Top 10 Celebrities Who Are Probably Cool In Real Life

Posted by Brian Fairbanks

 

Feel free to weigh in and add your own... especially if you can correct (or add) based on personal experience...

10. Neil Young-- because of-- or in spite of-- the fact that he is obsessed with model trains

9. Heidi Klum-- showing us her ass bruise yesterday is what got us thinking about this list in the first place

8. Anthony Bourdain-- the only man who works in a kitchen that we probably couldn't take in a fight... but he wouldn't start one with us... because he's cool like that

7. Simon Cowell-- once he steps out of character, he might be a pretty good wingman... same with Ryan Seacrest (just kidding!)

6. Elvis Costello-- if you've seen him in concert recently, you know he still has the same energy and kickass attitude that seemed so fresh in 1976

5. Bill Clinton-- unless, of course, you have a busty blond with you, hanging out with Bill Clinton is rumored to be a great time, where dirty jokes are always welcome... as long as they don't involve "interns"

4. David Bowie-- then again, David Bowie could sneer at us and it would kind of awesome

3. Wanda Sykes-- now here's somebody who you actually wouldn't mind it if she were "on" all the damn time

2. The dudes from Flight of the Conchords

1. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert (tie)-- this we know from reliably sources... and, because, if they weren't cool in real life, it would break out poor widdle liberal hearts...

Also, a good way to tell if a celebrity might be an all right person in real life is to scan through this page of stories from waiters all over the country. They weight on whether a celebrity was a great tipper (Bill Murray, Joe Pesci, Stevie Nicks) or one who ordered "many bottles of wine" and still stiffed the help (Don Henley, big surprise.)

 

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Comments

Baron Von Monkeychow said:

Having been in the tv biz for many years, I can tell you Stewart, Colbert, Maher, all those guys are major asshats.

Ask me about the Bill Maher "special towel" stories...

September 23, 2008 3:41 PM

tricia said:

Bill Gates came into the restaurant I worked in and tipped less than 10%.

September 23, 2008 3:51 PM

VH said:

Are you fucking kidding me?  Wanda Sykes?  I'd rather take a bullet to the torso than hang out with someone that obnoxious.

September 23, 2008 4:12 PM

faery866 said:

Bill Murray I've heard is a really big ass in person.  But that's just what I've heard, maybe he was having an off day.  Ooo Val Kilmer should be on that list solely based on the Jane interview he did quite a few years back when he talked about having sex on giant sheep skin rugs. (I know someone who met though and supposedly he is actually very nice.)  Also Dan Radcliff seems pleasant in interviews...although that might be because he's British, one can never tell with these things.

September 23, 2008 4:28 PM

Jeremy said:

You know who is really cool: my dad

September 23, 2008 6:17 PM

totalblamblam said:

Klum?! Pass. She seems so snarky and entitled.

Bill is great. I met him last year, quite randomly. I was really nervous (duh) and I made some joke like, "My name is Hil(l)ary, too!" (it is) and he proceeded to chat with me for 20 minutes. He was very intense, and touched my arm a lot.

I think Mandy Moore seems like she'd be really nice. Aside from the whole Ryan Adams thing (sorry, I know you like him, but he's a total louse!).

September 23, 2008 9:46 PM

grrrimabaddog said:

Neil Young should be number 1, and here's why: he doesn't just play with trains for the fun of it.  He got into them because of his son Ben, who has severe cerebral palsy.  Young wanted to find toys that he and Ben could play with, since his disease prevented him from doing active things like healthy kids.  Later, when their favorite train company (Lionel) was about to fold, Young bought it to preserve his son's favorite train line.  Like I said, there's nobody cooler.

September 23, 2008 11:06 PM

quai8 said:

i hate wanda sykes!! her voice is horrible. she's not funny... she's very white bread for a female blk comedian. just saying....

September 24, 2008 12:43 AM

thinkywritey said:

When Clinton was still in office, my graphics group presented something to the office of the president. I was not there, but my nearest workmate was. She's not the star-fucker type and was not really even looking forward to the trip. When she returned, though, she said that Bill Clinton was the most charismatic, personable man she'd ever met. When he shook her hand, she was the only person in the room.

September 24, 2008 9:50 AM

imworkingiswear said:

I miss Clinton.

September 25, 2008 5:15 PM

321trickpony said:

Neil should absolutely be #1.  Come on- flashes in the pan like the Flight of the Conchords guys, Simon Cowell and Wanda Sykes beat him out?  Even David Bowie's placement ahead of him is questionable!

September 25, 2008 5:31 PM

Snafooey said:

Only two women on the list? Really?

September 25, 2008 10:23 PM

Snake Eyez said:

Simon Cowell...  Your kidding me, right.  He is one of the most shallow TV personalities.  What happened Robert Mugabe and Kim Jong Il just not charismatic enough to make the list.  Seriously fire this writer!

September 25, 2008 11:38 PM

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Brian Fairbanks, the Senior National Political Correspondent for Nerve, is a filmmaker living in Brooklyn or New Orleans, depending on the season. He is a heavily-armed advocate of gun control.

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