I love that this thread was resurrected! I just missed it the first time it came up
My biggest brush with celebrity was Lady Diana -- actually even had the chance to shake her hand, the softest hand I've ever felt in my life. I was in London and saw that she was making an appearance at some senior citizen center, so I made my way over there and waited around with the media guys and a bunch of little old ladies until she came out. It was drizzling and when she saw us, she came straight over and said something like, "You poor things, you must be freezing." I was taking photos and realized suddenly that her face was taking up the whole frame, and said to myself, "Put the camera down, idiot!" and there she was, right in front of me, extending her hand for me to shake it. I was beside myself. *sigh*
I've seen a lot of celebs promoting their books when I've been to BookExpo America (to promote my book), even met a few: Leonard Cohen, Eoin Colfer, Tracey Ullmann, Henry Winkler, oh, a bunch of authors...
Besides that, I can't say that I know or have met a lot of famous people -- I've SEEN a lot, mostly when I've been in London, funnily enough: Boy George, Mohammed Ali, Tony Randall, Neil Simon, Steven Spielberg, Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Diana Rigg, many others... Mostly I just leave them alone -- It's enough for me to just see them out and about.
Mika won't be so lucky -- HIM I want to meet, and I plan to try after the DC show
In just 38 days... not that I'm counting or anything...
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