Naming them after a supermarket, having two-second sex and being separated from their parents didn’t stop them from becoming stars. However, it’s not all that dramatic – and you can see for yourself!
Halle Berry was named after a supermarket
Catwoman was born to an immigrant from Liverpool, England, and a black American in Cleveland, Ohio. Judith Ann and Jerome Jesse decided to name their daughter after a popular department store in the area — Halle’s. It is believed that the young couple puzzled over the name while going shopping. However, at first the brand of the shopping facility was only awarded the status of a middle name. The girl was recorded as Maria Halle Berry. Surprisingly, when the star was only five years old, the name was officially changed to Halle Maria Berry.
Christina Applegate traded Brad Pitt for another and regretted it
Who knows how Brad Pitt’s personal life would have turned out if his girlfriend hadn’t dumped him in the middle of a date. Actress Christina Applegate, best known for her roles in the TV series Friends (Rachel’s sister) and Married with Children (Callie Bundy), once admitted that she dated Brad before he received the unofficial status of the main Hollywood hunk and world fame. Perhaps that’s why the girl was not afraid to lose her boyfriend: Christina left Brad in the middle of the MTV Video Music Awards ceremony to spend the rest of the evening with another guy. By the way, Applegate regrets this decision to this day!
Jennifer Lopez Changed Web Search Forever
It’s hard to believe, but in 2000, web search looked different: Google’s image section simply didn’t exist. It’s known that the search engine’s engineers decided to implement this option thanks to the actress and singer. And no, Jennifer didn’t ask them to do so. It’s just that her outfit at the Grammy ceremony turned the heads of fans, and everyone searched for photos on the Internet without much success. The search engine’s employees were impressed by the number of requests and came up with a corresponding section.
Justin Timberlake’s Mom Becomes Guardian of Ryan Gosling
Ryan’s parents are fine, don’t worry. His friend’s mother became the young actor’s legal representative only for a while. The thing is, the boys starred together in “The Mickey Mouse Club” when they were kids. But Gosling’s mother suddenly had to return to Canada for work, and her underage son couldn’t stay in the US alone. Who knows, would Ryan have become a superstar if he had returned to his homeland? Fortunately, Justin Timberlake’s mother invited the boy to stay at their home and became Gosling’s legal guardian so that he could continue working on the show.
Rita Ora overestimated her popularity
Celebrities have hundreds, if not millions of followers. But are all followers devoted fans who never miss a single post from the star? A British singer unwittingly proved that the number of followers can be deceiving. The celebrity posted a message on Twitter (before it was renamed to X) that was supposed to go viral. “If this tweet gets 100,000 retweets, I’ll post a new track!” — that’s all the text. There were barely two thousand retweets. And the artist suddenly denied the unsuccessful activation — she was hacked, and she had nothing to do with the post. Do we believe her?
Blake Lively got married on a slave plantation
One of Hollywood’s model couples began their family life with a stain on both their reputations. Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds chose an estate for their wedding based on Pinterest pictures and settled on Boone Hall. It later turned out that, in addition to its aesthetics, the location boasts the notoriety of being one of the cruelest slave plantations. By the way, even the slave cabins are still there. The couple apologized, and the wedding cost $200,000 more — that’s how much the couple donated to a fund to fight racism.
Ashton Kutcher suffered psychological trauma during his first sex
The actor still can’t seem to get used to the idea that his sex life began with a spectacular failure. Ashton wasn’t even embarrassed to talk about it on one of the talk shows. “It happened in the woods and lasted exactly two seconds. It was really awkward. And I didn’t know the girl who was with me for more than an hour,” he admitted in the studio. The young and promising young man was so ashamed of the failure that a couple of years later he seduced his first “love” again to show what he was capable of on the second try.