Crazy Celebrity Secrets You Didn’t Know About

#1 Billy Ray Cyrus

#2 Daryl Hannah

The actress's left finger was sheard off by a rope on a well at her grandmother's house. She usually wears a prosthetic finger. Maybe she forgot it at home that day.

#3 Richard Simons

Before he became a slim and trim fitness machine, Richard Simmons was fat. Here he is, playing an obese harp player in the 1969 film, Fellini Satyricon

#4 Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi was a firefighter. After the 9/11 attacks, he returned to New York and took part in the recovery efforts.

#5 Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron lived in South Africa and saw her father attack and threaten her mother in 1991. She didn't speak publicly about the incident until 2004.

#6 Coco Chanel

This fashion designer and founder of the Chanel brand was also a Nazi agent.

#7 Joaquin Phoenix

In 1969, Joaquin's parents joined the Children of God religious group. He, along with his brother and sisters River, Rain, and Liberty, were raised under the cult until leaving in 1978. They then changed their name from "Bottom" to Phoenix to symbolize a new beginning.

#8 Leighton Meester

Leighton Meester was born in a prison, her mother had been arrested for smuggling drugs.

#9 Thora Birch

Actress Thora Birch comes from an entertaining family. Her parents, Jack Birch and Carol Connors, are former porn stars who starred in the 1972 pornographic film, Deep Throat. Today they are her business managers.

#10 Taylor Swift

Before the mega fame, Taylor wasn't living the glamorous life. Her first job was on the Christmas farm she lived on. When the season came, she was in charge of the bugs, knocking the praying mantis pods out of the trees.

#11 Sarah Jessica Parker

SJP is descended from Esther Elwell, one of the accused during the Salem witch trials. Ironically, she played a Salem witch in the 1993 Disney movie, Hocus Pocus.

#12 Tupac Shakur

The West Coast rapper took ballet cases at the Baltimore School for the Arts. He also played the role of The Mouse King in the Nutcracker. And before he rose to rap fame, he was a background dancer for the hip-hop group Digital Underground in 1990.

#13 Vin Diesel

Vin Diesel has several interesting hobbies.But one of the most interesting is "Dungeons & Dragons." Yep, the muscle-bound icon is a pretty huge nerd (just don't tell him that).

#14 Jessica Simpson

Jessica Simpson doesn't brush her teeth. She uses Listerine instead. She says that she doesn't like it when her teeth feel "too slippery." Eww.

#15 Prince Charles

Prince Charles is a collector, he collects toilet seats, for some bizarre reason.

#16 Pope Benedict XVI

The most holy one loves Fanta soda. It is said that he drinks at least four cans a day. That's a lot of soda!