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Old 14-11-2011, 09:05
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Lisa Scott-Lee - very up herself; a real diva princess complex coupled with very little talent! Very bitter about not being allowed to be one of the two main female singers in Steps!
I've just watched the Steps Reunion programmes on Sky + and that is EXACTLY how she came across....
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Old 14-11-2011, 09:59
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A friend of mine years back worked on an Adidas commercial which had David Beckham and Steven Gerrard. He said Steven Gerrard was 'one of the biggest tossers you'd ever met.' It was an outside shoot, bit miserable outside and cold, but Gerrard never once talked to the crew. Also during the day a bunch of kids were hanging by the fence, because of course they wanted a glimpse of Beckham and Gerrard. Gerrard wouldn't even acknowledge them and straight after the shoot had finished he drove straight off.

Beckham on the other hand he said was absolutely lovely. Very down to earth and very friendly with the staff. Also the kids at the fence he talked to and stayed behind after the shoot for two hours to make sure every single one got an autograph,
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Old 14-11-2011, 13:37
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I've met quite a few A list celebs but one who stands out a mile is Michael Caine an absolute gentleman, can't praise him highly enough

Posh n Becks are very nice- when Brooklyn was at school here in the UK, they would do the school run all the time- I can remember them being in Japan, they were in the papers everyday- not once was it mentioned that Victoria had flown back to Blighty, attended sports day, then flown back to Japan
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Old 14-11-2011, 18:16
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Bumped into him at a theatre thing. Got a huge man-crush on him. Literally jumped on him to ask for a pic. He looked reluctant at 1st, than smiled gamely and posed.

Sweetheart.

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Old 14-11-2011, 18:51
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Lisa Scott-Lee - very up herself; a real diva princess complex coupled with very little talent! Very bitter about not being allowed to be one of the two main female singers in Steps!
I used to serve Lisa quite frequently in a previous, customer facing, job and she was always lovely, polite and very down to earth.
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Old 14-11-2011, 19:18
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Kaiser Chiefs- esp Whitey who even let me have guest list spots for free at some shows, always had time for a chat, also Simon and Nick- true gents , Ricky friendly but in love with himself in a charming way, Peanut- just disn't click with him...

Junior Senior, Really Lovely guys. Senior is so funny and Junior was cute, even stole a snog lol cool guys.

Jeremy Beadle at a pantomime when i was little, friendly, signed auographs for kids, nice guy.

Claudia shiffer (can't spell her name sorry) opened a door for me! FOR ME! she was entering Butler & Wilson South Molton Street as i was leaving, smiled and held the door open, didn't recognise her at first as she was bare faced and looked plain jane but i thought she was polite to open the door- so top marks for a celeb.

I remember seeing Bradley from sclub as a young teen and squeeling his name out loud and he ran off down an alley

Kevin Horan from The Thrills, had a chat and cigarette many years ago- lovely guy- didn't talk much to others.

Fratellis- drummer kept offering me vodka others bit miserable

Walked past Noel Gallagher in Denmark St London and he smiles at me.. thats about it

Saw Alex Zane in Selfridges didn't talk to him though

Jeremy from monkey world- Lovely Guy!

they are mainly only likes but i haven't met any horrible ones yet lol
Now all i want is to meet Gerrard Butler! hehe
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Old 14-11-2011, 19:21
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Oh and Gok Wan so up himself walking through department store... didn't know who he was just knew it had to be famous being followed by a tv crew and looking so far up his own bottom
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Old 14-11-2011, 20:51
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Bill Nighy- Met him and briefly chatted to him a few times. Very polite, friendly and chatty. True gent.

Adrian Chiles- Surprised me alot. Not at all like his "dour" persona on tv. Very chatty, down to earth, Really, really nice, friendly. Was a pleasure.

Matthew Fox- Withdrawn and not that friendly.
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Old 15-11-2011, 06:45
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An ex partner of mine used to work for a (now defunct) electrical store near to the Coronation Street studios in Manchester.

He would often see the actor who plays Kevin Webster and he said he was always friendly and polite.

In the same store, they had an open day, when Noel Edmonds was on Radio 1, to promote TDK audio tapes (remember them ).

At the end a lady, who had travelled miles with her disabled daughter, so that the little girl could meet him, asked my ex (the manager) if it would be alright to be introduced to him.

The answer was "no, I have completed the specified hours of my contract"

It gets me angry when I see him fawning all over children/kids in hospital at Christmas. The two faced heartless hypocrite.
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Old 15-11-2011, 10:29
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I have met and worked with many actors in the last 40 years and most of them were nice to meet.. (Of course there's always the odd one out)

Aitch,
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Old 15-11-2011, 10:42
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My wife has worked with Vincent Regan (troy, 300) and said that he is one of the nicest actors she has ever worked with, very down to earth and approachable
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Old 15-11-2011, 12:03
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I met Sharon Gless (Cagney from Cagney & Lacey) at Riverside Studio's on Saturday evening, she was so lovely and saw everyone wanting an autograph/photo.

She autographed my Programme and posed for a Picture. She even gave me a kiss and a hug after she borrowed my pen to do some more autographs.

All in all a down to earth woman who was genuinely humbled by her fans.
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Old 15-11-2011, 12:15
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Re: Anthony Cotton.

Having met him, I can confirm that all the negative comments made about him thus far are true.

Also, a business partner wanted to book him to open a new venue. Each time he spoke to Cottons' agent, he was informed that Cotton had stated he wanted more money. The booking was cancelled.

ooh really - he's a right aul whingebag on I'm a Celeb

And the HEAD on him!! Not aging at all well, and he's nearly bald

DO NOT LIKE
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Old 15-11-2011, 13:10
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^No, Antony Cotton's not liked on here at all by 97%+.
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Old 15-11-2011, 13:22
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I met Isla St Clair once from the Generation Game - I was 6 and had my picture taken with me sitting on her knee - she called me a fat lump. *sigh* not very nice! Stayed with me all these 33 years!
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Old 15-11-2011, 13:26
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Met Shakin' Stevens when I was 6. He ruffled my hair and called me shorty. Am convinced that he placed a curse on me as I'm only 5 foot 6.
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Old 15-11-2011, 23:35
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I thought he was a bit better than that to be honest. The only reason I say that is because he always seems to respond generously and quickly to fan mail, and appears to make time for that type of thing ( eg signing autogrpahs) when he appears at red carpet events. I take what the media says with a little bit of a pinch of salt as I have always thought he was a top bloke and very good at what he does.
Met him and Miquitta Oliver at a London bar last year. They were sweet and we had a photo taken together as it was my birthday. But yeah, they both seemed quite...like they basically thought they were pretty damn special basically. Also totally off their heads on what I think was more than just alcohol, Miquita in particular (who also looked like she had been dragged through a hedge backwards tbh). My friend had to tell her she had toilet paper stuck to her shoe when she came out of the loo haha!

Steve is very good looking though, wish it wasn't true as he obviously knows it, but yeah.
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Old 16-11-2011, 00:20
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Oh, met wrestling legend Mick Foley during his British comedy tour over the weekend. What a great guy! He always came across as very modest and personable and he definitely was. Some guy at his comedy gig came all the way from Sweden and had work the next day, so Mick took him backstage, had a chat with him and they gave him the tour poster at the front of the venue, signed.

After his gig he started apologising saying it hadn't "worked very well" but I thought it was good haha. Just two days later he made his long-awaited WWE return so his stock is now pretty high too!
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Old 16-11-2011, 01:30
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I have met and worked with many actors in the last 40 years and most of them were nice to meet.. (Of course there's always the odd one out)

Aitch,
How you keeping, Aitch? Hope you're well.

Saw you the other day on Film4 in 'Carry On Abroad'
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Old 17-11-2011, 01:08
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Walking into a pub with a friend, sat at the only available table as there was a man sitting there we knew (or so we thought!) chatted away for about 10 minutes, discussing daily news, weather, the film we had seen the previous night etc etc etc when he left with a cheery good bye it was exactly 30 seconds after the door closed behind him we realized that we had been chuntering away to Peter Bowles (of to the Manor Born and Irish RM fame) who had been a total charming gentleman throughout and didn't look scared once

Same pub had the pleasure of meeting Tom baker totally barking mad but great fun.

When I was working out in Cyprus I was sitting at a Seafront Cafe in Larnaca when the guy on the table next to me started chatting away we had a nice conversation about the island and he told me how to make the Greek coffee (the man is indeed a coffee obsessive), I even practiced some of my at that time appalling Greek language skills on him....It was Peter Andre and he came across as a really really nice guy...sorry!
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Old 17-11-2011, 18:26
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One for music fans - I met Devin Townsend last night, and he is a thoroughly lovely chap. He came down from the stage after his gig and spoke to every member of the audience who wanted to meet him, signed things, posed for photos etc., although he said himself this was after a week's consecutive gigs and he was exhausted. He even had an infinite amount of patience with the one exceedingly drunk man who wouldn't leave him alone. Great guy
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Old 18-11-2011, 16:40
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I met Alex James (Bassist in Blur) the other day, and he was an absolute dream. He was doing a cheese signing at my university and he was so chatty with everyone and gave us all hugs and it was just the perfect way to meet your childhood crush! (And yes, he did sign my cheese )
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Old 18-11-2011, 20:07
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Met him twice both since his accident, while he was not rude as such I would describe him as surly/disinterested, it was like he saw fans as being beneath him and why should he make the effort whereas James May was the total opposite, sort of bloke you could sit and have a few beers with, Richard was just cold and aloof
I know this post is old now, but what exactly were you expecting? Do you take an enthusiastic interest in everything and everyone around you at all times? It just seems daft that you consider someone rude for not being interested in every stranger they meet.

I can understand you were disappointed that he didn't live up to his TV persona. But those images in the box are not reality.
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Old 18-11-2011, 20:24
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I've never understood the need for people to strike up a sycophantic conversation with a complete stranger just because they have some level of public profile, it seems the most absurd thing to me. Autographs as well, I mean seriously, lol, unless the stranger in question was signing a cheque out in my name, I ain't interested, no matter how much I like that persons work.

They are just strangers in the street; if someone I didn't know came up to me in the street and started demanding I pay them attention, or my signature, I'd consider them ridiculous and rude. Think about it, if it was you and some stranger started screaming sycophantically at you and demanding your time, and felt entitled to do so because of your job? You'd think they were freaks!

Then there is the argument that they have no rights because they are in the public eye – I find the people making this justification rather worrying. Everyone has a right to privacy and to be left alone, no matter how much of a media wh*re they are. Someone I've never met owes me nothing, even if I admire their work. I find the whole celebrity worship thing just ridiculous.

As for certain strangers (celebrities) being 'nice', it's all down to perception. My version of 'nice' is not the same as someone elses. If you meet a 'celebrity' when they are 'on duty', say for example, at a convention, then it's their job to be nice. If you are one of those idiots who thinks it is appropriate to bother a complete stranger when someone is eating, or shopping, or doing normal 'off duty' things, and expect something from them, then you deserve as rude a response as you are being.
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Old 18-11-2011, 20:32
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I've never understood the need for people to strike up a sycophantic conversation with a complete stranger just because they have some level of public profile, it seems the most absurd thing to me. Autographs as well, I mean seriously, lol, unless the stranger in question was signing a cheque out in my name, I ain't interested, no matter how much I like that persons work.

They are just strangers in the street; if someone I didn't know came up to me in the street and started demanding I pay them attention, or my signature, I'd consider them ridiculous and rude. Think about it, if it was you and some stranger started screaming sycophantically at you and demanding your time, and felt entitled to do so because of your job? You'd think they were freaks!

Then there is the argument that they have no rights because they are in the public eye – I find the people making this justification rather worrying. Everyone has a right privacy and to be left alone, no matter how much of a media wh*re they are. Someone I've never met owes me nothing, even if I admire their work. I find the whole celebrity worship thing just ridiculous.

As for certain strangers (celebrities) being 'nice', it's all down to perception. My version of 'nice' is not the same as someone elses. If you meet a 'celebrity' when they are 'on duty', say for example, at a convention, then it's their job to be nice. If you are one of those idiots who thinks it is appropriate to bother a complete stranger when someone is eating, or shopping, or doing normal 'off duty' things, and expect something from them, then you deserve as rude a response as you are being.
Everyone's different. There's some that I'd love an autograph off, but I'm not THAT bothered because I know there's most likely zero chance of me getting them. I'd want to be the one to ask for it though.
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