50 Weird Facts About Celebrities That Will Alter How You Feel About Them Forever
They're just people like us, and they all have their quirks.
Despite all the glamour, the shine, the money, the fame, and everything else, celebrities are people just like us. They have their quirks, and they also have moments they'd wish never happened at all.
Sometimes, we take for granted the movies, the TV shows, and everything else, and we forget that all these celebrities we so dearly love have their own lives outside the media.
They have their own beliefs, and they make their own choices. Some of them endear us to them even more, while others make us scratch our heads in disbelief, and a few certainly leave us feeling a bit disappointed.
It's certainly very interesting and fun for us to know what these people are like behind the scenes, especially when they're not being directed and guided on how to act and what to do or not do. It gives us a peek at what makes them human, and just like us, they have likes, thoughts, and feelings.
From believing in leprechauns to paying someone to hunt down a ghost that was haunting them, many celebrities prove that they can be pretty weird too. Keep reading to check out some of the weirdest celebrity facts out there that might change how you feel about your favorite celeb.
When he was 20 (this is around the 70s), Bill Murray was caught trying to smuggle 10 pounds of marijuana into the US
It was his 20th birthday, and he was caught at the Chicago airport.
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Lowe said he doesn't think about it that much, but loud restaurants drive him crazy.
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In an interview with Esquire, she said she has a "childlike spirit" and "wants to believe."
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Ryan Gosling was almost a member of the Backstreet Boys
When the band was being signed, Gosling lived in the same building as A.J. He didn't think they'd make it big, but he was sorely mistaken.
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Tim Allen served 2 years in prison after being caught with a pound of cocaine
It was around the 70s before he became famous.
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Jennifer Aniston turned down a chance to join SNL before she was cast on 'Friends'
Adam Sandler was reportedly excited to have her on board but was disappointed when she turned it down.
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Nicholas Cage outbid Leonardo DiCaprio for a dinosaur skull
The skull was 67 million years old, and Cage paid $270,000 for it.
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Channing Tatum appeared in the music video of Ricky Martin's 'She Bangs'
He was one of the bartenders.
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Lady Gaga paid $50,000 to find out if she was being haunted by a ghost named Ryan
She has experts survey the electromagnetic field of the hotels she's staying in when on tour.
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Kanye West used to work at The Gap
When he was 15, he worked at one in Chicago. He also stole from the store and eventually quit.
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Britney Spears was part of a girl group that was supposed to be America's version of the Spice Girls
She was in college and already somewhat famous when she started a girl group with some friends.
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Madonna was once fired from Dunkin' Donuts
She was apparently playing with the jelly machine.
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At one point in her life, Eva Mendes wanted to become a nun
The fact that nuns don't get paid was what eventually turned her away from that life.
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When she was dating Billy Bob Thornton, Angelina Jolie wore a vial of his blood around her neck
They both wore vials of each other's blood around their necks to feel close to each other.
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George Lucas hired his own 14-person fire brigade
The fire station is for the $100 million place called "Skywalker Ranch" that he built, where he stores all his equipment.
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Bono paid for a plane ticket for his hat
He forgot his hat at home before a big show, so he paid for a $1,200 plane ticket for it rather than go without it.
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David Bowie's left eye is permanently dilated thanks to a brawl
It happened when he was 15.
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Matthew Broderick was in a car accident that killed two people
He was charged with reckless driving and nearly spent 10 years in prison.
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Julia Roberts' smile is insured for $30 million
It is one of her biggest assets.
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Kim Basinger bought an entire town in Georgia
She and a few investors bought an entire 8,000-person town for $20 million.
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Madonna definitely wanted to do that kiss with J Lo at the VMAs
Producers thought it would be tough, but the artist agreed, and the rest is history.
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Dennis Rodman claimed he had 46 siblings but only actually had 28
His dad clarified that he had only 29 kids.
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Matthew Perry lost part of his middle finger when he was a child
He lost it in a car door accident.
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Martha Stewart was a fashion model before she got into the world of cooking
She was being paid $50 an hour, and she even worked for Chanel.
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Snoop Dogg and Brandy are actually cousins
Who else is related? Dennis Leary and Conan O'Brien.
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Katy Perry carries around a lock of Taylor Swift's hair in her purse
Miley Cyrus' hair is in there too.
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Charlie Sheen tried to use the leg of a lamb to hunt down the Loch Ness monster
This was before his manic public breakdown.
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Tom Cruise bought his own personal sonogram machine so he could see his daughter Suri every day in the womb
He paid $200,000 for the machine.
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Fran Drescher believed aliens abducted her and her ex-husband
She says she and her ex-husband had similar scars on their hands where the aliens implanted chips, and that the couple was programmed to meet.
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Andrew is Michael J. Fox's middle name
He goes by "J" instead as an homage to Michael J. Pollard.
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Macaulay Culkin is in a band called The Pizza Underground
They sing covers of songs by The Velvet Underground but make them about pizza.
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Waka Flocka Flame paid someone to be his personal blunt roller
He paid them a grand total of $50,000 a year just to roll blunts.
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Paul Newman was the one who taught Jake Gyllenhaal how to drive
We hope he taught him well.
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Lucy Liu claims to have had sex with a ghost
The actress said the experience was gratifying, and when it was done, the ghost just slipped away.
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Jonathan Franzen writes while blindfolded
This is because he hates distractions. This is how he wrote "The Corrections," and he also had earplugs in.
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Michelle Pfeiffer lived with a cult when she was younger
They believed humans only needed air and sunlight to survive, much like plants.
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Tom Hanks collects typewriters
He owns over 250. He started collecting in 1978 when he took a cheap plastic typewriter to a restorer who refused to work on it.
Hanks then invested in his first-ever good typewriter, and it all started there.
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Leonardo DiCaprio is fluent in German
Maybe that's why Quentin Tarantino wanted him in "Inglourious Basterds."
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There was a sixth Spice Girl
Michelle Stephenson was supposed to be part of the group with the nickname "Smart Spice," but she realized it wasn't her kind of music and not the lifestyle she wanted.
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Keanu Reeves' screen name was almost changed to Chuck Spadina
An interesting name for a man who's led an interesting life.
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Cameron Diaz went to high school with Snoop Dogg
He even sold her weed.
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Harry Styles has four nipples
It's a condition called polythelia.
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Ashton Kutcher has webbed feet
Also, his real first name is Chris.
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Rebel Wilson decided she wanted to go into acting after getting sick for weeks with malaria
She was the studious type until a trip to South Africa made her sick, and she emerged a new person wanting to pursue acting.
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Oprah had a bathtub made in the shape of her own body
It's a long way from her humble beginnings.
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Host James Lipton worked a year as a pimp in France
He said it was the best year of his life.
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Even though they're already in their 40s, the Obamas are still paying off their student loans
Now that they have a Netflix deal, though, we think they've already paid it off.
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Destiny Hope is Miley Cyrus' real name
She had three names before she even turned 18.
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Jennifer Lawrence tattooed H2O on her arm to remind herself to drink water
At least she's motivated.
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Before acting, Christopher Walken was a lion tamer
Why is this not majorly surprising at all?
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As weird as some of these may be, we like how many of them made our favorite celebs a lot more interesting. It's nice to know they're not just puppets for the movies.
We have to admit, many of them kind of weirded us out and definitely changed how we see some of these celebs. Did you expect any of these?
