How do you interact with celebrities? "Attempt Introduction" Failures

The easiest way to connect with celebs is to go to Strangerville. They flock to the place, so when you see one you want to meet just take advantage of the option to talk about Stranterville. No more messing with the useless 'attempt introduction'. At least two of my sims have celeb friends by that method, and in one case the celeb was part of the team that defeated the 'mother'.