As somebody who’s been concerned with stan tradition for, like, 15 years, I’ve seen quite a lot of wild fan drama go down. Nevertheless, no faux pregnancies, secret marriage ceremony conspiracy theories, or area of interest fanfiction discourse can evaluate to the way in which some followers act in direction of their favourite celebrities in public.
Listed below are 22 occasions celebs had completely wild fan encounters:
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Norman Reedus obtained bitten by a fan at a meet-and-greet. He informed Conan, “I used to be sitting there. I used to be taking an image, after which she type of began shaking a little bit bit, after which she type of regarded up on the sky and kinda howled like a werewolf.” She yowled then bit him on the chest “actual onerous, like, left enamel prints.”
He continued, “The police escorted her out of the constructing, and, I assume, she obtained outdoors. And he or she stated, ‘What occurred?’ They usually stated, ‘Ma’am, you bit Norman.’ And he or she goes, ‘I did?’ They had been like, ‘Do you wanna press fees?’ And I used to be like, ‘No she simply had a second. She appeared like a pleasant woman.'”
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Dolly Parton informed the Windy Metropolis Occasions, “Years in the past, once I first began being an enormous star, I had followers that had been fanatical. It was when ‘Jolene’ was an enormous hit. We got here dwelling at some point, and there was a child in a field at our gate with a word in it. The word stated, ‘My identify is Jolene. My momma has left me right here, and he or she needs you to have me.’ In fact, all of us freaked out!”
She added, “We instantly known as Human Companies and took care of the newborn till they obtained there. We by no means did know or hear something about it. I knew nothing else. What do you do in a scenario like that? There are some loony individuals on this world! Are you able to think about your self in that scenario? It wasn’t prefer it was a kitten or a pet canine. It was a child named Jolene!”
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On Scorching Ones, Shawn Mendes recalled, “I had a fan present up at my door in the midst of winter, and he or she had mainly a crop high on and shorts in the midst of the winter. And he or she goes, ‘I do not know what occurred. I simply am misplaced.’ And I went, ‘You are misplaced, eh?’ ‘Yeah, like, I do not know the place I’m.’ I am like, ‘Alright.’ She knew who I used to be. ‘I simply want somebody to drive me to Starbucks.’ I am like, ‘You are actually good. Okay, I will drive you to Starbucks.’ She had me. There was no means getting out of it… I drove her. She was actually good. I gotta give it to her.”
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Throughout the peak of One Route’s fame, some Directioners hacked into the safety cameras at airports and resorts the place the band was. They watched the boys as if it had been a dwell stream of animals on the zoo.
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In 2016, a bunch of Harry Kinds followers allegedly hacked into his mother’s iCloud account, stole photos of the singer vacationing with Kendall Jenner, and unfold them throughout social media. Harry’s reps did not reply to the scenario, however his mother deleted her Twitter.
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And in one other occasion of “why cannot we be regular about Harry Kinds?”, followers marked the spot the place he famously puked on the aspect of the 101 freeway in 2014 with an indication studying, “Harry Kinds Threw Up Right here.” Nevertheless, that is not the wildest half — one fan reportedly scooped up Harry’s vomit and listed it on eBay!
When Harry discovered concerning the eBay itemizing throughout a BBC Radio interview, he remarked, “This took a really unusual flip… It’s worrying that that is the world we dwell in.”
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When Taylor Swift attended her mates Jack Antonoff and Margaret Qualley’s Jersey Shore marriage ceremony in 2023, huge crowds of followers gathered outdoors a restaurant the place the newlyweds had been holding a dinner. The followers reportedly chanted Taylor’s identify and tried to movie her.
Reportedly showing surprised, Taylor politely waved to the onlookers, however as viral movies of the crowds unfold, criticism for the gathered followers poured in. They had been known as out for disrespecting Taylor’s privateness in addition to intruding on Jack and Margaret’s massive day.
Many individuals introduced up Taylor’s response to the crowds gathered outdoors her dwelling in her Netflix documentary Miss Americana.
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Equally, in 2017, Taylor Swift was a bridesmaid in her childhood finest good friend Abigail Anderson’s marriage ceremony. Safety shielded Taylor from the group gathered outdoors the venue with drapes and an umbrella. Some followers reportedly booed her and chanted, “Very disappointing, not cool.”
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Lauren Jauregui was outed when Fifth Concord followers discovered photos of her along with her girlfriend in a personal household album, and Perez Hilton obtained ahold of them. On Purple Desk Speak: The Estefans, she stated, “I might been relationship the girlfriend that I had on the time for most likely a yr at that time, however we had fallen in love once I was 15. I used to be at my uncle’s marriage ceremony in New Orleans, and my aunt very innocently posted the photographs from the photograph sales space onto her Fb web page. It was a hyperlink for the household to have the ability to click on on, and my followers are just a bit wild, and so they discovered the image the place my girlfriend and I — we had been drunk — so we had been kissing. [Perez Hilton] positively outed me.”
She continued, “I wasn’t prepared as a result of I am additionally Latina. There was that entire looming factor of, ‘What’s my group going to really feel about me? Are they even going to just accept me?’ I do know that my household clearly accepted me. However was that one thing that I used to be prepared to take care of on a public scale? I felt like my very own course of was violated.”
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When Fifth Concord was on tour in Mexico, a crowd of followers greeted them on the Monterrey airport. One fan yanked Ally Brooke whereas trying to hug her, holding on and pulling her with them as safety tried to separate them.
In response, Ally tweeted, “Hello my loves, Simply to let you realize, I’m okay after the airport incident. Please watch out and mild so no one will get harm. That was scary. Thanks! Monterrey, I could not be happier to be right here! It has been a dream of mine since I used to be little. My favourite singer Selena Quintanilla had many lovely performances right here. And now I get to carry out on this metropolis! I’m past honored & proud.”
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Ashley Benson informed BuzzFeed, “So, I used to be at a Korean spa — I’ve informed this earlier than, however like, it is simply so insane that this occurred. However I used to be in a Korean spa, and I used to be within the bathe. And clearly, like, everybody is totally bare. This lady, like, got here into my stall and was asking me questions like, ‘Who’s A? Who’s this?’ no matter. And I used to be like, ‘Whoa, I am actually bare.’ She absolutely got here into my bathe stall and was having a dialog. I used to be simply overlaying myself, so embarrassed, and being like, ‘What is going on?’ Then she was asking for photographs. I used to be like, ‘That is insane. Oh my God.'”
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Dax Shepard informed MTV, “This lady was satisfied that I used to be the daddy of her child, and I might by no means, ever met her. She marches within the restaurant. Restaurant’s full, and he or she goes, ‘Ahem. Are you gonna deny that he is yours?’ And I am going, ‘What?’ She goes, ‘Are you prepared to take a paternity take a look at or not?’ And I am going, ‘What?’ She goes, ‘He is your son!’ And that was a really surreal expertise.”
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John Travolta informed Individuals, “I lived in Santa Barbara about 30 years in the past, and somebody snuck into my home. I opened the closet, and there she was. It did scare me, however it turned out to be an harmless particular person. She was a lady who most likely needed to fulfill me and did not know how one can do it.”
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Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph informed BuzzFeed, “Final yr, after we had been on the press tour for Dolemite Is My Identify, there was one group of folks that all the time appeared to be the place I used to be, whether or not it was a restaurant, at a resort, and even doing press at 30 Rock. They simply all the time knew my comings and goings. I used to be like, ‘Who’s leaking this?’ In order that was a little bit like, ‘Oh, I do not do nicely with stalkers.'”
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Finn Wolfhard informed ABC Information, “I obtained adopted again from my home by a pair in Toronto. And the minute I obtained to my door, they had been identical to, ‘Can we take an image with you?’ I used to be like, ‘No, you adopted me again for 4 blocks, that is tremendous creepy.'”
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As soon as, when Millie Bobby Brown was a child, she fell asleep entire on a principally empty aircraft to the Philippines — and a fan sat subsequent to her. Millie informed ABC Information, “You realize while you simply, type of, get up and he or she’s sitting proper there? I am like, ‘Hello.'”
She felt that the very fact she and the remainder of her Stranger Issues castmates had been nonetheless kids made such conditions extra uncomfortable. She stated, “I simply assume that for me, as a result of we’re so younger in the mean time, it is like we have not skilled these things but, so for us, it is like, ‘Whoa. That’s simply bizarre.'”
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Chappell Roan has had a number of scary encounters with followers, akin to after they discovered her flight info and tried to make the airport right into a meet-and-greet. One man obtained so indignant that she would not signal an autograph that airport police needed to be known as. She later noticed him amongst the paparazzi in LA. She informed Rolling Stone, “I obtained dwelling and dropped to my knees. I’ve a tough time crying now due to my meds, however I sobbed and was screaming.”
One other time, a fan was on the identical bar the place Chappell was celebrating her good friend’s birthday. Grabbing her, the fan kissed her. The identical evening, her father’s telephone quantity was leaked on the web, and a fan known as him. It prompted her to publish a TikTok calling out harassment from followers. In one other video, she stated, “I do not care that abuse and harassment, stalking, no matter, is a standard factor to do to people who find themselves well-known, or a little bit well-known. I do not care that this loopy sort of habits comes together with the job. … That does not make it okay, that does not make it regular. I do not need regardless of the fuck you assume you are purported to be entitled to everytime you see a star…”
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In 2019, Ethan and Grayson Dolan introduced the passing of their father. Followers of the Dolan Twins YouTube channel started sharing (faux) particulars of the funeral, posting about attending, and utilizing hashtags like #SeanDolanFuneral and #SeanDolanMeetupParty. A few of their followers reportedly blamed the scenario on Ok-pop followers who had been allegedly trolling, however no matter who was behind it, the Dolans had been pushed to publicly ask for privateness.
Grayson tweeted, “We would like this ceremony to be a chance for the individuals who had a detailed reference to my Dad to say goodbye and pay their respects. We recognize all of our followers so a lot. Please respect My father Sean, Ethan, my household, and me ship your love by social media solely! … Your type posts about my Dad have been heartwarming. Thanks all. Once more, please don’t present as much as his wake, funeral, or any of his providers.”
Likewise, Ethan tweeted, “In case you are a fan of Grayson and I we love you and recognize you a lot. One of the simplest ways you might help us throughout this powerful time is to NOT present up at our fathers wake or funeral. thanks guys and please please please respect my want.”
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A few of Joe Locke’s followers tried to get in direct contact together with his members of the family. A couple of known as his grandmother’s telephone, and others messaged his mother on social media and tried to determine the place she was, prompting her to make new accounts for privateness. He informed Teen Vogue, “It is a bizarre guilt I typically really feel that, by affiliation, their lives are affected by selections in my life… It is a mutual factor. I must study my boundaries, and other people must study their boundaries. Most consideration comes from a extremely good place, and I hope I all the time recognize that.”
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Joe Jonas informed Digital Spy, “The craziest factor we have ever been given is unquestionably a useless shark.” Nick added, “It wasn’t an actual massive shark, although. It was solely a child shark, however they’d preserved it on this tube for us. That was odd… They did not even depart a word explaining. It was simply, ‘Here is a useless shark.'”
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And at last, on TikTok, singer Jake Miller stated that he is “legally a dad” as a result of, after a present in about 2015, he went outdoors to take selfies and signal autographs for followers. He was transferring rapidly down the road as a result of it was darkish, chilly, and “not in one of the best space.” He stated, “As I am taking place the road, I see some lady with a paper. I am like, ‘That appears kinda bizarre. What’s that?’ She’s like, ‘It is nothing. It is simply my math homework.’ And I am like, ‘Okay, good luck. Hope you get an A.’ After which I signal it, and I stroll away. After which a pair minutes later, some women had been like, ‘Jake! You gotta come again! This lady lied to you!'”
He continued, “So I am like, ‘Oh, okay. I am again. What’s up?’ They usually had been like, ‘This lady simply tricked you. That wasn’t math homework. That is an adoption paper.’ I am like, ‘What the fuck?’ They usually’re like, ‘That is an adoption paper.’ So I name my supervisor… over, and he rips that shit up. And he or she begins hysterically crying. I am like, ‘No wait, do not cry. But in addition, what the fuck? You tricked me. Am I legally your dad?’ And he or she was like, nonetheless crying, and I used to be like, ‘That is fucked up.'”
