rant · moment 11 of 12
Meeting Your Idols Ruins the Story
from Floating Buffet (with Ralph Sutton) · #70
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4 minTim and Ralph debate when it's appropriate to approach a celebrity, discussing Stevie Nicks, John Stewart looking miserable for a photo, Daniel Cormier at UFC 217, and how meeting idols in person is always a letdown, referencing Sebastian Bach's point about rock stars losing their mystique.
- 53:24Tim regrets meeting people he respected, discovering they disappoint in person.
- 53:36He wouldn't want a photo with Trump and currently has no celebrity he'd need a picture with.
- 54:04Chasing down a celebrity in public for a forced photo makes you look like a loser.
- 55:10A roommate took a picture with John Stewart outside the Cellar; Stewart looked miserable.
- 55:56Tim was on a boat with thousands of people and got a few photos taken with him, which felt right.
- 56:22The setting matters—backstage at a concert after a show is different from accosting someone at a restaurant.
- 56:46He's made real friends from the podcast who started as listeners.
- 57:07People believe the bullshit that celebrities are who they are in movies and TV, then meet them and it's always a letdown.
- 57:29Rock stars used to be larger than life with no Twitter, Instagram, or backstage access to ruin the mystique.
Russ BakerJohn StewartDaniel CormierBruce SpringsteenPublic HotelSebastian BachStevie NicksDonald Trump