25 People Share Their Warm And Sincere Encounters With Celebrities

Recently, someone on X (formerly Twitter) posed a heartwarming question: “What celebrities have you encountered that were really nice?”

#1

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Nichelle Nichols. I was one of maybe 2 black girls in a crowd of people at a comic convention. She pointed me out and asked me if I had gotten my picture yet and took one with me. It was a real black girl magic moment 🖖🏾🖖🏾

#2

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Jane Fonda is the nicest most sincere person; I sat next to her at an awards dinner, she was genuinely interested in me, my life, my opinions. There were other celebrities at the table but she wanted to talk to me. It was quite a thrill.

#3

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Matt Smith was absolutely adorable

#4

My 8-year-old son sent a fan note across the pond to Sir David Attenborough recently, and just weeks later received a lovely handwritten note back. He’ll be 99 next month! What a kind man.

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Ran into Oscar Isaac while he was on FaceTime with Pedro Pascal 🥹 My life hasn’t been the same since.

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David Tennant. The answer is always David Tennant.

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My girlfriend had a panic attack because she thought I was a abandoning her at a hot dog stand in Beverly Hills. I was just trying to turn the car around, but it was a one way street. We hadn’t been together very long and it was our first trip together. When I got back to the stand, she was being comforted by a tall blonde woman in an elegant navy blue skirt suit who was waiting for her Rolls Royce to come out of the car wash next door. She looked familiar but I couldn’t quite place her.

I thanked her for looking after my girlfriend and we drove off. It was about fifteen minutes later that I realized it was Sally Kellerman.

#8

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Bill Nighy, met him on a train home from London after he asked if the train stopped at a specific place. We’d talk like friends all the way to his stop

#9

Cary Grant. Debonair, sexy, and so, so charming. Told me that I was very beautiful – 40+ years ago. 😍

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#10

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I regularly hang out with Curtis Armstrong.

#11

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Lil Nas X! Such a sweetheart, so funny, embraces a good photo op, and puts on a SHOW!

#12

I was Johnny Cash’s personal pasty chef & he was SO kind. He sang “Happy Birthday” to me at one of his concerts.
Like me, he had asthma and he was always wanting to give me some of his inhalers that he never used.
I’m blessed that my path crossed his.

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#13

Tilda Swinton is effervescent and amazing! David Attenborough is a perfect gentleman. Patrick Stewart is handsome as fuck. Michael Palin is hilarious. The list goes on! (Working in a public facing job in central London really paid off!)

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#14

Billy Joel is the least egotistical musician I’ve met. After a concert in St Louis, he returned to his hotel where several fans gathered in the piano lounge. Joel sat down and began playing. The mgr came over and told him he was disrupting other guests (it was after midnight). There was an audible gasp from the crowd as we all thought, “Do you know who that is?! He’s the Piano Man!” But Joel simply nodded, closed the piano, and came over to talk to us. Not a word of protest. What a modest man!

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Anthony Bourdain. Was an honor to work on a show with him for 3 seasons. He was a super standup dude…

#16

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Muhammad Ali. One of the best days of my life.

#17

Jim Henson .Such a sweetheart, I was working in a boutique years ago in NYC. He humbly asked for my help picking out a gift for his wife. He couldn’t have been any nicer. Very down to earth and kind.

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#18

I met Bill Clinton and he was very nice, but he was running for president at the time. Still, of all the living presidents, he’s the one I’d go party with. I bet he knows how to have a good time.

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Meryl Streep

#20

Jennifer Coolidge 🖤 in Perth Western Australia when I was on a photoshoot and she came out of a cafe. I told her I loved her in Best in Show and it made her smile so big. She was sooo lovely 🖤🖤

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#21

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Another celebrity favorite is
@bobthedragqueen
We Met back stage at a Festival. I gave his assistant some chicken wings. We hung the rest of the evening with Brooke Candy. We watch Mykko Blanco run off stage and beat on a trash can 👀

#22

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Mary-Louise Parker was always super friendly when I used to work the front desk at a boutique fitness place years ago.

#23

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HRH The Taskmaster was just as hilarious (and enormous) in real life as he is on TV. We had a lovely low key chat/flirt in my local pub.

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Mark Ruffalo

#25

John Rhys-Davies was one of the nicest most genuine people I have ever met

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