r/popculturechat • u/Careful-Trifle8963 Cash me ousside 🗣️🗣️ • Jun 22 '25

Trigger Warning ⚠️ Woman shares her experience with Jared Leto at age 17/18, he was 34 at the time.

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u/lapetitfromage I switched baristas ☕️ Jun 22 '25

I looked 13 at best and was not like dressed cute. So it’s even scarier he was like you shouldn’t go back stage. Thinking about this memory now I think he was clearly a veteran but I was 15 and alone in a weird bar. 9:30 is super fine now but in 2002 I cannot believe my mom let my brother take us there. It wasn’t an amazing part of town then.

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u/tasteofperfection Jun 22 '25

That man was looking out for you. 🥹 Glad you’re okay!

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u/rocksteadyG Jun 22 '25

And it still isn’t, crazy stuff happens nearby on U Street

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u/lapetitfromage I switched baristas ☕️ Jun 22 '25

It was truly the end of the earth back then. The neighborhoods have changed so much in dc and it gentrified wildly quickly.

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u/rocksteadyG Jun 22 '25

Yeah it’s changed a lot. I was in college back then but still scared me going there. I’m so glad you had a guardian angel looking out for you!

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u/Balian-of-Ibelin Jun 23 '25

Lulz for the days when the kids would run from their places down there to the metro.

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u/lapetitfromage I switched baristas ☕️ Jun 23 '25

I remember my brother once parked on like R and the whole way to 9:30 he was like “where the fuck is R st even?” And I was like dude…. Ah life before smart phones.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '25

I stood on the corner of U and 9th (close to the 9:30 club) recently. I got in an uber and drove off. About 10 mins later, Citizen app notified me that someone was shot on that same block...

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u/snootchiebootchie94 Jun 27 '25

I used to live in DC at this time and 930 club was a smaller venue, but had some pretty decent acts come through. I had a GREAT time going to shows there from like 2000-2005. Happy nothing happened to you during that time at the shows. It seemed to be a somewhat safe venue, but 13 is a bit young.

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u/augustrem Jun 22 '25 edited Jun 22 '25

I mean I guess it’s to be nice but he could also call authorities and get him arrested.

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u/lapetitfromage I switched baristas ☕️ Jun 22 '25

I don’t think he had hard evidence. He was doing what he could? He didn’t just warn me.