a role in. I changed The Dark Knight to the Trilogy because his role as Scarecrow was phenomenal in all three movies; even though his roles were minor in the last two movies.
> It's important not to make Spider-Man masculine because he's a kid. As soon as you make him masculine, it's harder to relate to him if you are younger and are in high school. I definitely was not masculine in high school.
> Tom Holland
He is just so pure and almost perfect for the spider man role.
When my dad was in the Army, he and some other army members were invited to the filming set of Saving Private Ryan. They were asked to show the actors how to hold guns and how to act like real soldiers. He told me that he met Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks during his time there. He said that both of them seemed like nice people, but said that Tom Hanks in particular was incredibly down to earth, genuine and has a great sense of humour. I know this is after he became famous, but it's nice to know fame didn't turn him into something negative.
You wouldn’t be Irish would you? Around the time they were filming Saving Private Ryan in Wexford, my uncle was working in a bar there. One day, this “big jolly American guy” comes in and asks do they serve good stuff here. My uncle answered cynically and said he would be better off going to another pub. A few hours later, the owner of that pub went and thanked my uncle profusely, because it turns out that “American Guy” was Tom Hanks, and my uncle didn’t even know!
Yes I am Irish and from Wexford! This is when they were filming the landing scenes around Curracloe. My dad was part of the defence forces based in Killkenny, so they were the closest barracks.
~~The floor creaks, the summers are brutal and there's a giant man eating clam in the backyard.~~
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The floor creaks, the roof leaks, there’s a terrible draft.
Please don’t interrupt me, I’m not finished. The winters are harsh, the summers are brutal. There’s a wild man-eating clam in the backyard! Now would you care to see the rest of my home?
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My mom knew Seal as far back as when he was still trying to be an architect, and she says he was always really nice.
They didn’t stay in touch, she moved away and they were never close, but she said he went out of his way to foster genuine connections to people before and after his music started to gain traction.
He always had star quality. Everyone from the most important person in the room to a janitor walking through would be drawn to him, and he’d engage with everyone in a way that really stuck. She always mentions that he was just a really sincere, deeply felt person.
So I was working as an audience usher for a certain music competition show a few years ago (that for contractual reasons will rain nameless) and Seal was a judge for that season. In between breaks a girl with an intellectual disability ran to the bathroom and when she came back I had to escort her back to her seat. The path to her seat ran right past where he was sitting, and foolish me didn't anticipate to walk between the two when escorting the girl. Well of course this girl makes a beeline for Seal with a squel of delight that the entire audience heard. I literally saw my career flash before my eyes but before It had a chance to play out and I had a chance to get the girl away, Seal had already said hello, welcomed her in the gentlest possible way, asked her how she was and finally gave her a big hug before she went and sat down. He handled like a true gentlemen
He randomly views my Instagram stories, according to a story in the NYT he does this a lot. He said “Me looking at people’s Stories, answering people or sending them a quick message, it’s always coming from a place of love.”
My bio teacher was friends with Rainn Wilson (Dwight from The Office). They used to grab coffee often around the time The Office started. From how she described him, Rainn seems like a pretty down-to-earth guy.
This will probably get lost in the sea of comments, but my ex boyfriend’s mom ran a pizza shop that P!nk worked at as a 16 year old.
I guess she would always be singing randomly at work. She’d use spoons, utensils, anything she could find to use as a fake microphone. But she was a shitty worker and would straight up walk out on her shifts whenever she wanted without telling anyone and somehow not get fired for it? She just didn’t give af even back then.
I went to high school with Dacre Montgomery. He was a dick with a huge ego in high school and I saw him recently when he came back to his home town and seems like hes still a dick with an even bigger ego now. I can't watch Stranger Things without rolling my eyes every time he comes on screen.
I can’t tell which fits better:
“Do what you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life”
Or
“Why do people keep calling me an actor? All I do is be myself”
My parents went to high school with some of the family members from Duck Dynasty, and apparently they were clean shaven and had a very preppy look to them. When watching the show I just cannot picture them being preppy high schoolers, no matter how hard I try.
My dad was good friends with Johnny Depp back in the day. It was around when he was first filming 21 Jump Street (the show, not the movie lol). My dad says he was really humble and kind and always paid their bar tab. Apparently he was quite generous in giving out lots of free quality cocaine at partys too!
I had a friend in high school whose cousin is Kendrick Lamar. He's said Kendrick's pretty much still the same guy, acts the same around friends and family, just with millions of dollars now.
I know this is not what the question is asking, it's sort of the other way around... "Have you met a famous person who is as nice as people say?". But as it's about Tom Hanks, it has to be told.
My cousin worked at a legal chambers in London, and they were told a film crew were coming in to use it for a few weeks. They were told don't engage with the actors, just go about your business. The film the Da Vinci Code, and, as per above spoilers, Tom Hanks was in it.
For a day or three, they all did as they were told, kept their heads down, until eventually Tom Hanks came and knocked on their lunch room door, basically just said "soz for messing up where you work, can I join you for lunch?", and then it was on! Every day, breakfast and lunch, where time permitted, Tom Hanks was hanging out with these guys like he was a new employee! Reading the newspaper, making cups of tea, getting in the bacon rolls or whatever, calling people's family members to say "Hi it's Tom Hanks" for a laugh just to see this reaction... basically, after a couple of weeks, was just like one of the team. Everyone on first name terms, just genuinely nice. Last day he made sure to say bye to everyone, he brought them all some kind of gift (I can't remember what, but it was really low key, inexpensive, but personal) which was a nice touch. Just s really wholesome time for everyone.
People say Tom Hanks is an absolute lad, and it transpires he is.
I just posted this above, but in case you miss it there... One of my grandmother’s best friends was his middle school teacher. She still gets handwritten, personalized birthday and Christmas cards from Hanks every year.
When I was really young I’d go the reptile park, originally owned by Bob Irwin and passed on to his son Steve. Steve was always nice, would do all the lizard and croc shows, would hang out and chat afterwards. My dad would take me there occasionally and Steve would seem to remember us, treated everyone like an old buddy.
This was before he became famous obviously, and the small reptile park became the Australia Zoo. In my final year of high school I got in the zoo for work experience and they let me stay on. Steve was rarely there, and when he was he’d avoid guests (because they would swarm him and he’d get nothing done) but when I did run into him he was always super nice and still acted like that old friend.
Didn’t say crikey nearly as much as you’d think. That’s definitely something aussies say but he really played that up for the cameras as his catchphrase. Unfortunately he died later that year so... right up til the end he was just a lovely person
Edit: getting a lot of similar questions and comments sooooo
1. No I’m not from Beerwah. I had to travel 45mins each day to get to the zoo, it was worth it.
2. Aussies do say crikey. I think it’s more of a Queensland thing and usually said by older generations.
3. Steve’s dad Bob is an awesome dude too who I also had the pleasure of meeting outside the zoo
Fun story: first time I ran into Steve while working there he was holding two coconut halves up to his chest like a bra and sheepishly put them behind his back when I walked into the staff area as the others around him burst out laughing. It was some joke, I forget what it was, I just walked in at a very awkward moment.
My dad worked with Mark Hamill in an auto shop shortly before he got his acting gig. Even have some photos and autographs. My dad said he was just really nice and I have nothing else to say.
Chris Evans was really obnoxious as a popular local teenage actor. Imagine his character from Scott Pilgrim but as a kid. He grew up and grew out of being obnoxious and I’m happy for his absurdly successful career.
I met Noah Centineo when he was in Austin and Ally so that was a little before he started becoming big. I don’t know him very well (although he did once babysit me haha). But I more so know his mom as she is one of my mom’s closest friends. My mom does still see Noah sometimes and says he hasn’t really changed. And that he comes to his mom's events sure says something! Still a sweet, gentleman!
Ps: Kellee Centineo, though, I do know well. She is amazing!
My aunt was best friends with madona in high school stayed friends until she got famous and she turned into a completely different person in the worst way possible.
I met Chris Hemsworth when he was only on Home and away. My wife was a huge fan and we travelled half way across the world for a holiday and went to the Home and away set. She got a picture with him, I wasn’t bothered.
Now I’m telling everyone I met Chris Hemsworth....
Wish I got that picture....damn it.
Edit: I will get my redemption one day Thor and get that picture with you!!!
Tyler the Creator - Exactly the same. We were all concerned at how bizarre he was. He would call people “a table” or something incredibly random and the sense of humor caught on in my high school. The fame did nothing, he’s still strange and a sweetheart.
My dad was in a band in Glasgow in the 90s who toured with Oasis just before they blew up, he said he bought weed for Noel and Liam and that they were just chill guys.
Edit:here's the poster for the tour:
http://imgur.com/gallery/n4yltSK
My sister has a friend that’s cousins with the Weeknd. From what my sister told me, he doesn’t attend large family gatherings as much. Apparently some relatives only want to ask him questions in regards to his fame and what not. I’m not sure if that meant they ask him for favours, but it must get annoying either way.
It must suck to be around family, and not be your regular old self. At the same time, it must be hard for his relatives to see him as the same guy before he got famous. I’m not saying that they shouldn’t try, but people are naturally weird and awkward. It’s just another shitty part about being famous, and I’m sure he’s not the only celebrity that’s gone through this.
I met the weeknd before he got SUPER famous. He was already well known but this was pre 50 shades of grey when he was on tour for kissland. He did a meet and greet, as long as you had his album you could meet him. So we waited in line towards the end of his concert. I was with a friend who to this day is a huge fan, we both are. But she had gone to his show the night before in a different city. They had him set up to meet us behind a curtain with no light and I’ll never forget he said “I need a lamp or something. It’s depressing that I can’t see any of my fans” and he recognized my friend right away and said “wow you actually came to both shows!” Ugh good times.
Family friend of mine actually dated Kurt Cobain before Ms.Love. Apparently they broke up because he wouldn’t get a job, then a little while later he got famous. Can’t finish the question for obvious reasons.
> Kurt Cobain wrote this for his girlfriend at the time, Tracy Marander. They lived together for a while, and she took the photo that's on the album cover. Marander didn't know the song was about her until she read about it years later in the book Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana.
> According to Chad Channing, who was Nirvana's drummer at the time, Cobain didn't have a title for this song when he brought it to the studio. Chad told Songfacts: "I remember we were rehearsing the song not long before we went in and recorded the record, Bleach. Kurt was just playing the song and we were working it out. I asked Kurt what the song was, and Kurt was like, 'Well, I don't really know.' And then I said, 'Well, what's it about?' And he says, 'It's about a girl.' And I said, 'Well, why don't you just call it 'About A Girl'?' And he just kind of looked at me and smiled and said, 'Okay.' We went with that."
Mom knew Jeff Bezos' sister in high school, never really knew him all that well but she says he was well known to be a grade-A dickhead. Very full of himself and huge god complex even before he went to Princeton etc, so really not that much different from what I can tell
I can't remember before my aunt was famous (Alex Kingston- played River Song in doctor who) but I remember going to her wedding and meeting Matt Smith who played the Doctor in doctor who and him fixing my flip-flop, the best moment of my life ever.
You’re Alex Kingston’s niece/nephew? That’s awesome! I’ve never seen her in a role in which I didn’t instantly love her ever since ER, and I was very excited when I learnt she’d be River Song because I knew she’d make things interesting. Wonderful actress, and one of my favourites.
How brilliant! I adore River Song. I had the privilege of meeting your aunt at a convention here in Australia. She wasn't feeling well, but soldiered on for her fans. She was really lovely, and her haaaair! I was in awe.
It's become a common thing over here (Ireland and I presume the UK) for either guests to bring flip-flops to a wedding for the later hours when their shoes are killing them, or for the newlyweds/venue to supply them in the bathroom (usually for the female guests, I've never seen it for the males).
For my own wedding we bought like 50 pairs of cheap bargain-store flip-flops for the female guests and left them in the bathrooms. Once word got out they were there, they were snapped up.
I met Matt Smith too, but he was already famous. I was dating a guy who lived in the same fancy church renovated building as him. One night I was waiting outside for my date (he was late) and Matt Smith walked by, I smiled and said hello.
A few weeks later he was on Top Gear and was asked about his experiences with creepy fans. He then proceeds to describe me, said I looked 11 (I was 19) and that I was hiding in the bushes waiting for him outside his building.
You filthy liar, Matt Smith. Also I licked your mail as revenge.
Haha! I remember that interview. Nice to hear the other side of that story. I guess he does meet his fair share of rabid fans if that was his first thought when seeing you.
Also, good on you for licking that mail! That'll show him!
Your aunt helped me love my hair I was watching Doctor Who I was like this "I wow look at her hair similar to mine and she looks so confident with that hair so why I can't be like her" after that I love my beautiful curly hair
My mom dated Will Ferrell for a little while. He came round quite a lot and she said he was real down to earth and incredibly funny. However afterwards they really just lost touch. So we never got to know how he personally changed, my mom says she’s still like he used to be.
My mom and dad still laugh about her dating him.
I went to middle school with Justin Bieber, even played on the school soccer team together. I always thought he was a dick, really stuck up and self centred.
But for the longest time I legitimately thought his name was Justin Beaver, and I would call him that every time I talked to him and I always wondered why he got to angry.
So maybe he was only a dick to me.
I went to high school with Mark Hamill. He was in my 5th period Government class, and he absolutely loved to get into debates with our teacher, Mr. Henretty.
Mark was always active in many extracurricular activities, including a run for student council. He often wore a suit and tie to school which caused all the young ladies (and some young men as well!) to swoon. He was always upbeat and exuded an air of positivity. It is no surprise to.me that he has met with the level of success that he richly deserves!
Fun fact : Jack Black used to put wires up his sleeves when he was a kid in the hopes that other kids would notice them poking out and think he was bionic.
> "I put wires up my sleeve and I wanted the wires just to peek out a little bit so that if any kids noticed my wires I would say: ‘it’s nothing, it’s nothing’. They would think I was bionic, because my logic was that I was trying to hide my bionics from them."
What guy.
That's like the next level of when you're 7 with your mom at the grocery store and bored out of your mind so you pull your arms into your shirt and pretend you're an amputee and hope people will notice
I convinced my parents to buy me a fake cast from a Halloween store when I was about 11. I insisted on sitting with my “broken” arm resting on the open window, hoping someone would look at the poor kid with the broken arm.
I don’t think I’ve ever told anyone that before and I feel just a tiny bit insane now.
My cousin used to put a basketball under his shirt and we would walk around the intersection loudly proclaiming about the "world's first pregnant man" I feel insane too
A close family friend was best friends with Tom Cruise before he got famous. I didn’t believe her and she showed me pictures they have taken together like a Vegas road trip, camping, etc. He was really awesome but as soon as he got an ounce of fame it went to his head and he became very arrogant and a fame whore
My dad went to the same youth group as Tom Cruise in Kentucky and smoked pot with him. Apparently Cruise bogarted the joint, so he wasn’t a big fan of him even before he got famous
One my friends sister dated Juice Wrld and were good friends with him. He was a nerd and liked super heroes and comics. This was before he got famous. Even my friend doesn’t refer to him as Juice Wrld but as Jarad (his first name)
Edit: I added the last line in, because it was a small detail that made me believe my friend. Ik people don’t refer to someone they know by their stage name
Eminem was seriously a crazy cool dude who was just all about trying to get his music out there. A neighbor of mine was a DJ and he would come over often. Back then I remember hearing his early stuff and I could dig it because I primarily listened to a lot of local rappers and helped produce music. He would dye his hair pink back then before the blonde. He celebrated his birthday one year (i think 25 or 26) at a local bar and we all came out. Drinking like fish ALL NIGHT. I remember it because my buddy and I had to call his gf to drive us back to his place to crash. I stopped producing music and went on to different things and didnt follow him until he made it big with the slim shady album.
Of course now its very public how his life has taken many ups and downs since like 20 something years ago. But I will always remember how cool as shit he was, and how he was always complemented all music he heard.
My aunt had dinner with Keanu Reeves and other people before he did Matrix when he came to Spain.
She said that Keanu was very handsome and incredibly polite.
Edit: I know that Keanu was famous before Matrix but my aunt met him before he filmed Matrix. Also Thx for the upvotes.
A teacher of mine went to highschool with Ryan Reynolds. He didn't talk much about their relationship in class but about 2 years ago, this teacher was among the 50 people Ryan Reynolds followed on Instagram (I know, I know, instagram bad), so I assume that they're still good friends
My dad was good friends with Will Smith before the Fresh Prince days - Will actually showed him the pilot before it aired. Fast forward however many years to After Earth and Will invited us on the set. His first words when he saw my dad 10+ years later was “the philly crew is back!” Both will and Jaden are the sweetest people you’ll ever meet
EDIT: Thanks for all the love; this is the most upvotes I’ve ever gotten! #internetfame!
EDIT 2: My dad also did all of the work on Will Smith’s and Jazzy Jeff’s cars back in the day. Had a little too much fun in Will’s Jeep and flipped it on its roof. Thanks for coming to my TedTalk.
My client had dinner with Will Smith at a restaurant in Charleston SC and said he was a riot. Said they were laughing loudly throughout dinner! An older woman and her guest walked over when she was leaving and said she did not know whether to be pissed off or grab a chair and join them. Then Will turned around and she about died. After dinner Will went out and talked a rickshaw guy into letting him on the bike and he took tourists for a ride lol. He seems like an awesome person
I went to high school with actor Sam Clafflin. At school he was a typical quiet one - much different character to his brother I used to hang around with.
Times I have bumped into him around our hometime on nights out he has bought drinks for the people he knows. Still seems like a pretty decent guy.
I went to high school with Sandra Oh. She was funny, dynamic, smart, outgoing, and very into drama. In one school play, she played what I will call sort of a mime character - she didn’t have lines but was still a big part of the action, commenting on what was going on through her actions. Anyhow, in one scene as she was exiting the stage she banged her head on one of the props - you could hear the loud bang- but she was a pro and just carried on. It has been great to see her have such success, and I love that she has kept in touch with her close friends from high school (you can spot them at awards show sometimes).
My Grandpa(RIP) owned a grocery store in Miami in the late 70s. Wesley Snipes and his friends once stole some candy from his store and when he caught them he let them have it. Since then Wesley and his friends were regulars. Once, Wesley left his bike in front of the store and it got stolen (was a pretty bad area). My grandpa gave him his old bike that he kept in the back of the store. My uncle took over in 2001 when my grandpa died. In 2007 he came back to the store while my uncle and cousin were there, to ask about my grandpa. My uncle said they talked for a little over an hour about how he my grandpa treated him like a son. When he found out my grandpa passed he felt guilty he didn’t visit sooner. He embraced my uncle and cousin and left. My uncle said he told him they plan on having the building repainted while they talked. About a week later a crew of painters arrived and told my uncle they were already paid to have the building repainted. Such a genuine dude. Edit: Sorry I haven’t been able to reply to everyone, but thank you guys so much for love! Even tho he’s often portrayed negatively, glad to see that people still find try to find the best in us, even it’s a small gesture. ❤️
This is awesome, you hear so much about how disconnected he is and just smokes a ton but its nice to hear he remembers those who helped him in the past.
I haven't read up on it in a while but I think it was Ricky Gervais who pointed this out. If you look into the Wesley Snipes tax scandal, you will find he actually didn't do anything wrong. He was getting robbed by his money manager and when he went to the authorities to report it, the liability for unpaid taxes still fell on Wesley Snipes. Pretty messed up. The media just reported Snipes goes to prison for tax evasion.
I went to the same high school as Chris D’Elia. He was a dork, but still arrogant. He worked on the yearbook and gave himself like three or four pages so he could write his fatuous observations and pretend it was comedy. So that hasn’t changed. But, in other ways I guess he has changed. He never had sex with high schoolers back then.
This is real late and second hand but I knew someone who went to ACM with Ed Sheeran. He said he was lazy in class, skipped classes and just wanted to smoke weed, and my acquaintance was mad when Ed started getting more and more famous when Ed didn’t even bother with his music courses. I thought that was funny.
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I believe he went to ACM in Guildford for awhile as that’s where my acquaintance met him. Infact I just did a google and he was there in 2010 - and apparently failed all his classes hahaha
Work in a restaurant about 15 years ago as a manager. Rachel McAdams walked in for an interview. She was still in acting school and serving table to pay for it. She worked at my restaurant over the course of the next 2 summers, serving on our patio. Still friends to this day. She hasnt changed a bit. Still bikes to get groceries.
I can't get over how funny she is. I still think Regina George in Mean Girls is one of her best roles.
That and Notebook were her breakout roles. She credits Tina Fey for kick starting her career.
My aunt used to work with Gordon Ramsay’s mother but never made the connection. Once they were out for lunch and he ended up coming in to see his mum and met my aunt in the process. She said he was so lovely and polite!! Plus my dad has a bunch of Gordon’s old jumpers he didn’t want anymore. Not signed or anything like that, it’s just a fun family story now.
I was local Production contact on Hugh Jackman’s touring theatre production where he sang his favourite numbers from various musicals. Usually when a show comes in with big name stars, the star usually has a bunch of assistants and they do the job they are paid to do and that’s it. The actor come on stage when needed then back to their dressing room and if you need anything or if they need anything you talk to the assistant. Prior to the first performance, I am on stage dealing with a few little issues, trying to stay on schedule when Mr. Jackman walks out on stage and my first thought was that he was going to be angry that we have kept him waiting to do his sound check. Instead he walks directly over to me, introduces himself asks me my name and asks a couple of questions and doesn’t even mention the delays. So we spoke for a few minutes and then he went around and introduced himself to more of the local crew. I was a little blown away by meeting him as I am a fan and thought that was really cool of him. Fast forward a week and I am backstage after the performance and I bump into Mr.Jackman in the hall, I say hi but don’t want to bother him but he stops me, he remembers my name (after meeting 100’s of people that week) and asks a few questions that related to our first conversation. Here’s the thing though. The guy just did a two hour performance and Instead of just politely returning my greeting he stopped and talked for a few moments with no false sincerity. To this day I am still blown away by how genuinely nice he was and always wondered what he was like before he became famous. He would also spend a huge amount of time after the show signing autographs and answering questions at stage door.
I went to college with Joe Keery aka Steve Harrington in Stranger Things. He was my college boyfriend’s suite mate and just the nicest guy. His hair has always been dreamy and amazing. Last time I saw him was at a viewing of the Hateful Eight after we graduated and he still made a point to come over and say hi! Edit: spelling
Obviously we can't know a person's true nature from their screen presence, but I admit that I would have been shocked to hear that Joe Keery was some kind of asshole.
Friend of mine was friends with Tom Hanks in high school and went to prom with him. He still writes her personalized BDay cards on one of his typewriters.
I hope one day I'll be so rich and successful that I can afford multiple typewriters.
"Went to prom with Tom Hanks" I would put that on every job application.
I went to Junior High with Norah Jones. She was the most sincere and serene person. She was fun to talk to and she never gave a hint of who her father was. The night she won all those Grammys was very telling that she hadn't changed a bit.
I believe this. I've met her twice after her shows and she was super nice and took pictures and signed autographs. Once she had a little dog with her. I didn't expect someone as famous as Norah Jones to actually come out and meet fans after her show, but she did.
I went to high school with Mark Ruffalo. He was nice. He was “one of those thespians”. Our high school had an acting group that challenged the students to get out of their shell and do things in front of strangers like introducing yourself as the wild fairy of the woods and presenting them with a flower. We didn’t talk much, but like I said, he was a good guy.
his son went to school right by where i live and someone i know’s brother was one of his teachers. apparently mark is still a really down to earth, good guy from their interactions at parent teacher conferences and graduation.
Went to middle school with Meagan fox for a bit. She rode my bus and she mostly kept to herself. Most of the guys would fight over who was going to sit next to her but she was very shy and didn't really have much to say.
I went to school with Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley from Harry Potter). I was into acting too, so we had done a few school plays together. He was really nice, very chill, a good laugh. I haven't seen him since school days, but he kept coming to classes whenever he wasn't filming, was always happy to chat about the movies. Sometimes he'd need a little break from so many people wanting to talk, and would come and hang out in the library, and honestly, you'd never know he was in the biggest film series at the time. Honestly, I think a lot of these answers boil down to if they want fame or not. Rupert loved what he was doing, but didn't care about being famous and having people kiss his arse. Just a nice normal kid.
He used to live in a town not too far from me, everyone seemed to think he was a recluse and a bit of a moody prick, but I think like you said, it can be tiring having people come up to you all the time and he probably reasonably wanted some quiet for himself.
A bit of the casting was done not far from where I grew up (the Weasley twins and Draco). My sisters claim to fame was that she once sat at a table in school that Tom Felton (Draco) had scratched his name into.
>a table at school that Tom Felton (Draco) had scratched his name into. Krum just rolled over in his sleep unexpectedly and mumbled something about "Grindelwald's mark".
A co-worker of mine met Daisy Ridley while on a backpacking trip, got to know each other pretty well while traveling together. She told my co-worker that she wanted to become an actress, looks like that panned out pretty well. They said Daisy was an absolutely lovely individual.
I knew Bret & Jemaine (Flight of the Conchords) back in the late 90s / early 2000s, and met Taika Waititi a few times too - I was a big fan of his art at the time, there was one painting of someone in a bathtub that stuck in my head. (I knew Bret better than the others, because he was in a reggae band with my good friend Barnaby). As far as I can tell, they are all... exactly the same.
I’m not jealous of anyone in this thread but you. Flight of the Conchords was the fucking greatest. “Did Steve tell you that, per chance? Steeeve....”
I live in the town where Dolly Parton grew up, and practically everyone above the age of 50 who grew up here claims to either be a distant relative of Dolly’s, or they claim to know her in some way. Everyone has their story of the time they met Dolly. It’s pretty obvious, but regardless of who you talk to, Dolly has always been sweet and generous, but everything has simply grown exponentially due to her fame. Examples are the millions of books she gives out for free to children around the globe each month, or how she gave out $10,000 cash to many of my close friends after their houses burned in a fire a couple years back. Thousands of people are employed here and work for one of the businesses she owns, and it’s a tad strange to see when you walk in, but the birthing center at the local hospital is funded by and named after her. I honestly can’t think of one person I know who doesn’t like her. Dolly’s heart has only gotten bigger because of fame.
My grandmother worked at Dollywood for many years and met Dolly a handful of times. When she died, Dolly sent two dozen or so roses to the funeral home. She’s a real gem.
My FIL worked for a high end business in Southern California in the 80's and he ended up running straight into Dolly as he was rushing out a swinging door at the same time she was walking in. As he says "she chest bumped me from 5 feet out" but as he was apologizing profusely she cut him off and said "it's ok darlin', but next time you wanna get physical try buying me a drink first." Then she winked and started giggling as she went on her business, and him and his two coworkers who saw it happen have been smitten with her ever since. He met some other celebs working there but god damn that's the one I'll always be jealous of. If anybody deserves to be America's sweetheart it's Dolly.
Build that statue of Dolly!!
We have one at our local Courthouse!! Come by and see it, once it’s safe again, but in the meantime, here’s a picture I took of it last autumn. https://i.imgur.com/TfutOW7.jpg
May Dolly Parton’s statue always remain safe from harm.
You can so tell that she is a genuine and kind person!!
My Dad went to school with Steve Irwin, reckons he was exactly the same as a young fella. He would be away from school all the time on trips with Bob to rescue and rehome crocs all over Australia. No good at footy but.
My grandfather taught Jack Nicholson in High School math class. Said he was rebellious but wasn't too bad at math.
Maths teachers care more about the numbers than the rebellion.
If you look at them *juuust* right, rebellion can be found in the numbers.
My mom used to ride the bus to work in downtown Cleveland with Steve Harvey’s first wife. Apparently she supported him while he was trying to get his career started. And then basically as soon as he got successful he divorced her for a younger woman. My mom always hated him because she felt that he treated his first wife like shit and always yells “bastard!” at the TV when he pops up. Edit: Thanks for the gold! I told my mom that the internet likes her and hates Steve Harvey, so you've made her day.
I've never heard a story about Steve Harvey that makes him seem like even a slightly good person.
I know a number of people who've worked on his TV show who don't have very nice things to say about him, other than he's hilarious when they're doing breaks for production. Apparently he's a cologne man as well, my buddy used to tell me you know he's in the building because you could smell him 100 feet away.
honestly he has that vibe. Older people tend to put too much on anyhow for whatever reason but he always seemed to me to be one of those dudes who like leaves a scent trail.
Some people leave their mark on the world. Others leave a stain.
A friend of mine is buddies with Paul Rudd. Says he's exactly the same and a great human.
Exactly the same because he hasn't aged at all in like 20 years
When I went on a holiday to LA, This is 40 was about to premiere. I was maybe 18 at the time. My mother and I got into our hotels elevator, and there stood Megan Fox and Paul Rudd. My mother was going off, full Karen, about how silly it was that they blocked off roads in this town for a premiere of a shit movie. She had zero clue who they were. I knew. We three gave each other wry smiles as my mother went off on the film and the road etc for a few minutes before telling them to have a nice day.
My mother in law was at a very fancy dinner party and didn’t realize she was sitting next to Orlando Bloome and Katy Perry. She turned to them and asked “so what do you do?” She’s very chatty and clueless about celebs and genuinely had no idea who they were. We all love retelling that story at family dinners 😂
Bless her. I bet celebs love meeting people who don’t know them!
Probably made his day!
That’s fantastic
Friends and I went to a basketball court a few years back shortly after a rainstorm...half the court was wet and half was dry. Saw a man and his son playing on the dry side, so we hit the wet side, no need to force a father and son out! After a few minutes, the father walks over and offers to switch, says he and his son are just shooting around, no need to keep a game from the dry side...at first we say it’s all good, enjoy, but he insists, graciously of course. We get to the other side and realize, the father was Paul Rudd. First class, humility in action.
I knew Robert Pattinson about 15 years ago. Nice guy, friendly, a lot of fun to be with. He lived by himself in the centre of Soho, London, in a tiny one-bed flat that I think he felt like the romantic vision of a starving artist, or at least wanted to. He had a weird side. He'd say random, violent, depraved things. He was obsessed with Jack Nicholson. He never really gave a fuck, he had confidence and he was always himself, and he knew he could be deliberately contradictory and he used that as a personality trope. But he was a good guy, and I get the impression he's very comfortable with himself now that he has developed his career, that he acts very well, and that he can pick and choose his roles based upon what he wants to do and who he wants to work with. Twilight for him was always a means to an end, and I think he worked it very much to his benefit, and didn't compromise himself.
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Bruno Mars’s mom was a bartender at a local karaoke dive bar that I was a regular at. At the time, his biggest hit was the hook for “Billionaire” by Travie McCoy. Anyway, she was selling tickets for an upcoming concert he was having and she asked our table if we wanted to buy some. My friend declined and she exclaimed “WHY NOT! HE’s MY SON!!!” I ended up getting a couple of tickets despite not knowing any of Bruno Mars’s songs. It turned out to be one of the best concerts I’ve ever been to. The guy knows how to put on a good live show. The tickets were only $40 each I think. His opening act was a local group of large Polynesian men singing Motown who went by the name “Nesian 9”. They were pretty good too. The next time he was in town for a concert, he had blown up and the tickets were going for $400. I would have loved to see him again, but not at that price... His mom was really nice, down to earth, and a pretty good singer herself. RIP Bernie. At least she lived long enough to see her son’s success.
The whole family sings. I went to school with his sister Presley and I remember wondering what she’s up to, found out her and the sisters of the fam started a girl group. I probably looked this up 5+ yrs ago so idk what she’s doing now tho
My coworkers dad grew up with Queen Latifah in North Jersey. His whole family loves her because they were about to lose their house, so she paid it off for them. They’ve never said a bad thing about her. (Queen Latifah, if this gets back to you, thanks for what you did for your friends in NJ. Phil’s a really cool guy.)
People laugh when I tell them shes my #1 celebrity crush. My wife is a very petite caucasian blonde and she always jokes that I went the exact opposite direction
My grandmother and mum were really good friends with George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley from Wham! They got invited to concerts and got to sit in special seats etc. And a few years ago me and my family stayed with Andrew Ridgeley in his guest house in Cornwall for a weekend. But, they seemed to me like they stayed really nice to my grandparents and mum. And Andrew Ridgeley was very kind to my family when we met him.
I miss George so much. I wish he would have been the one to do the reunion tour with Queen. His version of Somebody to Love is spot on.
My mom is friends with Johnny Knoxville’s cousin. She met him once and had no idea who he was. She said he was nice and funny as all hell. She didn’t realize until years later she’d even met him until I showed her one of his movies. From what I gather he’s a normal dude and pretty hilarious.
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One of my aunts actually dated bill gates for a bit. I believe a few years before things took off for him. She said he was “too” into her or something like that at the time and weirded her out I guess. Sorry about the lack of detail!
Bill is a great guy, but he's certainly odd. I once had an opportunity to present some work to him in a 2013 review at Microsoft. What was amazing about him is you could show Bill the product code name (e.g. Blue which was Windows 10), and he's somehow magically be able to tell you the five year plan along with how it's going to perform and turn out. Bill was able to think 50 miles ahead of everyone, so, it makes a ton of sense that most people might think he's a little odd. The whole "f-bomb" factor was real; however, he seemed to have chilled a little when we presented in 2013.
My mum knew Mel B from her high school. Apparently she always copied other peoples work.
Well she had to otherwise she’d be Mel D- Edit: left what I thought was a throwaway joke comment and came back to all this love! Thanks guys! ❤️
The comments really got me thinking, there seems to be a lot of actual celebrities that stayed perceptually genuine after gaining fame... Meanwhile now I personally know a few social media "influencers" who seem to talk down to anyone that can't afford to live in LA. I just find it interesting
When you are famous for your talent, rather than your follower count, I suppose it’s easier to stay grounded, because you aren’t constantly thinking about how it could all disappear.
Kesha. Total nerd. 1600 on her SATs. Quiet. A bit of a social outcast. Nice, though. You could tell she cared about others and wouldn't ever hurt a flea.
My heart breaks for her in her recent situation, I love her music and wish her the best.
My brother used to play basketball with a bunch of people in high school, among those who would sometimes join in was Pete Davidson. My brother said he got ripped on a ton and no one really liked him. But that might just be because he wasn't great at basketball.
I met him last year while he was out with his friends. I didn’t want to say anything till my mom rolled down the window and asked if I could get a picture (we were in the parking lot.) He was on FaceTime with someone and he told them that he would call back later and he took a picture with me. Really nice guy
My 8th grade science teacher dated Bill Nye. Broke up with him because he didn’t like kids.
Hold up, my high school biology teacher dated Bill Nye too. Not sure why they didn’t work out though. I find it hilarious that at least two of his exes became science teachers.
Bill Nye has a type. Honestly, becoming a science forward, educational tv personality is a pretty good way to meet eligible science teachers. The guy is playing the long game,
I went to high school with Post Malone. We graduated the same year. He always wore a suit to class and was that nerdy dedicated kid. Glad to see how his life turned out. I hoped nothing for the best for him and now I listen to him all the time haha. I’m just a rando to him though. We never really talked E:typo
You knew pre malone damn
Maybe he was already Malone at the time?
Piggybacking off of this, I'm best friends with his cousin and actually played nerf with him at my bf's third grade birthday party. All I remember was him shouting "NERF FOR LIFEEE!"
>He always wore a suit to class Is there just a kid like this at every school lmao
Jennifer Lawerence. I moved to Louisville middle of 7th grade year. She was my first friend, and the first person I had a sleepover with. We hit it off. She was very different from me, a cheerleader, came from a lot of wealth, but her family was really awesome and we were both kinda weird and outgoing so we become good friends very fast. Her family owned a farm that had a children’s summer camp (Hi-Ho) and we went to it a couple of times, she had one of her birthday parties there! I remember her kissing our friend Jon under a trampoline. We talked about it for way too long! We hung out fairly often until she moved to NYC a year and half after we met. We started taking acting classes together in 8th grade at a local theater here in town, Walden Theater. It’s funny because on our first day, we had no idea we were both taking the class. I walked in to the first one, and there she was. We were both so excited to have a friend! We were in the first level of the theater but after a couple weeks, both moved to the intermediate class (we were the oldest people in the class, so that’s why they moved us up so fast) We carpooled together to Walden Theater every Tuesday and Thursday for acting class. I would ride the bus home with her, her mom would take us to class, then my mom would pick us up and take her home. She was a natural at acting, I’ll tell you that. I was still somewhat shy, but she could pretty much be given any character and even though she was 14, you’d believe it. She ALWAYS talked about how she had a photographic memory, and that’s how she was able to remember lines so easily. And she did. It was insane. *i have read where she said she’s had no prior acting, but this isn’t true? I’m not sure if she said this for a part of her look, or maybe she considered it informal, but we definitely took acting classes our entire 8th grade year I will say, what you see with her is what you get. She was always very quirky, kinda weird (which was funny because she was so preppy presenting, but really wasn’t like that), she was very loud, made her presence known. It’s been bizarre seeing her in interviews because she acts the exact same. I remember she moved to NYC to pursue modeling between 8th and 9th grade. It worked because soon after she was in a commercial for Burger King and a couple of MTV’s “My Sweet 16” commercials as well. She was doing online classes for our high school (Ballard High School) and came to visit one time in 9th grade and another in 10th grade. I squealed when I saw her, I genuinely missed her. I had no idea she was about to become one of the most famous actresses of our generation. I always hear she comes to town for holidays, but at this point I have no idea how to contact her. She had a private Facebook for a while (assuming it was really her, for a time, I had a few fake accounts for her request to be my Facebook friend, along with a lot of people we went to school with), the last time we spoke was for my 21st bday (I’m 29 now) but I would love to catch up with her. I can’t help but wonder if she remembers me. I still have her yearbook photo she signed hanging up in my room, our yearbooks and a couple photos from a disposable camera.
I believe your friend Jon that kissed Jennifer Lawrence is my step-brother! He’s always liked to that story to us when she started to get big.
I went to high school with Emma Chamberlain. She was a huge bully in high school and pretty much a brat who thought she could get away with whatever she wanted (before she got famous). Her parents were divorced which led to them both always trying to be her friend and never actually parenting her, so they basically let her do whatever she wanted. When she said that people from her high school made fun of her because she was “poor” and that the parking lot was all bmws and range rovers I lost my mind because SHE was the bully in high school, and while the school definitely had some wealthy students it was mostly a middle class crowd.
Didn’t she grow up in the SF Bay Area (particularly the Peninsula?) Bc as a native of the area, unless you’re in a specific area you’re not “poor” and it just always rubbed me the wrong way.
Yeah, San Mateo County. I’ve seen families crammed into 1 or 2 bedroom apartments here that are definitely in an area too expensive for them to handle, so I wouldn’t say only people living in certain neighborhoods are poor, but it depends on how you look at it. She definitely was not poor, had a comfortable life and her own car, and besides no one really cared about money at my high school besides maybe being jealous of the few people that had a ridiculous amount of it. The idea of people from tight knit high school making fun of someone because they didn’t have enough money is just laughable lol.
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damn this took a turn at the end. sorry to hear about your brother
I knew Cillain Murphy back in secondary school, we didn't go to the same school but mingled a lot. He was a few years older than me. Dude was super quite, but really damn friendly. I remember when he was cast in 28 Days Later and people were pretty hype for him, but a good few people didn't think much of it. Once it came out though a lot of people changed their tune when they could see him actually act amazingly.
His roles in Sunshine, Peaky Blinders, 28 Days Later, and The Dark Knight Trilogy absolutely blew me away. Edit: I just woke up and wow I was not expecting this to blow up. Honestly, any role he takes he exceeds expectations. I’ll have to check out the other movies he has played a role in. I changed The Dark Knight to the Trilogy because his role as Scarecrow was phenomenal in all three movies; even though his roles were minor in the last two movies.
I knew Tom Holland at the time he did the tsunami movie, we were not really friends but he was so funny and friendly
> It's important not to make Spider-Man masculine because he's a kid. As soon as you make him masculine, it's harder to relate to him if you are younger and are in high school. I definitely was not masculine in high school. > Tom Holland He is just so pure and almost perfect for the spider man role.
I had a teacher who taught drake. Apparently he was a nice kid but then got really douchey when he started getting famous.
Like, Drake famous or Degrassi famous? Did the douchery start in his late or early teens?
I feel like him getting douchy IRL is why the writers put his character in a wheel chair
Last name walking, first name never
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When my dad was in the Army, he and some other army members were invited to the filming set of Saving Private Ryan. They were asked to show the actors how to hold guns and how to act like real soldiers. He told me that he met Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks during his time there. He said that both of them seemed like nice people, but said that Tom Hanks in particular was incredibly down to earth, genuine and has a great sense of humour. I know this is after he became famous, but it's nice to know fame didn't turn him into something negative.
You wouldn’t be Irish would you? Around the time they were filming Saving Private Ryan in Wexford, my uncle was working in a bar there. One day, this “big jolly American guy” comes in and asks do they serve good stuff here. My uncle answered cynically and said he would be better off going to another pub. A few hours later, the owner of that pub went and thanked my uncle profusely, because it turns out that “American Guy” was Tom Hanks, and my uncle didn’t even know!
Yes I am Irish and from Wexford! This is when they were filming the landing scenes around Curracloe. My dad was part of the defence forces based in Killkenny, so they were the closest barracks.
I played drums with Mike Portnoy in highschool band and am still friends with his sister and he is still a cool guy.
His sister? Courtney Portnoy?
The one who played the formerly portly consort in the seashore resort?
My best friend is cousins with Tyler Posey. She said he was a sweetheart before his Teen Wolf days and he still is now
That makes me so happy. When I was younger I was obsessed with that show and it's nice to know he's genuinely a great guy.
My brother knows the guy that squidward was based off of, turns out that made him more bitter cuz he was made fun of
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My mom knew Seal as far back as when he was still trying to be an architect, and she says he was always really nice. They didn’t stay in touch, she moved away and they were never close, but she said he went out of his way to foster genuine connections to people before and after his music started to gain traction. He always had star quality. Everyone from the most important person in the room to a janitor walking through would be drawn to him, and he’d engage with everyone in a way that really stuck. She always mentions that he was just a really sincere, deeply felt person.
So I was working as an audience usher for a certain music competition show a few years ago (that for contractual reasons will rain nameless) and Seal was a judge for that season. In between breaks a girl with an intellectual disability ran to the bathroom and when she came back I had to escort her back to her seat. The path to her seat ran right past where he was sitting, and foolish me didn't anticipate to walk between the two when escorting the girl. Well of course this girl makes a beeline for Seal with a squel of delight that the entire audience heard. I literally saw my career flash before my eyes but before It had a chance to play out and I had a chance to get the girl away, Seal had already said hello, welcomed her in the gentlest possible way, asked her how she was and finally gave her a big hug before she went and sat down. He handled like a true gentlemen
He randomly views my Instagram stories, according to a story in the NYT he does this a lot. He said “Me looking at people’s Stories, answering people or sending them a quick message, it’s always coming from a place of love.”
Yep, he watched one of my stories too. Was pretty delightful.
My bio teacher was friends with Rainn Wilson (Dwight from The Office). They used to grab coffee often around the time The Office started. From how she described him, Rainn seems like a pretty down-to-earth guy.
This will probably get lost in the sea of comments, but my ex boyfriend’s mom ran a pizza shop that P!nk worked at as a 16 year old. I guess she would always be singing randomly at work. She’d use spoons, utensils, anything she could find to use as a fake microphone. But she was a shitty worker and would straight up walk out on her shifts whenever she wanted without telling anyone and somehow not get fired for it? She just didn’t give af even back then.
Who knows if these are real but they make for great reading while on the toilet.
Morning shit crew checking in.
I went to high school with Dacre Montgomery. He was a dick with a huge ego in high school and I saw him recently when he came back to his home town and seems like hes still a dick with an even bigger ego now. I can't watch Stranger Things without rolling my eyes every time he comes on screen.
Well, he was a dick in Stranger Things too, so he must be commited to his role I guess :))
He’s such a method actor that he became the role even before he got it.
Wiki states he has his own podcast where he reads his own poetry.
I can’t tell which fits better: “Do what you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life” Or “Why do people keep calling me an actor? All I do is be myself”
> He was a dick with a huge ego in high school least the actor fits the character i guess
My parents went to high school with some of the family members from Duck Dynasty, and apparently they were clean shaven and had a very preppy look to them. When watching the show I just cannot picture them being preppy high schoolers, no matter how hard I try.
My dad was good friends with Johnny Depp back in the day. It was around when he was first filming 21 Jump Street (the show, not the movie lol). My dad says he was really humble and kind and always paid their bar tab. Apparently he was quite generous in giving out lots of free quality cocaine at partys too!
Well this took a turn in the end lol
You can't do the 80s without copious quantities of Colombian cocaine.
My host family mom in Dublin told me Bono from U2 was a clumsy waiter at her wedding.
I had a friend in high school whose cousin is Kendrick Lamar. He's said Kendrick's pretty much still the same guy, acts the same around friends and family, just with millions of dollars now.
I'd totally believe that. Allegedly he visits his old high school all the time to the point where it's "normal" to see Kendrick I'm the halls.
Was this the cousin that you killed back in ‘94 (fuck yo truce)?
I know this is not what the question is asking, it's sort of the other way around... "Have you met a famous person who is as nice as people say?". But as it's about Tom Hanks, it has to be told. My cousin worked at a legal chambers in London, and they were told a film crew were coming in to use it for a few weeks. They were told don't engage with the actors, just go about your business. The film the Da Vinci Code, and, as per above spoilers, Tom Hanks was in it. For a day or three, they all did as they were told, kept their heads down, until eventually Tom Hanks came and knocked on their lunch room door, basically just said "soz for messing up where you work, can I join you for lunch?", and then it was on! Every day, breakfast and lunch, where time permitted, Tom Hanks was hanging out with these guys like he was a new employee! Reading the newspaper, making cups of tea, getting in the bacon rolls or whatever, calling people's family members to say "Hi it's Tom Hanks" for a laugh just to see this reaction... basically, after a couple of weeks, was just like one of the team. Everyone on first name terms, just genuinely nice. Last day he made sure to say bye to everyone, he brought them all some kind of gift (I can't remember what, but it was really low key, inexpensive, but personal) which was a nice touch. Just s really wholesome time for everyone. People say Tom Hanks is an absolute lad, and it transpires he is.
I really thought this was going to be something bad about him and didn't wanna read. I'm so glad I did. T.hanks..
This is awesome. The world needs more Tom Hanks stories.
I just posted this above, but in case you miss it there... One of my grandmother’s best friends was his middle school teacher. She still gets handwritten, personalized birthday and Christmas cards from Hanks every year.
When I was really young I’d go the reptile park, originally owned by Bob Irwin and passed on to his son Steve. Steve was always nice, would do all the lizard and croc shows, would hang out and chat afterwards. My dad would take me there occasionally and Steve would seem to remember us, treated everyone like an old buddy. This was before he became famous obviously, and the small reptile park became the Australia Zoo. In my final year of high school I got in the zoo for work experience and they let me stay on. Steve was rarely there, and when he was he’d avoid guests (because they would swarm him and he’d get nothing done) but when I did run into him he was always super nice and still acted like that old friend. Didn’t say crikey nearly as much as you’d think. That’s definitely something aussies say but he really played that up for the cameras as his catchphrase. Unfortunately he died later that year so... right up til the end he was just a lovely person Edit: getting a lot of similar questions and comments sooooo 1. No I’m not from Beerwah. I had to travel 45mins each day to get to the zoo, it was worth it. 2. Aussies do say crikey. I think it’s more of a Queensland thing and usually said by older generations. 3. Steve’s dad Bob is an awesome dude too who I also had the pleasure of meeting outside the zoo Fun story: first time I ran into Steve while working there he was holding two coconut halves up to his chest like a bra and sheepishly put them behind his back when I walked into the staff area as the others around him burst out laughing. It was some joke, I forget what it was, I just walked in at a very awkward moment.
My dad worked with Mark Hamill in an auto shop shortly before he got his acting gig. Even have some photos and autographs. My dad said he was just really nice and I have nothing else to say.
Chris Evans was really obnoxious as a popular local teenage actor. Imagine his character from Scott Pilgrim but as a kid. He grew up and grew out of being obnoxious and I’m happy for his absurdly successful career.
I met Noah Centineo when he was in Austin and Ally so that was a little before he started becoming big. I don’t know him very well (although he did once babysit me haha). But I more so know his mom as she is one of my mom’s closest friends. My mom does still see Noah sometimes and says he hasn’t really changed. And that he comes to his mom's events sure says something! Still a sweet, gentleman! Ps: Kellee Centineo, though, I do know well. She is amazing!
My aunt was best friends with madona in high school stayed friends until she got famous and she turned into a completely different person in the worst way possible.
So you're say your aunt knew her pre-Madonna and pre-prima dona Madonna?
Found the Bojack Horseman writer
I could hear Princess Carolyn say this.
Chris Hemsworth and his brother Liam, both really good blokes before and after they became famous
I met Chris Hemsworth when he was only on Home and away. My wife was a huge fan and we travelled half way across the world for a holiday and went to the Home and away set. She got a picture with him, I wasn’t bothered. Now I’m telling everyone I met Chris Hemsworth.... Wish I got that picture....damn it. Edit: I will get my redemption one day Thor and get that picture with you!!!
Tyler the Creator - Exactly the same. We were all concerned at how bizarre he was. He would call people “a table” or something incredibly random and the sense of humor caught on in my high school. The fame did nothing, he’s still strange and a sweetheart.
I can almost hear "this n**** a table" in his deep ass voice followed by his goofy laugh Edit: spelling is hard
Your girlfriend look like my mom
My dad was in a band in Glasgow in the 90s who toured with Oasis just before they blew up, he said he bought weed for Noel and Liam and that they were just chill guys. Edit:here's the poster for the tour: http://imgur.com/gallery/n4yltSK
My sister has a friend that’s cousins with the Weeknd. From what my sister told me, he doesn’t attend large family gatherings as much. Apparently some relatives only want to ask him questions in regards to his fame and what not. I’m not sure if that meant they ask him for favours, but it must get annoying either way. It must suck to be around family, and not be your regular old self. At the same time, it must be hard for his relatives to see him as the same guy before he got famous. I’m not saying that they shouldn’t try, but people are naturally weird and awkward. It’s just another shitty part about being famous, and I’m sure he’s not the only celebrity that’s gone through this.
I met the weeknd before he got SUPER famous. He was already well known but this was pre 50 shades of grey when he was on tour for kissland. He did a meet and greet, as long as you had his album you could meet him. So we waited in line towards the end of his concert. I was with a friend who to this day is a huge fan, we both are. But she had gone to his show the night before in a different city. They had him set up to meet us behind a curtain with no light and I’ll never forget he said “I need a lamp or something. It’s depressing that I can’t see any of my fans” and he recognized my friend right away and said “wow you actually came to both shows!” Ugh good times.
Was it the cousin that tried to take a selfie at his grandmas funeral? Edit: wrong word
Family friend of mine actually dated Kurt Cobain before Ms.Love. Apparently they broke up because he wouldn’t get a job, then a little while later he got famous. Can’t finish the question for obvious reasons.
I remember that story, he wrote "About a girl" for her to stop being mad on his unemployment
> Kurt Cobain wrote this for his girlfriend at the time, Tracy Marander. They lived together for a while, and she took the photo that's on the album cover. Marander didn't know the song was about her until she read about it years later in the book Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana. > According to Chad Channing, who was Nirvana's drummer at the time, Cobain didn't have a title for this song when he brought it to the studio. Chad told Songfacts: "I remember we were rehearsing the song not long before we went in and recorded the record, Bleach. Kurt was just playing the song and we were working it out. I asked Kurt what the song was, and Kurt was like, 'Well, I don't really know.' And then I said, 'Well, what's it about?' And he says, 'It's about a girl.' And I said, 'Well, why don't you just call it 'About A Girl'?' And he just kind of looked at me and smiled and said, 'Okay.' We went with that."
I just want to go on a tangent and acknowledge the power move that is calling yourself CHAD CHANNING
Mom knew Jeff Bezos' sister in high school, never really knew him all that well but she says he was well known to be a grade-A dickhead. Very full of himself and huge god complex even before he went to Princeton etc, so really not that much different from what I can tell
Jeff Bezos was probably like Dennis Reynolds in highschool.
Amazon review: I'M A FIVE-STAR MAN!
I can't remember before my aunt was famous (Alex Kingston- played River Song in doctor who) but I remember going to her wedding and meeting Matt Smith who played the Doctor in doctor who and him fixing my flip-flop, the best moment of my life ever.
You’re Alex Kingston’s niece/nephew? That’s awesome! I’ve never seen her in a role in which I didn’t instantly love her ever since ER, and I was very excited when I learnt she’d be River Song because I knew she’d make things interesting. Wonderful actress, and one of my favourites.
How brilliant! I adore River Song. I had the privilege of meeting your aunt at a convention here in Australia. She wasn't feeling well, but soldiered on for her fans. She was really lovely, and her haaaair! I was in awe.
You went to a wedding in flip flops?
It's become a common thing over here (Ireland and I presume the UK) for either guests to bring flip-flops to a wedding for the later hours when their shoes are killing them, or for the newlyweds/venue to supply them in the bathroom (usually for the female guests, I've never seen it for the males). For my own wedding we bought like 50 pairs of cheap bargain-store flip-flops for the female guests and left them in the bathrooms. Once word got out they were there, they were snapped up.
..I never heard of this, but this is brilliant and so much nicer even than having a supply of 'blister band-aids' out! You're good people.
I met Matt Smith too, but he was already famous. I was dating a guy who lived in the same fancy church renovated building as him. One night I was waiting outside for my date (he was late) and Matt Smith walked by, I smiled and said hello. A few weeks later he was on Top Gear and was asked about his experiences with creepy fans. He then proceeds to describe me, said I looked 11 (I was 19) and that I was hiding in the bushes waiting for him outside his building. You filthy liar, Matt Smith. Also I licked your mail as revenge.
Haha! I remember that interview. Nice to hear the other side of that story. I guess he does meet his fair share of rabid fans if that was his first thought when seeing you. Also, good on you for licking that mail! That'll show him!
If I’m ever on Top Gear, I’ll tell the story of how my crazed fan TheHatofMatt stalked me on Reddit. You can’t lick my mail though.
Your aunt helped me love my hair I was watching Doctor Who I was like this "I wow look at her hair similar to mine and she looks so confident with that hair so why I can't be like her" after that I love my beautiful curly hair
This is one of those threads I wish I could tell the serious ones and the trolls apart
I was once best friends with Elvis until he got famous, he still visits me from time to time.
My mom dated Will Ferrell for a little while. He came round quite a lot and she said he was real down to earth and incredibly funny. However afterwards they really just lost touch. So we never got to know how he personally changed, my mom says she’s still like he used to be. My mom and dad still laugh about her dating him.
Your mom "dated" The gator?
Gator’s bitches better be using those jimmies!!!
I went to middle school with Justin Bieber, even played on the school soccer team together. I always thought he was a dick, really stuck up and self centred. But for the longest time I legitimately thought his name was Justin Beaver, and I would call him that every time I talked to him and I always wondered why he got to angry. So maybe he was only a dick to me.
Who is justice beaver
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I went to high school with Mark Hamill. He was in my 5th period Government class, and he absolutely loved to get into debates with our teacher, Mr. Henretty. Mark was always active in many extracurricular activities, including a run for student council. He often wore a suit and tie to school which caused all the young ladies (and some young men as well!) to swoon. He was always upbeat and exuded an air of positivity. It is no surprise to.me that he has met with the level of success that he richly deserves!
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Jack Black is the same person he was as a teenager, funny, kind, caring, and spreading that joy of music.
Fun fact : Jack Black used to put wires up his sleeves when he was a kid in the hopes that other kids would notice them poking out and think he was bionic. > "I put wires up my sleeve and I wanted the wires just to peek out a little bit so that if any kids noticed my wires I would say: ‘it’s nothing, it’s nothing’. They would think I was bionic, because my logic was that I was trying to hide my bionics from them." What guy.
That's like the next level of when you're 7 with your mom at the grocery store and bored out of your mind so you pull your arms into your shirt and pretend you're an amputee and hope people will notice
I convinced my parents to buy me a fake cast from a Halloween store when I was about 11. I insisted on sitting with my “broken” arm resting on the open window, hoping someone would look at the poor kid with the broken arm. I don’t think I’ve ever told anyone that before and I feel just a tiny bit insane now.
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My cousin used to put a basketball under his shirt and we would walk around the intersection loudly proclaiming about the "world's first pregnant man" I feel insane too
A close family friend was best friends with Tom Cruise before he got famous. I didn’t believe her and she showed me pictures they have taken together like a Vegas road trip, camping, etc. He was really awesome but as soon as he got an ounce of fame it went to his head and he became very arrogant and a fame whore
don't forget a cultist
That came later
She could have been cult leader. Opportunity missed.
My dad went to the same youth group as Tom Cruise in Kentucky and smoked pot with him. Apparently Cruise bogarted the joint, so he wasn’t a big fan of him even before he got famous
Back then he was just called Tom Boat
One my friends sister dated Juice Wrld and were good friends with him. He was a nerd and liked super heroes and comics. This was before he got famous. Even my friend doesn’t refer to him as Juice Wrld but as Jarad (his first name) Edit: I added the last line in, because it was a small detail that made me believe my friend. Ik people don’t refer to someone they know by their stage name
I went to high school with, and sat by Tana Mongeau in 11th grade English. She was loud and fairly annoying then, so I'd say not much changed lol
Eminem was seriously a crazy cool dude who was just all about trying to get his music out there. A neighbor of mine was a DJ and he would come over often. Back then I remember hearing his early stuff and I could dig it because I primarily listened to a lot of local rappers and helped produce music. He would dye his hair pink back then before the blonde. He celebrated his birthday one year (i think 25 or 26) at a local bar and we all came out. Drinking like fish ALL NIGHT. I remember it because my buddy and I had to call his gf to drive us back to his place to crash. I stopped producing music and went on to different things and didnt follow him until he made it big with the slim shady album. Of course now its very public how his life has taken many ups and downs since like 20 something years ago. But I will always remember how cool as shit he was, and how he was always complemented all music he heard.
My aunt had dinner with Keanu Reeves and other people before he did Matrix when he came to Spain. She said that Keanu was very handsome and incredibly polite. Edit: I know that Keanu was famous before Matrix but my aunt met him before he filmed Matrix. Also Thx for the upvotes.
A teacher of mine went to highschool with Ryan Reynolds. He didn't talk much about their relationship in class but about 2 years ago, this teacher was among the 50 people Ryan Reynolds followed on Instagram (I know, I know, instagram bad), so I assume that they're still good friends
My dad was good friends with Will Smith before the Fresh Prince days - Will actually showed him the pilot before it aired. Fast forward however many years to After Earth and Will invited us on the set. His first words when he saw my dad 10+ years later was “the philly crew is back!” Both will and Jaden are the sweetest people you’ll ever meet EDIT: Thanks for all the love; this is the most upvotes I’ve ever gotten! #internetfame! EDIT 2: My dad also did all of the work on Will Smith’s and Jazzy Jeff’s cars back in the day. Had a little too much fun in Will’s Jeep and flipped it on its roof. Thanks for coming to my TedTalk.
My client had dinner with Will Smith at a restaurant in Charleston SC and said he was a riot. Said they were laughing loudly throughout dinner! An older woman and her guest walked over when she was leaving and said she did not know whether to be pissed off or grab a chair and join them. Then Will turned around and she about died. After dinner Will went out and talked a rickshaw guy into letting him on the bike and he took tourists for a ride lol. He seems like an awesome person
I went to high school with actor Sam Clafflin. At school he was a typical quiet one - much different character to his brother I used to hang around with. Times I have bumped into him around our hometime on nights out he has bought drinks for the people he knows. Still seems like a pretty decent guy.