73 Interesting Facts About Celebrities You Probably Didn’t Know

March 11, 2022

Whether consciously or not, we all receive a pretty high volume of exposure to celebrities' personal lives. Think of social media, TV and reality shows, the fashion and beauty industries, you name it, nothing has remained untouched by A-list bravado where celebs transform their fame into brands.

This comes in many forms, from selfie announcements and live videos to reactions and statements in response to current events. It seems like we truly are “all in this together,” as the celebs kept convincing us during the height of the coronavirus pandemic. But are we really? In order to find out more about celebrity culture that, in spite of our turbulent times, seems to be thriving, we spoke with David Schmid, an Associate Professor of English at University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences. So scroll down to see the insights he shared about it.

Below is an entertaining list with some of the lesser-known and very random facts about celebrities that make you wonder who these people are, that so many of us aspire to be like.

#1 Katy Perry's Cat Was Named Kitty Purry

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#2 Taylor Swift Has A Framed Picture Of Kanye West Interrupting Her At The 2009 Mtv Video Music Awards In Her Living Room. It's Captioned, "Life Is Full Of Little Interruptions"

#3 Jennifer Lawrence Has H2o Tattooed On Her Hand To Remind Her To Drink More Water

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#4 Lorde Has A "Secret" Onion Ring Account Where She Reviews Onion Rings

Ah, the fish and chip shop ring. Humble, honest. Did I miss the crunch of a true battered ring biting into this? Perhaps. But it was perfectly seasoned, and brought joy. 3.8/5.

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#5 This Was Danny Devito's First Tweet

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#6 When Lady Gaga Went To Nyu, A Group Of Students Started A "Stefani Germanotta, You Will Never Be Famous" Facebook Group

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#7 Hugh Jackman Performed At Children's Birthday Parties As Coco The Clown

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#8 This Is What Morgan Freeman Looked Like When He Was A Teenager

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#9 Natalie Portman Has Had Papers Published In Two Scientific Journals

Her high school paper, “A Simple Method to Demonstrate the Enzymatic Production of Hydrogen from Sugar,” was published in the Journal of Chemical Education, and while at Harvard, she co-authored a study called “Frontal Lobe Activation during Object Permanence: Data from Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.”

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#10 Tom Cruise Has A Tooth That Sits Directly In The Middle Of His Face. Once You See It, You'll Never Un-See It

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#11 The Obamas Didn’t Pay Off Student Loans Until They Were In Their 40s

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#12 Monica Lewinsky Is Very Funny; She's Always Making Jokes Like This On Twitter

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#13 More Like During Filming, But During The Filming Of The Avengers Robert Downey Jr Hid Snacks Everywhere. The Food He Kept Offering People In The Movie Was The Actor's Own Personal Stash - It Wasn't Written Into The Script, The Actor Just Got Hungry And Would Pull Out Food. The Crew Couldn't Keep Up With All His Hiding Places, So They Finally Gave In And Let Him Do It.

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#14 Actor Woody Harrelson’s Dad Was A Hitman

Charles Voyde Harrelson (July 23, 1938 – March 15, 2007) was an American hitman and organized crime figure who was convicted of assassinating federal judge John H. Wood Jr., the first federal judge to be assassinated in the 20th century