Being a celebrity definitely has many perks, yet there are stars who hate being famous and can’t stand the lens of the paparazzi. They still love their works and their fans, but they hate the feeling of being constantly judged by everybody all the time. Many celebs even feel like their lives don’t belong to them anymore.
They’re gonna expose some ugly truth behind Hollywood's glamourous appearance. So let’s see what these guys have to say about fame. Here are some stars who hate being famous and their reasons why.
1. Billie Eilish
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Billie Eilish is a young star who is facing heavy scrutiny. In an interview with 3voor12 Extra, she admitted that she felt like her teenage years were robbed of her because the fame came too soon. “There is no training, there’s no, like, let me go to a school that’s going to teach me how to be famous," the singer said.
2. Selena Gomez
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Selena Gomez didn’t exactly say that she hated being famous, but she clearly didn’t like it either. In a 2020 interview, the singer exposed the downside of fame and shared her stories about strangers taking her pictures everywhere since she was a teenager, even on the beach. The sad part was she didn’t remember a time when that wasn't the case. Gomez was still thankful for her fame as it allowed her to help other people.
3. Lady Gaga
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Lady Gaga is one of the famous stars who hate being famous. In 2020, she shared with People her story about fame and said she felt threatened by the things her career brought into her life. "I used to wake up in the morning, and I would realize I was 'Lady Gaga' and then I became very depressed and sad, and I didn't want to be myself,” the famous singer claimed.
4. Brad Pitt
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Brad Pitt loves his work, but not the fame and the scrutiny that come with it. He claimed that fame was everything he didn't sign up for. The famous actor also criticized how celebrities had to get out on a show and talk about their personal lives to promote their movies.
5. George Clooney
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George Clooney also wasn’t a big fan of the spotlight. He thought that fame could be very dangerous, especially when people let it get to their heads. The actor also claimed that fame wasn’t what he was after when he chose this career path. The good part of his work was the making of films.
6. Julie Roberts
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Julia Roberts can’t stand all the rumors about her. The actress expressed her frustration in a 1991 interview, recalling how she had to clear up lies told about her all the time. She said: “Why should I have to explain something that’s never been an issue in my life? But I’m forced to because every paper in the country is writing that I’m a drug addict."
7. Emma Stone
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Despite being a well-known movie star,
Emma Stone still struggled with anxiety and panic attacks. When she became famous after Easy A and started to be followed by paparazzi, her childhood panic attacks just came back in full swing. The actress also shared that interviews made her feel really nervous and she had to sit down to breathe and get centered for five minutes before any interview.
8. Johnny Depp
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According to Johnny Depp, being famous is just like being a fugitive. The actor can’t even take his kids to the mall, or walk through Disneyland, or just walk the streets without somebody disturbing his peace. For over 15 years he had to go into restaurants through the back door and do everything he could to get to some private room. Poor guy.
9. Robert Pattinson
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Robert Pattinson was at the height of his career when the Twilight series hit the theaters. He also couldn’t go to the grocery store due to the paparazzi. He admitted that being famous was quite lonely and he was glad that it happened to him when he was already an adult. “At least, I had the opportunity to have a life before," the actor said.
10. Jennifer Lawrence
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Jennifer Lawrence doesn’t like being famous at all. She told Vogue that she just wasn’t okay with it and she was a normal girl and a human being. She couldn’t find peace with the life of a celebrity.
11. Charlize Theron
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Charlize Theron also doesn't like being called a celebrity. “I don’t like this casual attitude that if you decide to be an actor then your life is up for grabs,” Theron says, “It’s just not nice to go and get your groceries and have seven cars following you. I think I am becoming a little bit more closed off because of it.”
12. Zoe Saldana
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Another star who feels like her life no longer belongs to her after becoming famous is Zoe Saldana. Her personal life has nothing to do with her work, yet her privacy is constantly violated often by the press and the paparazzi. "I'm an American, I'm a citizen, I vote, I pay taxes, therefore I have the right to my own privacy as much as anybody,” she said.
13. Kristen Stewart
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Kristen Stewart thinks that fame is pretty bad, especially when it doesn’t serve any purpose and is just pointless. In 2015, the actress told Harpers Bazaar that she thought fame is the worst thing in the world.
14. Daniel Radcliffe
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Daniel Radcliffe didn’t have a great time being a child star. He exposed the pressure of getting criticized, having to go to events, and dealing with professional autograph hunters at a very young age. He recalled, "If you just hear people booing and shouting stuff at you and about you, that, as a kid, sucked. I do remember that being very disheartening."
15. Shailene Woodley
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Shailene Woodley also struggled with her fame at a very young age. Her status as a celebrity separated her from everybody else. She felt so isolated back then. “I feel like that word alone is so stigmatized and there are so many connotations associated with it that for a long time I refused to even acknowledge it," the actress claimed.
After hearing these confessions from these stars who hate being famous, do you agree with them? Speaking of people who suffer after they become famous, there are many
child stars who rise to fame but have to pay the price with their childhood. Their stories are quite heartbreaking to hear.