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“People Say It's Best ‘If You Never Meet Your Idol’: Share Your Experiences” (43 Stories)

“People Say It's Best ‘If You Never Meet Your Idol’: Share Your Experiences” (43 Stories)

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Have you ever looked at a celebrity and thought to yourself, "I would do anything to meet them?" Or maybe you even realized what a great romantic or platonic partner you could be to them. Well, we hate to break it to you, but most of the time, these dreams are best left to the imagination.
What we're getting at is the fact that often enough, celebrities are just a product of their branding and our projected ideals. That doesn't mean that they all are terrible people; it only means that they all have flaws that might disappoint us. That's why there's the saying, "Never meet your heroes."
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#41

Didn’t happen to me, but my friend was really into Noah Gundersen and met him after a show. They slept together that night, and then the day after he let her know that she should get tested for an STD since he has it. An awful human and a horrible thing to knowingly do to another person.
4points

#42

Two people wearing headphones recording a podcast with microphones and laptops on a wooden table discussing James Franco smells.
💯 agree

For me I’ve gone to several LIVE podcast shows and met the entertainers and it’s always changed my relationship with the podcast… like it stops being as fun now that I have seen it.

Also humans like to overthink.
2points

#43

Not quite the same calibre as other stories here but growing up I was a Figure Skater and met a few of my favourites. One in particular was so so rude to little 11 year old me at a meet and greet that I paid for lol. Anyway it turned out it was because I didn’t speak French. (She’s French Canadian). I left crying 😢.
2points
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