Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Fan shares a photo and touching story of meeting Paul Walker just a short time ago.

A Reddit user by the name of "TunaOnWhite_NoCrust" recently shared a photo and a touching story of when he met Paul Walker just a short time ago.


So, he was in town filming Fast 7. They were done filming early and decided to go across the street to grab some drinks at the place my wife works at. She text me immediately because i'm a huge fan of the Fast and Furious movies and of course Paul Walker. Since he was sitting in her section on the patio she had already spoken to him and joked around and was actually flirting with her...until she said she was married.
So, she brings me over to meet him and he sees I have a beer as well and him and his crew that he was with demanded I pull up a chair and sit down with them. He said sorry for trying to flirt with my wife and I told him he gets a pass and joked it off. We sat there for about an hour and he talked a lot about music, he was really into Queens of the Stone Age and Deftones. He asked about places around the city to hang out and see shows. We talked about school and traveling...covered a lot of topics for less than an hour. The conversation was really enjoyable and easy going and to be honest he talked and asked more questions than I did...which was fine with me. Just a really good guy.
He ordered a Corona and I started laughing. We didn't really talk about the films, but he knew I was a big fan. Paul told me that his daughter was coming in that night to hang out with him. Everyone else in his crew was going out that night, but he seemed more excited about seeing his child then anything else. The next day he was flying back out to California for his Brother's bachelor party (Could have been Brother-in law? Can't remember that detail) and they were going deep sea fishing and he was kind of dreading it because he knew they would be hungover from the night before. He was gonna suck it up though and make it a great day. Also, all his friends said he didn't really drink that much so I guess this was his big weekend.
He was constantly smiling and laughing and just seemed like a really happy and genuine dude. I get people need to be the first to be edgy every time a celebrity dies and make jokes, but I just wanted to share this to remind people he was a real guy with family that he loved a great deal and i'm personally really sad to see him gone.

Paul Walker is being remembered for his big heart and generosity

Paul Walker wasn't the man that many perceived him to be. Since Paul tragically left us, stories have been flooding the internet showing that he was a man with a huge heart who often reached out to help others.  Here is one story that appeared on Entertainment.time.com. 

Kyle Upham and his fianceĆ© were browsing a jewelry store in Santa Barbara in 2004 — just before Kyle was deployed to Iraq for a second tour of duty — when a fellow shopper began to help them with their engagement ring purchase, CBS reports.
“I noticed there was someone else in there, but didn’t give it much thought, and we started looking at rings and whatnot, and he kept saying, ‘Go bigger’ and I kept saying, ‘No, look at the prices,’” Kristen Upham, who is now married to Kyle, says. Kyle began talking with the stranger and realized it was Paul Walker.
After Walker found out that Upham was about to be deployed, he took matters into his own hands. The couple left the store without the $9,000 ring, but a saleswoman called them and told them to come back. “One of the ladies came out holding a bag and just said, ‘Here’s your ring.’ I think both of our mouths dropped,” Kristen says.
The couple suspected that the gift was Walker’s doing, but the employees at the store wouldn’t reveal the gifter. When the jewelry store clerk told her story on CBS Monday, the Upham’s suspicions were confirmed. “It’s still to this day the most generous thing anyone has ever done for me,” Kristen says.
Walker, best known for his roles in the Fast & Furious films, died in a car crash on Saturday.