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Jun 28, 2007

Stephen Fry Facebook Sensation

So, the other day I became Stephen Fry’s friend on Facebook. I don’t know why I requested a friendship… I mean, I’ve been denying friendships to people I don’t actually know - online or in person - so why I thought he’d approve mine, I don’t know. Still, his approving my friendship is just another reason why he’s The Loveliest Man On Earth TM.

My friendship was approved and then I thought, ‘Wait! This mightn’t be him.’ Of course, I wasn’t the only one who doubted. Yesterday he took a photo of himself, in a kidnapped stylee, saying hello to one of his doubters.


The photo was ‘backwards’ when he posted it

The floodgates opened and he was inundated with ‘friend’ requests. This morning he’d been so overhwelmed by friend requests that he turned off his ‘add friendship’ and started Stephen Fry’s Friendship Proxy Group.

Of course, I couldn’t help, but photoshop his photo… into a LOLFryz

Stephen Fry, the Lilley Allen of Facebook.

13 Comments, Comment or Ping

  1. Amanda

    …*snorts.* I saw those. They cracked me up.

    Jun 28th, 2007

  2. Mark

    And now you can make your own …

    http://www.neonbubble.com/fry.php?q=Hello Gia - how’s things?

    Jun 28th, 2007

  3. Mark

    Okay, your CMS niceified my link … but you get the idea.

    Jun 28th, 2007

  4. giagia

    Hahahahahaha!!! You’ve GOT to put that link on his friend group! Go on….

    Jun 28th, 2007

  5. Mark

    I might once I’ve tidied up the code and tried to make it appear a little better. But some of those members in his proxy group scare me a little. The cult of celebrity is serving up a dish of sycophantic/psychopathic stalking comments and I’m not sure I want them near my site in any way.

    Jun 29th, 2007

  6. giagia

    Yea, I’ve only gone to the group a couple times and it does seem a bit stalkerish.

    Jun 29th, 2007

  7. Lisa

    Nuts. Had I known about it, I woulda shamefully plugged my Stephen site in hopes it would get me “in” but I had no idea. If it’s anythign like the usual celebrity blog places, I think I’ll stay faaaaar away.

    Jun 30th, 2007

  8. Mark

    I’ve made it a little easier to use.

    http://www.neonbubble.com/videos/stephen-fry-facebook-message-generator

    Jun 30th, 2007

  9. giagia

    Fab!!!

    Jun 30th, 2007

  10. giagia

    I posted a link to it on his wall and in his proxy group. Heh.

    Jun 30th, 2007

  11. Creepy Lesbo

    I feel extra EXTRA special then that you requested my friendship. But how do I know it’s the real you? Is it a PA pretending to be you? :-D

    Jul 3rd, 2007

  12. giagia

    Shhhhhh, Creepy, don’t tell anyone this isn’t actually me.

    Jul 3rd, 2007

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Gia Milinovich is an American ex-pat, a science groupie and professional dork.

Gia recently worked on The X Files: I Want To Believe. Previously, she wrote the Sunshine production blog, was involved in the Indy4/Seesmic online junket and originated the 28 Weeks Later QR Code DVD release.

Gia's a TV presenter, enjoys taking photos, is helping out with the CERN Podcast, is married to physicist Professor Brian Cox and thinks writing about herself in the third person is "cool".


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