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The Internet Is Sharing Deeply Boring Stories About Meeting Celebrities And They’re Charming

They're just like us -- they put their fancy pants on one leg at a time, with the help of a butler.

by Patrick Lenton  30 April 2018

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Celebrities! If you take away the crippling burden of fame, their millions of dollars and their couture gowns, they’re just like us. You could find them on the street, screaming at a tram or buying a loaf of gum, like a regular Tom, Penis or Harry.

Over the weekend, podcast host and writer John Moe took to Twitter to ask people for their most boring, mundane and inconsequential celebrity encounters. As it turns out, lots of people have seen or heard a celebrity doing something absolutely normal.

As the common saying goes, there are apparently up to five times as many celebrities as people in New York City.

People were quick to respond with some truly pedestrian encounters with the rich and famous, proving that you could find a celebrity ANYWHERE — roaming the streets at night, lurking in a dentist’s waiting room, crawling through your walls and ceiling in a privileged swarm.

Sometimes celebrities can be helpful, and can really give back to society from which they extract all the gems and child-blood that they require in order to live.

But probably the most interesting stories are the ones that seem benign and boring on the outside, but upon further investigation are actually deeply cooked. Scratch at the perfectly moisturised facade of a celebrity and you will discover a true weirdo underneath.

And sometimes celebrities need to be put in their places! Just because they are part of the secret cabal that runs every government in the world, doesn’t mean they are the boss of us!