30 Sweet And Genuine Fan-Celeb Encounters That Prove Fame Hasn’t Ruined Every Celebrity

It turns out there are many threads online where topic starters ask which celebrities are known to be good people. For example, in this thread, the author asks netizens: "Have you met any celebrity that strikes you as a really nice person?" And you know what? The results, in many ways, truly restore our faith in humanity.

People who write in these threads - both regular fans and those who've encountered celebrities in their work - list many famous people who haven't been spoiled by fame. On the contrary, it's actually brought them more noble qualities.

For instance, a classic example of such stories is Keanu Reeves, who, despite his millions in earnings, worldwide fame, and incredible workload, remains, by and large, a nice and sweet guy next door who you can ask for a favor from - and he's unlikely to refuse. And if he does, he'll apologize profusely.

For example, the story of actress Octavia Spencer, whom Reeves helped many years ago when her car broke down on the road, is well known. Furthermore, the movie star often donates hefty amounts of money and sends aid to low-income families and sick kids. And, importantly, he does this not for PR, but from the heart.

Keanu Reeves is a true hero of our time, but there have been outstanding people throughout history who repeatedly performed noble deeds and never succumbed to the pernicious influence of their fame. Sometimes these deeds were completely unexpected coincidences.

For example, towards the end of the American Civil War, at the Jersey City train station, young officer Robert Lincoln once nearly fell between the cars of an oncoming train, but someone literally pulled him back.

Turning around to see his savior, Lincoln was greatly surprised to recognize one of America's most celebrated actors, Edwin Booth - a true stage superstar. Incidentally, Booth didn't know he had saved the president's son, and the story only became public a couple of months later, when Edwin's brother, John, fatally shot Abraham Lincoln.

Incidentally, this noble act largely saved Edwin Booth's entire career - the whole society was on the verge of canceling him because of his brother's crime, but Robert Lincoln stood up for his recent savior and brought the story to the public.

However, truly good and kind people, invested with fame and even power, can be found even in the harshest times of history. For example, the Roman Emperor Titus, according to both his contemporaries and later historians (who no longer had any reason to flatter the late emperor), was a really kind person.

The emperor readily talked to ordinary citizens of Rome, interacted with them, resolved their problems, and, as some sources even say, considered any day in which he didn’t perform at least one good deed a day wasted. However, among the Roman emperors, there were far more who fit the typical Hollywood portrait: haughty, arrogant, and entitled...

But why do so many people change their attitudes toward others upon achieving fame? Apparently, there are special mechanisms in our brain that are responsible for this process, experts say. For example, Donna Rockwell, Psy.D., explains in her article on PsychAlive that the effects of fame on a person are like certain harmful substances.

"You can get into this headspace where everything feels like a fantasy and then nothing is reality anymore, and that's where things get dangerous," Natalie Gauci, 2007 Australian Idol winner, explains on the All In the Mind podcast. Accordingly, the stronger any person’s character is, the more difficult it is for them to succumb to any addiction. And fame, of course, is no exception here.

Be that as it may, I'm pretty sure many of you have your own stories about how you ran into Matt Damon, LeBron James, or Taylor Swift one day, and what happened next. So we'd be grateful if, after reading this collection of stories, you could also share your own tale in the comments below.