Celebrity Sightings on DL Flights
Mar 9, 2011, 3:57 pm
#1487
Join Date: Oct 2009
Programs: DL PM, CO PE
Posts: 63
Cee-Lo Green, recent Grammy winner, in 1D on the 4772 LAX-PHX last week (March 2nd).
Mercifully, he was not wearing his Grammy costume in flight :-)
Deplaned first and was immediately met in the jetway by handlers/security on the PHX end.
Mercifully, he was not wearing his Grammy costume in flight :-)
Deplaned first and was immediately met in the jetway by handlers/security on the PHX end.
Mar 10, 2011, 12:05 pm
#1488
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 78
Naveen Andrews
A little tardy on this but in June '09 spotted Naveen Andrews (Lost) w/then GF Barb Hershey on an LAX-LIH run in coach. He was a couple rows back and hunkered down (already a short guy), probably not wanting to be seen but I was wise to him. My kids were intrigued too as they are Lost fans as well. They were filming the last season of Lost on Oahu so I wondered why he was in coach going to Kauai. Met a Lost production guy on the beach in Maui later that said flights to Oahu were pretty full and he was probably catching what he could out to the islands.
Mar 10, 2011, 1:11 pm
#1489
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
Programs: Delta DM, HH Gold, *Wood Gold, Marriott
Posts: 3
Shepard Smith on a EWR-MEM (probably headed to an Ol' Miss game) last fall. He looked like a college kid, baseball cap pulled low over his eyes, and I probably wouldn't have noticed him had he not cut ahead of me as we were boarding first class!
To be fair and balanced, flew LGA-MEM a few months ago with Soledad O'Brien who left her blackberry and iPad on the entire flight-take off and landing included! Drove me crazy.
To be fair and balanced, flew LGA-MEM a few months ago with Soledad O'Brien who left her blackberry and iPad on the entire flight-take off and landing included! Drove me crazy.
Mar 10, 2011, 2:27 pm
#1490
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: ATL
Programs: DL PM, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Gold
Posts: 184
Hmmm. I've run into Mr. Holyfield twice, too. Might he be stalking us???? Nobody mentions running into any other celebrity twice, yet two of us have run into him twice. Very "coincidental" if you ask me. Too coincidental... (Sat next to him once. He pulled up next to me a few months later - top down so he could easily see me - rolled down his window and said something like, "Didn't I sit next to you on a plane? How are you doing?")
Bizarre! Also noticeably absent was any sort of entourage...he seems like a super cool personable guy as the first encounter he was taking lots of pics and signing autographs for people. Second time he was just chilling by himself, talking on the phone before the flight. If i see him again, Im definitely going to talk to him
Mar 10, 2011, 9:20 pm
#1493
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: BTR
Programs: DL GM, UA Silver, Marriott Plat, National Exec
Posts: 1,810
I almost died laughing to myself about what happened when he showed up. Random frat-star business man (with trophy wife in tow), who had already checked in to SC but left briefly for some reason and gets stopped briefly upon return, says something to to the SC agent who was checking in Carville, and ends it with "well, I just hope you're not a democrat like this guy (pointing to Carville next to him, jokingly)".......the ragin cajun was not amused. Random frat-star business man later apologized (erroneously, imho)......and ended up in row 3 on our flight, seated directly behind said cajun.
Mar 11, 2011, 4:45 am
#1494
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: San Antonio, Texas, USA
Programs: AA, Delta, Singapore Airlines
Posts: 701
Sat next to Diamond Dallas Page on a flight from CVG to EWR on Jan 13th. Must have caught him on the way to LGA. He was the last FC person to board and he was talking on his mobile phone non-stop. In fact, I'm not sure the person on the end of the line had a chance to say a word...I mean he was talking non stop! Kept talking about some kid he had met recently in the mid-west who was a big fan of his, had made it to the HS wrestling state finals...and get this...didn't have any arms and legs.
Sat next to Lt. Gen Hal Moore last fall on a SFO to ATL. He was portrayed by Mel Gibson in the movie "We Were Soldiers."
Sat next to Lt. Gen Hal Moore last fall on a SFO to ATL. He was portrayed by Mel Gibson in the movie "We Were Soldiers."
I know this is an unbelievably old post, but I think that kid would have been Kyle Maynard: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_Maynard
http://www.uga.edu/gm/artman/publish/0412maynard.html
Mar 11, 2011, 5:28 am
#1495
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: BDU
Programs: DL:MM, Marriott:LTT
Posts: 8,779
Seahawks Head Coach Pete Carroll and Defensive Coordinator Gus Bradley, on their way home from the NFL Combine, IND-MSP Flight #2746 on 1 MAR 11. Mr. Bradley sat next to me in F, Mr. Carroll across the aisle from him. They jotted plays most of the flight. Mr. Bradley told me about the Combine. Not a huge sports fan here, but it was pretty interesting to hear about it. Very, very nice guy.
I've now run into three major sports figures in the past year (Carroll, Holyfield, and Jordan - in a hotel) and it's pretty much wasted on me...
Do talk to him. He is approachable, insightful and very chatty. He and I actually discussed the fact he travels by himself. Another major sports figure who is seeing financial distress had called him and asked him how he travels alone, because the other celeb was facing his first trip without the entourage. Mr. Holyfield said he couldn't understand how someone who, like Holyfield, had grown up in public housing, could have gotten to a point that he couldn't take a flight by himself. Mr. Holyfield told me he told the other person something along the lines of, "You drive yourself to the airport, you go through security, you go to the gate and you get on the plane."
Bottom line - he's a regular guy who does so well at his job that he is famous. Absolutely no pretension. Most of my friends who have been moderately successful in their careers have more pretension for much less reason.
I've now run into three major sports figures in the past year (Carroll, Holyfield, and Jordan - in a hotel) and it's pretty much wasted on me...
Bizarre! Also noticeably absent was any sort of entourage...he seems like a super cool personable guy as the first encounter he was taking lots of pics and signing autographs for people. Second time he was just chilling by himself, talking on the phone before the flight. If i see him again, Im definitely going to talk to him
Bottom line - he's a regular guy who does so well at his job that he is famous. Absolutely no pretension. Most of my friends who have been moderately successful in their careers have more pretension for much less reason.
Mar 13, 2011, 5:27 pm
#1496
Join Date: Jan 2010
Programs: AA Plat 2MM/UA G MM/DL MM DM 2015/BA Silver/Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 3,103
Kevin Roberts, celebrity chef from BBQ Pitmasters on TLC and has a number of cookbooks out. He's Diamond but not FT. His audio didn't work so I explained to him the art of the e-mail complaint. He was amused.
Mar 15, 2011, 6:38 am
#1497
Join Date: Mar 2011
Programs: DL DM
Posts: 3
Pele - Sunday, 13 March, MCO-LGA DL1976; along with his manager, a total of 7(!) carry-ons in 1 C&D. Manager proceeded to rearrange several FC overheads touching off several unpleasant exchanges. FA did well refereeing the scrum. Deplaning in LGA was a mess as Pele and manager tried to reunite themselves with their many bags.