# If a celebrity was a member and admited it **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 27, 2008, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-celebrity-was-a-member-and-admited-it/478833 "2008-12-27T08:58:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-celebrity-was-a-member-and-admited-it/478833/21 "2008-12-27T19:02:52Z")
Yeah, I figured. And for everybody talking about not treating anybody here different or not if they’re a celebrity, this thread isn’t about that. This is only dealing with A) If a celeb revealed themself, how could they prove it’s really them, and B) If a disliked celeb was on the board, would you want them to reveal themself, or stay hidden? ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-celebrity-was-a-member-and-admited-it/478833/22 "2008-12-27T19:21:48Z")
If they did it during a Mafia game, they would promptly get offed by the Vigilante. I speak from sad experience ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-celebrity-was-a-member-and-admited-it/478833/23 "2008-12-27T19:22:29Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Anthony Rapp went on a theatre message board and started kicking people who didn’t like the Rent movie. When someone figured out it was him, he was blasted for treating people who didn’t like the movie so poorly. Holy crud. I was in school with him when he did **Adventures in Babysitting**. He was rude to the people who complimented him. Because we all said more or less the same thing, and he got tired of hearing it. So he hasn’t changed, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-celebrity-was-a-member-and-admited-it/478833/24 "2008-12-27T19:42:55Z")
We have had a number of minor or former celebrities on this board like **Bad Astronomer** and a member of the 60’s pop-bad, The Five Americans plus several others that received world-wide media exposure due to contests, game-shows, and books. It wasn’t very hard to tell that they were genuine. If you are talking about the current TV, music, and movie A-list, flash in the pan type people, I don’t that the topic will ever come up. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-celebrity-was-a-member-and-admited-it/478833/25 "2008-12-27T20:03:00Z")
I don’t think I’d want a celeb to out him-or-herself. I prefer to interact with folks here according to my own preconceptions. I wouldn’t want outside prejudices to affect that interaction. Although it would be entertaining if someone famous tossed one of our buzzwords or phrases out during an interview or something. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-celebrity-was-a-member-and-admited-it/478833/26 "2008-12-27T21:45:05Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Needs to be more subtle and SDMB-centric. Like being asked what are their favorite precious stones and the third item on the list are Opals.😃 Buckeyes ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-celebrity-was-a-member-and-admited-it/478833/27 "2008-12-28T00:55:25Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > Buckeyes Cracks me up! Still. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-celebrity-was-a-member-and-admited-it/478833/28 "2008-12-28T01:26:16Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > Excellent point. > And for the record, one reason that I couldn’t possibly be Sarah Jessica Parker is that I’m a Guy. So, you got a sex change operation. Big deal. You looked like a man anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-celebrity-was-a-member-and-admited-it/478833/29 "2008-12-28T02:30:05Z")
Jerry vouches them from their name on their credit card? OK [Natalie Hershlag](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Portman), come out and say hi 😃 ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-celebrity-was-a-member-and-admited-it/478833/30 "2008-12-28T02:41:33Z")
I was going to mention BadAstro but I see its already been done. I don’t think he posts much anymore, no? And it reminds me of an interview I read with (I think) Bill Gates who mentioned that he was _the_ Bill Gates in some message board many years back. They banned him for being a dumbass faker. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-celebrity-was-a-member-and-admited-it/478833/31 "2008-12-28T09:06:09Z")
Really, it all depends upon who the poster is and what they’re posting on. If its someone who mostly lurks and only posts occassionally, I’m not going to shift my opinion one way or the other. If, OTOH, it turns out that one of our local nutters (say Jack Dean Tyler) was _really_ Samuel L. Jackson, I’m going to be sorely disappointed in Mr. Jackson. And if one of our intelligent and respected posters (say **Stranger on a Train** ) is revealed to be Tom Cruise, I’m gonna have a **big** WTF moment. I should also like to point out that [Jim Beaver](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=380703), star of _Deadwood_ and other roles has posted here in the past and was _well_ treated by folks. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-celebrity-was-a-member-and-admited-it/478833/32 "2008-12-28T09:16:55Z")
> [@MoodIndigo1](#): > > I remember seeing an interview of Halle Berry and she talked about going to some game site where she played a few games and posted on their message board. At one point, she mentioned that she was Halle Berry and everyone laughed at her, and then people were so cruel and sarcastic that she decided never to do that again. She said she was hurt by their reaction. I believe a similar thing happened to **Bruce Willis** once…then he jumped on his webcam to prove it was really him. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-celebrity-was-a-member-and-admited-it/478833/33 "2008-12-28T09:29:08Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > I should also like to point out that [Jim Beaver](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=380703), star of _Deadwood_ and other roles has posted here in the past and was _well_ treated by folks. I hope he started (with the Mods’ permission!) a second account where he could remain anonymous. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-celebrity-was-a-member-and-admited-it/478833/34 "2008-12-28T12:56:06Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Really, it all depends upon who the poster is and what they’re posting on. If its someone who mostly lurks and only posts occassionally, I’m not going to shift my opinion one way or the other. If, OTOH, it turns out that one of our local nutters (say Jack Dean Tyler) was _really_ Samuel L. Jackson, I’m going to be sorely disappointed in Mr. Jackson. And if one of our intelligent and respected posters (say **Stranger on a Train** ) is revealed to be Tom Cruise, I’m gonna have a **big** WTF moment. > > I should also like to point out that [Jim Beaver](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=380703), star of _Deadwood_ and other roles has posted here in the past and was _well_ treated by folks. 3 posts in one thread from a successful character actor does not celebrity poster make. That was a very interesting post he did make though. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-celebrity-was-a-member-and-admited-it/478833/35 "2008-12-28T14:24:11Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > And for the record, one reason that I couldn’t possibly be Sarah Jessica Parker is that I’m a Guy. You know, they never Did say what she did with her mole afterwards… _“C’mere, Matthew. You’ve been a Bad Boy…!”_ :eek: Note: to anybody who may now be (or ever be) famous reading this, well done. (Hey, I like shopping early…) > [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > Buckeyes No ‘The Horror of Blimps’…? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-celebrity-was-a-member-and-admited-it/478833/36 "2008-12-28T17:03:11Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > You know, they never Did say what she did with her mole afterwards… > > _“C’mere, Matthew. You’ve been a Bad Boy…!”_ :eek: Uhm…say what? ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-celebrity-was-a-member-and-admited-it/478833/37 "2008-12-28T17:23:35Z")
On the Firefly fansite, I interacted a couple of times with whatshisname who played Jayne. He was kind of a dork–a strong conservative whose debate method often consisted of copying & pasting material from opinion columnists. ---
**Author:** ![vifslan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f4b2a3/32.png) [@vifslan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vifslan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-celebrity-was-a-member-and-admited-it/478833/38 "2008-12-28T18:52:31Z")
Terry Pratchett used to be (still is, for all I know) a regular in the Usenet group alt.fan.pratchett, though more so when he was well and less encumbered by other commitments. And sure enough, maybe three times a year newbies asked, “Do you really expect us to believe that you’re Terry Pratchett?” Of course, his presence made it necessary to keep speculative threads on Discworld out of his eyes and clearly marked as such, since he didn’t want potential lawsuits from people saying that he’d stolen their ideas. I remember a case where someone threw out that it’d be great with a Discworld novel on Sound of Music with Susan Sto Helit as Maria, and Terry replied, “Gee, thanks. Now that story is almost certainly never going to get written.” ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-celebrity-was-a-member-and-admited-it/478833/39 "2008-12-28T19:37:00Z")
On the issue of celebs and usernames, I have a friend who works for a publicist. She told me that it was nay impossible for celebs to create an account with their own names, people already had done so. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-celebrity-was-a-member-and-admited-it/478833/40 "2008-12-28T20:07:11Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > 3 posts in one thread from a successful character actor does not celebrity poster make. That was a very interesting post he did make though. You’re just jealous because nobody famous ever dropped into one of your threads. 😛 (Besides, we _do_ have plenty of posters who only post about once or twice a year, if that. Odds are, its _those_ folks who’d be a celeb, not somebody like you or I with thousands of posts to their names.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-celebrity-was-a-member-and-admited-it/478833.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-celebrity-was-a-member-and-admited-it/478833.md?page=3)