Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s steamy makeout isn’t the only surprisingly celeb news you’ll hear today!
Thanks to these 10+ strange celeb facts, we’ve also learned how Ryan Gosling has ties to the Backstreet Boys and how Jennifer Aniston was almost on SNL !
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1. Ellie Kemper was named “Queen of Love and Beauty” at a racially-charged Prophet Ball.
The Veiled Prophet Organization is known for its racist past , including not allowing Black members until 1979. The Office star has single apologized, saying that she was unaware of the history.
2. Tom Cruise has an asymmetrical face.
His good looks made him the inspiration behind Aladdin in the animated version of the Disney flick, but that’s not to say that he’s perfect.
His right tooth is in the middle of his face! Mind. Blown.
3. Britney Spears wasn’t Madonna’s first choice for the kiss at the 2003 VMAs.
It was Jennifer Lopez! This was revealed by MTV Music Group President Van Toffler.
He also said that it wasn’t easy to get Britney and Christina Aguilera together on stage given their rocky history.
4. Ryan Gosling used to be neighbors with the Backstreet Boys.
First, there were rumors that Ryan was almost in the Backstreet Boys.
But that wasn’t true. If anything, he didn’t support them! The boy band revealed this to Jimmy Fallon.
AJ McLean explained, “The group had started. I kept telling him how big this was gonna be.”
But instead of supporting the band, Ryan said that they’re “never gonna work” because, “Dude, New Kids [On The Block] already did it.” Yikes!
5. Jennifer Aniston was almost a cast member on *Saturday Night Live*.
This was right before she joined the cast of Friends . During an interview with Oprah and SNL alum, Adam Sandler, she shared that SNL was a “boy’s club.”
6. Ryan Cabrera has a tattoo of Ryan Gosling’s face on his leg.
LOL. This random tattoo came to be from a game of tattoo roulette.
“We blindfold each other: ‘You get to pick a tattoo for me, and I get to pick a tattoo for you.’ And you don’t get to see it till they’re both done,” he explained to Las Vegas Review-Journal .
7. Channing Tatum was in a Ricky Martin music video.
His former career as a stripper isn’t the only topless work the actor did.
When he was 20, he appeared as a topless bartender for the “She Bangs” Ricky Martin video.
He spent five days filming and only earned $400.
8. Ashton Kutcher has webbed feet.
“When everything else is this good-looking, something has to give!” the actor joked about his webbed feet before showing them off on TV.
He’s not the only celeb with webbed feet — Dan Aykroyd and Danielle Panabaker also have it.
9. Kanye West gave his daughter, North, Michael Jackson’s old jacket.
It was the jacket that the late singer wore when he was with Elizabeth Taylor.
Kayne won it through an auction. While it was never disclosed how much he spent, one previous jacket from Michal went for $1.8 million!
10. Britney Spears used to be in an all-female band.
This was called Innosense and the girl’s group was formed in Orlando, Fla. with the goal of being an American version of the Spice Girls.
In the end, Britney left to pursue her solo career.
11. Lady Gaga was tormented by her former classmates.
When she was in college, her haters created a Facebook group called “Stefani Germanotta, you’ll never be famous” (Stefani is her real name).
Thankfully, she got the last laugh in the end!
12. Matthew Broderick was involved in a car crash that killed two people.
When the actor was in Ireland with Dirty Dancing’s Jennifer Grey, they collided head-on with a car that had a 28-year-old woman named Anna Gallagher and her 63-year-old mother.
Broderick was originally charged with causing death by dangerous driving and faced up to five years in jail.
But this later changed to a much lighter sentence: a careless driving charge and a $175 fine.
13. Nicholas Cage did mushrooms with his cat.
To each their own, we guess.
“He ate them voraciously. It was like catnip to him. So I thought, What the heck; I’d better do it with him,” he recalled to David Letterman.
14. Martha Stewart used to be a fashion model.
Bet you didn’t see that coming!
“I got enough modeling jobs at $50/hour — which was a lot of money at that time,” Stewart said to PBS about her college modeling days. She did lifestyle modeling, including for Chanel!
15. Joe Jonas lost his virginity to Ashley Greene.
For some reason, the singer decided to share this in a Reddit AMA .
The Twilight star was not happy: she ended up sharing a quote that says, “class is timeless” soon after.
16. Harry Styles has four nipples.
The singer confirmed this fact while talking to Chelsea Handler. He even pointed them out over his shirt.
His extra nipples stem from a common condition called polythelia. It’s just more of him to love, right?
17. Matthew Perry is missing the tip of his middle finger.
If you didn’t notice it before, you will now.
According to the Friends actor , he lost the tip when he shut a door on his hand when he was three years old.
18. Jennifer Lawrence has H2O tattooed on her wrist to remind her to drink more water.
Jennifer and Liam Hemsworth wanted to get a tattoo to commemorate their time spent on The Hunger Games . J Law told Vogue she went with a water molecule as a reminder to always stay hydrated.
19. Reese Witherspoon studied for a year at an Ivy League school before deciding to be an actress.
Reese was studying English literature at Stanford before she found her big break in Hollywood. She recently returned to her old dorm room to reminisce and visit with some of the student body.
20. Grimes legally changed her name to *c*.
That’s a lower case, italicized “c.” This is the universal symbol used to represent the speed of light in a vacuum .
Clearly, Elon Musk has had quite a profound effect on the pop artist.
21. Bill Murray once tried to smuggle 10lbs of marijuana on a passenger plane.
Bill was only 20 at the time that police busted him with five 2lbs bricks of marijuana . Since Bill was a first-time offender, he was able to get off the hook without serving any jail time.
22. Taylor Swift has a framed photo of when Kanye West interrupted her speech during the VMAs.
As embarrassing as that moment was for Taylor, it was probably also pretty incredible. The fact that she chose to immortalize such an event is a pretty big show of character.
23. Tim Allen was arrested with over a kilogram of cocaine on his person.
The legendary comedian was 23-years-old at the time. Tim took a plea that resulted in a prison sentence of 3-7 years. After serving a little more than two years — Tim was paroled.
24. Vince Vaughn is missing part of his thumb.
Vince had the back part of his thumb painfully ripped off in a car accident when he was only 17-years-old. The length of his thumb is still the same, just misshaped.
25. Kanye West used to work at the GAP.
“When I was working at the Gap at 15, I don’t think I had any desire to actually make clothes , but I always felt like that’s what I wanted to be around.,” Kanye wrote in a 2015 essay for Paper magazine.
26. Before becoming an actress, Eva Mendes dreamed about being a nun.
As a child, Eva dreamed of joining a convent. But after her older sister revealed how much money nuns make (nothing) — she decided to pursue a career in acting.
27. One of David Bowie’s eyes was permanently dilated.
It happened after Bowie and his childhood best friend got into a fistfight over a girl. David was punched square in the eye and his friend’s fingernail permanently paralyzed his iris.
28. Kate Bosworth’s eyes are different colors.
Take a close look at Kate’s face in the photo. If you look carefully, you’ll be able to see that her left eye is blue, whereas her right is light brown.
29. Former NBA star Dennis Rodman has a huge family.
Dennis Rodman turned more than a few heads during his Hall of Fame acceptance speech when he claimed to have 46 brothers and sisters .
In reality, Rodman’s father says he doesn’t have anywhere close to 46 children — only has 29.
30. Scarlett Johansson is a twin.
No, there isn’t a Scarlett Johansson doppelganger running around Hollywood (wouldn’t that be amazing though?).
Scarlet’s twin brother is named Hunter and has appeared with her on the red carpet numerous times over the years.
31. Ed Sheeran has a huge lion tattooed on his chest.
Ed told Ellen DeGeneres during an appearance on The Ellen Show , “England’s national emblem is a lion. All my tattoos are things that I’ve done in my career and they’re all leading to the middle bit which is the lion , and that’s like every part of my career.”
32. Rob Lowe is deaf in his right ear.
He has been since he was a young child. Rob says that he’s never held a phone up to his right ear in his life and that whenever he has to while acting , that he always misses the mark.
33. Madonna was fired from Dunkin’ Donuts.
Madonna told Howard Stern that she was let go after only one week on the job. Supposedly, the legendary pop singer was being a little too playful with the jelly machine in the presence of customers.
