We are all, whether on purpose or not, exposed to a significant quantity of information on the private lives of celebrities. The arrogance of Hollywood's A-listers, who are turning their names and faces into brands, has seeped into every facet of modern culture, from social media and television to reality shows, the fashion and beauty sectors, and much more.
This interesting list includes some little-known facts about renowned people who many of us look up to and try to model ourselves after.
1. Dennis Rodman
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A total of twenty-eight people share Dennis Rodman's father. The basketball player claimed to have 46 siblings, but his father, Philander, revealed the truth: he only had 29 children.
2. Lucy Liu
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"An unseen entity descended from heaven and made love to me, "as she explained in an interview with US Weekly. It was the most wonderful experience. In every way, I was aware. I reached my peak performance. Then he disappeared into thin air. It felt much like what may have happened to Mary."
3. Eva Mendes
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When she was little, Eva Mendes dreamed of becoming a nun one day. But she gave up on the dream when she discovered that they don't actually make any money from it.
4. Leighton Meester
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But when she learned they were financially unfeasible, she gave up on the idea. She was a member of a narcotics network that attempted to import marijuana from Jamaica to the United States, and that ring led to her arrest. When Leighton was little, she split her time between a halfway home and her grandfather and grandmother on her father's side.
5. Angelina Jolie
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When she was 22 years old, Angelina Jolie hired a hitman to kill her, but he talked her out of it. Suicide "brings all the guilt of those around you believing they might have done anything," Jolie told IMDb. When someone is murdered, "no one accepts any type of guilty responsibility."
6. Charlie Sheen
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Before they divorced, Charlie Sheen and Kelly Preston had a tragic shooting accident. She had stitches on her arm, and the stories about what happened are all over the place. Kelly claimed in a now-deleted TMZ video from 2011 that he accidentally shot her, while Charlie claimed in 2016 that she killed herself with a gun.
7. Ryan Cabrera
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Ryan Gosling's face is permanently inked onto Ryan Cabrera's shin. His pals enjoy playing "tattoo roulette," he told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. "The two of us put on blindfolds. I'll let you choose a tattoo for me, and you can do the same for me. And you won't see it until they're both finished working on it."
8. Benedict Cumberbatch
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As early as 2005, Benedict Cumberbatch was kidnapped in South Africa. At night, he and his companions were traveling when one of the tires suddenly exploded. They ran upon armed guys waiting in an ambush. When asked by Marc Maron what happened next, he said
, "I was then thrown in the boot of the car, and at one point my shoelaces were attached to my wrists." "After we provided them cards and money, they left us alone. However, the two and a half hours was cut short when the card had to be used at an ATM."9. Rob Lowe
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Actor Rob Lowe claims to have had a personal encounter with Bigfoot. Telling
Entertainment Weekly about his amazing experience, he said,
"We had an extraordinary encounter with what locals call the wood ape, which is in the Ozark Mountains." "I realize I sound like a raving Hollywood loon right now."