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<p>Gawking at celebrities is something everyone enjoys...except the celebrities.</p><p>Writer Michael Segalov kicked off a viral thread on Twitter when he posted about the time he made eye contact with Hugh Grant, who proceeded to make a funny face that was likely as funny as his performance in <em>Paddington 2. </em></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">what’s the most surreal encounter you’ve had with someone famous? been thinking about this all day... mine was looking up while riding a bucking bronco in Liverpool last year and seeing Hugh Grant looking at me, who then stuck his tongue out and then just shrugged.</p>&mdash; michael segalov (@MikeSegalov) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeSegalov/status/1114997594562945024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><p>We don&#39;t know if these anecdotes are real, but we definitely know that they&#39;re entertaining.</p><h2>1. This story ages like a fine Goldblum.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Scene: The Public’s incandescent “Twelfth Night” in 2009. I’m waiting in line to pee at the Delacorte, behind Jeff Goldblum. He ducks into the first stall that opens. He is so tall that, while standing, his head remains almost totally visible above the door. We make eye contact. <a href="https://t.co/lek753cS2Y">https://t.co/lek753cS2Y</a></p>&mdash; Robinson Meyer (@yayitsrob) <a href="https://twitter.com/yayitsrob/status/1116427699399155717?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><h2>2. But are you REALLY Princess Anna?</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">we used to have a policy @ g willikers that u had to ask ppl for their ID when paying w a card and Kirsten Bell came in and I asked her for her ID lmfao <a href="https://t.co/BtB6n20xxF">https://t.co/BtB6n20xxF</a></p>&mdash; megrim (@mcglumpkins) <a href="https://twitter.com/mcglumpkins/status/1116602541372895232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>3. I hope OJ&#39;s girlfriend is still alive.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I had a conversation with OJ Simpson at a Sprint and he told me a 20 minute story about how his girlfriend took his phone and that why he was there. I said a total of maybe 3 words, was sweating profusely, and left with more questions than answers <a href="https://t.co/v3RLd1Dgd3">https://t.co/v3RLd1Dgd3</a></p>&mdash; katie porter&#39;s white board (@laurenacosio) <a href="https://twitter.com/laurenacosio/status/1116106220631416833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>4. A totaly C-wordy move.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I once drunkenly called Sean Connery a c*nt for refusing to take a photo with me outside Mr Chow in Beverly Hills. Amazingly he then agreed to take the photo, at which point I realized I didn’t have a camera (this was pre-smartphones) <a href="https://t.co/8F2Gbg38Pl">https://t.co/8F2Gbg38Pl</a></p>&mdash; Gary Whitta 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 (@garywhitta) <a href="https://twitter.com/garywhitta/status/1115678599082721280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><h2>5. An apple a day keeps Lorne Michaels away.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I was in a elevator up to SNL afterparty w/ Russell Crowe and he asked his posse if they had brought &quot;all the mangoes.&quot; I assumed it was code for drugs. Pal who writes for SNL later informed me that no, Crowe had indeed made everyone at SNL delicious fruit drinks that week. <a href="https://t.co/WZDz1jRypz">https://t.co/WZDz1jRypz</a></p>&mdash; Selena Coppock (@SelenaCoppock) <a href="https://twitter.com/SelenaCoppock/status/1116357348304531458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>6. Schwarzenegger is a calming presence.</h2><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">In an elevator with Arnold Schwarzenegger and his bodyguards. The elevator stops unexpectedly. There&#39;s a pause. Then Arnold jokes that if we were in one of his movies, this is when the terrorists attack, and we&#39;re all expendable.</p> &mdash; Stuart (@StuartSWard) <a href="https://twitter.com/StuartSWard/status/1115672605619568640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p> </p><h2>7. Well we can&#39;t all have cool names like Hannibal.</h2><oembed>https://twitter.com/samdidherbest/status/1116068773864321029</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>8. It&#39;s Liza with a Z, not Lisa with an S!</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/TRK2BbyLMH">pic.twitter.com/TRK2BbyLMH</a></p>&mdash; Michael Smiley (@mrmichaelsmiley) <a href="https://twitter.com/mrmichaelsmiley/status/1115753178446749698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>9. The best art is ephemeral.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">i was at a party and alone in the kitchen. martin short walked in to get a glass of wine. he saw me, smiled politely and proceeded to perform a three-minute jerry lewis-level slapstick masterclass of a guy trying to open and pour a glass of wine <br><br>it was for me and me alone <a href="https://t.co/YQzS7l12o9">https://t.co/YQzS7l12o9</a></p>&mdash; november blaine (@blainecapatch) <a href="https://twitter.com/blainecapatch/status/1115753115842572288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><h2>10. Hey girl.</h2><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Sat next to Ryan Gosling at a Broadway play. Didn&rsquo;t recognize him until we were chatting at intermission. My face registered that because he laughed &amp; said, &ldquo;you just figured out who I am&rdquo;. I nodded. He grinned and said, &ldquo;Clearly you don&rsquo;t spend enough time on Pinterest&rdquo;</p> &mdash; Cid Stoll 🧀✈️🥘 (@CidStoll) <a href="https://twitter.com/CidStoll/status/1115691575932334080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><h2>11. ♫ Stop at the red light ♫</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Was in a taxi with Sting when Roxanne came on the radio. He started singing and I joined in but drunkenly forgot the words, so whistled. He told me to shut the f*ck up and stop spoiling the song. 😊 <a href="https://t.co/wo7yHzy2s0">https://t.co/wo7yHzy2s0</a></p>&mdash; Jon S. Baird (@jonsbaird) <a href="https://twitter.com/jonsbaird/status/1115929066723532800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>12. 'Michelle? My name&#39;s Michelle now.'</h2><oembed>https://twitter.com/vikkie/status/1116090256263086087</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><h2>13. Make lemonade.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Serving an iced tea to Arnold Palmer. I&#39;m still hoping to serve an Arnold Palmer to Ice-T. <a href="https://t.co/lXXfrk75y0">https://t.co/lXXfrk75y0</a></p>&mdash; David Regier (@davidpaulregier) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidpaulregier/status/1115980097222135814?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>14. That&#39;s what friends are for.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When I was a kid I used to have an imaginary friend who was for some reason Dionne Warwick. When I was 20 I worked in a restaurant and I told her and she gave me the biggest hug ever. A week later she brought me a picture signed &quot;from your imaginary friend come to life&quot; <a href="https://t.co/Ji4y9Drfbo">https://t.co/Ji4y9Drfbo</a></p>&mdash; Iván Brandon (@IvanBrandon) <a href="https://twitter.com/IvanBrandon/status/1115678220756688897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>15. Almost got bended by Beckham.</h2><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Victoria Beckham backed into me with her Range Rover as I walked by. I fell, but mostly bc of my own clumsiness. When she and David jumped out, she asked if I was okay. I said &ldquo;I&rsquo;m fine, I just tripped,&rdquo; David said &ldquo;Yeah, because she bloody hit you!&rdquo; They&rsquo;re insanely pretty.</p> &mdash; Travis (e) Gates (@TravisEGates) <a href="https://twitter.com/TravisEGates/status/1115968096395640833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 10, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><h2>16. Tywin Lannister sends his regards.</h2><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"> <h2 dir="ltr" lang="en">Charles Dance storming in the wrong cinema, panicking, loudly asking where the hell are they showing Finding Dory?</h2> &mdash; ljon (@Ljonik) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ljonik/status/1115024950065233921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p> </p><p>Bonus: she&#39;s not a Normal, but this is the absolute best one.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

16 times people met celebrities and things didn't go as expected.

Orli Matlow

Gawking at celebrities is something everyone enjoys...except the celebrities.Writer Michael Segalov kicked off a viral thread on Twitter when he posted about the time he made eye contact with Hugh Grant, who proceeded to make a funny face that was likely as funny as his performance in Paddington 2. what’s the most surreal encounter you’ve had with someone famous? been thinking about this all day... mine was looking up while riding a bucking bronco in Liverpool last year and seeing Hugh Grant looking at me, who then stuck his tongue out and then just shrugged.&mdash; michael segalov (@MikeSegalov) April 7, 2019  We don&#39;t know if these anecdotes are real, but we definitely know that they&#39;re entertaining.1. This story ages like a fine Goldblum.Scene: The Public’s incandescent “Twelfth Night” in 2009. I’m waiting in line to pee at the Delacorte, behind Jeff Goldblum. He ducks into the first stall that opens. He is so tall that, while standing, his head remains almost totally visible above the door. We make eye contact. https://t.co/lek753cS2Y&mdash; Robinson Meyer (@yayitsrob) April 11, 2019  2. But are you REALLY Princess Anna?we used to have a policy @ g willikers that u had to ask ppl for their ID when paying w a card and Kirsten Bell came in and I asked her for her ID lmfao https://t.co/BtB6n20xxF&mdash; megrim (@mcglumpkins) April 12, 2019 3. I hope OJ&#39;s girlfriend is still alive.I had a conversation with OJ Simpson at a Sprint and he told me a 20 minute story about how his girlfriend took his phone and that why he was there. I said a total of maybe 3 words, was sweating profusely, and left with more questions than answers https://t.co/v3RLd1Dgd3&mdash; katie porter&#39;s white board (@laurenacosio) April 10, 2019 4. A totaly C-wordy move.I once drunkenly called Sean Connery a c*nt for refusing to take a photo with me outside Mr Chow in Beverly Hills. Amazingly he then agreed to take the photo, at which point I realized I didn’t have a camera (this was pre-smartphones) https://t.co/8F2Gbg38Pl&mdash; Gary Whitta 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 (@garywhitta) April 9, 2019  5. An apple a day keeps Lorne Michaels away.I was in a elevator up to SNL afterparty w/ Russell Crowe and he asked his posse if they had brought &quot;all the mangoes.&quot; I assumed it was code for drugs. Pal who writes for SNL later informed me that no, Crowe had indeed made everyone at SNL delicious fruit drinks that week. https://t.co/WZDz1jRypz&mdash; Selena Coppock (@SelenaCoppock) April 11, 2019 6. Schwarzenegger is a calming presence.  In an elevator with Arnold Schwarzenegger and his bodyguards. The elevator stops unexpectedly. There&#39;s a pause. Then Arnold jokes that if we were in one of his movies, this is when the terrorists attack, and we&#39;re all expendable. &mdash; Stuart (@StuartSWard) April 9, 2019  7. Well we can&#39;t all have cool names like Hannibal.https://twitter.com/samdidherbest/status/11160687738643210298. It&#39;s Liza with a Z, not Lisa with an S! pic.twitter.com/TRK2BbyLMH&mdash; Michael Smiley (@mrmichaelsmiley) April 9, 2019 9. The best art is ephemeral.i was at a party and alone in the kitchen. martin short walked in to get a glass of wine. he saw me, smiled politely and proceeded to perform a three-minute jerry lewis-level slapstick masterclass of a guy trying to open and pour a glass of wine it was for me and me alone https://t.co/YQzS7l12o9&mdash; november blaine (@blainecapatch) April 9, 2019  10. Hey girl.  Sat next to Ryan Gosling at a Broadway play. Didn&rsquo;t recognize him until we were chatting at intermission. My face registered that because he laughed &amp; said, &ldquo;you just figured out who I am&rdquo;. I nodded. He grinned and said, &ldquo;Clearly you don&rsquo;t spend enough time on Pinterest&rdquo; &mdash; Cid Stoll 🧀✈️🥘 (@CidStoll) April 9, 2019 11. ♫ Stop at the red light ♫Was in a taxi with Sting when Roxanne came on the radio. He started singing and I joined in but drunkenly forgot the words, so whistled. He told me to shut the f*ck up and stop spoiling the song. 😊 https://t.co/wo7yHzy2s0&mdash; Jon S. Baird (@jonsbaird) April 10, 2019 12. 'Michelle? My name&#39;s Michelle now.'https://twitter.com/vikkie/status/1116090256263086087 13. Make lemonade.Serving an iced tea to Arnold Palmer. I&#39;m still hoping to serve an Arnold Palmer to Ice-T. https://t.co/lXXfrk75y0&mdash; David Regier (@davidpaulregier) April 10, 2019 14. That&#39;s what friends are for.When I was a kid I used to have an imaginary friend who was for some reason Dionne Warwick. When I was 20 I worked in a restaurant and I told her and she gave me the biggest hug ever. A week later she brought me a picture signed &quot;from your imaginary friend come to life&quot; https://t.co/Ji4y9Drfbo&mdash; Iván Brandon (@IvanBrandon) April 9, 2019 15. Almost got bended by Beckham.  Victoria Beckham backed into me with her Range Rover as I walked by. I fell, but mostly bc of my own clumsiness. When she and David jumped out, she asked if I was okay. I said &ldquo;I&rsquo;m fine, I just tripped,&rdquo; David said &ldquo;Yeah, because she bloody hit you!&rdquo; They&rsquo;re insanely pretty. &mdash; Travis (e) Gates (@TravisEGates) April 10, 2019 16. Tywin Lannister sends his regards.  Charles Dance storming in the wrong cinema, panicking, loudly asking where the hell are they showing Finding Dory? &mdash; ljon (@Ljonik) April 7, 2019  Bonus: she&#39;s not a Normal, but this is the absolute best one.

Gawking at celebrities is something everyone enjoys...except the celebrities.