While some celebrities (not naming names) are renowned pricks, it’s always so refreshing when you find out famous folk are actually decent human beings.
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A trending Twitter thread asks users to tell “a story of when meeting your hero(es) lived up to expectations,” leading to a plethora of extremely wholesome stories from when average Joes have bumped into A-listers in the wild and have been pleasantly surprised by the encounter.
You’ve got everything from Taylor Swift telling a bloke he’s “beautiful” to the late Carrie Fisher kissing the cheek of someone who had a major crush on her and the most tear-jerky story about Robin Williams.
Brace yourselves, here come the waterworks…
Met Jon Chu (Crazy Rich Asians director) at an after party. Everyone was pulling him around but he listened to me pitch a Mean Girls remake told through the perspective of the Vietnamese clique, then asked me questions about what I wanted to do after college. https://t.co/AsX0Go7AsX
— shania twink (@phillipethao) January 21, 2019
https://twitter.com/alyssahardy/status/1087804906537447424
the first time i met @taylorswift13 she called me beautiful and i am acutely aware that my life peaked in that moment https://t.co/SPteTrxTAU
— Will Ganss (@willganss) January 22, 2019
Not sure about hero, but DiCaprio(literally) ran into me in a club. He apologized, shook my hand, bought me a shot, and promptly walked back to his table with 4 models, 2 magnums of champagne, and a bunch of sparklers.
It was 3am on a Wednesday.— Carter (@ecarterw) January 22, 2019
Also in 15+ years of service industry, Willem Dafoe ranks among the top 1% most polite and enjoyable customer interactions I’ve ever had.
Like, I felt like a better human being after he smiled at me and said thank you.— Carter (@ecarterw) January 22, 2019
Only told this story last weekend on @dollyparton’s birthday.
I was super nervous, as she signed my CD.
“I’ve loved you for over twenty years,” I blurted.
She grabbed my hand and said, “Oh, honey – don’t stop now!”— @gdimelow@mas.to (@gdimelow) January 22, 2019
Carrie Fisher was on my flight; as we deplaned into the terminal and I rushed to make a connection, I stage-whispered as I whisked by her: “I love your writing!” She stopped dead in her tracks, shrugged and looked at me like I was nuts, saying “I love your… reading?!”
— Dave Cobb 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (he/him) 🐻 (@davecobb) January 22, 2019
Met Carrie Fisher. Told her I had such a crush on her as a kid. She leaned over and kissed me on the cheek. Then I died. pic.twitter.com/Nu2eRZeiIB
— Jay Holtslander → @j_holtslander@mastodon.social (@j_holtslander) January 22, 2019
https://twitter.com/GidgetWA/status/1087577512790519808
Tom Hanks. Warm, engaging and such fun. pic.twitter.com/kjt9feHUFb
— Waterstones Piccadilly, London (@WaterstonesPicc) January 22, 2019
