"Ryan Gosling Paid For My Parking": People Are Sharing Their Positive Celebrity Encounters, And Wow

"I met Dolly Parton doubly portion moving astatine Dollywood. The archetypal clip we visited the parkland earlier the play started, she was shooting commercials. When we arrived that day, they had converted our store into her dressing room, truthful we weren't allowed successful astatine first. But erstwhile she recovered out, she fto america in. There were buffet tables acceptable up, and she told america to assistance ourselves, and that she didn't request each of that nutrient anyway! In betwixt takes, she talked to america astir what we were doing, wherever we were going to college, what we were studying, and truthful on."

"The 2nd clip was a twelvemonth later, earlier the parkland opened. She was doing an interrogation with 1 of the section quality stations up connected the balcony of the large emporium shop. I was with a person down beneath watching, and erstwhile it was over, Dolly leaned implicit the railing and yelled, 'HEY! I retrieve you! Stay close there!' She came downstairs, gave maine a large hug, and asked however I was. That was 1 of the astir surreal moments ever — a flipping fable similar Dolly remembered maine a twelvemonth later."

—u/BattlePriestess

"I met Zendaya astatine Disneyland erstwhile she was archetypal starting out. I was 21 years aged astatine the time, but I inactive knew who she was due to the fact that Disney was ever connected successful my house, and I thought it'd beryllium chill to get a representation with her. Understandably, her information was pushing her done and trying to support the fans distant — Zendaya stopped her information and said, 'Look, cipher lasting present would person a occupation close present if it wasn't for radical similar them watching the amusement and supporting me. I'd truly similar it if you'd fto maine person a fewer minutes with my fans to convey them. It's the slightest I tin do.' It was truly astonishing (she was lone 13 oregon 14 astatine the time, I think) and she took pictures with each of the fans who asked (including my group) — she adjacent complimented my boots and hair. She was wide truly gracious and nice, particularly for a young teen who abruptly became 'famous' successful the nationalist eye."

—kevinm41b9dbc63

"Jim Carrey gave maine a thrust to the state presumption aft my car ran retired of state successful Bel Air. I told him I was a immense instrumentality of Ace Ventura, and I could mimic his laughter from the movie — we some had our heads retired the window, cackling away. He bought my state and drove maine backmost to my car — it was 1 of the top moments of my life."

—u/Granadafan

"I was moving connected The Last Song with Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth wherever I had galore benignant interactions with some of them, but this peculiar 1 stands retired the most. We were filming successful a assemblage assemblage (staged arsenic a hospital) and during a break, I went into the restroom — it was wholly bare but for Miley, who was sitting up connected the partition of sinks with her constitution artist, conscionable chatting. I truly had to go, truthful I sheepishly apologized and said I'd beryllium quick, successful lawsuit I was interrupting. As I was heading into the stall, Miley said, 'Do you privation maine to crook the h2o connected for you?! I get SO pee-shy. Here, I'll conscionable crook it connected for you.' I chuckled and said, 'It's okay, I lived successful a sorority location with 30 different women, truthful you larn to get implicit it rapidly — but thanks!' As I washed my hands, Miley divulged however she wished idiosyncratic had been determination to crook the h2o connected for her astatine the Grammys erstwhile Mariah Carey was successful the stall adjacent her."

—erinberson

"I retrieve seeing Keanu Reeves successful New York a agelong clip agone erstwhile I was a young (and astir apt precise annoying) pre-teen. I yelled out, 'Yo, Neo!' and past I mimicked the bullet-dodge question from The Matrix. He looked backmost astatine me, laughed, and mirrored the aforesaid determination successful acknowledgement. It's a large representation due to the fact that I consciousness similar anyone would person been justified successful getting annoyed and shrugging disconnected a kid, but instead, helium was a bully athletics and humored me. I'll ne'er hide it."

—u/MrMandu

"In 1983 I went backstage aft Don Henley did a payment show. Being a Stevie Nicks instrumentality (she performed that nighttime with him), I had my crystal pyramid connected a golden chain. When I saw her, I took the necklace off, clasped it successful my palm, and walked up to her, saying, 'I person waited 5 years to springiness this to you.' She asked, 'What is it?' I said, 'A crystal pyramid — I cognize you indispensable get a batch of these.' She said she didn't, and gave maine a lukewarm hug. They accidental to beryllium cautious of gathering your heroes, but not successful this case. Finding retired that the idiosyncratic who had inspired maine to constitute songs was arsenic lukewarm and existent arsenic I’d ever imagined was a infinitesimal I won’t forget."

—Anonymous

"When I was successful mediate school, my household and I were formed arsenic extras successful Won't Back Down starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rosie Perez, and Viola Davis, and my brushwood with Viola was 1 of the happiest days of my life. My duplicate brother, a fewer of my friends, and I were sitting successful the bleachers aft a agelong time of filming, and this beauteous pistillate (whose beingness embodied everything I'd anticipation to go 1 day) walked up to us, pinched my cheeks, and said, 'You're truthful beautiful! I emotion your cheeks, they're truthful cute!' At that time, I was being bullied connected a regular ground astatine school, truthful proceeding that my cheeks were 'cute' from Viola Davis gave maine truthful overmuch confidence."

"The adjacent clip my bully called maine 'fat and ugly,' I said, 'Well, Viola Davis says otherwise, truthful you request to rethink your insults now.' Whenever I spot Viola Davis connected TV, mag covers, oregon winning awards today, not lone americium I reminded of however beauteous a idiosyncratic she was wrong and out, but I'm besides reminded of the time she brought retired the assurance I didn't adjacent cognize I had."

—jeryi

"I erstwhile met Carrie Fisher astatine a publication signing. When it was my turn, she kindly said, 'Hello,' and each I could blurt retired was 'I emotion you!' She hilariously replied, 'I know' (like successful the Star Wars films). Carrie past told maine she liked my Empire Strikes Back shirt, and I couldn’t assistance but conscionable basal determination and outcry with happiness. Nicest pistillate successful the galaxy!"

—skylarm4a70cea3e

"Samuel L. Jackson was hands down 1 of the kindest and sweetest radical I person ever encountered. In the '90s, helium hosted a personage play tourney a fewer times — erstwhile I was 12, I retrieve asking him for an autograph. His effect — connection for connection — has stayed with maine each time since: 'Sweetie, don't ever apologize for wanting to speech to maine oregon inquire for my autograph — I wouldn't person a occupation if it wasn't for you!' He gave maine a saccharine grin and a hug (with an autograph, of course). I'm 36 now, and inactive consciousness similar he's 1 of the astir gentle and existent spirits I person ever travel across."

—b3rmyblue

"I went to Hawaii for my archetypal large abrogation successful 2004 and ran into Adam Sandler connected abrogation with his wife. We couldn't determine if it was him oregon not (we wanted to springiness him his abstraction and privacy), but helium walked implicit and introduced himself to us. His woman complimented my James Bond–inspired bathing suit, and they talked with america for astir 15 minutes oregon truthful (this was close aft 50 First Dates came out, and helium was incredibly humble erstwhile I told him however overmuch I loved the movie). He was genuinely kind, hilarious, and incredibly down-to-earth (he wore an Old Navy outfit conscionable similar everybody else). He made america laughter beauteous hard erstwhile helium pointed retired David Spade, but warned america not to fuss him due to the fact that he's a 'jerk.'"

—mallorylsw

"I've been a cook for 20 years, but erstwhile I was archetypal starting out, I worked astatine a small, fancy spot successful an affluent country successful Toronto. One Tuesday (I inactive retrieve the day) we got a telephone that idiosyncratic wanted to rent the full spot for meal by himself. We said sure, helium paid america to adjacent the restaurant, and successful walked Prince!!! He was joined to a Canadian pistillate from Toronto, truthful they had a location nearby. He was the smallest small antheral I had ever seen — helium sat silently eating meal each to himself, and asked to not beryllium disturbed. At the extremity of the meal, helium came to accidental convey you to the caput cook and I. I had listened to his music, but had ne'er heard his 'normal' dependable — successful the deepest dependable ever, helium said: 'Thank you precise much.' He was a ace bully guy, and his beingness was precise powerful."

—u/chestertoronto

"I chatted with Heath Ledger successful a café/comic store spot — it was benignant of an underground nook. Really quiet. I deliberation it was 2006 due to the fact that Brokeback Mountain had conscionable travel out, and it was evidently a immense success. I got my java and publication and recovered a seat, and I saw a handsome-looking feline successful the corner. I sat successful my booth, but kept glancing astatine him each fewer minutes — was it Heath Ledger? Nah, it couldn’t be. No, it was him — that’s decidedly him. I finished my drink, grabbed 1 much look astatine him, and helium caught maine and waved astatine me. I went implicit and asked if it was him, and helium said yes. He was speechmaking Swamp Thing by Alan Moore, truthful I told him that it was a bully work — I besides complimented his enactment connected The Brothers Grimm. He said thanks, and asked if I wanted to instrumentality a seat."

"So I sat with him and chatted astir comics, movies, and beingness for an hr — I was 20 years aged astatine the time, and talked astir a pistillate I was seeing (she was 1 of my archetypal girlfriends). Heath seemed genuinely funny successful my problem, and gave maine immoderate proposal — helium was a ace bully dude, beauteous unpretentious, and blessed to conscionable unbend without paparazzi pursuing him.

The proposal helium gave maine was: 'Every time [you] should springiness her a contiguous — thing from a java to a caller top.' I recovered retired aboriginal helium was riffing on Twin Peaks!"

—u/Housecat-in-a-Jungle

"I had the pleasance of gathering Jennifer Hudson (well, I was really hired to bash a location inspection for her). Even though I'd conscionable started learning however to play the ukulele, I asked her if she wouldn’t caput singing if I played her a song, and I was floored erstwhile she agreed to it. She was truthful saccharine and humble, and was gracious capable to bash a duet with maine — it inactive gives maine goosebumps reasoning astir however highly talented she was. I was wholly gobsmacked astatine however astonishing her dependable truly was, which paled successful examination to however incredibly bully she was."

—homelandinspection

"I was a waiter astatine a enactment hosted by Elton John once, truthful it was perfectly afloat of celebrated people. I was doing immoderate restocking successful the ladies' toilets, and a antheral counterpart (who didn't admit Anne Hathaway) asked her to drawback me. She came in, introduced herself arsenic Annie, passed connected the message, and walked retired with me. She was conscionable truly saccharine successful a discourse wherever she perfectly didn't request to be. Like, I wasn't a instrumentality — I was conscionable the staff, and she inactive was beauteous and talked to maine similar I was her equal."

—u/squashedorangedragon

"I enactment astatine a edifice successful New York City, and the archetypal clip I served Margot Robbie, I treated her similar a mean person. I didn't admit that she was celebrated oregon thing similar that (although she is astir apt my number-one crush of each time). I was tense adjacent astir talking to her, to beryllium rather honest. Margot and her [now husband] were EXTREMELY personable — we talked a spot astir the Rangers. She paid the bill, near a precise generous tip, told maine I created an outstanding eating experience, and asked if they could speech to my manager. It was 1 of the biggest compliment boosts of my life. They travel back, and I hold connected them often — I would astir see america friends now, arsenic we are connected a first-name basis."

—u/j_rod9

"Hands down, my champion personage brushwood was Stephanie Beatriz. She came into my session with her past fiancé (now husband) to get assistance with their pup. Both were truly saccharine and awesome to speech to :). While I was speaking to them and guiding them connected however to dainty their dog, I couldn't halt but wonderment who she was since her look was familiar. I yet caved successful and asked, 'Miss, I'm truthful atrocious for asking this, but bash I cognize you from somewhere?' She replied precise nicely, 'Do you ticker a amusement called Brooklyn Nine-Nine?' I'm beauteous definite my full look lit up, and I replied, 'OMG, you're Rosa Diaz?!' She was truthful blessed erstwhile she heard my reply and hugged maine portion I was holding their pup."

"I continued to speech much astir what other they could bash to marque the treatments much relaxing and fanboying astir however overmuch I emotion that amusement and her quality connected it. 

I'd spot her a fewer much times astatine my clinic, and she would ever accidental hullo to maine portion successful the lobby and fto maine cognize what different enactment she'd beryllium doing. It is genuinely a representation I volition cherish forever, and I inactive emotion that amusement truthful overmuch to this day. It ever brings maine joyousness erstwhile I request it (and arsenic the detectives connected the amusement would exclaim arsenic a motion of camaraderie: 'Nine-Nine!!!')."

—u/Julio-C-Castro

"Years agone I worked for a large retailer successful the euphony department. We often had large artists successful for listening sessions and to speech to the unit astir their music. When LL Cool J came successful to speech astir his caller album, helium decided to bargain america each lunch. So, we are successful a league country listening to his euphony and having lunch. I got thing stuck successful my pharynx portion eating, and I indispensable person looked successful trouble. When I looked crossed the room, my coworkers were focused connected LL, but helium indispensable person seen maine successful distress. He got up and came implicit to maine and lightly deed my backmost to effort and help, and it did the trick. He asked if I was okay, and I said I was. He hung retired for a mates much hours and we talked for a spot astir music. As helium was leaving and saying goodbye, helium again made definite I was okay. So present I archer radical that LL Cool J erstwhile saved my life!"

—Anonymous

"Mariah Carey came into a barroom I was moving astatine precocious 1 nighttime a fewer years ago. She was unsocial (I deliberation her information was lingering outside), but she was afloat decked retired successful diamonds and the highest heels I had ever seen. She graciously took pictures with the unit and the fewer remaining customers — she sang on with the jukebox, and everyone freaked retired that they were proceeding Mariah Carey sing live! She past sat down and talked to my brag for a mates of hours, and they had a nice, agelong one-on-one conversation. She lightheartedly told him the Prosecco helium served her was level (it was), but she laughed it disconnected and drank it anyway. She near a precise generous extremity and said she'd beryllium backmost soon."

"Her information yet came successful and pulled her retired of the barroom — she was truly down-to-earth for idiosyncratic who's truthful famous. My brag said she seemed suspicious of astir people, but was precise kind."

—u/Throwaway788787e

"I worked arsenic a people vendor with astir of the large movie studios, 1 of which was DreamWorks. As a effect of our large narration connected galore projects, I was invited to bring my kids to a peculiar Shrek 2 screening — it was a large lawsuit wherever the kids came successful their pajamas, enjoyed a greenish breakfast, received tons of goodies, and adjacent met Antonio Banderas."

"There was a small lad my youngest lad had befriended who was ever made amusive of — so, erstwhile this accidental came up, we invited him to travel along. When helium met Antonio Banderas, you'd person thought helium was the lone kid there. The small lad brought a representation helium had drawn to amusement Antonio, who ended up loving it, and helium told the lad however large it was — helium adjacent autographed it! When my son's person got backmost to school, everyone thought helium was cool, and [no longer made amusive of him]."

—catharinerajan

"I utilized to beryllium a supervisor astatine a large taxable parkland successful the VIP department, truthful seeing celebrities was a beauteous mean thing. One day, Paul McCartney came to the park, and I went retired to conscionable him on with my circuit guides. He was precise pleasant and shook my hand, and past we escorted him into the park. Once inside, the guides took him to the rides, and I stayed successful the bureau to bash paperwork — astir 4 hours later, the radical came backmost to the lobby to leave. Paul said goodbye to the guides who were with him and handed them gratuity — past helium saw maine and handed maine a $50 bill, saying, 'Here, person a portion connected me, mate.' I saw him for a full of 10 minutes the full time — I really inactive person the $50 bill. I don't deliberation I'll ever walk it."

—javiwho87

"In 1993, my heavy large parent was waiting to spot Princess Diana (who was opening up a foundation successful our metropolis center). My ma had been waiting ages conscionable to get a glimpse of her portion balancing a toddler connected her bump. As soon arsenic Princess Diana saw my mom, she demanded idiosyncratic get my ma a seat and chatted with her until they brought it."

—lazyleo

"Cyndi Lauper came to the spot wherever I worked to conscionable with our Youth Leadership Team. There was a horrible anti-trans measure successful North Carolina astatine the time, and she wanted to find retired however it impacted the kids. We were lasting extracurricular with her, discussing who should present her. She said, 'Fuck it,' and walked into the room. The kids went silent. She really listened to them. After that, she comped everyone successful the halfway tickets for her performance that evening. She besides had 3 of our Leadership Team members travel onstage with her and speech astir however HB2 impacted them and their friends. I've ne'er been much arrogant of anyone than I was of these kids. After the concert, we each went backstage and got pictures with her. She is ace cool, down-to-earth, and a fable for a reason. Not lone fiercely talented but an astonishing quality being."

—Anonymous

"Ricky Martin came successful to an outdoor furnishings store I worked astatine successful Miami — helium was somewhat disguised (wearing a hat, sunglasses, and beard). The lone different customers successful the store had a young girl who recognized him instantly — helium took the clip to speech and instrumentality photos with the young fan. I tin lone ideate the excitement of an 8-year-old miss astir the highest of 'Livin' la Vida Loca' gathering Ricky Martin successful specified a quiescent and idiosyncratic environment. He was a ace bully feline — I couldn't find him the treble outdoor chaise lounge helium wanted, but helium wasn't huffy astatine me."

—u/m3gan0sh

"My BFF from assemblage is an actor, and she played an adjunct connected Robin Williams' past amusement earlier helium died, The Crazy Ones. We're those benignant of radical wherever fractional of our conversations are conscionable movie quotes — my person was like, 'I person to beryllium professional, I’m truthful frightened I’m going to punctuation him to him, and I can’t bash that.'

"Her archetypal time filming with him, helium had connected agleam pinkish socks, and erstwhile she complimented them, helium responded with, 'Well, 1 does privation a hint of color!' (from The Birdcage). Kelly Clarkson was besides determination doing a cameo arsenic herself, and she told my person that she looked similar Princess Jasmine from Aladdin. Robin overheard the compliment and began singing 'A Whole New World' oregon 'Friend Like Me.' He was a gem to enactment with, and my person rapidly learned she could 'quote him to him' each she wanted and helium would instantly spell into quality and play along. He was a sweet, saccharine man."

—mariaelle

"When I was 8 years old, I was successful New York City and went to the Disney store with my parents. I walked upstairs and conjecture who I saw: Raven-Symoné! I shyly approached her and asked for a picture, and she said, 'Of course, sweetheart! I emotion your outfit, by the way!' I walked distant singing the That's So Raven taxable song, and she sang it on with me!"

—elexisgrace

"She came into our store 1 time with different lady. I gathered arsenic overmuch courageousness to spell up to her and conscionable archer her that she doesn’t cognize me, but I wanted to convey her for each she’s done for maine with her music. She helped maine header with increasing up closeted and helped maine done immoderate times, and I conscionable wanted to convey her. She conscionable profoundly thanked me, and I could spot the genuineness successful her."

—humbertoruiz

"My relative and I were buying astatine a truly cool, upscale thrift store successful LA, and I decided it would beryllium a bully thought to bring my 4-year-old with maine (obviously, I person fantastic judgement). We were buying around, and I wasn't paying overmuch attention, erstwhile idiosyncratic and their canine came in. My girl went moving up to the dog, trying to favored it, and the canine freaked retired and wholly mislaid it. It turned retired to beryllium Elliot Page and his dog! He profusely apologized, high-fived my kid, and adjacent [calmed his canine down] and fto my girl favored him. He was ace nice."

—saraselterw

"I enactment astatine a pizza shop, and Tracy Morgan lives up the thoroughfare from our small downtown area. He's been a regular lawsuit since his lad utilized to enactment here, and we hadn't seen excessively overmuch of him since his accident. Tracy came successful 1 time and started talking astir his ordeal and everything helium went through. For astir 20-30 minutes, helium spoke to a fewer different customers and maine astir the preciousness of beingness and however important it is to beryllium thankful for everything you have, since you ne'er cognize erstwhile your past time volition be. It was eye-opening and inspiring, and bully to perceive from idiosyncratic with specified extended acquisition successful surviving beingness to the fullest. It was a precise nice, down-to-earth talk."

—lillyb4d0eb0b96

"I utilized to bartend successful New York City erstwhile Lady Gaga was inactive doing her indie cabaret electronica enactment (hula hooping, mounting hairspray connected fire, etc.) and she was ever the best. Some of the performers successful that country were existent pains successful the ass, but she was genuinely fantastic to enactment with. I didn't recognize her enactment astatine all, but she remembered everyone's name, ever gave a due convey you to everyone astatine the bar, and was respectful and affable portion inactive a existent pro."

—socratesaovicente

"I sat down with her and had idiosyncratic instrumentality a representation of us. I complimented her connected her show, but I was wide ace tense and flustered. I rapidly got up to locomotion away, but she grabbed me, told maine to beryllium down, and demanded we speech immoderate much and instrumentality a fewer much pictures. It was glorious."

—u/boober_noober

"I met André 3000 successful 2005 erstwhile I worked astatine movie theatre successful the outskirts of Atlanta. This was close aft 'Hey Ya!' was played everywhere, truthful my nerdy-self knew of him, but didn't truly cognize thing astir him. He came up to my registry for a coffee, and I admitted I knew helium was celebrated but had forgotten his name. He laughed and told maine who helium was, and said helium was determination to spot Sin City. I told him I'd support quiescent astir him being determination truthful helium wouldn't get hassled, and past helium instantly got hassled by, like, 5 teenagers erstwhile helium was halfway crossed the lobby. He was a ace bully feline — I told the pistillate helium was determination with that I felt atrocious helium was getting bugged by everyone. It's my 1 personage encounter, truthful I'm gladsome I got to conscionable specified a genuinely bully guy. I could easy representation different celebrities 'blowing up' if idiosyncratic told them they didn't cognize their name."

—u/chaosrunner87

"Ryan Gosling paid for my parking connected Hollywood Boulevard erstwhile (we had parked successful the aforesaid parking lot). He was leaving arsenic we were arriving, and I struck up a speech with him existent quick. He asked wherever I was from and wherefore I was there/who I was with (I was connected outpouring interruption with 9 friends, and we had 2 cars betwixt us). He said, 'Don't interest astir parking today, man, I'll screen you each for the weekend. Have a amusive outpouring break!' It was truthful chill — helium is JUST arsenic bully successful existent beingness arsenic you deliberation helium would be."

—u/MaynardJayTwa

"My relative caddied for Michael Jordan astatine a foundation play tourney — helium was astir 14 years aged astatine the time, erstwhile baggy Dickie pants were each the rage. By spread #9, my relative was sweating successful the Midwest vigor — arsenic they passed the Pro Shop to proceed to spread #10, MJ stopped and handed my relative his recognition card, saying, 'It's blistery extracurricular and [you're] sweating. Run wrong and get yourself immoderate shorts.' My relative rapidly got a brace of shorts and caddied the remainder of the round, and MJ tipped him $600."

—c_hamilton3

"I met Paul Rudd connected a formation from New York and sat adjacent to him connected the plane. My buddy leaned implicit and told maine that helium wanted to compliment him connected the set T-shirt helium wore portion making Clueless, but helium 'didn't privation to beryllium weird.' So, his solution was to constitute Paul Rudd a enactment and gaffe it to him. When helium did this, Paul got a tense look connected his face, past opened the enactment and work it. He started cracking up laughing, leaned implicit to us, and said: 'Best enactment ever.' He past told america the full communicative down the Clueless T-shirt, however helium fought with the costume section astir it due to the fact that it was the garment helium wore to acceptable that day. We talked the full formation — dude was ace cool."

—u/_Glibnik_

"I sat adjacent to Amy Poehler connected a formation from NYC to LA, and funnily enough, Aziz Ansari was sitting successful beforehand of us. She wanted to messiness with him due to the fact that helium didn't cognize she was sitting down him — helium thought it was maine messing with him and looked annoyed until helium realized Amy was there. She besides made tiny speech with maine during the full flight, and she seemed truthful genuine and nice."

—u/Papa_pepper_513

"I got invited to Taylor Swift's location for a concealed euphony listening league successful 2019. I was a instrumentality online, but I wasn’t ace large successful examination to different Swifties. There were astir 113 of america determination from each implicit the world, and she went retired of her mode to conscionable each azygous instrumentality there, instrumentality a picture, and marque america cookies. When it was my turn, I had truthful overmuch connection vomit, I was truthful nervous. She truly was knowing and a calming presence. When you're that big, you don't person to bash that. I thought it was astonishing she welcomed america into her home."

—courtneye4bea34007

"Whitney Houston was a shaper connected The Princess Diaries movies, and my ma worked connected acceptable for the sequel. My ma happened to notation that it was my birthday, and Whitney took immoderate of the balloons that tin beryllium seen connected surface during Mia’s bachelorette enactment and told her to springiness them to maine arsenic a present. It was the champion day ever!"

—dianaquinn

"My household and I met Daniel Radcliffe successful a London edifice erstwhile we went retired for a celebratory dinner. He was unsocial successful the lobby, truthful we asked if we could articulation him, not expecting much. We ended up sitting with him for a bully 20 minutes chatting and drinking with him — helium raised his solid to my sister, who toasted Dumbledore. It was beauteous overmuch the champion nighttime of our lives."

—zoeredhart

"I was successful a suite astatine a Cleveland Guardians [formerly Cleveland Indians] crippled successful August 2016 erstwhile a radical of guys from the adjacent suite implicit came retired to ticker the game. Lo and behold, LeBron James sat down successful the spot close adjacent to excavation (a tiny metallic railing was each that was betwixt us). Being that the Cavs had conscionable won the rubric a fewer months back, I was geeking retired to the extreme. I kept it chill and didn't instrumentality retired each implicit him, but I did perceive him talking astir my favourite MLB subordinate of each time: Ken Griffey Jr., and that's erstwhile LeBron pointed to my Griffey 2 sneakers I had on. He complimented them, I thanked him, and past we proceeded to speech for astir 15 minutes astir each things shot — the feline knew his stuff, and could not person been nicer to my woman and me!"

—zackn45085f90c

"I was an intern for Jimmy Kimmel Live! successful 2009, and Dev Patel was a guest. It was during the tallness of Slumdog Millionaire, but helium was conscionable a 'normal' kid similar maine successful our aboriginal twenties. Instead of having maine tally astir and drawback this and that similar each different guest, helium conscionable wanted to beryllium and bent out. We talked astir 'normal' beingness stuff, and helium seemed genuinely funny successful getting to cognize me. I'll ever retrieve however genuine and saccharine helium was that day."

—Anonymous

"I assistance my hubby big world lawsuit tournaments astatine his schoolhouse and merchantability concessions to Jennifer Garner. She bought h2o for the kid successful beforehand of her truthful they didn’t person to interruption their $20 measure — conscionable a bully genitor supporting a kid successful request of immoderate snacks."

—sarahp4dd24057e

"I met Tyra Banks successful enactment astatine an amusement parkland (everyone kept coming up to her asking her if she was Tyra Banks). I kept quiescent and pretended I didn’t announcement who she was. In line, Tyra and I talked astir the different rides, and she adjacent said she liked my glitter constitution and that I was beauteous — arsenic an overweight teen, that ever stuck with me."

—lucindahaas

"In 1989, teenage maine was learning to rollerblade successful Central Park — I hadn't mastered stopping yet, truthful I usually conscionable crashed into thing stationary oregon threw myself connected the ground. Well, I was trying to determination retired of the way of a biker and fell into 2 joggers, 1 of whom turned retired to beryllium Madonna. She was precise sweet, she brushed disconnected my apologies, and she reminded maine to ever deterioration my helmet."

—awesomeamb

"I met Angelina Jolie erstwhile she was filming Girl, Interrupted (they were filming crossed the thoroughfare from the daycare/after-school programme I went to). One day, she came implicit during a interruption and brought america tons of caller toys, games, clothes, and snacks. I volition ne'er hide however genuinely benignant and lukewarm and beauteous she was to each of us. I was a small spot older than astir of the different kids (I was 12), and Angelina took the clip to speech to me. She asked what I was funny in, and I said I loved speechmaking classical experimental fabrication — she came backmost the adjacent day, earlier she near town, to springiness maine a transcript of The Sheltering Sky. She wasn't ace celebrated astatine the time, and she was conscionable the sweetest and funniest idiosyncratic — I inactive person the book."

—alexs52

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