There are two sides to all celebrities: The squeaky-clean images forced upon the public by PR reps and their actual personalities. To provide you with a glimpse into the real Hollywood characters are Mollygood’s very own readers, telling tales of celebrity encounters big and small. Up this week: Reader Kim's airport experience with Danny Bonaduce.
I knew I was going to e-mail this for the hags as soon as I saw Danny Bonaduce at the Philadelphia airport. It was Saturday, Sept. 14, 2008. I was typing in my ticket confirmation number at the Delta kiosk when my husband said, "Hey, there's Danny Bonaduce." I looked out the window and there he was, smoking a cigarette and talking to a driver and what looked like his daughter. The girl was the spitting image of his (ex?) wife, only much younger. She looked like she was about 18 or in her early 20s.
My husband went over and said, "Excuse me, Mr. Bonaduce. I'm sorry to bother you. Could I please have your autograph?" He said, "Sure man," and signed the hat my husband handed him. I noticed that his bags were just as worn-out and cheap as our beat up luggage.
We went back inside the airport and checked our bags. While we were standing there, one of the women at the counter said, "Mr. Bonaduce, come on over." He was standing in line behind some other people and said, "Oh, no, I'll wait in line." He waved to us again when we walked by him.
He and his daughter were on the same flight as us to Atlanta and they sat in coach, about five rows behind us, right by the damn bathroom. All I could think was, "Great, if our plane crashes, the headline will read, 'Danny Bonaduce dies in plane crash.'" I fell asleep as soon as the plane took off, but my husband said Dan-the-Man ordered a coke and no alcohol. I'm not sure if that's because he's curbed his alcohol problem or if he was just put off by the $7 Bacardi.
It was refreshing to see that he has no delusions of grandeur about what kind of celebrity he is and made a great attempt to be friendly and normal.
E-mail your own celebrity encounters to whitney@mollygood.com.
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wow…considering the way we've seen him rage-out, that's cool that he was so normal.
Cute story. But creepy that I just mentioned him in another thread. Is the Universe trying to tell me something about Danny Bonaduce?
There's a "hags" tag??
Good catch, Sar!
And great Bonaduce story. Sounds like a good dude - it's nice to know they still exist.
I gotta admit, I really liked that crazy ginger man when he was a DJ on 95.5 here.
Did you notice the hags tag holds this post and the Ryan Reynolds post?? Guess they know their readers…
Sar you may have to change your comment about bonaduce - he doesn't sound like the most hated Danny after reading this!
Awww, that story just warms the cockles of my heart.
HAPPY CANADIAN THANKSGIVING (in a couple of days)!!!!!!!!! I am thankful that there are still decent dudes, like Danny Bonaduce (I never thought I would ever say that….ever.)
the little girl he was with could have
been his current piece of ass.
she's young & looks like gretchen (his ex)
i've always liked him so this doesnt surprise me
let me just say it here: There hasn't been a Danny that hated since Wood.
He has a small peen. Dudes with small shrunken peens have to be nice.
That picture that was floating around a while back of his nakedness was tragic, that's for sure, cooter.
helen it is taking all the power of zeus to resist googling that right now.
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
sar, I love you.
Wandell, happy Canuck Thanks back to you. I can't wait to pork that turkey!
Sar, are you ok? We should have told you to look away quickly. You'll never be the same. :(
i was going to google, but i'll just take sar's reaction as my own.
thanks fc - i needed a little reminder that there was still some good in the world, after what i had just seen! :)
the picture was horrifying. but i have recently stopped quivering and crying, and things are looking like they will get back to normal.
Confession: I love The Dooch. Woops, damn liquor.
I still love the clip of when he flipped Johnny Foreskin over his head at that award show.
I love Danny. He is always entertaining.
My friend and I watched the most recent VH1 show he was on with the kids trying to be stars. His pants were so tight that we started calling tight jeans Bonaducees. Then, we were at the bar and we saw a guy with uber tight pants and my friend dared me to yell Bonaducee by him. I did and fun was had by all. Later he came up to me AND KNEW ME!!! Aahh, good times.
I met Danny and his family back in New York during the 95.5 days. He was eating at a very gay friendly restaurant while I was there with out of town family. A little tipsy, I shouted: Danny Bonaduce! He was very sweet and nice to all. (And this was when he was somewhat popular!) I have to say - I think he's a nice guy.