Brian Lera on WNYC.

And now we wrap today's show on a a lighter note as we sometimes do with your stories about meeting your idols

listeners have you ever met a favorite celebrity how did it go and this could be any kind of favorite person, your famous musician,

athlete, politician, some radio host much more famous than me, and if how did it go were they everything you hope

they would be at least for that momentary encounter was a lovely experience did

it happen how you always imagine that it would in your head or were they not what you expected?

Maybe not as friendly or kind-hearted at least in your brief encounter.

Did you walk away feeling unsettled or embarrassed?

Call or text us with your celebrity encounters

and how that went.

There's a there's a there's an old saying. how that

when that says you never want to meet your idols.

Was that the case for you and it actually happened?

212 433, WNYC, 433, 9692?

And why do I ask?

Well, I'll take you behind the scenes a little bit.

Originally, when we thought of this call and one of our producers had an experience

while working on this show a few weeks ago, where she met someone she was a fan of during

our check-in process with the guest.

She thought she would be talking to the guest manager,

but instead the person she's a fan of answered the phone.

The experience was lovely, and she walked away from it feeling great. But not all

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