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Celebrity Moments In My Life
Working both as a journalist, and in PR, I have met many celebrities over the years, in all different fields, including politicians, musicians, footballers, Olympians, Paralympians, actors and many, many more.
Some of these celebrities I’ve interviewed for work, and others, I met and chatted with, and two, I fell over at their feet, literally and not intentionally. I don’t express hero worship in that way!
The first I threw myself at, was at the Labour party conference many years ago. The media room was incredibly busy, packed with loads of press, wires from all of the cameras, computers, and being in hurry to get the studio where we were recording our regional tv programme, scripts in hand, my head buzzing I tripped over a wire and went flying. One of those slow motion moments where you know you are about to look a total fool and there’s nothing you can do about it!
I saw a suave pair of shoes in front of me, looked up to see a tall man who reached down to help me up. He was friendly, charismatic and feeling a little awkward, it took me a while to recognise President Bill Clinton! He was very kind, asked me if I was okay, I was as red as a beetroot and he was whisked away by his entourage.
The second celebrity who literally floored me was Glenn Hoddle, former England team footballer, and former manager at Swindon…
