40 Lesser-Known Tidbits About Your Totes Fave Famous People

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40 Lesser-Known Tidbits About Your Totes Fave Famous People
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Nothing to see here, folks. Just some sneak peeks into the lives of the world’s most enthralling individuals. Just a country music icon who saved two kids from a house fire, a rock legend who was the first person outside of the Soviet Union to receive news of Stalin’s death and a certain A-list actor who used to work in a bakery for dogs. 

Okay, so the third one isn’t quite as riveting as the first two, but they’re celebrities — even their brunch choices captivate us!

Missy Elliott

Missy Elliott was bumped up two grades in school, because her IQ was super high. WANG She got so lonely, she decided to fail everything and get moved

Dave Chappelle

Dave Chappelle walked away from $50 million. Stressed out from the pressures of his hit show, he abruptly quit and went on a spiritual retreat to Afri

Benedict Cumberbatch

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH RISKED HIS OWN SAFETY TO PREVENT A ROBBERY. Late one night, the actor saw a bicycle delivery guy surrounded by some men. He stopp

Garth Brooks

76 Wolsr In 2003, xy TDY' Wrre country singer ANTLEY Garth Brooks, vou Key drd along with an unidentified 6EKA man, rescued pn two children (and a boa

Jackie Chan As A Bully Really, Really Doesn’t Add Up

Jackie Chan was a very naughty boy. While being interviewed at the premiere of The Karate Kid, the actor revealed that he bullied a fellow child whe

Shaq

40 Lesser-Known Tidbits About Your Totes Fave Famous People
Source: ESPN

Steve Carell

CRACKED.COM Comedic actor Steve Carrell was originally going to pursue a career in law! He changed his mind while filling out his law school applicati

Michael Caine

Sir Michael Caine met his wife by stalking her after he saw her in a commercial. Shakira Caine (nee Baksh) was in a 1971 coffee ad, and Sir Michael was so entranced, he was willing to go anywhere to meet her. Luckily, she was in London, too. CRACKED.COM

Source: Yahoo

Robert Pattinson

At the height of Robert Pattinson's Twilight fame, an obsessed fan lurked outside his apartment for weeks. Finally he decided to take her out to dinne

Jerry Seinfeld

When Jerry Seinfeld met his wife, she was already engaged to another guy. Seinfeld started hitting on her at the gym, without knowing that (or anything else) about her pretty soon, she ditched her fiance for Seinfeld. CRACKED.COM

Source: Yahoo

Rihanna

Rihanna used to be an army cadet... ...and Shontelle used to be her drill sergeant. CRACKED.COM

William Frawley

William Frawley I LOVE LUCY CRACKED COM The actor who played Fred was reportedly a tough guy to work with. His weirdest hangup was probably the Yankee

Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan She agreed to appear on a Russian talk show after breaking up with real estate mogul Egor Tarabasov -- if she was provided a private jet

Dolph Lundgren

Dolph Lundgren MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE Anxious about his thick accent, his contract required that he get three chances to deliver his lines before the

Emma Stone

CRACKED Emma Stone used to work in a bakery... for dogs.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hollywood tough guy, also took ballet lessons.

Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe attended Comic- Con in a full Spider-Man suit AND spoke in an American accent so nobody would know it was him. CRACKED.COM

This fact has got me re-thinking every American-sounding Spider-Man that I've come across in my lifetime.

Dikembe Mutombo

Mutombo came from The Congo with a scholarship to become a doctor. It was coach John Thompson who recruited him to play basketball. He ended up becomi

LeVar Burton

Before developing an interest in acting, LeVar Burton dreamt of becoming a Catholic priest. He got as far as enrolling at St. Pius X, a theological se

The Barefoot Contessa

CRACRED.COIM The Barefoot Contessa was a Nuclear Policy Analyst during the Ford and Carter administrations. She left her high ranking position to buil

David Lynch, Eagle Scout

Eccentric filmmaker David Lynch was a Boy Scout. CRACKED.COM Lynch achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. The director even got to participate in John F. K

John Waters

Pope of Trash and Prince of Puke lohn Waters had parents. very supportive Although he was raised Roman Catholic, his parents were very accepting and u

Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren was a carnival barker. Her job was talking fast and loud to draw people to a dart stall.

Colonel Sanders

Before Colonel Sanders had his signature brand... CRACKED.COM ...he was sleeping in his car begging restaurants to try his chicken recipe. Sanders sle

Bob Ross

BdRoss CRACKEDC didn't actually like his trademark perm. He adopted the style to save money on haircuts while he was traveling the country in a motor

Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie aspired to become a funeral director, and even took up mortuary science to prepare for it in case her Hollywood career didn't work out.

Sonny & Cher for The Bible

In A 1970 AD In TVGUIDE CRAGKEDCOM sonnY And cHEiR endorsed THE BIBLE. Look who reads the Bible. The me mle Ble Bee sen that vadoller. Hard thiNES YOU

Glenn Close

Glenn Close was raised in a cult. Close's parents joined the Moral Re-Armament, a right-wing religious cult, when she was seven and she was in it up u

Vidal Sassoon

40 Lesser-Known Tidbits About Your Totes Fave Famous People
Source: Allure

Bruno Mars

BRUNO MARS was arrested in 2010 in Vegas for FELONY COCAINE POSSESSION. The charges were only dismissed after the singer paid a $2,000 fine, went thro

Chumlee from Pawn Stars

CRACKED COM On March 9, 2016, Austin Russell aka Chumlee, cast member of Pawn Stars, had his house raided by police. They found crystal meth, marijuan

Nicki Minaj

CRACKEDOON Nickiminaj, real name Onika Tanya Maraj, was born into a family of 15 in Trinidad and lived in a three-room house. At age 5she moved to Que

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