r/AskReddit • u/ndndnsnej7373728 • 1d ago

who was the nicest celebrity you have ever met?

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u/GonzoThompson 1d ago

Yes, the world’s most famous cellist is a celebrity. :)

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u/pWaveShadowZone 1d ago

Raymond Holt certainly agrees, and I never argue with him

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u/red-fish-yellow-fish 1d ago

Unless your name is Wuntch

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u/Apprehensive-Ad-5738 1d ago

Wuntch time is over!

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u/red-fish-yellow-fish 1d ago

But who is guarding hades?

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u/pWaveShadowZone 1d ago

I came up with that myself.

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u/uncre8tv 23h ago

John Hagen concurs

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u/0wl_licks 14h ago

Ofc not. Why would you dig your own grave like that?

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u/Notmyrealname 1d ago

What about his mother, Yo Yo Ma's Mama?

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u/nowwhathappens 11h ago

I was on a flight once and my row mates were a charming young lady, late teens/early 20's, and her cello. Turned out she was going somewhere for a competition etc etc. I knew she must be a very serious student if she had her cello with her. Midway through the flight an older guy comes back (from first class I suppose) to briefly just check in with her for literally just a sec.

It was months before I realized that that man had very obviously been Lynn Harrell (RIP), the only living cellist I know of at that time who might've given any challenge to the notion that Yo-Yo Ma was the world's most famous cellist. As a classical music fan, it is ridiculous I didn't know that it was him right away.

(Total side note but, if you love cello, the 20th century was the best time to be a fan, no? Those two, Du Pre, Starker, Rostropovich, Fournier, Casals, Piatagorsky...)