Celebrities part IIFive years ago, we asked if you've ever been rude to a celebrity, or have been on the receiving end of a Z-List TV chef's wrath. By popular demand, it's back - if you have beans, spill them.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 13:33)
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Darren ShanApparently he is (or was at the time in 2003) the biggest selling children's author after JK Rowling.
My brother was teaching English in Japan at the time, and the kids there seemed to like his stories so he asked me to go to Waterstone's in Edinburgh to get a copy of his latest book at a signing.
I was stuck in a queue for 2 hours, with lots of enthusiastic kids, teens, mums and dads all dripping sycophancy over him. Oh Darren! You're So Great! We Love Your Work!
He looked smug. His entourage looked bored.
His entourage, however, started sniggering when it was my turn. I started with "I have no idea who you are, and I've never read your books, and I'm only here as a favour to my brother..."
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drunkenoaf, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 23:05,
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