i've only ever met jamie carragher and miles kane (both from liverpool)

jamie seemed a bit depressed but we had just been beat by everton

Miles was very very happy (whispers "drugs" )

I met Sheila Ferguson (of the Three Degrees) in the foyer of the Theatre Royal in Newcastle after a performance, she was lovely and we had a bizarre conversation about the pain of wearing high heels!

This is so bizarre on so many levels! I'm assuming this isn't a wind-up post. Meeting the President and Prime Minister in supermarkets.

I saw Nigel Kennedy - the very talented violinist - in a Tescos a few months ago. Didn't approach him but he was talking to a female friend and he seemed similar to how he comes across on tv.

Maybe kate thought he was flIrtIng or about to chat her up.

Once met ITN AfrIcan correspondent MartIn GIesller
In Marks and Spencers. He was lovely to me and he was very handsome. he took the tIme to lIsten to me. Saw hIm years later and he was reportIng on Madonna's adoptIon for DavId In MalawI. He was so warm to the father when talkIng to hIm. Great Reporter btw.

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Met Richard Hammond again about a month ago at the Cheltenham Festival and he was lovely - staying to do a signing even though he had a flight to catch to go off on TG filming. Bloke in front of me got narky though because he was only signing his new book and wasnt posing for photo's - this was not because Hammond was being awkward it was due to time limitations - he didnt have to do the signing at all! We had a very brief chat and he was ever so sweet. He can occasionally be a mardy so-and-so though so I guess he wouldnt give the best impression if you caught him on one of his off days, and hey - we all have 'em!!

Justin Lee Collins though - saw him at Cheltenham too and he did a signing and he was chatting to everyone, asking them how they were and really making them feel at their ease. When he was told that they had to stop doing posed photos because of the time (it was about 11pm!) and the length of the queue he promised to stay on "until sunrise" if needed to make sure everyone who wanted a pic, got a pic. And when I mentioned to him I'd travelled up from Cornwall to see him, he gave me a hug and a kiss. Lovely, lovely bloke.

Met a few celebs.
Beyonce being the biggest and most recent, didn't stop for long but there were sh*t loads of people and paparazi. but did say a few words and signed for a few - lovely.
Met Cliff Richard was nice.
Fearn Cotton.... stuck up madam. worse one yet.
Angelica tv presenter, lovely.
Rowetta (Happy Mondays/Xfactor) best one i've met, completely down to earth, friendly, funny, acts like your mate not like a celeb!!

A friend of mine met her and said she was really nice. Maybe you got her on a bad day?

I've met, well nearly bumped into Prince Charles and he was lovely. He apologised even though it was my fault really for rushing along and not looking where I was going. Very charming man and had a lovely aura about him.

Frankie Boyle - really genuine guy, talked like he was doing an individual comedy routine for the crowd assembling to see him.

That's no excuse.

If a celebrity is having a bad day, and a fan approaches them - you FIND TIME for that fan.

If it wasn't for the fans, half of these celebrities wouldn't be in the position there in today.

I have met:

Roger Lloyd Pack (Trigger) and Paul Barber (Denzil) from only fools and horses, 2 lovely men, not cocky or up-themselves, they spent around 5-6 hours signing autographs and shaking hands. Roger shook my hand and wished me "all the best in life".

not so friendly celebs:
I haven't actually met these celebs but a couple of stories I've been told:

I was having a pint at the bar once, and this bloke was sitting next to me, and he said that Michelle Collins (used to be Cindy from eastenders) was at a petrol station filling up her car, and he said "hi Michelle" and she wouldn't even acknowledge him.

also Ronnie Corbett (small guy from the 2 Ronnie's) apparently blanks all fans and fan-mail, and is utterly horrible. He is only nice when he's on camera.

I met Jimmy Carr last Friday after his show in Wolverhampton and he was really nice. There was a queue of at least 200 people to see him and he took the time after the gig to say hi and chat to all of them. It wasn't just "Hi, thanks for coming, next!" either, it was a proper conversation

I also met Rustie Lee when she did a book signing last November, and me and my friend had a half-hour long conversation with her because no one else was in the queue to talk to her. She was lovely as well, always making jokes and had a lovely laugh. I also apparently met her when I was 3 at the Safari Park, when me and my mom were in a queue for a ride and her and my mom started singing together. I don't remember that though

Have it on very good authority that Jessie Wallace (Kat Slater in Eastenders) is a complete cow. She was staying in the same hotel as my parents and was apparently up herself and rude and tried to get a member of the hotel's bar staff sacked.

Lenny Henry came across as lovely when I went to see him in Othello and smiled and laughed at the member's of the audience giving him a standing ovations. Just had a lovely appearance

But if you were a true fan you wouldn't approach someone whilst they were shopping in Tesco or out with their family. Living in London I see a few celebrities around but would never bother them if they were doing something unrelated to their work.

If you mean a backstage encounter(that sounds rude, but I don't know what else to call it) such as after a gig and the celebrity is rude then yes that is unacceptable because the fan has usually paid to come along and support them.

Braintree, I agree, but at the same time if I saw Philip Glenister in the street I really wouldn't be able to control myself

Heh! I think I'd be the same with Reece Shearsmith

I remember seeing Damian Lewis in Argos(oh, the glamour) and feeling quite guilty because I made eye contact at the self-service machine(in a "That's Damian Lewis from TV" way) but really didn't think it was my place to be bothering(or staring at) him as he bought a chair(I just listened in on his conversations instead because that is much less intrusive )

Lmao! I think you stayed very cool under the circumstances...went to London on a school trip on Sat and Robert Pattinson was over the road being papped by every papper in the city My friend and I simply squealed form over the road (it was dark and the paps were silhouetting him to see )...but we didn't go over, if that gets me any points?

Anthony Cotton told my mother he didn't ''do'' fans when she asked him for his autograph in the trafford centre last summer!

Ohh I just remembered I met Paul Ross at an evening awards ceremony about 8 years ago and he was totally lovely. Very nice to everyone and extremely funny. I even sat on his knee

He was on my plane when I was going on holiday to California a few years ago. Like you, I didn't approach him though.

I had better luck in Los Angeles once, years ago, at Universal Studios. I'd taken the trip through the back lot and was in a corner of the theme park, near the Christmas shop (don't know if it's still there). It was lunchtime, and I was looking at the great view over the valley while eating a chicken sandwich and drinking a Sprite.

When I started looking around again, I noticed something strange. A few minutes ago this was a busy theme park, but now there was hardly anyone wandering around, and those few people were all in the distance.

What was going on? It turned out that they were doing a film shoot there for Fletch Lives, and had sealed off the area. Everyone else had been moved out, but for some reason I'd been missed. So I got to wander around, look at them setting up their cameras, saw Chevy Chase from a distance, exchanged a few words with Hal Holbrook, who seemed very friendly, and best of all, spent ages chatting with Julianne Philips, who was lovely in every way. I kept thinking I'd be thrown off the set at any moment, but no-one even asked me who I was, so I got to hang around for a couple of hours before I realised I'd seen everything there was to see, and moved on.

Not sure I really agree with that. Yes sure, if they are at an official event, or are promoting their latest film, book, whatever - they certainly should be friendly and polite. But if they're not working, and are just trying to do their shopping or something...well, I just think that that's their private time, and I can understand them being less than happy about people coming up to them for autographs etc.

Damian Lewis?? I'm jealous. Despite my previous post about celebrities privacy, I may not have been able to stop myself from leaping on him (I think he is just GORGEOUS)