45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity
It's the moment of utter surprise!
Many of us devote a significant amount of our time to keeping up with our favorite actors, artists, and other famous people on social media and in the news. However, unless you happen to reside in Hollywood, you usually don't consider the possibility of ever meeting these celebrities in person.
Nevertheless, fate is capricious and has a sense of humor. Celebrities should never forget that they are continuously in the spotlight and that fans may come into contact with them at any time.
Realizing that you have been speaking to a celebrity without even realizing it can be utterly embarrassing, especially if you have said or done something foolish. Furthermore, nobody genuinely appreciates feeling ashamed of their actions; let's face it.
Finding ourselves in a scenario where we've made a mistake in public isn't how we envision having a good time because we all want to be admired and respected by our peers. Imagine if a prominent person whom you've looked up to your entire life thought you were a little odd.
What a terror! Thankfully, it does not mean that the world has ended.
We have gathered some of the most fascinating online stories about people who unintentionally encountered famous individuals and conversed with them without knowing who they were. For plenty of fun, perplexity, and discomfort, keep scrolling and enjoy!
1. What Would A 4-Times Olympian & Triple World Champion Athlete Know About Elite Athletics
doyathinkasaurus2. Random Person Explaining To An Astronaut How Space Works
dutchess_of_pork3. How Do You Know?
MRF1982
4. YouTuber Told To Watch Her Own Channel
ContraPoints
5. Creating A Package Doesn't Mean You Are Familiar With It
stephondoestech
6. On A Post About How Amusement Parks Should Raise Their Wages.
7ballcraze
7. It’s Always A Kevin
JolyonMaugham
8. Tony Can’t Catch A Break
tonyhawk
9. Rage Against The Barista
tmorello
10. Matt LeBlanc (Joey From Friends) On Meeting Younger Fans
FernandoMty
11. Condescending People Are The Worst
RyBreadRyBread
12. Italian Researcher Getting Sent His Own Article About Graphene By Antivaxxers :)
sim-my
13. Actually, It's Miss Doctor
relatableafmd
14. What Could Go Wrong Arguing With The Creator Of Deadpool?
SladeBW
15. Worth Reading To The End.
siminski
16. Tony Walks Into An Elevator…
tonyhawk
17. Fair Point Well Made
missgoldenbrowne
18. Dead Serious
DefendtheStarLeague
19. An Unfortunate Mistake
Could-you-end-me
20. On A Twitter Post About A Woman Claiming To Have Seizures From The Vaccine
hyomeister
21. Just Found This One In The Wild
swagfugu
22. Well, Someone Wasn't Paying Attention
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23. I Wrote The Movie
Chuffnell
24. I Think He'd Be Pretty Disappointed If He Didn't See The Lead Singer Of The Band In There
Tim_Burgess
25. Elon Musk Doesn't Know Who Garry Kasparov Is
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26. Algorithm
DavidCornDC
27. Orbital Police
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28. ‘You Know Nothing About Game Development’ To A Certified Twitter Account For An Indie Dev After He Carefully Explained Why NFTs In Games Would Be Troublesome At Best.
thebeatabouttostrike
29. Tony Hawk Truly Is The King Of This Sub
wazagaduu
30. Lady Does A Good Swim
LizzieSimmonds1
31. I Thought This Was A Good One, Spotted On My Twitter
palaeokatie
32. A Pretty Wholesome One
Sifrit
33. British Tennis Player Gets Mistaken... For Himself
damnmoon
34. He Tried. Bless
Aboriginal_English
35. The ‘Nerve’ On This Guy…
Could-you-end-me
36. Jack Monroe Has A Tony Hawk Moment (With A Happy Ending For A Change)
BootstrapCook
37. How Dare You?
MohanadElshieky
38. Telling A Middle East Politics Expert To Learn Something About The Region
indetermin8
39. In The Future, Everyone Will Be Tony Hawk For 15 Minutes
itsnashflynn
40. You Don’t Know Who Wil Wheaton Is, Do You?
whoozywhatzitnow
41. Telling A Comic Book Writer To Get A Real Job
LilTwerp
42. Yeah, Scott’s A Well-Known Microsoft MVP With A Long History In Tech (And With MS), But Sure He Doesn’t Know Anything About Windows
swiss-nibbler
43. Main Character Syndrome
ItalianGreyhounds
44. A Pleasant Twitter Interaction
BellieButtons
45. Jeff Goldblum Pretends Not To Know Who Jeff Goldblum Is
If you do run into a celebrity, be polite and treat them like any other person, but feel free to express your admiration for their accomplishments and/or body of work if you think it's appropriate. Don't gush, but also don't come off as distant.
We'd be interested in hearing some of your own tales of encountering famous individuals that you didn't even know were semi-famous. Please share your thoughts in the comments section below.
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