"I Am From Every Continent In Africa Except For One": 14 Times Celebs Were VERY Confidently Wrong About Basic Facts

"I Am From Every Continent In Africa Except For One": 14 Times Celebs Were VERY Confidently Wrong About Basic Facts

We all make embarassing mistakes sometimes. When you're famous, those moments can be captured for the world to see.

Here are 14 times celebs didn't know VERY common facts:

1.On a 2024 episode of his podcast New Heights, Travis Kelce revealed that he recently learned the truth about Alice in Wonderland.

Travis says he found out it's "Alice in Wonderland," not "Alison Wonderland." Jason points out they've watched the movie.
New Heights / Via youtube.com

Here's the full episode, with this part starting at the 28:10 mark:

2.In 2024, Troye Sivan responded to a TikTok about people thinking the UK leaving the EU meant the nation also left the continent of Europe.

Troye Sivan in a beanie and a beige jacket expresses regret over mistakenly calling his tour the "Europe and UK tour."
Troye Sivan / Via tiktok.com
Troye says he told someone he was leaving Europe for the UK tomorrow, and jokes, "Did I think they invented a new continent called the UK?"

3.When Sukihana appeared on The Really Good Podcast in 2024, she confused "musician" with "magician."

Sukihana and Bobbi are having an interview. Bobbi asks Sukihana what she knows about her, and Sukihana questions what being a musician means
Bobbi Athoff / Via youtube.com
Suki says she's not a musician, she makes music, acts, is a TV star, and is a young mogul
Bobbi Athoff / Via youtube.com
Bobbi tries to interject, but Suki says she isn't confused because she's not a magician or whatever Bobbi said
Bobbi Athoff / Via youtube.com

Here's the full episode, with this part starting at the four-minute mark:

4.Appearing on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in 2003, Jennifer Garner paused Conan O'Brien to correct his grammar, but after the commercials, he whacked out a dictionary to prove he'd been right all along.

Conan O'Brien and Jennifer Garner on a talk show discussing grammar. Conan: "There was a time when you snuck into the room—" Jennifer: "I sneaked into the room."
NBC / Via youtube.com
Conan points on "snuck" in the dictionary, and Jennifer looks away
NBC / Via youtube.com

Here's the full video, with this part starting at the 1:10 mark:

5.In a 2010 interview with New Zealand's C4, Justin Bieber seemingly didn't understand that German is a language.

  C4 / Via youtube.com
C4 / Via youtube.com

Here's the full clip:

6.When Jared Leto and Amanda Seyfried were paired for Variety's Actors on Actors in 2022, he insisted she was wrong about her own eye color.

Amanda Seyfried and Jared Leto talking in a split panel interview. Jared mentions Amanda's blue eyes, and she questions why people call her eyes blue
Variety / Via youtube.com
Amanda says her eyes are green on her license when Jared insists they're blue
Vriety / Via youtube.com
Jared holds up a fake plant to prove Amandas right about her own eye color
Variety / Via youtube.com

Here's the full video, with this part staring at the 26-minute mark:

7.In 2009, an interviewer's comment about paying bills confused Mariah Carey.

Mariah Carey and an unidentified man have a conversation. Mariah says, "In America, we get it free." in response to a discussion about paying for electricity
Channel 4 / Via youtube.com

Here's the full clip, with this part starting at the 4:20 mark:

8.On BBC Radio 1's The School Run segment in 2015, Demi Lovato mistook "genes" for "jeans."

Demi Lovato is driving while three teens in school uniforms sit in the back seat. Demi says, "So, kids, what'd we learn at school today?" A student says, "In health and social chem, we learned about inherited genes and stuff."
BBC Radio 1 / Via youtube.com
Demi Lovato and three schoolgirls in a car. Demi says, "Okay, that's good. Like hand-me-down clothing?" A schoolgirl responds, "No, it's like, if your ear is attached to your face..."
BBC Radio 1 / Via youtube.com

Here's the full clip, with this part starting at the 1:20 mark:

9.In a 2015 interview, Demi Lovato seemingly forgot that "dish" is a synonym for "meal."

Demi Lovato sits for an interview discussing favorite dishes, mentioning a preference for mugs due to their comfort and practicality for hot drinks like coffee and tea
NRJ / Via youtube.com

Here's the full clip:

However, on Twitter, they later claimed they'd been joking.

Twitter: @ddlovato

10.In 2018, a fan asked Bebe Rexha where she'd go if she could travel in time. In a since-deleted tweet, she replied, "I would go to Paris 1940s."

Bebe Rexha tweets she would go to Paris 1940s

Then, in response to another fan who questioned her answer, she admitted history class wasn't her strong suit.

Tweet by Bebe Rexha says: "Girl I failed history. I just googled it." Below, a reply from user shrinee_ asks: "girl....do you know what paris was like back then?"

11.In The Kardashians Season 1, Kendall Jenner proudly made her own snack — and worried everyone, including her mom, with the haphazard way she cut a cucumber.

Kris Jenner and Kendall Jenner talking in a kitchen setting. Kris asks if the chef should make a snack, and Kendall replies she will chop a cucumber herself
Hulu
Kris calls for the chef to cut the cucumber, but Kendall insists she's fine. Her arms are twisted around the cucumber.
Hulu

Following criticism, Kendall retweeted the clip and poked fun at herself.

Hulu / Via Twitter: @KendallJenner

12. In a 2015 tweet, Kim Kardashian asked Armani to re-release her favorite foundation. The brand's official account responded, correcting her on the spelling of the designer's first name.

Twitter: @armani

13.When Kyle Richards moved her daughter, Sophia Umansky, into her college dorm on a Season 9 episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, she discovered Sophie didn't know you had to clean a toilet.

Top: Kyle Richards speaks, saying: "And now, cleaning. Scrub your own toilets and all that." Bottom: Sophia responds, "Why do you have to clean a toilet?"
Bravo / Via Peacock

14.And finally, in 2015, Raven-Symoné discussed her AncestryDNA test results with E! News. She mixed up "continent" with "country."

Image featuring Raven-Symoné in two frames. Top frame text: "I am from every continent in Africa except for one." Bottom frame text: "And, I'm from every continent in Europe except for one."
E! News / Via youtube.com

Watch the full clip below: