"I casually asked Bill Clinton, 'How's Monica?'"

I'm an Associate Editor on BuzzFeed's Pop Culture team who spends my days fangirling over all my favorite TV shows and movies.

The people who shared their stories allegedly speak from personal encounters. Obviously, we weren't there when they happened, so feel free to take them with a grain of salt.

"I said hello, said I love her, and mentioned how fashionable she was on Friends. She said she liked my dress, and I was so flustered that I started babbling on how I wasn’t sure about the color and how it would probably look good with her coloring. I even said she could have it if she wanted. She said no, thank you, and left. I nearly died of embarrassment."

"Being a talkative little kid, I interrupted their conversation to ramble about the movie and to give her a stick-figure drawing of the Von Trapp children that I'd done on the paper tablecloth. She was incredibly gracious, though; she'll always be one of my favorite celebrities I've met!"

"Sitting only about eight feet away, he looked square at me, and my friend calmly said to me, 'Oh, that's Jorma Taccone from The Lonely Island.' The music started up again, thank god."

"I debated what I would say to him once I met him, since it would be a really brief meeting while a picture was taken. I walked up to him and asked him if he farted. He gave me this weird look and then I told him, 'because you just blew me away'... I left the room and security followed me out and told me I had creeped him out."

"Since it was so early my brain wasn’t quite functioning yet, so as he walks by, I go 'AH-FLACK.' He hears me, gives me a WTF look, and continues walking."

"Queen Latifah and her trainer. I didn’t realize it was her at first, but when I did, I got flustered. She was doing crunches on the ground, and as I was passing her to get the spray bottle and paper towel, I TRIPPED and just barely missed landing on her head. I was mortified, but she was very kind."

"I was 8 years old at the time. My first indiscretion was that I was wearing a Republican National Convention shirt when I shook his hand. The second was when I casually said, 'So, how's Monica?' I've never been led out of an establishment faster in my life... My dad still won't speak of it to this day."

"I'm walking through the airport, and I spot Sylvester Stallone out of the corner of my eye. He was being somewhat subtle, so I didn't get too wild. But I walked by him, and when he made it to his gate, I asked for a picture. At first, he was super nice and was like, 'Of course, anything for a fan.' I was like, 'OMG I can't believe I'm meeting Rocky!' His mood visibly changed. He still took the picture, but it went from genuine to forced. I had no idea what I'd done but was glad I got the picture. Anyways, I made it to my own gate and had some time to spare, so I decided to see what movies he was in other than Rocky...except it wasn't actually Rocky that I'd seen. It was Robert Downey Jr. I'd like to blame the extra Xanax and heightened nerves from my flight. RDJ, I'm so sorry, forgive me?!"

"Towards the end of the game, my date and I went to the Grey Goose lounge inside the arena. After mingling for a few minutes and running into a few notable athletes, I ran right into Gabrielle Union. I was wearing my dress blues, so she said, 'Oh hi, you're a Marine! Gotta love Marines! You drinking?' I said I was, and she replied with, 'Would you like to do a shot of Patrón?' I replied with a smooth, 'Gabby, I'd do a shot of heroin with you if you wanted.' At that moment, she spat out her drink and most of it landed on my uniform..."

"After many drinks, my mom excused herself to use the restroom. 10 minutes later, I decided to check on my mom… I found her cornering Blake Lively in the restroom, telling her how beautiful she was and how amazing she and Ryan were as a couple."

"I’d never seen the show at the time, but had heard about that 'taboo' relationship. So I waltz up to him and said, 'I’ve never seen the show, but I heard you sleep with your student! I totally slept with my teacher, too!' Soooo there’s that."

"As I turned, he was right in front of me — body to body close. He asks me, 'What's your band, and what are you doing after the show?' To which I blurt, 'I'm not staying for this crap!' He hunched away and ran near the dressing rooms. It was only then that I noticed cameras. I was confused and went about my business. Ten minutes later, my boss pulls me aside and announced I needed to formally apologize to MARC ANTHONY for insulting him, especially in front of his videography crew. Yeah, I called Marc Anthony's music 'crap' to his face on camera. I don't think they used that footage..."

"Before we took the photo, I farted really loudly. There was kind of a long silence, and then she shifted away from me a bit and smiled awkwardly. My picture isn’t the cutest, but I still framed it."

"Of course, we were young, stupid, and not paying attention to the road, and ended up in the wrong lane. We ran Jay Leno off the road in one of his antique cars. Fortunately, no one was hurt, but since Mr. Leno's car was a convertible we heard all the screaming profanity that was being thrown at us by Mr. Leno. We pretty much deserved it, and I did learn some new and unusual phrasing for cursing someone out..."

"We were waiting in line to shake hands and meet them and, being a 5-year-old, my finger was up my nose. We got to the front of the line and were getting ready to shake Bill Murray's hand, so I took my finger out of my nose and held it out to him. He pulled back and was like, 'Nope!' I don't blame him."

"Only I found Christopher Biggins sitting on the loo, and I had just walked directly into where he was. It was VERY embarrassing, and I had to walk out pretending it didn't happen."

"I heard someone behind me but didn’t bother to hold the door or the subsequent elevator, but they made it on with me. It was John McCain. Also, my bra was hanging out of my purse."

"This guy stopped in front of me, and I said, 'Did anyone ever tell you that you look like Usher?' He looked at me and said, 'That’s because I am Usher'🤦‍♀️."

"Laura Prepon was there, too, and my husband proceeded to indulge too heavily on wine, and spill her own drink on her."

"I had a mouthful of rice when I looked up and locked eyes with George Clooney, and then continued to spit it out, while he watched. Later, I started to choke on a mint when Meryl Streep walked in."

"As I started to walk forward, a man jumped in front of us almost causing me to hit him. I screamed something along the lines of 'What are you doing? I'm walking here!' then stormed off. My husband ran to catch up to me and let me know it was Jerry Seinfeld who had been trying to wave us by. I like to think he included it in his set that night."

"I'm a massive Lord of the Rings fan and have been kinda obsessed with him since I was, like, 11. When I saw him, the first words out of my mouth (completely unintentionally) were, 'Omg, when I was young, you made me realize I was heterosexual.'"

"She went in for a hug while I went in for a handshake, causing me to awkwardly touch her boob."

"Naturally, I burst into tears and was inconsolable for a good 15 minutes. My friend feigned having to go to the bathroom just so she could get up and touch Louis' hair as she walked behind him. I'm so sorry."

"They offered me a piece of peach pie, and it tasted so bad I spat it out. As I was spitting out my pie, she walked in and looked right at me, mid-spit."

"They immediately started freaking out and waving at him, so starstruck they completely forgot that he was blind. His driver saw and laughed and turned back and said something to him, and Stevie Wonder looked at my mom and her friends and waved."

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