Well not quite a celebrity, I think but...
I once gave Jeff Hamilton the cold shoulder. for those of you who don't know who Jeff Hamilton is, he held the speed record for skiing and has several gold medals from the Olympics.

Anyways, apparently his sister lived in the same city as me, and an artist to boot! So, he did the kindly older brother thing and came down to help her fill up an art gallery with her work. I was walking down to my mom's shop when he comes out of the place, sees me wearing a shirt that has a picture of him and his name written in big letters (hand-me-down from a cousin) and says to me, "Hey, nice shirt!"

"Thanks," I reply, and hurry along, afraid that he's some sort of predator. This made sense since he had a shaved head and was much taller than me.

"Do you kno wwho I am?" he asks me?" By now his sister is laughing.

"No," I said, and walked faster, all the way to my mom's shop. I pondered what had just happened, then looked down at my shirt. It was about then that it clicks. So, I grab one of my ma's fabric pens (it was a quilt shop) and run back down to chase him down.

"Hi there!" I say. "Err.. I think I know who you are now." Again, his sister laughs. He joins in, as well as one of his posse members. I laugh too, feeling that I made a total ass of myself. "So... Uh... Could you sign my shirt?"

"Sure!" he says. Hilarity ensues. Short story shorter, I still have the shirt. :)
( CTVadim Eeeeasing back into it., Thu 15 Apr 2004, 7:03, Reply)