Have you ever met someone famous??

1. Posted by soliqa (Respected Member 284 posts) 13y Star this if you like it!

I'm always fascinated by famous people... anyone ever met one??

Cheers,

2. Posted by Isadora (Travel Guru 13926 posts) 13y Star this if you like it!

We met James Burke - creater of the "Connections" and "After the Warming" series. He was sitting in the Raleigh/Durham (N. Carolina) airport waiting for the flight to Orlando. We recognised him and spoke with him for awhile. We should have just left him alone. Once we talked to him, he was mobbed by others. He had just finished the "After the Warming" project and going to Orlando to present a lecture. Very, very interesting man! (We just felt bad about drawing attention to him since all he (probably) really wanted to do was read his newspaper.) We were on the same plane, though he - of course - flew first-class.

3. Posted by daveh (Travel Guru 1027 posts) 13y Star this if you like it!

I've met Queen Elizabeth and Princess Anne (who was really nice, chatted to me for ages about New Orleans and cajun food amongst other things). Kevin Keegan for those that know football. Bumped into Wesley Snipes in Tortola - now he has got a nice yacht, seemed like a nice bloke though we only chatted to him for a couple of minutes.

4. Posted by samsara_ (Travel Guru 5353 posts) 13y Star this if you like it!

Sir Bob Geldof

Brian Keenan

The Edge from U2

(okay, they are all Irish...)

5. Posted by tway (Travel Guru 7273 posts) 13y Star this if you like it!

When I was working at a hotel here, I "met" Hulk Hogan and Richard Marx. Neither of them tipped me for delivering their clean laundry. BTW, the former wears pink pleather g-strings!

I would have met Nicholas Cage, but managed to miss him every time. Got to deliver stuff to his room, though - lots of leather clothes and cool shoes. Plus he once left his passport sitting around, so I kinda snuck a peek...