re: What celebrities have you met? Were they nice or a jerk?

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Sarah Hyland (Modern Family) once entered my place of work and asked to used our public restroom.

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If she is 10% as charming in person as she comes across on camera, she's crushworthy.

David Carradine- cool. I was an extra on POW the escape

Rodney Dangerfield- meh....not ultra friendly or funny at the time. It was Chicago and it was cold.

Bob Hope- super cool. Did security detail for him and the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders.

R Lee Ermey- super cool. Met him at a range.

I got a call from my grandfather a few years back. He had been fishing at Lake Eufaula and wanted to tell me about this great young guy he had met. He said there was a small pavilion and this young guy was paying the acoustic guitar. My grandfather was wearing his Vietnam Army hat, and the young guy came over to shake his hand and thank him for his service. They got to talking more and my grandpa was telling him about me and how I also play guitar as well as the saxophone.

The guy started to tell my grandpa how he is an actor and has been in some bigger movies and how he was currently filming with Tom Hanks. Turns out he and I share the same name. Grandpa told me I should look into him. I did some digging and it turns out it was Grayson Russell, non other than Texas Ranger Bobby from Talladega Nights. It's hilarious because that is certainly a movie my grandfather has never seen and for him to be so unaware of how quotable Grayson's lines were.

Turns out the Tom Hanks movie was Greyhound. So I didn't get to meet him but my grandpa could not have spoken higher of him. Said he was very interested in the experiences and wellbeing of US veterans.

Wife has worked in the industry for decades. I know ALOT of celebs. Some nice, some not. Some are so famous that they get stopped all day long by everyone on the street wanting to talk or ask for photos. By saying no, people think they are dicks, but honestly its all day everyday - I'd kinda be a dick too. Example - Sam Jackson is a nice guy, but he doesn't want to be bothered. If you walk up to him with an iphone while he is in a public restroom he will go Pulp Fiction on you. Seen it happen.

Nicest - Met Mr Rogers as a child - he wins. Keanu is also extremely nice, like give you an organ nice.

Worst - Harvey Weinstein - had the not-pleasure to be in his presence a few times. First time i spent like two hours alone with him in a green room and I remember thinking this is one of the worst humans ever in history. Another time he was really mean to my wife in front of me and i wanted to punch him, but it would have ended her career. I know I'm not the only man who feels that way. Honestly, he is lucky to be in jail now.

I used to play in a band in the early 2000’s and we were the opening act for a few big name bands when Grant St Dancehall in Lafayette was still a good music venue. We opened up for Blue October, Tantric, and Cowboy Mouth. Got to hangout with them backstage and/or on their tour bus. All really cool people.

The singer for Tantric (Hugo Ferreira), when he talked it was kinda shocking how his voice sounds compared to his singing. He voice was rough!

When we opened for Cowboy Mouth, I met M.C. Gainey backstage. He was really good friends with the band apparently. Really cool and hilarious guy.

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That is awesome. Please tell me you did Wakanda Forever and crossed your arms across your chest when you left, because you know he wasn't tired of doing that

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Nah, but I slipped him a little post-it that said VONTAE MACK NO MATTER WHAT


(I wish I had the balls to actually do that)

When was this? Isn’t he like 70 by now?

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I saw Eminem go into a bathroom stall once to take a shite, so I stood by it until he came out and I asked for an autograph. He wouldnt give it to me so I called him an a-hole.

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That's the way he is.

How did you meet all those celebs?