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 browsing a Santa Barbara jewelry store when he overheard a young couple - a veteran just back from Iraq and his fiancée - admiring an engagement ring they could not afford. Walker walked up to the manager and said put it on his tab. The price was nearly $10,000. He insisted on complete anonymity and the couple did not learn who paid for it for almost a decade. The truth only came out after he died.

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.

Steve Jobs' biological father, Abdulfattah "John" Jandali, managed a popular Mediterranean restaurant near San Jose. Jobs ate there a couple of times without knowing the owner was his father. Jandali didn't know either. Years later, when Jobs' biological sister Mona Simpson tracked Jandali down, he casually boasted: "Even Steve Jobs used to eat there. He was a great tipper." That's how Jobs found out.

Hollywood casts Danny Trejo as the villain in over 400 films - because he spent 11 years in and out of prison. In August 2019, he was near a Sylmar intersection when a car ran a red light and flipped an SUV with a baby inside. Trejo crawled in through a broken window, and with bystander Monica Jackson freeing the car seat latch from the other side, pulled the child to safety. He kept the boy calm by yelling "superpowers" together. Hollywood was wrong about him.

Eminem's mother sued him for $10 million in defamation over one line in "My Name Is." A judge ruled in her favor — for $25,000. Her lawyer took $23,354.25 in fees. She walked away with exactly $1,645.75.

50 Cent was offered a flat $5 million to be the face of Vitamin Water. He turned down the cash and negotiated for a minority equity stake in the company instead. When Coca-Cola bought Glacéau (Vitamin Water's parent company) for $4.1 billion in 2007, 50 Cent walked away with an estimated $100 million.

Dr. Dre was about to become hip-hop's first billionaire when Apple bought his company Beats for $3 billion in 2014. Then he posted a video bragging about it, and Tim Cook used the leak to shave $200 million off - landing Dre just under a billion.

George Lucas accepted $150,000 to direct Star Wars and waived a $500,000 raise. In exchange, he kept merchandising and sequel rights. Fox thought they were worthless after losing a fortune on Doctor Dolittle merch. Star Wars merchandise has made over $20 billion. Lucas sold to Disney for $4.05 billion.

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.

Every December, Tom Cruise ships hundreds of white chocolate coconut bundt cakes from Doan's Bakery in Woodland Hills, California to co-stars, directors, crew members, and anyone who has ever worked with him - including people from a single film. Kirsten Dunst called it "the best coconut cake I've ever had in my life." Cruise can't eat it himself: he cuts sugar while training.

For over two decades, Bill Murray has operated with no agent, no manager, and no publicist. The only way to offer him a role is to call a 1-800 number and leave a voicemail - which he checks when he feels like it. Sofia Coppola spent five months doing exactly that before landing him for Lost in Translation. He missed Monsters Inc. because nobody got through in time.

In 1994, the Friends cast each made $22,500 per episode. Warner Bros. tried to negotiate with them individually. The cast refused. They bargained as a group or not at all. Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer voluntarily took pay cuts so all six earned equally. By the final season: $1 million per episode each. They still earn $20 million a year each from reruns. The show ended 22 years ago.

After being traded to the Phoenix Suns, Shaquille O'Neal went to Walmart at 2 AM to furnish his new apartment. He spent $70,000 on TVs, laptops, and appliances in a single trip. His credit card was declined because the bank flagged it as fraud — they couldn't believe someone was spending that much at Walmart.