People Are Sharing The Weirdest Celebrity Encounters They Have Ever Had And Here Are 30 Of The Wildest Ones
It’s surely amazing to run into someone that you personally know, but what about running into someone that everyone knows? Well, it surely will be something memorable, and hopefully it went smoothly, because if it was awkward, then it calls for a share with folks online.
Chuck Wending on Twitter, @ChuckWending, decided to ask people to share their weirdest celebrity encounters ever. With over 5k likes, the tweet contained famous people of all calibers: Ice-T, John Waters, Hulk, Sting and others. And it seems that any public spaces such as lifts, airports, Disneyland and bars are the perfect setting for those meetings to happen. Enjoy these serendipitous encounter stories that were quite random and a little bit awkward and vote for your favorite ones.

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My daughter served bill at a food market in the vineyard. He ate his meal at a picnic table. Turns out He had brought a pie for dessert and invited her to eat it with him. He then tipped her very well. Nice guy!!!
If you want to know the true character of a person, look how they treat their staff
Load More Replies...They just don't make em like him anymore, let us all treasure this rare human being.
In those long bygone days he realized he was mistaken, and stopped waving. More recent Trump insists that it was for him and will keep repeating it.
Load More Replies...Nor the sharpest tool in the shed.
Load More Replies...You can find similar enjoyment in watching him and his super-classy wife getting booed at the World Series last year. You can actually see the moment he realizes that people aren't cheering, THEY HATE HIM. If it was anyone but this criminal, you'd almost feel sorry for him.
Load More Replies...Remember when he was booed at the 2019 World Series? Good times, good times. 5dbb104020...542aed.jpg
The only surprise is that he realized that it wasn't for him. He no longer has that ability.
Funny how none of his other exes were abused. And funny when Amber got caught on tape. She's psycho - like Paul McCartney's second wife. Scary.
New York City. That's a pretty standard bill. We're not talking local bar & grill.
Load More Replies...Right? I hope this sweet human being has as much peace as possible, every second of the day.
Load More Replies...Shelley should have posted about when she met you, Jenny! Except, you know, not under a thread about weird celebrity encounters but just regular celebrity encounters lol
"Would you like to see my taxidermy collection?" And yes, my husband DID get me a (mini) metal chicken for our 20th wedding anniversary. Knock knock, motherf*ckers!
Load More Replies...I can picture the color draining from their face and hear their heart pounding.
Should have said "Nah, I've been in an elevator before, glad your enjoying it though".
Or lean into it, "A NEW DAY! NEW ELEVATOR! BLESSED BE THE LORD! DAMN STRAIGHT I'M EXCITED!!"
Load More Replies...Omg David Duchovny is the worst! I was an underage cashier at Cypress Bowl Ski Hill and that creep kept trying to get me to give him the evening ticket discount before 5 pm. Telling me how lucky I was to meet him and how he'd take me for drinks after .. first I was 17, second if you're such a big deal just pay for the full price ticket!!
Thanks you for the reference, I couldn't figure out who he was
Load More Replies...Seriously - do you think anyone in Courtney Love's life is fazed by anything she does?
Load More Replies...If he was on vacation, how would she know what number to call him at?
I have a feeling everyone in the neighborhood ended up knowing Courtney love a little too much. She seems unfazed and unapologetic about how blatantly in your face she is.
Bahahahaha... yeah, she didnt just "live in the neighborhood" if she had been there enough to see a difference and the dad's response wasnt shock...
my favorite line from supernatural was when they loose a cursed rabbits foot so increasingly bad luck started happening to them. one of the first was, sams boot gets stuck in a drain grate, and slips off. he just stands there looking down at the grate. dean comes back and asks whats wrong, sam pouts and sulkingly says "I lost my shoe...." it was so cute. lol
Load More Replies...Guessing this happened in Austin? His brother is a doctor who treated a shoulder issue I had. His "Walker" production is located by my neighborhood, providing jobs for a large number of people. (Hint to "911: Lone Star" - do the same and get your Austin/Texas stuff right.)
The truth of the horrors of American suburbia, one film at a time....
Load More Replies...There's a lot of us Baltimorons that have similar sightings of Mr. Waters -- dude still has his childhood home in Hampden. I ran into him at Ottobar a few times, myself.
Neil Gaiman is a fantastic author. Neverwhere, American Gods, Stardust, Good Omens, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane are some of my favorite books.
I love that Neil Gaiman would respond to this so much. Still hoping that one day my weird celebrity meeting will be Neil and Amanda Palmer.
Aside from the bizarreness of this situation, when people realize that shampoos have almost no effect on their hair other than cleansing them? Your hair looks the way genetics arranges it.
Funny thing about this story is that she could tell it from her perspective and it would still fit under this same subject.
I don't even know Harrison Ford that well but I knew exactly what the wave off looked liked for hahah
Load More Replies..."Exactly the way you're picturing now" So he was dressed as Han Solo and fired first.
My inner 12-year-old with her first crush will always think of that, while my current self is kinda amused by grouchy grandpa Harrison.
Load More Replies...MRRRRRAAAKK, with the sound turned all the way up to 11!
Load More Replies...I'm guessing there are reasons he's an "ex" but that ain't one of the.
the days before Cameo, where celebrities decided they could charge you for shoutouts.
He's not just a voice actor. He's played many characters in movies. Google him.
Load More Replies...I have never heard of him, but his IMDb acting credits listing 163 credits including shows where he was on for 28 episodes of one show, 83 episodes of another. So it's not impossible that she would know who he is.
also they apparently both were in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind in 2002 ( not that it means they were ever on set together or that she would even know who he was, but there is overlap)
Load More Replies...He's an actor. I didn't know him by name but I recognized his face when I looked him up.
Load More Replies...Maybe he is just a fan of hers too? I mean, she is pretty freakin awesome!
Load More Replies...I can totally see him clutching his chest and laughing while apologizing after realizing his mistake.
I would lose it and begin laughing hysterically, while looking straight at Prince when my eyes were open. I wouldn't be doing it to embarrass Prince, but well, the whole restaurant would wonder why this person was laughing so hard at Prince.
Load More Replies...exactly, this sounds like I was in a lift, recognized the person straightaway, we got stuck for half an hour, had a discussion about the show & gushed over how big a fan I am, then left feeling on cloud nine, then embellished a totally new version that didn't happen for social media as I want to act like it was no big deal, I didn't know who it was, what are the chances of this hehe! I am just one of those people this has to happen too.
Load More Replies...Met both Gene and Majel, though at different times. Asked Gene why the big change in the look of the Klingons (from classic Trek to the movies). His answer was "When you have money, you can do what you want!" I was a little surprised at getting such a straight answer like that when I was expecting some sort of fluff. From the moment I met her, Majel was like talking to an old friend. We had an interesting conversation about everything but Star Trek.
Funny thing is; it would only take about 45 seconds to hammer that down. The Federation is a Meritocracy. Kirk is a loose canon, but he gets s**t done.
Someone having a random conversation about star Trek with a random person for no reason that happened to be gene Roddenberry.
Somewhat more plausible if there was a Star Trek convention going on in the hotel at the time.
Load More Replies...Having (anger) issues as a youth doesn't mean you can't be a nice person.
Load More Replies...Ive always thought he was nice! And the most genuine character in Law and Order...
and why was she on with seth myers? In fact why the f**k is Ice-T on??
and it only lately dawned on me that Chris Hemsworth played Kirk's father! It's Chrisception.
Load More Replies...There will always be an empty chunk in my heart for Carrie. I never got to meet her, but everyone I know who did had the most uniquely beautiful stories to tell. Same with Mark Hamill. They understood their fanbase, but especially, they are just kind, wholesome human beings. I'm going to mourn the rest of my life that we lost Carrie when she was turning Leia into the ultimate hero of the whole SW saga, and just when we needed her most.
I'm trying to think of a body fluid that wouldn't make me feel sick...And for the record, I loved her and her mom...
I was selling art pieces at a local nerd convention and saw a doggo coming down the aisle (this was before the show was open to the public, so we were all still setting up). I immediately dropped what I was doing to hang out with the dog. Realized after sitting down on the floor with the dog that Carrie Fischer was standing above me holding the leash and laughing. Apparently every other vendor had gone crazy when they saw her, but I just saw dog and was awkwardly oblivious to humans. She bought three pieces of my fanart and thanked me for the laugh. I made sure to say goodbye to the dog.
And you totally forgot about Post Malone to your left, before he got tattoos.
Patrick Stewart. I would've lost my ever lovin mind. I don't fan girl much, but one hell of an actor, one hell of a human being.
By all accounts, he's a lovely man, and a hell of a talented actor.
Load More Replies...RIchard SImmons danced into my office (I worked in the biz) and grabbed my brand new Snickers bar off my desk, opened it, threw it in the sink and ran water over it Then he gave me a bad of whatever cardboard popcorn snack crap he was hawking. He was adorable and friendly. So I forgave him. Kind of.
I once shook hands with Bobby Kennedy—he was on his last swing through California and stopped at the San Jose (then) Municipal Airport. He was assassinated three days later.
Events in my life that I will NEVER forget: JFK's assassination, Bobby's assassination, the Towers, MLK's assassination and my mom's death. Each, for me, are "remember before" or "remember after" events. I was watching the tv when Bobby was murdered. It was an ohmygawd.
Load More Replies...I met him also when he was still a senator. He was campaigning for president and came to the library where I worked for a sort of "round table" event. Honestly I wasn't going to vote for him but he quickly changed my mind! He was just so intelligent and well spoken. It just shines out of him. He also seemed very modest. He stayed for a picture with library staff (I really couldn't imagine his Republican opponent staying for that, lol). He volunteered to stand in the back row saying he was probably taller than most of us. I love that picture!
My husband worked in DC for a few months when Obama was still in the Senate. They ended up on the same plane every Monday morning. He's apparently exactly as you see him - a well spoken, VERY intelligent man who is sincerely interested in anyone around him. ...///... Rahm Emmanuel was also on those flights, and yes. He DOES swear that much. You don't even notice it, though, because it's just part of who he is.
I mean, how could you not?! I would probably burst into tears if I met either him or Michelle. How do you thank people like that for what they gave up for our country, and how much b.s. they got for it in return?
Load More Replies...I once met Queen Magarete of Denmark in the most casual way. I was on vacation in Aarhus, Denmark and had to go shopping for some random stuff. Than this old lady passes, a freaking Hotdog in her hand. I just mentioned her because of the Hotdog smell in my nose. And it was the Queen of Denmark, just strolling around the town! For your info, that is pretty normal...
Muttering incoherently while shaking hands is my response to any well known person I am introduced to. It's afterwards that I think of all the cool things I could have said.
I randomly shook François Hollande's limp hand in a crowded meeting, weeks before he was elected president of France, and I can't even figure out how lame it is.
I hope the guy in the alien costume didn't tear him in half though.
I'm pretty sure I would just fall over dead if I ever met Lance Henriksen! He's been one of my favorite actors for years. He can make even the worst movie (and he's been involved in some pretty bad ones!) much more enjoyable!
Sorry about your dad. He was really good at selling stuff. I admit I bought several things he pitched
My grandpa wrestled Hulk Hogan once, for charity I think. Clearly, Hulk won. My grandpa is a giant, so I think watching them would have been interesting.
Define giant; I’m a shrimpo and so giant is really just a relative term to me.
Load More Replies...Why? Bc they will grow up open-minded and accepting of people?
Load More Replies...Ooh la la! That man had the most gorgeous eyes—how did you not just melt into a puddle of goo?
If I had the chance to sit next to Dr. Zhivago I would've lost my mind and stare the whole time in awwww! 💓💓💓
I like that Neil Gaiman is on this thread twice, as both the celebrity and the encounter-er haha
Did they open the carousel just for that party? Because it wasn't allowed when I visited the House.
My response to this is "OMG YOU RODE THE CAROUSEL?!" Also, I can still smell House on the Rock in my memories....
Load More Replies...Gaiman really, really appreciates his fans. Attended a SD ComicCon and was waiting at a booth to get Alex Ross's autograph. Gaiman was in the next booth. His time was up and the line was still filled with people. He walked out by going thru the line of fans and signed stuff as he went. Everyone got something signed.
I love the House on the Rock. It is so beautiful. Or at least it used to be. I hear they have let it decline.
I you remember all the details, you weren't there so yeah sounds legit.
I've been totally sober for 15 years, and love a good fire dance or drum circle anyway. Sadly, they've been cancelled for the last year and a half.
Load More Replies...He was known to frequent the fire drum circles here before they got shut down for covid so it actually sounds pretty on par...
It's a little cringy to try and get a date by name dropping your dad, but it was a great response.
....I think of his dad, Tug McGraw, ace lefty of the Phillies.
Load More Replies...Alice's Restaurant is a real place, and it's still there in the hills above Redwood City, Ca. Just go to the intersection of Hwy. 84 and Skyline Blvd, and look for a parking lot full of motorcycles.
Load More Replies..."I was bitten by Janet Jackson's monkey." This is truly an awesome sentence
Sounds like a headline in that old supermarket tabloid that used to do the alien stories.
Load More Replies...https://ew.com/syndication/andy-d**k-arrested-assault-deadly-weapon/
Load More Replies...Andy D**k has always been a POS. He hides abusive behavior behind.."Shock Comedy" Dude needs major therapy
Everyone from West Hollywood has either an Andy D**k story or a John Travolta story.
He has an addiction to frozen pizza, can't .... seem to ... kick the HOBBIT! [badum-TISH]
Stuck between two D***s, then? Been there, done that. (This was an absolute cheap shot, feel free to downvote me ;p ) Seriously though, that must have been interesting if you were stuck in there for any length of time.
I met Muhammad Ali in an elevator at my work once with his wife. They were both so gracious while we got to the floor we were going to. I could barely speak.
I loved Richard Harris’s “MacArthur’s Park” when I was an adolescent, but what a weird crazyass song it was...
I saw him before a show in Pittsburgh (I worked at the stadium). I didn't believe it was him...had a bright teal windbreaker on, boat shoes with no socks, hair all did, nice glasses. Went out on stage a few hours later looking like he'd been thrown from a train in his regular getup.
So you saw him while he was walking around in disguise
Load More Replies...I loved Kennedy as a VJ, absolutely hate her on Fox. Nice meeting, though
It's the Kardashian model. Coming from money + sex tape nobody asked for = famous for some reason.
Load More Replies...You didn’t mean to hit on Lesley Stahl or you weren’t trying to hit on anyone and she misinterpreted what you said?
Saw John Candy at the teller counter in the Main branch Royal Bank in Vancouver. Went up to him and threw the smallest post it note to him and asked him to sign because the girls back at the office won't believe it. He chuckled a signed no problem. It read ' Thanks for the Acting lessons...John Candy'. Very humble man.
Maya Angelou. She was buying an outfit, and nobody recognized her except me and one other girl in the shop, and we fan-girled like idiots. Got her autograph. Then had to explain who she was, which really killed the buzz, frankly. But she was amazingly sweet about our going super-fan-girl on her. :-)
Some years ago in southern France, I met a guy in the street and thought "this man looks exactly like Jean Paul Gaultier", Apparently I mumbled the phrase and he smiled at me "Oui, c' est moi!"
Back in the dark ages, you know, the 1980's, I was returning to work from lunch. Very bright outside, very dim corridor to the elevators. All I could make out was a couple fussing with a baby blocking the hallway. Grumbled to myself as I moved to slide past them. It was Joe and Jennifer Montana with their 1st child. I mumbled a hello and scooted past.
I saw a celebrity once, i can't remember who it was, i know i have seen a couple movies with her in it. It was at a doll store and we just let her go on with her day. My dad didn't say anything to me about her being famous until she left. That is how i try to treat celebs whenever i see them
Bono in a downtown hotel in Lincoln, NE. Very, very nice guy. I was waiting for the elevator and there he was only with his bodyguard, it was very late and poor guy was exhausted after an event at the Lied center on UNL campus. They were waiting for the limo to take them to Omaha. Beautiful blue eyes. And yes, he gave me his autograph!
Round about 2009 my daughter and I went to watch Avatar in London. She was 11 at the time and realised she was sat next to an Eastenders Actor (UK soap) the character was Masood Ahmed and she was really excited but I said unless you know his real name she had to leave him in peace. I don't know if it was the right thing to do but Nitin Ganatra was just a nice guy out with some friends so I thought he deserved a night off.
And you taught your daughter a great lesson: famous people are still just people.
Load More Replies...Was in a café having breakfast when I noticed someone kicking a soda machine at the motel next door. If was Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart). I knew it was him as I just saw him just the night before in a concert in Petaluma. He didn't seem happy the soda machine took his money.
Petaluma has a concert venue? My stepfather’s Aunt Tess lived in Petaluma when I was a little girl and it was soooo far away from San Jose (which, at the time, was still “Prune Capital of the World,” so a very long time ago)—it really seemed to be a long way from anywhere. Now that I live up on the Mendo coast, I go through there anytime I’m heading down to the Bay Area to visit friends and family (only a nephew still lives in San Jose) and traffic is an absolute nightmare.
Load More Replies...Worked for Independence NHP in Philadelphia and was asked to take some people up on the elevator in the Franklin Court. Was waiting for the car to come down and realised it was Leslie Nielsen so I stupidly said "Looks like you picked the wrong week to quit touring!" He laughed like hell and I managed to get his autograph and talked to him about an old show my Dad and I used to watch called "Sea Hunt" He was such a great guy.
Saw John Candy at the teller counter in the Main branch Royal Bank in Vancouver. Went up to him and threw the smallest post it note to him and asked him to sign because the girls back at the office won't believe it. He chuckled a signed no problem. It read ' Thanks for the Acting lessons...John Candy'. Very humble man.
Maya Angelou. She was buying an outfit, and nobody recognized her except me and one other girl in the shop, and we fan-girled like idiots. Got her autograph. Then had to explain who she was, which really killed the buzz, frankly. But she was amazingly sweet about our going super-fan-girl on her. :-)
Some years ago in southern France, I met a guy in the street and thought "this man looks exactly like Jean Paul Gaultier", Apparently I mumbled the phrase and he smiled at me "Oui, c' est moi!"
Back in the dark ages, you know, the 1980's, I was returning to work from lunch. Very bright outside, very dim corridor to the elevators. All I could make out was a couple fussing with a baby blocking the hallway. Grumbled to myself as I moved to slide past them. It was Joe and Jennifer Montana with their 1st child. I mumbled a hello and scooted past.
I saw a celebrity once, i can't remember who it was, i know i have seen a couple movies with her in it. It was at a doll store and we just let her go on with her day. My dad didn't say anything to me about her being famous until she left. That is how i try to treat celebs whenever i see them
Bono in a downtown hotel in Lincoln, NE. Very, very nice guy. I was waiting for the elevator and there he was only with his bodyguard, it was very late and poor guy was exhausted after an event at the Lied center on UNL campus. They were waiting for the limo to take them to Omaha. Beautiful blue eyes. And yes, he gave me his autograph!
Round about 2009 my daughter and I went to watch Avatar in London. She was 11 at the time and realised she was sat next to an Eastenders Actor (UK soap) the character was Masood Ahmed and she was really excited but I said unless you know his real name she had to leave him in peace. I don't know if it was the right thing to do but Nitin Ganatra was just a nice guy out with some friends so I thought he deserved a night off.
And you taught your daughter a great lesson: famous people are still just people.
Load More Replies...Was in a café having breakfast when I noticed someone kicking a soda machine at the motel next door. If was Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart). I knew it was him as I just saw him just the night before in a concert in Petaluma. He didn't seem happy the soda machine took his money.
Petaluma has a concert venue? My stepfather’s Aunt Tess lived in Petaluma when I was a little girl and it was soooo far away from San Jose (which, at the time, was still “Prune Capital of the World,” so a very long time ago)—it really seemed to be a long way from anywhere. Now that I live up on the Mendo coast, I go through there anytime I’m heading down to the Bay Area to visit friends and family (only a nephew still lives in San Jose) and traffic is an absolute nightmare.
Load More Replies...Worked for Independence NHP in Philadelphia and was asked to take some people up on the elevator in the Franklin Court. Was waiting for the car to come down and realised it was Leslie Nielsen so I stupidly said "Looks like you picked the wrong week to quit touring!" He laughed like hell and I managed to get his autograph and talked to him about an old show my Dad and I used to watch called "Sea Hunt" He was such a great guy.
