Famous people you have met ....

Well have any of you met any 'famous' people? Did they measure up? Were they receptive - or rude?

Give us your experiences - and if they were unkind - bear in mind the libel laws!

I shared a Remy Martin XO with Mick Jagger once

My partner and I met Sir Bobby Charlton in Heathrow a few years back and he was pig ignorant to us.
Met Graeme Sharp (Everton legend) and he was very nice and allowed us in onto the Goodison Park pitch.
I met Michael Carruth, Kenny Egan, Paddy Barnes, Katie Taylor, John Joe Joyce and John Joe Nevin at an event recently and they are all very polite and friendly.

Met different GAA Players, some are ok, some have their heads up their own a**es.

Also met Mary McAleese. Lovely woman.

mossbags wrote:I shared a Remy Martin XO with Mick Jagger once

Jeeze Mossbags ye can't leave it at that .....

Met Kevin Moran (famous Man Utd and world cup legend) outside Old Trafford. He was nice enough.

Met Alex Ferguson, in Utd Museum, he was just in walking around. Came outside and got his photo taken with us.

Packie Bonner, fairly rude to be honest.

Damien Duff in hotel opposite RDS last year for Bruce Springsteen concert, he was getting his photo taken with alot of kids, seemed to have alot for them.

On that note, had a sleep over at Michael Jacksons, he was very friendly.

JOLearysgloves wrote: met Ray Shah and tried talking GAA with him, for all his talk in the BB house that year, he hadnt the first clue about GAA!

Should get him posting here so .............

Said he knew you JC.....Said u still owe him a tenner....????

Meet Bono in rather unusal circumstances.
Doing a game in south Wexford and we had to stop because a helicopter needed it to land they were going to a wedding in the area.
Turned out to be his nibs and the clann.
Teams didn't mind they all got there photo taken with him if they wanted.
To be fair he stayed to meet them apologied for disrupting the game he was meant to land earlier he had it sorted out with the club whose ground he was landing on.
Went for a few pints with Zack Wylde and a couple of other metal merchants as well

Was walking down the street in Sydney (on my way to a job in a Masonic lodge) and I saw Ian Rush coming out of a hotel. He had signed for a Sydney club for a few months in a publicity stunt. Just gave him a "Howya John Aldridge", shook his hand and walked on.

Was a few years behind the Westlife lads in school. Used to play football with Shane at lunchtime - very down to earth guy even still. Pity same can't be said for Kian.

The father is good friends with Pat McCabe, and have met Neil Jordan through him - seems like a nice guy, but quite intense.

Did a goalkeeping course with Packie Bonner a few years ago, seemed very nice and went for a drink with him and Nicky Brougos (former Sligo Rovers & USA Keeper, part-time striker with my junior soccer team) afterwards.

Met Kevin Moran in Toffs nightclub in Sligo, me and the lads chatted to him for about 20 minutes, seemed dead on.

Caddied for Alex Ferguson at Rosses Point golf club, he was over for the supporters' club dinner dance, and I was lucky enough to be next in line to caddy! Very nice guy - rented a buggy and just wanted yardage tips (no bag to carry), full of chat and gave a healthy tip afterwards .

The auld lad is vice-chairman of the Alzheimer's Society of Ireland, and as a result I've met Mary Robinson, Mary McAleese, Bertie, Biffo and John Bruton. All seemed very friendly, but there were cameras around every time!
Also met George Hamilton though the ASI, his daughter works in head office, and he often comes to events.... that said, I was more interested in the daughter!

black&white wrote:Caddied for Alex Ferguson at Rosses Point golf club ...... full of chat and gave a healthy tip afterwards .

What - more fruit juice in your diet, more greens, cut down on alcohol ... which ..??

Jayo Cluxton wrote:

black&white wrote:Caddied for Alex Ferguson at Rosses Point golf club ...... full of chat and gave a healthy tip afterwards .

What - more fruit juice in your diet, more greens, cut down on alcohol ... which ..??

Don't eat yelllow snow

I met Craig Johnston many moons ago (prob 20 years) in a niteclub down the Quays in Dublin and we had great crack with him. Got involved in the round and all - super lad - and very clever too.

well as im such a famous person myself i have met quiet a few!!!

have met bertie and served bertie on countless occations through my former work in the hotel and catering industry, also, ruby walshe, mick mccarthy, roy keane and Robbie williams all at the same hotel all great people with the nicest being roy keane!!!!

have met lisa lashes, ann savage, tidy boys and fat boy slim through a former job with euphoria, amazing people full of modesty and great craic.

i have met al the ozzie international rules team of a few years ago when they stayed and got kicked out of the hotel i was working in, wild, mad great craic shower of lunitics!!!!

and final i dont know if this is actually meeting soemone but anyway i was working in new york, walking home after a days work with a mad fella from tyrone, anyway we stopped off at a bar and had a few beers before heading off again for home, we stopped at lights and i lighted a smoke, i asked him did he want one and he said aye, and way i dropped the packet of smokes and i bent down on the ground to get them, at that moment three big range rollers, flew past nearly taking my head of my shoulders, they pullled in about 20 yards up the road and pur jumped Puff daddy!!! so i nearly got mowed down in new york by puff daddy!!!

Jeeze Rich imagine what your kids would've been able to put on the gravestone

'Having a puff, Daddy - was run over by Puff Daddy'

Jayo Cluxton wrote:Jeeze Rich imagine what your kids would've been able to put on the gravestone

'Having a puff, Daddy - was run over by Puff Daddy'

that could be taken up on a very different path all together!!!!!!

Prince Charles offered me a lift.

Prince Harry gave me a Mars bar.

SamiPremier08 wrote:Prince Charles offered me a lift.

Prince Harry gave me a Mars bar.

I remember you said that before Sammy and I said I wouldn't have taken a lift of his ex and you got a bit annoyed so don't worry I won't do it again .....

Ryan Tubridy - twat, Pat Kenny - twat eile, Sir Bobby Charlton - ****, Most of Irish Rugby team - mostly sound except for ROG who was a twat, Ray D'Arcy - interviewd him and was dead sound, The Blizzards - sound lads, Saw Doctors - Legends, Neil Delamare & PJ Gallagher & Andrew Maxwell - interviewd them all and all were hilarious and sound, Jack Charlton - interviewd him and he was ok, Van Morrison - dick, Eddie Irvine - dead on, Gerry Ryan - lovely fella, all of the Mayo players over the last 15 years - mostly sound with the odd fella being up his own arse(C. Mort), Luis Figo - quiet, Roy Keane & Mark Bosnich & Dwight Yorke & Ryan Giggs & Teddy Sheringham - all sound lads, Jonathon Woodgate & Lee Bowyer & Nigel Martyn & Jonathon Douglas & Gary Kelly & Robbie Keane & The CHief(Radebe) - all sound lads if not a little too quiet!

there is a few more but im blanking right now

I saw the actor who plays John Locke in Lost in Pennys in Galway 2 years ago, didn't bother ask for an autograph.

Met Pat Spillane a few years, seemed like good craic.

clash-of-da-ash wrote:I saw the actor who plays John Locke in Lost in Pennys in Galway 2 years ago, didn't bother ask for an autograph.

I am surprised at that Clash - I'd have asked for your autograph ......

Jayo Cluxton wrote:

clash-of-da-ash wrote:I saw the actor who plays John Locke in Lost in Pennys in Galway 2 years ago, didn't bother ask for an autograph.

I am surprised at that Clash - I'd have asked for your autograph ......

He looked star struck alright

The Saturday afternoon club were in full swing one day, about 6 of us together, punting, pinting and talking football. In lands Michael Lyster accompanied by the aforementioned Pat Spillane and we're all teamed up together. 30 minutes later in comes a deceased pal of ours with Graham Geraghty in tow, so the banter is now truly manic.
It should be mentioned that one of our original group was potless (as usual) but is a legendary character on the roll and well worth carrying for the evening. Let's call him "Dada"

Anyway the rounds are flying, Dada keeping the score, and when the circle starts again Dada nudges me and whispers "Spillane the cnut hasn't bought" Nor did he the next one either, so he's on a sponsored trip.
At the next opportunity Dada tackles Spillane as follows:

Dada: Jay, Pat you had a fierce reach on you in your prime.
Pat: Yerrah! in my youth I used pull myself up on the beams of the hayshed to strenghten the arms. That's where I got the reaching ability from.
Dada: Well reach over there to phook (indicating bar) and get 7 pints of Heineken, 4 pints of stout..........
Cue cheers all round and the beauty of it being where the direction came from...