Pip tagged me to write six unimportant things about me and (after getting really bored writing about what kind of tea I drink, and how much I love roast potatoes) I decided that I might give it a little twist (I hope that’s ok Pip) — and have turned it into six unimportant things about me that involve celebrities.
So, top of my list:
I met Johnny Depp in the late 80s, had his autograph and have lost it.
Not long ago, Amelia and I were walking through Chadstone singing “I LOVE you, I LOVE you” quite loudly to each other (as you do) and we walked straight by Anthony Callea who looked like he thought we were singing it to him. I hope that made his day because it made mine! I laughed a lot!
I saw Tobie Puttock (does he count?) down at the Camberwell Flea Market recently. His quite gorgeous friend saw me doing that “I think I know you… who are you?” expression and looked at me in a very scary “keep the f**k away” kind of way as if I might try to mob him.
I have only ever written one piece of fan mail and that was in high school to River Phoenix.
My current favourite celebrity is Michael C Hall. I think if I saw him my neck would spasm and my mouth would stop working and I would manage to say something like “fuh duh oh… garrggle”.
I met and had a pretty nice conversation with Anita Roddick back when I was designing at The Big Issue. She was a pretty amazing woman and told me that I should try dumpster-diving for a lark.
That’s it! I can’t believe I can’t think of any more. Maybe I will remember some at 4am as I usually do with this sort of thing. Oh, I once served Barry Humphries when I worked in a book shop… and I have stood next to / behind / in front of famous people in crowds and I even saw Karen Knowles the other day but it’s all a bit lame. I tag EVERYONE because I love celebrity sighting stories. Let me know in my comments if you blog it.
Hi Claire,
As a Melbourne girl in LA I have been having a ball with celebrity sightings and writing home about them. This month has been my best – Julia Roberts nearly ran me over as I was riding to work driving her black prius. I also sat three rows away from Posh Spice, her three boys, nanny, security detail and bff Kate Beckinsale last Sat night at a movie.
Loving the blog again.
Alicia
Since I went and lived in Brooklyn, NY and worked many years in NYC I have had many celebrity encounters a few fun ones ring my bell, like hanging out with JFK jr. at El Teddy’s. Hanging out in a club with my girlfriend and Lenny Kravitz and also Russel Simmons.
I have a crazy fond memory of hanging out with Jason Preistly in New Orleans when I did a convention there. I was hired by Lifetime tv to give away one of a kind painted canvas totes and the first night Jason Priestly stopped by with someone from Fox and we hit it off and hung out at Pat O”Briens that night. I think we closed the bars down and mostly I remember him chain smoking cigs! He was nice, not my type he seemed more like my little brother.
I have many others that would take a long time to mention. I love your blog and will have to come back!!
I went to Denise Drysdale’s for a New Year’s party once. Ernie didn’t.
I actually saw Michael C. Hall walking around my neighborhood on September 12th 2000. That was the day after Sept. 11th and I lived in Manhattan. It was very surreal on a very surreal kind of day. He was still on Six Feet Under at the time and it just seemed rather morbid to see a funeral director in our neighborhood. I didn’t approach him.
I never saw him in the neighborhood again.
When I was early elementary I went to the children’s museum here in Portland and my mother tells me that Robert Downey Jr was there with his son. According to my mother I served him tea in the play kitchen and was chatting his ear off, obviously not knowing his celebrity status. She and my aunt stood there in shock, while I just kept being my chatty self. I of course do not remember this, but it is a funny story that my mom tells me every time we watch “Only You”.
Getting in very late on this one but felt it funny I read this on the day the girls and I had a chat to Georgie Parker at an in store appearance, she was very kind and spoke to Lucy about Play school though she was actually promoting a new show and Alice about her glasses though it was past the time she was suppose to be there.
I do have a real sighting though from when I was a teenager from the country in the big city (Melbourne) for a school excursion, I was in a cafe with a group of kids from my school, who moved back from the counter as a guy entered from the back. I didn’t look up at him but when the guy behind the counter went to take his order before mine he said I was first I ordered then looked over at his fancy cowboy boots then all the way up to the very attractive face of Lou Diamond Phillips! and said “Nice boots” I don’t remember the rest of the conversation but according to my screaming friends outside after he left I was very cool and not at all my usual embarrassing self.
I saw Karen Knowles at the Choir of Hard Knocks concert last year.
How dull she was.
And still wearing her school formal dress…
Sorry, that was a bit snide.
How fun it is to meet famous people.
Recently I met Rob Thomas and Paul Doucette from Matchbox 20.
I’ve met many other rock stars too.
The fan mail… well I wrote to Shane Warne when I was about 12 – sent him a wedding present (a picture frame with a photo of myself in it!!) and he wrote back. This was BEFORE text messages, by the way.
So glad you are back, I’ve missed you!
I love celeb signtings! I happen to always see different celebs in west hollywood on Melrose..just the other day I saw Nikki Hilton , Marisa Tomei and Nicole Richie at the high-end womes store Beckley Boutique. far down west on Melrose next to Dr Teas you can always find a celeb hanging out!