How to get Selfies with Celebrities: 2015 MTV VMAs Edition
This weekend my cousin Cidney and I attended the 2015 MTV VMAs. By “attended,” I mean we walked around the venue. (:
We prowled around the Microsoft Theater with one purpose: to get selfies with celebrities. We didn’t travel all the way downtown just to go celebrity spotting. We went celebrity hunting… for selfies, of course.
And guess what… we succeeded.
Today I’m going to share with you tips that will help you find celebrities at award shows and increase your chances in getting your picture with them.
(Tips come in order order of importance)
Tip number one: NO SCREAMING. To scream may be your initial reaction and the urge might try to escape your body, but don’t let it. Screaming is the perfect way to give away your chance for one-on-one time! Your scream is the fan-girl alarm. Fans will literally RUN in your direction once they here that “AHHHHHH!!!!!”
If you see a celebrity kind of far away, it’s okay to yell their name to get their attention. Depending on who it is they might ignore you the first time, so try again. But do not utter that same noise you make as if you’ve just seen a spider, or as if you just dropped that turkey sandwich you’ve been perfecting for the past 30 minutes.
You know how you whisper-yell you do when you try to get your friend’s attention who is across the classroom? Pssssssssttttt Tommyyyyyy….
Do that.
Tip number two: Don’t stay in the same location for too long. Hello,this is hunting! Do hunters stay in the same location all day??? (…. ummm I actually don’t know.)
Scope the area. Learn the ins and outs.
Try to find where those big black SUV cars are. Find out where the celebrities get dropped off, that’s usually the BEST PLACE the find them.
Tip number three: Go with a friend. Make sure it’s a friend who’s also obsessed with celebrities. You and your friend(s) can use your brain power to identify celebrities.
There will be times when you see a regular person (like me or you) and confuse them with a somebody (like Gaga or Nicki).
Friend: Is that Iggy Azelea?!
You: Stop tripping! No, that’s ________!!! (LOL I WAS GOING TO THROW SHADE BUT I’LL LET YOU GUYS FILL IN THE BLANK TO WHO YOUR FRIEND WAS CONFUSING IGGY WITH)
But you get the point. You can save your friend from the embarrassment of trying to get a selfie with a nobody.
Tip number four: Don’t ask security if you can get a picture with the celebrity. It’s their job to say NO! Go straight to the celeb and ask. They’ll most likely say yes and then even security will help you get the pic. *Laughing/cry face emoji*
And my last tip for today: If you see a lot of people taking a picture with someone you don’t even recognize, take a picture with them too.
No tea no shade, but I didn’t know who this pretty woman above was. I decided to take a picture with her because she was being rushed by her fans.
It turns out, it’s Tinashe! She has a cool song out right now.
We all hate ragrets, and getting pictures with celebs you don’t know will help reduce the amount of regrets you have in life.
Keep these tips in your pocket! You never know when you may be in Los Angeles during an award show.
