My Celebrity Friends

So, like everyone else, there are a number of celebrities who I feel a certain affinity for. Like, if we ever crossed paths regularly, we could be coffee shop, movie watching, celebrity bashing homies. Here is a short list of my chosen "circle of trust" or as Wendy Williams has said "friends in my head". You know, assuming, i could meet these people and have more than the customary "yeah I'm famous, thanks for the support, now walk away before i accuse you of stalking me."

Craig Ferguson- I discovered/fell in love with his show sometime around the Late Night Wars Part II. He made a Carson Daly joke and I was sold. I've been dvr-ing his show since. Something about the "what the hell" care he takes of his show combined with the self deprecating humor and his love of all things silly (cue robot sidekick named Geoff Peterson, "Secretariat" and all those puppets) and this is a man who I can get on board with. When I was last in LA, my only planned event was seeing his show. It was awesome. Also, that studio really is tiny, dark and freezing.

Holly Robinson Peete- I've enjoyed her since Hanging with Mr. Cooper. And everytime I've caught an interview with her, she seems just really down to earth. Actually, i sorta hate the banality of the "down to earth" description. More like, she seems like the kinda girl you can go out for mani-pedis with but also throw back beers and/or wine and trash talk about sports teams. And the more I see of her on The Talk, the more I'm convinced.In the course of  two days, she skateboarded across the set and faceplanted, jumping up with the "Who me? Nah nah, you didn't see that!" look and challenged Justin Bieber to air hockey, not caring one whit if the pre teens in the audience staged an uprising when she scored on him.

TMZ staff- Yup, I love that show. I really do. When I go away and come home, I often knock out about 3 of those shows before I check out anything else on the DVR. I love the snarkiness of the show and the people in that newsroom really make the show. I would barely care about half of those celebrities without the guarantee of a barbed comment here or there. There's also one guy in particular who is small and Jewish and generally in the back of the room who may quietly be one of the naturally funniest people currently on television.

Kristin Bell- This is a girl who wears "shark bite" and "ninja fight" bandaids so she "doesn't have to explain what happened" when she's wearing a bandaid. Also, the combo of her and the show Parenthood are conspiring to convince that Dax Shephard may be a cool dude. I NEVER thought that would be possible. Dane Cook, you still suck.

Joshua Jackson- Who doesn't love Pacey? Or Charlie? I've watched one Fringe show so maybe I'm not the most loyal fan. But I love him and think he's sexy so he can roll with me anytime.

Hugh Jackman- Doesn't he seem super nice? Anyone who can sing in a Broadway musicale playing a gay man and also kick ass as Wolverine can hang out with me anytime. He also seems like the gamest person ever, like if you suggest it, he would be the first one to say "Yeah, sure, we can give that a go."

Michelle Obama- I sorta want to be her. But since that's not possible, we could be peoples if we were in the same age group. I mostly content myself by saying that I may already be cool with the next generation's Michelle O. Don't know which of my girls she is yet, but I'm confident I know her.

America Ferrera- She's another person who just seems really grounded. I also feel like she would be that friend who would tell me when my boyfriend sucked but in a kind and gentle way. Unless I was being dense, and then she would tell me I'm being an idiot. I need one of those in my celebrity crew.

The Go Fug Yourself Girls- They write snarky fashion commentary, love completely age inappropriate teen dramas and are avid lovers of college basketball. That is me.








Other honorable mentions

Party Friends- You know, the friends who aren't your real people, but you run into them in the scene and they're always a good time, intentionally or not.

DL Hughley - He's hilarious, super smart, and pretty mean. We couldn't hang out all the time, but I would be in tears  or on the floor laughing anytime he was around.

Wanda Sykes - I once saw her, in person, climb out of a booth (literally climb out) when a Biggie song came on just so she could get down and dance.

Charles Barkley- He once told Dave Letterman that while he wants college bball players to stay in college and get degrees, he hasn't bothered to get his yet because he's just " really loaded". Gotta love a man both that honest and unintentionally hilarious.

Nene Leakes - We don't need to be friends. I just want to be around when shit goes down around her.

Will Smith - Don't know why, but I'm sold on Will Smith. I will go and watch his movies no matter how strange. And if ever aliens/zombies come down to take over the planet, I'm more comfortable with him around to save us.

Acquaintances- We don't need to hang out all the time, but I wanna read all their updates on facebook and may still be invited to their birthday parties, but only if they invited everyone they knew in the immediate area.

Paul Rudd
Sinbad
Brad Paisley
Korto Momolu
Jennifer Nettles
Jennifer Hudson
Oprah

I realize that last set it really random, but hey, don't we all have a few of those in our crew?