Celebrity Facts

When he was only 13, Johnny Depp lost his virginity to a girl slightly older than him.

Oprah Winfrey makes $10 per second.

When Britney Spears books into hotels she uses the name 'Allota Warmheart' so that nobody will recognize her.

President George W. Bush and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner are cousins!

Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies.

Johnny Depp suffers from self-injury.

Paul Walker was in a jewellery store one day when he noticed a young U.S. military veteran with his fiancée shopping for a wedding ring. Paul went to the manager and said “Put that girl’s ring on my tab.”

Mel Gibson has a horseshoe kidney (two kidneys fused into one)!

Jackie Kennedy Onassis, despite her iconic public image, maintained a private habit as a heavy smoker, consuming up to three packs a day for over 40 years.

Bob Hope and Billy Joel were both once boxers.

George Clooney once cleaned his roommate's cat litter box for four consecutive days, then crapped in it himself, causing his roommate to think it was from his constipated cat.

Ming-Na Wen, who portrays The Cavalry on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., was also the voice of Mulan. And she’s 50 years old.

Rihanna reportedly insured her legs for $1 million with Lloyd's of London after becoming a brand ambassador for Gillette's Venus razors in 2007.

In 2012, Walmart ran a Facebook contest to send Pitbull to the store with the most votes. The internet hijacked it and voted for a tiny Walmart in Kodiak, Alaska — a remote island only reachable by plane or boat. Everyone expected him to back out. He didn’t. He flew to Alaska, performed for the whole town, took photos with fans, and called it "the greatest thing ever."

Rupert Grint became an ice cream man after Harry Potter — not for publicity, but because it had been his childhood dream all along.

While filming Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides at Greenwich's Old Naval College in 2010, Johnny Depp received a letter from a 9-year-old girl at a nearby school asking Captain Jack Sparrow for help with a "mutiny" against her teachers. With just ten minutes' notice, Depp arrived at the school in full pirate costume — but advised against the idea of mutiny.

When Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo won two gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, his country went all out. He received a $550,000 fully furnished condo, $350,000 in government cash, lifetime free buffets, a lifetime supply of ramen and chicken, two café franchises, a Land Cruiser, and free flights for life. Total haul: over $2.6 million.