Somebody asked if anyone had ever had a ‘famous neighbour’ and the answers were (mainly) very entertainingly Z-list

13.

‘I went to Katie Hopkins’ housewarming drinks (before she was a professional grifter gobshite but after her stint on The Apprentice).’
–Princess__Buttercup_

14.

‘I used to see Bob Geldof in Tesco occasionally.’
–smoulderstoat

15.

‘Used to live across the road from the fella that played Geoff in Byker Grove.’
–Silent_Ad_2145

16.

‘I used to live next to Mr Bean in Hampstead. Very shy guy.’
–Trick_Papaya_3432

17.

‘I see Jamie Oliver all the time in our local town. Fishmonger, cafe, wherever.’
–Cultural_Tank_6947

18.

‘Where I used to work, Tom Hardy would pop in when staying/visiting his wife’s family. Smaller and harier then you think. Very nice mind.’
–Viv_84

19.

‘My landlord at one time was a premier league footballer. I had his personal mobile number and he used to do all the flat inspections himself. Nice bloke.’
–GrumpyHeadmistress

20.

‘My mate lived opposite Boy George and next to Alexander McQueen’s mum. His sister got something nice from AG’s fashion line every Christmas and birthday.’
–hhfugrr3

21.

‘I lived a few doors up from Steve Coogan for a while in Hove. Saw him occasionally. Didn’t like to disturb him even though I am a big fan. Once saw him standing angrily outside his front door. He had a load of shopping and I think someone had locked him out… not the time to shout ‘Ah haaa!’.’
–redch1mp

22.

‘Robbie Coltrane lived next door to a friend from school. One day at like 14 years old we were trying to buy matches in the shop so we could go start a fire, he was behind us in the queue and tried to convince the guy on the till to just sell them to us, didn’t work. He came out the shop two minutes after us and handed us a box of matches. Legend.’
–Necessititties

23.

‘Back in the early 2000s I lived in Stockwell (renting with friends) and it was like Stella Street. Joanna Lumley lived across from us, Mike Skinner from The Streets lived just round the corner and drank in the same pub as we did.

Just up from him was Will Self and one Sunday in the local shop I bumped into a woman who I think had been in Eastenders and was (at the time) in the bill.

The previous tenants told us that one night there’d been a knock at the door, and when they answered it, Guy Ritchie and Madonna were standing at the door.

Apparently they had got the wrong house – they were having dinner with film producer Martha Fiennes (Joseph and Ralph’s sister) who lived a couple of doors down.’
–YoureOnlyHuman

24.

‘I don’t know where exactly they live, but I have seen two Doctor Who’s in my local big Sainsbury’s.’
–TheViscountRang

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