Surreal celebrity encounters
again. His mouth was smiling, but his eyes told a tale of hellish torment.
I went to see Freddie and the Dreamers. There were only 30-odd people in the audience, but they put on a brilliant show.
Afterwards Freddie joined us at the bar and I asked why he performed so well for so few people. He said: “You all bought tickets, you deserve a show.” Brilliant man!
@Richeywright
As a kid, following Gina G around a garden centre and doing jumpWhilst on holiday we took a tour of a chateaux in a sleepy little French village in the middle of nowhere, suddenly Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie appeared. They had been having lunch there. She was friendly – he was a bit grumpy.
@pix__hg
Terry Pratchett lived in my parents’ village. Our school had a fire and we were trying to raise
@nadiakhomami Interviewed Goldie and bumped into him on a silent rush hour Tube. I smiled and he recognised me, but couldn’t place me, so I made a writing motion until he finally clocked and announced loudly: “Oh thank God! I thought we’d slept together and I didn’t remember you”.
I spoke to Keith Harris outside Brannigans when I was at uni. I invited him to come on my student radio show the next time he was in town. A few days later, I woke up to a voicemail from Orville the Duck.
@thewanderer58 Went to fix a phone line at a big house and Robbie Williams answered the door. He made me a brew and some toast and he talked about fishing.
I saw a lady I vaguely knew and assumed it was from the school playground. We chatted about this and that and how our kids were getting on. We said goodbye and about 10 minutes later I realised it was Keeley Hawes and I knew her from telly.
@parliamentview
Nearly running Gavin Esler over in the BBC car park, selling Kevin
Keegan a dining table, Norman Wisdom walking past me at the Motor Show and Alan Shearer walking past me into a Newcastle hotel, grumpily.
@blinder_the
I met Bob Holness in a London hospital when he came in for an op. I took him to theatre via the toilet and asked him to “step on to the Hotspot and take a P please Bob”. Later, on the way to lunch, I got into the same lift as Princess Diana who giggled a lot... Was an odd day.
@jmewhyte
Decades ago my dad was in a hotel lift in the US and Mick Jagger walked in. My dad pressed the button and they stood in silence as it went down. A month later, my dad is in a hotel lift in London and Mick Jagger walks in, sees my dad and is super-confused.
@richardmorrisuk
Jeremy Corbyn once asked me if I’d seen his keys anywhere. I hadn’t, sorry to say.
@Mostlee_
Met Martin Clunes in a garage on a lunch break from school. Got him to sign my teacher/parent contact book to say I’d done my homework. He thought it was brilliant.