People Who Won Celebrity Meet-And-Greets Are Sharing Their Stories, And Wow, Some Of These Are WILD

“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.”

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"She is also really, REALLY tiny in person — like 5' even. She loves to talk about her home and upbringing. (She bought the theme park that is now Dollywood to save the town of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee to preserve it and keep it from getting absorbed by Gatlinburg.) 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."

"She was much smaller than you think and was lovely in that little moment. Show was excellent too. Thanks Britney."

"The agent said they MAY be able to work something out. I passed along contact information to the school in case she changed her mind, but the kids I talked to said they never got to Skype her; so I guess the call didn't happen. The money still went to charity. Still disappointed with Bella Thorne."

"He then walked on stage and killed it."

"Finally, before we left, George insisted that we have something autographed by him. We all went into the studio store together. He looked around, trying to find anything Star Trek related, but he couldn't (this was several years ago, before the new movies came out). He walked up to the lady working the register, and he said, using that very distinctive voice/tone of his, 'Hello, ma'am...do you have anything Star Trek related?'  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. 

Yeah, yeah...maybe you had to be there to appreciate it, but there was something remarkable about the way he almost apologetically asserted himself. He was humble and lovable, a true character. Having lived in LA for several years at the time, I'd met a lot of celebrities, but none of them ever were as gracious as Mr. Takei."

"But here's the best bit — not only did they meet up and hang out with the band, but Redfoo was also on the flight (before he got famous), and he even refilled my mum's champagne."

"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.

"There I was, crammed in a bench seat of a pickup with my goddamn idol, and he was this totally weird, old British dude. He kept whistling softly and then saying, 'I think I hear a bird!' and then like, looking for the bird? I guess he was trying to entertain me, but I was too starstruck to understand what the hell was going on.

Dinner was awesome. I sat across from Kenny Baker, and I remember being amazed at how tall and beautiful his wife was. Peter Mayhew was the coolest. He was wearing a tie-dye Chewbacca shirt, and he went out of his way to come and joke around with me. I haven't seen it in years, but I used to have a picture of him giving me noogies. Just the friendliest dude.

Everyone was super cool, but at 10, I spent most of it being quiet and shy and not understanding most of the grown-up talk. It was still one of the greatest experiences of my life."

"Anyways, just a really cool, laidback dude."

"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."

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