As someone who researches a bunch of wild celeb facts as part of my job, I know a lot of super random pop culture facts. However, some tend to stick in my mind more than others, so I want to share the most interesting ones with you!
Here are the 13 wildest celeb facts I learned in January 2025:
1.
When Keanu Reeves was little, his mom, Patricia Taylor, was a costume designer who “did a lot of sewing for” Dolly Parton, including her famous Playboy bunny suit. On The Drew Barrymore Show, Dolly said, “She would bring him over to my house when we were fitting or when I would go to the shop where she worked.”
2.
In 2024, Kevin Bacon told Vanity Fair that he once “went to a special effects makeup artist, had consultations, and asked him to make [him] a prosthetic disguise.” Wearing glasses, a fake nose, and fake teeth, he went to The Grove, a mall in Los Angeles, where no one recognized him.
3.
Writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson asked Warren Beatty to play Jack Horner in Boogie Nights, but Paul “realized a couple weeks into it there was a bit of confusion that he thought that [Paul] was asking him to play Dirk Diggler.”
4.
In the early stages of her relationship with Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift reportedly attended games “privately” without the public knowing.
5.
Harry Styles and former Little Mix member JADE “went on like one date” when they were about 16. It was around the time he was put in One Direction on The X Factor. They “kept in touch” until he ghosted her.
6.
Taskmaster host Greg Davies is 6’8″.
Here he is next to his Taskmaster costar, Alex Horne, who’s 6’2′”.
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Jada Pinkett Smith is 4’11”.
Here she is next to her daughter, Willow Smith, who’s 5’7″.
8.
In 2024, Glen Powell decided to take Matthew McConaughey’s advice and move home to Austin, Texas to be close to his family and finish college after dropping out more than 15 years ago.
9.
In 2022, Amy Schumer revealed that her Life & Beth costar Michael Cera and his wife Nadine had welcomed a baby, telling Entertainment Tonight, “Michael has a baby, too. Is that public knowledge?…I just outed him, I just outed his baby.”
10.
Michael Sheen moved back to Port Talbot, Wales in 2018. He first began considering relocation seven years prior when he played Jesus in a local three-day-long performance of the Passion alongside residents who were dealing with the increasing cost of living and job losses.
11.
When they were 17, Brandy and Kobe Bryant met at the 1996 Essence Awards. Soon after, he asked her to prom.
12.
Jenny Slate shut down longstanding rumors that she was fired from Saturday Night Live a decade prior after accidentally swearing during a live broadcast. She told InStyle, “By the way, everyone always thinks I got fired for saying fuck: I didn’t, that’s not why I got fired. I just didn’t belong there. I didn’t do a good job, I didn’t click. I have no idea how Lorne felt about me. All I know is, it didn’t work for me, and I got fired.”
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And finally, Christopher Lee’s step-cousin, James Bond author Ian Fleming, reportedly said the actor’s days as a WWII spy inspired him to create the iconic super spy.
What’s the most interesting pop culture fact you’ve learned recently? Let me know in the comments!