Celebrity encounters usually go one of three ways: your hopes are dashed when they’re extremely rude, they’re super nice and you love them even more, or things are just a little weird .
Maybe you caught them in a strange moment — your friend fainted and they came to the rescue — or you met them at a random place, like the nail salon.
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For all this and more, here are 10+ celeb encounters people will never forget.
Hugh Jackman
This girl was in the middle of Times Square when her classmate fainted. The actor appeared out of nowhere to carry the girl away from the crowd and make sure she was okay.
So, you’re telling us we just have to faint and Hugh will appear? knocks head on desk
Emma Watson
“I saw Emma Watson at the Beverly Hilton the day before the SAG Awards about five years ago. I smiled at her politely without realising who it was, then made a sort of squealing sound when it clicked and instinctively began to follow her and her friend throughout the hotel. I spent the next 45 minutes peeking into hotel room windows to see if I could find them and get proof that I’d met her. I was eventually escorted off the premises.” – phoebeg4870dc518
Christan Bale
“A friend saw christian bale at the end of the block. and my friend being very animated smile really big and was clearly headed over to him. Halfway there christian mouthed ‘don’t’ and my friend left him alone.” – u/deleted
Danny DeVito
TikTok user @SplashofSoy was surrounded by beautiful women at a bar at Coachella. But it was her who the Matilda actor came up to and asked if he could buy her a drink.
David Hasselhoff
“I once spotted David Hasselhoff walking the tiniest dog in an Urban Outfitters. When we locked eyes and I froze, he said ‘Yeah, it’s really me’ and walked off. I clearly need to work on my poker face.” – maidaw
Ben Affleck
“I was picking up takeout from a place in the Pacific Palisades with my friend and I accidentally opened a door into a man’s face. I immediately apologised, he shrugged it off, and my friend and I got into our car. The first thing she said was, ‘Dude, that was Ben Affleck.’ Apparently I slammed a door into Ben Affleck’s face. Not my finest moment.” – victorias4e1b807b6
Leonardo DiCaprio
This TikTok user was at Disneyland when the A-list actor cut people in line for one of the rides. His excuse? It was “his favorite ride.” A-lister or not, people weren’t impressed to have to wait longer.
Michael Jackson
“My mother actually had Michael Jackson knock on her door back in the ’80s when he was serving as a Jehovah’s Witness. My sister was a baby at the time and he complimented on how cute she was and they actually talked for a while. My mom never realized it was him until she read in the paper the next day that he was in town. She even said to him, ‘Has anyone ever said you look like Michael Jackson?’ And he said, ‘Yeah, I get that a lot.’ My mom LOVES to tell that story.” – akatb720
Melissa McCarthy
“I attended a taping of Mike and Molly, and after filming, we got to meet the cast. When it came to meeting Melissa McCarthy, I told her that I identified with the characters she portrays and ‘it’s coming out of me like lava’. What I didn’t follow up to say was that I laughed the hardest at that scene in particular. She was repulsed and said, ‘That doesn’t sound pleasant.'” – kimberlyd4f5b81ae2
Bjork
The ’90s were a wild time.
This is apparently the decade where Bjork ran into a fan in NYC and asked him where a gay bathhouse went. Instead of just telling her, this fan joined her and allegedly did drugs all night.
Ray Romano
“I was walking right past the high limits section of a casino in Southern California when Ray Romano was being escorted in with a couple security guards. He looked right at me as I said, ‘Holy [expletive], it’s you!’ He laughed and shouted, ‘Hi!’ and my [expletive] says, ‘Hope you win big! Maybe walk out a millionaire!'” – intellectualsphere
Ansel Elgort
“One time my friend and I were on the subway and a guy came on and sat down next to us. I told my friend that I thought it was Ansel Elgort, but she wasn’t sure, so when it got to our stop I said to him, ‘Has anyone told you that you look like Ansel Elgort?’ He responded, ‘Yeah I get that a lot.’ As I got off the train I heard someone else say to him, ‘Is that because you are Ansel Elgort?’ He chuckled and said yes. Cue facepalm.” – jblass
Cameron Diaz and Nicole Richie
This lucky TikTok user got to feel like a third Madden sister-in-law when she chatted with the girls while they were getting pedicures.
She said that they were so nice and exactly who they portray themselves to be.
Orlando Bloom
“One of my friends works in a supermarket and he recently asked Orlando Bloom for ID when he was buying some wine. Orlando happily obliged, and my friend nearly fell out of his chair when he read the name on the card.” – u/icemasterdsslim
Paul Rudd
“On Christmas Eve one year, Paul Rudd came into the store where I worked for a gift card. Desperate for something clever to say to him, I said, ‘Has anyone ever told you you look like David Schwimmer?'” – alih41dd2a5e5
George Lucas
Back when this TikTok user worked at the Disney store, they would sell Star Wars merchandise. One time he was explaining The Force Awakens to a customer when he looked up and saw that the creator of the franchise had heard the whole thing.
Dave Chappelle
“A friend of mine was visiting California when he ran into Dave Chappelle at a hotel. My friend and a few others realized who he was and went to approach him for a picture. Dave was near the elevators and shoved a twix in his mouth so he couldn’t talk like in the commercials then hopped on and shut the doors.” – u/shmoey
Nick Jonas
“I saw Nick Jonas and his girlfriend at the time, Olivia Culpo, on the streets of New York City and went to get a picture with them. I had no clue a paparazzo was filming across the street, so it was interesting when I came home to find the moment my skirt blew up from the subway grate was on YouTube. Now 160,000 people have seen my [expletive]… Thank God I was wearing boy shorts that day.” – hayleyrae
Harry Styles
This TikTok user’s first-ever flight was something else. They were on the same eight-hour flight to London with the singer. Doesn’t he have a private jet or something?!
“I can die happy now,” the user said. “That’s it, that’s my experience.”
