Who would be your celebrity friend IRL?

Daniel Radcliffe

Ina Garten.

Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg

Jennifer Aniston

Kristen Johnston

This will sound crazy, but Maureen Callahan. I find her parsing of popular culture is very interesting. Her show The Never just started a couple of months ago and she is totally on fire.

It is hard to choose someone else because virtually everyone I think of is an aggressive narcissist. I worked with someone famous in the international fashion world and she was so narcissistic that it made working with her incredibly difficult in many ways. It gets very bizarre. You can complement a project from last year because that isn’t close enough to the narcissist. She need something done today to be close enough to her supply. If something was done at 3pm, it doesn’t mean anything, only what was done at 5pm. Once we talked about a real trauma of hers that affected me deeply. Suddenly she said, from Cannes, that she was going waterskiing. She has literally started painting her exposed arms silver to get attention. She works constantly with a photographer who has literally almost killed her several times for wild shots. She calls the photog her best friend and she pays for these photos herself. No magazine has solicited them.

Pat Sajak

Gayle King

Kathy Burke.

Only known by a few here on DL.....but from her work and her great Facebook Page......Tina Cole.

Meryl Streep

Of course, no attractive male celeb, cause I won't see him as "just a friend".

Laura Loomer

Interesting that all but one responses are female celebrities. I didn’t count Ed Grimley’s response, but gave it a like - made me chuckle.

Another vote here for Jen Anniston. She seems to be a loyal, fun, and generous friend by most accounts.

Keanu Reeves!

Brian May

[quote]Another vote here for Jen Anniston.

She’s single and doesn’t have any brats, which is a big 👍

I think Jonathan Groff would be a fun friend to go to the theater with.

Whoopi Goldberg

Janeane Garofalo

Jason Bateman and Jen Aniston by association

Rosie O’Donnell.

Yes, she’d be over-dramatic and exhausting, but we’d have an awesome time at game nights.

Ben Affleck or Jon Hamm seem like they would be cool drinking buddies.

Charles Nelson Reilly

Miss Angie Dickinson

Pussy Galore

Dax Shepard

Sandra Bullock

I've known a few famous people but none of them wanted to be friends with me,

Toni Collette. Or Colin Farrell.

Craig Ferguson

In the more obscure tiers, based on their socials, I could see Sam Witwer, Nick Wechsler, or Geoff Stultz.

DL Fave Sharon Stone. I'd love to open a bottle of vodka with her and listen a story about the time she was almost kidnapped by the SLA or the time she almost fucked Boris Yeltsin. I would never accuse her of lying and just soak it all in.

Nathan Lane, in theory, but I’d want to grab and kiss him all the time.

Barbra Streisand, Meryl Streep, Ina Garten.

Liza! She’d be a hoot to hang out with! And oh the stories she’d regale!

R20, but would she be a friend, friend?

Don't hate me...Anderson Cooper.

The Smart lady from Hacks.

Good ones, [R41] and [R42].

Julianne Moore, seriously.

Theresa Russell and Courtney Love.

Andrew Garfield

I feel like Joseph Gordon Levitt would be my best friend.

Jonathan Bailey. He seems like the kindest and most positive person out there.

Brett Somers

Barbara Stanwyck..... thought, very professional, brutally honest with a lot of loyal friends.

Tim Conway

Lily Tomlin

Anthony Andrews

Phil Gould

Thom Hartmann

I'd love to get in on the Aniston/Handler/Bullock friend group for the tequila, pot, pool boy fucking, and Mexico trips. Also, Alanis Morisette--she seems like she would be such a wise, peaceful presence.

I'm stealing Courtney from R45.

I've always thought I'd get along well with Sigourney Weaver.

Renée Zellweger

Rosanne Cash

Alva Vanderbilt

Jimmi Simpson, if he'd leave his rotating cast of whacky wives at home.

I once met Ian Boen, who was on Yellowstone, and he was completely down to earth and charming. We talked for a good 15 minutes, and I remember thinking, "I could be friends with this guy."

John Waters

Chelsea Handler. Big boozer, smart, and she always picks up the check. She's loyal too.

Cheyenne Jackson. Had we been on the same plane one night, we might be.

Their loss, R32.

Judy Garland. I’d like to be a good friend TO Judy. Genuine and loyal.

Pope Leo.

We'd tell each other secrets, and do each other's hair, and call up cute boys and hang up.

Jesus

Probably Matt LeBlanc.

Jennifer Aniston for female friend

Barack Obama for male friend

Benson Boone as friend with benefits.

Goop female

Alan Cumming male

Emma Stone and Benito Skinner

Melissa Peterman

Jack Black

Hunter Biden... friend with benefits...

Another vote for Colin Farrell.

Particularly back in his boozing, chain-smoking, swearing days.

Pedro Pascal

R75 I met him last year. Very aloof.

Can I have two? I'd love to hang out with Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick. What a hoot they must be together!

r27 Definitely CNR!

Nathan Lane.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Emma Thompson.

Jennifer Aniston. Love her.

Pamala Anderson

^^^ E ^^^ eyeballs oneself.....

Actually, r77 they both have spotty reputations about being very grand, difficult and unfriendly in certain situations, especially her.

I met them once briefly and they seemed nice, but I've heard otherwise.

R77 I shared a table with them at L.A. Farmer's Market. They were very pleasant to be around.

María Conchita Alonso

Liza would be fun.

Elisabeth Shue also seems fun

Rick Steves and I would def smoke a bowl together

Liza would be a hoot at brunch. Charlotte Rhea would have been too.

But I think I’d want to be friends with Gilda Radner.

R89 I doubt it. She was not a happy person.

None of them. All celebrities are careerist narcissists.

Martin Scorcese. He has encyclopedic knowledge of film, and I could listen to him all day. He is interesting IMO.

Jamie Lee Curtis. You may laugh, but I have seen a few interviews of hers in recent years, and she seems incredibly kind and understanding. Tremendously warm. I liked her so much and she seems like she would treat others nicely. She is someone who came out of addiction and became a much better person.