Completely random but I met him once when I was a teenager. I was in HMV buying a CD when the place filled up suddenly. When I tried to leave I found the doors were locked. Security explained that he was doing an autograph signing in the store for the next hour- they assumed I was one of the groupies there to see him.
He was awful. He would kiss each person who came up for an autograph, which was really inappropriate. Even worse is that if he thought you were ugly, he'd kiss you on the cheek, and if he fancied you he'd snog you. The fans
loved it and certainly went away with a memory they'd have forever- getting a snog from their pop idol.
But I remember even as a young teen thinking that was grotesque. I stood in the corner and flat out refused to meet him whenever someone tried to put me in the queue. He didn't even ask, he just leaned in to each girl to kiss them.
There's
no way he'd able to do that in 2019 (nor, dare I say, would he want to now that he's older and wiser), but in his heyday these things went under the radar.
Sorry for the off-topic post, but I remembered that when I saw the thread title. Hadn't thought of it once since the day. Such an odd experience.
Mods, if this is too off-topic, please feel free to delete. I'm still relatively new and unsure what crosses the line.