One Redditor has said Taylor Swift went to middle school with one of my best friends. Charlizedescribed herself as a "geek" growing up, saying she had thick glasses, that boys didn't like her, and that she was even bullied. Angelina also refers to herself as a hard-hitting punk kid. The actor Tom Cruise seems like a nice guy even if he does hold some weird beliefs. I remember little Aubrey Graham as, if anything, kind of a goody-two-shoes. 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. Hawaii, Nashville, and Pennsylvania. 4. I always feel shy in the Hollywood scene. I was somewhere in between." She also was very liberal in the application of liquid eyeliner. Said he was fine, but cheated off her in math sometimes, but they would have friendly conversation and joke around also. Kim Kardashian fans' same reaction to bathroom. Everyone was apparently surprised when he got in The Mickey Mouse Club and was on TV., According to Reddit, the singer and actress Demi Lovato was an awful bully in school even though she has claimed that she was the target of bullies herself One day, this girl who was popular starting saying, Demi should kill herself and it resulted in a suicide petition that got passed around and she had other classmates sign it., However, one Redditor has said She was always super popular and had a reputation for being a bully. I had lots of crushes, but I wasn't in the popular crowd. Thats stuck with me. ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb. 14 shows to watch if you love Happy Valley. Jones has said that she was a "straight up nerd" growing up. Mariah Carey. The Pitch Perfect actress has described her high school self as a "flat chested theater nerd." 6. She said he was just a sweet, goofy kid growing up who was always doing stunts even back then. Super chill guy I was actually surprised to see him get so famous., Another Redditor confirms the above statement but also adds the part where Lautner became asomewhat of a jerkafter graduation Friend of mine also went to school with Taylor. You may not exactly know who he is by name, but I'm sure you would recognize Howie Mandel if you see him. We hold major institutions accountable and expose wrongdoing. Steve Harvey hardly talks about his teen years or his memories of high school. And since sweet people are often the target of bullies, none of us found it surprising when Colfer revealed that he was bullied in school. So that's cool., Of course, no one was surprised to learn this. Went to school with the Youtuber Zoella. 40. As Professor Mia Bay of Rutgers University aptly summarized, Rosa Parks story tells us you dont have to always have been a leader to do something important and to make an impact, and you dont have to be a big a personality or a loud person to take a stand. One Redditor has said Chris Pratt. Lady Gaga was bullied a lot while she was in high school. Sometimes it feels really, really good to be bad. Zack Efron went to a neighboring high school. It's going to be a sticky sweet situation in that desk, and nobody deserves that kind of punishment just for liking cats a bit more. Demi Lovato was both a . If you find that hard to believe, dont worry youre not the only one. She was cool, although very annoyed at me since I bugged her alot in elementary school. Young Ryan Gosling was certainly not shy or quiet. Some say that fame and money have spoiled Bieber and turned him into the person he is today. I've only ever seen him as witty and full of energy, but that might just be a face he puts on for show. I actually didnt even realize the Kardashians existed until 2011 when Kim got divorced from Kris Humphries, and i began to read up on them. One Reddit user recalls My cousins lived near Ashton Kutcher and went to school with him for a bit. What makes me wonder is if he actually had the cash to back these transactions up or if he was just being a total tool. I went to high school with Calista Flockhart. I was a geek.". The star of Netflix's Glow has said she spent her high school years hanging out with fellow drama club members. ", The stunning Oscar winner, who always manages to wow on the red carpet, was anything but glam growing upand even confessed to some stalker-like tendencies while in high school. 24. My ex-mother-in-law was close friends with Johnny Knoxville, except everyone around here calls him PJ. Everyone's a little weird in high school, and there's always a class clown, And it turns out that in this person's dad's school, their clown was very attractive and bound for fame. Apparently on the bus Jamie would hand out CDs of Britneys when she was first getting started with music. Below are nine famous people that commonly strike us as outgoing, but who were actually far more quiet at heart. Richard Branson is a model for success, he is also dyslexic. I feel a bit like I did in high school, like I don't really fit in.". However, according to Reddit, the reason no one liked Swift was very simple: she was just not a nice person. But before all the fame, there was once a time when the stars of today were just struggling to complete their GCSEs like you and I did. "Apart from my being mixed race, my parents didn't have money so I never had the cute clothes or the cool back pack. Literally the last person youd think would end up being famous. My Uncle went to the same High school as Britney and Jamie Lynn Spears. It was in San Francisco, I was 17 and she was 16, we shared a bunk bed and dorm room. I went to a really small Catholic school with Bill Hader. "I was in the math club, I was in the National Honor Society. Then there's the now-infamous story of her college peers creating the Facebook group "Stefani Germanotta,you will neverbefamous"and look at her now! I was a dorky, quiet kid in high school who didn't have too many friends. The 19-year-old actor who has played the not-too-bright Luke Dunphy on Modern Family for nine seasons has an IQ 150 and is a member of Mensa International. Turns out a lot of our fave celebs were also uncool in high school! 2023 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved. One Redditor has said My sister's best friend's mom went to high school with Tom Cruise in NJ. It was more so the fact that it was a pretty small town and you didn't hear of a lot of people getting modeling contracts. She was later homeschooled. She said she was often assumed to be the child of a nanny. While being in school with him sounds like a good time, it might have been a little difficult to get any real work done. His most popular works include Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, and Saving Private Ryan. Vanessa Hudgens Vanessa was a quiet kid until she began to fall in love with Disney films: "I was a very shy and quiet kid until my parents took me to see my first Disney movie, 'Snow White'. Margot Robbie Tried Looking Like Harry Potter, Jennifer Anniston Made Some Fashion Choices. Tom told People he was bullied about being a dancer after starring in Billy Elliot in London at age 12; however, he said, You couldnt hit me hard enough to stop me from doing it," and that he accepted he wasn't cool and found his group of people. Christian Bale. I guess it wasn't really the face that people didn't believe, but he grew up in a fairly small town where becoming a model wasn't very common. Really, I wouldn't expect anything else but to hear that playing pranks was something that a young Will Ferrell would do. While some, like famed rapper Pitbull, have opened charter schools in their home communities, others, like actress Angelina Jolie, have founded schools in disadvantaged communities overseas. She said he was dirt poor, weird and lied a lot. Thats because being a jerk is not in his DNA. We all know high school can be just awful, but these 15 stars are proof that being asked to sit at the popular table during lunch pales in comparison to having a hit film or winning an Oscar or a Grammy. 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. And for more proof that celebs are real people, too, don't miss30 Wildly Entertaining Photos of Celebrities Using Public Transportation. She seemed down to earth and not stuck up. 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. I remember wondering if someone just stole his art and put it in the paper, but nope. He had been with the school for SO many years and I think he retired the year after I had him. The professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA), Carmelo Anthony, always knew he was special. I could never get into trouble like the rest of my friends; my parents were very strict and taught me good values. Interestingly, before I found this out I could tell she probably was just by looking into her eyes, which told me there was something wrong lurking beneath the surface. His cousin was also on the team and a year younger than me. If you'd asked me what I wanted to be, I would have said something like a librarian. Reddit user @drowsydeku recalls that his dad has a fun drawing made by the legendary Brad Pitt himself. Of course, the principal suspended him immediately. That's the case for Cameron Diaz and Snoop Dogg, who both attended Long Beach Polytechnic high school in the late '80s/early '90s. Later on, Gosling ended up being home-schooled for a year which kind of changed his personality. She loved old comedy and SNL. 9. Freddie Prinze Jr. and Neil Patrick Harris. The Best Relationship Advice No One Ever Told You, 5 Mindset Shifts To Stop Relationship Anxiety. ", The actress plays a cool blondeon Showtime's Billions, but she has said that wasn't the case in high school. Simply the Worlds Most Interesting Travel Site, Celebrities Were Just As Awkward In High School (And We Have The Receipts To Prove It! Some of the celebrity-operated schools have been successful, and some have seen their share of problems. Bestlifeonline.com is part of the Meredith Health Group. Sometimes you need to be quiet to make real noise, and always remember, actions speak louder than words. Along with Chris, I went to school with 4 murderers.. 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. That man was John Glenn: he became a war hero and one of the most famous astronauts in history, despite being a college dropout. He also said he was a "pariah" in school, but this time in regard to the fact that all three of his older brothers had been kicked out of the same school. It got to the point where he dreaded going to school though he says this experience helped him not get bullied into not going for certain parts in Hollywood. 13. 32 Celebrities Who Dropped Out of School - Celebrity Dropouts 1 A Splash of Excess in a Tasteful Fashion Week 2 Hayley Williams Is Our March 2023 Music Director 3 Why We're All Obsessed With. Objectively, this is kind of a fun prank but it would be such a pain for the recipient. Discover unique things to do, places to eat, and sights to see in the best destinations around the world with Bring Me! US residents can opt out of "sales" of personal data. She also recalled an experience when she was asked to hand out invitations to a girl's birthday party that she wasn't invited to. The real deal. Then we hung around outside and walked around and I gotta say, I dont know any celebrities, but Ive heard they can be dicks to fans (looking at you Daniel Craig, you Bondly SOB, you). While this hasn't been confirmed or denied, I feel like I should believe it because this is Will Ferrell we're talking about, after all. 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. Ansel Adams. Literally the same person. I might be biased against Adam Sandler, but it feels like the more I learn about him, the more I'm convinced that my theory that he's not a fun person to be around seems more correct. Kylie Jenner was a couple grades above me at a k-12 school we attended in SoCal. You don't get much nerdier than that. 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.. Sep 16, 2020, 8:47 AM. user uploaded a picture of the yearbook drawing. What Im saying is, hes quite shy, said Wainright. He's that bald guy with the goatee who hosts Deal or No Dealor probably more known from America's Got Talent. Even now, hes all those things, and still down-to-earth. Devi in Never Have I Ever is partially based on Mindy not necessarily her experience, but her personality as a nerd. I was a geeky little guy, but she always was genuine and nice to me. "In college, I would push an overhead projector across campus with my pants just low enough to show my butt. One of the most popular directors in film history, Steven Spielberg is one of the pioneers of the New Hollywood era. I knew that me andMindy Kalinghad pretty similar times growing up. He was the kid in school who wasn't necessarily a jerk, but was kind of a wise-*ss.". She was my high school crush but I had no confidence, chubby, lame blah blah you know the drill. 1. Although known for actively standing up -- or perhaps remaining seated -- for equal rights in 1955, and subsequently becoming a key figure of the Civil Rights movement, Parks was not an outspoken woman. Benedict Cumberbatch In one of his numerous interviews, Cumberbatch said that he was lazy in high school. A good character deserves a powerful name. "I'd eat my lunch in the nurses' office so I didn't have to sit with the other girls," she has said. He likely saved himself a world of hurt bygraduating high school at 13. She was always slender build, athletic. That's right a high school Brad Pitt went around and drew dog poop in everyone's yearbooks. However, despite her success, she remained as down to earth as she had always been, much to the delight of her classmates. Some celebrities went to school together, long before becoming famous. The brilliant Elton John is shy? It seems like instead of trying to improve on himself to be less weird, he just made a bunch of fairly unfunny movies about the same dorky guy who wins in romance at the end. The Maroon5 singer and The Voice judge has said that his love of music wasn't exactly a ticket to hang with the cool kids in high school. Updated. Branson still considers himself a natural introvert and has said, "I had to train myself into becoming more of an extrovert. ETA: Her family was also loaded. You typically don't think of the word "quiet" when thinking about Steve Harvey, but at one point in time, a lot of people did associate that word with him. I saw him in the hallways, he liked to wear big white t-shirts. She is a year older than me and was in a grade above me. Said he was chill and charismatic. On radio show Real Late With Rosenberg, Pete saidthat people used to pick on him in high school because he would act out due to the death of his father. I always ended up seated next to her so it became kind of a running joke through the years. Dannii Minogue was just lovely.. Out of all the celebrities out there, there's something about Zach Galifianakis that makes me think that he's pretty much just a normal person. She actually had kind of a tough time making friends within the program, like she wasn't interested in doing so. He would take attendance and then leave for the rest of the class, came back 5 minutes prior and would take attendance again. 5. I can believe it after all, most people are pretty multi-dimensional. Everyone's invited except for [Taylor].'" Dakota went to a private high school in North Hollywood where she was crowned homecoming queen and a cheerleader all while still pursuing her acting career. My wife was also in his grade at his school. Robert Pattinson. 48. When Branson was about seven years old, his mother decided to try and remedy this, so she forced him out of her car three miles from their home and told him to find his way back by talking to people. On the surface, he seems pretty down to earth if a little obnoxious. For example, he's a super chill guy but then at the same time he does some real extra stuff, like hosting the SNL after party at a Dave and Busters, where he then flies out like, 60 of his dancers from Toronto. I havent seen him since then, so I dont know what hes like IRL these days, and I hope hes happy with whatever hes up to. 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.. 22. Published on May 4, 2016 09:35 AM. She was also in marching band for a brief time before becoming the school's mascot, which she bonded with fellow band nerd Jimmy Kimmel over. She said that back then she fancied doing her hair in a half-mohawk just above the ears. Selena said of her time in school, "If my cousin wasnt the captain of the cheerleading team, I would have been destroyed. Jake said he was a nerd as a young teenager, saying people treated him a "certain way" based on his thick glasses. Reddit user @jackbeawesome went to school with her and confirms this;she was one of those punkish kids that just really did not care what other people thought of them. Ryanapparently wasn't a "heartthrob" growing up, largely due to the fact that he did dance rather than sports. Luckily, there were some people who went to school with these celebrities and shared some stories about their high school days. Also one day he saw her crying on the bus because people were calling Britney a slut. I should clarify I went to school with him from grade 6 to 8 given after that he dropped out and really became big.. Like, I would voluntarily go to band camp.". 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. Apparently, she once managed to frame a kid for trying to beat up one of said entitled rich girls.". Shakira and Piqu who share sons Milan, born in 2013, and Sasha, born in 2015 made headlines earlier that month after the soccer star was accused of having an affair. He used to sell candy or some shit in the hallways. Hayek didn't get off to such a great start, however. Rachel Mc Adams. I mean, just think about how sticky whipped cream is and how easily it melts. I believe it was a specific workshop for the schools theater department, where the students got to work with the visiting actors. She was in the same grade as me. After finding out that her book is titled Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? "I wore really nerdy glasses and the boys didn't like me. Absolutely thrilled that shes doing so well for herself. Great girl (from what I could tell) and Im happy shes big and famous now. In this picture we can see that she is still quite pretty, but has that dorky, quirky look of a low-key nerd in high school. 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