I met Johnny on July 27 in New York City when he appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman. As soon as I heard Johnny was going to appear on the show that night, I walked down to the Disney store on 5th Ave & bought A PotC book for him to sign. I was on vacation, so I didn’t have any of my Johnny photos or posters with me. But it was a great excuse to buy the book! I waited outside the studio for him for 5 hours. I arrived at 12:30 & got a place right across the street from the stage door! There were probably only about 50 people there when I showed up, but by the time he was rumored to arrive (4:00), there were about 500 people. We waited & waited & waited, & finally at 4:20, a black Excursion pulled up & Johnny got out of the car! I was SO excited I almost died right then & there! He was not even 20 feet away from me, just across the street!
He posed for the papparazzi, turned to the crowd & tried to shout over the crowd, “I’ll come back! I promise!” So he went inside & it was time for more waiting. At about 5:30, the NYPD began putting up even MORE blockades, making a sort of half-circle around the building. The car he arrived in was in the center of the circle, with the stage door on just the other side. Johnny came out, waved to everyone & started on one side signing autographs, working his way around. When he finally got to me, one of those eBay guys (who just has celebrities sign stuff so they can sell it) kept putting his photos right in my face! Johnny was only inches away from me & I couldn’t even see him because of this guy behind me. By the time I shoved his stack of photos out of the way, Johnny had already passed me. I leaned over the barricade & yelled, “HEY JOHNNY!!!” as loud as I could! He looked back (how he heard me over everyone else shouting I’ll never know!) & said, “Were you there just a moment ago?” I nodded & held open my book for him. “Please Johnny?” I asked, as nicely as I could. He smiled at me (gold teeth & all!) & walked back over to me & said, “Of course, love.” And he signed my book!! I almost fainted right there! Johnny Depp, my idol, called ME love!!! He finished up with the signing, & when he got in the car & it was driving off, he rolled down the window & waved. It was seriously the best day of my life! As soon as I got home, I found pictures online of him signing my book!
