Would you go out on a date with celebrity?

Well, yeah they're people, but they're a completely different class of people. Not to say that they are a better class -- but certainly a different class, and a tight-knit one at that, so I think that the original question does have merit. It's like asking, would you go out with a shell-shocked war veteran. Still a person, but might be a bit off.

Different class of people? Eh, I went to first grade with 'em.

Gimme the dirt!

Yeah, I'd go out on a date with a celebrity, ifn I was intrigued by them.

Somewhere quiet though! I always had a desire to meet Robin Williams. Do something fun and active - like trapezing or something silly like that.

Musicians with even an inkling of celebrity are a pain in the ass in public. Enough said.

And yeah...why Bruce Willis? Oh god Why? Interesting choice kinda.

Robert Redford? no way.

I'm trying to stay neutral on the answer, really interested why a person would pick any celebrity, let alone a specific one, over the stranger sitting across the room from you.

I mean, you may think they are a good actor, or singer or whatever, but is that enough to say you'd want to go on a date with them?

That just doesn't seem like enough. I'd want to know that we'd have something to talk about rather than superficial things.

Frankly I've never been really sure what the term "partying" means. Does it mean sitting around drinking? Does it involve driving around, dancing, eating snacks? I gus my gut reaction when I hear someone saying they "partied" was that they sat around a room with other people and smoked pot...I know that may sound silly, it's just the picture I get in my head.

So to say you'd like to party with celebrity X, what does that mean? Be in a loud place where you couldn't hear each other? Getting drunk and sloppy? Hoping for the potential of a physical encounter.

That's why I was asking what a person would specifically do with one person over the other.

Can't think of a specific, but I think I'd like to go on a "date" with a writer I admire.

For humor, David Sedaris would be a hoot. And I wouldn't have to worry about putting out for him because he's gay.

Specifically, I always wanted to be one of Jennifer Lopez's husbands (even if only for a few days).

Excuse me?

In my life I have hung out with a fair share of celebrities, and I have been lucky enough to sleep with some very beautiful women ( of course I include squinney) and some very uninhibited women, so for me I would want a date with Hillary Clinton or Nancy Pelosi because I think it would be a real turn on to be with a woman that powerful.

Condie Rice and Ann Coulter are also women of power, but they are entirely too repulsive.

No, i never fantasized about Grace Kelly, and i do wonder what would make anyone think i'm that old.

Celebrities are only different from other people to the extent that they get attention paid to them, and that they seem to revel in that attention. In many of their actions, quite a few celebrities give the impression that they are obsessed with that attention, that they want to be the center of attention. Some others seem to rather ordinary people who happen to have a profession which puts them in the spotlight. When Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier, she gave up the public life, except insofar as the kooks who obsess "royalty" attempted to pry into her private life. I suspect that anyone in the realm of celebrity who would be a worthwhile companion already has, probably quietly and definitely not your business, a relationship with one other person who is special to them, and a circle of friends which does not include you or me. Why chase after something which will a disappointment?

very well said Setanta

I tellya what though... that Jessica Rabbit.... I'd hit that...

Uhmm, if you really think they're a good actor or a good singer, then you do have something to talk about.

And talking about acting and films, or about singing and music, sure doesnt sound any more superficial to me than your regular night out conversation - or do you usually talk nuclear physics over dinner?

Ooooh, I do, I do!

:-)

Ha ha! OK, but its different when you're married to nuclear phyisic (or what it is he does)

And I bet you've spent many a date engagingly talking films too :wink:

Yep.

First encounters (weren't dates exactly) were about books books and more books.

Is an author considered a celebrity?

Lots of authors I'd like to get to know better.

How do you know they would want to talk about acting or singing at all?

That's making the assumption that if you act or sing that's all you want to talk about.

If we went on a date, I wouldn't necessarily want to talk about what I do for a living.

Also, if you want to talk about, let's say acting and films, why pick out one particular celebrity? If you think actors want to talk about film over dinner, wouldn't any actor be as good as the other?

Or, do you just want to talk about films THAT celebrity was in? In that case, you'd be in luck if you picked someone who wanted to talk about themselves, or you'd be disappointed if that person said they didn't really want to talk about their jobs, or themselves.

It's just like I said before, I would have no idea if I would like to have a date with some celebrity than I would know if I wanted a date with a complete stranger walking across the street.

Before I commited myself to an evening or a date with someone, I'd want to know FIRST if it'd be an interesting time. You don't have to go on a date to find that out.

OK, this is something I'm just throwing out there....
What if just a random, everyday person asked you on a date (ok, I'm talking her from a womans POV)...for whatever reason, your radar goes up and you decline, there's something just not right. Then, against your better judgement, you do end up going out, and he rapes you, or beats you, or whatever (put in the male equivelant here of a bad time) Well, that would be a bad evening.

OK, what is to keep a celebrity from doing the same thing to you? Are you just assuming that because you know this person's name, and a lot of people do, and you know what they do for a living, that this would exempt them from bad behavior?

In fact, being famous might prompt someone to expect that certain favors would be given to them, based on their name. (not that something like that has ever happened )

Or, would you go on a date not thinking that they might be the most boring person you've ever met?

I suppose my bottom line is, if I wasn't married and was available for dating....

I would no sooner go out on a date, or not with a celebrity than any other person in the world.

I would not go out on a date with anyone until I knew something about them, and felt safe with them.

Because I recognize a persons name does not make them any less of a stranger.

and yeah, I think nuclear physics would be tons more interesting to talk about than movies or songs.

and how do you know it will be a disappointment? It might be a rather pleasant meal.

Years ago, I used to hang out with some radio producers. Tagged along on interviews, did some prep work for questions for musicians they didn't care to know much about. I pretty much always had a good time. The people were generally interesting and I learned something about them I wouldn't have learned from reading liner notes.

Can't think of any of them I'd have wanted to have a 'relationship' with, but in each case I was glad I met them.

Chai and Setanta seem to be kindred spirits.

You have posited the situation of simply having a meal with someone, and i was not commenting on that. The titular subject is "a date," which has implications of searching for close relationship, which is not at all the same as simply going to lunch with someone whom you might find interesting.

Lunch/date/whatever.

People, famous or not, generally end up in relationships.

No particular reason it can't be with someone nice like me.