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    What are some underrated/ unexpected celebrity connections from before they blew up?

    I went down a Tik Tok rabbit hole and I got surprised how many celebrities actually knew each other before they were famous. For me these are the most surprising:

    1. Prince William and Eddie Redmayne – Eddie is one of my favourite actors I didnt know he grew up wealthy and was an Etonian

    2. Laura Linney and Brooke Shields – cute childhood besties

    3. Hailey Bieber and Miley Cyrus – I didn't realise Hailey grew up around so many celebrities, Miley and Hailey's older sister were friends and they used to pick on Hailey lol. Normal sister stuff

    4. Lauryn Hill and Zach Braff – were friends in high school, she even went to his bar mitzvah apparently. This one was really surprising to me

    5. Timothee Chalamet and Ansel Elgort – there can only be one

    6. Adam Levine and Jonah Hill – have been friends since school cause their dads met in the principals office. Jonah's older brother apparently used to manage Maroon 5 and Jonah officiated Adams wedding. That's quite sweet before everything else that's happened.

    What are some other surprising duos?

    Posted by CheriePauper

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    1. annakarina3 on

      Hailey Bieber is the daughter of Stephen Baldwin, and is the niece of Alec, Daniel, and William Baldwin. She definitely grew up around celebrities and privilege, as well as her childhood aunts through marriage were Chynna Phillips and Kim Basinger.

    2. annakarina3 on

      Melissa auf der Maur and Rufus Wainwright grew up together as childhood friends.

    4. Round_Expression_415 on

      Andy Samberg and Chelsea Peretti were IRL childhood friends in the bay area.

    5. LelouchUzumaki_20 on

      * Julia Roberts’ parents were friends with MLK and his wife and they even paid for Julia and her mother’s hospital bills when Julia was born.
      * Nikki Glaser used to babysit for Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann.
      * John Krasinski used to be an intern for Conan O’Brien.
      * Matthew Perry used to go to school with future canadian PM Justin Trudeau.
      * When Kenneth Branagh was a student at RADA, when the Queen visited, he was selected to recite Hamlet to her.
      * Jack Whitehall used to go to the same school as Robert Pattinson (it used to be part of comedy act that he had a one sided feud rivalry with him).

    6. Flimsy_Highway_7049 on

      Joni mitchell and chaka khan have been friends for 40 years and live 5 minutes apart 🙂 they play ping pong together

    7. StasRutt on

      I def saw an interview from Zach Braff where he talks about hearing Lauryn hill on the radio for the first time and lik you I was shocked to find out they were high school friends

    8. Thick-Definition7416 on

      Matt Bomer and Lee Pace were friends in HS ( and rumored to have dated)

    10. Slight_Pen on

      Jodie Comer and British Olympian Katarina Johnson -Thompson were childhood best friends and attended the same Catholic school in Liverpool. 

    12. Used-Needleworker719 on

      Sir Stephen fry, Hugh Laurie, Dame Emma Thompson and Ben Elton all went to university together – I didn’t realise how far back their friendship was till I read Ben’s book, as I’ve always mentallly put him with Rik and Ade

    13. Stock_College_8108 on

      A lot of British actors working in the arts grew up wealthy or at least middle class.

    14. DeliciousMoments on

      Britney Spears and Natalie Portman were both understudies for the same play in 1992.

    16. Low_Two_1988 on

      —Keanu Reeves met Dolly Parton because his mother designed her Playboy bunny costume. He later wore it for Halloween one year. 

      —Sandra Bullock and Jennifer Coolidge were waitresses at the same restaurant.

    19. MyDesign630 on

      Before his tenure at Harvard and “Finding Your Roots”, Dr. Henry Louis Gates taught at Yale in the eighties. He was mentored a young Jodie Foster when she wrote her thesis on Toni Morrison.

    20. Grabbinfries23 on

      The Coen Brothers, Sam Raimi, Frances McDormand & Kathy Bates all used to be roommates

    24. Soopstoohot on

      Ana Gasteyer grew up friends with Amy Carter and had sleepovers at the White House. She remembers watching Carter laughing at Aykroyd’s impression of him on SNL

    25. willienelsonmandela on

      Saying I didn’t realize Hailey Bieber grew up around so many celebrities when she’s a Baldwin is so funny.

    27. pinkstrawberrycandy on

      Scarlett Johansson and Jack Antonoff dated in high school and went to the prom together.

    32. fatnissneverleen on

      How would you not realize Hailey Baldwin grew up around celebrities when her entire family are celebrities 😭

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