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      04-17-2014, 01:17 PM   #1
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Your brush with a celebrity

When I worked in NYC I would see Steve Martin and Cindy Crawford almost daily. Cindy’s office was right above mine. Super cool lady. Always wearing baseball caps.

Shook hands with

Justin Timberlake (Casually walking around NYC. This was back in his N Sync days)
Michael Chiklis ( The Thing from Fantastic Four. Met him at the Hollywood International airport)
Tony Stewart (Worked for Office Depot when he made an appearance)
Ryan Newman (Made appearance with Tony Stewart)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Elaine from Seinfeld)
Janet Reno (U.S Attorney General met her at a dinner)


Has anyone else seen, met, or even know a celebrity personally? I know they’re just like everyone else. But seeing them off screen is pretty cool. Here are few pics.






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shook hands with Nolan Ryan - I also played tennis on his tennis courts (I have a picture just in case anyone wants to see me at 17 years old wearing socks up over my calves like a boss lol)...

shook Josh Beckett's hand - he was standing with two hot chicks who wanted a picture with him. I called him "Mr. Beckett" HAHA !!!! we're the same freaking age.

I actually hit against him in high school during an out of district tournament - he made us look like a bunch of blind t-ball players...

shook Marcus Allen's hands at Reliant Stadium in 2005 when I had field passes to the Texans and Patriots - lost on a last second FG....

walked up to him, asked him how he was doing, he stuck out his hand for a handshake and said "good, and you ??" I said "good", got scared and walked away LMFAO......

oh, shook hands with Booker T (wrestler) in 2002 - he was in Kroger wearing a silk shirt and khaki shorts - dude looked like he had never been a part of leg day for his whole life HAHA !!!

I walked up to him as he was exiting the doors and said "sir, SIR" he turns around and says "yeah".

I said "you wouldn't happen to be the person I think you are, are you ??" he looked at me, smiled and said "yeah, I'm Booker T".

he shook my hand - it was probably like Shaq shaking a newborn's hand.....

let me see.......

uuhhhhmmmmm.........

on a much lesser note, I got to meet Jennifer Reyna and take a picture with her back in 2009 - she's a SMOKING HOT news anchor here in Houston...

she was "featured" at one of our United Way Events for the Engineering Contractor I used to work for.....

that's pretty much it lol - nothing too crazy....

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In NYC met Forest Whitaker walking on the street, Derek Jeter at a restaurant.
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I was with Wifey at Book Expo (NYC) one year standing out of the stream of people in the exhibit hall while Wifey did her thing and I started BS'ing with this scruffy dude in a black T-shirt that said Woz on it. We were talking about how much the flow of people in the aisles was like water and how one person stopping in the middle can create so much turbulence.

Then someone with a big video rig and lights came up and pointed them at me. I was like, WTF? Then I realized it was the guy I was talking with who they wanted. It was Steve Wozniak promoting his book, which was of course titled Woz.

D'oh!
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oh, oh OH - forgot one...

last UFC event in Houston, probably @ February.

I walked up to Chael Sonnen at Vic and Anthony's in downtown...

reached out, touched his shoulder and whispered "welcome to Houston"...

he turned, stuck his hand out, we shook and the first thing he said was "you smell delicious"...it was Versace Him...

anyways, I apologized for the ugly weather and that it's usually beautiful this time of year and "not 100+ degrees".

he said "I'm from Oregon, so I'm used to the cold rainy days"...

told him that I was with my wife and that I enjoyed his attitude towards everything UFC and walked off....

dude was the only person in the place wearing a tight t-shirt, jeans and tennis shoes HAHA !!!!

his freaking traps were almost touching his ears - but his arms were super tiny.....

but he was very engaging and didn't mind the small talk....
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Forgot one too. Met boxing promoter Don King at Hollywood international airport. Meet a lot of celebrities at the airport.
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Masta Killa (Wu-Tang Clan)
Nestor Carbonell (Richard Alpert from the show Lost)

I think there are more but can't think of them right now.

My wife met many, many famous people working at a high end retail store in the Meatpacking District in NYC.
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I have George Washington with me nearly every day. We're pals, you can say.

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George?? That's nothing, me and honest Abe are tight!
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George?? That's nothing, me and honest Abe are tight!
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George?? That's nothing, me and honest Abe are tight!
he's on the penny lol.......
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Working Beverly Hills has its perks.

Hallie Berry
Kristen Stewart
Sylvester Stalone
Anne Hathaway
Natasha Beddingfield (sp)
Manny Khoshbin
Pharrell
Scott Russo from Unwritten Law
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I live in SoCal, too many to list, but here are a few I remember vividly.

- Saw Kobe at Fashion Island with Vanessa. He was eating at the same place I was, getting out of the Red Range Rover. As I pass by, he's talking to 2-3 fans, and I see him and give him a head nod, and he waves back then continues talking with his fans. But for the most part people were trying to give him his space and being respectful.

- Met Paul Walker at Cars & Coffees back in 2007 with a modded out E36 M3 (suspension, lip, everything). Sad that a guy basically in his prime got cut down so early by some foolishness. His friend should have known better. RIP.

- Jamie Lee Curtis at charity event in LA for Children's Hospital. She was the only one I got to chat with since her table was close to mine, but there were dozens of other celebs out there (Iron man Robert Downey Jr, Ron Artest aka Metta World Peace, Seal the singer with Heidi Klum to name a few).

Also in my everyday life, Magic Johnson literally shops at the same Gelson's I do, and lives only a few miles away from where I currently live. Bette Midler owns a home down the street, Kevin Costner owns a home in the city. Tom Cruise owns a home in Nellie Geil Ranch.
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seen a bunch but only one worth mentioning.. i didn't even know who he was until after the encounter

I was playing in a pick up ice hockey game at Chelsea Piers.. it was no checking but people were checking anyway.. i laid out this guy who had at least 20lbs & 4" on me.. he was skating with his head down and i blew him up in the open ice.. so hard that it knocked me back as well.. i get up, ask him if he's okay and lend him a hand to help him up and he goes "fuck you".. i laugh and skate away

later on in the locker room my friend says to me, dude, you laid out Tim Robbins..
i'm like "who?"..
"dude from Shawshank Redemption"
"oops"

he's a big pussy
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I live a boring life, no Celeb live near me or frequent the places I go.

With that said, My uncle had a lots of dealing with the Pittsburgh Steelers and in his younger days use to Referee Boxing and what was then known as Studio Wrestling (WWF or WWE today)

I meet a number of Steelers from the late 70' Superbowl Teams

Terry Bradshaw
LC Greenwood
Franco Harris
Lynn Swann

More recently
Big Ben (have signed shirt and football from his first Superbowl)
Jerome Bettis (at his restaurant)
Troy Polamalu (have a sign shirt)
Hines Ward
and a long list of others, my son has almost ever player autograph from their first Superbowl team in 2006

While in College I use to work sometimes for my Uncle and set up his wrestling rink for the WWF to make a few extra $ so I got to meet the wrestlers all the time.

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The Hulk Hogan
Andre The Giant
Hillbilly Jim
George Steele
Bret Hart
Killer Kowalski
Bruno Sammartino (he was face of wrestling prior to Hulk Hogan)
And a long list of other who I can not remember their names anymore.
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he's on the penny lol.......
That was my point!! But he is also on the $5 bill... Guess I should have specified whether I carried him in my front pocket (pennies) or back pocket (bills)!
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seen a bunch but only one worth mentioning.. i didn't even know who he was until after the encounter

I was playing in a pick up ice hockey game at Chelsea Piers.. it was no checking but people were checking anyway.. i laid out this guy who had at least 20lbs & 4" on me.. he was skating with his head down and i blew him up in the open ice.. so hard that it knocked me back as well.. i get up, ask him if he's okay and lend him a hand to help him up and he goes "fuck you".. i laugh and skate away

later on in the locker room my friend says to me, dude, you laid out Tim Robbins..
i'm like "who?"..
"dude from Shawshank Redemption"
"oops"

he's a big pussy
Good. That's what he gets for that disaster "I.Q".
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When Chris Andersen (Birdman) still played for the Nuggets I would see him every few days at the gas station or supermarket as he lived in the same small suburb of Denver as I do.

Saw John Legend in the airport in Jamaica when our flight home was delayed. He was very cool and posed for photos with everyone waiting at the gate. Then he headed off and chartered his own plane home while the rest of us were stranded for 6 hours.

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I had a one-night stand with Kate Upton. Obviously no pics.
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