While most celebrities are loved for their talents as musicians, actors, or media personalities, which we also delight in over the years, for some it’s entirely coincidental that they’ve been in the limelight for a short while.
Some people who might not have had big ambitions for fame ended up having an unexpected five minutes of fame.
And some of them left a lasting impression on audiences, with iconic moments like “Whisk Guy” from “Come Dine With Me” or “Alex from Glasto” being pulled onto the stage by rapper Dave and putting on a massive performance.
DASH Water, a British brand that makes fruit-infused sparkling water with no added sugar or sweeteners, caught up with five random celebs to find out how they’ve been doing since they became famous.
They had YouTubers Archie Manners and Josh Pieters, known as Josh & Archie, interview the people behind the internet’s most viral moments, including the woman behind “the dress” that destroyed the internet in 2015.
Where is Kev “The Whisk Guy” from Come Dine With Me now?
The iconic moment: Come Dine With Me contestant Kev put a whole whisk in his mouth
Kev says he inhaled the whisk “in a moment of madness” but says he would do it again if he came back because “it gave me funny moments”
Fans of cheesy British reality TV will fondly remember the bizarre moment when Come Dine With Me contestant Kev Riley stuffed an entire whisk into his mouth while tasting his pudding.
On a 2012 episode of the Channel 4 show, Burnley’s Kev whipped up the chocolate filling for his “Millie’s Malted Milk Cheesecake” and then popped the whole utensil into his cake hole “to see how it tastes”. “Perfect,” he concluded.
The clip and still of Kev with the whisk in his mouth became a viral sensation and millions of jokes were made about the amateur dinner party host.
Kev now says he inhaled the whisk “in a moment of madness” but says he would do it again if he came back as “it gave me funny moments”.
“I feel like the show’s producer felt a little sorry for me.” I’m not a chef, not a chef — I’ve never seen Come Dine With Me in my life.
‘She [the producer] even helped me chop my veggies in front of the camera.’
He told Josh and Archie, “When it came to making dessert, I just stirred the bowl and just called out to her, and she turned around, and I did.”
The cameraman started laughing and Kev said he asked, “That’s not actually going to be on the show, is it?”
“Absolutely,” the producer replied.
Kev said he realized it was more than just a small moment when he went to eat and instead of a knife and fork, two whisks were placed next to his plate.
These days, Kev has a day job in the retail industry providing card machines for companies – and he also DJs on the weekends.
“I carry a whisk in my DJ bag now because when I don’t have it, the wedding venue calls for a whisk, and it’s an industrial whisk that’s this big,” he said.
What happened to ‘BBC Dad’ professor Robert Kelly whose daughter cut him off during an interview on the news?
During a live webcam broadcast on BBC News in 2017, Professor Robert Kelly’s three-year-old daughter broke down the door to his home office and trotted into the room on camera
Prof. Kelly’s daughter was followed by his young son in a walker and then by his wife, who tried to hurry the children out of the room
Professor Robert Kelly, an American political analyst on Korea, was interviewed by BBC News via webcam at his home office in South Korea about the impeachment trial of the country’s then-President Park Geun-hye.
During a live televised broadcast in 2017, his three-year-old daughter broke open the door, which Prof Kelly said did not have “proper locks” at the time, and trotted into the room on camera.
Then, while his daughter dances in the background, his young son comes in in a walker and begins parading around the room.
To complete the farce, his wife bursts into the room and unsuccessfully tries to drag their children out of the room.
Speaking to Josh and Archie, Prof Kelly recreated the hilarious moment in reverse order: his daughter was at the computer and he and his wife stormed into the room.
“It was all awfully cute,” he told Josh & Archie. “I was really lucky. It turned out to be so funny I didn’t get fired from the BBC. “If it hadn’t been so utterly ridiculous, I probably never would have gotten a call back.”
Prof Kelly then told them that if someone is interrupted in a Zoom meeting, he is now flagged on Twitter and people say they had a “Robert Kelly moment”.
But he said he was “a little bit” upset that he is remembered for his children rather than his expertise. “Sometimes I go to conferences and I’m introduced as a ‘BBC guy,'” he said.
“There are students who join my classes because of the video.”
He said he realized how big the moment was around two hours after the event, but by that point he had worried his career with the BBC was over.
The video went viral on social media, meaning that within two hours the moment went from “the end of my professional career to a worldwide laughter with everyone commenting.”
Professor Robert Kelly, an American political analyst on Korea, was interviewed by BBC News via webcam at his home office in South Korea about the impeachment trial of the country’s then-President Park Geun-hye
Prof Kelly recreated the hilarious moment in reverse as his daughter was at the computer and he and his wife burst into the room
Prof Kelly said: “BBC Dad Truthers” who claim he staged the moment as a publicity stunt and said: “These people tweet me all the time.” They send me direct messages and emails and say: “You got it staged and you wanted to be famous and make money from it.”
On the anniversary of the event in March, according to Prof. Kelly, he gets 10,000 additional followers on Twitter and a spate of emails from conspiracy theorists.
Fame isn’t all that matters because after the video, he lost his anonymity. He said strangers sometimes ask, “Can I touch your children?”
Prof Kelly says he has since put a lock on the door, which he demonstrated to interviewers Josh and Archie.
What happened to “Alex from Glasto” that wowed festival-goers when he was dragged onto the stage to rap with Dave?
Alex Mann (left) was just 15 and had just completed his GCSE studies when he was invited by rapper Dave (right) to perform with him at Glastonbury in 2019
Dave asked a viewer to come and perform his hit song Thiago Silva. Alex made himself known by sitting on a friend’s shoulders and managed to convince the artist that he knew the lyrics before being invited on stage
Little did audiences expect, however, that the bucket-hat teenager’s impressive rap skills would become one of the most iconic moments of the 2019 festival
Alex Mann was just 15 and just out of GCSE when he was invited by rapper Dave to perform at Glastonbury.
Little did audiences expect, however, that the bucket-hat teenager’s impressive rap skills would become one of the most iconic moments of the 2019 festival.
Dave asked a viewer to come and perform his hit song Thiago Silva. Alex made himself known by sitting on a friend’s shoulders and managed to convince the artist that he knew the lyrics before being invited on stage.
Speaking to Josh and Archie, Alex said he had “heat stroke” by this point in the festival but his group of about 20 friends wanted to get up front to see Dave so showed up early to get the best seats to back up .
He wore a Paris Saint-Germain jersey, which he knew would “increase my chances” of being selected to perform with Dave.
And he was right. “I see you in the PSG shirt,” Dave said to Alex.
Alex said Dave told him before he started, ‘If you need help, just look me in the eye and I’ll help you.’ Enjoy it.’
Alex was immediately acclaimed by audiences and millions of fans online for releasing the grime hit to thousands of fans.
And while Dave had invited Alex to hang out after the show, he was promptly sent back into the crowd by security.
Alex even managed to make a bit of money after going viral after striking brand deals, including one with Boohoo that got him through college
Alex was immediately acclaimed by audiences and millions of fans online for releasing the grime hit to thousands of fans
Alex said he had to remove his PSG shirt for the rest of the night in Glastonbury as people kept recognizing him. And he wouldn’t sleep when his father picked him up at 6am the next morning.
He said his father didn’t realize the big deal until his friends started sending him videos of the performance.
After going viral, Alex was invited to the Wireless festival and had to walk around with a bodyguard.
Alex even managed to make some money after going viral by signing brand deals, including one with Boohoo.
“It was good enough. I have prepared myself not to have to work for the entire duration of my studies. It was comfortable enough.’
He said he occasionally gets credit at university — but often it’s the people who say, “I know you from somewhere.”
Alex says he’s now aiming for a career in law — a far cry from his beginnings as a random rap icon.
What happened to Guy Goma, the man who showed up for a BBC job interview but was on live TV as a pundit on BBC News… and did he get the job?
That’s when Guy Goma realized he wasn’t at an interview, he was live on BBC News
Guy has now said he’s trying to sue the BBC after they made a lot of money from the interview’s online views but “didn’t pay me a single cent”.
Guy Goma showed off his brilliant improvisational skills when he emerged from hell for an interview – and happened to end up live on BBC News.
On May 8, 2006, the Congolese-French business administration graduate was considering applying for a job as a data scrubber in the company’s IT department.
In the famous clip, Guy tries to star after being introduced as Guy Kewney on live television – although he was obviously shocked to hear the wrong surname.
The reporter asked if he was surprised by the verdict in the lawsuit between Apple Computers and Apple Corps (the Beatles’ record label), to which he replied, as honestly as he could, “I’m very surprised to see this verdict.” Come on, because with that I hadn’t expected.
“When I came, they told me something else… a big surprise.”
He gave a prophetic response to the future of the music industry, adding, “A lot of people are going to see them download anything they want onto the internet.”
The mix-up happened as Guy waited in the main reception area of the television center and technology journalist Guy Kewney waited to speak to BBC News about the court case.
A receptionist told a rushed producer that Guy was the person he was looking for – and the data scrubber hopeful confirmed he was indeed “Guy” when asked.
“I followed the Lord,” Guy said to Josh and Archie. “We went to the second floor and a beautiful lady came and tried to do my makeup.”
“I thought it was funny. I say, “Sorry, I don’t need that. I just came for an interview, I don’t need makeup. Why are you doing these things to me?”
“She said, ‘Okay, you don’t want it, fair enough.’
Realizing he was on TV, Guy thought, ‘Oh my God’
“You can see my funny face.” It’s an expression that shows I’m in the wrong place. That’s not me, but I’m being honest.
“I’m like, ‘God help me, help me this time, because I don’t know what to say, because I don’t know what’s going on out there with the court or whatever. I do not know anything.”
“At the same time, I have to understand the topic when she talks.” Music industry and iPhone – so I say to myself: “These two products have to work together.”
He said the journalist didn’t realize Guy wasn’t a music expert and was wrong. “She didn’t notice anything,” he said.
“At the end of the interview, I tell her, ‘Yes, you made a mistake, you interviewed the wrong person.’
“They didn’t say anything, not even for a week. ‘No one knows what’s going on.’
Guy (pictured 2006) now works with a charity that helps people with learning difficulties. He added that he is writing a book called Wrong Guy.
Guy added: “I called my brother and said, ‘There was an error’ and explained everything and he said, ‘Don’t worry, go home.’
“And I said, ‘No, I can’t go home right now, I’m going to call the people who were supposed to be interviewing me for the job.’
“I called back to people who said, ‘We’re waiting for you.’ I said back, ‘I was in the building, they put me in the wrong place, and I did a live interview.’
Guy didn’t get the job, perhaps because he was “too famous.”
Since becoming famous, Guy says he’s received plenty of kindness from strangers who cherished this iconic moment.
But he has now said he is trying to sue the BBC after they made a lot of money from the interview’s online views but “didn’t pay me a single cent”.
“They used this for almost 20 years without me paying anything for it.” This clip made them richer.’
Guy now works with a charity that helps people with learning disabilities. He added that he is writing a book called Wrong Guy.
Who were the women behind “the dress” that caused the internet to rage with arguments over whether it was black and blue or white and gold… and what happened to them?
In 2015, “the dress” was the subject of a debate all over the internet: was it black and blue, or white and gold?
Grace Johnston (right) received the photo of “the dress” from her mum Cecilia – and after confusion over the colour, her friend Caitlin McNeill (left) posted it to Tumblr
In 2015, “the dress” was the subject of a debate all over the internet: was it black and blue, or white and gold?
The washed-out photo of the garment was posted to Facebook and within a week more than ten million tweets were written debating the color using hashtags like #the dress, #whiteandgold and #blackandblue.
Grace Johnston’s mother, Cecilia Bleasdale, sent a picture of a dress she was planning to wear to her wedding to ask her daughter’s opinion.
After seeing the photo, Grace asked, “Why is my mom wearing a white dress to my wedding?”
She then showed the picture to her husband-to-be Keir, who said the dress was blue and black – and his parents agreed.
“I thought I might be going crazy,” Ms Johnston said.
Grace’s friend Caitlin McNeill, who performed with her band at the wedding, posted the photo on Tumblr – a social media blogging site – where it got a bit of attention from her friends.
And then a friend sent the picture to Buzzfeed and the next morning the dress was the top trending topic on Twitter.
Caitlin then got a call from the Ellen Show, so she had to fly from Glasgow to Los Angeles within a few hours.
She then flew to Cologne to speak to a German TV show – and before she knew it she was on Time Magazine’s list of the 30 most influential people online – but instead of her there was only a picture of the dress.
Grace and Caitlin have been able to remain anonymous for the most part as they have had few media appearances – and none of them were in the famous photo.
Speaking to Josh and Archie, Grace said she or her mother, who took the photo, didn’t make as much money from the bizarre optical illusion.
And they revealed the dress is now “under lock and key” and owned by Cecelia’s ex-partner.
Caitlin said they’d “gone beyond the point of saying it’s worth every fight to make more of it.”
Grace added, “We joke about The Curse of the Dress sometimes, I think we should do a musical about it.”
Sadly, among the victims of the curse was Grace and Keir’s marriage, as they are currently divorcing.
Grace Johnston’s mother Cecilia Bleasdale (pictured wearing the dress at Grace’s wedding) sent a picture of a dress she was planning to wear to her wedding to ask her daughter’s opinion
Grace said, “I’m getting a divorce, my mum split from her partner, there’s a couple of little incidents along the way.” “It’s been eight years now, so I like to think it’s all under the bridge. “
The idea of the dress was also used in a campaign against domestic violence, which featured a woman with one black eye in a white and gold dress with the caption, “Why is it so hard to see black and blue?” – One in six women is a victim.” of abuse. This is not an illusion.’
Caitlin said, “It’s been used in medical journals and books.”
“Sometimes I get totally blown away to think that maybe my grandkids will talk about it.” show or explain to a small child.”
And in case you’re wondering, the dress is black and blue, not white and gold.