Okay, so I know I'm opening myself up to numerous troll responses; however I am confident that I may get some genuine answers as well. With that said has anyone on here ever had an unpleasant encounter with a celebrity? I have been in situations where I have seen them in a coffee shop or airplane, but I have never said anything, because I didn't know how they would react. I was interested to know what some of your stories are.
shareHaven't met any in person since I'm in the middle of nowhere but I've heard many stories. Nearly everyone says Tom Hanks is really nice, never heard a good story about Michael Jordan, major jerk. Charles Barkley, good guy. I love Kiss but everyone says Gene Simmons is a major jerk, although he apparently gave a heartfelt speech at Chuck Berry's funeral. William Shatner - Jerk. Charlie Sheen - Jerk. JK Rowling and Johnny Depp - very nice. Bill Murray, apparently very nice with fans but a real jerk on movie sets.
shareMe neither. But I have heard stories. Last year I met a woman who was walking her dogs the same place I walk mine. We ran into each other several times and got to talking. She used to have a limousine business. Her drivers often picked up people at airports and had to take them to hotels or meetings, etc.
Naturally they picked up some celebs and they had stories. She said that Michael Keaton was a very nice person, very pleasant to the drivers. I was disappointed to hear that Jerry Seinfeld was a bit of a prima donna, DON'T ask for his autograph. And Bill Cosby was totally obnoxious and rude. I hate to hear things like that.
My cousin is a flight attendant. One time many years ago she wrote me a letter and said that she had Zsa Zsa Gabor on a flight. "A bigger pain in the a@@ I have never met!"
She also had Joyce Bulifant on a flight. Remember her from Mary Tyler Moore? She was Murray's wife. My cousin said that she was very sweet, nice lady. She smuggled her little dog onboard in her carry on bag and hid him under the seat.lol
I've also heard about Seinfeld and Cosby being jerks. Read about the 1990 Notre Dame incident where Cosby berated a football player for having a 2.5 GPA, which isn't bad, Cosby failed 10th grade 3 times and dropped out of college, his education doctorate was a sham too.
Oh yeah, that was awful, that 1990 incident with Cosby. What an a$$hole.
shareCaptain Kirk a jerk?
That's disappointing but not entirely surprising!
Oh I forgot about Captain Kirk, how could I? I'm a lifelong trekker. Years ago I belonged to a sci fi writing club and one of the members and I exchanged a few letters. She belonged to a William Shatner fan club. She attended some events and sent me some pictures of him.
One time their club was invited to the studio to watch them film a scene of T.J. Hooker. She said that James Darren was very friendly to their group. He talked to them and answered questions. But she said that Heather Locklear kept her distance and "looked at us suspiciously".
As for Mr. Shatner, their club was invited to a luncheon. She said that he seemed to want to keep his distance. But the Mrs. Shatner at the time, the actress Marcy Lafferty, was very sweet. She said that she "took Bill by the arm" and made him go to every table to at least say hello to his fans.
Ah that was nice of her.
I don't think he and George Takei get along do they?
I've had quite a number of encounters. Some good, some not, as you'd expect.
The worst by far was Marlon Brando. He was an arrogant, graceless, slovenly pr!ck. He was with a friend, who was very nice, and was clearly mortified by and apologetic of Brando's behavior.
Second worst was Janet Margolin (had to look up her name), known for the 1962 film David and Lisa, and apparently she was in Ghostbusters too.
https://moviechat.org/nm0546755/Janet-Margolin
Again rude and very self-entitled.
Met Walter Pidgeon when I was a child. He was the relative of a neighbour. I was less than impressed with him. It may be he didn't like children, or was just in the mood to be let entirely alone that day.
Sat next to Jonathan Winters eating breakfast at a counter. He was pleasant enough, very quiet, and I got the feeling he was shy. We didn't speak, as I got the feeling he was shy and/or wanted to be left alone. But pleasant nods hello and goodbye.
Michael Jackson was the saddest. I got the feeling there was something terribly, deeply wrong with him. Not an unpleasant or disappointing encounter, just sad and somewhat disturbing.
Was in a grocery store produce section reaching for something and someone came up next to me, reaching for whatever he wanted. I turned, saw it was Rob Reiner, and spontaneously exclaimed "Meathead!" He laughed.
Had any number of conversations with Michael J Pollard, best known for his role in Bonnie and Clyde. He used to frequent a place where I worked. Nice guy, and interesting.
https://moviechat.org/nm0689488/Michael-J-Pollard
Kevin Costner is also a very nice guy.
Eew Marlon Brando, again that doesn't surprise me.I've heard that he's a complete nightmare to work with.
I also heard that about Bruce Willis, in fact I think I read it in Kevin Smith's book.
That's so sad about MJ.
It didn't surprise me about Brando either. I'd always sensed he was a jerk, albeit talented in the acting department. Not surprised to hear he was a nightmare to work with. He seemed to be quite the prima donna.
Likewise Bruce Willis. I saw him once at a trendy club, dancing, but never interacted with him so have no first-hand experience. I just don't like him from the shows and few films I've seen him in.
It was sad about MJ. He struck me as being quite sickly in all ways -- physically and mentally. I was never much of a fan of his, although acknowledging he certainly had talent. It wasn't until after he died and I saw one of the later documentaries about him, improvising and talking about dance, that I appreciated what an amazing dancer and performer he was. IMO he was a very lonely, disturbed person.
Yes,I think that he was totally messed up by his father and being famous at such a young age.
I was a fan and loved watching him perform.I saw a documentary from when his children were young and it was clear that he wasn't well,was paranoid about his children being seen and as you say terribly lonely.They seem to be fairly decent kids though and I never doubted his innocence either.In many ways I don't think he wanted to be an adult.
I agree that he was completely messed up by his abusive and awful father, and his mother allowed it or didn't stop it (or, most likely, turned her head), for whatever reasons of her own.
I do think that and fame screwed him up at an early age, so he had virtually no childhood, which is why he wanted so much to recreate it in his adulthood. It's why I could understand his and Marie Presley's attraction to one another, which I do think was genuine, if not necessarily sexual/romantic.
Her father had reached such an extreme height of fame, which few people could understand or relate to, and so did Michael Jackson years later. I don't know either of them, but my guess is that was one of the primary connections between them.
"It's lonely at the top." -- Randy Newman
I'm not so sure about his innocence, having read what was seized at his Santa Barbara compound. But, I do think he didn't want to be an adult.
I've only ever seen some Z list UK celebs and two of them were up their own arses.
I heard Ben Stiller was quite unpleasant but obviously no idea if it's true.
I suppose everyone has bad days and it must get wearying being followed by paps and fans.
Yes I do imagine that gets quite exhausting to say the least. I've just heard different stories about celebs rolling their eyes when someone asks for an autograph or a pic and/or flat out refusing them. Some stories have been passed around the internet such as the one where Adam Levine supposedly said he didn't give autographs to ugly chicks. That could just be an urban legend. I heard the Michael Jordan one was as well.
shareBad enounters? Hmm...the only shitty celebs I ever met were only "celebs" in Sweden, and even then I'm not sure if calling them "celebrities" would even be accurate (otherwise most have been great). My favourite of the movie industry so far has been Stellan Skarsgård. I would meet him every so often as he would come to the shop I worked at to buy a few things. WE HAD BANTER AND HE TOUCHED MY SHOULDER AND I NEVER RECOVERED. *sigh*
shareInteresting. I never stop to think about celebs from outside the U.S. Thank you for your feedback!
shareI met George Michael in a bathroom and he tried to have sex with me
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