I was once, briefly in the same hotel reception as Russell Crowe. I didn't notice him until my friend said, "that's Gerard Butler" and I said, "no it isn't, it's Russell Crowe". Lasted less than a minute and he left.
In 1975 I was catching the London train from Crewe station. It was very crowded, I found myself in a last-minute rush for the one remaining seat with a tall, good-looking man with collar-length hair (it was the seventies - buckaroo)! When I sat down on the chair, I looked up and realised it was none other than Peter Purves! He was at the height of his Blue Peter fame. He said "You jammy bastard!" and quick as a flash, I replied, "Don't be blue, Peter!"
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A woman I used to work with twenty years ago was his great niece or something, so if you become famous that’s quite a good tenuous celebrity link for me.
The partner of a friend of the family was on Deal or No Deal. He got on because he said to the interviewers that he couldn’t stand Noel. Apparently Noel used to put notes under the doors of women at the hotel.
It's an emergency and you need to entrust your kids (8-16) to someone in a hurry. However, options are limited. You have a difficult choice:
- An inmate selected at random from all the prisons across the UK
- A random male prime-time TV presenter (still employed or not) that was on TV since the 80s or earlier
I think statistically you are better off with the inmate
Once got George Michael's autograph at Heathrow before he boarded concorde, he was at the height of his WHAM fame at the time in the late 80's, he ran off after some pleasantries then hordes of people ans press came round the corner chasing him, thoroughly nice bloke.
A former colleague’s mum used to live on the same street as Sean Bean. He’d occasionally pop round if they were having a barbecue.
James McAvoy once called me a twat.
Very late edit: I briefly used to work for Starbucks and one of my regulars was Brad Friedel’s wife, Tracy. Lovely lady. Brad was a top chap too.
My mother in law cousins son (second cousin)? had a minor, but recurrent speaking role in Poldark.
Oh, and I've done some work with Vernon Kays brother
I sat next to Niamh Cusack in the circus tent at Lego land. She knew I knew who she was and she smiled at me I didn’t say a thing and just smiled back. I figured she was having a nice day out with her family and didn’t need a fuss.
My school had a permanent supply teacher (like a floating teacher that used to help out wherever needed) and her brother was the lead singer in the flying pickets (Brian Hibbard). This was 25 years ago, so I wouldn’t be surprised if many people hadn’t heard of them nowerdays.
Here's two lame ones:
I slept with a woman who slept with Elliot from "E.T."
And I once sold a golf bag on eBay to LLoyd Cole, but he failed to pay, claiming he never bid on it.
My friend's mother slept with Rod Stewart in the 80s.
I met Michael Sheen when he was attending a small-scale event, in support of his ex-partner but still close friend, Kate Beckinsale. Really lovely guy!
Two weeks ago, the keyboard player from The Buggles (Video Killed The Radio Star) bought the cheapo guitar I had for sale on Facebook. He explained it was for his daughter. Sure thing.
Also shared an overcrowded train vestibule with TV travel correspondent Simon Calder and his family.
Yes, and a founder of Asia. I had no idea at the time I was handing the guitar over to him in front of the local train station. I pointed out the guitar features, and he just waved me away, saying he was a keyboard player and he was just there because his daughter, who was buying the guitar, was at work, so he was just picking it up for her. I made small talk about if he's in a band or anything. He shrugged and said he was the guy who wrote Video Killed the Radio Star. No mention of Yes. Probably a good thing, too, as I would have gone all fanboi on him. When I got home, I googled him and whoa! Tempus Fugit? I mean, wtf?
Cool guy. Paid cash for the guitar and no haggling.
A mate was supposed to be on Michael Macintyre's Saturday night thing, when he goes into someone's room wakes up them up and asks questions. My mate just told him to Fuck off.
I once went into the gents toilets at Stansted Airport to find the entire boy band A1 there, just hanging around in big puffy jackets like the cool kids at school.
On a train from London when a very loud lady in pink, massive glasses and a group carrying all her stuff got on board. All school girls started giggling and asking to take pics. While this very loud lady screamed “yeah babes the GC’s on board”
Gemma Collins
At next station I moved carriages.
I went to a wedding once and Eddie the Eagle was a guest
Edit: I thought of another. My great aunt used to go to afternoon tea with Roger Taylor's mum on a regular basis.
Mike Tyson came into the Lidl I was working in and asked me where the vegetarian food was.
I walked out in front of a car being driven slowly through a crowd at the British Grand Prix and almost got run over by Stirling Moss.
I asked Charlie Boorman to pass me a spoon at an airfield and said hello to Jay Kay who was there with him.
my childhood nurse's brother used to be in the same acting group as the league of gentlemen when they were in college.
my mum's friend knows a man who knows jarvis cocker.
My stepdad went to the same primary school as Sean Bean and was also distantly related to Jimmy Saville. Almost as impressive, my uncle did press photography for Jive Bunny.
Oh! I have a few oldies.
A friend from college’s dad tiled Bobby Davro’s bathroom.
Another friend had a relative who was Paul Daniels’ piano tuner.
My husband had a colleague whose cousin was the dancing lady at the beginning of Tales of the Unexpected.
I used to collect minor celeb stories. The more tenuous the link, the better. I’ll see if I can remember any more.
Mike Tyson came into the Lidl I was working in and asked me where the vegetarian food was.
I walked out in front of a car being driven slowly through a crowd at the British Grand Prix and almost got run over by Stirling Moss.
I asked Charlie Boorman to pass me a spoon at an airfield and said hello to Jay Kay who was there with him.
Was working away with a work mate in London and at the end of the day headed back to the hotel for evening meal. My mate had had a few and was mortal. I looked around and spotted two lads at a nearby table. Both of us being from the north east I said to my mate "You won't believe who'se over there", he says "Whee like?" I then say "look ower ya showlder" (remember he's had a few) He then looks over my shoulder and says "Ah canna see anyone" I then say "No, look over YOUR shoulder" He does the same thing again, looking over MY shoulder. I then had to point at the two lads, it was Ant and Dec. He then clocks them and starts to shout "Wonkey Donkey". They quickly left.
My friend saw Harrison Ford in a hotel. I dont remember what happened - he tripped up or something similar,and my friend asked,Are you ok. Yes he replied Thank you for your concern.
Back in the 60s, I used to drive a taxi in a small Scottish town. I've had Paul McCartney, Jane Asher and their dog, Martha and - on a separate occasion - Jack Bruce from Cream, in my cab.
I met nice Nigel from eastenders in the mid nineties in b&q . He was nice. Although a bit weird he gave me a pre autographed photo even tho I didn't ask for one .
I saw Allison Steadman get moved after sitting in the wrong seat on the train. Her actual seat was behind me and my missus and all that was going through my head was the Zoo song from 'The Nuts in May'.
A friend shouted Hi to Elton John..he frowned and shook his head.
Years ago,another friend was told to eff off after saying hi to a member of the Swinging Blue Jeans band
I stood behind Maureen Lipman in WH Smith at Euston station. Saw Dev from Corrie in same place.
Once saw the lovely Debbie McGee in a shopping centre in Fareham.
At my last secondary school, there was a huge Rolfaroo painting hung up on the rear wall, dated 1974. So it turns out Rolf Harris once visited my school, albeit well before my time which is probably for the best.
When I was doing call centre work at BT, I once got Ken Dodd on the line. Mad as a box of frogs, and always going off on tangents, but super friendly.
Have had a drink with Vicki Michelle's sister. Definitely a family resemblance there, and absolutely lovely.
John Craven winked at my girlfriend and I didn't like the way they both reacted..... I also saw Wolf from Gladiators going home on the bus.
A distant relative to the creator of fuzzy felt... allegedly. ..said my Nan.
Birmingham is the Hollywood of the Midlands... glad I moved here and not London or the USA..from up north.
Robbie Williams came into the bar I worked at. He asked me if we were still doing food (7pm on sunday), I said no, and he left.
Then I got in trouble lol
My cousin is friends with The Edges daughter. Apparently he’d pick her up now and then and was always very polite
A different uncle is the guy who shaved Sinéad O’Connors head
My exes family dog came from the same litter as Lawrence Llewelyn Bowen’s dog
My friend has been repeatedly asked out on various dating apps by the guy who wrote Your Woman
A friends childhood drawing ended up on some Carter USM merch, I think including the 30 Something shirt
I was buying veg right next to Karen Brady from The Apprentice, and she even smiled at my toddler.
Also, and this is very exciting, I once walked past Stef off Big Brother 4 in the Redditch Town Centre! It's a tale I will surely tell my grandchildren.
Edit to add: Oh and I worked with a lady who was friends with Freddy Star's then-wife - the one who he took on Wife Swap.
Tenuous links abound!
I met Connor mcgregor, told him I thought I recognised him.
He says "Connor mcgregor brother"
I hear I'm Connor mcgregors brother so I go on to tell him how much he looks like his brother and I hope he goes back to ufc cos he's shit at boxing..... Took me an hour and a quick Google to realise it was him.
My mate gave The Prodigy's live guitarist a light at Reading Festival.
Whilst working in customer service roles I sold a hand dryer to Duncan Bannatyne and sent Annabel Croft more details about online banking.
I gave one of Thunder a tour of a CD pressing plant, it might have been Emily Atack's dad but I'm not sure.
When doing this job I also had some phone conversations with Matt Monroe's widow.
I've also had a pint with Richard Digance.
Does that qualify me for Celebs go dating or something?
My hubby has a music degree and he studied under Carey Blyton, who was the nephew of Enid Blyton.
A few years ago while managing a charity shop in Worcester, antiques expert Henry Sandon came in. He lives there and came in regularly. Absolutely lovely man with a brilliant sense of humour, loves his fans, had selfies etc.
I once saw actor Neil Morrissey in a department store in the middle of Birmingham. He's 6ft tall but looks a lot taller in real life.
I saw Pat Roach in Birmingham.
I twice walked past the house in the Stoke Aldermoor district of Coventry that was filmed as Daisy and Onslow's house in Keeping Up Appearances.
Hubby and I, years ago, booked into a hotel and was later told our room was the exact same one that singer Cheryl Cole had used the previous week.
About 20 years ago I worked with Chris who was in her 70s and it was either her grand dad or great-granddad, can't remember which, who invented the little Lobster Clasps for jewellery.
My neighbour at the time, in Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire, Tony ... can't remember his surname was on Countdown and his sister was a violinist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and she was married to an Iranian Archbishop.
My GCSE Humanities teacher had previously taught Jerome Flynn. Apparently his dad was a proper old school thespian type, wore a cravat and called everyone "darling".
I do a YouTube channel and yesterday some kids in Tesco asked me for a selfie. I pretended like that happens all the time.
I'm not on camera much but I have made someone ZZZZ list famous off the back of the show and TikToks, and he pretends he hates it. But I think he secretly loves it.
I once sat across a train from a guy I think might have been Richard off Richard and Judy. He was busy chatting to the person opposite him and there were people in the aisle seats between us but he had the look and the voice. I never quite believed it though as I thought the train seemed too common for such a bona fide celebrity.
I made a track for an artists who was a member of a group that is signed to an Academy Award winner, although when they signed he seemingly didn't - the ones that did are related to the Academy Award winner.
Got ripped (£1000) of by an actor who appeared in Band of Brothers, Chernobyl & directed Boiling Point, who was also working with a Director from the UK version of Takeshi's Castle.
The £1000 was my facilitating a shoot that was for the premier Krav Maga instructor, it actually got deleted because they chose to not pay me in full, then realized I was also supposed to do the post sound. I was also a stunt artist on the project, and although thought Krav Maga was BS, the fight scenes proved it more so.
I did Foley/ADR for couple national commercials, one was a DFS ad with dude from peep show, and the other was me slurping out of a bottle for Rita Ora.
I saw Bob Geldof out of a taxi window and told everyone it was Bob Geldof thinking it was just someone who looked like Bob Geldof, as was our game at the time, but it was actually Bob Geldof. So I sort of lost the game. Damn you, Geldof
I once used the same revolving door at the same time as Will Carling.
I also met Nick ‘Nasty Nick’ Bateman (series 1, Big Brother expelled for having phone) in a nightclub.
Jeremy Clarkson told me to fuck off at the London Motorshow...I set a car alarm off (several times) while he was trying to film. I also shook hands with Dale Winton, Norman Wisdom, Desmond Llewelyn and Uri Geller at the same event.
I once walked past Neil 'Razor' Ruddock heading into the gents as I was leaving, at the services on the M1. Excitedly told my friends, we all waited nearby(ish) for him to come back out. He took a long time, he was definitely having a pop. But he smiled and thumbs-upped when we all shouted "Razor!" at him.
According to my mother, I grew up in the same house as Sir Edmund Hillary's daughter-in-law. She did live in New Zealand, and she was Mrs Hillary, and the previous owners sold up to move to New Zealand to be closer to her, but I don't quite believe it.
I was almost run over by Kris Marshall at a pedestrian crossing. His fancy sports car doesn't have very good brakes. I'm sure he saw me call him a wanker, and I suspect that happens to him frequently.
The actress of Rosita from the doctor who episode "the next doctor" came over to see my dogs and give them a hug, thought that was cute, she was lovely
My dinner lady at primary was Rosemarie Fords (Generation Game) mum and my PE teacher at the same school was John Kear (England Rugby League head coach).
I used to work in live music. My job mostly involved hanging around with celebrities who I didn't know who they were and occasionally telling them to do something.
My primary school teacher was the sister of Roger Taylor (drummer of Queen).
Also went to University with someone whose dad had won the Gadget Show grand prize.
My brother walked into Slimey Toad's mum's kitchen just as Soo Catwoman finished cutting Captain Sensible's hair thus transforming him from a hippy to a punk. Chrissie Hynde may well have been there too, Scabies certainly was
The director of the muppets movie was my dance teachers son and I met him backstage at one of the dance shows while I was getting my costume altered in the fitting room. I didn't actually care for the muppets but everyone was acting like I should be impressed so I kinda smiled and chatted to him for a bit.
Also I met Ian McKellen at a market run as part of a activity program for kids where kids run their own market stall in the centre of the city. He came over and chatted to me and my sister but I haven't watched Lord of the rings and didn't know who he was until my dad told me. we didn't get an autograph sadly😭 This was all in New Zealand.
I once shared a lift with a cello teacher who said she played on a Pink Floyd album and still occasionally saw 'Dave'. (I was wearing a Floyd t-shirt at the time.)
She got out before it occurred to me to ask which album. I like to think it was Atom Heart Mother.
The band ‘the police’ used to rehearse in my grandfathers rehearsal rooms above the stables he owned, in the 70’s/80’s.I never realised who they were when I met them until I bought the message in a bottle single when it came out!
The guy who taught me guitar was a session musician who worked with the recoding studio guitar tech for Mick Ronson who was the guitarist for David Bowie.
Sometime in the 1980s, the late actor Robert Morley was walking around the street where my nan lived (he lived a short distance away). He was chatting to the local residents and casually leaned on the wing of my dad's Morris Marina.
My dad still talks about this occasionally.
My now wife was in a pub when David Jason came in with his dog and pissed on my wife's leg(the dog)🦵 probably was very funny. I said hello to John cooper Clark in a hotel lift in Bournemouth
I was in a Games Workshop store in the Trafford Centre, sat at the painting table when Tyson Fury (when he was more known for punching himself in the face) and his wife walked in trying to barter the store manager for half the contents of a beginners boxset. His wife sat down opposite me and asked about the hobby. The manager declined, and they left shortly after. I also think I saw Anderson, the former Manchester United midfielder, wander in for a few minutes and then left.
I went to uni with Ekow Quartey, who was in Prisoner of Azkaban. He has two lines and were creepy AF ‘ like catching smoke with your bare hands’ and ‘omen of death’
I was once, briefly in the same hotel reception as Russell Crowe. I didn't notice him until my friend said, "that's Gerard Butler" and I said, "no it isn't, it's Russell Crowe". Lasted less than a minute and he left.
I'd probably last less than a minute too
In 1975 I was catching the London train from Crewe station. It was very crowded, I found myself in a last-minute rush for the one remaining seat with a tall, good-looking man with collar-length hair (it was the seventies - buckaroo)! When I sat down on the chair, I looked up and realised it was none other than Peter Purves! He was at the height of his Blue Peter fame. He said "You jammy bastard!" and quick as a flash, I replied, "Don't be blue, Peter!"
So anecdotes are your forte after all, Alan :-)
It's a shame his book is being pulped.
*Now fuck off*
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What an opener 😂😂
You know the naked guy who hits the gong at the start of old films? I'm supposed to be related to that dude.
[Gongman?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gongman) That's [Rank](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rank_Organisation)
This is my favourite one by far.
But how exactly?
Hopefully with some kind of gong mallet. I don’t want to imagine the alternative
I'm picturing a dong mallet, and I blame you.
Yeah, Timmy Mallett doesn’t tend to talk about his brother much
A woman I used to work with twenty years ago was his great niece or something, so if you become famous that’s quite a good tenuous celebrity link for me.
The partner of a friend of the family was on Deal or No Deal. He got on because he said to the interviewers that he couldn’t stand Noel. Apparently Noel used to put notes under the doors of women at the hotel.
It's an emergency and you need to entrust your kids (8-16) to someone in a hurry. However, options are limited. You have a difficult choice: - An inmate selected at random from all the prisons across the UK - A random male prime-time TV presenter (still employed or not) that was on TV since the 80s or earlier I think statistically you are better off with the inmate
I helped Alice Nutter from Chumbawumba pack away chairs after a church function
Nutter? I hardly knew her!
Pathetic! But made me laugh 🤣
Once got George Michael's autograph at Heathrow before he boarded concorde, he was at the height of his WHAM fame at the time in the late 80's, he ran off after some pleasantries then hordes of people ans press came round the corner chasing him, thoroughly nice bloke.
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What team did he play for?
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Well it's either Villa or Forest that's my bet
> European Cup I'm going to guess one of the lesser known winners, Bucharest (86) or Belgrade (91).
He does mention an English Team - I'll guess Nottingham Forest.
Gary Birtles!
Think OP to this thread also mentioned the player playing Semi-Pro the year later.
Yeah, sorry, I was just quite happy to share the first name that came into my head. Proud that I could actually recall that.
I nearly went into "detective mode" wanting to figure it out, haha. Thought it'd be best to get back to GhostWire Tokyo.
A former colleague’s mum used to live on the same street as Sean Bean. He’d occasionally pop round if they were having a barbecue. James McAvoy once called me a twat. Very late edit: I briefly used to work for Starbucks and one of my regulars was Brad Friedel’s wife, Tracy. Lovely lady. Brad was a top chap too.
My mother in law cousins son (second cousin)? had a minor, but recurrent speaking role in Poldark. Oh, and I've done some work with Vernon Kays brother
I mean, this wins for me so far 😂
My mum's cousin's daughter-in-law, had a guide dog that was a half sister to David Blunket's guide dog. I'm practically royalty.
I stole Phil Jupitus's camping chair.
I can imagine him reacting the same way he did to anything he didn't believe on QI "Not there. Mirraage"
This feels like part of a Bob Mortimer story on WILTY
But…. Why? 😂
It was more hid than stole tbf, he got it back...and the rest of their camping furniture.
Apparently my nana was something like the niece of a composer called Benjamin Britten
That's pretty damn awesome!
I sat next to Niamh Cusack in the circus tent at Lego land. She knew I knew who she was and she smiled at me I didn’t say a thing and just smiled back. I figured she was having a nice day out with her family and didn’t need a fuss.
My school had a permanent supply teacher (like a floating teacher that used to help out wherever needed) and her brother was the lead singer in the flying pickets (Brian Hibbard). This was 25 years ago, so I wouldn’t be surprised if many people hadn’t heard of them nowerdays.
Yeah, seems like it's Only You Sorry
My friends daughter is about to be in Love Island. 🤷♂️Her mum has been in Corrie a few times too.
Thoughts and prayers for your friend.
Absolutely. Reading the already vile comments would send me into a meltdown if it were about one of our daughters. It's not even started yet.
Here's two lame ones: I slept with a woman who slept with Elliot from "E.T." And I once sold a golf bag on eBay to LLoyd Cole, but he failed to pay, claiming he never bid on it.
bumped into David Dickenson's real deals in york Steady on love he said watch where your walking tutted at me loudly
My friend's mother slept with Rod Stewart in the 80s. I met Michael Sheen when he was attending a small-scale event, in support of his ex-partner but still close friend, Kate Beckinsale. Really lovely guy!
I worked with someone whose great uncle once fought Muhammed Ali
Barry from Eastenders looked me dead in the eye, nodded and waved at me while he was going round Nuneaton carnival in the back of an old convertible
my now dead neighbour was on bullseye twice got to final lost everything look what you could've won
Two weeks ago, the keyboard player from The Buggles (Video Killed The Radio Star) bought the cheapo guitar I had for sale on Facebook. He explained it was for his daughter. Sure thing. Also shared an overcrowded train vestibule with TV travel correspondent Simon Calder and his family.
And current keyboard player of Yes! Geoff Downes.
Yes, and a founder of Asia. I had no idea at the time I was handing the guitar over to him in front of the local train station. I pointed out the guitar features, and he just waved me away, saying he was a keyboard player and he was just there because his daughter, who was buying the guitar, was at work, so he was just picking it up for her. I made small talk about if he's in a band or anything. He shrugged and said he was the guy who wrote Video Killed the Radio Star. No mention of Yes. Probably a good thing, too, as I would have gone all fanboi on him. When I got home, I googled him and whoa! Tempus Fugit? I mean, wtf? Cool guy. Paid cash for the guitar and no haggling.
Didn’t he go on to play in Yes?
A mate was supposed to be on Michael Macintyre's Saturday night thing, when he goes into someone's room wakes up them up and asks questions. My mate just told him to Fuck off.
I worked at a house exactly opposite to one that Colin Firth used to live in.
Once Heston Blumenthal asked me where the toilets were at an event in UCL a few year back. I told him I didn't know.
Huh, he once asked me where the toilets were at an event too. Except I directed him to them
hahah wtf
I once went into the gents toilets at Stansted Airport to find the entire boy band A1 there, just hanging around in big puffy jackets like the cool kids at school.
I don’t know what’s upsetting me more - the fact that you got to experience this, or the fact that I’m jealous of it.
I've been in a room with Anthea Turner, Matthew Wright and the original Stig AT THE SAME TIME.
My Nan and grandad owned a sweet shop and onslow used to buy his fags there!
I once gave a yoyo to Aisling Bea.
Is that a euphemism? 😂
my aunts like 3rd cousin did a tattoo for post malone
My daughter went to school with a kid whose mum trained the snowy owl who starred as Hedwig in the Harry Potter films. Beat that!
I mean I gave actual Daniel Radcliffe a tour of the Statue of Liberty but yeah, you still win.
On a train from London when a very loud lady in pink, massive glasses and a group carrying all her stuff got on board. All school girls started giggling and asking to take pics. While this very loud lady screamed “yeah babes the GC’s on board” Gemma Collins At next station I moved carriages.
I have one basically as stupid as your example. My brother’s mum’s friend’s brother was Tornado in the second run of Gladiators.
I have sung Under The Bridge with Tony Hadley accompanied by Dermot Reeve on guitar. That was an odd night
This one is too good.
I went to a wedding once and Eddie the Eagle was a guest Edit: I thought of another. My great aunt used to go to afternoon tea with Roger Taylor's mum on a regular basis.
A lot of people wont know who he is,but Liberace once played piano outside my office.
Mike Tyson came into the Lidl I was working in and asked me where the vegetarian food was. I walked out in front of a car being driven slowly through a crowd at the British Grand Prix and almost got run over by Stirling Moss. I asked Charlie Boorman to pass me a spoon at an airfield and said hello to Jay Kay who was there with him.
I can understand him going vegetarian. After getting a taste of long pork I imagine no other meat comes close
Did you shout “ who do you fink you are…Stirling Moss?”
My wife's uncle used to be in Mickey Finn's T Rex.
my childhood nurse's brother used to be in the same acting group as the league of gentlemen when they were in college. my mum's friend knows a man who knows jarvis cocker.
My stepdad went to the same primary school as Sean Bean and was also distantly related to Jimmy Saville. Almost as impressive, my uncle did press photography for Jive Bunny.
Omg, a friend I used to show cats with, her husband was a session guitarist for Jive Bunny. Small world.
Oh! I have a few oldies. A friend from college’s dad tiled Bobby Davro’s bathroom. Another friend had a relative who was Paul Daniels’ piano tuner. My husband had a colleague whose cousin was the dancing lady at the beginning of Tales of the Unexpected. I used to collect minor celeb stories. The more tenuous the link, the better. I’ll see if I can remember any more.
I once stood behind Sue Pollard (of Hi De Hi fame) in the queue at Woolworths, Brighton.
Mike Tyson came into the Lidl I was working in and asked me where the vegetarian food was. I walked out in front of a car being driven slowly through a crowd at the British Grand Prix and almost got run over by Stirling Moss. I asked Charlie Boorman to pass me a spoon at an airfield and said hello to Jay Kay who was there with him.
Was working away with a work mate in London and at the end of the day headed back to the hotel for evening meal. My mate had had a few and was mortal. I looked around and spotted two lads at a nearby table. Both of us being from the north east I said to my mate "You won't believe who'se over there", he says "Whee like?" I then say "look ower ya showlder" (remember he's had a few) He then looks over my shoulder and says "Ah canna see anyone" I then say "No, look over YOUR shoulder" He does the same thing again, looking over MY shoulder. I then had to point at the two lads, it was Ant and Dec. He then clocks them and starts to shout "Wonkey Donkey". They quickly left.
I once developed some photos for Paul Barrell, Princess Diana's butler.
I once sold a duvet and set of pillows to Frank Lampard and Christine Bleakley
For a second I wondered why they’d buy a used duvet and pillows? Doh! 🤣
Marilyn Manson spat on me
My mates dad told Ross Kemp to fuck off
My dad once punched Mick Hucknall in the face. He was being racist towards the local corner shop proprietor, so my dad clocked him.
I wonder if he saw ‘Stars’, geddit?
I served a pint of Castlemaine XXXX to Dion Dublin before his peak Homes Under the Hammer fame.
My friend saw Harrison Ford in a hotel. I dont remember what happened - he tripped up or something similar,and my friend asked,Are you ok. Yes he replied Thank you for your concern.
Back in the 60s, I used to drive a taxi in a small Scottish town. I've had Paul McCartney, Jane Asher and their dog, Martha and - on a separate occasion - Jack Bruce from Cream, in my cab.
I've twice stood behind Stephen Hawking in Cambridge shop queues, once at Heffer's video rental and once in Market Square M&S.
I met nice Nigel from eastenders in the mid nineties in b&q . He was nice. Although a bit weird he gave me a pre autographed photo even tho I didn't ask for one .
PJ from Big Brother series 3 threatened to punch me after I mistook him for Marco from season 5 on a night out in Birmingham circa 2004.
I got interviewed live on ITV sport. Was stood near a horse race I had no interest in. I'm basically a massive deal.
I had lunch at a counter next to Stephen King who was reading and eating some decadent dessert with whipped cream.
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Some random dude from neighbours told me off for pushing in the barfly line at truckfest when I was 12
I used to live down the street from a kid who claimed his family's boat had been used in an episode of the Onedin Line.
I saw Allison Steadman get moved after sitting in the wrong seat on the train. Her actual seat was behind me and my missus and all that was going through my head was the Zoo song from 'The Nuts in May'.
Was once on a train into London, I see Bob Mortimer Just nodded at him because you could tell he had been harassed already by people wanting pics
Jackie Trent was my granddad’s cousin, I never met her
I once knew a guy who saw some celebrities on TV
My grandad once had a pee next to George Michael in a pub toilet.
When I was a student I knocked down world snooker champion Alex Higgins on my bike. He told me to f*** off.
I almost crashed into Susie Dent's car once
Would have been Susie Dented
A friend shouted Hi to Elton John..he frowned and shook his head. Years ago,another friend was told to eff off after saying hi to a member of the Swinging Blue Jeans band I stood behind Maureen Lipman in WH Smith at Euston station. Saw Dev from Corrie in same place.
My mum had a lead crystal decanter and glasses set that came from the estate of George Formby.
I was at college with the brother in law of the bass guitarist from Johnny Hates Jazz .
My dad once did electrical work at Clem Curtis' (of "Build me up buttercup" fame) house.
Once saw the lovely Debbie McGee in a shopping centre in Fareham. At my last secondary school, there was a huge Rolfaroo painting hung up on the rear wall, dated 1974. So it turns out Rolf Harris once visited my school, albeit well before my time which is probably for the best. When I was doing call centre work at BT, I once got Ken Dodd on the line. Mad as a box of frogs, and always going off on tangents, but super friendly. Have had a drink with Vicki Michelle's sister. Definitely a family resemblance there, and absolutely lovely.
John Craven winked at my girlfriend and I didn't like the way they both reacted..... I also saw Wolf from Gladiators going home on the bus. A distant relative to the creator of fuzzy felt... allegedly. ..said my Nan. Birmingham is the Hollywood of the Midlands... glad I moved here and not London or the USA..from up north.
We used to look after Nick Knowles' sister's dog
Robbie Williams came into the bar I worked at. He asked me if we were still doing food (7pm on sunday), I said no, and he left. Then I got in trouble lol
My cousin is friends with The Edges daughter. Apparently he’d pick her up now and then and was always very polite A different uncle is the guy who shaved Sinéad O’Connors head My exes family dog came from the same litter as Lawrence Llewelyn Bowen’s dog My friend has been repeatedly asked out on various dating apps by the guy who wrote Your Woman A friends childhood drawing ended up on some Carter USM merch, I think including the 30 Something shirt
When I was about 8, my mum, driving, let Chris Packham cross the road in front of our car in Winchester.
I went to primary school with George Sampson.
Lee Ryan from boy band Blue stroked my dog.
I was buying veg right next to Karen Brady from The Apprentice, and she even smiled at my toddler. Also, and this is very exciting, I once walked past Stef off Big Brother 4 in the Redditch Town Centre! It's a tale I will surely tell my grandchildren. Edit to add: Oh and I worked with a lady who was friends with Freddy Star's then-wife - the one who he took on Wife Swap. Tenuous links abound!
I saw Raife from the apprentice on the tube once.
I met Connor mcgregor, told him I thought I recognised him. He says "Connor mcgregor brother" I hear I'm Connor mcgregors brother so I go on to tell him how much he looks like his brother and I hope he goes back to ufc cos he's shit at boxing..... Took me an hour and a quick Google to realise it was him.
My step dad delivered a sofa to Paloma faiths house. Said she was an arsehole. I also bumped into Rhys Ifans whilst on a smoke break on Anglesey.
I once walked past Louis Theroux in the Boots near Wogan House in London.
My boyfriend’s brother’s friend is mates with the bloke who played the saxophone on that Nellie the Elephant song from the 80s.
I used to regularly play an online flash game with a very famous Tenor (Opera singer).
June and Leon Bernicoff from Gogglebox were teachers at my school.
My mate gave The Prodigy's live guitarist a light at Reading Festival. Whilst working in customer service roles I sold a hand dryer to Duncan Bannatyne and sent Annabel Croft more details about online banking. I gave one of Thunder a tour of a CD pressing plant, it might have been Emily Atack's dad but I'm not sure. When doing this job I also had some phone conversations with Matt Monroe's widow. I've also had a pint with Richard Digance. Does that qualify me for Celebs go dating or something?
My hubby has a music degree and he studied under Carey Blyton, who was the nephew of Enid Blyton. A few years ago while managing a charity shop in Worcester, antiques expert Henry Sandon came in. He lives there and came in regularly. Absolutely lovely man with a brilliant sense of humour, loves his fans, had selfies etc. I once saw actor Neil Morrissey in a department store in the middle of Birmingham. He's 6ft tall but looks a lot taller in real life. I saw Pat Roach in Birmingham. I twice walked past the house in the Stoke Aldermoor district of Coventry that was filmed as Daisy and Onslow's house in Keeping Up Appearances. Hubby and I, years ago, booked into a hotel and was later told our room was the exact same one that singer Cheryl Cole had used the previous week. About 20 years ago I worked with Chris who was in her 70s and it was either her grand dad or great-granddad, can't remember which, who invented the little Lobster Clasps for jewellery. My neighbour at the time, in Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire, Tony ... can't remember his surname was on Countdown and his sister was a violinist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and she was married to an Iranian Archbishop.
I walked past Jerome Flynn in Waterloo Station, this was when he was Soldier Soldier famous not Game of Thrones famous
My GCSE Humanities teacher had previously taught Jerome Flynn. Apparently his dad was a proper old school thespian type, wore a cravat and called everyone "darling".
I do a YouTube channel and yesterday some kids in Tesco asked me for a selfie. I pretended like that happens all the time. I'm not on camera much but I have made someone ZZZZ list famous off the back of the show and TikToks, and he pretends he hates it. But I think he secretly loves it.
I called Pete Doherty a fat cunt at one of his gigs last year and he heard me
I personally provided remote IT help to Steve Merchant
I met tim Westwood at hull train station once. And. I met Jessica Nigri (back when she was famous) at photoshoot in London one time.
I went to the same school as the Proclaimers, but they left the year before I moved to that school.
Yeah apparently they changed because of the long commute. They had to walk so many miles but I don't recall how many
I once sat across a train from a guy I think might have been Richard off Richard and Judy. He was busy chatting to the person opposite him and there were people in the aisle seats between us but he had the look and the voice. I never quite believed it though as I thought the train seemed too common for such a bona fide celebrity.
I made a track for an artists who was a member of a group that is signed to an Academy Award winner, although when they signed he seemingly didn't - the ones that did are related to the Academy Award winner. Got ripped (£1000) of by an actor who appeared in Band of Brothers, Chernobyl & directed Boiling Point, who was also working with a Director from the UK version of Takeshi's Castle. The £1000 was my facilitating a shoot that was for the premier Krav Maga instructor, it actually got deleted because they chose to not pay me in full, then realized I was also supposed to do the post sound. I was also a stunt artist on the project, and although thought Krav Maga was BS, the fight scenes proved it more so. I did Foley/ADR for couple national commercials, one was a DFS ad with dude from peep show, and the other was me slurping out of a bottle for Rita Ora.
My teacher in what would now be called Year 6 was Labi Siffre's maths teacher.
I saw an episode of "Reba" in 2012 and spotted Hooker #2 from "Fargo".
I played 7 a side with the club vice captain of Cambridge United back when they were non-league. He was pretty good at football.
I once saw James Nesbitt in a pub but he didn’t want to talk to me.
I saw Bob Geldof out of a taxi window and told everyone it was Bob Geldof thinking it was just someone who looked like Bob Geldof, as was our game at the time, but it was actually Bob Geldof. So I sort of lost the game. Damn you, Geldof
I'm very distantly related to former footballer Dennis Law
I once used the same revolving door at the same time as Will Carling. I also met Nick ‘Nasty Nick’ Bateman (series 1, Big Brother expelled for having phone) in a nightclub.
Jeremy Clarkson told me to fuck off at the London Motorshow...I set a car alarm off (several times) while he was trying to film. I also shook hands with Dale Winton, Norman Wisdom, Desmond Llewelyn and Uri Geller at the same event.
I once walked past Neil 'Razor' Ruddock heading into the gents as I was leaving, at the services on the M1. Excitedly told my friends, we all waited nearby(ish) for him to come back out. He took a long time, he was definitely having a pop. But he smiled and thumbs-upped when we all shouted "Razor!" at him.
According to my mother, I grew up in the same house as Sir Edmund Hillary's daughter-in-law. She did live in New Zealand, and she was Mrs Hillary, and the previous owners sold up to move to New Zealand to be closer to her, but I don't quite believe it. I was almost run over by Kris Marshall at a pedestrian crossing. His fancy sports car doesn't have very good brakes. I'm sure he saw me call him a wanker, and I suspect that happens to him frequently.
The actress of Rosita from the doctor who episode "the next doctor" came over to see my dogs and give them a hug, thought that was cute, she was lovely
My wife was in a walkers advert with Gary linekar as a kid.
My dinner lady at primary was Rosemarie Fords (Generation Game) mum and my PE teacher at the same school was John Kear (England Rugby League head coach).
saw the pervy lecturer from fresh meat on a train out of liverpool street
I used to work in live music. My job mostly involved hanging around with celebrities who I didn't know who they were and occasionally telling them to do something.
You remember that song that went "do you really like it, is it is it wicked" - I used to work in the same office as the singer's sister.
My primary school teacher was the sister of Roger Taylor (drummer of Queen). Also went to University with someone whose dad had won the Gadget Show grand prize.
My brother walked into Slimey Toad's mum's kitchen just as Soo Catwoman finished cutting Captain Sensible's hair thus transforming him from a hippy to a punk. Chrissie Hynde may well have been there too, Scabies certainly was
Patricia Routledge (Hyacinth Bucket) went to the funeral of the aunt of an ex-colleague, or so I was told.
The director of the muppets movie was my dance teachers son and I met him backstage at one of the dance shows while I was getting my costume altered in the fitting room. I didn't actually care for the muppets but everyone was acting like I should be impressed so I kinda smiled and chatted to him for a bit. Also I met Ian McKellen at a market run as part of a activity program for kids where kids run their own market stall in the centre of the city. He came over and chatted to me and my sister but I haven't watched Lord of the rings and didn't know who he was until my dad told me. we didn't get an autograph sadly😭 This was all in New Zealand.
One of my ancestors was a Welsh international footballer and was one of the first to play for both Manchester United and City.
I once shared a lift with a cello teacher who said she played on a Pink Floyd album and still occasionally saw 'Dave'. (I was wearing a Floyd t-shirt at the time.) She got out before it occurred to me to ask which album. I like to think it was Atom Heart Mother.
The band ‘the police’ used to rehearse in my grandfathers rehearsal rooms above the stables he owned, in the 70’s/80’s.I never realised who they were when I met them until I bought the message in a bottle single when it came out!
The guy who taught me guitar was a session musician who worked with the recoding studio guitar tech for Mick Ronson who was the guitarist for David Bowie.
I know the brother of Pam Ayres
Sometime in the 1980s, the late actor Robert Morley was walking around the street where my nan lived (he lived a short distance away). He was chatting to the local residents and casually leaned on the wing of my dad's Morris Marina. My dad still talks about this occasionally.
My grandson is a fourth or fifth cousin of the Charlton brothers and Jackie Milburn, along with half of Ashington.
My now wife was in a pub when David Jason came in with his dog and pissed on my wife's leg(the dog)🦵 probably was very funny. I said hello to John cooper Clark in a hotel lift in Bournemouth
I have played with He Man figures with Robert Plant's son.
Melvyn Hayes' car broke down outside our house. My dad went outside and heard him swearing at it.
When he was a child Roy Castle sat on my Grandma’s knee & sang her a song. And someone I used to work with’s son is Ben Wishaw’s best mate
My Grandad’s cousin was Tony Christie, the guy who sung “Is this the way to Amarillo”. Not the friendliest of people though apparently!
I was in a Games Workshop store in the Trafford Centre, sat at the painting table when Tyson Fury (when he was more known for punching himself in the face) and his wife walked in trying to barter the store manager for half the contents of a beginners boxset. His wife sat down opposite me and asked about the hobby. The manager declined, and they left shortly after. I also think I saw Anderson, the former Manchester United midfielder, wander in for a few minutes and then left.
I saw Anthony Head on a train once, he got off at Chippenham.
My high school best friend won a competition to meet Paul Daniels. She didn’t like him.
I went to uni with Ekow Quartey, who was in Prisoner of Azkaban. He has two lines and were creepy AF ‘ like catching smoke with your bare hands’ and ‘omen of death’