Celebrities! They’re similar to us. Nicely, type of. It is easy to overlook that earlier than well-known individuals hit it massive, they had been simply common individuals. So, Redditor Testie_Tickler requested, “Individuals who knew celebrities earlier than they made it massive, who was it, and what were they like?” Listed here are a few of their tales.
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“Natasha Lyonne and my girlfriend grew to become pleasant within the late ’90s. We frolicked a bit within the East Village. She’s precisely the identical — a salty outdated New York cabbie trapped within the physique of a downtown cool child. She’s humorous as hell.”
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“Chris Hemsworth. His supervisor was my buddy, and I used to get him into golf equipment and take him round LA, introducing him to individuals. I’ve run into him just a few instances since he blew up, and he all the time offers me a bear hug and tells whoever he’s with, ‘She babysat me after I moved to LA.’ I really like him. He is the sweetest man.”
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“Tony Hawk was only a common skater child like everybody else. He did have the one full-sized half pipe on the town, which made him an enormous native movie star, however aside from that, he was simply one among us. Laid again and good to everybody.”
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“My sister’s ex-boyfriend went to a Christian camp with the Jonas Brothers. This was across the time they had been simply beginning to hit it massive. He stated they had been jerks.”
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“I’ve mates who knew Pedro Pascal when he was a struggling actor in New York Metropolis. He used to come back into the espresso store the place my mates labored and chat with them about auditions and performs he was in. He even comped them tickets to a couple of his performances. For some time, he used to touch upon their Instagram photographs of their children and need them completely satisfied birthdays and whatnot (he nonetheless may, however I am not on Instagram anymore to see them). Clearly, they thought he was a fantastic man. And for him to remain in contact with a few baristas years after he knew them appears to show he’s.”
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“I used to be mates with Jennifer Anniston earlier than “Mates”. She was a really candy/cool lady. We had been hanging out in her condominium when she received the decision that she was up for a personality on 21 Soar Avenue (that by no means got here to fruition). We used to play Wallyball (volleyball in a racquetball courtroom), and I have been to many dinners and events along with her and her shut circle of mates. It was fairly cool seeing her years later skyrocket to stardom on Mates. I nonetheless have her outdated quantity in my cellphone e book.”
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“Invoice Nye and I received our Engineering levels in the identical class of about 800. I knew him a bit, and he appears to be just about the identical as he was then.”
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“Emma Stone. I sat subsequent to her freshman yr in Historical past class. She was actually candy and humorous!”
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“I went to the identical faculty as Luke Wilson. He dated my older sister’s finest buddy, so I knew him throughout his senior yr in highschool. He was all the time a pleasant man, and on the random events I stumble upon him in Dallas, he’s the identical pleasant man I knew. He was additionally a very good athlete. He held the 800m file for our faculty for a very long time.”
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” I went to a small, very costly non-public boarding faculty with ‘Lana Del Rey.’ Each time I learn interviews along with her saying she grew up poor, which may be very complicated.”
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“I grew up with Matthew Lillard. He was all the time the category clown. He was born to play Shaggy.”
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“I labored with J.Ok. Simmons and Sandra Oh earlier than they had been well-known (each labored frequently, although.) I haven’t got a nasty factor to say about both of them. I’ve periodically seen Sandra since then and may say that she remains to be a beautiful individual. (I have never run into J.Ok., however from what I hear, he is nonetheless superior, too.)”
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“Jennifer Lawrence. She was a neighbor in my stepsister’s Brownie’s troop, they usually went to high school collectively. At one level Jennifer pet sat my goldfish, and she or he nearly killed it.”
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“I grew up with Chris Stapleton. He was the most well-liked child in class, however he was tremendous good and a genuinely good man. I went to one among his exhibits when he was simply beginning to blow up and talked to him afterward; he was precisely the identical. He appeared sincerely completely satisfied to see me and talked about just a few outdated instances earlier than he needed to go. I am tremendous completely satisfied to see him have a lot success.”
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“Adrian Brody was a putzy child on the summer season camp the place I used to be a counselor. I bear in mind him being allergic to chocolate.”
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“Zach Galifianakis. He is a fantastic man. Form and straightforward to be round. We labored collectively and had been ingesting buddies, so we shared a whole lot of nights/mornings collectively.”
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“Ben Affleck was my little brother’s finest buddy, and I used to babysit him and Casey once they had been actually little. They had been good children.”
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“My mother and father each knew Ryan Gosling when he was going to the highschool they labored at. They all the time discuss how good and well mannered he was. My mother labored with particular wants children, and she or he nonetheless talks about how Ryan (who was already a little bit of a celeb) would all the time take time to speak to them and sit and chat.”
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“In my first job in Seattle I knew Brendan Fraser a bit, earlier than his fame. He was very pleasant and humble and candy. He was additionally beautiful, way more in individual than on movie.”
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“Jesse Palmer of the NFL and Bachelor fame. I went to highschool with him. We weren’t shut, however I might name him a buddy. He was athletic and a little bit of a jock however an total good man. He was humorous and charismatic. I am not stunned he received to the place he’s.”
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“Adam Sandler and I had been in the identical dorm at NYU. He was actually irritating to me, however I used to be an actual asshole again then, so I do not belief my opinion of him.”
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“I used to be mates with Greta Gerwig in Excessive Faculty. Sure, the highschool she wrote Girl Hen about. She’s precisely how she appears: quirky, hilarious, form, and intensely clever. I am so completely satisfied for her and all of her success.”
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“Kenny Chesney lived in my condominium advanced close to Nashville. Used to carry his guitar out to the pool, play, and sing. He was a hell of a pleasant man, very humble and humorous.”
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And eventually… “I knew Elon Musk earlier than he was a family identify. He was an entitled piece of shit again then, too, and he surrounded himself with fool yes-men. I want nothing however the worst for him.”
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