People Share Embarrassing Things They Said to Celebrities in Viral Twitter Thread

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"I once told Gaga she looked like MARY Antoinette. I meant Marie."

Imagine crossing paths with your favorite celebrity, opening your mouth to ask them a question, and...saying something entirely idiotic instead. It happens more often than you might think, as one viral Twitter thread recently proved.

Twitter user @rachyymarshall opened a Pandora’s box of embarrassing moments when she asked her followers, “What is the stupidest thing you’ve said to a celebrity?” To break the ice, she added a memory of her own, along with video evidence: “I once told [Lady] Gaga she looked like MARY Antoinette. I meant Marie.”

It didn’t take long for other people to join the conversation, and soon, a viral thread was born. One person, for example, was so overwhelmed with excitement when they met Brendon Urie, the only thing they could ask was when the last time the singer ate chicken nuggets. This fan asked Taylor Swift if she was actually a hologram (lol what?), while another Twitter user revealed they yelled “Hey, Kylie, can I get a picture?” to Hailey Baldwin. Omg no!

And the hilarious stories kept coming. There were anecdotes about Niall Horan, Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Styles, and Shawn Mendes. Memories surfaced about total “foot-in-mouth” comments and odd (yet arguably creative) explanations of name spellings. Even YouTuber Tyler Oakley joined in the fun with an LOL-worthy moment involving former President Barack Obama.

The moral of the story? We all say embarrassing things from time to time, especially when filled with an adrenaline rush from meeting an iconic celebrity. I’m sure that even celebs have some awkward stories of their own; after all, it happens to the best of us.

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