What Famous People Have You Crossed Paths in Your Life?

And do not include me ffs

First up for me is Roy Keane, we used to drink in the same pub, nodded to each other in a cool hello numerous times, never actually spoke, sometimes there is no need.

 

Gerry Adams(IRA army council/Sinn Fein/alleged mi5 informer)
Martin McGuiness(IRA army council/Sinn Fein/alleged Mi5 informer)
Gerry Kelly (hunger striker/IRA bomber/Sinn Fein/Alleged mi5 informer)
Alan sherar(prem footballer)
Kyle Lafferty(scum *)
Enda Kenny (Irish Taoiseach)
Mary Robinson(president of Ireland)
Mary mcAleese(president of Ireland from Ardoyne)
EammonMcGee(world champion boxer from Ardoyne)


At the top of my head, Just a few who I've bumped into and some on a few occasions.

 

I've genuinely and completely unintentionally been within about 10 feet of the queen

 

What did Freddie say to you?

 

Used to play snooker next to John Higgins every day when I was younger and trying to make it in the game, proper cracking bloke and very kind.

Also I opened for Derek Warfield and the Young Wolfe Tones a few years back in Lochee, wee half hour set and the big man was full of praise for my talents

 

10 feet from Pope Francis when we got tickets for a mass in Rome and managed to get seated near the aisle he walked up afterwards

 

Kenny Dalglish and his Mrs (When he used to go for his bus home)

Michelle McManus

Carol Smillie

Dmitri Kharine

Colin Healy

Nicola Sturgeon

 

Saw Lubo on Sauchiehall Street a couple of months ago. Wanted to kiss his feet and cry, but managed to just nod. He nodded back. I was thrilled

 

Scott Harrison bought me a pint while I was dressed as Peter Pan in the old sports cafe.

and tried to give Pharrell Williams an apple sourz in chinawhite before his bouncer launched me across the dance floor. He then left with every decent burd in the place. *.

 

-Met Dave Mustaine at a meet in greet and got an album signed.
-Played bowling next to Nakamura twice in Hollywood bowl.
-Bumped into Ford Kieran in Florida when we were waiting to go on the slingshot and when we asked him how it was he mumbled something in the big man voice for a laugh
-Met a few other Celtic players like Tom boyd, Stan Petrov and George McCluskey
-Shared a flight with a few of sevco players like nacho novo and Steven Davis and I went up to Neil Alexander with a Celtic view of Lennon holding the Scottish cup and asked him to sign it and he laughed and said “can’t sign Celtic” even got a chuckle out a few of folk with him.
-Played Johnny Rae at a game of snooker and got played off the table no surprises.

 

I ate Pizza next to Chris Rock, I almost hit John Turturro and Steve Buscemi with a baseball once, a few years later I bump into john turturro on my way home and as I pass him he says "No baseball this time".

 

I used to know Pat Crerand pretty dam well when he was the Landlord of The Park Pub in Altrincham in Cheshire, i was easily the youngest member of the Celtic Supporters Club based there and yes underage, he thought i was at college. He had great humour and a great love for Celtic.

 

Outside of Celtic ex players

Billy Connolly
Liam Neeson
Sarah Jessica Parker & Matthew Broderick

Paul Rudd, Peter Dinklage and Bobby Cannavale and some other actors I didn't know in a quiet pub in Donegal. They were on a stag week. One of them were in Dallas Buyers Club. I actually didn't know any of them but one of the guys in our group new the wee guy from Game of Thrones. We actually sat and chatted them for a while and they were all dead on.
I had to google the news article to remember their names.

Billy Connolly was the only one I didn't get to speak to and I'd have swapped meeting all the rest for a pint with Billy

 

Howard Marks
Neil Lennon
Shane Macgowan
Ewan Macgregor
Sharon Shannon
Was lucky enough to not meet Jimmy Seville when he came to my place of work. But the two managers there left to be his assistants or something when he was in Glencoe. * chieftain of Lochaber too, wonder who he abused to get that title

 

Karen Dunbar
Jonathan Gould
Prince Charles
Dr Jo Venglos
Henrik Larsson
James Taylor (Quartet)
The Game

 

Left McHugh's in Belfast last year, random weeknight as was showing a yank ex around the city.

Wandered into the first place we seen, don't remember the name but first time I'd been in, went down to the snug in the back as there some aul hippy lad playing the banjo with his dog in toe so looked like decent craic, pints ordered & all is class.

In walks Kev Bridges in the little snug area beside us after his gig, did a double take & realized it was definelty him, didn't act the * just carried on having the craic, said it to my ex on the sly but she hadn't a clue, turned into an absolute class night singing along with banjo man & all, Bridges ordered us all 2 rounds.

Got talking to him & another fella outside about Celtic, Lazio away got brought up and was showing them videos I took when I was in the away end & all, end of the day the fellas just a sound Tim who's famous.

 

Drank pints and whiskeys for a few hours with Donald Cerrone, cool guy.

 

Seen Larsson once on Battlefield rd near the infirmary, seen the actor Peter Mullin on same rd years later.
Seen Neil Lennon once in Pollok park during lockdown.
Seen Alan Thompson in Greaves city centre.
Seen Johnny Adair at Queens street train station.
Drank with the hound from Game of Thrones and talked about UFOs at my workplace.
Grew up with Gerry Cinnamon in Castlemilk.

 

Was distracted on my phone up the Fort once, seen a face I recognised and went aww how you doing mate, Irish accent answered back all good buddy how about yourself? I said fine.


Got ten yards away and went wait that was * Darren O’Dea. That distracted just recognised a face thought I knew him, politely greeted, he must have realised done it back nicely and I’ve always thought that was sound.

Cillian Sheridan I ended up pished in a dancing with for a few hours one night, can’t remember exactly how it ended up me him and my mate, but he was the soundest * out.