Ever Met a Celebrity Accidentally?

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Well I suppose saying you “met” the celebrity is sort of misleading. Have you at least come close enough that you recognized the person and went “OH! OH! That's so and so!” (Whatever their name is.) When I was 14 years old I went to New York with my big sister, I kept seeing celebrities in various places. Walking down on street. On elevators. Whenever I tried to point them out to my sister, by the time she looked they had disappeared. Just that fast! My sister told me to “Stop making stuff up!” Honest! I was not making it up. I actually saw them. Of course, it's very easy to spot a celebrity in New York New York. I mean. Come on. It's New York! But in Miami, Florida, my home town? Yes Beyoncé does own a condo on Brickell Ave and Gloria Estefan has a beautiful home in Miami Beach and the Gibbs brothers (The Bee Gees) own property in North Miami and even used to sometimes give free concerts in the public park for their neighbors. But have I ever seen any of them? NO!! My husband accidentally met Don Johnson. They were shooting a scene from “Miami Vice”. My husband was in the area because he came to pick me up from work. The place where they were shooting was near to my job. Listen to this story. My husband came too early to pick me up from work. But since he didn't want to go home, he parked the care and decided to go for walk. He sees a bunch of people but that's not what he really noticed. He noticed there was a food stand set up and it looked like people were going there to get something to eat. He was kind of hungry so he approached the place and asked if he could but a hot dog. The person serving said “This isn't for the public. It's only to serve the actors.” My husband was confused. He asked “Actors??” This guy comes and stands right next to my husband and says “Oh! Give the guy a hot dog!” My husband turns to the side to see who's talking and to his surprise … he exclaims: “Hey! Don Johnson? How you doing?” Mr. Johnson laughs and casually remarks that he's fine. The lady serves my husband the hot dog and that was the end of the encounter. When my husband picks me up he tells me what happened and what do you think my reaction was? “Aw! You just made the up!!” LOL. I'm at work the following day as I recall and my co-workers remark “Hey! They're filming 'Miami Vice” nearby. Want to go see?” I'm thinking to myself 'Unbelievable! My husband was telling me the truth!' So I go home and say to my husband: So you really did see Don Johnson huh? Did you get an autograph? Of course, you can guess his response. “Duh! Uuhh … No?? I didn't think about it.” I'm like: “You're that close a celebrity and you don't think to get their autograph?? Who does that??!!”