Ships that pass in the night
What celebrities have b3tans encountered? Not ones you’ve paid to see on a stage, just the ones you’ve passed in the street. Have you ever spoken to them?

My list in the replies.
(Land of Green Ginger It's dreamy weather, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 9:56, 66 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Simon Greenall (Michael from Alan Partridge) in the pub the other day in Brook Green
Bernard Hill (King Wossisface from Lord of the Rings and Yosser from Boys from the Blackstuff) at Earl’s Court station the other day
Kevin Pieterson
Mark Lawson
Boris Johnson
Vic Reeves
John Barrowman
John Prescott
Alan Johnson
David Davies
John Cleese
Paul McCartney
Jimmy Page
Steve Punt
Richard Herring (in Shepherd’s Bush with his new Hitler tache).
Theo Walcott
Nigel Havers

A couple of celebs in a Soho restaurant with paparazzi snapping away at them, but I didn’t know who the hell they were.

An odd selection, and I bet some people here have lists that beat the crap out of mine. The most I’ve ever managed was to nod ‘alright?’ to Paul McCartney.
(Land of Green Ginger It's dreamy weather, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 9:56, Reply)

Certainly do!
Hamish Clark (Monarch of the Glen)
Daniel O'Donnell

and I met Karl Kennedy from Neighbours after a music concert of his.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:01, Reply)

Why has everyone in the world ever
met Karl Kennedy?!
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:14, Reply)

Dunno
But all I could think was that his eyebrows looked far far bigger than what I remembered from T.V.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:18, Reply)

I met Craig Charles
great bloke, he was happy to chat to me. I didnt ask how he managed to beat the rape charge.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 9:57, Reply)

My sister met him
in a pub car park in Sproatley in East Yorkshire. Fuck knows what he was doing there. She said you could tell he liked the Colombian marching powder, but was a nice chap.
(Land of Green Ginger It's dreamy weather, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 9:59, Reply)

I know that pub
and Sproatley sounds like an adverb.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:02, Reply)

The Blue Bell
Not Constable
(Land of Green Ginger It's dreamy weather, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:13, Reply)

When I was 18
I'd cycle to my mate's house and we'd go to the local at the end of his street. But we fancied a change and would cycle to remote pubs. we did Blue Bell and finally ended up in Black Bull in Burton Pidsea. Several ales later, we then realised we had a 12 mile bike-ride home.

A few nights later we went to the pub in Leven. Another 13 miles drunken journey home again.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:43, Reply)

I've walked to
Sproatley from the Old Black Boy in Old Town a couple of times, via Hedon. Must be about 13 miles I think. Ruins a good pair of shoes doing that, and takes fucking hours. The police stopped me once, and offered me a lift.
(Land of Green Ginger It's dreamy weather, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:00, Reply)

Why via Hedon
Surely Holderness Rd, through Bilton and off at Wyton bar would be quicker.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:04, Reply)

Indeed, but I was
walking with someone who lived in Hedon, so went via there. Added a good extra three or four miles I reckon.
(Land of Green Ginger It's dreamy weather, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:17, Reply)

I think his drug problems started after I met him.
up till then he had had rape problems.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:08, Reply)

Always summat, int it?
Addictive personality, is what it's called.
(Land of Green Ginger It's dreamy weather, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:17, Reply)

Cliff Richard :(

( Cawl, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 9:59, Reply)

Val Doonican FTW!

(Apathyman Prepare to be underwhelmed..., Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:00, Reply)

Rowan Atkinson, last week
walking along Long Acre. Was too star-struck to talk to him.

/shames
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:00, Reply)

Glenda Jackson
In a pub near one of the big civil service places. She was very nice.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:01, Reply)

Wasn't she a Minister at Transport?

(Apathyman Prepare to be underwhelmed..., Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:04, Reply)

She was minister of something at the time.
She was quite happy to chat on about life in Westminster.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:04, Reply)

Dame Judi Dench
She's lovely.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:05, Reply)

Did you hit on her?

( Cawl, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:06, Reply)

Would be rude not to, wouldn't it?

(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:08, Reply)

I once saw
Peter Levy from Look North buying a newspaper and a packet of Polos in WHSmith, but that's about it.

Oh, and I met Bev Bevan from ELO. But that doesn't fit the spirit of the question
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:05, Reply)

Yeah
I saw Peter Levy in McCoys once. Thin bugger, isn't he?
(Land of Green Ginger It's dreamy weather, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:13, Reply)

and aging terribly.
still though, he's not as emaciated as Lisa Gallagher the weather lady.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:45, Reply)

Alan Davis
Ed Fringe, can't remember which bar he was at. He was on his own and looked very morose, so I just thought I try chatting to him as a normal guy, as though I didn't know who he was. My advice? Don't, he's a total cunt and I can see why he's hated by most of the tech's he works with.
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:07, Reply)

I have heard from many a source that Alan Davis is a complete tool.
It make you wonder if while he is doing his loveable idiot thing on QI, inside he is seething with hate.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:10, Reply)

I would've said:
How the fuck did you get on T.V.?

Look at your HAIR! Look at the spazzy way you SPEAK! How can you get away with the "Aww I'm so Ditzy!" approach on Qi all the fucking time!? Look at the size of your face! You're like a poor mans Carlos Puyol! Fuck off Alan - JUST FUCK OFF.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:11, Reply)

him
Yeah met him in a pub in islington, he was with Julia Sawhala. We couldnt get served at the bar (it was 11.01pm) but he could. My girlfriend took exception and asked him very loudly if he thought his reputation for being a cunt was justified. He got a bouncer to kick us out. So yes, a tool.
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:00, Reply)

You ought to have
reported the pub for serving past hours.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:12, Reply)

Dunno
That seems reasonable. Don't think I'd like it if someone said that to me while I was out having a pint with a ladyfriend.
(Land of Green Ginger It's dreamy weather, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:22, Reply)

Ally McCoist in a pub in London during the World Cup.

1 of the Proclaimers, who lives not far from where I work.

Legendary German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn at the Oktoberfest in Munich a few years ago.
(Kia Ora it's 2 orangey 4 crows, it's just 4 me and my dog, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:11, Reply)

I saw
Max and OB from Hollyoaks at the Leeds Festival a couple of years ago. OB was smoking a joint and trying to hide beneath his grandpa hat.

Also, Jake from Hollyoaks called my friend a cunt for saying "are you Jake from Hollyoaks?" and a year later at the same festival he came and sat with us outside the cider tent, nicked a joint and some cider off us and then told racist jokes. He also brought a security guard with him. And he said that anyone who watches Hollyoaks is a complete loser because the show is shit. He's a bit of a wanker really.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:19, Reply)

Haha!
*Shakes head at Jake*

Seemed like a cunt on the show as well.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:26, Reply)

WARNING, incoming cringe-inducing name-dropping ahead
I used to hang around with the Chemical Brothers, when they were the Dust Brothers and shortly after the name change - I DJed at the same nights as them many times. I've been clubbing with James from the Manic Street Preachers (Metalheads, if you're interested) and am on good terms with Pete Wiggs from St Etienne. I have socialised with Primal Scream, that bender from Suede and have dealt drugs to Tim Burgess from the Charlatans a couple of times. My best mate played bass for Death in Vegas for ten years so I know that lot extremely well too.

Living where I do I've seen fucking hundreds of 'famous' people from Malcolm McLaren and Don Letts to electro pionneer Arthur Baker, that cunt from Stereo MCs...Tracey Emin cycled past me the other day too.

Well, you did ask....

EDIT I used to live round the corner from Clive Anderson, and Hugh Laurie used to jog past my flat every morning when I lived in Tufnell Park. I've sold furniture to Victoria Wood and Jo Whiley, and Paul Whitehouse drank in my Islington local, and once bought me a pint.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:19, Reply)

Yeah but...
I
AM
MICK JONES
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:28, Reply)

This one wins ^

(Land of Green Ginger It's dreamy weather, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:29, Reply)

Famous peeps
Dermot O'Leary - I went to Sixth Form with him. Nice guy but he inadvertantly wrecked a date I happened to be on! I remember him being very genuine and very well liked.

Rob Newman - I saw him doing standup and he heckled me. After the show I met him at the bar and he seemed genuinely touched when I told him I had a great time and enjoyed the gig. He bought me a pint!

Paddy Ashdown - I met him in 1992 when he came to my town, I was about to ask him a question in front of the local media when an old lady shuffled up to ask him the time. He's very short.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:26, Reply)

Have met
3 of my all time top 5 layyydies. And had minor conversations with them.

In no particular order:

Winona Ryder
Isla Fisher
Julia Sawahla (as she was in press gang)

To complete the set, I need

Donna Air
Mary Louise Parker.

To be fair, my list was compiled in about 1995 but I still stand by it, well 4 of them anyway.

I'd now swap Julia for Zooey Descahnel.

If i met her, I'd instantly kill myself as there would be nothing more left to do in life.
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:51, Reply)

what about Zooey's sister
Emily?
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:13, Reply)

off of Bones?
not even close. Its like they were adopted or something. Zooey is unbelievable. I find it very hard to watch anything she's in, i get nervous. I feel guilty watching her films when my other half is there, she must wonder why i get all distracted and nervous. Its like a permanet teenage thing when you're 15 and Sarah Hudson wears a short skirt to school but she wont even look at you or acknowledge your existence.
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:37, Reply)

My bloke
is obsessed with Mary Louise Parker so he was pretty impressed with the amount of nudity increasing with every series of Weeds.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:14, Reply)

and me
thats been a highlight of my life in last few years. I'm glad i'm not the only one.
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:34, Reply)

I've met a Cylon
The Galen Tyrell model. It was playing the slots at MGM in Vegas. True story. It was a very nice cylon and we chatted for an hour or so.
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:53, Reply)

no one
is ever impressed that i met a cylon. Its a fucking cylon people. Fear me!
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:37, Reply)

ok, as follows:
Terry Pratchett (at his home)
Alan Davies
John Cleese (at his home)
Richard Wilson
Bob Monkhouse
Peter Kay (he bought me a drink)
David Icke
Eddie Izzard
Barry Cryer
Princess Diana
Victoria Wood

I should say, the two 'at his home' replies are not due to stalking, but they were clients of the company I used to work for.
( The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:55, Reply)

It's good to see
Barry Cryer and Princess Diana sitting so comfortably together there.
(Land of Green Ginger It's dreamy weather, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:58, Reply)

She shook my hand and said a few words to me many, many years ago
/I was still at Primary School then, she came and opened a new swimming centre near to where I live.
( The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:59, Reply)

I got my degree off Princess Michael of Kent
and I met Terry Pratchett at a book signing and I was in a Wonderstuff video. I think that's it.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:23, Reply)

Ahh, just remembered
At an auctioneers in Hull, I once queued behind John Prescott at a snack bar thing. He complained that there probably wouldn't be any cheese sandwiches left by the time he got served.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:11, Reply)

I used to work in Hammonds
and sold him a coat. Nice man.

Sat outside Retro once, Prescott was going in to the Civic Centre next door and some pissed chav started shouting at him about 'letting us down, you're a sell-out'. He handled it really well, although I suppose it's fairly easy to defeat drunk scum in a war of words. The man didn't seem to have any substance or proof of his theory when challenged.
(Land of Green Ginger It's dreamy weather, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:20, Reply)

Most likely
Prescott will be replaced with some drippy fucker who'll be utterly pointless.

Luckily I'm in Hull North and we already have a pointless and useless MP in the form of Diana Johnson.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:23, Reply)

I suppose
I can reveal this. My cousin married a royal last year (not hard to figure out whom).

His grandmother is the queen. So, basically in summary, when the revolution comes, I'll be fine.

The wedding was utterly, utterly bizarre. I ended up with the mobile numbers of some of the more 'interesting' royals. Never called, just added to facebook! my FB profile is full of people i meet at weddings that i never see again.
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:49, Reply)

and if some geneology person
can figure out my relationship to the queen, i'm interested so that i can tell people at parties.
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:51, Reply)

Your cousin is Autumn Kelly?
You're not related to the Queen in any genealogical way I think...Although why not try for grandmother-in-law once removed?
(Land of Green Ginger It's dreamy weather, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:58, Reply)

yeah
thats her.
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:28, Reply)

alan parker
mike leigh
jerry hall
richard e. grant (twice)
stephen fry (twice)
hugh laurie (saw him naked)
harry enfield
vinny jones
terence stamp
billy zane
gary oldman
robert carlyle
elijah wood (sang with him)
audrey tatou (kissed her)
chewitel ejioufor
the stereophonics
ocean colour scene
placebo
benedict cumberbatch (struggling now)
him out of 'primeval'
the irish guy out of the yellow pages ads
gorky's zygotic mynci
simon pegg
nick frost
the two lads from mighty boosh
john simm
robert wyatt
james cordon
emilia fox (poledancing in see-through undies)
james dean bradfield (out of manic street preachers)
john voight
angelina jolie
peter serafinowicz

fuck, totally forgot having a very full-on conversation with lisa kay (used to be anna from holyoaks) in a bar that shat me up thinking she was coming on to me
( mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:19, Reply)

...a little creeped out by the
'saw him naked' bit of hugh laurie.
( flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Wed 17 Jun 2009, 18:50, Reply)

he has no big toenails

( mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 19:19, Reply)

Well now, not a huge list, but:
Michael Schumacher
Keke Rosberg
Eddie Irvine (spot the theme here)
Scott Speed (yeah, he was a crap driver, but still)
John Cleland
Jools Holland (drank champagne with him)
Prof Heinz Wolff
Tim Brooke Taylor
Dougie Donnelly (Scottish football fans will know who I mean)

and probably quite a few more that I can't think of.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:42, Reply)

Dougie Donnelly

I have seen him a few times in Edinburgh and Stirling. Strange hair.

It's maybe stretching it a bit to call him a celebrity though.
(Kia Ora it's 2 orangey 4 crows, it's just 4 me and my dog, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 13:15, Reply)

Not many.
All of the band Republica as they were sat at a table next to me in a cafe bar in Berwick.

At a Mission gig in Newcastle, standing at the back next to Clint from Pop Will Eat Itself.

Sir Bobby Robson outside St James' Park. Spooky.

Peter Beardsley in a queue in Marks and Spencer.

Didn't speak to any of them though, but Clint and I exchanged a glance that went: Me - "hang on, you're...". Clint - "Yes, I am".
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:59, Reply)

Hmm
Jimmy White - in the urinals of a Sheffield pub during the snooker championship.
Philippa Forrester
Meg White
Norman Lamont
Judi Dench
Ben Kingsley
(Zapiola zip-zap-zop, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 13:24, Reply)

Spike Milligan (book signing, everyone was asking him to write stuff in their books, he asked me what I'd like put in the book - he sounded rather pissed off - I said, Anything you like! - he replied, I'll put my name, I like that!)
Larry Grayson (I was a child and my mother chatted to him for aaaaages)
Jim Davidson (child again, I remember him being incredibly tall - I don't think he is, but I was probably about 5 or 6 at the time)
Rula Lenska (she went to my old school and returned to open a fete there - I sold her a raffle ticket and asked her who she was)
Patricia Potter (used to be in Holby City - her parents are my neighbours)
Ali Smith (the writer - she's very short, very gay, very Scottish and very nice)
Andrew Motion (ex-Poet Laureate - went to a poetry reading he gave YESTERDAY!! He was amazing, very tall and very quiet. My friend gave him a copy of her latest poetry collection)
Ian Hislop (very short)

Erm...can't think of any more...
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 13:41, Reply)

Terry Jones (of Monty Python (like you didnt know))
we chatted and hung out in a bar in West Clare and he smarmed a little over my lady friend.

I could have died happy that night.

rafter
baz
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 14:02, Reply)