Just because a celeb is mega-rich now, that doesn't mean that things were always like that. For most, they weren't born with a silver spoon in their mouths.
Instead, they struggled their way to the top. Drake said it best: "Started from the bottom, now we here."
Before he was making the world laugh with his movies, life for Jim Carrey wasn't so funny.
"We lived in a van for a while, and we worked all together as security guards and janitors," he added.
As we all know, he's been a household name ever since!
With the singer growing up in a household where her father sold their possessions for drug money, her main goal was to earn enough money to help her mother.
She's now worth over $85 million!
For the actress and author, acting became an escape from the hard life she endured as a child and teen.
She told The Guardian in 2007:
"I entered this career having no background or connection to acting. I had so little I had nothing to lose and everything to gain by taking the risk."
Similar to Moore, Swank also lived in a trailer park while she was growing up. But it got worse.
Not ideal conditions for a kid.
Thankfully, the actress got her big break when she starred in the movie, Boys Don't Cry. Today, she's worth $40 million!
The singer/dancer/actor doesn't go by the name Jenny from the Block for nothing!
Flash-forward to today and she's now worth over $400 million!
The media mogul went from wearing potato sacks as clothing to becoming one of the world's richest people!
Oprah struggled as a young kid and teen, dealing with traumatic things such as sexual abuse, before she worked her way up the media mogul ladder.
"I know what it feels like to be abandoned. I know what it feels like to not be wanted."
"I know what it feels like to not be loved ... and yet have inside yourself a yearning, a passion, a desire, a hope for something better," she said.
He may be one of the highest-paid actors in the world now, but back when he was growing up, Leo and his single mother struggled to make ends meet.
Surely, his $245 million net worth makes things much easier today...
"Money was always on my mind when I was growing up," he told the Telegraph in 2016.
We're so glad he did as he's one of the best actors out there and he does so much good for the environment!
Before she became one of the world's most beloved authors, J.K. Rowling was just a single mother living off of welfare.
It was on this typewriter that she would write the book that would single-handily change her life: Harry Potter.
Unlike her infamous character, Blair Waldorf, the actress's life growing up was anything but glamorous.
"I couldn't relate to kid stuff. 'Jimmy doesn't like me!' Who cares? I was worried we didn't have gas money or food. Those were my concerns," she told Marie Claire in 2012.
Before he was "Marky Mark" and raking in millions from movies like Ted and The Departed, the actor grew up in a broken home.
Thankfully, he realized he wanted more out of life and changed his ways.
While Bieber may be one of the biggest stars out there, he comes from truly humble beginnings since he was raised by a young, single mother.
"I remember sitting in restaurants with my mother and she'd make me order water instead of soda. I remember so badly wanting to order a soda. And I also remember that when I got my first big pay check I was so glad to be able to use that money to take care of my mother," he said.
While she's certainly known for her riches today, the "All I Want For Christmas Is You" singer grew up in poverty.
"I moved to Manhattan alone as a teenage girl. It was an exciting time for me, even though I had nothing," she said.
"I lived, like, on a mattress on the floor. I was writing my songs and being a horrible waitress. My demo tape ended up at Sony and they signed it away."
Growing up as the youngest child of 14 siblings wasn't easy, but it was even more difficult since Céline's father made basically pennies per week.
René Angélil, her manager and eventual husband of 21 years, believed in her so much that he even mortgaged his house to pay for her first two albums.
As we know, it all paid off in the end!
