13 Celebs We Didn't Know Went Through Hard Times As Kids
![13 Celebs We Didn't Know Went Through Hard Times As Kids](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/4/0/825640_320x180.jpg)
We all know celebrities. We see them on T.V., in magazines, and online. They're the rich and famous people who always seem to have it all. Everyone knows that celebrities have resumes just like the rest of us. And while they usually contain all of the expected information - such as jobs, honors, and awards - sometimes there are a few unexpected bullet points. For example, did you know that... Have you ever wondered what your favorite celebrity was like as a child? Most celebrities were once just regular kids, going to school and playing with their friends. Some were even quite shy and introverted. It's hard to imagine celebrities as anything other than rich and famous. But what we often forget is that they too had humble beginnings, just like the rest of us. Many celebrities endured hardships during their childhood, which often shaped who they would become as adults.
In this article, we'll take a look at some of the most famous celebrities and what challenges they faced during their younger years. We'll also explore how these hardships affected their lives and careers. So without further ado, let's get started!
Henry Cavill
![Henry Cavill, of all people, got teased about his weight as a kid. As an adult, he makes no bones about it: I was fat. I was Fat Cavill, he says. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/3/825653.jpg)
Alan Alda
![Alan Alda overcame polio back when he was still just a kid. Не went through an intense six-month therapy process and, he says, It was hard on me. It was harder, I think, on my parents, who couldn't afford a nurse and had to torture me themselves. It's always better to pay somebody to torture your kid. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/2/825652.jpg)
Kate Winslet
![Kate Winslet got bullied as a child over the way she looked. She said, I was teased for how I looked. In part, yeah, because I was quite stocky as a child. And was very much teased for that. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/1/825651.jpg)
Mayim Bialik
![Mayim Bialik got teased heavily when she was growing up. I AD Late aaul audi ULL LALALLL I ! i I ROIO au aid. GILL O.GIL nc xece mual ZA KGE SAO ALE LXQ LALL INDEPENDENCE THE CLIJRO OF the Complete Worksof SHAKESPEARE ل مكة E ع SPRING BODY F P ru P I was very small for my age and I developed late, so I was teased a lot. I cried a lot and felt left out of many things my whole life, and I still feel that way as an adult sometimes, she recounted. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/4/8/825648.jpg)
Tom Holland
![Tom Holland got bullied as a kid because he was seriously into dancing. There was times when I was bullied about dancing and stuff. But you couldn't hit me hard enough to stop me from doing it, he says. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/4/7/825647.jpg)
Macaulay Culkin
![When Macaulay Culkin was a child star, he'd get harassed on the street. His brother Kieran recounted, One time, a woman pulled off his hat and looked at him and said, 'Yeah, it's him! You're not that cute.' And then handed the hat back and walked away. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/4/9/825649.jpg)
Pete Davidson
![When he was a kid, Pete Davidson went to a mental health facility. He's been in and out of them since age 9, he says, and when he was in fourth or fifth grade, he tried to drown himself (and, luckily, he totally failed at it). CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/0/825650.jpg)
Marcus Rashford
![Manchester United star player Marcus Rashford went hungry as a kid. Не explained, My mum, she did the best she could. I remember she used to go to a shop called Poundworld and everything was under a pound. We would schedule our allowance. So we would get seven yoghurts and we could only have one yoghurt a day.KED.com](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/4/6/825646.jpg)
Viola Davis
![Viola Davis grew up really poor, and her family couldn't afford a camera. G And the result of that is, as it happens, that she has a grand total of one photo from her childhood. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/4/5/825645.jpg)
Dax Shepard
![Dax Shepard revealed that he got molested when he was a child. BCCA M It took me 12 years to tell anyone. And then all that time, I was like, a) 'It's my fault,' as generic as that is =E2=80=A6 'and I'm gay, I must have manifested this because I'm secretly gay.' I had all these insane thoughts for 11 years or 12 years, he explained. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/4/4/825644.jpg)
Natalie Portman
![Natalie Portman got sexualized as a kid, and it absolutely scared her. That was the result of roles like the one in Leon and, as she said: Being sexualized as a child, I think took away from my own sexuality because it made me afraid... CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/4/3/825643.jpg)
Ryan Seacrest
![They bullied Ryan Seacrest about his weight when he was just a kid. I was teased for it, and I will always see that little boy when I look in the mirror. I cannot get past it, I've talked to our experts about it, but for some reason, I just cannot see that guy, he explained. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/4/2/825642.jpg)
Janet Jackson
![Janet Jackson got called pig by her brother Michael when she was a child. And then there were times when Mike used to tease me and call me names. Не used to call me 'pig,' 'horse,' 'slaughter hog,' 'cow.' It wasn't out of malice on his part at all, she said. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/4/1/825641.jpg)