Southwest Celebrity Sightings
Apr 26, 2010, 8:28 am
#257
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Apr 26, 2010, 8:44 am
#258
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Apr 26, 2010, 1:00 pm
#259
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Apr 27, 2010, 10:47 pm
#261
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Gate agents took him to a lounge away from public view. I'll never forget how cool he acted, when I've seen so many others being the opposite.
Apr 28, 2010, 8:01 am
#262
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A few years ago at a gate in RNO. He is with his family and kids are approaching him, "Mr. Rice, could you sign this for us?" He was very gracious.
Gate agents took him to a lounge away from public view. I'll never forget how cool he acted, when I've seen so many others being the opposite.
Gate agents took him to a lounge away from public view. I'll never forget how cool he acted, when I've seen so many others being the opposite.
One of the times I've seen him was in the food area across from gate A3 @ BUR and he must have had 3 or 4 people ask him to sign something or have a pic taken with him. He always had a smile and good spirits about it.
Thumbs up.
Apr 28, 2010, 11:12 am
#263
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Yup, good ol' #80 is totally cool and has zero DYKWIA attributes. I've seen him around SJC* and most people don't even recognize him...totally unassuming regular guy (at least as "regular" as the greatest WR in history can be).
* also possible the formerly nerd bird flying SJC crowd don't follow football.
Yup, good ol' #80 is totally cool and has zero DYKWIA attributes. I've seen him around SJC* and most people don't even recognize him...totally unassuming regular guy (at least as "regular" as the greatest WR in history can be).
* also possible the formerly nerd bird flying SJC crowd don't follow football.
May 2, 2010, 11:33 am
#264
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The grou war just got off
my lax to phx flight. Never heard of them before bit fa had them sing just before landing. I had to wiki then as soon as cell phbes could he used lol
my lax to phx flight. Never heard of them before bit fa had them sing just before landing. I had to wiki then as soon as cell phbes could he used lol
May 15, 2010, 9:44 am
#266
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Aug 23, 2010, 3:52 pm
#267
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I met AC Green (formerly of the Los Angeles Lakers) in the terminal in Vegas. He was headed home with his family.
And, on a quick stop in Burbank, I met Keenen Ivory Wayans. He was headed to Oakland for some studio deal that he's working on there.
I still can't get used to celebrities flying on WN with the rest of us.
And, on a quick stop in Burbank, I met Keenen Ivory Wayans. He was headed to Oakland for some studio deal that he's working on there.
I still can't get used to celebrities flying on WN with the rest of us.
Aug 25, 2010, 11:17 am
#268
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(Big surprise, his girlfriend/training partner is really cute
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Aug 25, 2010, 12:36 pm
#269
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A few weeks ago I was sitting at the McDonalds at Love Field and there were two suburbans on the tarmac and a plane from Midland pulled up, I saw several folks grabbing bags out of the cargo hold and putting them in the suburban in back before they got in the vehicles themselves, I didn't have a good view of the one in front, they were escorted away by a Dallas PD marked car. At the table next to me were a bunch of WN employees, and another came up and mentioned that it was "Mrs. Bush" who had just arrived on that flight, I assume Laura and not Barbara.
Aug 26, 2010, 9:08 am
#270
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I saw Laura Bell Bundy at BNA once when I was there connecting on another flight. It would make sense to see a lot of musical talent at BNA since Nashville is such a big music city and I don't think any other airline has a realy big presence there anymore since American elimianted a lot of their flights.