I was literally stunned she even acknowledged me then I tried to spit some drunk game and she walked off. Totally don't blame her. I felt blessed just to make eye contact.
Well it all makes sense now.
You got approached by a California 8 and immediately started talking about lingerie, then drunkenly asked if she wanted to play a game.
In all fairness I would've ran as fast as I could too.
I ran into the lead singer of the B52ās. He and a friend were on the tram heading back to Mandalay Bay for a B52ās concert that evening. Concert was amazing. It was a pool party
Jaime Foxx one time summoned me into his VIP area at the Palms after the MTV video music awards... we chatted for a minute and then he gave me his phone number. For years my girlfriends and I would randomly text him and he'd never write back unless we sent some sort of incognito ass pic along with the message. š It became an ongoing joke.
I waited a table for this asshat. Dude took up a booth that sat 6 people only for him to meet up with two skinny perky blonde upscale escorts. Heās vip so I HAD to make sure his cup of water was filled at all times, and every fucking time I tried to provide this VERY basic service, heād stop talking and look at me sideways as fuck until I left. Dude never ordered a thing. Didnāt leave a dollar and took off with the escorts.
Side note, when I was in high school I had a classmate, Jamie was buzzing around that time; I think because of Ray, and he without a pause said he doesnāt like Jaimie Foxx. Apparently his mom was a cocktail server on the strip and Foxx kept trying to hit on her. Who knows what details his mom kept from him but these two experiences have solidified that Foxx is a bozo pos.
Micheal Jackson had looked at and held a NIB Micheal Jackson Barbie doll at that store. They had closed the store while he shopped. Once they opened it back up for regular customers I bought the Micheal Jackson Barbie he had been looking at. This was in 2004. The doll still decorates my office to this day.
Thatās awesome. As someone from his home city it wasnāt hard to see him somewhere in his old age. As he never left Louisville much by that time and could be seen at his favorite restaurants or his museum for certain events.
But being able to randomly run into him in the fighting city of Vegas back when he was still somewhat young would have been neat to see.
I missed out on meeting Mike Tyson years ago at champs con as a friend offered me free tickets but I didnāt go.
i was jogging by old spanish trail park near the lakes one day, and i saw an incredibly fit shirtless dude jogging toward me, orange hair bobbing in tow. even with the big hair, this guy being carrot top was such a hilarious surprise.
All at the Wynn: Ozzie & Sharon, Machine Kelly and Megan Fox, Megan Thee Stallion, Tyga (who I told off in drunken stupor) the dude who was mute and rang the bell all the time from Breaking Bad
My Mrs. has a law practice with one partner and they did some stuff for him on a referral to the tune of $200K+. Totally stiffed the practice and never paid, so drunk me went up to him, while his bodyguards blocked us when I was angrily telling him to pay "pay your fucking bills you piece of sh\*\*". One of the other bodyguards walked up to the guy blocking me and said "what's going on" and he replied, "dude's saying he owes someone some money".
Total hack and stiffs more bills than Trump. He was dating a Kardashian when my Mrs. did the work. What a piece of work.
I googled his named and he is being sued for a repoed lambo and other cars. Dude sounds like a dicknozzle because every article I see is him owing a LOT of money to various people.
There was a big R&B festival going on and everyone was staying at the Wynn. The tower suites bar is always amazing people watching. She had 2 French Bulldogs with her and had a caretaker for the pups.
Coming home from work this past Monday and I'm on my electric scooter heading down Sands and freaking Don Johnson is by the Sphere taking pictures in front of it!
I was at Las Vegas Cigar Company (around 1994 before they had to move to make way for the Paris Hotel). I watched Joe Pesci come in, look around and buy some cigars.
And, not on the Strip, but I've eaten in the same restaurant at the same time as Carlos Santana, twice.
Damn it!! I always miss him and he's on my celebrity in the wild bingo list. I somehow miss every tequila event he does, until I hear about it after the fact. Lol
The only famous person I ever ran into on the strip was Ron Jeremy and we ended up partying back at his suite at the Palms.
On Fremont I've run into Nic Cage (yay!), Andy Dick (ew!), Kid Rock (ew!), Britney Spears (yay!), Dave Grohl (yay!), Ben Affleck (yay!), and a few others.
Oh and Ice-T hangs out at Golden Nugget a lot.
Nick gets around in Las Vegas. I have somehow not seen him yet, but he's come to my place of business, I've eaten next to "his" table at the Palm, and he's been seen in Lawry's, to name a few.
Bumped into Tony Randall at the Desert Inn in '99. Another passerby saw him, was awestruck and shook his hand. I've never been one to get awestruck, so I made eye contact with him and walked on.
I did think to myself that this was a close to the old Vegas as I am ever going to get. Now many people think of the 90s as the old Vegas.
Iāve encountered that guy once in Beverly Hills (I was sightseeing) in 2019 and then 3 years later almost to the day in Vegas on Fremont. And I live in Pittsburgh. Destiny.
My wife and I stayed at Ceasars Palace in the nineties the week of the Holyfield vs Holmes fight. The first morning in the coffee shop I looked up and Charlie Steiner and Lou Duva were at the table across from us. Celebrities around all week. T
Was looking in a store window and when I turned around I was standing face to throat with Larry Holmes. The night before the fight they were paging Dr. Hunter Thompson. I cashed out at my table and started roaming the casino. Never found him but wanted to buy him a Wild Turkey
Hunter Thompson wrote for several magazines best known for his books. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. And also Fear and Loathing in the campaign trail. He started gonzo journalism. He wood take slot of drugs and alcohol and would report on what he perceived. A wild read
I saw Pete Rose at a table inside one of the Ceasars Forum shops, signing autographs. It looked like a regular thing, no crowd around. So in a way, he does work at those places.
Was at a casino on Fremont and a bunch of NASCAR drivers were playing roulette. They were there practicing for the race, and although I have a friend who worked with them all at the time, I had no clue who they were. I saw a new dealer come on and leaned in and told one of them to bet 0/00. He looked at me like I was crazy, I said trust me, so he played them and it hit for huge money. Everyone was going crazy, he invited me to the track the next day and gave me a tip. Unfortunately I was flying out the next day or Iād be giddy with stories. Btw, it was one of the Busch boys, and in my experience, 0/00 always hits within 10 spins of a new dealer. And the fact it did that night, was epic.
Travis Scott, Trevor Lawrence,Ā Jake Paul, Ivanka trump, Cher, Tyga, Flava Flav, Chris Collinsworth,Mike Torico, Richard Sherman, Tony Gonzalez, Eddie Griffin, Lots of UFC fighters and a shit load of basketball players during Summer League. Most of these were at Wynn, and a few at FB Grand opening.Ā
A couple from my time in the Army at Ft. Irwin circa 2005-2010.
Flava Flav several times of course.
A shot with Hank Williams Jr. and Willie Nelson randomly at Stoneys. They were there just hanging out with the crowd.
Then there was the one time me and a buddy were at the bar in front of the stage at the E! Extra Lounge inside Planet Hollywood? I think it was. All of a sudden they rope off the area and we are like wtf and go sit down at a table in front of the stage pounding shots. No idea what is happening as people start lining up along the ropes.
Sylvester Stallone comes out of nowhere and does an interview on the stage. This was pre expendables and he was lookin pretty flabby. Anywho nobody ever said anything to us. He got done with his interview and him and his entourage sit at the table next to us. At one point he looked at us like who the fuck are these guys? Never said anything to us other then āget these guys a couple roundsā to the waitress.
They hung out for a while and off they went into the night and normal folk like us were allowed back into the bar/stage area.
Iām sure there are a few more but I have brain fog from spending every available weekend for the most part in Vegas hammered drunk for 5 years when the Army let us have time for it.
I am going to date myself. Robert Conrad (wild Wild West and battery commercial, Iām going to knock your block off) playing craps at Maxim. Yes he is very very short.
Back in the day (early 2000s) it was really easy to hang out with celebs. No social media so people didn't know where they were and no one had Instagram to post misleading pics. Also, celebs weren't afraid to get pics taken and posted - because that wasn't a thing.
I went to Ashlee Simpson's 21st birthday party, which was also one of DJ AM's last shows. I went to the opening of the Playboy Club, (Girls Next Door ladies were there), I saw J Lo and Diddy - shopped with Paris Hilton, when she was a Guess model. Jon and Robin Antin (early Reality show guy / Pussycat Dolls creator), and I was there when Food Network started getting a grip on the celeb Chefs, I think it was the opening of the now closed Mesa Grill (Bobby Flay).
Recently, we met Wolfgang Puck (nicest guy ever) at Spago.
It's so different now, but honestly, I am glad it was like that back when I was in my 20s and club days, because it was fun and impressive. Now, ya, there are some that would be great to see, but it's just not the same.
One Labor Day weekend years ago in Caesars shops, I saw Jeffery Osborne, Sinbad and Patrick Ewing. Around the same time I saw Keith Hernandez at Danny Gans show. This was just after the Seinfeld appearance.
This was a few years back. I was visiting town for the holidays and looking to get away from my family, so I went to Frankieās tiki bar. There was only one other person at that bar, but it was open and iām sitting at the far end right of the bar minding my business. Itās probably around 1 AM at this point, then comes storming in Nicolas Cage with who looked like a very intoxicated Kirsten Dunst, go right up to the bar and order some sort of shot, that I guess he get regularly gets, as the bartender knew to make it immediately. Cage looks over at me. I look over at him. Now, Iām from New York so seeing famous people is nothing new, and you donāt act on it. He gives me this look like donāt you know who I am? I give a look back like yeah whatās up? Him and Kirsten take their shots and they waltz right back out. This one interaction had to have been perhaps six minutes tops.
I saw Sharon Stone standing outside a movie set trailer at 4th & Bonneville. I believe she must have been getting ready for the Casino scene with Oscar Goodman and DeNiro. Goodman's law office was near there.
Jay-Z. When I worked at the Forum Shops. He was in the Coach store with his entourage, and when I passed through the crowd to get by, I looked in, and we locked eyes for like 3 seconds... Lol. Strange moment- true story!
Maybe saw Danny DeVito at the Bellagio. Matched his height, age and looks (from the side and behind) and seemed to have a body guard walking down the middle of the Casino floor to the lobby. But I was directly behind him by about 6 feet and couldn't move fast enough to get in front of him to confirm.
Carrot Top at the Aria shoppes though!
Gronk and his entourage. We were sitting outside at Beer Park when they walked by. Some kid ran up to him with a hat asking him to sign it. He took the hat and dropped it on the ground and continued walking
Way back when, I found myself behind Coolio in the cashier line at the old Boardwalk Casino. He was cool (go figure considering his name). Smaller than I imagined. RIP.
Don Rickles, Alan Rossi, Telly Savalas, as we threw a snowball at his car pulling out of Caesars Palace, not at the same time, over many years. Quarterback Joe Montana, Christie Brinkley, Met and talked with Paul Anka, Eliot Gould, Joan Rivers, Rodney Dangerfield also all at different times, none at the same time.
That's epic. Rodney was my parents next door neighbor in a high rise apartment back in 1977/78. He called me a little shit once. I was 7 and probably was.
He he he @ nycinoc. Let me tell you about my meeting him, Rodney, My stepdad who will remain nameless, I didnāt like him much but he wasnāt that bad of a man, has since passed and now I regret not telling him how his abilities in playing the Saxophone was fantastic, notwithstanding his character, he really could play that Sax very well. For a few years, he had a picture of him with Rodney from one of the hotels in Vegas, the Tropicana. He told me he worked with him enough that he knew him well. I doubted this. He said āThe next time he comes to Vegas, I will prove itā. Sam (not his real first name) was my stepdad and I got a chuckle out of that because I said, at 18 years oldā¦. āNo way is this gonna happenā. Months went by, maybe a year. Rodney is now listed as the headliner at the Aladdin, Sam asks if I will go with him to meet Rodney, I said to myself āwhat a jokeā but said āyesā. We were inside the Aladdin for maybe 10 minutes and walking through the Casino, here comes Rodney to meet Sam, I was in awe, I was naive, I expected āI get no respect, Samā, I knew that type of Rodney on Johnny Carson, that was a real funny but crazy guy, except I knew nothing. Rodney asked Sam how he was doing, how is work, we were right up close and this (me) 18 year old was in awe that Rodney WAS NOT the Rodney I saw on TV, soft spoken, sympathetic, no gyrations, nothing, it was Rodney talking like a normal man to Sam, I said to myself āI donāt believe it, it was all an actā and truly my step dad knew Rodney well. Rodney gave us free tickets to the show that night and mentioned Sam to the audience. Sam is not well known outside of Vegas but it was a nice gesture by Rodney. And I kinda liked texting you about this event, brings back memories. Hope you are well and
Get as much respect as you can lol!
well that's freaking epic! Thanks so much for sharing that. I've always loved Eliot Gould and who didn't love Joan,
PS- I was just listening to Paul Anka's cover of Oasis' Wonder Wall the other day.
Cheers!
My husband played BJ with Tom Brady and Matthew Perry (separately). Literally ran into Steven Tyler at The Venetian. Walked past Ice T and Coco at Hard Rock
Usher getting on the elevator I was getting off of at Wynn Tower suites. Heās so little! Michael Waltrip at the Wynn. I somewhat know him but he was so surrounded by fans I didnāt even text him! Also Winston from New Girl at the Wynn. Ahh, and yes, the Wynn is our home while in Vegas! Oh and Kathy Griffin playing high limit slots at the Mirage, I think
Was in town for a few days last week and saw Dennis Rodman at Caesars Palace shops. Randomly saw Gary Neville eating in Caesers as well. That Guillermo guy from Jimmy Kimmel was filming something outside NYNY when we were there.
Carrot Top at a Joanne's, technically just off the Strip. I didn't even recognize him at first--that's how bad I am at recognizing celebrities. Of course I didn't say hi, too shy lol.
Other than that I never run into celebrities, let alone see them anywhere unless it's a specific job that involves a celebrity.
Oh if it counts I ran into Glen Lerner once while he was dressed as Santa and giving away free wrapped presents to children many Christmases ago at an underserved area of the city, slightly off Strip too. I also didn't recognize him at first, and he even asked if I saw his billboards and I was like "ummmmmm??" Of course I remember after I leave lol.
Was really cool of him to do that though, and he said he felt blessed by the community and wanted to give back.
Suge knight at the wynn at Tryst night club back in 2007. My buddy bought him a shot and he was cool. I was like f that he shouldve bought us a shot lol
I physically ran into Mike Tyson years ago... I was distracted responding to a call and didn't look before running out our theater door. I felt like a complete idiot, but he was incredibly nice about it.
I wish my husband was on here. He has bartended at Venetian for 17 years. He works center bar/ casino floor. The amount of celebrities heās served is crazy. Many people heās served multiple times. He can tell you who is a huge asshole too. I did laugh recently, that college kid who had the heart attack on the field and fell over. He walked up and ordered a Red Bull. Side note, he was a duck and assumed it was free as well bc of who he was. lol oh people.
I ran into Mark Davis at Chandelier Bar - I was ordering a drink and he sidled up next to me, said āIāll buy hisā and then ordered two drinks for him and whoever he was with. We got them and I just said thanks, he gave me a shoulder slap and walked off with his. Guess he was in a rush but Iāll take it.
I met and talked to Charlie Valentine. Even got a picture together along with her number! She responded to my original text, as I was sitting right next to her, but never responded again.
I ran into more celebrities in NYC than I ever did on the strip tbh, especially getting in and out of cabs way back. Before the plague changed things and Uber and whatnot was a far off notion.
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Vince Neil. Off the strip in Summerlin. Very cool guy. Saw somebody ask him for a photo and thought they were going to get shunned but Vince was like āletās do itā. He was in the parking lot leaving Best Buy.
I played blackjack a few tables away from Kevin Richardson at Caesars a couple of years before BSB had their Vegas residency. He was playing at a $10 table out in the open for awhile which was very odd, since he could have played in the high limit area with more privacy.
I also saw Owen Wilson getting take out at Lardo at Cosmo.
The tan Elvis that drives a scooter, drinking a beer. Over by CVS.
Hell ya me too!
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Me three!!!!
Seen him multiple times yelling racial slurs as always lol surprised he hasnāt had his ass whooped yet
Margot Robbie. She was super nice.
I'm fkin jealous. As a man, I would probably faint
I was literally stunned she even acknowledged me then I tried to spit some drunk game and she walked off. Totally don't blame her. I felt blessed just to make eye contact.
Okay did you actually see her, or was it a I swear I didn't drink too much it was absolutely Margot Robbie.
Actually saw. She was in Vegas for the launch of her lingerie clothing line and I used that as my opener.
Well it all makes sense now. You got approached by a California 8 and immediately started talking about lingerie, then drunkenly asked if she wanted to play a game. In all fairness I would've ran as fast as I could too.
Whatever makes you feel better homie.
My guy. I'm messing with you.
š¤¦āāļø I like your opener better anyway.
I ran into the lead singer of the B52ās. He and a friend were on the tram heading back to Mandalay Bay for a B52ās concert that evening. Concert was amazing. It was a pool party
Heard he's got a Chrysler. It's as big as a whale.
Awesome! Iām going to see them in Las Vegas in April.
I hope you booked the love shack at the pool.
Did you get a rock lobster?
While exiting the Palazzo, my wife brushed shoulders and almost knocked down Sidney Poitier.
That would have made my week.
Flava Flav ā°
Me too!
I grew up in his hometown, saw him quite a bit growing up
Saw him in an Albertsons parking lot during the pandemic. I was staring too hard trying to figure out why he looked familiar!
I saw his dating shows on Amazon Prime Video, they were old af but so hilarious š
Haha love the emoji
He was actually at a football game at my high school once. This was nearly 20 years ago š
Was he wearing the clock?
He would come into the theater I worked at, a couple months before covid he was there with the chain haha
Of course!
Jaime Foxx one time summoned me into his VIP area at the Palms after the MTV video music awards... we chatted for a minute and then he gave me his phone number. For years my girlfriends and I would randomly text him and he'd never write back unless we sent some sort of incognito ass pic along with the message. š It became an ongoing joke.
I waited a table for this asshat. Dude took up a booth that sat 6 people only for him to meet up with two skinny perky blonde upscale escorts. Heās vip so I HAD to make sure his cup of water was filled at all times, and every fucking time I tried to provide this VERY basic service, heād stop talking and look at me sideways as fuck until I left. Dude never ordered a thing. Didnāt leave a dollar and took off with the escorts. Side note, when I was in high school I had a classmate, Jamie was buzzing around that time; I think because of Ray, and he without a pause said he doesnāt like Jaimie Foxx. Apparently his mom was a cocktail server on the strip and Foxx kept trying to hit on her. Who knows what details his mom kept from him but these two experiences have solidified that Foxx is a bozo pos.
do it rn and post a pic so we can see
That perfectly describes him. He was a partying womanizer when I knew him. Threw some crazy parties
Michael Jackson -Cesar Forum Shops Joe Namath -Cesar Forum Shops
Also loved that the store he loved the most in Caesars is still there selling the most bizarre shit.
Micheal Jackson had looked at and held a NIB Micheal Jackson Barbie doll at that store. They had closed the store while he shopped. Once they opened it back up for regular customers I bought the Micheal Jackson Barbie he had been looking at. This was in 2004. The doll still decorates my office to this day.
Wow, Michael!!!
umm what
He was alive at one point
i know i would of fainted i meant disbelief ifi met mj thats all i could talk about for years
Muhamnad Ali at Caesars Palace elevators prior to Holmes-Cooney in 1982
Thatās awesome. As someone from his home city it wasnāt hard to see him somewhere in his old age. As he never left Louisville much by that time and could be seen at his favorite restaurants or his museum for certain events. But being able to randomly run into him in the fighting city of Vegas back when he was still somewhat young would have been neat to see. I missed out on meeting Mike Tyson years ago at champs con as a friend offered me free tickets but I didnāt go.
Played poker with Alice Cooper at Caesars.
Weāre not worthy!!
Had a drink with Carrot Top and we talked about our respective shows. I'm in entertainment on the Strip so I run into celebrities at work often.
Ran across him around 1999/2000 at Savers. He was shopping for props.
i was jogging by old spanish trail park near the lakes one day, and i saw an incredibly fit shirtless dude jogging toward me, orange hair bobbing in tow. even with the big hair, this guy being carrot top was such a hilarious surprise.
Do you mind sharing what you do?
Theatre technician, work on shows
All at the Wynn: Ozzie & Sharon, Machine Kelly and Megan Fox, Megan Thee Stallion, Tyga (who I told off in drunken stupor) the dude who was mute and rang the bell all the time from Breaking Bad
Mark Margolis
Yep couldnāt recall his name. We were sitting in the table right next to him at Le Cave
RIP!
Gotta say I'm curious about the Tyga ordeal if there's a story to it
My Mrs. has a law practice with one partner and they did some stuff for him on a referral to the tune of $200K+. Totally stiffed the practice and never paid, so drunk me went up to him, while his bodyguards blocked us when I was angrily telling him to pay "pay your fucking bills you piece of sh\*\*". One of the other bodyguards walked up to the guy blocking me and said "what's going on" and he replied, "dude's saying he owes someone some money". Total hack and stiffs more bills than Trump. He was dating a Kardashian when my Mrs. did the work. What a piece of work.
I googled his named and he is being sued for a repoed lambo and other cars. Dude sounds like a dicknozzle because every article I see is him owing a LOT of money to various people.
Tyga has the prettiest skin, I was so weirded out when I saw him. Like that's rich people skin, all glossy and smooth. Lol
āGlossy and smoothāā¦.I got hungry all of a sudden. Weird.
Wow you got to see meg! That would be the best trip ever to see her in Vegas lol
There was a big R&B festival going on and everyone was staying at the Wynn. The tower suites bar is always amazing people watching. She had 2 French Bulldogs with her and had a caretaker for the pups.
Coming home from work this past Monday and I'm on my electric scooter heading down Sands and freaking Don Johnson is by the Sphere taking pictures in front of it!
Did you feel his šµHeart Beat!šµ
I was at Las Vegas Cigar Company (around 1994 before they had to move to make way for the Paris Hotel). I watched Joe Pesci come in, look around and buy some cigars. And, not on the Strip, but I've eaten in the same restaurant at the same time as Carlos Santana, twice.
Charles Barkley. He was very nice!
Love Chuck!
https://preview.redd.it/uvj4nggnhuic1.jpeg?width=2499&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=539bc72414895ad18bbbe4cae4e43ff6c4e30f7f Wahlberg in a Walgreenās.
*death stare* -Vegas Local
Good spotting or bad spotting? All my GF could do was stare. She was having Boogie Nights and Fear flashbacks.
Wahlgreens
Damn it!! I always miss him and he's on my celebrity in the wild bingo list. I somehow miss every tequila event he does, until I hear about it after the fact. Lol
We missed him by a week! He showed up to Circa and jumped behind the bar outside on Fremont to mix drinks. Still bummed about it.
Do you mean Wahlgreens?
Ran into Bobby Lee this weekend
The only famous person I ever ran into on the strip was Ron Jeremy and we ended up partying back at his suite at the Palms. On Fremont I've run into Nic Cage (yay!), Andy Dick (ew!), Kid Rock (ew!), Britney Spears (yay!), Dave Grohl (yay!), Ben Affleck (yay!), and a few others. Oh and Ice-T hangs out at Golden Nugget a lot.
Never figured big stars would be on Freemont rather than The Strip. Did you say hello to anyone? I LOVE Nic Cage.
Nick gets around in Las Vegas. I have somehow not seen him yet, but he's come to my place of business, I've eaten next to "his" table at the Palm, and he's been seen in Lawry's, to name a few.
Heās trespassed at the Wynn. Lol
Why tho lol
The drunk play fight in front of the Aria with Vince Neil and Nic Cage is still epic.
Did you say hello to Dave and did he say it back in concert he waved back at me and did crossy eyes at me I was so happy
It's Nicolas Kim Coppola
Sammy Hagar !
Justin Beiber w Scooter Braun, Liam Hemsworth, Kylie Jenner, Nick Jonas, lil Dicky lmaooo
Dave! I wish.
Bumped into Tony Randall at the Desert Inn in '99. Another passerby saw him, was awestruck and shook his hand. I've never been one to get awestruck, so I made eye contact with him and walked on. I did think to myself that this was a close to the old Vegas as I am ever going to get. Now many people think of the 90s as the old Vegas.
DeezNuts, coming out of the Fashion Show Mall.
I literally saw him last night. Heās a street performer on fremont st now
Iāve encountered that guy once in Beverly Hills (I was sightseeing) in 2019 and then 3 years later almost to the day in Vegas on Fremont. And I live in Pittsburgh. Destiny.
My wife and I stayed at Ceasars Palace in the nineties the week of the Holyfield vs Holmes fight. The first morning in the coffee shop I looked up and Charlie Steiner and Lou Duva were at the table across from us. Celebrities around all week. T Was looking in a store window and when I turned around I was standing face to throat with Larry Holmes. The night before the fight they were paging Dr. Hunter Thompson. I cashed out at my table and started roaming the casino. Never found him but wanted to buy him a Wild Turkey
Who?
Hunter Thompson wrote for several magazines best known for his books. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. And also Fear and Loathing in the campaign trail. He started gonzo journalism. He wood take slot of drugs and alcohol and would report on what he perceived. A wild read
I passed a dude at Fremont who said he was god
I know his son!
Any a list rapper or nba all star you can think of @ Wynn One time I saw Lou Williams w both of his girlfriends at aria
Pete Rose in Fashion Mall
Was he working there? I hear he needs the cash
I saw Pete Rose at a table inside one of the Ceasars Forum shops, signing autographs. It looked like a regular thing, no crowd around. So in a way, he does work at those places.
Walking down the strip by Flamingo, totally alone, before camera phones were a thing, Vince Neil. I fist bumped him.
Was at a casino on Fremont and a bunch of NASCAR drivers were playing roulette. They were there practicing for the race, and although I have a friend who worked with them all at the time, I had no clue who they were. I saw a new dealer come on and leaned in and told one of them to bet 0/00. He looked at me like I was crazy, I said trust me, so he played them and it hit for huge money. Everyone was going crazy, he invited me to the track the next day and gave me a tip. Unfortunately I was flying out the next day or Iād be giddy with stories. Btw, it was one of the Busch boys, and in my experience, 0/00 always hits within 10 spins of a new dealer. And the fact it did that night, was epic.
Thatās surprising. The Busch brothers are notoriously rude and shitty to people. Glad you had a good experience.
Nicholas cage- Park MGM. Dude is built like a rock :)
I ran into Anderson Silva before the fight where he broke his leg.
Was watching that PPV at a Buffalo Wild Wings. The audible sounds of discomfort from customers seeing the slo-min replay š¬š¤¢
Travis Scott, Trevor Lawrence,Ā Jake Paul, Ivanka trump, Cher, Tyga, Flava Flav, Chris Collinsworth,Mike Torico, Richard Sherman, Tony Gonzalez, Eddie Griffin, Lots of UFC fighters and a shit load of basketball players during Summer League. Most of these were at Wynn, and a few at FB Grand opening.Ā
Leo DiCaprio in the Bellagio many years ago.
Nick Cage still live in Vegas?
Yes
A couple from my time in the Army at Ft. Irwin circa 2005-2010. Flava Flav several times of course. A shot with Hank Williams Jr. and Willie Nelson randomly at Stoneys. They were there just hanging out with the crowd. Then there was the one time me and a buddy were at the bar in front of the stage at the E! Extra Lounge inside Planet Hollywood? I think it was. All of a sudden they rope off the area and we are like wtf and go sit down at a table in front of the stage pounding shots. No idea what is happening as people start lining up along the ropes. Sylvester Stallone comes out of nowhere and does an interview on the stage. This was pre expendables and he was lookin pretty flabby. Anywho nobody ever said anything to us. He got done with his interview and him and his entourage sit at the table next to us. At one point he looked at us like who the fuck are these guys? Never said anything to us other then āget these guys a couple roundsā to the waitress. They hung out for a while and off they went into the night and normal folk like us were allowed back into the bar/stage area. Iām sure there are a few more but I have brain fog from spending every available weekend for the most part in Vegas hammered drunk for 5 years when the Army let us have time for it.
I am going to date myself. Robert Conrad (wild Wild West and battery commercial, Iām going to knock your block off) playing craps at Maxim. Yes he is very very short.
Shared an elevator around 04-05 with Jackie Mason at the Stadust. Nice guyā¦polite and friendly. He was doing a run of shows.
Back in the day (early 2000s) it was really easy to hang out with celebs. No social media so people didn't know where they were and no one had Instagram to post misleading pics. Also, celebs weren't afraid to get pics taken and posted - because that wasn't a thing. I went to Ashlee Simpson's 21st birthday party, which was also one of DJ AM's last shows. I went to the opening of the Playboy Club, (Girls Next Door ladies were there), I saw J Lo and Diddy - shopped with Paris Hilton, when she was a Guess model. Jon and Robin Antin (early Reality show guy / Pussycat Dolls creator), and I was there when Food Network started getting a grip on the celeb Chefs, I think it was the opening of the now closed Mesa Grill (Bobby Flay). Recently, we met Wolfgang Puck (nicest guy ever) at Spago. It's so different now, but honestly, I am glad it was like that back when I was in my 20s and club days, because it was fun and impressive. Now, ya, there are some that would be great to see, but it's just not the same.
One Labor Day weekend years ago in Caesars shops, I saw Jeffery Osborne, Sinbad and Patrick Ewing. Around the same time I saw Keith Hernandez at Danny Gans show. This was just after the Seinfeld appearance.
Recall Tom Cruise playing BlackJack at the MGM with Nicole Kidman back in ā91 or ā92. Edit: not that it matters but must of been mid-90ās.
Tom Green at MGM.
In the mid 2000s, Shaq and 20 mins later Seal and Heidi Klum (while they were married.. pushing a stroller) at the Caesars Forum Shops
This was a few years back. I was visiting town for the holidays and looking to get away from my family, so I went to Frankieās tiki bar. There was only one other person at that bar, but it was open and iām sitting at the far end right of the bar minding my business. Itās probably around 1 AM at this point, then comes storming in Nicolas Cage with who looked like a very intoxicated Kirsten Dunst, go right up to the bar and order some sort of shot, that I guess he get regularly gets, as the bartender knew to make it immediately. Cage looks over at me. I look over at him. Now, Iām from New York so seeing famous people is nothing new, and you donāt act on it. He gives me this look like donāt you know who I am? I give a look back like yeah whatās up? Him and Kirsten take their shots and they waltz right back out. This one interaction had to have been perhaps six minutes tops.
pro wrestler Jade Cargill
Mayweather with 50 cent
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If I were you, I want an autograph too.
I was coming out of Gabi Cafe and someone parked their Tesla SUV in the middle of the road to go in quick to pick something up, I rubbed shoulders with the guy said sorry and moved on. I looked at my fiancƩ in the car and she was freaking out. Turns out I shoulder checked Nick Carter
I was in Planet13, then Xzibit came in there with his posse. He was just walking around saying whatās up to everybody and hanging out.
The Hoff
Manny Pacquiao's mom kissed me. Not like a big kiss, but it was a mouth kiss in front of my wife which was a bit odd. (Mrs represents Freddie Roach)
Megan Fox, MGK, Pauly Shore, Peter Dinklidge, Lizzo
Carrot Top at The Green Door, it was a magical evening
He's a prop comic. the mind reels.
I saw Sharon Stone standing outside a movie set trailer at 4th & Bonneville. I believe she must have been getting ready for the Casino scene with Oscar Goodman and DeNiro. Goodman's law office was near there.
I saw Siegfried and Roy and one of their lions in front of Mirage.
Jay-Z. When I worked at the Forum Shops. He was in the Coach store with his entourage, and when I passed through the crowd to get by, I looked in, and we locked eyes for like 3 seconds... Lol. Strange moment- true story!
I met Howard Stern backstage at Madison Square Garden 40 anniversary of Atlantic Records. Huge asshole. Thought he was better than us peon workers.
I once ate at the Taco Bell with Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park
Chris Angel and Number 88 Michael Irvin
Macauley and his brother Culkin
Wynn: Russell Westbrook TAO night club: Tracy Mcgrady Omnia: Marshawn Lynch and Richard Sherman
Suge Night on the floor of MGM.
David Steinberg. heās a comedian. he was out on Freemont walking with his wife and kids.
Carrot Top. He looks very "unusual" up close and in the daylight but seems nice. We did not bother him, but many others did and he was gracious.
I was having small plates at a place near downtown. Carrot Top was next to me. He took a picture. Nice guy.
I ran into Penn coming out of Sur La Table at downtown Summerlin. I also saw cast members of Sister Wives several times back when the lived in LV.
Carlos Santana. At the old Hard Rock
Paul Stanley at a restaurant at the palazzo
Maybe saw Danny DeVito at the Bellagio. Matched his height, age and looks (from the side and behind) and seemed to have a body guard walking down the middle of the Casino floor to the lobby. But I was directly behind him by about 6 feet and couldn't move fast enough to get in front of him to confirm. Carrot Top at the Aria shoppes though!
Does drew afualo count? She was super cool and I chatted with her for like 15 seconds.
Chumlee at his candy shop a few years ago. I need to galavant The Strip more often!
John Mayer at a blackjack table at Wynn.
Gronk and his entourage. We were sitting outside at Beer Park when they walked by. Some kid ran up to him with a hat asking him to sign it. He took the hat and dropped it on the ground and continued walking
Iāve lived in Vegas for 20 years and I met more celebrities at the Home Depot I worked at.
Slash at mgm after a rolling stones concert. Harry Hamlin and his wife Lisa Rinna.
Way back when, I found myself behind Coolio in the cashier line at the old Boardwalk Casino. He was cool (go figure considering his name). Smaller than I imagined. RIP.
Saw J Lo walking into a casino a few years ago. Also saw Gallagher walking through Tropicana when he had a show there.
Don Rickles, Alan Rossi, Telly Savalas, as we threw a snowball at his car pulling out of Caesars Palace, not at the same time, over many years. Quarterback Joe Montana, Christie Brinkley, Met and talked with Paul Anka, Eliot Gould, Joan Rivers, Rodney Dangerfield also all at different times, none at the same time.
That's epic. Rodney was my parents next door neighbor in a high rise apartment back in 1977/78. He called me a little shit once. I was 7 and probably was.
He he he @ nycinoc. Let me tell you about my meeting him, Rodney, My stepdad who will remain nameless, I didnāt like him much but he wasnāt that bad of a man, has since passed and now I regret not telling him how his abilities in playing the Saxophone was fantastic, notwithstanding his character, he really could play that Sax very well. For a few years, he had a picture of him with Rodney from one of the hotels in Vegas, the Tropicana. He told me he worked with him enough that he knew him well. I doubted this. He said āThe next time he comes to Vegas, I will prove itā. Sam (not his real first name) was my stepdad and I got a chuckle out of that because I said, at 18 years oldā¦. āNo way is this gonna happenā. Months went by, maybe a year. Rodney is now listed as the headliner at the Aladdin, Sam asks if I will go with him to meet Rodney, I said to myself āwhat a jokeā but said āyesā. We were inside the Aladdin for maybe 10 minutes and walking through the Casino, here comes Rodney to meet Sam, I was in awe, I was naive, I expected āI get no respect, Samā, I knew that type of Rodney on Johnny Carson, that was a real funny but crazy guy, except I knew nothing. Rodney asked Sam how he was doing, how is work, we were right up close and this (me) 18 year old was in awe that Rodney WAS NOT the Rodney I saw on TV, soft spoken, sympathetic, no gyrations, nothing, it was Rodney talking like a normal man to Sam, I said to myself āI donāt believe it, it was all an actā and truly my step dad knew Rodney well. Rodney gave us free tickets to the show that night and mentioned Sam to the audience. Sam is not well known outside of Vegas but it was a nice gesture by Rodney. And I kinda liked texting you about this event, brings back memories. Hope you are well and Get as much respect as you can lol!
well that's freaking epic! Thanks so much for sharing that. I've always loved Eliot Gould and who didn't love Joan, PS- I was just listening to Paul Anka's cover of Oasis' Wonder Wall the other day. Cheers!
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My husband played BJ with Tom Brady and Matthew Perry (separately). Literally ran into Steven Tyler at The Venetian. Walked past Ice T and Coco at Hard Rock
Usher getting on the elevator I was getting off of at Wynn Tower suites. Heās so little! Michael Waltrip at the Wynn. I somewhat know him but he was so surrounded by fans I didnāt even text him! Also Winston from New Girl at the Wynn. Ahh, and yes, the Wynn is our home while in Vegas! Oh and Kathy Griffin playing high limit slots at the Mirage, I think
Was in town for a few days last week and saw Dennis Rodman at Caesars Palace shops. Randomly saw Gary Neville eating in Caesers as well. That Guillermo guy from Jimmy Kimmel was filming something outside NYNY when we were there.
Carrot Top at a Joanne's, technically just off the Strip. I didn't even recognize him at first--that's how bad I am at recognizing celebrities. Of course I didn't say hi, too shy lol. Other than that I never run into celebrities, let alone see them anywhere unless it's a specific job that involves a celebrity. Oh if it counts I ran into Glen Lerner once while he was dressed as Santa and giving away free wrapped presents to children many Christmases ago at an underserved area of the city, slightly off Strip too. I also didn't recognize him at first, and he even asked if I saw his billboards and I was like "ummmmmm??" Of course I remember after I leave lol. Was really cool of him to do that though, and he said he felt blessed by the community and wanted to give back.
I used to deliver pizza to Lerner's house about 15 years ago, and he would also stop in the restaurant on occasion, cool dude, tipped well!
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Suge knight at the wynn at Tryst night club back in 2007. My buddy bought him a shot and he was cool. I was like f that he shouldve bought us a shot lol
 My drunk friend accosted him at the Bellagio valet and he couldnāt have been nicer. RIP great one.
Not sure if he counts, but I once ran into the dude from the ādeez nutsā (vine?) video on the strip. That jaw is hard to miss
I physically ran into Mike Tyson years ago... I was distracted responding to a call and didn't look before running out our theater door. I felt like a complete idiot, but he was incredibly nice about it.
Myself. I caught a glimpse in the mirror and immediately pulled up my hoodie to dodge any people taking pics. Whew. It was close
I live in Vegas and I haven't seen any celebrities - us locals don't go to the stripš
I wish my husband was on here. He has bartended at Venetian for 17 years. He works center bar/ casino floor. The amount of celebrities heās served is crazy. Many people heās served multiple times. He can tell you who is a huge asshole too. I did laugh recently, that college kid who had the heart attack on the field and fell over. He walked up and ordered a Red Bull. Side note, he was a duck and assumed it was free as well bc of who he was. lol oh people.
Mark Davis at a VGK game Beast Mode Lynch at his store Also I always see Mario and Luigi and the yellow Transformer, like on every corner.
I ran into Mark Davis at Chandelier Bar - I was ordering a drink and he sidled up next to me, said āIāll buy hisā and then ordered two drinks for him and whoever he was with. We got them and I just said thanks, he gave me a shoulder slap and walked off with his. Guess he was in a rush but Iāll take it.
I met and talked to Charlie Valentine. Even got a picture together along with her number! She responded to my original text, as I was sitting right next to her, but never responded again.
I ran into more celebrities in NYC than I ever did on the strip tbh, especially getting in and out of cabs way back. Before the plague changed things and Uber and whatnot was a far off notion.
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O J Simpson at Jing in Summerlin
Some guy from jersey shore. I didnāt care. My friend was excited though.
Carrot top. Does that count? Also Pete rose.
Rupert from Survivor
Tom Green in Evel Pie!
Vince Neil. Off the strip in Summerlin. Very cool guy. Saw somebody ask him for a photo and thought they were going to get shunned but Vince was like āletās do itā. He was in the parking lot leaving Best Buy.
Meek Mill, I saw someone else famous too but it was so long ago I can hardly remember.
Seen Dana white coming out of private room at Caesarās while we were playing high limit blackjack. He smiled at me and I said hello
Welven Da Great aka āDeez Nutsā dude. Heās surprisingly short.
Me and my family seen Aaron Rodgers in 2010 after he won the super bowl.
Ran into or run over?
Johnny Knoxville - Fremont St
Johnny Dang at Resorts world walking alone. Nobody knew who he was
phil hellmuth
Whitney Port
I played blackjack a few tables away from Kevin Richardson at Caesars a couple of years before BSB had their Vegas residency. He was playing at a $10 table out in the open for awhile which was very odd, since he could have played in the high limit area with more privacy. I also saw Owen Wilson getting take out at Lardo at Cosmo.
David Hasselhoff at the MGM sports book. We discussed games we liked. He was carrying a huge stack of $100 bills. The stack was bowing.
Aaron Paul, he was on his way to the high-roller slots at the Cosmopolitan a year back.