Celebrity Encounters

You met a celeb in some way or whatever. A list? B list? Z list? send it in
oddtodd7@hotmail.com

I used to work as a stockbroker for a stock transfer company. (It sounds way cooler than it actually was) and I handled a LOT of phone calls from panicking shareowners, especially after 9/11. I answer the phone, and this normal, not screaming man is on the other end. I ask him his name, and he says, "Bill Clinton." I said something light like, "Well that's an easy name to remember, huh?" And he laughed and said yes. I pull up the account, and it was for...CHELSEA CLINTON. I sort of gasped at that point, and he laughed again. I said, "Mr. Clinton...I think I voted for you twice." He said, "You think?" and chuckled. I talked to him about the account and we took care of business. At the end of the call, I said, "Well, thank you for calling, Mr. President." He said he wasn't the president anymore, and I said I knew that, I was just in denial. He laughed again.

So, a few weeks later, I get a beep on my phone that I have a caller holding. I grab the phone, and a co-worker says, "President Clinton is holding....for....you..." I almost died. The former President of the United States, the man I voted for twice and adored even through the Monica debacle, was waiting, ON HOLD, for me. Ego trip big time!! He just wanted to make sure everything was ok with the account and to tell me he appreciated my service and would be sending a letter to the company. (He did-I have it framed)

Hi tOdd! =)

I JUST found this section of your site; yes, sometimes I feel I may need to wear a helmet and ride a shorter bus. ANEEWAY, I have a few celeb encounters, which it's coolio you have this section as I was planning to write all my "encounters" down... someday. So I'll take this as my kick in the pants to write it down. =)

My first celebrity encounter happened kinda late in life at the KROQ Weenie Roast at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre (Now Verizon Amphitheatre)

My boyfriend and I were kicking back enjoying ourselves when I see Adam Corolla - pre Man Show Days; on the stairs. I tell my boyfriend "Hey look! it's Adam, get a picture of me with him." So we run up to him and I ask him if I can take a pic with him. He says he'd love to; really nice guy. Unfortunately the picture didn't come out due to lighting =-( (didn't have a digital camera back in the old days)

The next encounter I had was, again, at a Weenie Roast; this time at Edison Field (Best damn concert I've ever been to!). We're on the field by the back stage area and I see (Almost embarrassed to say it) Paulie Shore, he had like three chicks on him! So I'm looking at him and I go over to the railing but he's walking away =( But for some reason he turns around and comes over to me. I shake his hand and then he kissed it! It was super sweet, he's a very nice guy!

My bestest most memorable encounter happened at a Duran Duran concert (Post good old days) at HOB in Anaheim. I somehow managed to get into the VIP area (I was pretty drunk so all I really remember is flagging some guy down that was up there and he brought me in). There's was just one problem, I had gone with a friend and she was all drunk and hanging out somewhere? I was worried about her because there was this serial killer type looking guy following her around. So I'm sitting up in the VIP area, where I could meet all my old time fantasy boys, but I was worried about my friend. =/ I get up to go and find her when I see Nick Rhodes talking to the guy who brought me in (No, he wasn't pimpin for groupies for the guys) So I come up to Nick and say something... not quite sure what though... then ask if I can have a hug. He says sure; so I hug him and totter off to find my drunk friend. PS, I knew the guy (the one who brought in to the VIP "lounge") from the concert the night before, he somehow knew a friend of mine that was there... weird story in itself, no funny business; I swear!

When I was in college at Appalachian State in Boone, NC, I had a playwrighting class. So one day, my prof walks in with this handsome guy and starts saying that it was a guest for the day who was an actor and playwright, Robbie Benson. This was right after Beauty and the Beast came out on dvd and I watched it like everyday. I lean over to the guy beside me and I'm like "THE Robbie Benson? The Beast from Beauty and the Beast Robbie Benson?" And he's like "Yeah." So the whole class I'm trying to look and not look.

I'm also a bit of a groupie, so last year me and a friend of mine went to Atlanta to see Keane, who weren't big at the time, but have since gone on to have that sone "Somewhere Only We Know" be on that Victoria's Secret commercial. We got there way too early, and decided to just hang out in front of the venue since we didn't know much about Atlanta. We're looking at the poster and my friend was pointing out the guys in the band. We walk around to the parking lot and there they are! I was stunned, but my bud walked right up to them and was like "Hi. We drove from Charleston to see you." They were really nice, even when we busted ourselves for downloading songs. We were out front so long that their tour manager brought us singles on vinyl and then Rich, the drummer, came out and sat with us after sound check. He tried to spell my name every way imaginable, and then pulled out his map of the US so we could point out where they were headed. Of course, we were right up front for the show, and at the end, he walked over and handed us each a drum stick. Then he signed them and we had our picture taken with Tom,the singer.

At the Xfile Expo in Tustin. It was way fun! We weren't supposed to to take any pics of the celebs up close. But when I got to Dean Haglund (Langley); I said, "I'd love to take a picture with you, but I'll probably get thrown out!" And he said something to the tune of, let's take a picture anyway and too bad if they get all tiffy and stuff. I thought that was the sweetest thing, especially since the security were walking around being all rent-a-cop-ish! So I got the pic taken and have this way cool memory of a way cool guy!