21 Bizarre And Shocking Celebrity Facts That Sound Fake But Are 100% True

1.Miley Cyrus's signature wavy hair from the early 2010s was actually made up of 250 hair extensions. Her mom, Tish, wouldn't settle for less.

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2.Before becoming famous, Oscar Isaac was a frontman for several ska bands. One of his most successful groups, The Blinking Underdogs, even opened for Green Day.

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He was also in bands like Petrified Frogs, Closet Heterosexuals, and The Worms.

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3.Cynthia Erivo wears fake ears in Wicked because she has so many piercings in real life.

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4.Jack Nicholson was raised by his grandmother, Ethel May, who he'd believed was his mother. Nearly four decades later, Jack learned that the person he thought was his sister, June, was actually his mother, and she was only 18 when she gave birth to Jack. He only learned this after a Time magazine researcher called him to confirm details for an upcoming story about him.

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5.Henry Golding is a trained hair stylist, he even helps his wife with her blowouts.

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"Once in a while, when she's struggling with a blow dry in the morning, I'll finish off the back for her," he told Radio Times.

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6.Billie Eilish's full name is Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell.

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7.One of Adrianne Bailon's favorite food combos is tuna salad sandwiches dipped in fruit punch. She'll even pour some fruit punch into the tuna salad before spreading it onto her bread.

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8.Meghan Trainor and her husband, Daryl Sabara, have two toilets in their bathroom, so they can use them together.

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9.Robert Pattinson has confirmed that he lies frequently in interviews. Like, back in 2011, he appeared on the Today Show and told a story about how, as a child, he watched a clown die in front of him at the circus. A week later, he revealed it was a made-up story. Another time he said he used to work as a women's hand model. And another time, he said he took his stalker out to dinner — both of which have been debunked.

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10.Patrick Mahomes confirmed that he wears the same pair of underwear for every game he plays, and only washes them "once in a while." "I mean if we're on a hot streak, I can't wash them, you know? I've just got to keep it rolling," he said. "As long as we're winning, I'll keep the superstition going."

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11.Sofía Vergara's natural hair color is actually blonde. She first started dyeing her hair dark so that she could book roles.

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The way that I looked was not the way that Hollywood really saw Latina women," she said. "They were expecting a more dark-haired woman. It was difficult because they were a little confused, like, 'This woman sounds like a Latin woman but she's blonde.'"

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12.Elizabeth Debicki is 6'3".

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13.Colin Farrell was once a suspect in an attempted murder case. He explained that as a teenager, he'd been brought in for questioning because he looked eerily similar to the sketch of the perpetrator. The case was never solved.

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14.While filming a stunt for Back to the Future III, Michael J. Fox was almost hanged. While practices for the stunt had gone well, Michael couldn't get his hand in the right place in time, and the rope got so tight it cut off his airway.

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15. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson eats a very strict diet rich in protein to help maintain muscle growth, but his "cheat meals" are pretty wild. One of his go-to meals is three entire pints of ice cream and pancakes smothered in peanut butter and syrup. Another is four entire double-dough pizzas.

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16.In 2020, Cheyenne Jackson shared that he'd undergone five hair transplant surgeries as a result of his hair thinning at 22.

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17.Fran Drescher claimed that she was abducted by aliens who put a chip in her head. She also said the same thing happened to her ex-husband Peter Marc Jacobson.

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18.Barbra Streisand cloned her dog Samantha twice after she died in 2017. The cloning cells were taken from her mouth and stomach.

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Miss Violet and Miss Scarlett are the names of her clones.

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19.Richard Gere's middle name is Tiffany.

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20.Christopher Walken worked as a lion trainer when he was 16.

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21.Whoopi Goldberg is a licensed beautician. Before she got famous, she used to do hair and makeup for dead people before their funerals.

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