I'm not saying that her accounts of being bullied were made up, since I feel like everyone gets bullied at one time or another, but her stories may not have the whole truth in them either. She also locked my friend in a locker. She writes about astrology, games, love, relationships, and entertainment. ", Carson was known to be a bit anti-social, despite the "Tonight Show" host's public persona as a talented television entertainer. If you'd asked me what I wanted to be, I would have said something like a librarian. Despite his affinity for storytelling, a trait popularized by Daniel Day Lewis in the film, "Lincoln," the president was frequently described as a quiet man. A rarity at that school. 22. In fact, Somerhalders ex-classmates remember the actor as a very chill person who avoided being the center of attention. Obsessed with travel? We have this idea of what these people are like, but in real life that may not be the case. Some people love the actor Chad Michael Murray, while others hate him. Apparently, thats not true, or at least isnt true according to Reddit There are these backstory rumors that say she was so into Harry Potter she wore glasses to look like him, but both my partner and sister are like, 'No that's bulls*it.' 39. While an unscientific sampling, a simple Google search will show many a number of user-submitted questions inquiring why Johnny Depp is so "shy. I was a geek.". I went to high school with Priyanka Chopra (she came to the states for a year or two during high school). 3. It seems like she was what everyone remembers when they think about the 'IT' girl in school! So I think she has these origin stories that are trying to make her seem more relatable to nerdier/geekier fans of hers, but it's all just promo stuff to make her seem more relatable.. So that's cool., Of course, no one was surprised to learn this. She was pretty cool. Can you imagine the actor Ashton Kutcher being a jerk? I went to high school with Joe Keery. The iconic roles of Indiana Jones and Han Solo have made him a relevant figure in film that will continue to live on many decades into the future. I wanted to ask her more about the filming of the movie but I didnt since she probably heard the same 50 questions 100 times over. I always win Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon because I appeared in a movie with him. 32. That's right a high school Brad Pitt went around and drew dog poop in everyone's yearbooks. Gaga said she was teased growing up for "being ugly, having a big nose, being annoying. This was in the late 2000s. The children were taught by their mother, aunt, and a French governess, who evidently did a fantastic job: Teddy was admitted to Harvard in 1878. He said he copied a bunch of other people as a teen as he didn't know who he was and also that he was made fun of for being a performer who liked to sing and act. However, according to Reddit, the reason no one liked Swift was very simple: she was just not a nice person. She was just a normal kid, but if you asked for an autograph/made a big deal about her you got detention. I knew that me andMindy Kalinghad pretty similar times growing up. She claims that she was the best applicator of liquid eyeliner in history but I seriously doubt that. Ford, however, does not like the busy and active lifestyle of a celebrity. However, Redditors claim that he has always been a jerk. Well, according to one Redditor, while The Rock was a nice guy when he first transferred to Freedom High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, he eventually became a huge douche to everyone because he made it big on our football team.. navigator.sendBeacon('https://www.google-analytics.com/collect', payload); Also Bhad Bhabie showed us her new nipple piercings in 6th grade. I should clarify I went to school with him from grade 6 to 8 given after that he dropped out and really became big.. She actually had kind of a tough time making friends within the program, like she wasn't interested in doing so. She was absolutely gorgeous then and now. Emmanuel Dunand / Getty Images. The test ended up taking Branson around 10 hours, according to his mother, as he also spent some time inspecting rocks and insects. Reporting on what you care about. She was my high school crush but I had no confidence, chubby, lame blah blah you know the drill. We were at a family wedding and he was telling us, Yeah, theyre making a movie about my life. For others, it's too soon to tell. He used to sell candy or some shit in the hallways. January Nelson is a writer, editor, and dreamer. 50 celebrities you didn't know went to school together. On Lopez Tonight, she described high school as "pretty rough," saying people would start fights with her. While this isn't the most interesting story, it at least shows me that Drake's head has always been somewhere else. She also self-identifies as a bit of a nerd and recounted that she used to wear glasses so that she could look more like Harry Potter. I was like a teacher's pet." Nerds are not always the wallflowers, the quiet ones. Apparently, The Rock looked really old for his age. I went to high school with Calista Flockhart. I was somewhere in between." My wife was also in his grade at his school. (Though he later seemed to grow into it, so good on him.). "I was in the math club, I was in the National Honor Society. SANTA FE, Texas (AP) An emotional audition on "American Idol" by a survivor of a Texas high school shooting prompted tears from the judges and criticism of the country's response to gun . After achieving national acclaim for her work I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, author Maya Angelou taught at Wake Forest University from 1982 to 2011, where she emphasized that she was not a "writer who teaches," but a "teacher who writes." My ex-mother-in-law was close friends with Johnny Knoxville, except everyone around here calls him PJ. First Alert Meteorologist Justin Bradford has . Christian was badly bullied growing up, saying he took beatings from a bunch of guys. The stunning model and actress Emily Ratajkowski seems pretty down to earth which is quite a rare quality among world famous models. She was OK. 30. That's the case for Cameron Diaz and Snoop Dogg, who both attended Long Beach Polytechnic high school in the late '80s/early '90s. It turns out she switched to home schooling at that point. Went to high school with John Legend. Years later he scored the ultimate revenge of the nerd by marrying Sofia Vergara. Yet, if you look at certain Reddit threads or browse the internet, youll learn some interesting facts that are sure to shock you and perhaps even change your opinion about a certain celebrity. Everyone said he was really chill and no one believed him when he said he had a modeling contract. 10. If only this. "She would be in class and she'd be writing, rather than paying attention at all. Everyone's invited except for [Taylor].'" Then my friend would incite the crowd to be like, 'Look at that idiot!' He's always been full of himself and sees everyone else as below him. It was dog poop. Super nice guy. But once graduation happened he was done with everyone and ignored them when they tried to say hi.". In 2014, one of Taylor's old classmates, Chelsea Alford, spoke to the Daily Mail and remembered her as "sweet" and "kind of goofy.". Despite being the 16th President of the U.S. and a towering figure that presided over the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was a great communicator who simultaneously didn't offend by superiority," as Ralph Waldo Emerson put it. } ); The actor Chris Pratt, probably to this day best known for his role as Andy Dwyer in the TV show Parks and Recreation, seems like a real sweetheart. But unlike most pretty girls, she never used her looks and position in school to bully others. Im a born nerd. She was later homeschooled. Part of HuffPost Wellness. However, it seems that his ex-classmates certainly dislike him. Those who went to school with Kutcher remember him as a super chill guy. If memory serves me right, he was on the football team and in drama club., Another Redditor added He got along with everyone; nerds, jocks freaks, etc. Chloe Moretz is from my hometown but is a good bit younger than I am. 28. Anywho, he came in town for his parents 50th and we were all invited. She was kind of shy and not very confident. 19. After that I would always hum and sing the songs and dress up as Snow White. I saw him in the hallways, he liked to wear big white t-shirts. Hopefully she's done some growing up since then. Someone recently said to me, 'You must have been exactly like your character in high schoolreally type-A,' and I wasn't. But he was basically just a really nice, humble guy. Mariah Carey. Money didn't spoil him. Many of the world's most revered leaders have actually been far less outgoing than their public personas would lead us to believe. Objectively, this is kind of a fun prank but it would be such a pain for the recipient. So anytime he came into town, hes visit my ex-wifes grandfather, who happened to live next door to my ex-mother-in-law. Ryanapparently wasn't a "heartthrob" growing up, largely due to the fact that he did dance rather than sports. When he was nine, he was featured in a commercial for the first time. The title of her autobiography, "Quiet Strength," should be some indication of her personality and the obituaries written about her after her death mostly "recalled her as soft-spoken, sweet, and small in stature," according to author Susan Cain. In her words, "short little chubby thing would follow me around" she said his teeth were all fu**ed up and when he said he was taking acting classes everyone thought he was bullshitting because he lied all the time., Another Redditor aptly added Pro tip: liars make good actors.. Benedict almost failed his final high school exams. She also signed his yearbook, which he sold on eBay for a couple grand a few years after graduating.. Some of these celebs grew out of their terrible attitudes, and some really need to get off their high-horse. I went to high school with Hayden Christensen before he was in Star Wars. Harrison Ford is one of the most successful actors of all-time. Despite his affinity for storytelling, a trait popularized by Daniel Day Lewis in the film, "Lincoln," the president was frequently described as a quiet man. When he was six years old he apparently watched a First Blood video which inspired him so much that he brought a set of steak knives with him to school and began hurling them at his classmates during lunchtime. My grandma went to the same high school as James Dean. Many fans have been disgusted by Justin Biebers recent behavior. Redditor@vidproducer was a year behind Zach and confirms this to be true. Here are some that just may surprise you: Toni Anne Barson / WireImage via Getty Images, Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images for HFA, Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images for Dior, Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for The Recording Academy, Jason Mendez / WireImage via Getty Images, Jean Baptiste Lacroix / WireImage via Getty Images, Araya Diaz / Getty Images for Red Nation Film Festival, Dia Dipasupil / WireImage via Getty Images, Mike Marsland / WireImage via Getty Images, Sam Aronov/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images, Mark Sagliocco / Getty Images for The Headstrong Project, Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic via Getty Images. Somehow it doesn't surprise me that Angelina Jolie was one of those weird girls in high school. All those impressions were good practice for when he finally got to the real deal. I went to the same school as Dua Lipa for a year. "Apart from my being mixed race, my parents didn't have money so I never had the cute clothes or the cool back pack. I always had the feeling that sooner or later, she will get worldwide famous cause she just had that inner star in her. To this day he will never listen to or buy one of her songs because he says she's a liar and bully who only got famous because of her rich father. It's weird enough to think that celebrities were once normal people in high school, but it's even weirder to think that two celebrities went to the same high school. He's the nicest guy and I have no reason to think he'd make this up. Its pretty nice to see a guy so famous keep his roots. 44. In the midst of this, the students . One Redditor has said I went to high school with Natalie Portman. As one Reddit user put it Even his appearance just yells ''help old lady cross the street'' kind of person.. She said she didn't want to go to school sometimes because of the bullying. Was kinda cocky as a result though because he KNEW he was hot stuff. Turns out a lot of our fave celebs were also uncool in high school! 4. Freddie Prinze Jr. and Neil Patrick Harris. Hayek didn't get off to such a great start, however. } She has that kind of face that's so frightingly beautiful and I feel like she's the type of person who would try a goth phase for a while. His most popular works include Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, and Saving Private Ryan. And for more proof that celebs are real people, too, don't miss30 Wildly Entertaining Photos of Celebrities Using Public Transportation. Teachers and students claim that Mariah was a diva even from young age. Later on, Gosling ended up being home-schooled for a year which kind of changed his personality. Redditor@eggmcben has a fun anecdote from his high school days, when he and Drake were classmates. While most of us now believe that Jennifer Anniston hasn't aged her entire life and is an immortal, we must remember that even such a goddess still had to go through being a teenager. Getty/Joe Corrigan, Frederick M. Brown Ever wonder what celebrities were like when they were just normal, awkward teenagers? I went to high school with Wayne Sermon, guitar player for Imagine Dragons. It got around to her parents, who are super religious, and she got out into one of those conversion therapy camps for teenagers. One Redditor has said I was roommates with Emily Ratajkowski for a 5-week art program. They told a story about how they interacted with Brendon Urie at one of the band's shows, and then wore the wristband from the concert every day afterward until a bully broke it. I had a couple of classes in HS with the model Karlie Kloss. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Thats because being a jerk is not in his DNA. He apparently called it his "trademark symbol. That's right a high school Brad Pitt went around and drew dog poop in everyone's yearbooks. During the tense space race of the 1950s and 1960s, one man emerged as the face of the American attempt to beat the Soviets into space and, ultimately, to the moon. Also one day he saw her crying on the bus because people were calling Britney a slut. The Real Reason Lisa Marie Presley Divorced Michael Jackson, Cooper Hefner Knows The Exact Moment His Dad Hugh Stopped Being Friends With Donald Trump. Were ambitious with obnoxious personalities and want to have sex and dreams like all the other kids," Mindy said. Janel said she was bullied in high school, as she was "not the popular girl at all" and preferred musical theater rehearsal to going to the mall. She's also spoken about being bullied while on Wizards of Waverly Place, calling Disney Channel "the biggest high school in the world.". With an ironic twist, these same celebrities even sometimes claim that they were the ones being bullied, rather than the other way around. One Reddit user recalls My cousins lived near Ashton Kutcher and went to school with him for a bit. I never talked to her or anything, but my friend's older brother kinda knew her (took a few classes together). 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