While I keep up on my celebrity knowledge, there are some facts about celebrities out there that still catch me totally off guard. On one hand, I'm not surprised to learn that Emma Stone is a natural blonde (even though she pulls off red better than just about anyone), but at the same time, I totally am shocked that some celebrities wanted to be nuns growing up, and that there is a celebrity who has a giant tortoise as a pet (hint, he's an Oscar winner). You will not be expecting some of the weird celebrity facts below, or at least not from these celebrities.
From Rebel Wilson to Ryan Gosling to Liam Payne, let's just say some of the world's most famous people have some pretty strange quirks that will definitely catch you off guard. Keep reading to find out which of your favorite celebrities is harboring the strangest eccentricities.
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1. Liam Payne fears spoons.
The One Direction member claims they scare him.
2. Rebel Wilson went into acting after hallucinating that she was an Oscar winning actress.
Apparently she had malaria at the time.
3. Ryan Gosling was offered a spot in the Backstreet Boys.
Unfortunately he turned it down. What could have been!
4. Ryan Gosling, instead joined an indie rock band called Dead Man's Bones.
His friend Zach Shields played in the band alongside him.
5. When Christopher Walken was 15 he worked in a circus as a lion tamer.
By 1978 he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in The Deer Hunter, but there was once a time when Walken was literally working in a circus.
6. Anne Hathaway wanted to be a nun when she was little.
She's not alone! Eva Mendes told Contact Music the same thing.
7. Katy Perry named her cat Kitty Purry.
She has another cat named Monkey.
8. Leonardo DiCaprio once owned a 38-pound tortoise
He is a huge environmentalist. Check out his Instagram.
9. Leonardo DiCaprio got his name when his mother was pregnant and standing in front of a Leonardo da Vinci painting when she felt him kick.
Inspiration for naming your first child?
10. Ellen DeGeneres has a ride at Disney's Epcot that takes you through her subconscious.
Her character, Dory, returns soon this summer in Finding Dory.
11. Kris Jenner refuses to be called "grandma," and instead goes by "Lovey."
Kris also places black toilet paper in all of her bathrooms, so there are clearly a lot of quirks there.
12. Jason Segel has a room in his house designated for puppets.
If you've seen Forgetting Sarah Marshall, you might remember his Dracula puppet musical: Dracula's Lament.
13. Mark Zuckerberg almost always wears the same grey shirt.
The exact same style shirt. If you Google him you'll find a lot of grey.
14. He also owns this dog named Beast.
Beast really does deserve his own Instagram.
15. Natalie Portman co-authored two research papers published in scientific journals.
She also graduated from Harvard in 2003. Not too bad!
16. Kobe Bryant speaks Italian
Non parlo bene l'italiano.
17. Nolan Gould belongs to a high IQ society
Not so sure about character, Luke, in Modern Family.
18. Uma Thurman's dad is a Tibetan Buddhist monk.
Wonder where the name Uma came from? She's named after the Hindu goddess of light.
19. Taylor Momsen was almost cast as Hannah Montana.
Looks like she chose a different route than Disney.
20. Ozzy Osbourne is obsessed with Sugar Puffs
He loves them so much he has them specially shipped from England.
