We often tend to think of celebrities as larger than life, and once we find someone to idolize, we may even think we know almost everything about them.
But at the end of the day, these figures are just ordinary people living normal lives, with different sides to their personalities we’d never know about if they weren’t exposed to us by someone else.
From Ryan Gosling walking on all fours to Alfred Hitchcock’s stalker tendencies, here are 25 celebrity secrets spilled by their current and former employees.
Conan O’Brien Doesn’t Stand For Rude Behavior
According to former Conan writer Todd Levin on X, Conan O’Brien once fired a crew member after seeing him “being impatient and rude to a server at a restaurant.”
However, replies under the tweet clashed with one another.
Ed Sheeran And His Hilarious “Stupid Clauses” In His Manager’s Contract
It seems Ed Sheeran is quite the jokester.
The Shape Of You singer and his manager, Stuart Camp, have become friends over the years while working together and from time to time, Ed likes to add a “stupid clause” when they draw up a new management contract.
In 2019, Stuart was forced to carry around a laminated picture of the Weasley twins from the Harry Potter movies in his wallet.
“I have to have that with me at all times. It’s in my management contract. Stupid things like that,” Stuart said on the BBC Introducing podcast.
Angelina Jolie Is Secretly A Ninja
While Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were married, her ex-bodyguard claimed the former would start throwing knives during some of their more intense arguments, though no one was ever seriously harmed.
“Angelina has quite a temper on her and she has been known to throw a few knives around when she is angry,” a source said, according to Zee News.
The outlet reported her ex-husband gifted her some anger management classes in response.
Alfred Hitchcock The Stalker
While the director worked on his films The Birds and Marnie, he seemed to develop a fascination for former actress Tippi Hedren.
According to her, he started to take things much too far by stalking and sexually assaulting her. People reports that in her memoir — released in 2016 — she claims he tried to force her to kiss him in the back of a limo, among many other incidents.
But, she couldn’t tell anyone about it at the time because “sexual harassment and stalking were terms that didn’t exist” in the early ‘60s.
Ellen’s Toxic Working Environment
Ellen DeGeneres’ downfall began in 2020 when current and former employees exposed the toxic working environment they were constantly subjected to daily.
Many people said they faced racism, fear, and intimidation, according to BuzzFeed News.
“That ‘be kind’ bullsh–t only happens when the cameras are on. It’s all for show,” said a former employee. “I know they give money to people and help them out, but it’s for show.”
Julia Roberts Still Owns Her Pretty Woman Dress
The iconic little dress that won over Richard Gere’s heart in Pretty Woman is reportedly still in Julia Roberts’ possession.
One of the actress’ former assistants claimed she still likes to wear it once a year to put on a show for her husband.
Jennifer Aniston Isn’t Afraid Of Showing Skin
Her home, her rules. According to a former bodyguard of the sitcom star, Jennifer Aniston is rarely fully dressed inside her house.
A report in Radar Online said, “Jen is very free when it comes to showing off her body. When she answers the door in the morning she’s in a mini camisole and underwear.
“She never covers up. But everyone is used to that. That’s just Jen!”