Celebrity Encounters

surfinrach90 · 08-04-2007, 06:38 PM

Well after my little celebrity encounter last night I was wondering if any of you have met a celebrity?

I was in work last night and Paul Potts came in ^_^ He was the winner of Britain's Got Talent, he lives about half hour or so away from the restaurant aaaand I got to serve him a few times lol.

Paul Potts, from Port Talbot in South Wales, is a singer who became the winner of the first series of ITV's Britain's Got Talent, singing operatic arias and impressing the judges in all of his performances. At the time of his victory on Britain's Got Talent, he had been working in The Carphone Warehouse, but following his win he has been signed by the show's judge Simon Cowell to record an album. Potts has previously worked in unpaid opera productions from 1999 to 2003, however, a series of illnesses combined with a bicycle accident in 2003 brought an end to his amateur opera career.

So.. who have you met? =]

manufan15 · 08-04-2007, 06:40 PM

Well, when I went to the Mets game, I saw Reyes, Delgado, Beltran, Wright and the whole team! But other than that I really haven't seen celebrities except sports games.

Syntax · 08-04-2007, 06:43 PM

During a field trip in elementary we happened to run into Mattias Ohlund. For those of you who don't know him he plays for the Vancouver Canucks.

Cpt.McCloud · 08-04-2007, 06:51 PM

I have had a few, mainly Footballers (Soccer)

A few lived near me, I was friends with a few of their children.

Mainly Middlesbrough players, like nemeth and such.

Acdude6 · 08-04-2007, 06:52 PM

well three people you might know....ones alshey parker angle (boy) another one is bever from leave it to bever(like 60 something now)and well you all should know her....

the girl from spy kids,Alexa Vega.

paintba||er · 08-04-2007, 06:58 PM

Ummm.....I met Karl Malone, (plays basketball for The Jazz) but I don't like basketball, the Jazz, or him so its pretty meh. I had him sign a hat, but I don't know what I did with it. I probably threw it away or something.

WiiWouldLike2Play · 08-04-2007, 07:06 PM

Well, when I was a kid, I remembered seeing Michael Jackson at DisneyWorld ..

:/

paintba||er · 08-04-2007, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by WiiWouldLike2Play

Well, when I was a kid, I remembered seeing Michael Jackson at DisneyWord ..

:/

That would be scary. :S

nic7 · 08-04-2007, 07:23 PM

I havn't met any personally... but my sister talked to lisa leslie (WNBA Player) at an airport and got her autograph, and she goes to NYU and went partying with haley joel osment (might have spelled/said that wrong. but its the kid from sixth sense.) and a whole bunch of friends.

She's never seen any of the olsen twins though. Do they still go there?

DRMARIO · 08-04-2007, 07:24 PM

Wow, Paul Potts! I'd love to meet him.

I haven't really 'bumped' into a celebrity. I have met three Authors, One being Sandra Glover, and I can't remember the other two's second names. But their first names were Hillary and Antony.

An actor who used to be in coronation street (Stev's exwife), was in the same hotel as my Mother when she was in Leeds.

Vorhaku · 08-04-2007, 07:31 PM

Brad Gushue came to our school last year and I got to meet him.

Frogger · 08-04-2007, 08:36 PM

The Hoosiers.

bubba-ga-nush · 08-04-2007, 08:48 PM

Umm I met Paul Brand. If anyone knows him. He's and country sining and I didn't care much for meeting him.

ilikecookies · 08-04-2007, 09:51 PM

I met Ryan Smyth (NHL player)

mushroomedmario · 08-04-2007, 10:05 PM

i don't care about celeberties, i've met a lot of NHL players(as some live in my city i believe) however i didn't care enough to remember the names

hmm i haven't officially met him but i've been in the same room as david suzuki

hmm i'm not sure if they're celeberties or not but i've met the people who free ran in the rogers commercial, they were free running throughout the restaurant i work at

ack it feels like i met more, like a member from a band or something

oh well i'll post them later if i remember them

emmspokemon · 08-04-2007, 10:10 PM

ive met the mc donald bros loads of times,they sang at my aunties wedding in 2004 and she has known them for 5 years

Lewi T · 08-05-2007, 01:37 AM

various football related 'celebs', such as sven eriksson, john barns, ian rush, de boer brothers, dani, jerzy dudek, van der sar...andy gray (commentator off sky sports), abbey clancy (2nd in britain's next top model and peter crouch's ex) - that was yesterday in fact, she's f*ckin gorgeous! errm chris off hollyoaks...that's all i can think of at the moment

CantGetAWii · 08-05-2007, 05:54 AM

I met the old guitar from Sum 41, the Dave guy that left

He was at his sister's play in the town next to mine, and my cousin was also in it, so I had to go. I guess it was sort of worth it, I got his autograph but he's not in the band anymore, so it's not worth much

08-05-2007, 02:26 PM

as many of you know i was in hitch but i was an "extra" when they went to city hall. nothing too spectacular so trust me youre not missing much...i know MANY of you have tried to find me and lemme tell you it aint easy lmao. someone had to mention to me that i was in it from the NYPD film unit.

anyways, working in NYC you tend to meet tons of celebrities. ive been to resteraunts like the palm and have sat behind derek jeter, ive walked down park ave and saw sarah jessica parker with her baby, i met natalie portman at a temple believe it or not, when i worked at radioshack, dee snider from twisted sister (who lives not too far from where i was in long island NY) came in to upgrade his cellphone (i had his phone number but rest assure it was complete privacy and the only reason he came in is because he knows my manager who does the local haunted houses at sports plus in lake grove NY)

theres so many other people ive met like ted nugent (an avid shooter), r. lee ermy at many glock conventions, kareem adul jabar in atlantic city (he signed a basket ball for me) and the starting lineup for the NYJ back in 2006 at their training grounds at hofstra univerisity

i keep my cool very well but only ONE celebrity made me turn into a complete mush and that was james gandolfini from the sopranos. i went to atlantic city in ballys hotel where my aunt is a MAJOR highroller. she got invited to a hotel party in honor of the first season of the sopranos so the ENTIRE cast was there. we all got to take pictures and i sat on tony sopranos lap. i seriously just OMG'ed the whole time and was just wow'd.

speaking of "mobsters" i also go to the roosevelt field mall from time to time (maybe once a month if that) and the "gotti" sons shop there constantly. they get mauled by 10 year old little bimbo girls. i helped john i believe his name was? the oldest? get a crazy girl off of him. he offered to take me out to dinner but sadly declined. he was actually a sweet kid if you looked beyond the bad english, the stupid hair, and the preppy boy image.

so those are my celebrity encounters