45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (2024)

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[ ADVERTIsem*nT ] 1. What Would A 4-Times Olympian & Triple World Champion Athlete Know About Elite Athletics 2. Random Person Explaining An Astronaut How Space Works 3. How Do You Know? 4. Youtuber Told To Watch Her Own Channel 5. Creating A Package Doesn't Mean You Are Familiar With It 6. On A Post About How Amusem*nt Parks Should Raise Their Wages. 7. It’s Always A Kevin 8. Tony Can’t Catch A Break 9. Rage Against The Barista 10. Matt Leblanc (Joey From Friends) On Meeting Younger Fans 11. Condescending People Are The Worst 12. Italian Researcher Getting Sent His Own Article About Grafene By Antivaxxers :) 13. Actually, It's Miss Doctor 14. What Could Go Wrong Arguing With The Creator Of Deadpool? 15. Worth Reading To The End. 16. Tony Walks Into An Elevator… 17. Fair Point Well Made 18. Dead Serious 19. An Unfortunate Mistake 20. On A Twitter Post About A Woman Claiming To Have Seizures From The Vaccine 21. Just Found This One In The Wild 22. Well Someone Wasn't Paying Attention 23. I Wrote The Movie 24. I Think He'd Be Pretty Disappointed If He Didn't See The Lead Singer Of The Band In There 25. Elon Musk Doesn't Know Who Garry Kasparov Is 26. Algorithm 27. Orbital Police 28. ‘You Know Nothing About Game Development’ To A Certified Twitter Account For An Indie Dev After He Carefully Explained Why Nfts In Games Would Be Troublesome At Best. 29. Tony Hawk Truly Is The King Of This Sub 30. Lady Does A Good Swim 31. I Thought This Was A Good One, Spotted On My Twitter 32. A Pretty Wholesome One 33. British Tennis Player Gets Mistaken... For Himself 34. He Tried. Bless 35. The ‘Nerve’ On This Guy… 36. Jack Monroe Has A Tony Hawk Moment (With A Happy Ending For A Change) 37. How Dare You? 38. Telling Middle East Politics Expert To Learn Something About The Region 39. In The Future, Everyone Will Be Tony Hawk For 15 Minutes 40. You Don’t Know Who Will Wheaton Is, Do You? 41. Telling A Comic Book Writer To Get A Real Job 42. Yeah, Scott‘S A Well Known Microsoft Mvp With A Long History In Tech (And With Ms), But Sure He Doesn‘T Know Anything About Windows 43. Main Character Syndrome 44. A Pleasant Twitter Interaction 45. Jeff Goldblum Pretends Not To Know Who Jeff Goldblum Is References

by Maryjane

Many of us devote a significant amount of our time to keeping up with our favorite actors, artists, and other famous people on social media and in the news. But unless you happen to reside in Hollywood, you usually don't think about the possibility of ever meeting these celebrities in person.

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1. What Would A 4-Times Olympian & Triple World Champion Athlete Know About Elite Athletics

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (1)

2. Random Person Explaining An Astronaut How Space Works

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (2)

3. How Do You Know?

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (3)

4. Youtuber Told To Watch Her Own Channel

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (4)

5. Creating A Package Doesn't Mean You Are Familiar With It

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (5)

6. On A Post About How Amusem*nt Parks Should Raise Their Wages.

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (6)

7. It’s Always A Kevin

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (7)

8. Tony Can’t Catch A Break

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (8)

9. Rage Against The Barista

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (9)

10. Matt Leblanc (Joey From Friends) On Meeting Younger Fans

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (10)

11. Condescending People Are The Worst

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (11)

12. Italian Researcher Getting Sent His Own Article About Grafene By Antivaxxers :)

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (12)

13. Actually, It's Miss Doctor

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (13)

14. What Could Go Wrong Arguing With The Creator Of Deadpool?

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (14)

15. Worth Reading To The End.

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (15)

16. Tony Walks Into An Elevator…

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (16)

17. Fair Point Well Made

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (17)

18. Dead Serious

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (18)

19. An Unfortunate Mistake

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (19)

20. On A Twitter Post About A Woman Claiming To Have Seizures From The Vaccine

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (20)

21. Just Found This One In The Wild

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (21)

22. Well Someone Wasn't Paying Attention

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (22)

23. I Wrote The Movie

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (23)

24. I Think He'd Be Pretty Disappointed If He Didn't See The Lead Singer Of The Band In There

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (24)

25. Elon Musk Doesn't Know Who Garry Kasparov Is

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (25)

26. Algorithm

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (26)

27. Orbital Police

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (27)

28. ‘You Know Nothing About Game Development’ To A Certified Twitter Account For An Indie Dev After He Carefully Explained Why Nfts In Games Would Be Troublesome At Best.

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (28)

29. Tony Hawk Truly Is The King Of This Sub

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (29)

30. Lady Does A Good Swim

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (30)

31. I Thought This Was A Good One, Spotted On My Twitter

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (31)

32. A Pretty Wholesome One

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (32)

33. British Tennis Player Gets Mistaken... For Himself

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (33)

34. He Tried. Bless

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (34)

35. The ‘Nerve’ On This Guy…

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (35)

36. Jack Monroe Has A Tony Hawk Moment (With A Happy Ending For A Change)

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (36)

37. How Dare You?

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (37)

38. Telling Middle East Politics Expert To Learn Something About The Region

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (38)

39. In The Future, Everyone Will Be Tony Hawk For 15 Minutes

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (39)

40. You Don’t Know Who Will Wheaton Is, Do You?

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (40)

41. Telling A Comic Book Writer To Get A Real Job

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (41)

42. Yeah, Scott‘S A Well Known Microsoft Mvp With A Long History In Tech (And With Ms), But Sure He Doesn‘T Know Anything About Windows

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (42)

43. Main Character Syndrome

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (43)

44. A Pleasant Twitter Interaction

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (44)

45. Jeff Goldblum Pretends Not To Know Who Jeff Goldblum Is

45 Times People Embarrassed Themselves By Not Realizing They Were Talking To A Celebrity (45)

If you do run into a celebrity, be polite and treat them like any other person, but feel free to express your admiration for their accomplishments and/or body of work if you think it's suitable. Don't gush, but also don't come off as distant.

We'd be interested in hearing some of your own tales of encountering famous individuals that you didn't even know were semi-famous. Please share your thoughts in the comments section below.