On Friday, Buzzfeed published an online article of times normal people met celebs and embarrassed themselves. Our personal favourite was the person who went to New York, spotted a limo and unbuckled their seatbelt to lean out the window and have a look to see who was in there. Out pops Bill Murray and shouts at them to "put your seat-belt back on!".
Ian then asked Paula about the time she lobbed the gob on Damien Dempsey...not her finest hour.
The listeners of The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show also had a few stories of meeting celebs, and things not exactly going to plan!
I was in the Roundwood Inn one day and kept asking Ronnie Drew to give us an oul bar of a song. In the end he just said "would you ever f** off" ! :-D Sarah Boate, Wicklow
Hey Ian, last November I was checking in to a hotel in Manchester after bringing my son to old Trafford for the first time, when we met your man who plays Michael in Fair City. I stood and stared at him before shouting “ Howya Michael!” He just looked at me and walked away. One of the biggest regrets. John Slattery in Galway.
@IanDempsey Met Jerry Springer in Chicago - we were like "Hey Jerry we came all the way from West Limerick to see you" was having none of it
— Paul (@OnePaulie) July 6, 2015
Ian, I met Mel Gibson when he was filming Braveheart. I was called out to repair an electrical fault in a house in Dalkey where he was staying! I didn't recognise him at all...the owner of the house told me who he was the next day when I was giving him my bill! Jim
Hi ian. I went on holiday to New York a few years ago. On our first night I met Zach Braff (Scrubs) outside a theatre. Next day met Roger Federer in Central Park. Both sound guys. Mark in Tipp
.@IanDempsey I once met Gordon Strachan. In shock, I said "You're Gordon Strachan!". He said "I know"
— Jody Neville (@TheRealPsycrow) July 6, 2015
Iano, I met the famous George Best in a pub in London and had a few vodkas with him (sound bloke) what a night. From Docky
I met you Ian Dempsey when I was a child and did the Safe Cross Code video with you :) I’m 32 now! John O’Connor
A mate of mine is a quantity surveyor in New York. Al Pacino happened to be rehearsing for a Shakespearean drama in the same building. My mate got into the lift one evening with his colleague, and in walks Al Pacino to the same lift and yer man from Mayo turns around to Al Pacino and says 'sure I know you..you're yer man Robert De Niro' and Pacino says yea I am! An awkward 25 floor descent! Nic
@IanDempsey The Bord Bia Ham Man. I said 'I love ham. And lamb. And chicken and eggs too'. ðŸ˜
— Shauna O'Reilly (@grandantor) July 6, 2015
