15 Celebs We Didn't Know Have Very Surprising Phobias
![15 Celebs We Didn't Know Have Very Surprising Phobias](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/5/815925_320x180.jpg)
It's hard to believe that something as simple as fear could control someone's life, but for the millions of Americans who suffer from phobias, that's exactly what happens. Phobias are irrational fears of certain objects, animals, or situations, and they can be so crippling that people will go to great lengths to avoid them. While most phobias can be treated with therapy or medication, there are some cases where they are so severe that the person is unable to function normally. If you're one of the many people who suffer from a phobia, don't feel ashamed or embarrassed - you're not alone.
Do you know what your celebrity phobia is? No, not the fear of celebrities, but the fear of something that reminds you of a celebrity. Believe it or not, there are quite a few famous people out there with some weird and wacky fears. For example, did you know that Tom Cruise is afraid of spiders? Or that Jennifer Aniston is scared of vacuum cleaners? And these fears aren't limited to just Hollywood stars – even royals have their quirks! So if you're ever feeling down in the dumps, take heart knowing that even celebrities are human after all. And who knows, maybe reading about their strange fears will help you come to terms with your own!
Sting
![Sting has a huge phobia of any kind of injury to his hand or fingers. I do have little quirky things, like sensitivity about hands. Like if I'm watching a movie or actually there in-person, if someone has a hand accident, that really gives me the heebie-jeebies, he says. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/0/815940.jpg)
Ozzy Osbourne
![Apparently, rats are incredibly terrifying to Ozzy Osbourne, of all people. They've got so many diseases we don't have the cure for, he explains. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/9/815939.jpg)
Kristen Stewart
![Kristen Stewart says that she outright hates horses, simple as that. The hatred comes from a childhood injury ..I fell off a horse once and hurt myself really badly ... I broke and dislocated my elbow when I was, like, nine. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/8/815938.jpg)
Ronda Rousey
![UFC champion Ronda Rousey has a massive fear of showing camel toe. I swear to God, every time after I win, even before I take my mouth guard out, I pull my shorts down, and it's because I have a phobia of high-def camel toe, people zooming in on the Internet and everything. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/7/815937.jpg)
Roxane Gay
![Roxane Gay pretty much can't stand any kind of animal saliva, apparently. Bilding RAB Rosana I have never had a dog and I don't ever want to be licked by the dog because I have a phobia of animal saliva, in her own words. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/6/815936.jpg)
Emma Stone
![Emma Stone really, really doesn't like to be lifted in the air at all. Apparently, it all stems from a childhood incident in which she broke both arms when she fell off a balance beam. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/5/815935.jpg)
Patrick Stewart
![Patrick Stewart has a phobia of something really ordinary- crossing the street. ГО ro O O et an For him, crossing the street apparently isn't simply a regular, everyday thing - it's kind of a gamble with death. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/4/815934.jpg)
Wes Anderson
![Wes Anderson really likes planes in general, but has a phobia of flying. I actually love aeroplanes and I sometimes like being in a plane, but I need to be drugged ... I mean, heavily drugged but not fully sedated. Otherwise, I'm just not going to get on the plane, he said. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/3/815933.jpg)
Scarlett Johansson
![Scarlett Johansson is afraid of birds (I'm terrified of them, she says). 0 When they asked her about any animal fears, she said, I'm only scared of birds. Something about wings and beaks and the flapping. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/1/815931.jpg)
Shakira
![Shakira is, in her own words, necrophobic -she has a phobia about death as a subject. Death of relationships, death of feelings, physical death, my death, but especially the death of people I love, she explains. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/2/815932.jpg)
Simon Cowell
![Reality show judge Simon Cowell, somehow, has a phobia of clowns. FOX R THE Which he revealed in an article without any accompanying information, leaving us to guess at the awful trauma that must have produced the fear. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/0/815930.jpg)
Alfred Hitchcock
![For some reason, Alfred Hitchcock was terribly of ordinary, garden-variety eggs. Apparently, he once said, I'm frightened of eggs. That white round thing without any holes... have you ever seen anything more revolting than an egg yolk breaking and spilling its yellow liquid? CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/8/815928.jpg)
Kyra Sedgwick
![Kyra Sedgwick has a big phobia of talking foods-as in, say, talking pizzas. Which means she often has to leave if food commercials on, and it even made her husband Kevin Bacon turn down an offer to play a talking Peanut M&M. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/9/815929.jpg)
Liam Payne
![Liam Payne kind of has a phobia of spoons - if they're someone else's. See I'm not so much scared of spoons, I'll hold one. But I don't like eating with them if they're not my spoons, if that makes sense, he says (uh ... does it?). CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/7/815927.jpg)
Oprah
![Oprah is kind of afraid of balloons - it's the sound of popping that she hates. It reminds me of gunfire, she says. And just being around balloons is enough to really freak her out, she adds. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/6/815926.jpg)