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“Always Thought He Would End Up In Jail”: People Who Went To School With Celebrities Reveal What They Were Like Back Then
Despite their status, fame, and possibly everlasting legacy in one industry or another, every star started out as a pretty regular person, which generally meant they also went to school, where they rubbed shoulders with other people almost every single day. So naturally, some were interested in what they were like before the fame.
A curious netizen wanted to hear from people who went to school with celebrities, and the internet delivered. Some seem designed for greatness and others were downright unremarkable. So scroll through and upvote your favorites and be sure to comment your own experiences if you have them.
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#1
My mom went to middle school with Eminem. She never talked to him, she was a year older and she hung with a different crowd but she says he kept to himself a lot and just carried journals around. My grandma works at a flower shop and a few years ago, Eminem went in and bought flowers for his mom. When i asked grandma about it, she had no idea he was a famous rapper. She said "you mean Marshall?" Lol. She has copies of his signatures on reciepts at her work
GoGoPDX 2 years ago (edited)
Me to. Everything I have watched or read about him talks about how his mind would be just spinning, a classic ADHD thing, and he would just write and write to get it all out, which then turned into his rap lyrics and the rest is history. I feel this is a great example of how people who are neurodivergent l (ADHD, ASD, ect.) Can achieve great things. Having a brain that works differently can be a challenge in a world the is built for the neurotypical, but when we stop trying to make neurodivergent people fit in to a neurotypical world, and instead nurture the way their brains work differently, you can have amazing results and people who achieve things others wouldn't even have imagined possible
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Bonnie Buttons 2 years ago (edited)
Aw, that's wholesome and sweet. Now it's time to raid your grandmother's document archives for those receipts.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
One of my buddies in college lived up the street from him. He was popular but not MTV famous yet. I guess he threw a lot of house parties and BBQs. Lawn was always covered in beer cans.
Jrog 2 years ago
I have some doubt about this. Eminem always had a troubled relationship with his mother, is often addressed in his songs and they had exchanged a few lawsuits. He often remarks how she was a terrible mother, struggling with addictions and often recurring to abuse, and was the ultimate driving force behind his own issues with addiction. They kind of agreed to keep out of each other way, but I really don't see them exchanging flowers.
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#2
I went to school with Natalia Dyer (Nancy from Stranger Things.) She's an awesome person and very down to earth, quiet, and incredibly kind and thoughtful.
#3
Grandparents went to school with Danny Devito. They said they had always thought he would end up in jail
Regardless of what they were like, one advantage many of these stars had is that they can still claim to start out like “regular” people. These days, a common refrain when it comes to new actors or musicians is that they are simply just “nepo babies,” meaning they only achieved fame through nepotism. Take a new, “indie” artist you have found and go to their Wikipedia page. See if their parents’ names are blue.
Obviously, insider connections are generally always good, but there is a silver lining to having humble beginnings, as it might mean a person is more grounded and less likely to absolutely lose their mind when they become rich. Nicholas Cage, if you haven’t noticed, has been on an acting tear lately, due to his massive tax debt. He reportedly owed the IRS over $14 million dollars, which he paid off by taking on every role anyone would give him.
#4
jennifer, m**********n lawrence. she was a couple years older than me but no surprise she was basically what she is now except younger (class clown, pretty nice everyone loved her)
Chewie Baron 2 years ago
I loved the story she told to Graham Norton about her time “modelling” for Abercrombie & Fitch!
Marvin HeartofGold 2 years ago (edited)
Admitting a problem is the first step to overcoming it I was bullied a lot in school. Over the past 20 some odd years since graduating several of my bullies admitted to their mistakes and apologized. I'm friends with a couple of them now and at least friendly aquaintances with several others. Granted I know nothing about whether JLaw admitted it in a mature growth kind of way or if she was laughing about the losers she bullied but if she wasn't doing the latter that makes her a better person.
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Genderful void (any pronouns) 2 years ago
One of my moms internet friends lived next to her when she was 10 or 11 and Jennifer Lawrence was like 3
#5
My FIL went to school with Bruce Willis and grew up in the same area so they played baseball together. He says he was as good kid but with a horrible stammer so he started taking voice coaching lessons to correct it. The rest is history.
clbruss 2 years ago
Me too. Do you have a favorite movie of his? I could watch Armageddon every year.
Load More Replies... tmw 2 years ago
interesting. When his illness was first being discussed in the media they announced it was aphasia. now dementia? I wonder if the speech issues at a young age are connected? and that's why they thought aphasia at first.
Joshua David 2 years ago
I read Janice Dickinsons book NO Lifeguard on Duty and she talks about dating him when he was a bartender going by the name Bruno, before moonlighting. She also called out Bill Cosby in the same book saying how he tried to drug and rape her. That was in 2002 and I remember commenting that on a friend's Facebook post back then. When it all hit the fan for him, she found the comment and said I was right. No, she apparently was.
Nikole 2 years ago
Ah I read that book too! I remember she said Liam Neeson had a large water bottle in his pants.
Load More Replies... Just another idiot 2 years ago
I see Bruce, I up vote. I hope you'll soon be out of pain LEGEND!
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
I've read about the speech lessons somewhere else. Maybe a Cracked article.
#6
Not exactly high school; however, I did go to a summer camp as a child with a very famous Canadian pop star (rhymes with Dustin feeber.) He was a brat and was constantly getting in trouble and getting picked on and laughed at, at which point he would dismiss his assailants by making claim to his soon to be fame -- I guess hes laughing now.
Tan Artt 2 years ago
I mean, so he was a brat when he was a kid( big deal) and he used his achievement as a brag against bullies?? How does that seem bad? I don't like him or listened to him in a few years, but i feel like people are too fast to hate him-especially when he was a kid when he got his fame.
Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
well, considering he continued to be a complete prick well into his fame and adulthood, I feel like the hate is somewhat deserved.
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Sara Wilson 2 years ago
That makes sense. I always thought he was a d-bag, but then someone told me "what do u think happens to most kids when they r given massive wealth, fame and basically NO parental supervision. Too true! At least he took control of his life and became a better person, all on his own! I have a TON of respect for him now
Fortunately, most of the people on this list actually went to high school and didn’t spend their time acting. Child stars are particularly at risk, suddenly working and subject to all sorts of attention. The result tends to be addiction later in life, as well as a feeling of estrangement from the adults who nominally should be protecting them. All too often, parents push their kids to be stars, with disastrous results.
#7
Dad went to college (sixth form) with Stephen Fry. Says he was a really funny and wise dude
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
A bit of Fry and Laurie is one of my favorites! That and Black Adder.
Load More Replies... LinkTheHylian 2 years ago
Stephen Fry: "F**k." Teacher: "Stephen! Do not swear!" Stephen Fry: *produces a rational explanation for why swearing isn't bad* Teacher: "Well... s**t..."
Fish Fingers 2 years ago
So, was this around the time he (very famously and by his own admission) stole some credit cards and went on the run, ending up in prison? Or was that a different time he went to sixth form?
#8
my cousin went to high school with George R. R. Martin and recalled having a freshman lit class with him. when it was time for everyone to read their stories, George’s was BY FAR the best. apparently the entire class simultaneously dropped their jaws. guy’s a talent. oh, and apparently he was a typical nice dude.
oh, and he started a fight club.
EDIT: u/ConfusedCow brought up the fight club part i forgot that my cousin had mentioned
Ricardo Ferreira 2 years ago
But did he end his stories? Or he left the class and teachers waiting for the end...?
Mouse 2 years ago
Wrote Game of Thrones series. Did not write Fight Club.
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#9
A friend was in acting class with Jennifer Aniston around the time she first started getting TV gigs (remember the sketch comedy show "The Edge"?) He said she was funny, smart, and really nice.
While historically, certain people have enjoyed an elevated status, national heroes, athletes, and so on, the idea of a celebrity is quite recent, in fact, many sociologists believe it’s really only been around for the last century. Mass media and the general spread of images around the world allow certain people to now be recognized across multiple continents, even in cases where people do not speak the same language or even consume their creative endeavors.
#10
Karlie Kloss was a year under me in high school. I didn't really know her well but one of my best friends was really close with her. She kept her normal life and her model life pretty separate and was always super sweet and down to earth. I coached her younger twin sisters in softball and their parents were really good about supporting all their kids equally even though Karlie was clearly the one going places. Major props to her for not turning into some stuck up b***h but even more props to her family for keeping her grounded.
Screaming Pumpkin guts 2 years ago (edited)
Why does the look like dollar store Taylor Swift (i dont mean this in a rude way)
#11
Went to school with Harry Styles. Didn't know him but he seemed pretty quiet, remember his band playing in the school hall.
2 years ago
he's a really good guy. he is accepting of all and even has a song called "treat people with kindness". i recommend!!
#12
My dad went to High School with Mariah Carey. Apparently she was as full of herself then as she is now.
That didn't stop him from naming my sister after her though...
Violet Bunny 2 years ago
Heard she's very stuck up & thinks she's above common working class people.
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Java Addict 2 years ago
Her ex Nick Cannon said she always had to have her own songs playing during sex.
Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
she literally must live from christmas to christmas for each paycheck from all the times they play that f*****g song.
Louisa Johnson 2 years ago
I love that song, I don't care about her but bringing up my kids belting out that song throughout December is a great memory for me
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NetworkNate 2 years ago
a clown who loves the sound of their own voice... which isn't appealing to my ears whatsoever
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
All I know is that Tupac loved her music, and her and Eminem have years-long beef. The only time I hear her is when I'm forced to in stores.
Sara Wilson 2 years ago
She had a pretty rough life growing up. Her sister tried to sell her to a pimp. I rarely believe families of celebrities that complain because the rich/famous person isn't caring and paying for their every whim and desire. Even if they r living homeless, it's NOT their responsibility to care for them.
These days, we combine fame and fortune, though in the past a person could be well-known, while still relatively poor. Despite this, celebrities are relatively modest compared to “real” wealth, for example, the Forbes top 100 cumulatively have a net worth of “just” $4.5 billion in 2010. This still puts them squarely ahead of the vast majority of the world, but fame perhaps isn’t the only road to riches.
#13
Not me but my parents both went to school with J.K. Rowling, author of Harry Potter. Neither of them liked her, apparently she was a bit gothic according to my parents and always looked like she felt under the weather. Apparently she was like a prefect or something of that nature in her final year of school and really disliked my dad. My dad told me he would in his words," Get in trouble for anything, literally one step out of line and she would be on me like a fly." Apparently all of the teachers in Harry Potter are also based off of teachers from that school as well and my parents say that they can compare teachers from the books and movies with real life teachers they have. Pretty cool.
Joroches 2 years ago
It very trendy to hate her at the moment, even to the point of making up stories about her.
Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
I can kind of believe this though. As much as I don't like her views on transgenders, I still love the HP books, and I know it has been said that she's suffered depression, since that is what dementors were based on. So her being gothing/under the weather could be due to that. As for her prefect actions, well, she did somewhat base hermione on herself...
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago (edited)
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TheAmericanAmerican 2 years ago
I'll probably get downvoted but idc. For any Trans allies out there who don't know, here's a list of all of JK Rowling's horrible views against trans people: https://news.yahoo.com/j-k-rowlings-transphobia-controversy-102506549.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANErrcV40gC6qVlVV6NBaltqW4EEz3aO2poaDPlF1vuloUvdvhhQXHvlWQvWfEUmkbI-Zmk5kqxthM1zEf8un-j3RJDjcv4gfDRcwMZN3izyD6OZha8VyBJtFCWGhMEMBbwy275LWPy3V90cub5dvtra2O7rPJ0KsACgTPdh1yYi
Lisa T 2 years ago
I wonder if anyone saying her (JK ) comments aren’t hateful, and has the right to her opinion, actually know any trans people and how much they are actually affected by this?!
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Sara Wilson 2 years ago
Makes sense! Most authors pull from real life when they write. Considering she became an alcoholic, she may have had a pretty rough home life that no one knew about
Briana Kessler 2 years ago
Sure. And I'm the Queen. 99.999% sure this is only because her values are not the exact same as yours.
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
If I stopped listening to, watching, or reading the works of everyone I think is a twat, pervert, or creep, I'd experience a dearth of entertainment.
PeepPeep the duck 2 years ago (edited)
Neither of them liked her, she was goth - translates to me as an ex goth to “ she was unpopular and picked on by the regular kids”
#14
I was a bench player as a senior on the St. Vincent-St. Mary basketball team when Lebron was a freshman. Coolest dude. Had the backs of everyone.
Chris Landrum 2 years ago
I hear from family in Akron that he is very generous espcially to the schools
Shoe 2 years ago
LeBron has never been in trouble, gives back to his community, and is still married to his high school sweetheart. Hard not to like him.
Billy Harrelson 2 years ago
I go back and forth with LeBron. I hated the fact that he went straight to the NBA out of high school. Thought to myself "what happens if he blows his knee out or something and has nothing to fall back on?" Years later and he gets his degree. Ok, he's pretty cool now. Then he said things that seemed to support China's actions in Hong Kong and that put me back in the LeBron sucks camp. Still, I remember when he was in high school still and he sold out the coliseum near where I live. For a high school basketball game.
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Grandma went high school with Elvis. Everybody thought he was strange and he liked to dress flashy even then. He had a crush on my great aunt, but she turned him down. Edit- I’m starting to think all these people are exaggerating their stories they told us.
Pancake_Pansexual_Panda 2 years ago
Dang even Elvis got rejected. Lots of fangirls at Elvis's time would want to marry him lol.
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
Presley said in an interview that he did have a flashy style on stage, but he dressed like his 50's peers when out in public.
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Before he was famous, makes sense if kids at school thought he was strange. Heck even after he was famous not like every woman would want to jump his bones. Especially if they already had a boyfriend.
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Lynn Morello 2 years ago
Famous people have to had gone to school somewhere with other kids. Why would it be BS?
Of course, the downside is that many celebrities often face various risks. First of all, the aforementioned addictions, but stalking and celebrity worship, are still quite common, making it hard for some stars to have any semi-balance of a normal life. The statistics speak for themselves, as stars actually tend to die younger than the majority of the population. So at least they got a “normal” high school experience. If you want to hear more about celebs before they were famous, click here, and here.
#16
My friends mom went to HS with Snoop Dogg. Evidently he was pretty much the same.
Phoenix 2 years ago
If your friend's mom went to school with Snoop, then she also went to school with Cameron Diaz.
Mick Craig 2 years ago
And you can't help thinking that if your friend was telling the truth, they'd have known that...
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panDAheART 2 years ago
Snoop Dogg went to Marshall Jr., the same Jr High that I did in Long Beach, CA (I was a few years older, so not at the same time). He then went to Poly HS in LB, which is where Cameron Diaz also went.
#17
One of my good friends went to school with Avril Lavigne. Apparently she was the popular girly-girl.
𝖊𝖜𝖔𝛋 2 years ago
Really? Am I the only one that went out and got waistcoats snd ripped tights trying to look like her? The Girlfriend video was probably my favourite of her looks. Man, I was so sad as a kid!
Load More Replies... Sara Wilson 2 years ago
Makes sense! They return to what they know! Whoever "rebranded" her as a skater girl certainly knew what they were doing. Behind the scenes she was super girly girl
#18
My mom went to high school with Dave Grohl, dated his best friend or his brother's best friend or something. She said a hell of a stoner, VP of the class, and would sometimes play music over the loudspeakers. And a nice guy overall.
Tamra 2 years ago
Dave Grohl, by almost all accounts, is a genuinely awesome guy. And a damned talented musician!
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
That time they trolled the Westboro Baptist Church people was EPIC. WBC are those people with the "God Hates F*gs" signs. They turned up at a Foo Fighters concert and were protesting, for some reason. Dave and company rented a big flatbed truck and set up a stage on it. They dressed up as a country band and played a song called "Keep it Clean". It was about a gay cowboy going out to get laid. The WBC idiots had no idea they were getting nailed. Just that one thing gave me so much respect for Dave Grohl.
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Saint Tim the Godless 2 years ago
Dave Grohl has proven repeatedly that he's a better musician than Kurt Cobain.
GlamourGhoul 2 years ago
One of the nicest humans I've ever had the honor of meeting. Genuine, and humble. I'm always amazed at how down to earth he's remained considering he's in two of the biggest bands ever.
Weasel Wise 2 years ago
Stroner (according to Urban Dictionary) is a gay dude who gets a bóner for a member of the opposite sex.
Load More Replies... Marvin HeartofGold 2 years ago
That tracks. He's one of the few celebrities I would absolutely fangirl over if I met him. He's just such a great dude
#19
My bro went to school with Matthew Perry. During one of the school plays Perry had the lead role and my brother was a tree.
SolitaryIntrovert 2 years ago
I wonder if his performance was be-leaf-able 🤔🤔🤔🤔
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Nea 2 years ago
Yes please tell me he is the same nice, kind, wholesome guy as Chandler :0
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I went to high school with Carrie Underwood. She was a grade below me. Sang at just about every football and basketball game we had, as well as the yearly "Old Settlers Day" celebration. She was nice, though there are some that might say she was just the teensiest bit snobby. This was mostly because she didn't party like a lot of kids her age we're at the time. She didn't sleep around, and sang "I will remember you" at my graduation. One thing I remember: She sometimes had a strange sense of fashion. She'd sometimes wear these weird red leather pants with an old, faded Dan Marino Dolphins jersey.
Christmas love 2 years ago
She’s a snotty stuck up witch (B). She did a concert in my hometown and hundreds of people paid extra to go backstage for a meet and greet and get autographs and at the end of the concert her rep came on stage to announce that she was cancelling the meet and greet because it was too cold outside. It was 70° at 10 pm in Vermont. Put a damn coat on Carrie.
BluEyedSeoulite 2 years ago
Makes me wonder why these reps can't come up with a half decent excuse. Say she is stuck in the toilet or something ffs
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Sunshine Sunshine 2 years ago
I know a girl who went to school with her and said she was a bully, and the girl who told me was the sweetest, who never said anything bad about anyone…. But her. :/
ί𝔫ＣίŦᵃт𝐔𝐬 2 years ago
My phone autocorrects from were to we're and back again at will. It happens.
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My brother and I both went to school with Tina Fey. We didn't know her, but we likely knew everyone that helped inspire "Mean Girls".
Michael Largey 2 years ago (edited)
Me, I went to a different high school than someone I didn't know.
Load More Replies... SillyPandaBunny 2 years ago
She only wrote the screenplay. It was inspired by the book by Rosalind Wiseman so even if this person knew Tina Fey to say they also knew the mean girls from the movie makes no sense
#22
Christina Perri. We were pretty tight freshman year, and then I went the super angsty teen route and she took the more chill "hippie" route. We always still got along but didn't hang out after that. She was always incredibly nice, regardless.
Lady Vader 2 years ago
Sophie, you get my upvote just for mentioning that song. Also you should listen to Jar of Hearts. 😊
Load More Replies... Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Afraid I don't know who this is, but the top comment has 13 down votes so I feel like I need to say something positive. Singer songwriter, Famous for a song called Jar of Hearts. I like it. Reminds me of some of Amanda Palmer's music.
PeepPeep the duck 2 years ago (edited)
I went to school (same school for both girls) with a semi famous now retired model on catwalk and in vogue magazine (fern Gregory) we were both off loser types, she was super tall and I was super short 😂 and also a successful artist in Brisbane (Annie beer) who was the school loser who smelled and got picked on more than me, she grew up to be a super successful artist and probably doesn’t think twice about any of us, and rightly so.
Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 2 years ago
... because people can in fact be nice
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Josh Hutcherson. He was always very quiet, didn't talk to people that much, and wasn't around often as he was already an actor. We weren't friends,, but others have said that he was a little stuck up. Although I wonder if it's because he just wanted some time to be a regular kid.
Spellflinger 2 years ago
I was painfully introverted as a child and agree 100%.
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CG 2 years ago
Only things I can say I know him for are Hunger Games, and voicing Shinjiro in Netflix's Ultraman. Doesn't seem like a bad guy in my eyes.
Darth Kittius 2 years ago
He also played the son in RV! Great movie, features Robin Williams and Kristen Chenoweth
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My uncle grew up with Iggy Pop. They used to trade weed for LSD back in the day. In Iggy's biography there is a chapter on Iggy's best friend who happens to be one of my uncle's best friends. Says he was really cool dude who always was telling him to come out and see his band. Unfortunately my uncle never went.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
I love the guy but I don't know what's keeping Iggy alive. The man looked a hundred years old back in the 90s. Him and Johnny Rotten and Shane McGowan. They all must be injecting embalming fluid in their veins.
Spocks's Mom 2 years ago (edited)
Iggy Pop looked old even when he was young. He's soooo freeking awesome, though. I love John Lydon, but I wish he would get his nose out of Trump's tooter. 🙄That's all I've seen him being interviewed about lately.
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My grandmother went to high school with Marilyn Monroe (before she was MM). Norma Jean Baker only went to the same high school as Grandma for 1 year. Grandma said she was very shy. Not school, but I worked at a company as a brand ambassador with Nicole Johnson (Michael Phelps wife), and she is gorgeous in person as well as incredibly nice.
Pancake_Pansexual_Panda 2 years ago
It's sad Norma Jean Baker was treated horribly in the movie industry. People know her as "Marilyn Monroe" but in reality, she is Norma Jean Baker. She used to have reddish-brown hair, and she died so young. :( RIP Norma Jean Baker!
Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
She also suffered massively from depression. Poor woman. :(
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Daniel Atkins 2 years ago
Why am I downvoted I accidentally posted something meant for another item in this list so I deleted it to put it in the right place.
Load More Replies... Boredest Disabled Panda 2 years ago (edited)
So hard to believe. Marilyn Monroe was the Queen of England's and my parents generation. But she will remain forever young. 😔
#26
My dad went to high school with Barrack Obama, he said he was a good basketball player. It was also rumored that he smoked weed. He also had a nice fro. My brother posted a pic of him in my [dad’s yearbook](https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/comments/788z94/a_picture_of_president_obama_in_my_dads_high/?st=J9G3Y42J&sh=4847be60https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/comments/788z94/a_picture_of_president_obama_in_my_dads_high/?st=J9G3Y42J&sh=4847be60)
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
I'm always suspicious of politicians who don't have a common vice of some sort. Obama drank beer and smoked cigarettes. Minor vices and very humanizing. Bush and Trump on the other hand...
Michael Largey 2 years ago
If you mean George W. Bush, it is believed by some that he was a major drinker for a while. It's said that his wife finally told him "You're going to have to choose between Jim Beam and me." Rumors of him doing cocaine in the White House are also common. True or false, these rumors don't change my opinion of him up or down, but they might for you.
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Der Kommissar 2 years ago
Obama was in the Choom gang. They would smoke dope after school every day at one of Barry's friend's mom's house. I have met said friend (he shall remain nameless) but I guess even prep schools in Hawaii have stoners, and everybody knows how good the weed is over there.
ChexmyLicks/egg 2 years ago
i started smoking when i was in 5th grade, lets just say i was curious. Was not doing it for attention since i got no friends when i started 3rd grade
David 2 years ago (edited)
I have no personal knowledge of Obama but he is almost the same age as me so would have attended HS in the 70s and at least on the west coast, marijuana was fairly common in HS. Our senior trip was a cruise around Lake Washington and dinner on board. It was basically a big party. A bunch of us were high. I didn't even bring any, it was just being passed around. We had adult chaperones and they had to know but they didn't really care. As long as we were safe and nice to each other and all that. I don't mean everyone in HS smoked weed and I only did a few times in HS but my point is it wasn't super uncommon or anything. Adult me would discourage it because studies have shown marijuana has some effects in still developing brains that it doesn't have in adult brains. That may not be significant but better to err on side of caution. Edit: We also had a senior kegger in a local gravel pit. Which also included weed. Good times in rural America. LOL
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#27
Tyler the creator. I went to the same middle school and high school as him. He was KIND OF a loner. In high school, he would spend his lunch in the auditorium playing on the piano. He kept to himself at school but was really goofy and energetic. I remember that, in middle school, he made a MySpace music page and posted some of his beats. He was already into graphic art and stuff (like the clothes and stuff he sells now). He used to skate a lot. He won first place at our middle school talent show by lip-syncing a song that I cannot remember at the moment. Everyone liked him a lot.
Daffydillz~ 2 years ago
He's a rapper, musician, artist, and all around funny guy. He's had a little series of his own on MTV at one point, IIRC and really is multitalented. He dips his toes in a bit of everything.
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Leonel Roque 2 years ago
Everyone liked him a lot but he was a loner!? That don’t make much sense
#28
I went to High School with Aziz Anzari. He used to always answer questions wrong in class and try to argue that he was actually right. Like, if the teacher asked what year America was discovered, he would say 1896 and tell the teacher they are wrong. He would ask for their source and claim the source was unreliable. Eventually, the teachers would ignore him then he'd tell me they were racist. I wasn't really sure if he was funny or weird, I guess he was both.
Weasel Wise 2 years ago
Yep! Be an àsshole and then when someone ignores you, claim they're racist. 😒
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liam newton-harding 2 years ago
My own feelings about Aziz; he was never acting...the assh@le characters he always chooses to play? He's just playing to his "strengths".
Mojo Flizash 2 years ago
Gross. I hate people like that. I went to culinary school with a d1ckhead that make lectures soooo long because he thought he was funny. Entitled little rich brat.
Melissa Hill 2 years ago
To be honest, I am a teacher and I would fall over laughing if a student argued a well known event such as, the signed of the Declaration of Independence, and then asked me to give my source and say it is unreliable.
RedMarbles 2 years ago
I wonder of it would be as funny the second or fiftieth time though.
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PrettyJoyBird 2 years ago (edited)
Yes rape cant rmbr what happ but he didnt go to jail. He claimed it was consensual.
Load More Replies... Riley Quinn 2 years ago
I follow comedians because they are some of my favorite people. But Aziz Anzari strikes me as mean. I love all sorts of humor from silly to dark, but his is more cringe-humor, which I do not like at all.
PeePeePooPoo 2 years ago
TBH, I have no clue who he is and I've googled his name. Doesn't ring a bell.
#29
I wouldn't exactly say celeb, or school. One time I sat beside this guy James on a boat. He was ok I guess. Who the f**k are these people.
Tuesday's child 2 years ago
Oh yes , James the famous celeb named James every one totally knows this guy
Mojo Flizash 2 years ago
Wow....James?.....Like "the" James? So jelly....should of gotten a selfie.
Enea 2 years ago
No, the good egg, that's definitely Charles. They apparently even made him king recently.
Load More Replies... Allison Slagle (Randomosity) 2 years ago
I always thought James was a jerk. Unless you mean "that" James. Now he's an awesome guy
Michael Largey 2 years ago (edited)
That guy James on the boat is fine. It's the one named Jonah you have to avoid.
Spocks's Mom 2 years ago
Why do I keep thinking of James Franco and Jonah Hill???
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I dated James. Stand up guy but he always liked to sit down. He was super cool and picked me up for a date in a limo and all my neighbors came out and everyone started clapping!!!
#30
Dove Cameron she was a total bully.
M.Kay (He/They) 2 years ago
For those of you who don't know who she is, she is best know for her work with Disney. She is mostly known for playing Mal in the Descendants movies, and playing both Liv and Maddie in the TV series, Liv & Maddie. Like a lot of former Disney actors, her image has changed a lot since she stopped working with Disney, and a few negative things happened in her personal life. She now has released music, and I'm not sure if she has continued acting or not. Her music doesn't fit the light-hearted or cheesy characters she plays on TV, but is more dark. Her music is really good though, so it'd be worth listening to if you feel like it :)
Wise Turtle 2 years ago
I’m starting to see a trend amongst celebrities who say they were bullied in school
BluEyedSeoulite 2 years ago
I wonder if they were bullied a bit when younger so as a defense, they started bullying as well to make it stop. It's a pretty common self preservation tactic with kids
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Bonnie Parker 2 years ago
She was in decendants on disney and in interviews and such, she seems totally opposite if her character.
Debbie Downer 2 years ago
Her Father committed suicide when she was only 15 and childhood best friend was murdered at age 8. Not trying to excuse anything but all that on top of fame would definitely cause some hostility in a teenager
Genderful void (any pronouns) 2 years ago
She changed it to dove at 15 her birth name is Chloe
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#31
My ex went to high school with zac effron. They were in play together but he ended up getting more and more famous at that point so he ended up homeschooling or something before graduation.
daniel ikelman 2 years ago
The photographer that told Effron that that pose nailed it should be fired
#32
Wiz Khalifa went to school here for a year or two due to his parents being military. My older sister was a year ahead of him in jr high. Surprisingly, those that remember him from school say he was more of a goody-two-shoes, would have never touched weed. He played football..and supposedly still keeps in contact with some old friends here.
Tyranamar Seuss 2 years ago
I think these stories are showing that for most people to be successful they can't really be out of control with drugs/gangs etc.
Screaming Pumpkin guts 2 years ago
Can we please stop downvoting people who dont know who someone is. Like come on guys it's rude!
Tuesday's child 2 years ago
I currently have like 6 down votes 4 not knowing this guy, when we say "who is this?" We're not trying to offend anyone, it's more of like asking if anyone can fill us in.
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Shyla Bouche 2 years ago
Apparently someone who needs a belt. I'm so glad people actually wear their pants again.
#33
Went to school with Bo Burnham. Cool guy. Didn't get to talk to him a whole lot but he seemed cool.
Dazzler 2 years ago
He's an American comedian and musician. He also wrote and made the film "Eighth Grade" and I remember seeing him in "Promising Young Woman" too. He's also written a bunch of comedic songs: Welcome To The Internet, Bezos I, Sad, From God's Perspective, Art Is Dead, 1985, etc. He's done comedy shows and also wrote a poetry book called Egghead.
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Riley Quinn 2 years ago
Bo Burnham's specials can be so far out in left field that I have to be in the mood to properly accept his absurd visions. He has made a name for himself as a writer and producer for some pretty excellent specials and movies.
Frodo Baggins 007 2 years ago
The world needs direction from a white guy like him! He’s healing the world with comedy!
#34
Ansel Elgort, a f*****g d**k who knew he was hot s**t
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
If they act like a f*****g d**k, then in my eyes, they ain’t such hot s**t at all, and are perfectly welcome to—-and I say this with much love—-go f**k themselves.
LinkTheHylian 2 years ago
Ansel Elgort can f*****g do one! And he can take Shailene Woodley with him!
#35
Last time this was asked I talked about Grimes but I think this time I'll talk about my experience with Justin Trudeau as a sub teacher. Had him for grade eleven socials. We were learning about the origins of WWI. He started telling us about this really cool band called Franz Ferdinand. He seemed really agitated that no one in the room had heard about them. Like he was taking personal offence at that and kind of spazzing. At the time I was just thinking wow settle down man. A few months later Take Me Out became a smash hit and I thought man, that prime minister's son sure is hip. That's bad news for Ben Mulroney. But I should share a serious story too. September 11, 2001, I was only 13 but I could tell that this was some serious s**t. For social studies that year I had a wouderful teacher named Tom Harpunik who'd won the Prime Minister's award for teaching and I knew that he'd have excellent class discussion set up for that. Unfortunately I didn't have socials that day. But my French teacher wasn't at school that day (I never wondered why she was away that day, but come to think of it, she was East Indian so I wonder if she was afraid about retaliation against a person of colour). Our sub was Mr. Trudeau. At the time I knew who Pierre was and I think I knew he had a son who was a teacher but i don't think I put that together at the time. So there I am in French class on 9/11 with this sub who says that he's actually a history and drama teacher but he's from Montreal so he teaches French from time to time. He wasn't going to teach us French that day;he wanted to talk about geopolitics, to the extent that 13 year olds could. He had some thoughts but he was more concerned with facilitating discussion. Unfortunately I don't remember a lot of what was said but I remember that he really did want to hear from every student about how they thought it would affect their lives. I've got my problems with his policies, but given that day I'm not surprised that he's PM. He's got the name recognition, he's handsome, and he's really good at bringing people together and making them feel heard. Edit: grimes post https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/4mstpl/past_teachers_of_present_celebritiesfamous_people/d3y6wpb/
StrangeOne 2 years ago
A quick Google search, he was an elementary math teacher, but he did sub for High School French, Drama and Humanities classes when a teacher had to go on mat leave in 2001. I'm impartial to his politics. There's areas he's been doing good in and others he needs to improve on. That's all I got to say.
Demosthenes 2 years ago
Dudes got close calls with Grimes AND Trudeau, Canada must be a small world
Agnes Jekyll 2 years ago
listen, I talked to Justin in a bar, and was friends with a friend of Grimes. If you live in one of the major cities, it is a small country.
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LinkTheHylian 2 years ago
Serious s**t: Doc Brown's DeLorean time machine. Way beyond serious s**t: 9/11. Also, I was 14 when the attacks happened, so if this person was 13, he was old enough to know how devastating and world-changing 9/11 would end up being. I'm not even American and I know I'm not the same as I was before.
Marno C. 2 years ago
As a Canadian, I do not always agree with Trudeau or the Liberal Party, but, man, it sure is nice to have a politician who wasn't trained as a politician nor is a millionaire entrepreneur business dude. Just a little something to better reflect the socio-economic diversity of the electorate.
Violet Bunny 2 years ago
I've got Canadian friends who hate him. I'm American so I'm impartial.
Garald Suazo 2 years ago
That is the best 9/11 story that I have read and thank you for sharing it. I like PM Trudeau through ups and downs. My recollection of 9/11 is dropping off a patterner attorney at the airport and getting an email from the patterners to associate attorneys and staff to go be with family and the US President was in a bunker.
#36
I went to school with Ellen Page. We were in the same group of friends, went to all the same parties and ate lunch together. She kept thinking I was calling her "Hellen" all the time which was weird. "Hi Ellen hows it going?" "My name is ELLEN! Not Hellen!" My best friend dated her for a bit and they were nice together. She's one of those people that acts exactly how you'd expect. She's a bit timid and shy but very nice.
Wise Turtle 2 years ago
Guys this post was made before Elliot page transitioned. So let’s maybe cut OP some slack?
Westend Girl 2 years ago (edited)
I don't get does mean posts here. OP went to school with Ellen. Not Elliot. I don't see the Problem. Now its Elliot. Why are people called disrespectful just for sharing a story... It sucks that you now a days have to choose every word so super carefull. We are not all @ssholes for not getting it right everytime.
M.Kay (He/They) 2 years ago
This post is from before anyone knew that Elliot went by Elliot, so no need for everyone to be in the comments correcting OP.
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
Just read an interview with Elliot Page and loved learning how her Umbrella Academy co-stars didn't skip a beat welcoming her as him.
#37
My boss went to HS with Rosie O'Donnell. He says she was loud mouthed and pushy just like she is today. Against all logic she was even the Homecoming Queen. Years later she sponsored the 20 year reunion for his class and hired "The Captain & Tennille" as the entertainment.
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
And prom queen! Back in the 80's, long before she came out in 2002. Not bad.
#38
Alexis Bledel from Gilmore Girls was in a few of my private middle school classes. Just another kid going to school, she was discovered by one of those mall talent people so during middle school/most of highschool she was just a normal student. I still have my yearbook somewhere with her in it.
#39
I went to school with Tony Romo. Tony was very respectful of teachers and other students. He was the best athlete in school, but he didn't act like a jock at all, he far more of a "nerd" than anything. I believe he graduated Salutatorian. I also went to school with the lead singer of [The Record Company](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8aNK3XMP5w), Chris Vos. Was a really nice, humble guy that loved music. Genuinely cool guy that moved from small town WI to L.A. and killed it.
Demosthenes 2 years ago
DO NOT forget to mention his full loaf of onion rings!
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My mom went to high school and college with Larry the cable guy and they had a close circle of friends. He actually asked my mom to prom but she stood him up. They grew up in south Florida so when she heard his act years later she thought it was so funny that his character had a heavy country accent. But she said he was always the class clown and she knew he was destined to do something big.
Tuesday's child 2 years ago
Larry the cable guy? I feel like I don't know most the people on this list
bears. beets. battlestar galactica. 2 years ago
his famous line is git-er-done!
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panDAheART 2 years ago
Kind of sad that the mom stood him up at prom. Sucky thing to do to someone.
DeoManus Argentem 2 years ago
*funny because people from "south Florida" don't have "southern" accents - we mostly get confused with midwesterners!
2econdSelf 2 years ago
That offends me as a midwesterner 😏 Kidding. Kind of.
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Jen Schurman 2 years ago
This is Bull….Larry the Cable Guy is from Pawnee City Nebraska. He still lives just outside of Lincoln and is genuinely a good dude.
Connie Smets 2 years ago
He was born and lived in Nebraska til 16 then moved to Florida with his fam. Later back to Nebraska. He credits his hillbilly accent to some college friends who inspired him.
sassawrasse 2 years ago
You know that accent is part of his character, right? It's not how he actually speaks.
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RajunCajun 2 years ago
I remember him being on the radio in Baltimore before he got Big. He would do a call in every morning to 98 rock.
Shawn Flowers 2 years ago
So your mom Florida and followed him to Nebraska for college? Technically he’s born in Nebraska moved to Florida when he’s a teenager finished high school there and then came back to Nebraska to go to college. Hence the reason he always wears something that is husker related when he’s out and about.
#41
My sister graduated high school with Aaron Hernandez. I went to the same school, but graduated before they did. My sister says that he was a trouble maker and kind of a jerk. He knew football was his golden ticket and didn't really care about anything else. He went through a lot in his life and my sister was still happy for him when he got drafted. She lives out of state now and it used to be her go to fun fact when people would ask her about where she is from. The fact has become a lot less fun over time.
Daniel Atkins 2 years ago
For those who don’t know he was convicted of murder during his playing career.
ExRoot 2 years ago
And for those who don't know he was convicted of that murder and then committed suicide in prison. He donated his brain to science and they said he had the absolute worst case of CTE that had been seen in someone that age. It may explain a lot.
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For those of you who know him as a cold-blooded killer, know that he was suffering "the most severe case of chronic traumatic encephalopathy ever discovered in a person his age", which culminated in prison and suicide. As someone with numerous TBI's (potential for CTE), let's show a bit of compassion.
Shane S 2 years ago
I listened to a podcast about the whole thing. There’s a lot of evidence that he was gay. It would explain a lot of his behavior with a ton of guilt and internalized homophobia. We will never know though. And that’s not an excuse for murder. Although if memory serves, there really wasn’t solid proof he pulled the trigger. He was just there at the time. Another thing we will never know
#42
My brother went to HS with Jake Lloyd (the person who played young Anakin Skywalker in Phantom Menace) and according to him he wasn't the most popular guy and was bullied at one point.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Yeah I heard similar stuff. Don't blame the kid for the travesty that was The Phantom Menace. Blame George Lucas.
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#43
Jake Thomas who was in a lot of stuff but is most known for playing Lizzie McGuire's little brother. This little s**t would come into the pizza place I worked at and ALWAYS send his pizza back 2 or 3 times. He wanted so much sauce that the dough would end up being half raw. We'd always have to make the pizza in a special way to accommodate him. F**k that guy.
Tuesday's child 2 years ago
Ewww, if you like lots of sauce on your pizza that's ok,but if you want so much sauce that the dough is half raw then that is weird.
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
His mother was a TV reporter, and his father was a radio personality/actor. Jake literally made his TV debut the day he was brought home from the hospital. Wonder if any of this made him a "little sh!t".
#44
I went with a few: Thomas Pridgen (drummer) - Awesome dude, we played in jazz band together, had some great times. Daveed Diggs (Hamilton) - Didn't know him too well, but was always a big force in the theater productions obviously. The Lonely Island guys were seniors when I was a freshman, but we had some friends in common and seemed super chill from what I remember
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
Thomas Pridgen was the drummer for one of my favorite bands, Suicidal Tendencies.
LinkTheHylian 2 years ago
Akiva and Jorma might have been seniors, but Andy was a grade behind them. Your anecdote about The Lonely Island is a little off.
ChocolateCake 2 years ago
I think that would be Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone. They are kind of like a comedy group. They do funny skits and songs and stuff. The only one I really know is Andy Samber who played Jake Peralta in Brooklynn 99. :)
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My sister went to high school with Jeffree Star. It was the 2000s, let's just say he was the emo king, and always had a full face of makeup with crazy hair. Emo girls would compete for his attention and he was an antisocial jerk. Most high school drama was about him. He started doing makeup in the porn industry, then after high school people forgot about him. Now he has his own makeup brand.
UselessKnowledgeFont 2 years ago
Yeah, apparently he's still into causing drama and not being a decent human
Wysteria_Rose 2 years ago
Yeah, I used to watch his makeup videos a lot and really valued his knowledge on it. But then every other video became a "I want to clear the air and apologize" video. Every time he would say, "I'm not going to involve myself in the drama, I'm going to focus on my work and my videos." But he said it like three times only to come back with another.
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GlamourGhoul 2 years ago
But he's still a racist a*****e. No amout of makeup will ever cover enough of that s**t stains face to make him pretty.
#46
John Mayer went to my high school and sang with my friend's brother's band. I never met him but I heard he stole a bunch of their songs for his solo album. They told me he was a d**k because of that, but not sure about prior. I played drums with Ricky (Raviv)Ullman in high school band for 3 years til he got a lead role on a Disney show called 'Phil of the Future' or something like that. He was liked by almost everyone in our grade. Forgot to add that he was also very smart and probably in the top 5-10% of our graduating class. Justin Long grew up close to me and I heard he is chill and nice to be around.
Pink Princess 2 years ago
Lol just listen to Dear John and would’ve could’ve should’ve by Taylor Swift. Along with all the other gross stuff he’s done
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Auntriarch 2 years ago
Just for a moment I thought aha someone I know of. No, they weren't talking about John Mayall
ί𝔫ＣίŦᵃт𝐔𝐬 2 years ago
Man, I got excited for a second when I though you meant Rik Mayall.
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My older brother went to middle school with Sean Kingston. He said he was annoying and quiet which seems to contradict, but then again, my older brother is bit of a jerk so I wouldn't take his word for it.
Pancake_Pansexual_Panda 2 years ago
It is sad in this post that the quiet celebrities are always described as annoying/weird.
Robert Beveridge 2 years ago
As someone who is both quiet and extremely annoying I can sympathize.
#48
I grew up in church (Oak Hills Church in San Antonio) with Ally Brooke from Fifth Harmony. Me and my friends always thought she was kind of annoying because she ALWAYS had to be the one who lead praise and worship time/ sing everywhere! Like every Sunday, Wednesday night bible studies, any retreats, and on mission trips. I'm pretty sure for the entirety of my church life I only saw her sing and trust me there were plenty of other just as good singers there, but then she eventually got famous and left. However, you could tell she was always super cocky and didn't really get along too well with the other girls (as far as I can remember) and when she joined fifth harmony she kinda cut off all her friends at her old high school (Brandies High School). And I remember how one of her best friends, who also went to church with us, was extremely hurt by it. Anyways now she's famous as s**t, and I can't stand fifth harmony bc it just reminds me of her and how she acted all those years ago. (Not trying to intentionally bash on Ally or anything, this is just simply how I remember her)
Pancake_Pansexual_Panda 2 years ago
I mean not all of the Fifth Harmony members are bad just because of Ally Brooke.
Pancake_Pansexual_Panda 2 years ago
Also, I have never really heard of Ally Brooke, I think Camilla Cabello is the most famous member of Fifth Harmony. I mean, Camilla Cabello isn't in Fifth Harmony anymore. (My classmates talk about Camilla Cabello the most)
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I went to high school with Roman Atwood. He was a good dude. We skateboarded and got into all kinds of BS. He pulled pranks then too, just not on the same scale. Good times
Mojo Flizash 2 years ago
Who? (I know I could just Google it but BP will take me back to the top of the thread after I click out)
#50
I was the celebrity actually. First year I was loved, second year hated, third year loved, fourth year hated, fifth year hated, sixth year loved. I dropped out in my seventh year. Only had a small circle of friends who stuck by me through thick and thin, even assaulting a government facility together with me
juice 2 years ago
which series is this supposed to be? probably not Harry Potter but it's the only one i can think of
Daniel Atkins 2 years ago
Probably a show synopsis which one I don’t know.
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Just another idiot 2 years ago
I am sorry. I thought NAMING the celeb was the point of these. I may just be too old or too stupid to get this but, even knowing that I don't. Maybe this is a joke or a point someone is trying to make. I think the term "username checks out" applies to me here...
ί𝔫ＣίŦᵃт𝐔𝐬 2 years ago
Nah, it's OK. Not everyone on earth knows Harry Potter.
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#51
Went to school with Kid Cudi. He was a year older than me and before I really got to know him he left to go to a different school. From what I remember he was a bit different but overall a nice guy. Better friends with his manager. Also, a real world contestant(?) was in my same grade. Lastly, not while I was there but MGK went to the same school.
#52
My Dad and Uncle went to school with David Adkins aka Sinbad the comedian. They said he was pretty much what you would expect, funny and a bit of a class clown.
#53
My cousin took a few acting classes with Haden Christensen...Claims he was a “prissy, effeminate diva” who would regularly throw tantrums and have b***h fits for no apparent reason... He also claims that “he wasn’t really acting” in Star Wars lol
#54
I went to high school with Wil Wheaton's son. I found out when his son invited me over once, and I was surprised to see him. Really kind man despite the controversy I hear about him. Not sure if they count as celebrities, but Rena W**g also attended, as well as Mirai Nagasu (both Olympics participants). Clay and Bruce Matthews were around when I was there, too, but haven't had personal interactions with them. Ryan Bergara of BuzzFeed was known to have done some really funny skits in our high school's weekly video news. There's also Jason Chen, the Youtube singer. He's notorious in my area for being a douche.
Boredest Disabled Panda 2 years ago
Because the computer can't tell the difference between a last name and dirty word, unfortunately.
Load More Replies... LinkTheHylian 2 years ago
Maybe it's to do with him being annoyed by people who tell him he ruined Star Trek: TNG, and yell "Shut up, Wesley!" at him.
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I went to high school with Marshawn Lynch. He was a grade below me. He was a pretty normal kid, by the standards of kids in the Oakland neighborhoods. On the football field though, Jesus, he was just as good as he is now.
Mojo Flizash 2 years ago
I love how Lynch has rebranded himself and has taken the celebrity route. He seems really cool.
#56
My dad dated Demi Moore in high school. They split because she was apparently looking for a baby daddy to get out of her parents' house.
#57
Not super famous yet, but he’s getting there! I went to school with Victor Oladipo and he was one of the nicest, funniest, care free guys I ever met. Any interview I’ve ever seen with him is exactly how he’s always acted.
#58
Grew up with Sum41 and went to high school with them. Out of the small handful of high school bands they seemed like they were the only ones who had a shot at being something. Turns out they did. The first time I got really wasted at a house party & was puking, Steve Jocz was that dude who had my back "it'll be ok buddy... you got this". The true bro. Just after he quit the band (before they got famous), I would occasionally DJ with Richard Roy. Solid dude. Mark Spicoluk also quit the band before the fame. He was an idiot, but one hell of a hockey player (also played hockey with him). Dave Baksh (and his wife) are both super stand up people and still keep in contact with a LOT of the people from back home from what I gather. Still have a few friends that do dinner with him from time to time. Deryck Whibley was kind of the quiet kid in the cafeteria who sat alone. He got picked on a bunch, but I'm not sure why. We had these horrible hotdogs in the caf and from time to time people would throw these things at him. It resulted in the band doing a cover of the Oscar Mayer Wiener song during our Christmas talent show. I remember that because I was dating this girl I really liked at the time. We skipped out of the "assembly" just after they did this song to go back to her place where she "changed into something more comfortable". Came back in this crop top and shorts, sitting next to me on the couch. I was too nervous to make a move and she broke up with me the next day because I was such an idiot. Anyways, some of them are still seen around town from time to time. They were party kids who got rich quick, nearly killed themselves on drugs & alcohol, got a manager who toned them down, but they never forgot their friends.
LinkTheHylian 2 years ago
Deryck was picked on because he was the quiet kid who sat alone in the cafeteria. That's the only reason bullies need. Also, farewell to The Sums.
#59
Not the same school but J Cole went to my rival high school but we played sports together growing up. He was a quiet kid and I never knew he could rap.
#60
My dad went to school with Vinny Jones (footballer turned actor). Apparently he was a d**k. Unsurprising.
Thenatural 2 years ago
He used to drink in the same pub as me and I can confirm...he's a f*****g k**b! Acted the hard man until a genuine hard man showed up and put him in his box
Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
The picture of Vinnie Jones grabbing Paul Gascoigne private parts is etched in my memory
#61
I was in 9th grade Spanish class at John Marshall in Pasadena, CA with Jaleel White (Steve Urkel from Family Matters) right around when he first landed the role but wasn't "famous" yet. He already had a big ego and was an annoying kid (I sat one desk in front of him) that seemed to always need attention. Well, one day he had somehow pushed the buttons of the wrong person, a linebacker on the varsity team two times his size, and he picked him up and threw him across the room. The football player was sent to the dean's office and Jaleel stormed out of the classroom never to return to our school again. The crazy part of the story though is.. The next day, Jaleel's really large father shows up to school and is out in the hallway (outside of our classroom) and is calling for Ronnie (the football player) to come out and confront him. We're all freaking out in class (with excitement for what is going to happen next) and our teacher tells us all to stay in our seats. I’m sure the security guards came shortly and escorted him off the campus, but it was pretty wild and entertaining to us. I assume he was home schooled from that point on.
Tuesday's child 2 years ago
This sounds like something from one of those stereotypical high-school movies with the foot ball player
Mojo Flizash 2 years ago
Unfortunately alot of that stuff does happen in U.S. High Schools. Life imitates art and all. My two sons will be Freshmen in H.S. this fall. I remember the crazy s**t I got into and I'm not ready for them to be doing dumb sh1t.
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Does professional athlete count? I went to high school with TJ Mconnell of the 76ers. He was funny in freshmen year but kind of a douchebag for the rest of high school. I didn’t know him personally but had class with him at one time or another throughout school.
#63
Not me but my roommate went to high school with Rob Gronkowski and all of his brothers. Apparently the song Sandstorm was banned from school dances because the Gronks would go nuts on the dance floor and hurt people with their moshing.
#64
Roy Woods (He's signed under Drake's hip-hop label, OVO). He was pretty good at football, was always freestyling, and I swear to god nobody laughed more. Just a fun guy to be around, super loyal too.
#65
If anybody is into Aussie league I went to School with Greg Inglis and was good mates with his little Bro Chris
#66
I knew someone that went to High School with Vincent Martella (voice actor for Phineas on Phineas and Ferb). Supposedly he was obnoxious about being a Disney actor.
#67
Dan Carter. One of The best 1st fives the world has seen Everyone knew He was going to be good when he was kicking conversions 50m out at 14 years old. He was fine, not a d**k or anything. I did see him in town after he made the all blacks and said wassup to him and he ignored me so he turned into a bit of a d**k. Rugby fyi
Mojo Flizash 2 years ago (edited)
Ahhh Kiwi? That's the All Black's right? In the States we don't get much exposure to pro rugby but I caught a match one day in a hotel with satellite TV. Holy c**p!!! Those guys are brutal!!! It was NZ vs England. They all jumped up to get the ball or whatever and this dude got rocked and put his bottom teeth through his upper lip. It looked like his lip was going to fall off. I'll never forget that. Big respect to Rugby guys.
What do you think ?
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
I went to school with the drummer from Alien Ant Farm. What was he like? I dunno, ask someone who knew him. There were almost 900 of us at my graduation ceremony. Going to the same school as someone doesn't mean you knew them.
Jack S 2 years ago
I went to school with Shia LeBeouf, told him I was a Satanist and he offered to buy a small goat to sacrifice as long as he could bathe in it's blood. This is a complete fabrication of the truth. This did not happen. Believable though right?
juice 2 years ago
well i'd believe that one...according to the song, he's a cannibal!
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Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
Some of these things need to be regional or split by age. The proliferation of media means that most of us won't have heard of most of these. I was on a Tube next to Peter Bowles, but people outside the UK or under 40 won't know who he is, despite him being a huge UK TV star in the 1980s.
Mat Hall 2 years ago
I once met Robert Smith on the tube - it always seems kind of incongruous to see famous people just being people, but I guess traffic in London sucks even for celebrities...
Load More Replies... Deanna 2 years ago
With all the people asking "Who?" it's like being in a room filled with owls. You do know that Google exists, right? Use it.
Auntriarch 2 years ago (edited)
The number of people who felt the need to exhibit their ignorance is tedious. And anyway you know that what they were really saying is "I don't know of this person so they cannot be famous"
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Mavis 2 years ago (edited)
I went to school with a guy, he always had the lead role in school plays, he had a band that played at school dances, he always had the prettiest girlfriends, he was handsome and outgoing and the most popular guy in school. Everyone thought he was destined for greatness. I never knew what happened to him after. But then years later I saw him working as a spruiker out the front of a discount clothing shop in the same town. Life is unpredictable.
Cerridwn d'Wyse 2 years ago
College with Barry Williams (Greg Brady from the original TV series) Nice guy. Liked video games and was treated like everyone else, waited in lines, etc. It was kind of different back then
Bec 2 years ago
Article would be much improved if the 'author' would provide a sentence or two of context
Boredest Disabled Panda 2 years ago
These are just re-posted social media posts. It's not like these are professional writers.
Load More Replies... Featherking 2 years ago
I am such a loser, I knew like four of these names and wasn’t even sure what they were famous for. I’m forty and I STILL can’t keep track of celebrities, I think it’s time to give up and just be an unhip square.
Anya Beboop 2 years ago
Nothing wrong with not being 'with it'. I'll sit in the boat with you :)
Load More Replies... SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
I went to school with the drummer from Alien Ant Farm. What was he like? I dunno, ask someone who knew him. There were almost 900 of us at my graduation ceremony. Going to the same school as someone doesn't mean you knew them.
Jack S 2 years ago
I went to school with Shia LeBeouf, told him I was a Satanist and he offered to buy a small goat to sacrifice as long as he could bathe in it's blood. This is a complete fabrication of the truth. This did not happen. Believable though right?
juice 2 years ago
well i'd believe that one...according to the song, he's a cannibal!
Load More Replies... Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
Some of these things need to be regional or split by age. The proliferation of media means that most of us won't have heard of most of these. I was on a Tube next to Peter Bowles, but people outside the UK or under 40 won't know who he is, despite him being a huge UK TV star in the 1980s.
Mat Hall 2 years ago
I once met Robert Smith on the tube - it always seems kind of incongruous to see famous people just being people, but I guess traffic in London sucks even for celebrities...
Load More Replies... Deanna 2 years ago
With all the people asking "Who?" it's like being in a room filled with owls. You do know that Google exists, right? Use it.
Auntriarch 2 years ago (edited)
The number of people who felt the need to exhibit their ignorance is tedious. And anyway you know that what they were really saying is "I don't know of this person so they cannot be famous"
Load More Replies... Mavis 2 years ago (edited)
I went to school with a guy, he always had the lead role in school plays, he had a band that played at school dances, he always had the prettiest girlfriends, he was handsome and outgoing and the most popular guy in school. Everyone thought he was destined for greatness. I never knew what happened to him after. But then years later I saw him working as a spruiker out the front of a discount clothing shop in the same town. Life is unpredictable.
Cerridwn d'Wyse 2 years ago
College with Barry Williams (Greg Brady from the original TV series) Nice guy. Liked video games and was treated like everyone else, waited in lines, etc. It was kind of different back then
Bec 2 years ago
Article would be much improved if the 'author' would provide a sentence or two of context
Boredest Disabled Panda 2 years ago
These are just re-posted social media posts. It's not like these are professional writers.
Load More Replies... Featherking 2 years ago
I am such a loser, I knew like four of these names and wasn’t even sure what they were famous for. I’m forty and I STILL can’t keep track of celebrities, I think it’s time to give up and just be an unhip square.
Anya Beboop 2 years ago
Nothing wrong with not being 'with it'. I'll sit in the boat with you :)
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