--- title: Carrie Fisher Featured in Viral Nice Celebrities Roundup description: Twitter users have begun sharing stories of pleasant encounters they've had with celebrities amidst the recent sexual misconduct accusations. canonical: https://time.com/5019839/carrie-fisher-nice-celebrities-story/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-10T23:42:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:43.689Z og:title: The Internet Is Sharing 'Nice' Celebrity Stories og:description: After a viral request prompted a Carrie Fischer fan to share her touching advice og:url: https://time.com/5019839/carrie-fisher-nice-celebrities-story/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f1a2590c1f45761/6988e57722fb855212e23a20/carrie-fisher-memory.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Carrie-Fisher-Nice-Celebrities-Memory og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Sharing 'Nice' Celebrity Stories twitter:description: After a viral request prompted a Carrie Fischer fan to share her touching advice twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f1a2590c1f45761/6988e57722fb855212e23a20/carrie-fisher-memory.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Viral Request for 'Nice' Celebrity Stories Prompts Heartwarming Carrie Fisher Memory > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 10, 2017 11:42 PM UTC  Carrie Fisher signs copies of her book 'The Princess Diarist' at Barnes & Noble at The Grove on Nov. 28, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. Carrie Fisher signs copies of her book 'The Princess Diarist' at Barnes & Noble at The Grove on Nov. 28, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. Paul Archuleta  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 10, 2017 11:42 PM UTC Amidst the numerous [accusations of sexual misconduct](http://time.com/5015204/harvey-weinstein-scandal/) recently leveled against Hollywood figures such as producer [Harvey Weinstein](http://time.com/5013264/harvey-weinstein-the-new-yorker/), actor [Kevin Spacey](http://time.com/5008641/kevin-spacey-sexual-harrassment-house-of-cards/), director [Brett Ratner](http://time.com/5019344/ellen-page-brett-ratner-outing-allegations/) and comedian [Louis C.K.](http://time.com/5019384/louis-ck-apologizes-full-statement/), Twitter users have begun sharing stories of pleasant encounters they’ve had with celebrities. After user [BAKOAN](https://twitter.com/BAKKOOONN) put out a [request](https://twitter.com/BAKKOOONN/status/928740614518140928) for tales of kind celebrity deeds on Thursday, the tweet quickly went viral, garnering over 25 thousand likes and 4 thousand retweets to date. “If anyone has any nice allegations against a celebrity that would be great too,” BAKOAN wrote. Fans of the movement have since shared heartwarming memories of Carrie Fisher, Robin Williams, Danny DeVito and more. “Carrie Fisher followed me on my old Twitter before and out of nowhere I DM’d her bc i was having a breakdown and two days later she responded in the middle of the night with advice I’ll forever hold in my heart,” user maria[ wrote](https://twitter.com/umathurmcns/status/928806017210630144). > [](https://twitter.com/BAKKOOONN/status/928740614518140928) > [](https://twitter.com/umathurmcns/status/928806017210630144) See some of the stories below. > [](https://twitter.com/MaraWilson/status/928790186464387073) > [](https://twitter.com/caylenb/status/928746845953597440) > [](https://twitter.com/tjchambersLA/status/928834039145836544) > [](https://twitter.com/itspronounced48/status/928748071504117760) > [](https://twitter.com/kaitymarzik/status/928847355675381760) > [](https://twitter.com/KBaileyBooks/status/928847032634302464) > [](https://twitter.com/hunktears/status/928760645897527296) > [](https://twitter.com/42dontEverLetGo/status/928992107301281793) > [](https://twitter.com/rachelmillman/status/928811855837057025) > [](https://twitter.com/Atencio/status/928755960960598016) > [](https://twitter.com/angevin2/status/928764716012507136) > [](https://twitter.com/fmc21369/status/928991061841674240) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5019839/carrie-fisher-nice-celebrities-story/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5019839/carrie-fisher-nice-celebrities-story/"},"headline":"Viral Request for 'Nice' Celebrity Stories Prompts Heartwarming Carrie Fisher Memory","datePublished":"2017-11-10T23:42:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:43.689Z","description":"\"Advice I'll forever hold in my heart\"","url":"https://time.com/5019839/carrie-fisher-nice-celebrities-story/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","twitter","carrie fisher"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f1a2590c1f45761/6988e57722fb855212e23a20/carrie-fisher-memory.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f1a2590c1f45761/6988e57722fb855212e23a20/carrie-fisher-memory.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Carrie-Fisher-Nice-Celebrities-Memory","caption":"Carrie Fisher signs copies of her book 'The Princess Diarist' at Barnes & Noble at The Grove on Nov. 28, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.","creditText":"Paul Archuleta","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5019839/carrie-fisher-nice-celebrities-story/","name":"Viral Request for 'Nice' Celebrity Stories Prompts Heartwarming Carrie Fisher Memory"}}]}] ```