I met Jon Voight at Disneyland. He was very friendly. Dikembe Mutombo - met him at a Rockets season tickets party. Got on court with him. Kenny Smith - sat next to him on an airplane. Sam Mack (former Rocket) - sat next to him on an airplane.
Met a TON of Astros at Spring Training last year: Espada - couldn't have been nicer. Came out early to meet the fans and spoke to everyone Bregman - very friendly with everyone, especially the kids. Took a great pic with my boys. Altuve - he was mobbed and a little shy but also took a pic with my boys and stayed late to sign autographs for everyone that wanted one Chas - kind of quiet but friendly Dubón - VERY nice and friendly, stayed half an hour signing and taking pics after all the other players had left Valdez - also very friendly, didn't speak english but thought it was cool that I had twins. During one of the games, he poked his head out of the dugout, saw them and gave them the peace sign. Hunter Brown - joked around that no one knew who he was until seeing the name on his jersey, very nice, apologized for having to leave early for a pitchers meeting Tucker - signed a couple of autographs and walked away without even looking at anyone yelling his name Alvarez - didn't sign anything for anyone, just walked through the line without even acknowledging anyone Dusty - posed for a pic with my boys and was super nice. Talked to everyone that approached him. (his son plays for the Nationals who share the facility with the Astros)
me and my friend smoked a joint with milla jovavich once. thats my best celebrity encounter. ann richards used to come into where i worked in the early aughts. she could be comically rude...i thought it was hilarious. she just wanted to be left alone and didnt have patience for people trying to talk to her.
I met Julia Roberts at LACMA once. Entered a wing of the museum, her and her husband were the only other 2 people in the room. Very friendly. no, the periodontist
I met and took a picture with Evander Holyfield... not nearly as big as the TV makes him look.. I wouldn't have thought he'd be a heavyweight
I'm saying a bit of this through my brother at Austin South Congress restaurants a few years ago: 1. There's a couple or few of mine in Houston, that shall remain nameless 2. Bill Paxton ("the greatest guy you've ever met"), right after he stuck his head in the kitchen and said something, my brother looked over and said "you're stewed, buttwad", and that apparently cracked him up...he talked into the kitchen and said "thank you" to everyone "thank you for the dinner", and gave money to the bar for their post-closing drinks 3. Sigourney Weaver was a very striking "wow' kind of lady...bro said he was so nervous when he went to their table (because that's what chefs do, just to say "hello, how is everything?"), that he stopped at another table first just to get his **** together.
I met Robert August from Endless Summer in Tamarindo, Costa Rica. Nice guy. The only famous person I ever hung out with was an athlete and professional surfer named Buttons Kaluhiokalani. Nicest guy ever. Hung out with him a few days in Hawaii back in the 70's, after meeting him on the beach, and again when he came to Galveston to promote a surfing flick he was in. That was before he got into hard drugs and trouble. I'll never forget when I was watching Dog The Bounty Hunter 17 years ago and saw him get arrested on the show. It was shocking and sad. I couldn't believe my eyes. After that I read he got his act together, and started his own surf school on Oahu's North Shore. He also gave lessons to the disabled and made multiple PSA videos encouraging adults and youth alike to stay off drugs, but unfortunately died at 54 from lung cancer. Rest in peace brother.
Wow .... I would have to think about this one. There is a difference between seeing a celebrity in a store and having them acknowledge you and having a full blown conversation with them or having regular interactions with them. I met Snoop Dog a really really long time ago when I was college aged and was a waiter and bartender. Snoop was part of a huge party at the restaurant I worked at, was in town for some big event... don't remember if it was SB or something like that. He was with a fair number of other semi famous or famous people (at the time). He was genuinely very nice - when some of the people at his table started getting rude to us, he apologized and told everyone at the table that he was paying and that he doesn't break bread with assholes. He also tipped very well and seemed to be the rare person that genuinely was relaxed. I was around Milo Hamilton a lot for several years..... and I can say that Bill Brown is one of the genuinely nicest and thoughtful people I have met. Larry Dierker was someone I really enjoyed seeing and talking to or have a pregame fried chicken meal with. 90% of the time Dierker was just awesome, very thoughtful. About 5-10% of the time he was aloof of a jerk. When he was a jerk he would apologize later, he seemed to be someone that had a hard time dealing with conflict. Overall a really good guy though. From what I can remember - my favorite was Yogi Berra. He was an old tough guy sort. He grumbled a lot, and didn't hold back on things but he was really sharp and nothing phased him. He used to tell me about growing up in St. Louis and how his family was really tight but the world was a lot harder and tougher back then. Assholes? Really not that many. There were some that clearly did not want to talk or be bothered, but very few that were complete dicks. Nolan Ryan and Craig Biggio were kind of dicks I guess, but they just were standoffish and not friendly. I was around Biggio a lot, he was very much a model citizen, and worked hard - just not the most jovial or personable guy. Tommy Lee was an ass - until we called him on it and he laughed and loosened up and talked to us for a bit. This was like 25 years ago, he was there with Dave Navarro who just stared out into space and seemed REALLY high. They were in a convertible with a couple of girls. Tommy Lee was not stuck up at all - but was REALLY scuzzy. After we stopped talking my friend said "If I had to guess what AIDS would look like as a human - it would be that guy." Met Drayton McLane - was just an old guy..... have been retained by Fertitta to do stuff for him. He was very demanding but straight forward and paid on time. Phil Jackson was a ****ing *******.
Ahh - Ernie Banks too, I was lucky enough to see him often once I moved to Chicago. He was clearly an old man, but he was still physically impressive. He had a girlfriend that was supposed to be his sort of caretaker. She was like 50 years younger than her. He was always very much a gentleman to her, and he would tell her she was pretty and insist on buying her wine and whatever she wanted..... she never asked or pressured him. He never was creepy around her either. He just seemed like an old lonely guy that liked having a pretty girl with him... was out of touch though, big ego for sure.... but who am I to judge, I didn't grow up in the South, play in the negro leagues, win an MVP as a shortstop and almost hit 50 bombs back when that wasn't common. Bo Jackson was someone I really appreciated - but I have posted on him before. Guy has REALLY bad social anxiety.
Did he constantly stare at your t*** and tell you how pretty you were? If you think Tommy Lee is an ass, you've never met Tommy Lee Jones, possibly the biggest jackass in the history of the universe
Yeah - the problem with Milo is that he didn't just talk.... he had very active hands well into the twilight of his life and he had ZERO problem putting people in very uncomfortable positions and situations. He had more ass in his lap than Santa Claus and heard more uncomfortable and awkward laughs directed his way than a cold fingered gynecologist. I have heard Jones is an ******* from my brother.... he apparently also will not backdown. There are some important people that are used to freaking out with consequences but will back off once someone barks back..... supposedly Jones doesn't back down. Personally I would tell him I needed to check his face pores to see if my car keys are in there.
