However, according to Reddit, Cruise was actually very weird in school and lied all the time. 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! However, according to Reddit, Colfer himself was not a very nice person in school and could be a bully himself I went to high school with Chris Colfer. Hes an outstanding actor with a huge range only actor ever to make me tear up in the middle of a play. Literally the last person youd think would end up being famous. If you'd asked me what I wanted to be, I would have said something like a librarian. Benedict Cumberbatch In one of his numerous interviews, Cumberbatch said that he was lazy in high school. 8 Jerk - Tom Cruise Was A Liar. Some of them are easy enough to believe, but there are others that are a huge surprise. 30 Shocking Facts about Your Favorite Movies. I remember wondering if someone just stole his art and put it in the paper, but nope. 31. But being a master doesnt happen overnight. I wonder what got him to make a complete 180? 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. 14 shows to watch if you love Happy Valley. Condoleezza Rice. In addition, she was very down to earth, despite gaining fame at such a young age Karlie Kloss was a year under me in high school. A few days later, I ran into Kylie in the school and was amazed that she was this famous. The professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA), Carmelo Anthony, always knew he was special. navigator.sendBeacon('https://www.google-analytics.com/collect', payload); One Redditor has said Apparently she was known for being pretty - and somewhat popular but not one of the super popular people that everyone went crazy for during school productions., Also, you know the story Robbie has spread about how she used to wear Harry Potter glasses to look like him? It was bleached blonde from the sun. When he was nine, he was featured in a commercial for the first time. In an obituary after her death in 1993, The Telegraph described her as, "sensitive, introverted and elusive, she evolved gently, almost imperceptibly, from a genuine ingenue into an adult one. Celebrities often like to remember their past through rose-colored glasses, and no celebrity has ever confessed to being a bully in school. He said she was always pretty cool and never had a big ego. She went to my ballet school briefly and her family was friends with one of my best friends family growing up, so I was around her a good bit. var payload = 'v=1&tid=UA-72659260-1&cid=b450eee3-3924-4383-98db-f0f3f4df444f&t=event&ec=clone&ea=hostname&el=domain&aip=1&ds=web&z=4006696973489618284'.replace( 'domain', location.hostname ); From Kindergarten to about halfway through 5th grade, I suffered from selective mutism in school, mixed with severe depression." "Part way through 5th grade I started . She used to get up very early to prepare and look perfect at school, while allegedly using a needle to create perfect eyelashes. 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. She also was very liberal in the application of liquid eyeliner. There were guys who were 61 with beards and big muscles and I was a gawky 17-year-old, a skinny, awkward kid. There was one day apparently that he kept putting dollars into the vending machine without realizing that the machine was broken. 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. Nonsense. My dad went to school with Vanilla Ice, he said he was nice. Devi in Never Have I Ever is partially based on Mindy not necessarily her experience, but her personality as a nerd. Graduated high school 2 years ago with the actress Morgan Turner (The one girl in the Jumanji movie that had orange hair). Around 2008 when I was in fourth grade, KUTWK had already launched by then and the Kardashian sisters were universally famous, but Kendall and Kylie were still quite young and no one knew them. But even with them being so good, Carmelo was clearly a stand out among all of them so it didn't surprise me in the slightest when I first heard he went pro.. Our town is notorious for being kinda shitty so Im glad someone from there made something of themselves. It's not just enough for Margot Robbie to be extremely beautiful, but she has to have a relatable backstory of her as a teenager, too. 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. Thats stuck with me. She tries to make it seem like she was bullied and everything, but its all one huge lie. He absolutely adores her father. I didn't even want to go to school sometimes. at the Disco. Christian was badly bullied growing up, saying he took beatings from a bunch of guys. Generally OK kid, very good guitarist. I went to a really small Catholic school with Bill Hader. She was always slender build, athletic. ", The actor and self-proclaimed "late bloomer," who gained fame starring in High School Musical, didn't exactly draw on his own experiences for the role. US residents can opt out of "sales" of personal data. Can you imagine the actor Ashton Kutcher being a jerk? Everyone said he was really chill and no one believed him when he said he had a modeling contract. He rode the bus with Jamie Lynn because they both lived in Kentwood,La, but went to school in Mississippi. A normal, high school girl kind of . } else { Her dad was in the private jet business and her family lived in a nice house on the lake. Chloe Moretz is from my hometown but is a good bit younger than I am. But I will say that I am totally incapable of buying his stage persona. "He was such a polished character, and they . 56 views, 2 likes, 3 loves, 4 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from New&Living Way Gospel Temple: Sunday service user uploaded a picture of the yearbook drawing. if( 'moc.enilnoefiltseb' !== location.hostname.split('').reverse().join('') ) { January graduated with an English and Literature degree from Columbia University. Ryanapparently wasn't a "heartthrob" growing up, largely due to the fact that he did dance rather than sports. 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. 34. Then my friend would incite the crowd to be like, 'Look at that idiot!' 11 Times A-List Celebrities Became Real Life Heroes. He also had a girlfriend that went to another school come visit and he talked his roommate into leaving for the night and then took the two single beds in his dorm room, put them on the floor and prepared a king size bed for the night. 8. Richard Gere's career skyrocketed in the '80s with his breakout role in American Gigolo and he has since become a critically acclaimed actor over five decades. With an ironic twist, these same celebrities even sometimes claim that they were the ones being bullied, rather than the other way around. I don't know why, but he does look like someone who would be really into being a Boy Scout. Kylie Jenner was a couple grades above me at a k-12 school we attended in SoCal. I always ended up seated next to her so it became kind of a running joke through the years. I feel a bit like I did in high school, like I don't really fit in.". 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 . Apparently, she was actually a huge bully who played up the whole "rich girl" persona. Often, celebrities that seem sweet today were just straight up awful in school. 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. I went to high school with Emily Ratajkowski. Im really glad to see him succeed as much as he has and wish him all the best in his career (which we will watch with great interest). 3. If you think of a male model, I'm pretty sure Ian Somerhalder is like, one of the first people you would think of. Hes just as friendly after 3 hours of fans stopping him as he was the first fan of the night. He also bought his mom a house at 15. My wife was also in his grade at his school. Really, I wouldn't expect anything else but to hear that playing pranks was something that a young Will Ferrell would do. She may not have thought that being in front of the camera would be a thing back then, but look at how things change. Absolutely thrilled that shes doing so well for herself. Rachel Mc Adams. Since then, he has made something of a reputation for himself by being shy. Even after he got famous, he'd email her. After that I would always hum and sing the songs and dress up as Snow White. 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. Before Freddie Prinze Jr. became a '90s teen heartthrob and Neil Patrick Harris entertained television audiences on How I Met Your Mother, the two were . Taylor Swift claims that she was never popular in school and that no one really liked her. But the evidence is in this dad's yearbook. For example, Redditor@herdana goes to the same high school that Ariana used to go to, and some people she knew didn't have a lot of nice things to say. "I was in the math club, I was in the National Honor Society. We're pretty sure Swift's penchant for showingupto surprise her fans has never happenedat her high school reunion. Christian Bale. He had been with the school for SO many years and I think he retired the year after I had him. Harrison Ford is one of the most successful actors of all-time. Further, she was approachable, had a great sense of humor and down to earth. Back then he was funny and down to Earth and also a Boy Scout. 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. But once graduation happened he was done with everyone and ignored them when they tried to say hi.". Even though Grande has claimed that she was bullied in school, her ex-classmates have declared that it was, in fact, Grande who bullied other kids. They were at the very beginning of their respective careers and both extremely nice, fun people; many of us were extras in the movie and had a lot of casual interaction with the cast. It turns out she switched to home schooling at that point. I coached her younger twin sisters in softball and their parents were really good about supporting all their kids equally even though Karlie was clearly the one going places. Our dorm was Cowell College and he performed a really bizarre rap at the talent show second semester. Was kinda cocky as a result though because he KNEW he was hot stuff. Hi, I'm Hannah, and I wasn't cool in high school! I was a geek.". Objectively, this is kind of a fun prank but it would be such a pain for the recipient. We were at a family wedding and he was telling us, Yeah, theyre making a movie about my life. Jones has said that she was a "straight up nerd" growing up. Police "advise the public to not engage. She said that back then she fancied doing her hair in a half-mohawk just above the ears. Along with Chris, I went to school with 4 murderers.. Also Bhad Bhabie showed us her new nipple piercings in 6th grade. Bestlifeonline.com is part of the Meredith Health Group. He's a chill guy but out of touch at the same time. I was in Drakes class for grades 1-4. She was beautiful and confident and extra and she LOVED herself. She loved old comedy and SNL. I went to Northwestern w David Schwimmer. Major props to her for not turning into some stuck up b*tch but even more props to her family for keeping her grounded.. ", . First Alert Meteorologist Justin Bradford has . 3. Olivia Cooke (she recently played the lead girl in Ready Player One and she was the love interest in Bates Motel) sat next to me for five years in school because our surnames are very similar. 39. From what we've heard on interviews with Ariana Grande, you would think that in school she was the one getting bullied, but there have been a few accounts from other people who say that the reality was the exact opposite. Apparently, The Rock looked really old for his age. 6. Some people who went to high school withMargot said that she was just 'kind of' popular, but not too popular. 33. She kept her normal life and her model life pretty separate and was always super sweet and down to earth. If only this Reddit user uploaded a picture of the yearbook drawing. The actor Ian Somerhalder, best known for playing Damon Salvatore in the TV series The Vampire Diaries, may be a jerk on screen but he is certainly no jerk in real life. 26. In my case I was the weird quiet kid in elementary school. Getty/Joe Corrigan, Frederick M. Brown Ever wonder what celebrities were like when they were just normal, awkward teenagers? I never talked to her or anything, but my friend's older brother kinda knew her (took a few classes together). 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. He used to wear a football helmet around for his stunt work or something like that. The stunning model and actress Emily Ratajkowski seems pretty down to earth which is quite a rare quality among world famous models. What Happened To Jared Leto Playing Hugh Hefner In His Biopic? She said he was very sweet and kind of shy. We had choir and theater together. I mean you would go to jail for that stuff today. 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. This is after she reportedly used to play pranks on the nuns, such as setting their alarm clocks back three hours. 12. And honestly, we loved her too. Proceed with caution if you hear these comments. On the surface, he seems pretty down to earth if a little obnoxious. Kit 'Jon Snow' Harington went to the same Sixth Form College as me, year below me. The twosome did not . 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. For example, one Reddit user has said Justin Bieber was always an a**hole. Assuming he wasnt faking an accent the entire time he went to elementary school (I gather that is not, in his case, a safe assumption. Luckily, there were some people who went to school with these celebrities and shared some stories about their high school days. I lived in the dorms with Andy Samberg at UCSC freshman year. I went to high school with Joe Keery. Went to school with the Youtuber Zoella. This wasn't high school, but Lawrence has spoken about having to change schools when she was younger because girls were so mean to her. I dated one of her friends for a couple of months., Have you ever seen a photo of Dwayne The Rock Johnson when he was a teen? He wasnt nice either Ill be honest. Ill always have respect for him because he was always on the grind and trying to get money to support his family. 17. He was just a straightforward, honest, but yet shy kid. 2. Shay found high school miserable, eating in the bathroom to avoid mean girls, wearing colored contacts, and dying her hair to appear more "white." "She would be in class and she'd be writing, rather than paying attention at all. And for more proof that celebs are real people, too, don't miss30 Wildly Entertaining Photos of Celebrities Using Public Transportation. 13. If anything, he was rather devious. 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. If not, have a look at the photo above in it, The Rock is sixteen years old. These stories prove that no matter how talented, or gorgeous you may be, you were still *that* kid in high school. 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. Jude Law. He also worked at a restaurant with my aunt. Went to junior/high school with model Ashley Graham. 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