10 People Who Won A Date With A Celebrity Reveal How It Went
“I won a contest with my brother to spend the day in LA with Donald Faison. Personally Scrubs was one of my favorite shows so I was beyond excited to go. Donald was super cool, he even let my brother and I do the ‘eagle’ Additionally because it was the last taping of the season for his show ‘The Exes’ he took us to an after party and we spent time with Wayne Knight (Newman from Seinfeld). While they were taping, I got a VIP pass and Donald told everyone that basically I could do what I wanted (which included walking behind set, meeting the cast and crew’s family, and eating the food behind the set). It was one of the coolest experiences ever. Donald was an amazing host, a real down to earth guy, and a genuine person. My only regret is that we didn’t stay longer.“ — Ozzyandrix
“My mom won a contest to have dinner with Kevin Bacon and his brother while they were touring with their 2-man band. I was too young to go because they went to a Hard Rock Cafe ‘after hours’ when they were almost exclusively serving alcohol. She said he was arguably one of the funniest people she’s ever met and that his brother (while not as big a celebrity as him) was also very down to earth and nice. I’m slightly disappointed because this brings my six degrees of Kevin Bacon, down to one.” — capt_choob
“I won a lunch with George Takei through a charity auction. We met for lunch on the Paramount lot in Los Angeles. The auction was through a Japanese organization, so he ended up spending a lot of time talking about his experience with WW2 internment camps. It was really interesting to hear his perspective first-hand. Star Trek never came up, which is fine because I’m more of a Janeway fan than a Kirk fan. After lunch, he took us (there were 3 of us total, me and two friends) for a tour of the studio lot. There wasn’t any Star Trek stuff to see, except for one really neat little tidbit. He showed us where they filmed the part of Star Trek IV where, at the end of the movie, the crew is splashing around San Francisco Bay with a bunch of out of time whales. Turns out, it’s just part of the parking lot at the studio. It’s inset, so they flood it. There is a big wall behind the lot that they paint to look like the sky. Finally, before we left, George insisted that we have something autographed by him. We all went into the studio store together. He looked around, trying to find anything Star Trek related, but he couldn’t (this was several years ago, before the new movies came out). He walks up to the lady working the register, and he says, using that very distinctive voice/tone of his, ‘Hello, ma’am… do you have anything Star Trek related?’ She looks at him oddly, probably a little star struck. She doesn’t respond. George is looking a little hurried and annoyed, ‘You see,’ he says, ‘I was on the show!’ Cue everyone breaking into hysterical laughter, except him. Yeah, yeah… maybe you had to be there to appreciate it, but there was something remarkable about the way he almost apologetically asserted himself. He was humble and lovable, a true character. Having lived in LA for several years at the time, I’d met a lot of celebrities, but none of them ever were as gracious as Mr. Takei.“ — cracker_salad
“Spinal Tap. Back in the 80’s in Detroit I won an invite, via a radio station contest, to a small private concert with Spinal Tap. They never broke character, performed every single song from the movie and were absolutely amazing musicians. To this day I would count it as one of the most fun nights of my life.” — sweetmildew
“Got to meet some cast from Back to the Future on the 25th anniversary tour thanks to winning a radio contest. Christopher Lloyd didn’t seem like himself due to illness, unfortunately, but Lea Thompson is an absolute sweetheart in person.” — StChas77
“In college, I won a contest to meet Graham Chapman of Monty Python. It was one of the great experiences of my life. He was a really sweet, low-key guy. He didn’t act at all like a comedian — he was a bit stiff and formal, almost like a doctor. Very kind and polite, but seemed a bit uncomfortable being a room with a handful of awestruck college kids. I made a silly crack about how sad the hors d’oeuvres were and he laughed out loud. So now, for the rest of my life, I can say I made Graham Chapman laugh. It was barely a year later that he died. I was devastated, but it will always be a deeply treasured memory. I have his autograph framed on my wall.” — AdventureSphere
“Won a contest to meet Britney Spears (don’t laugh) and inadvertently wound up being onstage with her. It was a contest to get front row seats and I didn’t realize at the time that the winners would end up actually being part of the show. It was all very pleasant. Both she and her team were totally professional and couldn’t have been friendlier. I was notified via email about 3 weeks before the show about my winning the contest and the coordinator provided me with all the details I would need when the date came. I had to get to the venue a little early and meet with her security team and sign legal documents etc. Say I wouldn’t sue them if I fell onstage and all that jazz. A nice added surprise was that one of her handlers (her fiancé at the time) ended up taking me backstage to meet her where she signed a tour book and we chatted for a few minutes (sort of a meet and greet type deal) but as far as I know it wasn’t part of the ‘prize package.’ Show time came, we watched from the front row, I did my little number with her (it was a little lap dance that she gave me during a song) and that was that. Had a great time. As a PS: Her fiancé mentioned above was super chill and took pictures on his phone for me since mine was confiscated at the gate. Couldn’t have been nicer. Overall I have nothing but great things to say about the experience.” — 3monthsstillsober
“I won a Seventeen Magazine contest to meet Sarah McLachlan on her tour bus at Lilith Fair. I was a huuuuuge fan and it was a thrill. She was really kind to me despite my being a nervous, stammering wreck. I gave her my favorite necklace and she wore it on stage that night. It was seriously a teenage dream.” — reddirtkatie
“I won a radio contest to meet Katy Perry at her Six Flags concert in San Antonio, TX. Clearly back in her early days. She signed a poster, took a pic with me, and complimented my dress. In person she looks exactly how she does on TV. “ — Batjenn
“I won a radio contest to meet Beck, the Grammy award winning musician, and have him write a song about me. The contest was to write why my life is awesome enough to win, so I figured most people would just write boring crap. So, I wrote completely insane, made-up stuff. The promotions manager later told me that he read about 10 or 15 before getting bored and skipped to email #147, which was mine. He loved it and picked it. Met with Beck at Seattle’s big concert, Bumbershoot, and got to hang backstage and stand with his family offstage while he performed. Was freaking amazing and got that song written about me, after the concert. It’s 12 minutes long about how I’m basically Jesus. Beck was super chill and liked to make punny jokes that I totally didn’t get because I was star struck.” — jostler57