Meeting Mila Kunis. Or Not Really.

Friday, May 6, 2011

My friend Jonah once taught me to wear a blazer to airports for better service. His dad taught him that if you encounter a crisis that requires you to interact with customer service, you're more likely to be treated well while dressed in a blazer - & I've taken their advice to heart.

Though I didn't wear a blazer on my flight from Boston to DC last Saturday, I did wear a dress & tights. Smugly, I looked over at the two women sitting next to me at the flight gate & thought, "Oh, that schlubby girl in Victoria's Secret sweatpants & Keds sure is lucky her friend is classing it up with skinny jeans & a camel blazer," because this is how my brain works, apparently. You know how my brain doesn't work? It's doesn't tell me, "HEY, KATE, THAT SCHLUBBY GIRL IN THE SWEATPANTS IS MILA KUNIS, YOU IDIOT."

That's right. Sitting two seats down from me, dressed like every middle-class teenager in America, was international celeb Mila Kunis, she of such direct-to-video cinematic hits as American Psycho 2 and Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves. Oh, also of the Oscar-nominated Black Swan. That, too. She was, I learned, on her way to the White House Correspondents Dinner, held two blocks away from my friend Rachel's apartment, where I stayed while I was in town. Trust me, I tried to stalk down some celebs after the event, but the closest we came was a chat with a Rite-Aid security guard who told us he'd just offended Marlon Wayans by calling him Damon. Or the other way around, I forget. Seen one Wayans & you've seen 'em all, eh?

In case you're wondering, the answer is no, I didn't speak to her, as is my custom when encountering famous folks. She seemed to be doing a pretty good job of going incognito, despite the fact that sunglasses indoors scream, "Look at me, I'm a celebrity in hiding!" & I didn't want to be the awkward pseudo-fan who blew her cover.

Some details, for the curious-slash-jealous amongst you: Her friend/publicist/handler/mother was carrying a garment bag that likely contained the dress she wore to the event (left), where she walked arm in arm down the red carpet with... Wolf Blitzer. Let's just say she cleans up nicely. She looked pretty but totally average at the airport - and she flew coach, too, sitting right in front of me! I thought she might be, like, eating diamonds or something fancy like that, but in reality, she was texting, listening to music, reading a book, sleeping - all of the things I do on a plane. How normal!

The last time I saw someone famous at the airport, it was Dennis Kucinich, whose "fame" is arguable outside Cleveland & DC. Also, I accidentally hit him in the head with my luggage. Memorable, yes, but not in the way I'd like for it to be. Don't worry: I was careful to wait for Mila to take off before I lugged my bag down from the overhead compartment.

19 comments:

  1. This boggles my mind. This is better than 85% of the celebrity sightings I've ever had, and I live in LA.

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  2. Ha. I was thinking there was something weird about that picture, but I couldn't figure out what it was until you commented on her wearing sunglasses inside. Definitely a celeb trying to go unnoticed.

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  3. Hahah I loved this post. You crack me up! :)

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  4. This post was great! Mila Kunis is my girl crush, for real, and the part about wearing a blazer made me go 'ahhh, makes sense'. awesome.

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  5. hahaha. i like that stealthy photo! mila kunis is my girl crush.

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  6. "Seen one Wayans & you've seen 'em all, eh?" I died.

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  7. awesome...i've decided to start wearing sunglasses in airports, instead of a blazer... then people will just assume i'm a celebrity ;)

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  8. I would totally be too afraid to take a picture in that situation, out of fear that she might notice and then I'd just be another person taking random pictures of a celebrity. Unless I did some sort of stealthy I'm-pretending-I'm-talking-on-my-phone-but-really-I'm-photographing-the-hell-out-of-your-schlubby-ass-right-now maneuver, but I wouldn't want to do that either because I LOVE Mila Kunis.

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  9. I have to admit that I love when women wear those VS sweatpants. I love them so much that I bought my wife a pair.

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  10. That is awesome!! Did they notice you taking the pic? And then she sat right in front of you...wow!!!

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  11. Wow, so cool! :) I probably wouldn't have even noticed her.

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  12. That's so Awesome. I was justing thinking the other day that no celebrity would ever ride coach, thank you Mila (out of all celebrities) to prove me wrong! Now if only I could catch a celeb on my flights in and out of Wisconsin... I know, I'm dreaming. *sigh*

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  13. I'm pretty sure she didn't notice. I'm pretty adept at photographic discretion, haha.

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  14. I was surprised I recognized her, actually. I didn't until I heard her on the phone. She has a surprisingly recognizable voice, more than anything!

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  15. That is true. I totally think of That 70s Show voice. :) Oh and Family Guy.

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  16. Great story! I think it shows just how beautiful Mila is if you thought she was pretty at an airport terminal.She's in Boston shooting a movie so she may have been going on 3 hours sleep. Of course I think many stars (like anybody else) aren't quite the same without the hair and makeup routine. :)

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  17. I always enjoy reading/hearing about celebrity encounters. The blazer in the airport is a great suggestion, but I think I'm going to start going with big sunglasses inside.

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  18. Gah! Mila Kunis is totally my number one girl crush haha. I'm so jealous.

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