Medical Investigation

This one’s a little on the short side, but sometimes that’s just the way the show goes.

On Monday, I was on Medical Investigation. Yes, Mr. Ultra-Sexy, Neal McDonough was there. In fact, just after I’d done a wardrobe change, I was heading to the back of the soundstage and Neal was coming toward me in the walkway and with a big smile said, “Hi” to me.

The general rule is that as background, you don’t talk to the talent unless they talk to you first and you refrain from eye contact, but darnit-all, how can a woman refrain eye contact from that man? Besides, it was a little dark and I wasn’t sure I was really seeing him. I nearly fainted, but I managed to eek out a “Hello” back to him. The rest of my walk through the stage was spent gasping for air and with a big ol’ watermelon grin plastered on my face!

All the while thinking “Jen’s gonna kill me!” ‘Cause she totally digs Neal, too. So far, of all the celebs I’ve seen, few have spoken to me without me speaking to them first. My very first speaking encounter was with Antonio Banderas…He said, “Excuse me.” I was standing in his way! 🙂

Anyhow, back to Neal… Later on, after a trip to the ladies room… OH! I almost forgot about the irony factor… When I was on Angel last year, it was shooting on Stage 5 at Paramount… the exact same stage Medical Investigation was shooting on. Talk about deja vu.

Anyway, there are about five steps going down to the stage door. As I was taking the first step, Neal came out through the door while talking on his cell phone. He was about to let the door close, which would have been perfectly fine for me because I wasn’t anywhere near it yet, but he scrambled to hold it open with his foot. And, yep, I flew down the last of those stairs, oh hell yeah! When a sexy gentleman is holding the door, it’s just impolite to make him wait!

Thing I learned while on this set: Use the ladies room frequently, it somehow enhances the chance of running into the talent.

…And I never did get to see the actual set. I remained in holding the entire day!

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