Thursday 12th March 2009, 23:16
Nice Celebs vs Nasty Celebs, pt III
The latest version...
NICE CELEBS:
Louise Redknapp x 2 ("offered to pay for a cab for me" and "Bumped into her in Selfridges and she advised me on the jeans I was thinking of buying.")
Eddie Izzard x 2
Maureen Lipman
Michael Praed
David Tennant
Henry Kelly (genuine, friendly, down-to-earth and speaks his mind in a refreshingly non-cosy way that you don't get from his radio shows)
Benicio del Toro (nice to staff when he stays in hotels over here, goes above and beyond to be nice to people)
Peter Andre ("I'm not even joking. Genuinely extremely nice bloke.")
George Clooney (blagged a passerby onto the set of ER, genuinely lovely - of course that was years ago so he's probably changed...)
Eric Clapton
Julie Walters
Mike Rutherford from Genesis
Ewan McGregor
Dawn French
Chris Botti
Clark Terry
Ray Quinn
Lynda La Plante ("lovely, lovely, lovely")
Stephen Fry ("a delight in person")
Judi Dench
Maggie Smith
Christopher Lambert
Paul McCartney (2 votes to 1) ("lovely fella, tipped a cabby plenty" + "met him at numerous events and he's just lovely" vs "arrogant, uncooperative, jobsworth")
Chris Langham (helped a stranger on a train prepare for a scriptwriting exam)
David Attenborough ("lovely, if a little grumpy - his rider was a ham sandwich and a Mars bar")
Katherine Hepburn ("I sold her a coat, some gloves and some slippers. She was delightful, chatty, asking about me etc. She sent a letter to the owners to say how great I had been")
Lauren Bacall ("bought some slippers and gloves as Christmas presents and was very pleasant")
Leonard Cohen ("bought a coat; asked about me, and was very pleasant to wait on")
David Gilmour ("charming lovely chap and who, unlike most other musicians at this event, did not stare at my tits during a conversation")
Jarvis Cocker ("Very sweet, and he kindly helped me with my bags onto the Eurostar train, holding doors for me as we went. like a real gentleman.")
Girls Aloud ("I was prepared for divas x 5 but was pleasantly surprised when they were friendly, chatty and sat and had lunch with the crew and I.")
Heather Small from M People ("let me go in front of her at the check out in Tescos, Edgeware Road.")
Joe Pasquale ("helpful and friendly")
And & Dec ("exactly as they come across on telly")
Annie Lennox
Jonathan Ross
Liberty X ("lovely")
Derek Jacobi ("Most pleasant person at the Critics Choice Theatre Award - had more time to chat than anyone else there")
A DRAW:
Richard E Grant ("ran away from me at Waterloo station" vs "lovely, very chatty")
... - can anyone verify one way or the other
NASTY CELEBS:
Elaine Paige x 2
Jim Davidson (total sleaze)
Timmy Mallett (demanding more money on the night of a charity gig)
Lesley Joseph
Stella McCartney
Chico
Rodney Marsh
Bucks Fizz (prima donnas at a festival, getting other performers to move stuff around for them)
John Leslie
Ian Hislop ("Not nasty, just rude")
Vicki Michelle ("just won't maintain eye contact")
Paul Daniels ("miniature and self-obsessed")
Aled Jones ("we asked him to take part in a celeb based competition on our radio show, loads of celebs had done it and he worked for the same radio group but still refused")
Chris De Burgh
Chas and Dave ("Would not be interviewed if we wanted them to play live EVEN THOUGH we were going to have them on the same show as Suzanne Vega and she was up for singing with them")
Patsy Palmer
Alexei Sayle