There is an opportunity to meet Jennifer Hudson and Robin Thicke (I've met him three times already).

I'm paying to meet Bill Maher.

Is anyone worth it to you guys?

I would like to say no I wouldn't, but I'd be lying.
The only people I'd pay to meet is Johnny Depp and maybe Will Smith.

i guess it depends on what all i'm getting. if it's a meet and greet as well as a speech/performance/Q&A, or if there's some kind of swag involved, then sure. but if it's just for the privilege of shaking their hand and maybe getting an autograph, naaaaah, not really.

i've met most of my favorite people at book/record/DVD signings, and those are always free.

Anxiety said:

That's what I'm talking about!

Anxiety said:

Bill Maher's debating the SheBush, I mean Ann Coulter. Then it's refreshments and I get to meet him and have my picture taken with him. Well worth the money.

For J Hudson and R Thicke, there's a concert, a pre-show party, a gift bag and parking is included. It's 350 bucks though.

Vendetta1 said:

yeah, the all-inclusive deal is nice. that's a decent price if you have the money.

Anxiety said:

You think so? I may be doing it.

This guy I'm dating might be pissed that he wouldn't be going.

If I get something for the $$ then, yes.

For instance, you get to see Maher and Coulter go at it. I consider that the price of admission. Meeting him is just icing.

If it was "hey gimmie $50 for a photo op" I would opt out.

No.

Mars23 said:

Yeah, I can see that.

Vendetta1 said:

tell him to make it a blockbuster night.

Anxiety said:

He really wants to go so I may just get two regular tickets for way less than one VIP ticket. Maybe he'll put out?

Actually I find it a bit galling that celebrities actually CHARGE people to meet them! There's something really screwed up about a person, who already having plenty of money in the bank, thinks themselves that cool and important that they should charge people to meet them! Unless it's for charity then... nope.

MrsGoodnight said:

That is a good point. the first 3 times I met Robin, it was completely free and I'm not a Jennifer Hudson fan. I think I was getting caught up in the hype of meeting someone as famous as she is now. It's funny I've never met her here in Chicago. We grew up in the same neighborhood.

id get all flustered and tongue tied it would be a waste of $$$

Vendetta1 said:

ENGLEWOOD!!!


SOUTHSIIDDDEEE!!!


always up to no good

funkpill said:

prb said:

Nah, I didn't even get tongue tied when I met that Prince dude.

I'm even gonna ask Bill Maher where he is partying that night.

prb said:

i never know what to say to them when i have a chance to meet them. it's such a forced situation. they're there to promote something, you're there to meet them, there's no real impetus for conversation and even if there were, there's a line of people waiting behind you. i always feel like a big dork. there have been a couple of times when i've made successful small talk, but there have also been a couple of times when i walked away feeling like a dumbass.

Anxiety said:

I met Paul Rudd a few months ago when he was promoting Role Models. He was very easy to talk to and he took his time with everyone. He seemed genuinely happy that I loved The Ten.

Most of the time, I just tell the celeb that I enjoy their work.

Anxiety said:

i go bright red whenever we have a book signing and i meet the author- even if they write stuff id never read in a million yrs

Vendetta1 said:

that's really all i could do when i met crispy glover. "i love you and i wish i had a womb so i could carry your children" just didn't seem appropriate.

I never paid a penny to meet....

Bon Jovi
Micheal Damien
Joan Jett
Def Lepperd
Poison
Evenescence( Amy Lee)
Alabama(country group)
and many more I'll edit later....

I'm sure am not paying now

Anxiety said:

It is going to take everything in me not to tell Maher that I want to fuck the living shit out of him.

Anxiety said:

I say something stupid or make a fool of myself in some way every single time.

CarrieMpls said:

"Man, It's hot today, huh? ".....

CarrieMpls said:

I say stupid stuff too! About 10 years ago I went to a book signing of terry pratchett. The queue was obscenely long, so I spent the best part of 2 hours chanting to myself 'don't say anything stupid, don't say anything stupid...' when I got to the front of the queue, I plonked my book down in front of him and said 'I go to bed with you every night!' (I only meant that I read his books before I went to sleep! And for that matter I hadnt actually meant to tell him even THAT!) he looked at me like I was bonkers! When Id scurried off outside, redfaced I checked what he'd written in my book - he'd put 'Kerry, in your heart you know its true!'

Vendetta1 said:

I payed to watch Bill Maher at the Improv but I didn't meet him.

Nope. I work in an industry where celebrities pass through on a daily basis, have met some very cool famous peeps but in the end they're just fellow human beings so I see no value in spending my dosh to meet them.

PanthaGirl said:

Yeah that is a good point. But I see people like Bill as someone I admire greatly even as just another human being and he's worth the cash to me. I've spent more money meeting orgers.