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Celebrities! 🤩🤔

JFD12 — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 02:25:04 GMT

Question .. for fun! I read about this topic recently elsewhere ... who is a celebrity that you met somewhere ... talked to, conversed with. Were they nice? What did you think of them? I guess my first thought was... Forest Whitaker. He was married to my sister's friend. My sister went to school with Forest's wife.

There was an event in Boston many, many years ago ... and we were invited to this event for Forest and his wife. He was so very normal. It was right after he won his Oscar for The Last King of Scotland. A hugely normal person, did not drink ... while all of us crazy girls did! lol! Such a nice, nice person, he was!!!

Anyone else with fun interactions, to share? 🤩🤗 Secrets will stay secrets! 😊🤐

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Seminole2 — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 02:31:40 GMT

I have a couple but the best was the cast of Hill Street Blues were in Colorado skiing the same time I was. I had an oopsie on the slope and they came over to assist me up and they were extremely nice. It was Charles Haiid, Betty Thomas , James B Sikking and one more that I can't remember... I saw them often the rest of the day and they were just as nice and we chatted. Never asked for an autograph. Just idle chit chat.

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MJDinVegas — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 02:35:22 GMT

Hi, @JFD12 ! I used to live in Huntington Beach, CA and often traveled for business and sometimes out of LAX. One time Tom Skerritt asked me if the plane was on time or if they started boarding (don't remember). Another time I saw but didn't speak to Sara Gilbert during the Roseanne days. Not exciting but it was enough for me. LOL

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JFD12 — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 02:37:54 GMT

@Seminole2 I have never watched Hill Street Blues but I know my husband did. I do not know the cast ... but hubby loved that show! 🤗

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JFD12 — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 02:39:15 GMT

@MJDinVegas ❤️🩷

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drizzellla — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 02:45:27 GMT

My son has met quite a few Sports figures.

The one that sticks out in my mind. Probably because I was there. Was when we attended a Sportswriters Banquet honoring several sports figures.

My son walked up to George Forman and asked for his autograph. We were all standing around in a lobby. So there wasn't a good place to sign an autograph. George Forman took my son to a room off of the lobby and found a table. He gave my son a "sweet" autograph. And he chatted with my son briefly.

I was so impressed that he took the time to make sure my son got a nice autograph. AND he signed the autograph "To My Buddy, Tim".

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JFD12 — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 02:50:06 GMT

@drizzellla Love!

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beach-mom — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 02:52:26 GMT

I met Jill Whelan, who played Vicki on The Love Boat. We had a mutual friend. She was nice and very unpretentious. I believe she moved to another state a while ago.

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NEvans2 — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 02:52:28 GMT

About 25 years I met Jamie Lee Curtis at a book signing at the Barnes & Noble I was working at. She wasn't very nice to the employees, but when she went out to read to the kids she was charming and funny. I guess that's why they're called actors.

Disappointing, since I always liked her work. Not impressed. Maybe she was having a bad day.

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azgal — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:00:33 GMT

When I was very young about 11, I met Raymond Burr. He was very kind to a little kid.

I met John Saxton when I was in high school He was doing a play. Also very nice.

In college my husband was a radio DJ and was doing political interviews for the election season. Robert Redford wanted him to interview him because he wanted to stop the widening of a road going to Sundance. This was 55 years ago. He was into conservation even back then. The poor guy. All the women at the station and I went to see him . He was very nice about it. And man, did he look good.

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Lyttlewyng — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:09:16 GMT

I've met a few back in the day, mostly rock musicians because my hubby was in the music business. He's worked with Elton John, Billy Joel and others in that genre,

As hubby's tag along, I've met the Rolling Stones, Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, among others. The nicest celebrity I've met many times is Johnny Depp. He is a very kind and gracious, soft spoken, sweet man. At one meeting, he went out of his way to meet with me, passing through a rowdy crowd, as I use a wheelchair and couldn't make it through the chaos. Another time, he had his security escort me to a safe area where we could chat privately. I can honestly say he is a good man and I'm happy he succeeded through his challenges. I still maintain correspondence with him,

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beach-mom — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:10:26 GMT

@NEvans2 wrote:
About 25 years I met Jamie Lee Curtis at a book signing at the Barnes & Noble I was working at. She wasn't very nice to the employees, but when she went out to read to the kids she was charming and funny. I guess that's why they're called actors.
Disappointing, since I always liked her work. Not impressed. Maybe she was having a bad day.

@NEvans2 - DD has always been a fan of The Little Mermaid. She had a chance to meet Jodi Benson, who was the voice of Ariel, at a meet and greet. Not only was she rude to DD, not even making eye contact, but she also didn't pay any attention to the 6-year old ahead of her in line.

DD had taken her book, that DH and I had given her for her birthday. I wrote a little note inside. DD mentioned how special the book was to her, especially since her mom had written a note inside it. Jodi was unimpressed. DD paid a lot of money for someone to take a picture of her with Jodi on her cell phone.

The mom of the little girl was livid. She tried to talk to someone about it, but didn't get anywhere. She later discussed it with DD when they were standing in line to get a drink.

So DD chalked it up to Jodi's having a bad day, but she has since found out others have had the same experience on different days.

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kitcat51 — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:26:27 GMT

Paul Newman when I was 16, he was campaigning for Robert Kennedy & took time to talk one on one with office volunteers....he was so nice, interested in what you had to say, funny & I enjoyed our conversation. Also in April 1968 Robert Kennedy made a stop at our city airport, I was standing next to a woman holding a baby so he stopped, chatted with us & shook our hands...the next day a picture of Robert, the woman, baby & me was on the front page of the city newspaper...I still have that newspaper picture, my hand is in his & we all have big smiles.

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JFD12 — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:28:16 GMT

@kitcat51 🥰

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JFD12 — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:34:26 GMT

@Lyttlewyng My neighbor is obsessed with Johnny Depp! She loves him! Happy to hear your story! 🩷 PS ... please introduce me to Led Zep! lol! 🥰

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IdahoGram — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:34:44 GMT

When I was 17 I met Clark Gable at a gun Club in CA. My in-laws were there, (yes I was married at 17) shooting skeet and I was wandering around watching people. I heard a voice behind me say, "well hello young lady". I turned around and there was Clark Gable handsome as in the movies. He asked how I was and would I like to join his group for the next round of skeet. I was barely able to speak, but said no thenk you. He was very nice and like I said, very handsome.

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Venezia — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:36:51 GMT

@Lyttlewyng - You confirmed what I've always felt about Johnny Depp. So many people spoke so highly of him through all of those "troubles" and I never believed a word of the "other party".

Did you hear about his new movie coming out in November? "Ebeneezer"?

I can't wait to see it. He's a true chameleon as an actor.

(But I'll always love Captain Jack Sparrow the best!)

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JFD12 — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:37:54 GMT

@IdahoGram how awesome! I love reading these stories! ❤️

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LizzieInSRQ — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:56:48 GMT

Personal non-work related:

Sat next to Jenna Elfman on a flight from LA to Tampa ( Jet Blue) We spoke briefly at the start. I tend to leave people alone. She had already done the tv show Dharma & Greg.

Out partying one New Years Eve in the 80's a friend of a friend brought Dale Midkiff back to our suite that 4 of us were staying in. I got to see his naked butt lol and sit across from him at breakfast in the diner the morning after. He was in Steven King's Pet Semetary and later as Jock Ewing in Dalas the Early Years, Elvis in Elvis and Me, and Hallmark classic Love Comes Softly, bunches of other stuff. Not a lot of interaction in my encounter...all of us were terribly hungover and well he did my friend's friend lol he was sooo good looking. He was already getting recognized when I met him...around Pet Semetary I think.

I worked at our local fairgrounds and arena so i got to meet and be around a few. George Thorogood, B.B. King. Trace Adkins. Eddie Money, The Black Crows, Ted Nugent ( jerk), Steven Segal (wacko), Sen. John McClain I was completely alone with him for 15 minutes before his campaign speech having brought him a coffee VERY early on in his run. Super nice. A few others not-so-famous lol

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LizzieInSRQ — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:46:13 GMT

@Lyttlewyng the single coolest post Ive ever read here. Great to hear about Depp too!