The most random celeb sightings

JOEJOEJOE

We were having dinner at an Indian restaurant, and Doug Fieger, the singer from The Knack (My Sharona) was sitting right behind us.

Then, we walked down the street to visit a friend who works at The Troubadour (500 capacity club), and we saw Phyllis Diller, who was there to see a band (it was a local band night, so most everyone was their to support family/friends).

Weird combination!

norm

about 10-12 years ago was at lola's (is it still there on la cienega?) and i see kenny banya from seinfeld with like 3 hot chicks ($$ )....we leave there and head over to trader vics and he shows up there too....:)

Drop The Leash 10

i stood behind Sully Erna(lead singer of Godsmack) at grocery store. he asked me to watch his carriage while he finished his shoppng

EvilMerlin

One that I saw that always cracked me up was that I was eating at a local mexican restaurant in Anaheim where hardly anyone speaks English, and Puck from the real world was in there eating trying to get his meal for free based on his status.

"You guys never watched the Real World? I'm puck, I'll give you guys some publicity!"

"HUH?"

hahaha, that was a good time. Plus a the most expensive plate they have is still probably less than $10. Hard times for the reality stars.

Spunkie

I ran into a minor New Yorker celeb on the Mayan Riviera last week. Magnificent!

FinsburyParkCarrots

Syd Barrett once accidentally ran his bike over my foot.

wolfbear

Years ago we sat at the next table from Clint Eastwood at a Mexican resturant in San Juan Capistrano. Another time we rode the ferry from Catalina with Tony Dow (Wally on Leave it to Beaver).

norm

richard kind almost hit me with his car....he apologized....:)

kcherub

was going through some sort of Nashville "thing" several years ago. IDK, dating an attorney up there. A group of us were having dinner, and she was there with the boyfriend/attorney. My very drunk friend walked up to her friggin' table and slurred some sort of compliment. I was mortified.

This was before Sharon Stone got a little crazy, and she was very polite to my friend. My uncle is a writer who has lived in Nashville forever (and knows just about every damn body). He was mortified, too. He writes books on manners for G's sake! He was told to never bring my friend into the restaurant again. We haven't taken her to Nashville with us since...

Geesh...why do people get so freaky over someone that they aren't really a "fan" of? Just because they are a celebrity?

Oh, and I also saw Elton John picking his nose in downtown Atlanta. :P I however, did not slur at him.

Take care,

EvilMerlin

I also saw Lauren Graham try to cut her way into a bar when I was in the front of the line, she looked at me smiled and continued to walk in and security grabbed her and stopped her. A huge black dude, bigger than me and was like, sorry miss, you're not goin nowhere tonight.

She pulled out the, "Don't you know who I am?" card. And he was like, nope, and I don't give a shit to get to know you either, and then she said she was with me, and all that was going through my mind was, "Fuck me Santa! Fuck me Santa! Fuck me Santa!" hehehe. But before I could even get an answer out he was like, Bullshit, get outta here, and she threw a little fit then left. She looked like she was having a rough night. Damn, I thought I was gonna get a free drink outta her too.

jamie uk

I was on my way to the chemist shop (pharmacist) and I had to call at the bank first, as I crossed the road I saw a fella and did a double take...I thought "oh it's...erm" I thought I knew him, funny it was. Anyway, his wife noticed I'd done it, but he didn't, and I carried on to the bank. Got me dosh, went to the chemist shop (pharmacy) got my medicine and went to join the qeue...and who's in front of me? Nick Wire and his wife and baby, I felt kinda awkward cos his wife must've thought I was stalking him, which I wasn't, I mean I was constipated and I needed cream of magnesia, I didn't care if I was stood behind the bass player of the most relavant British band of the last 15 years when i bought it, just so long as the results came to pass!

libragirl

cutback wrote:

about 10-12 years ago was at lola's (is it still there on la cienega?) and i see kenny banya from seinfeld with like 3 hot chicks ($$ )....we leave there and head over to trader vics and he shows up there too....:)

lol...My Dad saw him at Tiffany's in NYC. He tried saying something to him and he wasn't having it...he was pissed.



I did see Joey Ramone at a Offspring show at Roseland Ballroom in NYC, he walked past me and my friend...but I guess that's not so random..just thought I'd share

libragirl

EvilMerlin wrote:

I also saw Lauren Graham try to cut her way into a bar when I was in the front of the line, she looked at me smiled and continued to walk in and security grabbed her and stopped her. A huge black dude, bigger than me and was like, sorry miss, you're not goin nowhere tonight.

She pulled out the, "Don't you know who I am?" card. And he was like, nope, and I don't give a shit to get to know you either, and then she said she was with me, and all that was going through my mind was, "Fuck me Santa! Fuck me Santa! Fuck me Santa!" hehehe. But before I could even get an answer out he was like, Bullshit, get outta here, and she threw a little fit then left. She looked like she was having a rough night. Damn, I thought I was gonna get a free drink outta her too.

wow..that is some story...I wouldn't take her for the kind of celebrity to pull that card...huh...

I love gilmore girls...

vedderfan10

wolfbear wrote:

Years ago we sat at the next table from Clint Eastwood at a Mexican resturant in San Juan Capistrano. Another time we rode the ferry from Catalina with Tony Dow (Wally on Leave it to Beaver).

Tony Dow??! Hubby has a friend who looks just like him!

Random sighting...I once saw an Aerosmith walking to an AA meeting in Vancouver way back in the day...spandex, big hair, no make up...And another time, my friend almost hit Sean Connery in a crosswalk (also in Vancouver), he actually put his hands on her car hood and yelled at her. Not so cool, Mr. Bond...

My departed dog Pinker won a staring contest with David Duchovny in the mid-90s...it was quite comical. Gillian Anderson petted her on the head and said, "Good dog! Good for you! He's a creep..."

SVRDhand13

This summer I saw 'Deacon' from the King of Queens, former football player and current ESPN analyst Merrill Hoge, and those comedian twins from VHI's I love the (years).

Now thats random lol.

vital5

I was in the backstreet markets of Mykonos, Greek Islands having a wander around looking for some postcards... I heard this loud American woman saying something or another about a watch she'd just seen... Couldn't help but turn around to see what was going on.. Turned around and it was Sarah Jessica Parker with a baby hanging off of her front... entourage and all in tow.... Hardly any other people about. (I got her to autograph my chest. kidding!) this was in 2003.

I also saw Albert Hammond Jr. in a pub miles away from the gig i'd just been to for the Strokes in Australia... Was very strange seeing him.. i was a little gob smacked he'd gone to the same place... I said to him "i'll just pretend you aren't famous" and kept walking. the whole band might have been there... I wasn't there very long

you are

my random celebrity sightings are boring....Wynona Judd, Billy Ray Cyrus, and Pam Tillis.....obviously i live in Nashville. not too exciting here.

vital5

you are wrote:

my random celebrity sightings are boring....Wynona Judd, Billy Ray Cyrus, and Pam Tillis.....obviously i live in Nashville. not too exciting here.

yeehaw!

Heineken Helen

Vedderfan10 wrote:

My departed dog Pinker won a staring contest with David Duchovny in the mid-90s...it was quite comical. Gillian Anderson petted her on the head and said, "Good dog! Good for you! He's a creep..."

that's funny!

Heineken Helen

The funniest is when you spot a c or d list celeb and you just think 'that's xxx' and they catch you looking at them and they're hoping you're a fan and you're gonna come up... but you just keep walking.

And like Jamie UK, usually I immediately think I know them and instinct is almost to say hello... then you realise you actually don't know them at all

yoke

Lets see...

I was walking down the boardwalk in Pt Pleasant and I sat on a a bench to tie my sneaker and Michael Keaton came and sat next to me.

My wife and I went to a local resturant and sat down and had some dinner when I hear a voice from the booth behind me. I was like, I know that voice and I turn around and its Bill Parcels.

I met Regis when I was setting up a ballroom(this is back in like 89 I think). He was friends with the owner and he came walking in and talked to me and my buddy. Mind you I was 15 at the time and I didin't know who he was.

I met Tony Soprano at a crappy little Italian Rest in Brick NJ

I have bumped into Springsteen in the Mall Parking Lot. I also had to wait for him oneday to return some Monitor Speakers that he rented from a shop in Red Bank( I was in a band and i had the same speakers reserved and I had to wait for him to drop them off). I have seen him all over the place honestly.



I know I have met some more people at some random places but I can't think of who and where.

Brain of J.Lo

When I worked at Bloomingdale's on Michigan Ave. in Chicago, I saw a few people.

I saw Jerry Springer riding down an escalator in the mall. He was carrying a copy of The Da Vinci Code. (He lives across the street in the John Hancock building.)

I saw Nick Lachey once in the store. Apparently, Jessica Simpson was there, too, but she was in the dress department and, unlike a few of my coworkers :rolleyes: , I didn't run over to see her.

I saw Dianne Sawyer shopping with her mother, also in the store. She didn't have any makeup on, so it took us a minute to realize who she was. She has absolutely beautiful skin!!

chopitdown

running on the treadmill at a hotel i was staying at for a conference I looked over and saw Peter Gammons on an elliptical machine.

at dinner the night before we were enjoying a steak when JayZ and beyonce sat down at the Bar for a few.

Wobbie

JOEJOEJOE wrote:

Then, we walked down the street to visit a friend who works at The Troubadour (500 capacity club), and we saw Phyllis Diller, who was there to see a band (it was a local band night, so most everyone was their to support family/friends).

She's still alive?? :eek:

Baystone

vital5 wrote:

I was in the backstreet markets of Mykonos, Greek Islands having a wander around looking for some postcards... I heard this loud American woman saying something or another about a watch she'd just seen... Couldn't help but turn around to see what was going on.. Turned around and it was Sarah Jessica Parker with a baby hanging off of her front... entourage and all in tow.... Hardly any other people about. (I got her to autograph my chest. kidding!) this was in 2003.

I also saw Albert Hammond Jr. in a pub miles away from the gig i'd just been to for the Strokes in Australia... Was very strange seeing him.. i was a little gob smacked he'd gone to the same place... I said to him "i'll just pretend you aren't famous" and kept walking. the whole band might have been there... I wasn't there very long

Huh, I saw albert Hammond Jr. after a gig in Melbourne on probably the same tour and he was probably one of the biggest wankers I've come across...

For me the strangest celeb sighting was in '95 at a Mark Curry (hangin' with mr Cooper) stand-up show and Dean Cain (former Superman) was in the audience. Was funny because we both kept getting mentioned throughout the show... (Superman and the 12 year-old in the front row.)

alexers

I sat near Jay Z at Legal Seafoods
I was going up an escalator and Nelly was coming down
I was Memphis Bleek walking around
...this was all on the same day

I was in Georgetown in DC at the Adidas store and brushed shoulders with Missy Elliot

I actually met Pete Wentz at a music festival before he was famous, I barely knew who he was but we talked for a while and everytime he saw me, he gave me a hug. I saw him a lot after! Too bad I don't really like Fall Out Boy...

I saw Tara Reid at an airport in Mexico. She was leaning on some guy haha

I sat near Pharrell at a Benihana once. Hehe!

...I always see hip-hop people everywhere! It's weird! Minus Pete Wentz and Tara Reid, of course.

Oh and this isn't a sighting, but my aunt dated Ricky Martin when he was in Menudo, haha.

Wobbie

Kurt Rambis at a Planet Hollywood restaurant. He was hard to miss.

thunderDAN

back in 98 my friend's little sister worked at a Starbucks outside of Canton Ohio. Well we were watching the NEC Golf Tourny that is played in Akron Ohio one day in August..anyways, she walked into the room and goes "hey I sold coffee to that guy this week like 3 times!" --that guy was Tiger Woods and she had no clue who he was when he walked in there at 6am every morning.

that one is my funniest even though it wasn't me seeing him

you are

vital5 wrote:

yeehaw!

yeah, exciting....;)

totaledhead

I met the President of Ireland in tesco a few years ago, that was pretty odd :P

Rhinocerous Surprise

totaledhead wrote:

I met the President of Ireland in tesco a few years ago, that was pretty odd :P

She's not even a real celebrity, and you know it.