I met Mr.T twice when I was 9. this would be at the height of his fame with A-team, the cereal, the cartoon, and as it happened he was promoting TR-3, an automotive cleaning product. My stepmother at the time was an executive assistant to the CEO of Blue Coral (the company that made TR-3) so I met Mr.T one at the corporate office, and a second time when we picked him up at the Cleveland airport. I didn't realize it at the time (I was only 9) but i also met another celebrity of sorts at that time- Don "Magic" Juan- the Pimp. He was apparently managing some of T's business affairs at the time. The only thing i remember was he wore a green suit, and had as much gold on as T. I asked him what it was for and he said (to a 9 yr old) "Green fo tha Money, and Gold fo tha Honeys". Years later i saw him again on an Mtv interview and put one and one together. My Stepmother also once brought home Mr.T's tandem axle custom van (painted like the A-team van with gold daytons)
In college my fraternity worked security for a Busta Rhymes campus show, so I met him briefly.
I met the Gallagher brothers of Oasis in Hoboken NJ. they seemed pretty cool. I have a digital picture of that somewhere.
I met Jerome Bettis of the Pittsburgh Steelers, along with Kordell Stewart at 3 rivers Stadium, and then about a week later I met Jerome Bettis again at a local bar where he was signing autographs. He remembered my name which i thought was awesome. That made me a Bettis fan for life. I had tears in my eyes when he retired after the Superbowl.
I met Christina Aguilara in Dallas, there is a story that goes with that but I don't want to type out a novel right now.
I met Mathew McConnaughy in Dallas as well, he put a round of drinks for our table on his tab. That guy was really nice. We were waiting forever on our server who was also waiting his table, I think he realized that they were paying less attention to us in order to cater to his group, so he bought us a round. I spoke to him briefly at the bar afterward to thank him, and he got my drink there too.
I met Shane Carwin when Easton opened the new South Denver Gym- nice guy. I also met Brendan Shaub that day, and then again at the Denver school. He was attending the Sunday training session, as I was leaving Randori. He is WAY out of my class, but several of the more advanced guys that I train with have rolled with him.
i met a few NASCAR guys over the years when my Dad's company was sponsoring stock cars. I met Dale Jerrett, and Jeff Burton at different times. they were both really nice guys.
I met David Hobbs @ NSXPO 2001.
For some reason i think there are more- probably athletes, but they aren't coming to mind at the moment.
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