Other People's Weird Celebrity Encounters

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Mel Gibson

I was on the Warner Bros. studio, right after a job interview. As I was rounding a sound stage, a golf cart comes careening around the corner really fast, and almost missed killing me by four inches. I looked at the cart and saw it was Mel Gibson, covered in fake blood from "Lethal Weapon 4." I wish he hit me though, because I could've sued his ass back to Australia.
Rob

Jenny McCarthy

I was one of the finalist for an episode of "Singled Out." I had to scrub this really dirty pan in a fish tank full of dirty water. While scrubbing, I had to tell my potential date why I was scrubbing for her. I started scrubbing furiously, saying things like, "I'll scrub this pan really clean for you." Anyway, I really got into it and splashed water all over the place. Jenny McCarthy was standing next to me while I was doing this, and I splashed a lot of water on her. She not only got soaked, she got furious, and she started cursing uncontrollably, like, "What the fuck you little prick!" She got into such a furor that the producer almost pulled the plug on the episode before Jenny calmed down. Needless to say, I got dumped by the girl. The producer of the show later came up to me and told me I had a lot of energy, and asked if I wanted to be the guy who chooses the girl. I replied yes. "Singled Out" went to New York for a week, and then Carmen Electra took over for Jenny. I never got to appear on the show.
Brad

Elton John

We ran into Elton John at a gay sex shop called Drake's on Melrose Ave. He was standing there looking through lesbian porn post cards. He didn't see me, but his bodyguard did because he noticed me staring and gave me a mean stare back. His bodyguard was huge. Anyway, Sir Elton was there because his companion was buying a huge stack of gay porn magazines, about $40-50 worth.
Jen

Peyton Manning

He was this really tall guy I went to high school with. Football? Is that what he does now?
Mark

Chris Rock

I was shopping when I saw someone who looked familiar. I was staring at him, trying to figure out who he is until he came up and asked me who I am. I introduced myself, and then he said, "I'm Chris Rock. Why are you staring at me?" I told him I was trying to figure out who he is. He then asked, "Is it okay if I stare at you, so you know what it feels like to be stared at?" I said sure. He went back to his original spot and started staring at me. He said he wasn't going to stop, and I told him I know. We stared at each other for 10 minutes.
Andrea

Tom Hanks

While filming Forrest Gump at USC, Tom Hanks hung around with the students during break. They were filming at one of the dorms. During the long breaks, he would go down to the student lounge and play table tennis with the students. Every 15 minutes, he would stop and say, "Okay who wants autographs or pictures?" and he would sign autographs and pose for pictures. He was very nice and friendly. That's a lot better than Robin Wright, who spent her entire time in her trailer away from people, not talking to anyone.
Michelle

Spike Lee

I was flying from Chicago to Los Angeles, and I was looking for an upgrade from coach to first-class. The upgrade was down to me and someone who looks like a businessman. Somebody came up to the guy and said, "I can't believe it's you!" Sure enough, it was Spike Lee. I thought I would never get first-class ahead of Lee. I ended up with coach, and as I took my seat, I saw Spike Lee sitting a couple of rows in front of me. The airplane was booked, so neither of us got upgraded, and we both flew coach. Nobody recognized it was Spike Lee sitting in coach for the four hour flight.
Clay

No Doubt

My mom has to frequently fly to Newport Beach, Cal. on business trips. One time, her flight got canceled, so she took another flight and ended up sitting next to No Doubt, right when they exploded on the music scene. My mom and the band started talking, and they said they recently got picked up by MTV and things were happening for them. They revealed that they needed to use a computer, but didn't have a lot of experience in it. So my mom gave No Doubt computer advice for the rest of the flight. They hung on to every word of her advice and thanked her for the piece of wisdom.
Axel

LL Cool J

We had to film a test roll for a film class, so we went out on campus to look for something to shoot. LL Cool J was signing books that day, and he was about done. So we went up to him and asked if he wanted to be in a movie. He agreed, and we got a shot of him kissing his fingers and holding a peace sign up.
Brook & Joe

Tom Cruise & Nicole Kidman

I was standing outside the green room, working the Oscars, and I was asked to stop a couple who just left. So I went up to them and said, "Sir, Miss?" and I saw it was Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. So I said, "Mr. Cruise, Mrs. Kidman," and they stopped and turned with a puzzled look. I said, "They need you back at the Green Room." Tom said, "But she gotta, she has to..." I said, "Do you have to go the bathroom? Nicole replied, "Yes, do you know where it is?" I walked them down the hall, and Tom grabbed my shoulder asking, "Where are we taking us?" We go around the corner, and I started to lead them to the backstage talent bathroom, which is the nice one. But a stage-hand told Tom about the stage-hand bathroom, which was a urine-soaked hellhole. Tom grabbed my arm and said, "Where are you taking her? There's a bathroom right here." He said it with an intense look of jealousy. Nicole looks at me and asked, Is there a bathroom up here?" and I reply, "Yes, a really nice one." She said fine. Tom said, "Nick, there's one right here. Buddy, where are you taking her? Hey, buddy." Nicole said, "Tom, we're going up here. Tom, it's here. Tom, come." Tom relented and said, "Yes dear." and ran after her like a dog. They both thanked me.
Barry

Austin from Days of Our Lives

I saw Austin at the USC-UCLA basketball game and he was sitting in the front row. I was really nervous to approach him, but I had to meet him since I'm a big fan. I go down adn say to him, "I don't know what to say." He answers, "Well, I'm a normal person." (Note from Joe: I'm going to skip all the small talk and get to the interesting part.) ...then I say to him, "You know what's the only thing I don't like about your character? The name Austin. I don't know why, but I just hate that name." He replied, "My real name's Austin." Despite this embarrassing moment, he was really nice.
Rebecca

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