I like to think I know a lot about celebrities . I write about them for a living, after all!
But since the world of celebrities is ever-evolving, there are new things to learn every day. Like how Miley Cyrus used to pick up bras for money or how Ginger and Scary Spice from the Spice Girls hooked up (!!).
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Kacey Musgraves has a fear of alien abductions.
It’s ironic that her Instagram name is @spaceykacey.
When sharing 25 facts about herself with US Weekly , the singer revealed that she has a “very irrational fear of spiders and alien abductions.”
Musgraves even claimed that she has “seen several UFOs.”
Mel B and Geri from the Spice Girls once hooked up.
Talk about spicing things up! “It just happened and we just giggled at it and that was it,” Mel B said on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories . She also said that Ginger has “great boobs.”
Nicki Minaj was fired from *four* Red Lobsters.
Can we really blame her? A person with Queen energy won’t do well in “peasant” jobs. At one point, she flipped off a couple who accidentally stole her pen.
Elton John spends thousands on flowers.
In the late ‘90s, it was revealed that the pop icon was spending around $2,700,000 a month during a hearing with the High Court.
When asked by the cross examiner if it’s “possible” to spend about $400,000 on flowers, Elton simply replied, “Yes, I like flowers.”
André 3000 wrote “Ms. Jackson” as an apology song.
“I’m sorry Ms. Jackson, I am for real,” the iconic lyrics sing. It turns out that the song was an apology to the mom of André’s ex, Erykah Badu, after their breakup.
Justin Timberlake is the voice in the “I’m Lovin’ It” campaign.
The catchy slogan started in 2003 and has gone on to become one of the longest-lasting slogans in McDonald’s history! So the next time you hear it, listen to see if Justin’s voice is still behind it.
Lady Gaga got the inspiration for her stage name from Queen.
Her real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. She got the inspiration for Lady Gaga from listening to the 1984 Queen song “Radio Ga Ga.”
Bruno Mars was named after a famous wrestler.
He was nicknamed Bruno as a toddler since he looked like the famous wrestler Bruno Sammartino, but he then changed his last name from Hernandez to Mars to better fit with the music industry.
Miley Cyrus used to pick up bras for money.
In 2013, Miley told Rolling Stone that she used to go on tour with her father, Billy Ray, as a child.
Whenever fans threw their underwear or bras on the stage, he would pay Miley $10 to go and pick them up.
Nicole Scherzinger sang 95% of the songs featured on The Pussycat Dolls’ first album.
Don’t act like you’re surprised! We all know she was the front-runner. One of the members, Melody, even tried to upstage Nicole once during a performance.
Ed Sheeran once crashed at Courtney Cox’s house.
In case you didn’t know, these two are BFFs ! Unlikely? Yes. Adorable? Heck ya! Sheeran once lived at Cox’s Malibu beach house for three months to write music.
Selena Gomez was once on *Barney*.
When she was a kid, Selena landed a gig on Barney & Friends in 2002.
This was even how she met former BFF, Demi Lovato, as the pair bonded while waiting in line for the audition.
Dolly Parton is Miley Cyrus’s godmother.
The country superstar has been close to Miley’s dad, Billy Ray, for decades. She was even on an episode of Hannah Montana !
“She taught me how to treat people well,” Miley told Paper magazine about Parton in 2015.
Britney Spears almost dated Prince William.
Kate Middleton, who?
In a 2002 interview, Spears revealed that she and the royal had been emailing each other quite a bit until he was supposed to visit her but never did. Yep, he ghosted her!
Prince had a cameo on *New Girl*
Sounds unlikely, but the late singer was actually a huge fan of the show. The main lead, Zooey Deschanel thought it was too good to be true , but Prince actually showed up to film.
Britney Spears and Natalie Portman are friends.
A friendship developed after they both shared the same Broadway understudy role for Ruthless! The Musical . Given everything Britney has been through lately, we wonder what Natalie thinks of that.
Ke$ha once had an exorcism
During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Ke$ha said that she has dead people inside her.
She went to extreme measures to cast them out, such as buying a ghost meter and hiring a hypnotherapist to exorcise her body.
Katy Perry has never won a Grammy award.
This is despite the fact that she’s been nominated 13 times ! This is kind of like Leonardo DiCaprio waiting forever to win an Oscar. This needs to happen for Katy!
Madonna was once fired from Dunkin’ Donuts.
Yep, the Queen of Pop was once slumming it in fast food like the rest of us! She only lasted one day at the Times Square location since she squirted jelly filling all over a customer.
