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re: How many would recognize a celebrity on their flight?

Posted on 10/11/22 at 2:15 pm to
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
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Posted on 10/11/22 at 2:15 pm to
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Saw on FB. UNFILTERED with Kiran ran in Chef John Folse and took a picture.... looking at both of them I don't think I'd recognize either at the airport.


A few years ago I was on a flight to Atlanta from New Orleans. I was sitting in the aisle seat and struck up a conversation with the woman sitting in the middle seat about 10 minutes before landing. She told me she was traveling to Atlanta for a cooking competition. When I asked if she was a chef or in the restaurant industry she said she worked for Chef John Flose...who was sitting next to us in the window seat. So I agree with you that I would not recognize Chef John Folse at the airport...given that I did not recognize him for nearly the entirety of an 1.5 hour stay on a plane where he was sitting two seats over from me.

I did, however, recognize Bill Dance on a flight to Memphis once because his goofy Tennessee ball cap was hard to miss. I'm also pretty sure his clumsy arse hit his head on the overhead bin.
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
67213 posts
Posted on 10/11/22 at 2:15 pm to
I’d recognize John Folse. I have met him a few times.

I rarely run into celebrities flying Spirit
Posted by ShermanTxTiger
Broussard, La
Member since Oct 2007
10905 posts
Posted on 10/11/22 at 2:17 pm to
I saw Bryan Adams on an America West flight from PHX to LAX in June 1994.

He was easy to spot.
Posted by Peter Venkman
Jackson, TN
Member since Aug 2016
2470 posts
Posted on 10/11/22 at 2:19 pm to
I have been on flights with both DeAngelo Williams (from CLT to MEM) and Warrick Dunn (from ATL to TPA). Both really nice guys.
Posted by Cymry Teigr
Member since Sep 2012
2106 posts
Posted on 10/11/22 at 2:19 pm to
Sat next to Samuel L Jackson on a flight from Italy once. Asked him if he wanted me to call him Mr Laurence Fishburne to keep up the cliché of him always being confused for someone else. He laughed which I guess was a good thing.
Posted by bad93ex
Member since Sep 2018
27357 posts
Posted on 10/11/22 at 2:20 pm to
I saw Nick and Terry on a flight to Austin a few years back.
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
146214 posts
Posted on 10/11/22 at 2:22 pm to
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How many would recognize a celebrity on their flight?


Even if I did and I have before I just ignore them

I ignore them anytime I see them in a bar, restaurant, supermarket, etc.

I used to see Drew Brees and all the Manning’s including Peyton and Big Archie at our kids sporting events all the time.

No one gave a shite


The only athlete I took a pic with with the Honey Badger at a Pels game about 10 years ago
This post was edited on 10/11/22 at 2:25 pm
Posted by msap9020
Texas
Member since Feb 2015
1282 posts
Posted on 10/11/22 at 2:23 pm to
Had Dennis Rodman get on a plane with me. This was a few years after the Korea debacle. Believe me, its hard not to recognize that guy.
Posted by Turf Taint
New Orleans
Member since Jun 2021
6010 posts
Posted on 10/11/22 at 2:26 pm to
Used to fly all the time

Jon Gruden was last one for me, but there were many others.
Posted by SeeeeK
some where
Member since Sep 2012
28114 posts
Posted on 10/11/22 at 2:29 pm to
I'm good with faces, so I recognize people pretty quickly. Last trip to Vegas, while flying to lax, Jimmy Johnson was on my flight.

U could of pulled an axe out of the fire box and that hair wod of repelled the axe blows.
Posted by LordSaintly
Member since Dec 2005
38956 posts
Posted on 10/11/22 at 2:31 pm to
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The only one I didnt recognize was Angela Bassett


But then how did you know it was her?
Posted by mark65mc
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
11291 posts
Posted on 10/11/22 at 2:32 pm to
I was on a flight with Darren Sproles when he was on the Saints. Recognizing him as an NFL player was challenging.
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
19568 posts
Posted on 10/11/22 at 2:34 pm to

Hulk Hogan was ahead of me in line at the airline counter in Tampa about 15 years ago. I was warned that he doesn’t like strangers approaching him.
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
146214 posts
Posted on 10/11/22 at 2:34 pm to
I see politicians flying coach all the time.

I’ve sat next to Austin Rivers in 1st Class once and I knew who he was and he knew I knew but we never mentioned it.

I’ve also spent the day and had lunch with Capt Lee from Below Deck, picked him up from the airport and drove him around all day, had lunch, drinks and dropped him off back at the airport.

A poster on this site can back me up on that
This post was edited on 10/11/22 at 2:35 pm
Posted by 14&Counting
Eugene, OR
Member since Jul 2012
37705 posts
Posted on 10/11/22 at 2:35 pm to
I was on a flight in first class from Burbank to Dallas with Smokey Robinson. Took me awhile to work out who he was but he had these weird rock n roll type cloths no normal person would wear.
This post was edited on 10/11/22 at 2:36 pm
Posted by Deep Purple Haze
LA
Member since Jun 2007
52235 posts
Posted on 10/11/22 at 2:35 pm to
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
146214 posts
Posted on 10/11/22 at 2:37 pm to
He’s as cool IRL as he his on the show.
Posted by redstick13
Lower Saxony
Member since Feb 2007
38605 posts
Posted on 10/11/22 at 2:40 pm to
I was on a regional flight with Kurt Russell once. He was hard to miss with his "I'm not the real Kurt Russell" shirt.
Posted by Roll Tide Ravens
Birmingham, AL
Member since Nov 2015
42893 posts
Posted on 10/11/22 at 2:41 pm to
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I saw Nick and Terry on a flight to Austin a few years back.


Every SEC and Texas message board tracked that flight.

Posted by Deep Purple Haze
LA
Member since Jun 2007
52235 posts
Posted on 10/11/22 at 2:42 pm to
he doesn't take any shite from those dumbfrick minions
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