“I won a magazine contest to meet my favorite singer on her tour bus.
I gave her my favorite necklace, and she wore it on stage that night.”
A celebrity meet-and-greet can be a really special experience.
I’ll know I’ll never forget meeting my favorite boyband member at a local fair in high school.
Here are 15 of the best repsonses:
Some responses are from other threads byu/mojojojostanandu/JuteMallowConsumer.
Disclaimer: These stories have not been verified.
The users are supposedly speaking from their own experiences.
It was like having dinner with a really close aunt."
“She is also really, REALLY tiny in person like 5' even.
She loves to talk about her home and upbringing.
Dinner lasted for like four hours, but it felt like minutes.
I think Mrs. Parton easily belongs up on a pedestal with Bob Ross, Fred Rogers, etc.”
u/darthbiscuit80
2.
“This was about 10 years ago.
I won a meet-and-greet withBritney Spearsbefore her concert through the local radio station.
We were in luck.
“She was much smaller than you think and was lovely in that little moment.
Show was excellent too.
u/Dielithium
3.
“I won a Skype call withBella Thorneby donating about $1,000 to a charity.
The school had about 40 high schoolers in the entire school.
She (or her agent or whatever) refused.
So I refused to accept the call.”
“The agent said they MAY be able to work something out.
The money still went to charity.
Still disappointed with Bella Thorne.”
u/dawndollygolden
4. u/porkchop_202
5.
“Won a meet and greet with Lenny Kravitz backstage, just prior to one of his Australian concerts.
The tour manager came and got us just after.
Lenny appeared from his backstage room.
He was shorter than I anticipated.
“He then walked on stage and killed it.”
u/Maccas75
6.
“I won a lunch with George Takei through a charity auction.
We met for lunch on the Paramount lot in Los Angeles.
There wasn’t anyStar Trekstuff to see, except for one really neat little tidbit.
Turns out, it’s just part of the parking lot at the studio.
It’s inset, so they flooded it.
There is a big wall behind the lot that they painted to look like the sky.”
“Finally, before we left, George insisted that we have something autographed by him.
We all went into the studio store together.
She looked at him oddly, probably a little starstruck.
She didn’t respond.
George was looking a little hurried and annoyed.
‘You see,’ he said, ‘I was on the show!’
Cue everyone breaking into hysterical laughter, except him.
He was humble and lovable, a true character.
u/cracker_salad
u/StChas77
8.
“I won a Seventeen Magazine contest to meet Sarah McLachlan on her tour bus at Lilith Fair.
I was a huuuuuge fan, and it was a thrill.
She was really kind to me, despite my being a nervous, stammering wreck.
I gave her my favorite necklace, and she wore it on stage that night.”
“It was seriously a teenage dream.”
u/reddirtkatie
9.
“My parents won a competition to fly with the Black Eyed Peas to their concert.
They had a good time and briefly held the world record for highest altitude karaoke.”
u/Plot_Ninja
10.
“So I have been a big fan of Reba since I was 5.
They weren’t even fans!”
“I’m still pissed they didn’t wake me!”
u/bondwoman44
11.
“Not a date as such, more a phone call.
I saw on Hozier’s Twitter he was doing a ‘ring this number and I’ll answer’ thing.
Saw some people tried literally hundreds of times, so I thought why not?
I got through first time.
Our conversation lasted a minute.
He briefly answered me then hung up.”
u/[deleted]
12.
“In college, I won a contest to meet Graham Chapman ofMonty Python.
It was one of the great experiences of my life.
He was a really sweet, low-key guy.
I made a silly crack about how sad the hors d’oeuvres were, and he laughed out loud.
So now, for the rest of my life, I can say I made Graham Chapman laugh.”
“It was barely a year later that he died.
I was devastated, but it will always be a deeply treasured memory.
I have his autograph framed on my wall.
u/AdventureSphere
13.
“When I was 10 years old, I was a huuuugeStar Warsfan.
Cons weren’t a huge thing, but the lineup of cast was actually pretty good.
As we were leaving, we saw Jeremy Bulloch walking through the parking lot.
HELL NO, we gave Boba Fett a ride to dinner.”
He kept whistling softly and then saying, ‘I think I hear a bird!’
and then like, looking for the bird?
Peter Mayhew was the coolest.
Just the friendliest dude.
It was still one of the greatest experiences of my life.”
u/bloodfist
14.
“Got free tix and backstage private meet-and-greet with B.B.
King at the House of Blues in Chicago.
was super chill and cool.
He was eating applesauce and cheese cubes.
We got a picture, and I thought that was pretty much it.
“Anyways, just a really cool, laidback dude.”
I ended up winning.
“So the bus finally arrives.
Only it wasn’t really the Spice Girls.
It was four old ladies who called themselves the Spice Girls, and they were cooks.
They ended up making scrambled eggs, pancakes, and toast for me on the tailgate of their bus.
It was the strangest, weirdest, most awkward thing ever.
And no one but me was there to witness it.”
u/jmansbufny
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