What are you afraid of? The dark? Failure? Death? Well, you'll feel a hundred times better about yourself when you see some of the strange phobias that celebrities suffer from. Famous people might seem fearless on the red carpet, or even write songs about it (like Taylor Swift did), but in reality, they're giant scardey cats with common, and even not so common fears, just like you. What's Taylor Swift afraid of? Would you believe it's just an innocent sea creature? Come, on Swiftie, the ocean is cool!
You probably had no idea most of these fears existed. For instance, did you know there's staurophobia (fear of crosses), chionophobia (fear of snow), dishabiliophobia (fear of undressing in front of someone), gnosiophobia (fear of knowledge), or even lutraphobia (fear of otters)? Though these probably don't jump to mind as top phobias not would they likely make a list of common phobias, they're super real and there might just be a famous Hollywood celebrity who suffers from them!
Add the idea of being a "celebrity" into the mix, and you end up with some genuine insanity. But which one do you think is the strangest?! Vote up the weirdest celebrity phobias below and learn something new about these famous actors, singers, and personalities.
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Aretha Franklin
A ton of people have the fear of flying - Katherine Heigl, Whoopi Goldberg, Bette Midler - but Franklin's was so strong, that it almost ruined her career. Franklin's "aviophobia" forced her to turn down gigs across the world. She has suffered from the phobia for over 30 years, but is apparently trying to conquer it.
Source: Belfast Telegraph
Channing Tatum
The fear of dolls is called "pediophilia," and Channing Tatum suffers from it, more specifically when it comes to porcelain dolls. He admitted his phobia to Ellen Degeneres saying, "I just think they're freaky." But Ellen made him face his fears by bringing out some dolls for him to play with. Did it work?
Christina Ricci
Ricci has "botanophobia" which is the fear of indoor houseplants. Ricci admitted to the New York Daily News that indoor houseplants disturb her, as do swimming pools ("natatiophobia"), and that touching a dirty houseplant is like torture.
Source: NY Daily News
Ellen Page
This is a super strange fear for a super strange girl. Juno star Ellen Page is petrified of tennis balls. During an interview with Seth Meyers, she discussed her fear, which is so strong that she says she has to leave the room if tennis ever comes on the television.
Jennifer Lawrence
In an interview, The Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence admitted to a plethora of fears including death, family, and ghosts. Lawrence also claimed she has "arachnophobia," the common fear of spiders. Not so weird, right? In the same interview, she admitted to being afraid of annoying people.
Source: The Mirror
Johnny Depp
"Coulrophobia" is the fear of all clowns (not just evil clowns), and even though Johnny Depp has played some weird characters, playing a clown is not in his future. Depp has been quoted as saying "something about the painted face, the fake smile" is what makes him petrified of clowns. It was even reported that he banned his wife Amber Heard from watching American Horror Story: Freak Show due to the clown in the cast.
Source: Dish Nation
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Quite a strange fear for a girl who played a vampire slayer, right? Gellar suffers from "coimetrophobia," the fear of cemeteries, as well as the fear of being buried alive. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Gellar admitted to being brought to tears when shooting in graveyards.
Source: Rolling Stone
Tyra Banks
Who doesn't like dolphins? Tyra Banks, apparently. Banks says she was in elementary school and had recurring dreams of dolphins surrounding her. On her talk show, Banks confronted her fear - and the results were pretty hysterical.
Uma Thurman
Kill Bill star Uma Thurman had to face her biggest fear when she was stuck in a coffin while filming the movie. Thurman is "claustrophobic" which means she's afraid of confined spaces. While promoting the film, Thurman told the Daily Mail that Quentin Tarantino didn't care about her claustrophobia and stuck her in a coffin, throwing dirt on top of it. She called it "just another day at the office."
Source: Daily Mail
Zach Galifianakis
This is one of the more common fears - "acrophobia" - the fear of heights. But it became so crippling for this star of The Hangover that he skipped a press event for the third film in the series, which took place at Morro da Urca near Sugarloaf mountain in Brazil. He called into the event instead of attending because of his overwhelming fear.
Source: EOnline