Have you ever met anybody famous?

**shakermaker1982** · 07/04/2008, 8:27 PM

A list to Z list it (doesn't matter) have you got any good stories to tell?!

**Pauro 76** · 07/04/2008, 8:33 PM

I once hosted a weekly pub quiz in my bartender days in south west London . Saskia and Maxwell of Big Brother fame (!) were regulars down the pub. They took part. And they were as dumb as sh!t. Saskia was lovely, really nice but Maxwell was a c!ck basically. Also served the Irish physio bird off Dream Team, she was fecking hot. Served Dara O'Briain, he was doing a comedy gig at the pub next door, decided not to engage in conversation, he'd only shoot me in flames. Best one, was Dean Gaffney, ex of EastEnders. He really is uglier than he looks.

**ramsfan** · 07/04/2008, 8:36 PM

i met the posh guy from tv show benson in cork airport, i was after a few so thought i would go up and have a chat, all went well until i told him "i really thought you were great in different strokes and i also thought you were good in star wars" what i should have said was benson and star trek, lets just say he wasnt impressed and i felt like a right plonker

here is a pic of him

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0041281/

**sligoman** · 07/04/2008, 8:53 PM

Got autographs off most of latter series of Dream Team cast, had a nice chat with this fella, real down to earth. Also got autograph off the hot Irish wan Pauro mentioned there, Rachel Brady AKA Abi Fletcher.

Oh and got Shane Filan's autograph years ago too

And a guy from Def Lepperd, Joe Elliot.

**TheBoss** · 07/04/2008, 9:21 PM

Originally Posted by ramsfan

i met the posh guy from tv show benson in cork airport, i was after a few so thought i would go up and have a chat, all went well until i told him "i really thought you were great in different strokes and i also thought you were good in star wars" what i should have said was benson and star trek, lets just say he wasnt impressed and i felt like a right plonker

here is a pic of him

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0041281/

Are u sure it wasn't Trappatoni.

**BohsPartisan** · 07/04/2008, 9:47 PM

Where to begin?
Oh well with the cream -
Theresa Lowe
Frank McNamara
Denzel Washington
Francis Ford Coppola
Elizebeth Shue
Michael Jordan
Jim Belushi
Peter Collins
Gruff Rhyss

**MojoPin** · 07/04/2008, 10:24 PM

david grohl
joe jackson
fionn regan
damien rice
declan o rourke
glen hansard and marketa
rod stewart
ronnie whelan
some other old liverpool player
bam magera (jackass france ireland 4 yrs ago)
tim robbins
pete hamill (author)
main fella from entourage adrian grenaure or something

photographic proof of 5 i think

**sligoman** · 07/04/2008, 10:29 PM

Andy[or Andrew as he likes to be known now] Cole is another I met

**strangeirish** · 07/04/2008, 10:29 PM

Met actor Bill Murray last Thursday at a charity golf tournament. Shook hands and gave me a 'death grip' for laughs.

I've volunteered to be a courtesy driver for a few days for the Bausch & Lomb tennis event here locally. Supposedly, my charge will be none other than a certain Miss Maria Sharapova! Duties are simple enough, pick her up at hotel and drop her off after her match or matches. Not allowed to talk to her, unless she initiates conversation. I'll keep ye informed

. Her first match is Tuesday.

**deecay** · 07/04/2008, 10:36 PM

Mainly sports stars and comedians

Gregor Townsend
Mick McCarthy
Tom Symmonds
Evander Sno
Packie Bonner
Brian O'Driscoll
Paul O'Connell
Karl Spain
Jason Byrne
PJ Gallagher

**sligoman** · 07/04/2008, 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by strangeirish

I've volunteered to be a courtesy driver for a few days for the Bausch & Lomb tennis event here locally. Supposedly, my charge will be none other than a certain Miss Maria Sharapova! Duties are simple enough, pick her up at hotel and drop her off after her match or matches. Not allowed to talk to her, unless she initiates conversation. I'll keep ye informed

. Her first match is Tuesday.

I couldn't think of anyone worse to be driving a hot tennis player around than you SI...take pictures, the totty watch thread needs updating

**jmurphyc** · 07/04/2008, 10:39 PM

I gave Liam Gallagher a light, I met David Baddiel (sp?) although that was a bit embarrassing. I also walked past Kenny Cunningham when he was jogging up on the Sea Road on the way up to Howth. I'm sure there are others, just need to think for a while...

**NeilMcD** · 07/04/2008, 10:54 PM

Roy Keane
Paul Mc Grath
Chris Hughton
Glen Hansard
Brendan Grace

Loads of comedians too

**strangeirish** · 07/04/2008, 10:57 PM

Originally Posted by sligoman

I couldn't think of anyone worse to be driving a hot tennis player around than you SI...take pictures, the totty watch thread needs updating

I'll have at least one hand on the wheel...The other will be on the camera phone. I may just ask for a photo. We'll see how she is.

**Magicme** · 07/04/2008, 11:20 PM

My fav of my celeb stories is scarying Thom Yorke by trying to force feed him a chocolate musical note shaped lollipop. His panicked look will stay with me all my life.

**Risteard** · 08/04/2008, 12:08 AM

I cursed at Mary Robinson.

To this day, I couldn't be more genuinely sorry.
A great woman.

Met Martina Navratilova in Merchants Quay Shopping Centre in Cork.

**Torn-Ado** · 08/04/2008, 12:55 AM

Me and Tony O Donohue nearly came to blows when he was over here for the European athletics championship a couple of years ago. It was a very heated debate about Jack Charlton.

**shakermaker1982** · 08/04/2008, 6:56 AM

Originally Posted by strangeirish

Met actor Bill Murray last Thursday at a charity golf tournament. Shook hands and gave me a 'death grip' for laughs.

I've volunteered to be a courtesy driver for a few days for the Bausch & Lomb tennis event here locally. Supposedly, my charge will be none other than a certain Miss Maria Sharapova! Duties are simple enough, pick her up at hotel and drop her off after her match or matches. Not allowed to talk to her, unless she initiates conversation. I'll keep ye informed

. Her first match is Tuesday.

you lucky *******

**ForzaWexford** · 08/04/2008, 7:25 AM

Bumped into Eddie Vedder last week! Wouldn't have recognised him to be honest but was with a Pearl Jam fanatic at the time.

Shook hands with Keanu Reeves about 3 weeks ago, on the set of some film called "The Day the Earth Stood Still".

There's a picture of me at home squaring up to Michael Carruth in my father's old pub. I must have been about 5. Steve Collins was there aswell.

Shook hands with Mary Robinson at "that" international against England.

Met Steve Staunton and Dominic Matteo before an Irish international about 8 or 9 years ago. Got most of the Irish team's autographs after the home playoff aginst Iran in 2001.

And Eamonn Dunphy's! Cha-ching.

Was walking around Dublin with my younger brother and saw Paul O' Connell. My brother had a broken arm at the time. He was on the phone so we followed him for a good 10 minutes and then got him to sign my brother's cast.

And the creme de la creme, Leo from Fair City can often be spotted shopping in Tesco opposite Vincents Hospital!

**Block G Raptor** · 08/04/2008, 9:45 AM

Originally Posted by ForzaWexford

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And the creme de la creme, Leo from Fair City can often be spotted shopping in Tesco opposite Vincents Hospital!

Carol from fair City
Ran her babies Buggy into my ankle on grafton st last week, still have a scab on it

Had a pre-gig drink with Sharlene Spiteri and Paul Weller backstage at Witness in fairyhouse a few years ago.
used to do security on a lot of the film shoots around the country so I've met

Colin farrell (intermission)
Kiera Knightly (King Arthur)
Clive Owen (King Arthur)
Ray Winstone (king Arthur)

I served Julianne Moore in UCi when I worked there. she is seriously hot IRL. she ordered a large popcorn with extra butter, a large Hotdog and a DIET* Coke

*she must have been watching her figure.

oh yeah now that I think of it met a few others in UCi

Don Baker was a regular as a weekend Dad (like Me)
Johnny Logan (Ditto)
but the saddest of all has to be Colin Farrell going to see Daredevil on his Tod