Post by Hilarie Burton on May 22, 2006 21:29:44 GMT -5
This is the story from Sandy (shiftmyshape) on fanforum about meeting Sophia.
Alright, so I got to the city around 9:15 am, and figured the quickest way to get to Madison Square Garden was by subway. I was literally there in 10 minutes. I circled the whole thing looking for where the arrivals could possibly be. Maybe 20 mins later, I had found it. There was a small tent, with that green CW wallpaper in the background. Only press was allowed in there. But on both sides of the tent, there were fans taking pics. I was on the side where people enter the tent at first, I thought it would be easier. I didn't notice it, but James was a few feet away from me. Holy.. that man is beautiful in person, let me tell you. Anyway, after I got over my intial shock I snapped a photo of him. By this time he was far away.
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He's dead center, tallest one, white shirt and khakis.
I decided this view was not doing it, and decided to cut over to the other side. There weren't many fans yet. Only about 10-15 at this point. It's pretty early. Maybe 9:45. I recognize Carmen from the OTH blog and posting on the forum and the WB boards. We kind of stay together for a bit until two of her other friends come. Both One Tree Hill lovers. On the other side of me, I meet two of the biggest Supernatural/Jensen/Jared fans of my LIFE. They were really sweet and could. not. stop. gushing. Anyhow, I'm kinda shy in real life, so good think I had all these girls. They were not shy about screaming the celebs names as the left the press tent and were about to go in the building. That's how the beginning went. You see them from a far in the tent, and we'd scream and wave over for them to come say hi to us. Some celebs were AWESOME. and came over. I think Michael(Lex Luthor), Matt(Logan from GG) and Sophia were by far the most gracious with their fans. Jared was great too. They were running a bit late, and we were growing agitated because James and Hil have been in that damn tent forever. I could see them having an interview with CNN and such. Hilarie is freaking gorgeous in person. She was wearing this gorgeous blue dress which was loose, but she had an elegant belt around it, and very high heel white shoes. She was loud and outgoing... in the tent. James and Hil stuck together. I began to wonder if Sophia would show. I swear, upon thinking that one of the girls yelled, "It's Sophia!" And I turned around and she was driving up in a car. There was much traffic, so she stopped briefly in front of us. We all squealed and jumped and she just laughed and sort of waved. It was a long and tedious wait until Hil and James finally decided to make it out of the tent. They go straight to the building. The girls screamed for James and even threw in a few "Hilarie, please!!" in there, but they looked sorry. Their publiscist was pushing them away. They had to go.
So, I could start to see Sophia making her way through the tent, and I didn't think she'd come up to us. At this point it was past 10:30, and the presentation should of started.
Out of ****ing nowhere pops Chad. He came over and sighed autographs. Let me tell you... Chad is uber tiny in real life. He's small. Kind of scrawny. Shaved his head all the way again and has facial hair. I put down my camera and sort of stared at him. All the girls I made friends with were whipping out their mags and camera and reaching over. One girl stood on a pole and popped up and said, "Hi Chad". It was pretty creepy/bizarre. I asked one of the girls how much would you dare me to yell something nasty? She loves Chad, she begged me not to. I mentioned some of the words I could of screamed to him. I think then Carmen thinks she sees Kenzie. She's like, "If that's Kenzie, so help me god." As he was leaving, I think some girl adoringly asked him, "Aww, Chad! Where's Kenzie?" And he sort of smiled and looked down. He turns to go and that's where I said... something I shouldn't have. And then he heard me and turned to look and then left.
Finally! Sophia made her way out of the heated tent. She was heading sraight to the building. When people were pleading for her, she looked really sorry and was just animated the way she pointed to her wrist with a guilty look. Before she went in she turned back around and promised to see us on her way out. After Sophia went in, everyone was mostly gone. I think she was one of the last ones to enter the building. They told us the presentation was an hour. So we waited. We didn't want to lose our spot. Two hours under the burning sun in the middle of manhattan. I was about to die. I was planning on getting back on the train.
Finally, the doors opened, and the celebs made their way out the way they went in. It was a very narrow path and the fans were on one side so it was much more convienant for us. A whole bunch of people came out. Again, Jared, Matt, Michael and Jason were sweet to the fans. Alexis, Kristen, Jensen and a few others would not do the fan thing. And at best, some stopped for an autograph or two.
James and Hilarie walk out. Together. I think great, this will be when they make it up. Hilarie is so great with fan interaction and James is so nice. Right? Nah. They literally walked past the fans. I didn't see them give us a look. A lot of people were screaming for them and they just left. Shot of them leaving:
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Some of the girls I was with wanted to go to where there car was and talk to them, so I took their spot. They were front center. Right against the metal bars thing. Which was perfect for me because Sophia was coming out. Not joking girls, she stood at the END of the crowd of fans, and worked her freaking way up. She must of gotten a chance to talk to a lot of people. She was smiling, laughing, making small talk, posing, taking pics and giving autographs. She looked like she was having a good time. I swear, it took her a good ten minutes to get down to wear I am. I leaned over the little bars, and took pics of her with the fans as she made her way over to the very end where I was.My friend asked me to get her autograph for her since I was right there. She comes up to me and soo sweetly says, "Hey honey, what's your name?" while taking my notepad. Forgetting completely it wasn't for me, I stuttered my name. She looked like she might of remembered me. Thought for a moment as she continued to sign the book. She thanked me for coming out. Before giving me the book again, she looked at my name kind of confused and I was like, "I don't know if you remember... but I was the fan you called back in Dallas." Seriously, I kid not, she puts down the notepad on the big bush next to me, her eyes widen as she covers her mouth. She looked really excited and then she squealed!! And said "Oh my god!!" Then she really looked at me and said, "It's so nice to finally meet you!" All the people around me were like, why is Sophia Bush screaming? lol. Before I knew it she extentded her arms and pulled me in to a hug. She said something in to my ear, but I don't remember what it was now. She rubbed my back for a second and pulled apart. Then she said, "So what, you flew out here?" I told her that now, I was in Michigan and finished the school year, I'm back home in New York for the summer. And she looked ecstatic and gave me a cute look and said, "I bet it's niiiice." I said yes, and she asked how I was and all, I told her fine! that I was so excited to be here and it was literally a last minute thing. I told her it was so great of her to come out her and congratulated her on a s4 and The Hitcher. She thanked me and I asked for a girl behind me to take a pic of the two of us. Unfortunately, you people will not see that pic, because I don't look too good after that sun beating I took. She took a few more pics, since I was at the end, I was one of the last people to talk to her. She once again thanked everybody for coming out and got into her car. A bunch of other people came out afterwards.
Sophia seemed really friendly with Erica (Lois Lane from Smallville) and in the tent Jared gave James this really cute back pat.
BTW, for those of you who are wondering when she said something not so nice to Chad she said, "What about Sophia you cheating bastard?!"
Great story! I wish I were her!!
Alright, so I got to the city around 9:15 am, and figured the quickest way to get to Madison Square Garden was by subway. I was literally there in 10 minutes. I circled the whole thing looking for where the arrivals could possibly be. Maybe 20 mins later, I had found it. There was a small tent, with that green CW wallpaper in the background. Only press was allowed in there. But on both sides of the tent, there were fans taking pics. I was on the side where people enter the tent at first, I thought it would be easier. I didn't notice it, but James was a few feet away from me. Holy.. that man is beautiful in person, let me tell you. Anyway, after I got over my intial shock I snapped a photo of him. By this time he was far away.
img489.imageshack.us/my.php?image=371200219nu.jpg
He's dead center, tallest one, white shirt and khakis.
I decided this view was not doing it, and decided to cut over to the other side. There weren't many fans yet. Only about 10-15 at this point. It's pretty early. Maybe 9:45. I recognize Carmen from the OTH blog and posting on the forum and the WB boards. We kind of stay together for a bit until two of her other friends come. Both One Tree Hill lovers. On the other side of me, I meet two of the biggest Supernatural/Jensen/Jared fans of my LIFE. They were really sweet and could. not. stop. gushing. Anyhow, I'm kinda shy in real life, so good think I had all these girls. They were not shy about screaming the celebs names as the left the press tent and were about to go in the building. That's how the beginning went. You see them from a far in the tent, and we'd scream and wave over for them to come say hi to us. Some celebs were AWESOME. and came over. I think Michael(Lex Luthor), Matt(Logan from GG) and Sophia were by far the most gracious with their fans. Jared was great too. They were running a bit late, and we were growing agitated because James and Hil have been in that damn tent forever. I could see them having an interview with CNN and such. Hilarie is freaking gorgeous in person. She was wearing this gorgeous blue dress which was loose, but she had an elegant belt around it, and very high heel white shoes. She was loud and outgoing... in the tent. James and Hil stuck together. I began to wonder if Sophia would show. I swear, upon thinking that one of the girls yelled, "It's Sophia!" And I turned around and she was driving up in a car. There was much traffic, so she stopped briefly in front of us. We all squealed and jumped and she just laughed and sort of waved. It was a long and tedious wait until Hil and James finally decided to make it out of the tent. They go straight to the building. The girls screamed for James and even threw in a few "Hilarie, please!!" in there, but they looked sorry. Their publiscist was pushing them away. They had to go.
So, I could start to see Sophia making her way through the tent, and I didn't think she'd come up to us. At this point it was past 10:30, and the presentation should of started.
Out of ****ing nowhere pops Chad. He came over and sighed autographs. Let me tell you... Chad is uber tiny in real life. He's small. Kind of scrawny. Shaved his head all the way again and has facial hair. I put down my camera and sort of stared at him. All the girls I made friends with were whipping out their mags and camera and reaching over. One girl stood on a pole and popped up and said, "Hi Chad". It was pretty creepy/bizarre. I asked one of the girls how much would you dare me to yell something nasty? She loves Chad, she begged me not to. I mentioned some of the words I could of screamed to him. I think then Carmen thinks she sees Kenzie. She's like, "If that's Kenzie, so help me god." As he was leaving, I think some girl adoringly asked him, "Aww, Chad! Where's Kenzie?" And he sort of smiled and looked down. He turns to go and that's where I said... something I shouldn't have. And then he heard me and turned to look and then left.
Finally! Sophia made her way out of the heated tent. She was heading sraight to the building. When people were pleading for her, she looked really sorry and was just animated the way she pointed to her wrist with a guilty look. Before she went in she turned back around and promised to see us on her way out. After Sophia went in, everyone was mostly gone. I think she was one of the last ones to enter the building. They told us the presentation was an hour. So we waited. We didn't want to lose our spot. Two hours under the burning sun in the middle of manhattan. I was about to die. I was planning on getting back on the train.
Finally, the doors opened, and the celebs made their way out the way they went in. It was a very narrow path and the fans were on one side so it was much more convienant for us. A whole bunch of people came out. Again, Jared, Matt, Michael and Jason were sweet to the fans. Alexis, Kristen, Jensen and a few others would not do the fan thing. And at best, some stopped for an autograph or two.
James and Hilarie walk out. Together. I think great, this will be when they make it up. Hilarie is so great with fan interaction and James is so nice. Right? Nah. They literally walked past the fans. I didn't see them give us a look. A lot of people were screaming for them and they just left. Shot of them leaving:
img511.imageshack.us/my.php?image=371200037ai.jpg
Some of the girls I was with wanted to go to where there car was and talk to them, so I took their spot. They were front center. Right against the metal bars thing. Which was perfect for me because Sophia was coming out. Not joking girls, she stood at the END of the crowd of fans, and worked her freaking way up. She must of gotten a chance to talk to a lot of people. She was smiling, laughing, making small talk, posing, taking pics and giving autographs. She looked like she was having a good time. I swear, it took her a good ten minutes to get down to wear I am. I leaned over the little bars, and took pics of her with the fans as she made her way over to the very end where I was.My friend asked me to get her autograph for her since I was right there. She comes up to me and soo sweetly says, "Hey honey, what's your name?" while taking my notepad. Forgetting completely it wasn't for me, I stuttered my name. She looked like she might of remembered me. Thought for a moment as she continued to sign the book. She thanked me for coming out. Before giving me the book again, she looked at my name kind of confused and I was like, "I don't know if you remember... but I was the fan you called back in Dallas." Seriously, I kid not, she puts down the notepad on the big bush next to me, her eyes widen as she covers her mouth. She looked really excited and then she squealed!! And said "Oh my god!!" Then she really looked at me and said, "It's so nice to finally meet you!" All the people around me were like, why is Sophia Bush screaming? lol. Before I knew it she extentded her arms and pulled me in to a hug. She said something in to my ear, but I don't remember what it was now. She rubbed my back for a second and pulled apart. Then she said, "So what, you flew out here?" I told her that now, I was in Michigan and finished the school year, I'm back home in New York for the summer. And she looked ecstatic and gave me a cute look and said, "I bet it's niiiice." I said yes, and she asked how I was and all, I told her fine! that I was so excited to be here and it was literally a last minute thing. I told her it was so great of her to come out her and congratulated her on a s4 and The Hitcher. She thanked me and I asked for a girl behind me to take a pic of the two of us. Unfortunately, you people will not see that pic, because I don't look too good after that sun beating I took. She took a few more pics, since I was at the end, I was one of the last people to talk to her. She once again thanked everybody for coming out and got into her car. A bunch of other people came out afterwards.
Sophia seemed really friendly with Erica (Lois Lane from Smallville) and in the tent Jared gave James this really cute back pat.
BTW, for those of you who are wondering when she said something not so nice to Chad she said, "What about Sophia you cheating bastard?!"
Great story! I wish I were her!!
