45 People Reveal What Celebrities Were Like Before Fame, And It Might Change Your Opinion On Them

My sister went to h**h school with Ruby Rose. She was a really bad bully. It’s so [messed] up the way she accuses people of bullying her all the time now. Rose isn’t even her real last name. She appropriated it from a legendary Aboriginal family she claimed she grew up with but they say they don’t know her.

Ruby Rose is gross.

Met someone in passing who used to hang out with Evan Peters in h**h school. They said he's a very normal dude.

My old boss went to the same private catholic school as the late fashion designer Virgil Abloh. She said he was extremely kind and intelligent. He donated a ton of Off-White sports gear to the school’s teams.

Not really a celebrity but if anyone has seen the Netflix series Heartstopper, it was based on a novel by the author Alice Oseman. Well when I was a teenager (not sure what year exactly, let's say 7/8 years ago) I read one of her novels called Radio Silence. I had randomly picked it up at the library and I don't think she was well known then, because I remember really loving the book and searched online to find out more.

I ended up finding her webpage and sent her an email telling her how much I loved her book (used to do that with a lot of authors when I was a kid and would usually get a copy-paste response), however she sent back a long, heartfelt, personal letter, and little 14 or 15 year old me was really touched! This year I was scrolling through Netflix and saw her name on the Heartstopper show. I was so proud and happy for her :) she was so sweet to me and I'm glad her series got a TV adaptation.

I was in a small, intimate therapy group with Anya Taylor-Joy. (She was 14 I was 17, and it was for a 3 month period) Won’t go into the reasons why she was there, but she was very fond of me in group (I was very outspoken and blunt.) She asked me to go to London to visit her. Never took her up on it because I didn’t think my parents would let me, haha. Last time I spoke to her was when The Witch came out.

One day in group I told her I could see her in a Tim Burton film and she loved that, lol. Still no Tim Burton film but I guess back then I knew she was destined for great things. I also met her parents, they are the nicest people in the world.

My uncle went to h**h school with Vince Vaughn and apparently Vaughn was an [jerk] and bullied my uncle and many other kids. Supposedly he’s never changed.

Calista Flockhart’s family lived down the street from mine. She and one of my sisters were friends. I don’t remember Calista, but I do remember her parents. They were super nice people.

Two friends of mine knew Seth Green from the local Jewish community, and a former coworker of mine from years ago dated him when they were teens.

Oh, and the cousin of some of the kids I used to babysit dated Joey Lawrence when they were in HS.

My mom went to high school with Axl Rose, who is from my home town. They sat next to each other in speech class and she said he was quiet and respectful.

My grandmother was a music teacher and coached Shannon Hoon on vocal stamina and tour conditions right at the beginning of Blind Melon. She said he was a great student and even when she would try silly/outside of the box things, he was always game. I think she probably just worked with him about 3-4 times, but she took his death pretty hard. We all did.

My grandma was neighbors with Meryl streeps family while they were growing up. Their mothers were good friends. Meryl streeps mom threw my grandma a baby shower too. She said the family was always very nice.

Not really, but neighbor dated Kanye West’s mom when Kanye was a teen. He said Kanye was a horrible self centered little brat. While my neighbor loved Kanye’s mom her parenting choices regarding Kanye really stressed the relationship. I was too young to know Kanye, but I ended up going to the same high school he went to and had many of the same teachers. The opinion that he was a self centered psychopath with a lot of talent is pretty common.

My old roommate went to high school with Lady Gaga. Said she was an art kid who mostly kept to herself.

Another friend of mine used to know a bunch of famous people in LA but the best one was Robert Pattenson. He was just an odd guy who didn't shower and always wore the same black hoodie. At parties it was like "oh look weird Rob is here again, sitting alone in a corner." I hear stories about him having body dysmorphia and it makes sense.

My grandmother was friends with Stephen King in college. He worked with the university News Paper, and she was across the hall working part time as an English tutor while earning her degree in accounting.

I’ve known Terry O’Quinn from Lost since before he had his first TV job. He married my horseback rider instructor and worked as a barn hand and lived in apartment over the stall before he got tv jobs. I remember his big break was a role on The Doctors, a popular soap opera in the 70/80’s. He’s a cool guy and I was so excited when he got Lost, it was awesome to see him win an Emmy. I actually dated his wife’s brother and we used to stay at her and Terry’s house when they were away. I also babysat their kids a few times with a friend I rode horses with.

My neighbor was friends with Ted Bundy in college. Said he was a great guy, when they knew him.

My grandma reckons she breastfed Elton John as a baby. Elton was born the same day as my mum and within the stay at the hospital, nanna said the nurses would bring her a little baby boy to nurse, as his own mum couldn't produce milk or something.

My dad was friends with a couple members of slipknot before they were slipknot, and stayed friends with them for a long time. I played with Corey Taylor’s son a few times as a kid. Very nice people.

Nick & Aaron Carter’s grandparents had a summer cottage in the same community/same street as my family. Never met Nick but Aaron was around when he was a kid &young teen. He came & stayed for a couple of weeks around the time he was dating Lindsay Lohan & just starting to get famous—I think I was 16 or 17 & he was a couple of years younger than me & my friend group—we were doing a lot of underage drinking back then & he partied with us, but wouldn’t let anybody take any photos. The memories are hazy lol but he was a nice kid. RIP ❤️His parents are [horrible] & notorious in the area for being terrible people & just awful to their children.

My dad went on a date with Joan Cusack in college. She HAAAAATED him lmao.

My dad went to high school with Dr. Phil. Apparently he was a stereotypical jerky jock.

I knew Miranda Kerr.

She wasn’t very nice.