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20 Famous Celebs Who Pulled Off Major Lies

By:: Cracked Writers; Eric B

August 01, 2021

20 Famous Celebs Who Pulled Off Major Lies

Celebrities love myth-making. And sure, everyone wants to tell the most interesting story about themselves. Prince wrote and starred in a whole movie released in conjunction with a record about how he had a miserable home life with an abusive father…despite his dad being a jazz musician who taught him how to play music and has writing credits on much of said album. But that's understandable. A movie about a loving father who raises a son who grows up to write Purple Rain, one of the greatest albums of all time, for crissakes—that's not a compelling story. An underdog overcoming a broken home against all odds to release Purple Rain? Now THAT'S a compelling story!

Sometimes, though, these little lies celebs tell are beyond the pale. Fun historical fact: in ancient Rome, actors were on one of the lowest rungs of the social caste. After reading these tales of dastardly celebrity deceit, you may think the ancients were on to something...

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Rick Ross raps about non-stop hustling. He even took his name from a drug kingpin. He was actually a prison guard before rapping. After the story broke, Ross originally denied it, but the media managed to get ahold of pay stubs that proved it was true. CRACKED.COM — source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

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Jim Morrison said his parents were dead. They were alive- he just didn't like them much. Morrison's father did eventually try to mend the rift, reaching out to the singer and writing a supportive letter to a parole board after he was arrested for indecent exposure. CRACKED.COM — source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

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Rapper Tyga claimed he grew up in Compton. Then made a video about growing up in the Valley. Tyga later said that this video was scripted. To this day, the public doesn't know which story is the truth, so we just have to be satisfied with knowing that at least one of them was a filthy lie. CRACKED.COM — source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

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Dustin Diamond put out a Saved By The Bell book. He said he was writing the juicy stuff no one knew. Turned out he may not have written the book at all. Since 2014, he has maintained that it was written by a ghostwriter, and he had no input on the final manuscript. CRACKED.COM — source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

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Musician Billy Tipton was born Dorothy Tipton. Not even the women who lived with him knew it. Tipton had five long-term relationships in his life, each time by claiming a car accident mutilated both his groin and his chest, explaining his bandages and why they always had to try unconventional CRACKED.COM sex methods. — source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

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Khloe Kardashian bragged about baking. But her Instagram pies looked a little familiar. Sweet Lady Jane bakery owner Jane Lockhart confirmed they were her pies, quipping, I thought, 'She has to BE kidding me.' I want to say, 'Good job. You want a job here?'' CRACKED.COM — source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

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Manti Te'o said his girlfriend died of cancer. The story pushed him to a a Heisman Trophy. Girlfriend Kekua wasn't real. Te'o claims he only learned he'd been catfished right before the winner was announced. But he also claimed to have met Kekua in person... years before the catfisher CRACKED.COM made contact. — source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

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Scott Thompson was Yahoo's CEO. He claimed a bachelor's in computer science. His B.S. degree turned out to be BS, as came out during a shareholder struggle over seats on the board. The college he cited didn't even offer a computer science major when he would CRACKED.COM have gone there. — source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

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Actor Brian Dennehy said he'd been a Marine. For years, he bragged of his Vietnam service. He was actually stationed in Japan... in the Marines' athletic department.... and he left before anything major started in Vietnam. The truth came out in the 1998 book Stolen Valor. CRACKED.COM — source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

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Bill O'Reilly witnessed all sorts of combat In the Falklands, Northern Ireland, El Salvador... News sites found he was lying. For example, he said he saw nuns get shot in the back of the head in EI Salvador, but he didn't step foot in the country till months after the conflict. CRACKED.COM — source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

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Ben Hardy swore he was an experienced drummer. BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY CRACKED.COM Then, when he got the part, he took a crash course to make good on his promise: I bought the cheapest drum kit I could find and found a drum teacher locally and was like, 'Look, here's the deal... — Source: 20 Actors Who (May Have) Lied To Get The Part

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Rachel McAdams pretended not to be terrified of horses. TO THE WONDER CRACKED.COM She's petrified of and allergic to-horses, but figured she'd just wing it. On day 1 she found herself penned in with 50 wild horses. — Source: 20 Actors Who (May Have) Lied To Get The Part

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Sandra Bullock can't even remember her real age. CRACKED.COM She was once screwed out of a part for revealing her real age, and she never made that mistake again: After a while, you have no idea how old you are because you've lied SO many times. — Source: 20 Actors Who (May Have) Lied To Get The Part

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Eddie Redmayne swore he could ride a horse... ELIZABETH CRACKED.COM Two weeks later, we were in Lithuania, and I was on top of this gigantic stallion .../ was sent to horse camp immediately. — Source: 20 Actors Who (May Have) Lied To Get The Part

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Brian Dennehy lied about his military service. CRACKED.COM He used to claim that he was wounded in Vietnam, a lie that's still often reported as truth, even after he came clean. — Source: 20 Actors Who (May Have) Lied To Get The Part

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Mila Kunis told producers she was gonna be 18. THAT '70S SHOW GRACKED.COM ...which isn't technically a lie! When she auditioned at 14, she absolutely WAS gonna be 18... eventually. — Source: 20 Actors Who (May Have) Lied To Get The Part

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Chris Hemsworth lied about his height. CRACKED.COM Back when he was merely impossibly handsome, and not yet famous, Hemsworth stole work from short actors by pretending he wasn't 6'3. — Source: 20 Actors Who (May Have) Lied To Get The Part

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Laura Fraser claimed to speak fluent German. BREAKING BAD CRACKED.COM Fraser said Ja! to the first German question she was asked, which happened to be: Do you speak German? — Source: 20 Actors Who (May Have) Lied To Get The Part

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Liam Hemsworth faked his prowess on the volleyball court. THE LAST SONG CRACKED.COM He thought being tall and hot was all it took. When it came time to play, he was beaten so badly he actually requested a stunt double. — Source: 20 Actors Who (May Have) Lied To Get The Part

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Grandpa Munster was more than a decade younger. THE MUNSTERS CRACKED.COM AI Lewis lied about his age to get the part, and kept up the old man ruse for the rest of his life. — Source: 20 Actors Who (May Have) Lied To Get The Part

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