Gary’s Q&A

Listener question & Gary’s response · Transcript passage

Heike Caldwell. Have you ever met someone famous during your travels, and if so, were you surprised by how nice or not so nice that person was?

The only famous person I can say I met, and I use the term met loosely, was Anthony Bourdain. Just a few months before he died, his film crew was staying at the same hotel I was staying at in Lafayette, Louisiana, during Mardi Gras.

Every morning, he would be outside the main door of the hotel smoking a cigarette and texting with someone. He was there, waiting for his crew to pack up their van and head out to shoot for the day.

It did say hi to him, and he was very nice and gracious, but that was about the full extent of it.

I know a bunch of people who are podcasters and influencers, but I’m not sure if you’d call them celebrities.

That being said, I’m not really that big on celebrities and famous people. If I did meet someone, I almost certainly wouldn’t ask for a selfie.