No, it wasn't COCO CHANEL, I would have almost fainted in excitement, wish she was alive in my era. My knowledge about American television starts and ends with F.R.I.E.N.D.S. and the legend of talk shows, Oprah Winfrey. In the 90's, Star Channel in India had a variety of American series which of course now have become paid channels. And I am not sure whether they aired all the programs which were telecast in US back in those days. The point I am trying to make here is that my knowledge of American television is extremely limited. Hence it is obvious that most celebrities associated to American television may very well go unnoticed. So what happened when a desi in a foreign land met a native celebrity?
I had just completed my 36th week of pregnancy and was due for my regular check up at the Englewood hospital. My mother in law had come to the US to savor the much awaited moment of seeing her first grandchild. She has infact never till then seen an ultrasound of a human foetus. So I took her along with another female friend of mine to the hospital to give her a glimpse of the baby manufacturing in progress 😉There were certain standard procedures of registration we had to go through every time we visited the hospital for a regular growth ultrasound of the baby. There is a waiting space for all patients until their names are called out to come forward to the assigned desk to complete initial formalities. The moment we reached the hospital, my mother in law and my friend took a seat on one of the empty rows and I sat down at the corner seat adjacent to their row next to an American lady. While we were patiently waiting, the three of us engaged ourselves in casual conversation in our mother tongue. Once in a while my glance would land up on the phone screen of the lady sitting beside me. She was totally engrossed on her phone. Quite petite and definitely looked like any other woman next door, what followed next was a series of LOL moments. I could sense that something kept bothering her and after a while , I guess, she could hold herself no longer. She politely said a hello to me and enquired which country we came from. I with my usual pride of nationality responded, that we came from India. After the initial exchange of general stuff like when I was due, if I knew the sex of the unborn baby, to ultrasound experiences and many more under the roof of that waiting room, came the moment of truth. It took me by surprise and awkwardness, when she asked if I watched American Television. Well of course I didn't, after coming to US, my husband very prudently bought a TV and installed the Indian channels to keep myself entertained with the Indian sagas. She looked perplexed but then decided to take matters into her hands. Very politely, she announced to the three of us that she is a famous American television celebrity. My reaction still was none , though I tried to wear like, " Really, how nice" kind of expression. She was visibly dissatisfied. So now, she formally introduced herself as Coco Austin but I still wore the same blank look. I think she must have felt like doomed for the day. I mean imagine!!! that you are well known celebrity in a country where in most likelihood, people will be in complete awe to get a chance to look at you up close personally. And here the dilemma was that our so called celebrity was trying her utmost best to unravel her high end credentials to a bunch of people , clueless about American television 😀 Since her efforts had no effect on us, so she assumed maybe her lost celebrity status could be rescued by her husband's credentials, who apparently was another celebrity singer of the country. With a confident grin she asked us, " I am sure you guys know Ice T?" For a split second I thought she asked me if I would like to have some Ice TEA, as in the beverage , tea. But it turned out it was her famous rapper husband. By now, she seemed utterly disappointed that we didn't listen to rap and her husband was nothing but a name of a beverage for us. She still went on to tell us about profesdional life and work, that she is expecting their first baby, coincidentally her due date was same as mine. And of course the conversation continued. It was indeed absolutely a pleasure talking to her. We spoke of many things though she had to give up trying to explain her celebrity status, and throughout the time spent sitting in that waiting area, we had a good chat, a good laugh and said goodbye to each other as my turn came to get the ultrasound done. I had almost completely forgotten the whole episode until I reached home and before retiring to bed that night, I mentioned about my meeting with Coco Austin to my husband. Like most men, he has the habit of Googling every new word , name practically anything new that he hears. He couldn't believe I met her at the hospital and then showed me her Wikipedia site. That's when I recalled the whole episode of meeting Coco and her confused expressions made perfect sense to me now. And I regretted not having clicked a picture together, for atleast my damn blog sake!😀
Nicole Natalie Marrow, commonly known as Coco Austin, Coco, Coco Marie Austin, Coco Marie, Coco-T, is an American actress, dancer, glamour model and web personality. She has been married to rapper-actor Ice-T (Tracy Marrow) since January 2002.
As luck would have it, we met again in the same hospital. This time me and my husband were on our way out of the hospital with our new born 2 day old baby boy. Coco was sitting at the guest lounge area and she came running to say Hi!! Isn't that so sweet of her. She congratulated us and I kept thinking how did she recall me after a week of our casual meet!!! She indeed has a huge memory of all the other huge assets she is blessed with😎
My baby was born almost four weeks early so she was still a month away from her due date. We hugged this time and exchanged pleasantries. I wished her luck and left. Throughout the drive back home, though I was already a beaming happy new mom but it made me happier to have met Coco, to know that an American celebrity remembered me by my name, and to top it all she was so nice to talk to, no celebrity airs, no big talks, no swag, just a human being talking to another one. It definitely impressed me and of course not to forget, the WOW moment of the day. My son's first meet with Coco when he was just two days old. Well I do have some spicy stories to share with my baby, of course when he's a grown man. Though he is already had a few celebrity meet and cuddles. Lucky lad!! FYI she has been blessed with a baby girl whom she has named Baby Chanel. Coco & Chanel wishing you a happy healthy life. Hope to meet again sometime soon.
I had just completed my 36th week of pregnancy and was due for my regular check up at the Englewood hospital. My mother in law had come to the US to savor the much awaited moment of seeing her first grandchild. She has infact never till then seen an ultrasound of a human foetus. So I took her along with another female friend of mine to the hospital to give her a glimpse of the baby manufacturing in progress 😉There were certain standard procedures of registration we had to go through every time we visited the hospital for a regular growth ultrasound of the baby. There is a waiting space for all patients until their names are called out to come forward to the assigned desk to complete initial formalities. The moment we reached the hospital, my mother in law and my friend took a seat on one of the empty rows and I sat down at the corner seat adjacent to their row next to an American lady. While we were patiently waiting, the three of us engaged ourselves in casual conversation in our mother tongue. Once in a while my glance would land up on the phone screen of the lady sitting beside me. She was totally engrossed on her phone. Quite petite and definitely looked like any other woman next door, what followed next was a series of LOL moments. I could sense that something kept bothering her and after a while , I guess, she could hold herself no longer. She politely said a hello to me and enquired which country we came from. I with my usual pride of nationality responded, that we came from India. After the initial exchange of general stuff like when I was due, if I knew the sex of the unborn baby, to ultrasound experiences and many more under the roof of that waiting room, came the moment of truth. It took me by surprise and awkwardness, when she asked if I watched American Television. Well of course I didn't, after coming to US, my husband very prudently bought a TV and installed the Indian channels to keep myself entertained with the Indian sagas. She looked perplexed but then decided to take matters into her hands. Very politely, she announced to the three of us that she is a famous American television celebrity. My reaction still was none , though I tried to wear like, " Really, how nice" kind of expression. She was visibly dissatisfied. So now, she formally introduced herself as Coco Austin but I still wore the same blank look. I think she must have felt like doomed for the day. I mean imagine!!! that you are well known celebrity in a country where in most likelihood, people will be in complete awe to get a chance to look at you up close personally. And here the dilemma was that our so called celebrity was trying her utmost best to unravel her high end credentials to a bunch of people , clueless about American television 😀 Since her efforts had no effect on us, so she assumed maybe her lost celebrity status could be rescued by her husband's credentials, who apparently was another celebrity singer of the country. With a confident grin she asked us, " I am sure you guys know Ice T?" For a split second I thought she asked me if I would like to have some Ice TEA, as in the beverage , tea. But it turned out it was her famous rapper husband. By now, she seemed utterly disappointed that we didn't listen to rap and her husband was nothing but a name of a beverage for us. She still went on to tell us about profesdional life and work, that she is expecting their first baby, coincidentally her due date was same as mine. And of course the conversation continued. It was indeed absolutely a pleasure talking to her. We spoke of many things though she had to give up trying to explain her celebrity status, and throughout the time spent sitting in that waiting area, we had a good chat, a good laugh and said goodbye to each other as my turn came to get the ultrasound done. I had almost completely forgotten the whole episode until I reached home and before retiring to bed that night, I mentioned about my meeting with Coco Austin to my husband. Like most men, he has the habit of Googling every new word , name practically anything new that he hears. He couldn't believe I met her at the hospital and then showed me her Wikipedia site. That's when I recalled the whole episode of meeting Coco and her confused expressions made perfect sense to me now. And I regretted not having clicked a picture together, for atleast my damn blog sake!😀
Nicole Natalie Marrow, commonly known as Coco Austin, Coco, Coco Marie Austin, Coco Marie, Coco-T, is an American actress, dancer, glamour model and web personality. She has been married to rapper-actor Ice-T (Tracy Marrow) since January 2002.
As luck would have it, we met again in the same hospital. This time me and my husband were on our way out of the hospital with our new born 2 day old baby boy. Coco was sitting at the guest lounge area and she came running to say Hi!! Isn't that so sweet of her. She congratulated us and I kept thinking how did she recall me after a week of our casual meet!!! She indeed has a huge memory of all the other huge assets she is blessed with😎
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| Coco Austin and husband Ice T |
My baby was born almost four weeks early so she was still a month away from her due date. We hugged this time and exchanged pleasantries. I wished her luck and left. Throughout the drive back home, though I was already a beaming happy new mom but it made me happier to have met Coco, to know that an American celebrity remembered me by my name, and to top it all she was so nice to talk to, no celebrity airs, no big talks, no swag, just a human being talking to another one. It definitely impressed me and of course not to forget, the WOW moment of the day. My son's first meet with Coco when he was just two days old. Well I do have some spicy stories to share with my baby, of course when he's a grown man. Though he is already had a few celebrity meet and cuddles. Lucky lad!! FYI she has been blessed with a baby girl whom she has named Baby Chanel. Coco & Chanel wishing you a happy healthy life. Hope to meet again sometime soon.
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