Seeing as we're in Lala land for the week, and we're* convinced we're going to meet all the A-Listers, we thought it would be interesting to see what famous people the people of LA have met compared to the people of Ireland. Paula took to the mean streets of LA to see who's met whom over here, and the listeners of the Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show texted in to us to tell us who they've met!
*Paula. Paula is convinced
Ian - met Pavarotti and Dustin Hoffman working in Brown Thomas in late 80's. Also meet Bono a newsagent and served him he gave me a few autographs. Aisling
Just remembered I met Josh Harnett in Yamamoori in Dublin, he was filiming the Penny Dreadful show!
Tommy Tiernan, Iano. Met him in Kilkenny. Aisling
Met Michael Madsen in LAX and my mam kept saying really loudly to me .... who is he??!!! He came over to speak to us and was so nice and friendly
Ian I met Samuel L Jackson and Ben Affleck in Woodside queens New York. Alan in Tralee
Ian I’ve met Paul O'Connell 4 times now. The last time was at my cousin’s wedding where I told him that I loved him and had a life size cardboard cut-out of him called small Paul. Karen
I had breakfast with Phil Lynott in his house in Sutton
I met Martin Sheen in the Shelbourne one evening from Roisin in Rathcoole
The Emperor of Japan in my school
The man who put the ball in the English net Ray Houghton Corey O’Dowd in Sligo
We met Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell in Wicklow in the 1990's. Sharon
Ian. I met the golfer Padraig Harrington with my boyfriend Gerard and his mum Beatrice Flynn.
I was at a BBQ in LA where I met Kevin Eubanks. He was the band leader on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno
I stood next to Kelsey Grammar in a chemist in Dublin one evening. Too star struck to talk to him! Also came face to face with Adam Clayton one evening in city centre. We just said hi to each other!!
I met Liam Gallagher yesterday in Charlestown co Mayo. He was in great form!
Here's what the people of LA had to say:
