Today we were talking about the most mundane things you've ever seen a celebrity do.
Mine was serving Colm Meaney when he was buying toothpaste. I said "OMG it's you!" and he said "and it's youuuu!". He was great!
Some of the below are far from mundane, and some are well worth the title of Most Boring Celeb Encounter (selling shoelaces to Brendan O'Carroll is up there!)
Have a read:
- “Saw Christopher Lloyd in Supermac’s Eyre Square during the Galway arts Festival a few years ago getting a feed, sad thing is nobody noticed him!”
- “I bought Eamon Dunphy a pint years ago. He said thanks. The end.”
- “Paula, saw Harrison Ford drinking, and not appearing to enjoy, a hot beverage at an airport around 10 years ago!”
- “Daniel day Lewis asked for a tap water in a pub in Kenmare then sat for an hour reading the paper yaaaawn!” - Derek in Clane
- “Sweet P! In the 70s, Prince Charles went to university in my hometown of Aberystwyth (full marks if you're pronouncing that correctly! He often used to buy petrol at my grandfather's garage!” - Nick in Wexford
- “Paula I once asked Alec Baldwin if he was finished with his ketchup at a burger place in New York. Is that boring enough?”
- “4 years ago in LA, I watched starstruck as Taylor Swift ordered a mocha at Starbucks!”
- “Paula. I drove Ann Doyle out to Donnybrook from Ranelagh once (I’m a taxi driver, she wasn’t hitching) – can i have a beanie?”
- “Years ago I met celebrity chef Keith Floyd. I was having a pint one Friday afternoon in a London pub and Keith walks up to the bar beside me. He said hello, I answered him back. Spoke for a few minutes - Keith was well known for his partying so I asked him what he would like to drink. All he wanted was a pot of tea...dead boring!” - Gary from Lanesborough
- “I once spent over 3 hours in the company of Enrique Inglesias and he spent the entire time on his phone telling someone how bored he was. On another note I once spent an evening in the company of Shaggy, he was off the wall great craic!” - Tony, Roscommon
- “I blocked Tommy Tiernan in his car with my truck delivering into the hospital in galway. He was illegally parked so I didn’t worry about it!” - Ed
- “Paula I sold Brenda O'Carroll shoe laces in Tralee 23 years ago!” - John from Kerry
- “Hi Paula, I saw Rick Moranis from Honey I shrunk the kids doing his grocery shopping in NYC a couple of months ago!” - TJ in Tipp
- “Hi Paula I once saw Roy Keane in Dublin airport, he was sitting at a table across from me. My table had no milk and I turned and asked him Hey Roy can you pass me the milk off your table ...HE SAID NO!” - Mark on way home to Athy
- “Van Morrison pushing a child on a swing in a play ground on a nice rainy day BORING” - Mark from Armagh
- “Good morning Sweet Pea, I had the hilarious Mr David Walliams in my taxi a couple of years ago and he read his paper for the whole journey. No funny stories, no clever quips, just sat in the back and read his paper!”
- “I served Graham Norton some Thai curry once.” - Clodagh O’Farrell
- “Hi Paula - I saw Myleen Klass on a flight to Dublin. She was one of the last people to board and was complaining there was no space for the cases overhead!” - Joyce
- “Saw Andrew Lloyd Webber at traffic lights beside Central Park in New York. I nodded at him, he nodded back - I think there was a connection there!” - Paul in Dublin'
- “Hi I served Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick in Supervalu Donegal. She was wearing yellow wellies and she was very friendly. Loves Irish Lamb loin!”
- “Hi Paula, I saw Keith Duffy on a flight to Newcastle from Dublin. He sat at the back of the plane and a load of girls on the plane started singing Love Me For A Reason. He wasn't impressed!” – Ruairi
- “Hey Sweet P! Myself and my dad built Angela Landsbury’s wall in Church Town in Cork, really lovely lady but made a desperate cup of tea!” - Shane in Shanagarry
- “Hi sweet P - I emptied Enya's septic tank about 6 months ago and I didn't even see her”
- “Paula, was walking down Chingford in London and walked past David Beckham as he got his bag of dirty clothes out and went into the cleaners!”
- “Hi Paula. I once sat and had a pint with Bono in the Court Hotel in Killiney while our daughters played on the floor with my daughters new dolls. Stilted conversation; pretended he wasn't famous but still it was awkward and a bit boring actually!” - Stephen
- “Hi Paula, I served Mike Scott from The Waterboys in a bank a few years ago. He was withdrawing cash and had no ID, when I said he needed ID as I didn't know him, he loudly proclaimed in front of a large queue of people: I'm the lead singer of The Waterboys, everyone bloody knows me!!”
- “Paula meet Keith Duffy in the city west going to play golf and I shouted how ya buddy... he wasn't impressed!” - Emmet in Cavan
- “Once saw Daniel O'Donnell ironing his shirt on hotel laundry room floor before a show in Sligo!” - Jenny, Kildare
- “Paula, listening in on the Tunein app in Rockefeller Center New York. Funny celebrity meeting; I was getting off the subway near Times Square one evening, heading into work and Brian Adams was getting on. The weather was freezing and I said, the wind out there cuts like a knife - he laughed!” - Aidan
- “I was in Vegas a few years ago staying in Caesars palace. I was ordering an ice cream when I heard a squeaky voice ordering the same think, it was Mike Tyson. Not very Hangover!” - Dave on the way to Dublin
- “I drove Pat Kenny to a U2 concert had to stop on the way to get ear plugs!” - Karen taxi driver
@sweetpmac @TodayFM dad served Twink when she was buying bulbs.She said do u have this type & he replied oh no we don't she wasnt impressed
— Jen (@Oooshies) September 7, 2017
The "ohhh no we don't" was said in a panto voice
— Jen (@Oooshies) September 7, 2017
Had an hour long meeting in a boardroom discussing waste recycling with Ireland football hero Alan McLoughlin.
Zzzzz.
— Niall Hawthorne (@NiallHawthorne) September 7, 2017
@sweetpmac morning! I saw Aiden Gilan in line to get the train in Belfast a few years ago.Just like the rest of us. Alien Ant Farm Choon!
— Sarah Morris (@sazzybm) September 7, 2017
Saw holly valance waiting on a plane once in oz @sweetpmac #boringcelebs
— Joe O'Neill (@stratfordno1) September 7, 2017
Heya @sweetpmac 12yrs ago (This wk) on our honeymoon ( @NiallHawthorne ) I shook Johnny Depp's hand & said 'nice to meet you!' 😳still morto
— Curious Tori (@Tori_H_) September 7, 2017
