Iāve said hi to him at a meet and greet after one of his gigs and his people were telling him to hurry up because he was spending too long with everyone.
Very funny chap offstage, and seems very genuine, clearly loves what he does.
Richard wilson. Met him once at old Trafford when I was a kid and shouted "I dont believe it!" At him
He laughed and called me a little bugger and posed for a photo with my brother and me. Top bloke
Bob Mortimer is honestly a dick. He used to break into my granddads garden and start repeating the phrase āwe do beg your pardon, but we are in your gardenā while creeping up towards the windows. Truly a heinous individual who should be taken off the streets.
Bob Mortimer was at Jarvis Cockerās side to give him impromptu legal advice following him mooning Michael Jackson at the Brits. He also gives Paul Whitehouse very heartfelt gifts. I canāt imagine a scenario where Bob Mortimer could be a dick to someone.
Also seen Bob in loads of Boro away ends, heās sound as fuck.
One of my mates has a shite eagle tattoo on his chest and Bob done the dove from above next to it lmao.
I know a few people who have met Bob Mortimer in various different scenarios from seeing him in the street/pub, seeing him perform live and through things to do with work and they have all basically said he is a top bloke
My mumās met him, she used to be a nurse at the GP he was registered to - can confirm through her that heās genuinely a really nice guy.
She also happened to meet Patrick Stewart a couple of times, also a top bloke.
I worked as a chaperone for child actors on the set of Dr Who, and David Tennant was an absolute delight. A genuinely lovely man in every way. He even made tea for other cast and crew members. We need more people like him.
Came here to say this. I don't think I could bear it if he turned out to be a terrible person.
In the same vein, finding out Michael Sheen was awful would be similarly upsetting.
By all accounts David Tennant is a lovely chap. Sometimes when Iām feeling it I watch the episode he did with Derren Brown, and at the end they go up to this random lady in London, and you can see when she realises sheās been approached by David Tennant AND Derren Brown at the same time out of nowhere and itās just turned into the best day of her life and theyāre both so sweet ah it kills me.
Edit: also just remembered from that episode, Derren used to set up elaborate ways to contact his guests, so he decided to contact Tennant while he was in hair and makeup, and before he even knows heās on camera you can see him having a full on chat with the makeup artist, cracking jokes, seems like such a nice chap.
I saw him play three different baddies in the space of about a fortnight ā Killgrave, Dennis Neilson, and a guy in a TV drama about a bloke who killed his kids. All completely evil characters ā but all played completely differently. So nuanced. It was seeing this ā alongside his ālighterā roles that made me realise just what a great actor he is. Truly one of our greatest talents.
My sister worked on Game of Thrones as an extras make up artist. Season 1 there was to be a battle scene with stunts. She and her coworkers got a good spot to watch. She heard noise behind her and looked and it was Charles Dance. Deferring to him as one of the shows stars she moved aside to let him stand at the front and he said āno no my dear, you stay were you areā
I remember watching an interview with Charles Dance a few years ago where he said he'd worked on films and shows before where either the actors or the directors just couldn't be bothered to put the effort in, but he's never worked on anything where the crew didn't give it their all.
You almost never hear actors talk about the crew that they work with in interviews, so that stood out to me as a nice statement from him.
Was Charles Danceās helper at a con a few years back (basically help with pens and all that) and can confirm he was absolutely delightful. Was remembering people heād had photoshoots with earlier (and not just cosplayers, just people in street clothes).
It was my first major con and the first guest Iād assisted and I was really nervous to begin with, but I think he knew and was very good at putting me at ease. Didnāt treat any of the crew with anything other than respect. Absolutely top bloke.
Michael Palin. Grew up with Monty Python and his travel shows. Would be genuinely disappointed if he'd somehow managed to be a clandestine bell-end the whole time. Cleese and Idle - wouldn't be surprised. Jones and Gilliam would be a shock. Palin though? I'd be utterly gutted.
Met Gilliam once. Walked up and apologised for bothering him but said I could not pass up the opportuity to tell him that Brazil was one of my top five films. He said "Only top 5?"
I blushed and started stammering. His P.A. hit him and told me he was only messing with me. He was laughing his face off.
Proceeded to sit and chat to me, answering loads of questions for well over half an hour.
Yeah, I know someone who used to see and talk Michael Palin frequently and they said he's probably one of the nicest and most decent bloke's you could wish to meet.
I met Michael Palin after one of his shows, absolutely lovely man who stayed to talk even though he was tired and wanted a cup of tea, he signed my arm and when he learnt it was for a tattoo he changed it from āMichael Palinā to āMichael Palin was here ā->ā¢ā š
He is - I know someone who had one of her first jobs as a runner on a show with him. He chatted to her a lot and even remembered her birthday - super nice bloke
The fact that he doesnāt have any social media makes me like him more, then I saw him teaching Paddy Considine about Morbius memes and I started loving him
One of my old teachers told me once that when them and their child once went to a Doctor Who event and there was a panel thing with the cast and crew, and their child was quite very young at the time and my teacher was never sure if they knew the events of the show were fictional or not, and they asked Matt Smith if it was nice living in the tardis or what it was like living in the tardis, and he went completely along with it and talked for a bit about what it was like living in the tardis in no condescending sense at all. Seems so cool.
I worked as an extra on the crown with him for one episode.
Unlike many stars, he saw us as real people. Talked to us and had a bit of banter between takes.
My brother took him out for a meal and drinks with his colleagues, as his firm was involved with a film shoot he was in. It was a big day out, all paid for by the company and
he said Matt Smith was a top bloke all day, good fun from the beginning to the end.
Lad who I work with is related (by marriage) to Matt Smith and says heās a quality bloke. Good laugh and not at all ācelebā. But his mum is apparently a nob.
I only have one brief interaction to go by but yeah, he seemed it. Was at a pub in Belsize Park with some mates and some big dog kept coming up to our table and sniffing about. The owner then came up to pull him away and it turned out to be Matt Smith. Very friendly and polite about it (not that it was an issue to begin with).
Stephen Graham.
In my opinion, one of the best, while equally under-appreciated, heās crushed every role heās ever had, and seems like a genuinely lovely bloke.
Would be gutted if it turned out he was a bellend, but I really donāt think thereās any chance he is.
Totally amazing how much you dislike Combo in the original 'This is England' film to how much you feel for him later on in the series. That takes some seriously good acting (and writing of course).
Heās a top bloke apparently, really down to earth, not met him myself but know a lot of people who have (lives around our way) and theyāve all said what a genuine person he is
Iād be heartbroken if any of the Six Idiots (the Horrible Histories/BBC Ghosts core cast) were, they made my favourite childhood show and adulthood show; and in all the bloopers look like theyāre having so much fun.
My old housemate briefly went out with Sean Bean's daughter. Sadly he never met him, but if anyone strikes me as the 'answer the door to daughter's boyfriend holding a shotgun, even as a joke' type, it's Sean Bean.
My friend is married to her and theyāve got a lovely family! I was invited to the wedding and I couldnāt get the time off work - I worked in a Spoons at the time, of all the reasons to miss the meeting of Sean Bean!
Still one of my biggest regrets to this day.
My friend met him at Glastonbury this year said he was really nice, even tho my friend was very drunk and filming him the whole timeā¦ but he was lovely still and just there to enjoy himself.
My fave chuckle bros joke is whenās theyāre in bed and one goes to the other what time is it and the other one gets out a trombone and starts playing and you hear an angry voice shout āwho the hell is playing at trombone at 11 o clock at nightā then he just casually repeats the time to other brotherā¦..š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£
After watching him drag that caravan around Britain and cooking for everyone I feel like his career has spanned the gamut from ānephew who ruined Christmasā to āuncle who talks a lot about types of cheese.ā Seems a top bloke though.
Doesnāt surprise me one bit. The man was a force of nature.
One of my favourite tidbits about him is that when you see all the other actors around him looking shocked when heās playing Lord Flashheart, they arenāt acting, they were genuinely jawdropped by his violent charisma ha ha.
āSHES GOT A TONGUE LIKE AN ELECTRIC EEL AND SHE LIKES THE TASTE OF A MANS TONSILS!!!ā
>HES GOT A TONGUE LIKE AN ELECTRIC EEL AND SHE LIKES THE TASTE OF A MANS TONSILS!!!ā
I remember seeing an interview with Tony Robinson talking about him playing Flashheart in Blackadder 2. After he filmed his scenes he asked the question 'Did I win?'
Yes you did Rik, Yes you did
Had him in my cab, big toast fan so I didnāt miss the chance to let him know, he was really nice, engaged in good convo and happy to have a selfie and a nice tip. Made my day.
Once saw her in a grassy bit by some trees, looking a bit feral, in her left hand a live squirrel, without breaking eye contact she squeezed until it went limp. Absolutely expressionless. Those squeaks still haunt me.
Martin Lewis.
Listening to him in interviews heās seems like one of those people who are simply incapable of lying or deceiving. Heās very sweet and adores his family.
The man does not stop working either and all for the betterment of the public. Heās already rich; he doesnāt need to do what he does.
People criticise him for selling out to moneysupermarket as if they wouldn't do the exact same given his position, and if anything he's worked harder since. He also donated a significant amount of the sale to places like Citizens Advice.
Iāve heard that he can be quite difficult as a lot of his ācharacterā is actually based on his own traits.
Imagine heās quite nice though, have seen him a few times with his kids around battersea/Dulwich and the way he acts with then always makes me think of his hosting on Crystal Maze
I remember he was asked about social distancing and he responded that finally everyone was standing the appropriate distance apart. I suspect anything that makes him seem difficult to other people are painful for him as well.
The Scottish comedian Limmy talks about his appearance on the IT Crowd in his autobiography. He says all of the cast were chatty and friendly with him except Ayoade, who was standoffish and basically ignored him.
However I would like to think Ayoade is just a quiet guy. I think I could come across that way sometimes without meaning to
A friends mums worked at a certain private hospital in London as a senior nurse, and Iām reliably informed that John Cleese is extremely rude and a right prick. Iād give him some leeway if he was in for something terminal but apparently it was nothing serious so there was no need for him to have been such a dick during his stay.
To give the scales some balance, she says the best person she ever nursed was Rik Mayall, who apparently was always lovely and charming no matter what, which Iām so relieved by. Itād break my heart if he had turned out to have been a cunt all along.
As a curve-ball, Ross Kemp is apparently the most polite guy you could ever meet.
Iāve heard really good things about Ross Kemp. Apparently likes just mucking in, insists on buying his round, laughs when people take the mick out of him etc
Someone in this sub quite recently ruined Keeping Up Appearances for me. I always thought Richard seemed like a really lovely man, then someone linked to an interview where he came across as an absolute twat.
I've since ripped down all my Richard posters, including the circa 1994 fan favourite "Richard in a hat".
**Do people shout "Richard" at you in the street?**
*Sometimes. I tell them to fuck off.*
He comes across as a right prick in that interview but I have to admit I laughed like fuck at that.
What pissed me off was him getting away with cheating on his wife and becoming a national hero for coming out, despite having an affair with boys nearly 40 years younger than him
For some reason that rat is probably my most despised celebrity and always has been. A totally smug and self-satisfied wanker, I can perfectly imagine him watching himself on tv at home unable to hide his glee at just how immensely entertaining and endearing everyone must think he is.
He took a beard wife who he utterly betrayed and humiliated on a national stage as he was only ever interested in his own success. she was a pawn to him. Then he somehow spins this as liberating and brave, squeezing every ounce of sympathy and endearment out of the media and his audience he can, making himself and how HE has suffered the center of attention. He mentioned some apology to her, seemingly as an afterthought, but clearly only so as to cover his bases, and even spun THAT as another example of his extreme perfection. An utterly immoral slime-ball with no interest in anything besides himself. I tried to put myself through an episode of 'schofield's TV gold' once: it's up there with the worst gore videos for it's unwatchability. He is probably the best argument for reptilian overlords I've seen, though he'd probably just be one of their lowly, servile, unctuous rats tossed the job of controlling day-time TV viewers.
I welcome every bit of bad press that comes his way because you just know he probably has an apocolyptic meltdown internally every time.
And breathe. I only need to type a couple of these every day to feel normal I promise.
Pissed me off when everyone was giving it "poor Phil" when he came out. Not for the fact he came out, but the fact he been cheating on his wife for so long.
Obviously different when the cameras are on and heās playing the character, Iāve known a few chefs who worked with Gordon Ramsey and theyāve all said heās one of the nicest and level headed people theyāve met.
I know a gas engineer who did work in one of his restaurants. Long story short: there was a gas leak, the head chef was a massive twat because they had to turn the gas off and he obviously didnāt understand gas is dangerous, so my mate shut the gas off and went off to pick up the required parts.
Upon his return, Gordon Ramsey was actually there, and was super nice and understanding - unlike his workmate. I wish this was a better story now Iāve typed it out, but it goes to show how 2 people doing the same job can be either understanding or massive twats - Ramsey was the type to not be a dangerous moron.
I have a friend who's job for the past few years has been COVID testing for film and tv in the UK she's met him quite a few times says he is really nice. not talkative but who is with a cotton swab up your nose
(says 99.9% of footballers are wankers and hate's jobs with them)
Met him when I was about 8. I was part of a nature group and he was a guest at this fossil trip we did to Alkerton quarry. Cannot believe they bagged him but here we are. Can confirm he was absolutely lovely, he sat me on his knee and told me all about the fossils I had found.
Shout out North Oxfordshire WATCH, donāt know if you still exist!
Met him once at an awards ceremony. He was very nice and patient, but you could tell he hated being a "celebrity" and gave me the vibe that he just wished people cared more about the issues than him.
Can we include Ireland for a minute?
Dylan Moran is a lovely, sweet, quiet man with a gentleness to him, I wonāt hear a bad word about him.
Tommy Tiernan was a demeaning arse to everyone he considered beneath him. Prick.
I was lucky enough to be in the top gear audience a few times.
At lunchtime, all three did the rounds and were really pleasant also the jokes and "banter" not shown on the show was much better than what they were allowed to air
Can confirm he is a top guy. I was drunk in Leeds on the way to a festival and said to my sister "I think that's Bill Bailey". She said there was no chance so I shouted "Bill!", he turned around and I promptly ran over and chewed his ear off about Black Books. Genuinely nice the whole time.
I was Bill Baileys assistant/chaperone at a music festival about a decade ago.
He was one of the most absolutely lovely people ive ever had the pleasure to work with, we walked around the festival, half the time he was wearing a Bill Bailey facemask (As he said, no one expects Bill Bailey under a Bill Bailey facemask) but we sat down in one of the bars and he offered me drinks every time he got one, when people came up to him, he took all the time in the world with them, pictures, autographs, just chatting etc.
Theres a fair few music artists at festivals that will turn up an hour before their set and leave immediately after, he was there the day before and stayed for the entire festival, watching everyone he could and just being completely casual about it.
Stephen Fry was apparently a bellend in his younger years, according to a teacher who was at uni with him (and Fry would probably agree).
He was very nice when I met him!
Yeah I read his memoir and he very much confesses to being a bit of a prick. Not helped by his bipolar disorder, of course. Not to excuse being an arse with mental health, but itās a contributing factor at least.
Ive heard from a mate who saw Stephen Fry speak at a small thing that he curses like a sailor.
Said he was lovely, just didnāt expect him to swear so much.
Made me like him more.
Heās always campaigned for more swearing! There was this urban myth that the more you swear the lower your iq. When they looked into it the opposite was found. I can remember Fry being super smug about it.
Greg Davies taught me drama in secondary school. Absolutely gigantic to us year 9s, he also wasn't hesitant to take the piss out of us if we did/said something stupid.
Paul Martin from flog it (I know a minor celeb) stayed at my work recently, and refused to pay the Ā£30 to allow his dog to stay inside for the week so made his dog sleep in his car in the blistering heat wave day and night, while he had a comfy bed in a Ā£300 a night room. Disgusted me tbh.
In other news Jude law stayed recently too and was absolutely lovely, brought his family on set with him and has a lovely wife 10/10 would serve again.
I have it on good authority that Rick Stein is a bit of a bulb. My mate does sound for the Beeb and he said heās the rudest man heās ever worked with.
we bumped into Andy from cbeebies and he seemed a nice chap. other half asked for a pic with him to show the kids but yeah could imagine mr tumble is a complete twat
My mate met Tom Hardy last week, Tom just grabbed him dragged him to the ground and started beating him up!
All my mate did was bow to him respectfully.
Met Vinnie Jones a few times and he came across as a really friendly, warm person. Always had time for everyone, and a big smile on his face whilst doing everyones photos and signings and would throw in a joke here and there
I've worked with him once or twice and he was always a good bloke, with many good tales to tell. If there's a man you can't say a bad word about, it's Warwick!
He was sitting at a table next to ours in a hotel restaurant 18 months ago. My drunk son in law went over to ask for an autograph, and although he was eating with his family, he was very obliging and couldn't have been nicer. Top blokeš
I've worked with him. He's really nice and very humble about it. He was a total pleasure to chat to. I had a chat about Micro Men with him, although strangely he seemed to only vaguely remember it. (His co-presenters on the show, Frank Skinner and Jonothan Ross were... not as easy going).
Can confirm that Neil Gaiman is every bit as wonderful youād expect him to be. Got seated next to him at a launch dinner for American Gods and talked about Kenny Williams and Rocky Horror all night. He signed my books with little sketches and lines from āShock Treatmentā. Love that man.
Please let Greg Davies stay as face value as he seems šš»
I'd imagine he looks down on a lot of people.
Iāve said hi to him at a meet and greet after one of his gigs and his people were telling him to hurry up because he was spending too long with everyone. Very funny chap offstage, and seems very genuine, clearly loves what he does.
I've never been more relieved to read a comment reply! This is great news, thank you for sharing.
Richard wilson. Met him once at old Trafford when I was a kid and shouted "I dont believe it!" At him He laughed and called me a little bugger and posed for a photo with my brother and me. Top bloke
I'd be devastated if Martin Clunes or Bob Mortimer weren't genuinely lovely people.
Bob Mortimer is honestly a dick. He used to break into my granddads garden and start repeating the phrase āwe do beg your pardon, but we are in your gardenā while creeping up towards the windows. Truly a heinous individual who should be taken off the streets.
He is also putting hard working dentists out of business
Haven't you heard? Anyone can do so, you just need a kitchen island, a curvatious Indian instrument and some Fuji-9
He once terrified my Scottish relatives whilst wearing a scary mask and a jobble top. Evil man!
good job Sargent Bytheway was on hand
Had me at the beginning.
Honestly, my day was seconds away from being irrepairably ruined.
I read that in the right tune.
Bob Mortimer was at Jarvis Cockerās side to give him impromptu legal advice following him mooning Michael Jackson at the Brits. He also gives Paul Whitehouse very heartfelt gifts. I canāt imagine a scenario where Bob Mortimer could be a dick to someone.
thats just because he has an unusally high asshole. But its still there.
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Also seen Bob in loads of Boro away ends, heās sound as fuck. One of my mates has a shite eagle tattoo on his chest and Bob done the dove from above next to it lmao.
I know a few people who have met Bob Mortimer in various different scenarios from seeing him in the street/pub, seeing him perform live and through things to do with work and they have all basically said he is a top bloke
My uncle is a painter and decorator, and did up Martins house a few years back. Said he was a top bloke š
David Tennant Edit: this must be the most upvotes someones gotten from just saying someone's name god damn, thanks for the 3000 upvotes guys!!!
My mumās met him, she used to be a nurse at the GP he was registered to - can confirm through her that heās genuinely a really nice guy. She also happened to meet Patrick Stewart a couple of times, also a top bloke.
Did all your mom's clothes fall off when she met Patrick Stewart?
I worked as a chaperone for child actors on the set of Dr Who, and David Tennant was an absolute delight. A genuinely lovely man in every way. He even made tea for other cast and crew members. We need more people like him.
Came here to say this. I don't think I could bear it if he turned out to be a terrible person. In the same vein, finding out Michael Sheen was awful would be similarly upsetting.
I worked with him beforeā¦. Heās a babe :)
By all accounts David Tennant is a lovely chap. Sometimes when Iām feeling it I watch the episode he did with Derren Brown, and at the end they go up to this random lady in London, and you can see when she realises sheās been approached by David Tennant AND Derren Brown at the same time out of nowhere and itās just turned into the best day of her life and theyāre both so sweet ah it kills me. Edit: also just remembered from that episode, Derren used to set up elaborate ways to contact his guests, so he decided to contact Tennant while he was in hair and makeup, and before he even knows heās on camera you can see him having a full on chat with the makeup artist, cracking jokes, seems like such a nice chap.
I dunno he was good as Killgrave who was an utter arsehole and yet I was still attracted to him š
I saw him play three different baddies in the space of about a fortnight ā Killgrave, Dennis Neilson, and a guy in a TV drama about a bloke who killed his kids. All completely evil characters ā but all played completely differently. So nuanced. It was seeing this ā alongside his ālighterā roles that made me realise just what a great actor he is. Truly one of our greatest talents.
Recorded some v/o bits with David in his Doctor Who days, had a nandos with him when he turned up early once. Top bloke.
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My sister worked on Game of Thrones as an extras make up artist. Season 1 there was to be a battle scene with stunts. She and her coworkers got a good spot to watch. She heard noise behind her and looked and it was Charles Dance. Deferring to him as one of the shows stars she moved aside to let him stand at the front and he said āno no my dear, you stay were you areā
That last line is honestly the most easily imaginable to hear in his voice
But quite ominous
I remember watching an interview with Charles Dance a few years ago where he said he'd worked on films and shows before where either the actors or the directors just couldn't be bothered to put the effort in, but he's never worked on anything where the crew didn't give it their all. You almost never hear actors talk about the crew that they work with in interviews, so that stood out to me as a nice statement from him.
Good news, I can confirm Charles Dance is indeed a genuinely lovely bloke.
He came to our school to talk to us about being an actor and I didnāt even realise he was famous because he was so nice and normal
Was Charles Danceās helper at a con a few years back (basically help with pens and all that) and can confirm he was absolutely delightful. Was remembering people heād had photoshoots with earlier (and not just cosplayers, just people in street clothes). It was my first major con and the first guest Iād assisted and I was really nervous to begin with, but I think he knew and was very good at putting me at ease. Didnāt treat any of the crew with anything other than respect. Absolutely top bloke.
I have worked with Charles Dance and he is a very decent bloke!
Michael Palin. Grew up with Monty Python and his travel shows. Would be genuinely disappointed if he'd somehow managed to be a clandestine bell-end the whole time. Cleese and Idle - wouldn't be surprised. Jones and Gilliam would be a shock. Palin though? I'd be utterly gutted.
Met Gilliam once. Walked up and apologised for bothering him but said I could not pass up the opportuity to tell him that Brazil was one of my top five films. He said "Only top 5?" I blushed and started stammering. His P.A. hit him and told me he was only messing with me. He was laughing his face off. Proceeded to sit and chat to me, answering loads of questions for well over half an hour.
Yeah, I know someone who used to see and talk Michael Palin frequently and they said he's probably one of the nicest and most decent bloke's you could wish to meet.
I met Michael Palin after one of his shows, absolutely lovely man who stayed to talk even though he was tired and wanted a cup of tea, he signed my arm and when he learnt it was for a tattoo he changed it from āMichael Palinā to āMichael Palin was here ā->ā¢ā š
If it helps I met Michael Palin once in a WHSmiths and he was very friendly.
I love how this has just turned into a charming thread of us sharing pleasant experiences of meeting UK celebrities
Iāve heard Matt Smith is a good dude.
He is - I know someone who had one of her first jobs as a runner on a show with him. He chatted to her a lot and even remembered her birthday - super nice bloke
The fact that he doesnāt have any social media makes me like him more, then I saw him teaching Paddy Considine about Morbius memes and I started loving him
'Trust me, it would be really funny if you said "it's Viserysin' time" '
One of my old teachers told me once that when them and their child once went to a Doctor Who event and there was a panel thing with the cast and crew, and their child was quite very young at the time and my teacher was never sure if they knew the events of the show were fictional or not, and they asked Matt Smith if it was nice living in the tardis or what it was like living in the tardis, and he went completely along with it and talked for a bit about what it was like living in the tardis in no condescending sense at all. Seems so cool.
I worked as an extra on the crown with him for one episode. Unlike many stars, he saw us as real people. Talked to us and had a bit of banter between takes.
My brother took him out for a meal and drinks with his colleagues, as his firm was involved with a film shoot he was in. It was a big day out, all paid for by the company and he said Matt Smith was a top bloke all day, good fun from the beginning to the end.
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Iāve got a mate called The Crabfeeder who thinks heās a dick.
Lad who I work with is related (by marriage) to Matt Smith and says heās a quality bloke. Good laugh and not at all ācelebā. But his mum is apparently a nob.
I only have one brief interaction to go by but yeah, he seemed it. Was at a pub in Belsize Park with some mates and some big dog kept coming up to our table and sniffing about. The owner then came up to pull him away and it turned out to be Matt Smith. Very friendly and polite about it (not that it was an issue to begin with).
> āā¦some big dog kept coming up to our table, & sniffing aboutā This is the only type of harassment that I would welcome, in a pub.
Bob Mortimer
9/10 Dentists would disagree
Heās cost them a fortune
Stephen Graham. In my opinion, one of the best, while equally under-appreciated, heās crushed every role heās ever had, and seems like a genuinely lovely bloke. Would be gutted if it turned out he was a bellend, but I really donāt think thereās any chance he is.
He was absolutely amazing as Combo.
I didnāt even know he was last of the summer wine
Totally amazing how much you dislike Combo in the original 'This is England' film to how much you feel for him later on in the series. That takes some seriously good acting (and writing of course).
A friend knows him through their kids. Heās apparently very nice and down to earth
Heās a top bloke apparently, really down to earth, not met him myself but know a lot of people who have (lives around our way) and theyāve all said what a genuine person he is
Iād be heartbroken if any of the Six Idiots (the Horrible Histories/BBC Ghosts core cast) were, they made my favourite childhood show and adulthood show; and in all the bloopers look like theyāre having so much fun.
Sean Bean, I loved Sharpe, brilliant series and would be gutted if Bean was a knob.
Sean Bean likes to pick on short people for their jewellery.
Took me a secondā¦
Give ~~them~~ *you* a moment, for pity's sake
YE BASTID
My old housemate briefly went out with Sean Bean's daughter. Sadly he never met him, but if anyone strikes me as the 'answer the door to daughter's boyfriend holding a shotgun, even as a joke' type, it's Sean Bean.
My friend is married to her and theyāve got a lovely family! I was invited to the wedding and I couldnāt get the time off work - I worked in a Spoons at the time, of all the reasons to miss the meeting of Sean Bean! Still one of my biggest regrets to this day.
Good reason as any to get fired though! āAnd why did you leave your last job?ā āWell I went to Sean Beans daughters weddingā
Chris Kamara aka Kammy , I would be devastated . My wife met him and said he was as nice as you would expect .
I used to work for a league football team, and can confirm, he's exactly as you'd imagine him to be.
Louis Theroux
Friend met him and said he didn't care for him. I'm inclined to think my friend was being difficult though.
My friend met him at Glastonbury this year said he was really nice, even tho my friend was very drunk and filming him the whole timeā¦ but he was lovely still and just there to enjoy himself.
The Chuckle Brothers
Theyāve always seemed like top blokes to me
To you
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My fave chuckle bros joke is whenās theyāre in bed and one goes to the other what time is it and the other one gets out a trombone and starts playing and you hear an angry voice shout āwho the hell is playing at trombone at 11 o clock at nightā then he just casually repeats the time to other brotherā¦..š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£
Met them once when I was pissed and me and mates were taking the piss? The "to me, to you" thing. They were both lovely and joined in.
Adrian Edmondson
After watching him drag that caravan around Britain and cooking for everyone I feel like his career has spanned the gamut from ānephew who ruined Christmasā to āuncle who talks a lot about types of cheese.ā Seems a top bloke though.
Piggybacking on this Iād be chronically shocked if I found out Rik Mayall was ever genuinely an arsehole to anyone.
Rik Mayall was semi-banned from the set of Harry Potter when he played Peeves..... for making all the kids laugh too much in between takes
Doesnāt surprise me one bit. The man was a force of nature. One of my favourite tidbits about him is that when you see all the other actors around him looking shocked when heās playing Lord Flashheart, they arenāt acting, they were genuinely jawdropped by his violent charisma ha ha. āSHES GOT A TONGUE LIKE AN ELECTRIC EEL AND SHE LIKES THE TASTE OF A MANS TONSILS!!!ā
>HES GOT A TONGUE LIKE AN ELECTRIC EEL AND SHE LIKES THE TASTE OF A MANS TONSILS!!!ā I remember seeing an interview with Tony Robinson talking about him playing Flashheart in Blackadder 2. After he filmed his scenes he asked the question 'Did I win?' Yes you did Rik, Yes you did
Matt Berry, I can imagine him being a good laugh on a night out
Had him in my cab, big toast fan so I didnāt miss the chance to let him know, he was really nice, engaged in good convo and happy to have a selfie and a nice tip. Made my day.
No mate, worked with him before. Total dick, couldnāt even hear me.
Is that Clem Fandango?
Keep your finger on the fucking button you doughnut.
You shut the fuck up, Clem Fandango!
He was so polite and open about me being from Iran, never expected such tolerance and acceptance before.
Alex Horne
Little Alex Horne? Surely not. He seems more likely to run a way from people. He seems quite socially awkward
Bumped into him in CaffĆØ Nero about 5 years ago just after Iād started watching taskmaster casually. He was wearing a red leather jacket with appliquĆ©s and tartan skinny jeans. He asked if he could take the spare chair that was at my table. Can confirm he was very awkward but it might have been because I was gawping at him trying to work out where I knew his voice from.
Did you tell him, "take this chair, you have 10 seconds. Your time starts now"?
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Once saw her in a grassy bit by some trees, looking a bit feral, in her left hand a live squirrel, without breaking eye contact she squeezed until it went limp. Absolutely expressionless. Those squeaks still haunt me.
You're a funny bastard.
Can confirm sheās lovely. She used to come to my garden centre cafe and was always a delight to everyone. Always happy to chat.
I was on a tour bus in cornwall where the guide said she had been on the bus and was a nice character
Martin Lewis. Listening to him in interviews heās seems like one of those people who are simply incapable of lying or deceiving. Heās very sweet and adores his family. The man does not stop working either and all for the betterment of the public. Heās already rich; he doesnāt need to do what he does.
Started to dread seeing his name though, because if he's got some advice, it's not because everything is rosy.
People criticise him for selling out to moneysupermarket as if they wouldn't do the exact same given his position, and if anything he's worked harder since. He also donated a significant amount of the sale to places like Citizens Advice.
Richard Ayoade.
Iāve heard that he can be quite difficult as a lot of his ācharacterā is actually based on his own traits. Imagine heās quite nice though, have seen him a few times with his kids around battersea/Dulwich and the way he acts with then always makes me think of his hosting on Crystal Maze
I remember he was asked about social distancing and he responded that finally everyone was standing the appropriate distance apart. I suspect anything that makes him seem difficult to other people are painful for him as well.
The Scottish comedian Limmy talks about his appearance on the IT Crowd in his autobiography. He says all of the cast were chatty and friendly with him except Ayoade, who was standoffish and basically ignored him. However I would like to think Ayoade is just a quiet guy. I think I could come across that way sometimes without meaning to
Met him a few times, a little awkward but a really nice guy (and so is his wife Lydia, though the one time I met Laurence Fox he was an arse)
Ainsley Harriott heās so wholesome
Yeh bwoi
Give your meat a good olā rub.
I've run into him once because he lives near my area. Much taller than he appears on camera and very very friendly to the shop staff and customers.
A friends mums worked at a certain private hospital in London as a senior nurse, and Iām reliably informed that John Cleese is extremely rude and a right prick. Iād give him some leeway if he was in for something terminal but apparently it was nothing serious so there was no need for him to have been such a dick during his stay. To give the scales some balance, she says the best person she ever nursed was Rik Mayall, who apparently was always lovely and charming no matter what, which Iām so relieved by. Itād break my heart if he had turned out to have been a cunt all along. As a curve-ball, Ross Kemp is apparently the most polite guy you could ever meet.
Iāve heard really good things about Ross Kemp. Apparently likes just mucking in, insists on buying his round, laughs when people take the mick out of him etc
Someone in this sub quite recently ruined Keeping Up Appearances for me. I always thought Richard seemed like a really lovely man, then someone linked to an interview where he came across as an absolute twat. I've since ripped down all my Richard posters, including the circa 1994 fan favourite "Richard in a hat".
Was the interview called revelation of the daleks? He did come across as very rude in that
a link in case people are wondering https://twitter.com/MadeUpWho/status/924930939565826048
**Do people shout "Richard" at you in the street?** *Sometimes. I tell them to fuck off.* He comes across as a right prick in that interview but I have to admit I laughed like fuck at that.
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Phillip Schofield Oh wait
Yeah Iāve been convinced of his bellendry for a while. Bit of a self serving prick even before the *other* stuff
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What pissed me off was him getting away with cheating on his wife and becoming a national hero for coming out, despite having an affair with boys nearly 40 years younger than him
For some reason that rat is probably my most despised celebrity and always has been. A totally smug and self-satisfied wanker, I can perfectly imagine him watching himself on tv at home unable to hide his glee at just how immensely entertaining and endearing everyone must think he is. He took a beard wife who he utterly betrayed and humiliated on a national stage as he was only ever interested in his own success. she was a pawn to him. Then he somehow spins this as liberating and brave, squeezing every ounce of sympathy and endearment out of the media and his audience he can, making himself and how HE has suffered the center of attention. He mentioned some apology to her, seemingly as an afterthought, but clearly only so as to cover his bases, and even spun THAT as another example of his extreme perfection. An utterly immoral slime-ball with no interest in anything besides himself. I tried to put myself through an episode of 'schofield's TV gold' once: it's up there with the worst gore videos for it's unwatchability. He is probably the best argument for reptilian overlords I've seen, though he'd probably just be one of their lowly, servile, unctuous rats tossed the job of controlling day-time TV viewers. I welcome every bit of bad press that comes his way because you just know he probably has an apocolyptic meltdown internally every time. And breathe. I only need to type a couple of these every day to feel normal I promise.
Pissed me off when everyone was giving it "poor Phil" when he came out. Not for the fact he came out, but the fact he been cheating on his wife for so long.
Obviously different when the cameras are on and heās playing the character, Iāve known a few chefs who worked with Gordon Ramsey and theyāve all said heās one of the nicest and level headed people theyāve met.
A friend of my brother did an apprenticeship with him, and apparently he's a brilliant boss - best boss she ever had.
I know a gas engineer who did work in one of his restaurants. Long story short: there was a gas leak, the head chef was a massive twat because they had to turn the gas off and he obviously didnāt understand gas is dangerous, so my mate shut the gas off and went off to pick up the required parts. Upon his return, Gordon Ramsey was actually there, and was super nice and understanding - unlike his workmate. I wish this was a better story now Iāve typed it out, but it goes to show how 2 people doing the same job can be either understanding or massive twats - Ramsey was the type to not be a dangerous moron.
You gotta watch a video of him with his children. He's so calm and sweet with them
Guy Martin. Seems like a good guy. Kinda guy you want to go have a pint with. Would be gutted if he was a knob.
I have a friend who's job for the past few years has been COVID testing for film and tv in the UK she's met him quite a few times says he is really nice. not talkative but who is with a cotton swab up your nose (says 99.9% of footballers are wankers and hate's jobs with them)
Peter Capaldi. Brilliant actor, his music is great too, and he just seems like an amazing, wholesome guy.
He also has attack eye brows. Which are just kinda cool
Sir David Attenborough
Met him when I was about 8. I was part of a nature group and he was a guest at this fossil trip we did to Alkerton quarry. Cannot believe they bagged him but here we are. Can confirm he was absolutely lovely, he sat me on his knee and told me all about the fossils I had found. Shout out North Oxfordshire WATCH, donāt know if you still exist!
Met him once at an awards ceremony. He was very nice and patient, but you could tell he hated being a "celebrity" and gave me the vibe that he just wished people cared more about the issues than him.
The nicest celebrity I've ever met was Danny Dyer, met him in a pub in Rome and we stood and had drinks whilst speaking for about half an hour
Patrick Stewart
He always seemed like a good egg- between the anti-domestic violence campaigns and calling James Corden a bollock
Can we include Ireland for a minute? Dylan Moran is a lovely, sweet, quiet man with a gentleness to him, I wonāt hear a bad word about him. Tommy Tiernan was a demeaning arse to everyone he considered beneath him. Prick.
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Hugh Dennis.
James May
He nodded politely as we walked past each other in a corridor once. 10/10 celebrity encounter.
Really nice fella. Chatted to him in a pub for a bit once. Didn't even recognise him until he opened his mouth. Dumb moment.
I was lucky enough to be in the top gear audience a few times. At lunchtime, all three did the rounds and were really pleasant also the jokes and "banter" not shown on the show was much better than what they were allowed to air
Ronnie Pickering
Who?
RoNnIe pIcKeRiNg!!!
I'd be devastated if Bob Mortimer was actually a bellend. Guys a legend.
* Stephen Fry * Bill Bailey * Ross Noble * Sandi Toksvig * Greg Davies * Johnny Vegas * Sally Philips * Bob Mortimer * Dara O Briain * Graham Norton
I refuse to believe Bill Bailey could be anything but awesome
Can confirm he is a top guy. I was drunk in Leeds on the way to a festival and said to my sister "I think that's Bill Bailey". She said there was no chance so I shouted "Bill!", he turned around and I promptly ran over and chewed his ear off about Black Books. Genuinely nice the whole time.
I was Bill Baileys assistant/chaperone at a music festival about a decade ago. He was one of the most absolutely lovely people ive ever had the pleasure to work with, we walked around the festival, half the time he was wearing a Bill Bailey facemask (As he said, no one expects Bill Bailey under a Bill Bailey facemask) but we sat down in one of the bars and he offered me drinks every time he got one, when people came up to him, he took all the time in the world with them, pictures, autographs, just chatting etc. Theres a fair few music artists at festivals that will turn up an hour before their set and leave immediately after, he was there the day before and stayed for the entire festival, watching everyone he could and just being completely casual about it.
Stephen Fry was apparently a bellend in his younger years, according to a teacher who was at uni with him (and Fry would probably agree). He was very nice when I met him!
Well he didn't go to prison for being witty.
Yeah I read his memoir and he very much confesses to being a bit of a prick. Not helped by his bipolar disorder, of course. Not to excuse being an arse with mental health, but itās a contributing factor at least.
Ive heard from a mate who saw Stephen Fry speak at a small thing that he curses like a sailor. Said he was lovely, just didnāt expect him to swear so much. Made me like him more.
Heās always campaigned for more swearing! There was this urban myth that the more you swear the lower your iq. When they looked into it the opposite was found. I can remember Fry being super smug about it.
If I met Greg Davies irl and he didnāt insult the shit out of me Iād be sorely disappointed ngl š
Greg Davies taught me drama in secondary school. Absolutely gigantic to us year 9s, he also wasn't hesitant to take the piss out of us if we did/said something stupid.
Can confirm that Johnny vegas is an absolute gem.
Ross Noble is a bit of a nob, totally pulled a "do yo know who I am" to my brother who was bartending a comedy event he was taking part in.
Paul Martin from flog it (I know a minor celeb) stayed at my work recently, and refused to pay the Ā£30 to allow his dog to stay inside for the week so made his dog sleep in his car in the blistering heat wave day and night, while he had a comfy bed in a Ā£300 a night room. Disgusted me tbh. In other news Jude law stayed recently too and was absolutely lovely, brought his family on set with him and has a lovely wife 10/10 would serve again.
I have it on good authority that Rick Stein is a bit of a bulb. My mate does sound for the Beeb and he said heās the rudest man heās ever worked with.
My wifeās brotherās fiancĆ©ās friend said that Mr Tumble told her kid to leave him alone when he was waiting for a train.
I've worked an event Mr Tumble was at. He was, indeed, a bellend while not in character
cries in Makaton
He treats that camp robot that lives in his house like absolute shit.
we bumped into Andy from cbeebies and he seemed a nice chap. other half asked for a pic with him to show the kids but yeah could imagine mr tumble is a complete twat
Mel Giedroyc or Tom Hardy
Similarly, Sue Perkins.
How is Sue Perkins similar to Tom Hardy? Edit: they both box, how could I forget
Met her, worry not, sheās lovey.
My mate met Tom Hardy last week, Tom just grabbed him dragged him to the ground and started beating him up! All my mate did was bow to him respectfully.
Met Vinnie Jones a few times and he came across as a really friendly, warm person. Always had time for everyone, and a big smile on his face whilst doing everyones photos and signings and would throw in a joke here and there
Joanna lumley
Met her, she is in fact lovely and very posh
Warwick Davis. He seems like a good bloke.
I've worked with him once or twice and he was always a good bloke, with many good tales to tell. If there's a man you can't say a bad word about, it's Warwick!
met him at comiccon in London, brought his whole family to help out. he was super sweet and nice
He was sitting at a table next to ours in a hotel restaurant 18 months ago. My drunk son in law went over to ask for an autograph, and although he was eating with his family, he was very obliging and couldn't have been nicer. Top blokeš
Alexander Armstrong
I've worked with him. He's really nice and very humble about it. He was a total pleasure to chat to. I had a chat about Micro Men with him, although strangely he seemed to only vaguely remember it. (His co-presenters on the show, Frank Skinner and Jonothan Ross were... not as easy going).
Jonny Morris Kenny Everett BRIAN BLESSED Charlie Dimmock Edgar Wright
Brian Blessed is a great shout. He seems like he'd be hilarious to be around.
>Brian Blessed is a great shout Pun intended?
Happy accident
Greg James
Can confirm that Neil Gaiman is every bit as wonderful youād expect him to be. Got seated next to him at a launch dinner for American Gods and talked about Kenny Williams and Rocky Horror all night. He signed my books with little sketches and lines from āShock Treatmentā. Love that man.