People who don’t live in London often ask me if I see lots of celebrities around London, and I really don’t tend to. This may be because a) my eyesight isn’t very good, and b) I often struggle to recognise people outside of context in which I know them (for example I once walked past my own mother on the high street, obviously I didn’t recognise her outside of the confine of our house). It also might be down to the fact that I don’t really frequent the sort of places that the rich frequent.
But this morning, I saw Bobby Gillespie on the tube! Actually, the OH saw Bobby Gillespie and I initially doubted him. Unlike me he is often mistaking people for celebrities like the time he was convinced football managers Gerard Houllier and Sven Goran Eriksson were having a pint together in our local – they weren’t. But it turned out he was right. And he (Bobby G that is, not the OH) was getting off at the same stop as me! Fancy that.
I realise that Bobby Gillespie is hardly A list celebrity, but in my world, he is, having been in two of my all time favourite bands and I have described him as my ideal man on several occasions. So it was nice to start the day seeing him in the flesh - he looked ghostly white, knackered and was wearing dubious pointy shoes, but I still would have done it with him there on the concourse if he'd asked.
But I must admit I was surprised to see him on a crowded tube train at 8.30 in the morning. Surely he can afford a cab? According to some tabloid or other (as the OH informed me later) he was out partying with Kate Moss last (Bobby G again, not the OH) and was spotted leaving her place at 5am.
That still leaves quite a few hours unaccounted for though, unless he really struggled to work the ticket machine.
But ewwww!!! You don't want to do him just after he's been on the Kate Moss tour. At least give it some time for the penicillin to kick in. :)
ReplyDeleteDubious pointy shoes do not sound good...I think that would have been a definite no no for me, I wouldn't have been able to get the image of them out of my head and get on with the task at hand...
ReplyDeleteI'm quite envious as I never see famous people or rather I should say good famous people - either I just don't recognise them or I only ever see the lame ones, like the bloke who plays Minty in E'Enders
Perhaps I ought to google (but I can't be arsed...who the **** is Bobby Gillespie ?
ReplyDeleteHe is the singer from Primal Scream who are my favourite bamd. He's not good looking at all but I still have a yearning for a rock n roll boyfriend (which is ridiculous when I can't stay up later than 11pm and can't drink more than 4 drinks, so I'm cut out for the lifestyle really).
ReplyDeleteLiving in Norfolk, we aren't exactly awash with cool and trendy musician types. And no I don't count the Darkness (Lowestoft) or Myleen Klass (Gt Yarmouth).
ReplyDeleteIn fact the only two celebrities I can remember seeing are Martin Shaw and the janitor out of Dinner Ladies.
Perhaps I ought to adopt your lifestyle? Except I'd need to be in bed by 10.30 and 3 glasses of red are my limit.
Roses - that extra half an hour and drink will open up a whole other world to you!
ReplyDeleteOn East Anglia celebrity spotting, I seem to recall John Major's son worked in the M&S when I lived there. The singer and now writer of many of pop hit, Cathy Dennis is from Cromer I believe, although I never saw her there.