I Met Drew By David Wygant

I get emails all the time asking me “You live in Hollywood. You must meet famous people, right?” Let me tell you a little bit about the way I think about famous people.

I don’t see them … I see dead people. Oops! That’s the wrong movie. That is “The Sixth Sense.” I really don’t see famous people. I mean I do see them, but people have to point them out to me.

There was this time in late spring when I was walking down the street with my black Labrador Daphne, and this cute blond was walking towards me with three other black dogs. She said to me “Look at all the black dogs!”

I thought ‘Wow, she’s observant. She is flirting with me.’ So I said “Look at those three dogs! Are they yours?” The cute blond said “No, I’m working at the rescue place today.”

The blond was wearing a sweatshirt, tennis shoes, and a pair of jeans. She had no makeup on and she had her hair pulled back. She looked really cute.

The voice sounded really familiar. The face looked familiar. The only thing missing was E.T. What I realized was that I was standing face to face flirting with Drew Barrymore.

So we started talking. We talked for about ten minutes about dogs, about birthdays . . . it was a random conversation. She was really friendly, really cute, and really flirtatious, but I just wasn’t feeling it on my end.

Now granted it would have been fun to hang out with Gertie from E.T. I am sure she had some great stories to share.

So here was the end of our conversation:

Drew: “What’s your name?
DW: “ David.” [Then playing dumb I asked] “What’s your name?”
Drew: “Drew.”
DW: “Oh, I thought you looked familiar. It’s nice meeting you Drew.”

Then I walked away. I go into details of the walk away in a post from August.

It doesn’t matter whether a woman is a celebrity or not. If I am not feeling the chemistry on my part, I don’t care who the woman is.

Granted, the publicity would have been great. I can see it now. Drew and I photographed by the paparazzi in Hawaii. Drew and I walking our dogs grabbing a couple Starbucks. I would have finally made it in the “Stars Like Us” page in US Weekly.

To me it’s all about chemistry and how I feel. I don’t care if it’s Drew Barrymore or Jennifer Aniston . . . well, maybe I’d care if it was Jennifer Aniston.

Living here in L.A., I’ve had plenty of interaction with celebrities. I’ve flirted with Naomi Watts. I have chatted up Dennis Quaid in line at a coffee shop. I sat for twenty minutes with Michael Richards from “Seinfeld” and chatted with him. I’ve had some fairly famous clients from the entertainment business. They are all just people like you and me.

It’s all about chemistry. That is what I teach in my Mastery Series . Part VI of my Mastery Series in fact teaches how to walk away from Drew Barrymore. Well, maybe not her in particular, but it does teach you how to walk away from someone when you are not feeling any chemistry . . . A lesson everyone needs to learn.