Hey Pandas, Have You Ever Met Someone Famous? (Closed)

When I decided to leave the smoking lounge, I handed the cigarette I just lit to a quite surprised Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

At a Horror-fest in Louisville Kentucky met Henry Winkler, super sweet man. Shorter than unexpected. Got a hug, kiss on the cheek and a picture. Confessed I had a huge crush on him as a teen (like very other warm blooded teen when he was the Fonz). Also met the director John Carpenter at the same event.

Not me unfortunately, but my cousin won a contest in 2003(?). Got to play a couple of games of basketball with Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal.. My cousin was really good at basketball so that helped him play with them for a couple of hours. They had a genuine good time because of this, and I’m still jealous after all these years.

My mom used to talk about hanging out with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Apparently she used their van to help men avoid the draft by sneaking them across the Canadian border. I always shrugged it off, like sure mom. But she passed in 1996 and David Crosby and Stephen Stills showed up for her funeral and Neil Young sent flowers. I wish it was under better circumstances.

Bouche and Audi Clay. They're the most famous cats on all of Bored Panda.

I met Clay Dyer, a famous fisherman with no arms and legs. He even spoke at our church. Him and his wife were so so nice!

Well, he's kind of only famous in the world of punk music, but my best friend's husband is Stephen Egerton of Descendents!

Met Dan Smith, singer of Bastille. Gem of a guy, so lovely to talk to and he gave my pregnant belly a hug. 🤰

I met Tony Kushner at an event. I went up to talk to him after, and out of the blue, he gave me a hug. Turns out he thought I was the child of one of his friends. He was overall super nice, a really chill guy.

He's also a great hugger.

does it count that nick jonas and priyanka chopra came to my uncle's funeral? we weren't allowed to talk to them but they were about ten feet in front of me.

I got a picture with both of the piano gusy

David Copperfield. Very very energetic. Met him after a show, I was about 8. Had a very light and airy presence about him, but very nice.

i have! i went to a Walk Off The Earth concert with my mum in New York a few years back. I got to do a Meet & Greet with the band :D and the concert was awesome 🤩

have met several famous people over the years, usually through my jobs. when i was in college i worked as a server at a place that had a restaurant and ballroom. the bands that came through usually had some kind of rider that included food and drinks. most of the servers were young and the management were concerned that they would be star struck and bother the members so they sent me as their server. ( was in my mid twenties at the time while the others were eighteen to twenty.) most of them were very nice and considerate though there were a few that were jerks puffed up with their own egos but, thankfully, those were few.

the one that got me was meeting edward james olmos several years later. i was introduced to him via a friend who knew him due to his being married to someone. by that time i had graduated college and was working on an outreach program and wanted to ask for his assistance in reaching out to different communities. what gobsmacked me upon meeting him wasn't that he was this polite soft-spoken man but his eyes. when he looks at you he gives you his full attention and for a moment i felt a person could drown in those deep brown orbs.

My cousin was in Taylor Swift's Shake it Off music video.

Montaigne, when I was at a play

Just saying Montaigne is a Australian Eurovision singer

a guy i know met ruby da cherry at grey day (we are both huge suicideboys fans) and ruby flipped him the bird and ofc the guy gave it right back lol it's all out of love i swear

I was born and raised in Santa Barbara, so I got to meet: Tom Hanks (and his wife), Jane Fonda, Robin Williams, Efrem Zimbalist Jr, John Gielgud, Jonathan Winters, and I even ran into Stephen Hawking (and chatted with him via his synthesizer!). Lots of famous people in these parts!

I met the painter Bob Timberlake and he was super nice. He gave me and my brother tiny paint sets and invited use to go fishing with him. Not world famous but probably the most famous person I’ve ever met.

I high-fived a Jabbawockeez. Jabbawockee? Plural? Hmmmm..