# minor anecdotes about famous people that creep you out. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 31, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-anecdotes-about-famous-people-that-creep-you-out/417620 "2007-08-31T14:59:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-anecdotes-about-famous-people-that-creep-you-out/417620/81 "2007-09-02T07:35:28Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] True, but I can back up the comment about Stipe being bisexual. I mean, not from personal experience or anything, but I’ve seen him say that in interviews, too, as recently as a couple years ago. [/QUOTE] I don’t doubt it at all. I’m just saying that song lyrics can’t be used as an accurate way to determine a singer’s sexuality. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-anecdotes-about-famous-people-that-creep-you-out/417620/82 "2007-09-02T07:37:10Z")
No argument there. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-anecdotes-about-famous-people-that-creep-you-out/417620/83 "2007-09-02T08:00:26Z")
[QUOTE=fruitbat] Oh please . . . ! [/QUOTE] Hey, Shaggy of Scooby Doo stopped eating meat after a while because of basically the same reason with Casey Kasem. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-anecdotes-about-famous-people-that-creep-you-out/417620/84 "2007-09-02T08:23:50Z")
[QUOTE=Leaper] Hey, Shaggy of Scooby Doo stopped eating meat after a while because of basically the same reason with Casey Kasem. [/QUOTE] Are you serious? ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-anecdotes-about-famous-people-that-creep-you-out/417620/85 "2007-09-02T09:54:40Z")
[QUOTE=dnooman] Are you serious? [/QUOTE] [Apparently so.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaggy_Rogers) You’d think Kasem, being a voice actor, would have stopped to reflect that vegetarianism doesn’t really fit in with Shaggy’s character. He’s not an environmentally conscious veggie hippy, he’s a Led Zeppelin listenin’ meat eating stoner hippy, gods bless’im, and therefore probably a lot more fun at parties. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-anecdotes-about-famous-people-that-creep-you-out/417620/86 "2007-09-02T10:12:06Z")
[QUOTE=Marlitharn] [Apparently so.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaggy_Rogers) You’d think Kasem, being a voice actor, would have stopped to reflect that vegetarianism doesn’t really fit in with Shaggy’s character. He’s not an environmentally conscious veggie hippy, he’s a Led Zeppelin listenin’ meat eating stoner hippy, gods bless’im, and therefore probably a lot more fun at parties. [/QUOTE] Damn. Next you’re gonna tell me that Isaac Hayes is some sort of Branch Davidian or something. Silly people. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-anecdotes-about-famous-people-that-creep-you-out/417620/87 "2007-09-02T13:22:17Z")
[QUOTE=Zoggie] Well, the OP’s already set the bar pretty low when it comes to creepiness. And most of these other ones seem to be pretty much hearsay. It seems a bit like being creeped out by Richard Gere because, I heard, somewhere, maybe, about him and a gerbil and an ER… [/QUOTE] ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GrQ36RPPy0k/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/GrQ36RPPy0k?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque Just because it makes me giggle. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-anecdotes-about-famous-people-that-creep-you-out/417620/88 "2007-09-02T14:15:22Z")
[QUOTE=Obeseus] Charles Bronson had a home in rural Vermont to get away from Hollywood. Yet, whenever he went anywhere, he expected star treatment. If in a restaurant, he’d walk to the front of the line. If questioned, he’d say, “I’m Charles Bronson.” If shopping in a store, he’d get mad if sales people didn’t ignore everyone else in the store for a chance to wait on him. On many occasions he found that people already in line or people already waiting on customers really didn’t care who he was. [/QUOTE] Heh. Robert Englund was just the opposite. You could often see him in Albertsons in Laguna Beach grocery shopping, and he was a nice, normal, friendly guy, reminiscent of his character on **V**. The creepiness factor came in when you realized you were browsing the pasta section with Freddy Kruger! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-anecdotes-about-famous-people-that-creep-you-out/417620/89 "2007-09-02T14:36:11Z")
[QUOTE=EJsGirl] Heh. Robert Englund was just the opposite. You could often see him in Albertsons in Laguna Beach grocery shopping, and he was a nice, normal, friendly guy, reminiscent of his character on **V**. [/QUOTE] He wasn’t buying any live rodents, was he? ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-anecdotes-about-famous-people-that-creep-you-out/417620/90 "2007-09-02T15:08:49Z")
Kelsey Grammer was arrested taking coke into the UK. I think about that every time I see him. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-anecdotes-about-famous-people-that-creep-you-out/417620/91 "2007-09-02T16:14:37Z")
[QUOTE=Rilchiam] Was that before or after 9/11? Because I remember his first column that week beginning, “No humor column today. I don’t want to write it and you don’t want to read it.” [/QUOTE] Before. I think the column was one of the reasons he won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. I remember thinking about that when we wrote his 9/11 column. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-anecdotes-about-famous-people-that-creep-you-out/417620/92 "2007-09-02T16:20:40Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi] Kelsey Grammer was arrested taking coke into the UK. I think about that every time I see him. [/QUOTE] For some reason, this makes me think of Kevin Spacey getting mugged in Hyde Park at 4am by some guy he was tryng to get a “date” with, then saying he was only out walking his dog at the time. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-anecdotes-about-famous-people-that-creep-you-out/417620/93 "2007-09-02T16:45:27Z")
This is not really a creepy story about a celeb. But, a buddy of mine got a temporary job fitting two Portakabins at Cardiff Arms Park for Michael Jackson to use as his dressing rooms during a concert. Just after he’d fitted the plush, brand-new toilet in the bathroom block, he decided it would be really cool to take a huge shit in it. Something, I’m sure, Mr Jackson would have been none too pleased about. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-anecdotes-about-famous-people-that-creep-you-out/417620/94 "2007-09-02T18:12:31Z")
[QUOTE=dnooman] Damn. Next you’re gonna tell me that Isaac Hayes is some sort of Branch Davidian or something. Silly people. [/QUOTE] Is this a joke or a whoosh? Because he is a Scientologist. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-anecdotes-about-famous-people-that-creep-you-out/417620/95 "2007-09-02T18:52:53Z")
[QUOTE=The Sonoran Lizard King] Tiny Tim is the quintessential celebrity bacteriophobe [/QUOTE] Not is, was- sadly he died recently ☹ And I don’t know Ned Beatty from shit, but I don’t think it necessarily makes him an asshole for not wanting to spend time scrawling his name on a piece of paper for strangers- It boggles my mind why someone would want someone famous to write their name on a napkin for them, and then get pissed if they don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-anecdotes-about-famous-people-that-creep-you-out/417620/96 "2007-09-02T19:13:34Z")
Catherine and a horse. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-anecdotes-about-famous-people-that-creep-you-out/417620/97 "2007-09-02T19:19:16Z")
[QUOTE=Sitnam] Catherine and a horse. [/QUOTE] No. Urban myth. As **Cecil Adams** pointed out. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-anecdotes-about-famous-people-that-creep-you-out/417620/98 "2007-09-02T19:30:30Z")
[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou] Is this a joke or a whoosh? Because he is a Scientologist. [/QUOTE] I was joking. Had you believed me, it would have been a whoosh. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-anecdotes-about-famous-people-that-creep-you-out/417620/99 "2007-09-02T19:40:25Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] I don’t know Ned Beatty from shit, but I don’t think it necessarily makes him an asshole for not wanting to spend time scrawling his name on a piece of paper for strangers- It boggles my mind why someone would want someone famous to write their name on a napkin for them, and then get pissed if they don’t. [/QUOTE] Funny thing: Friday afternoon, Mr. Rilch and a co-worker encountered Adam Sandler on the Sony lot. He (Sandler) struck up a conversation about something, basketball or something, and eventually the co-worker said, “Hey…isn’t this about the time you tell our punk asses to get lost because you’re a hotshot and don’t have time for us?” Sandler replied, “Why? You pay the same amount of money to see my movies as anyone else.” Rightly or wrongly, people are interested in meeting a person that they’ve seen in movies or on TV. They want to make a connection. And when you think of how hard it is to become successful as an actor, and how much of that is dependent on people **wanting** to see them in movies and shows, I think they do owe it to people to be polite and smile when someone says “You were awesome in [movie]!” They wouldn’t be where they are if people didn’t appreciate what they do. And if they can’t deal with the way people show their appreciation, they shouldn’t be an actor. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-anecdotes-about-famous-people-that-creep-you-out/417620/100 "2007-09-02T20:03:08Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] No. Urban myth. As **Cecil Adams** pointed out. [/QUOTE] Yup, I know. It was still a rumor and I was by far the first one to post rumors in this thread and it made me cringe when I first heard it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-anecdotes-about-famous-people-that-creep-you-out/417620.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-anecdotes-about-famous-people-that-creep-you-out/417620.md?page=6)