Which of the stars was engaged in the oldest profession? Who gave his child to an orphanage? Whose father was a professional killer?
Who learned about the secret of his birth only at 36 years old? Whose sister still works as a call girl? These and other terrible secrets of celebrities in our collection.
We pull skeletons out of the cabinets of celebrities!
Charlize Theron witnessed her mother shoot her father
For many years the blond actress concealed a shocking secret: her mother shot her father in front of her daughter. Only recently Charlize Theron decided to tell in detail about what happened. It turned out that her father was an alcoholic. On that fateful evening, he once again came home drunk and began threatening his wife and daughter that he would kill them. To save herself and the little Charlize, her mother snatched up her gun and fired ... Although the court fully acquitted the woman, admitting that she acted in self-defense, Charlize had long been telling everyone that her father had died in a car crash:
"I just pretended that nothing of this happened ... Every time someone asked me, I said that my dad died in a car crash. Who would like to tell this story? No one would like to "
Woody Harrelson's father was a hired killer
The father of actor Woody Harrelson was a professional killer. For the murder of a judge who was to convict a drug dealer, he went to prison for life imprisonment. In prison, Harrelson wrote memoirs in which he allegedly confessed to dozens of crimes. He bequeathed the manuscript to his sons in the hope that it will be published. The killer died in 2007, but his sons have not yet decided to present his memoirs to the public.
Anne Heche was raped by her own father.
The father of the actress led a double life: he was a Baptist priest and preached a love for his neighbor, but under the guise of a humble cleric hid a real monster. In an interview with Larry King, Ann said that his father repeatedly raped her before the unhappy child turned 12 years old.
And in 1983, dying of AIDS, this terrible and, apparently, mentally unhealthy man, admitted that he had been a hidden homosexual all his life.
John Lennon's mother gave her second child for adoption
When John Lennon was still very young, his father often went to sea for a long time. During one of these absences his wife Julia, John's mother, led a novel on the side, which resulted in the birth of a girl. The family of Julia insisted that she abandon the child, and the girl was adopted by a Norwegian couple. John Lennon was never told about his younger sister, and it is not known if he even knew about her existence.
Marilyn Monroe engaged in prostitution
According to Monroe's biographer Donaldo Spoto, at the beginning of her career, the famous actress was forced to engage in prostitution, due to the fact that she did not have enough money for food. According to one of her acquaintances:
"She did it for any decent feeding. Not for money. The girl told us exactly how she negotiates with the customers: she does what she does, and they bring her breakfast or lunch then "
Sister Jack Nicholson was his mother
Only in 36 years the actor learned the shocking secret of his birth. It turned out that his sister June was actually his mother, and the woman Nicholson called his mother all his life turned out to be his grandmother. At the age of 17, June gave birth to a child from whom and gave to the upbringing of her mother, who surrounded the baby with care and love. When Nicholson learned the truth, it was too late: by that time both women had already died.
Oprah Winfrey gave birth to a child at age 14
Oprah Winfrey grew up in a dysfunctional family. At the age of 13 she started running away from home, and at 14 she gave birth to a son who had not lived for weeks. To her friend the future TV presenter admitted that she does not even know who the father of the child is.
Sister Mariah Carey - prostitute and drug addict
Mariah Carey does not even want to hear about her older sister Alison, who takes drugs and makes her living an ancient profession. Carey crossed off a relative from her life: she has not spoken to Alison for 20 years, and when the sister needed treatment after the attack of the robbers, she never visited her in the hospital.
Career Sylvester Stallone began with a porn film
Sylvester Stallone began his film career with filming in a pornographic film "A Party for Kitty and the Herd", which was later renamed the "Italian Stallion". The actor said that he agreed to shoot in this picture of despair: then Stallone did not have any money, and he had to live at a bus stop.
Gerard Depardieu was engaged in gay prostitution
In his autobiography, which was published in 2014, the French actor shared shocking memories. Depardieu was born in a very poor family and from the age of 10 was left to himself. He wandered the streets and found himself very attractive to some men:
"I realized that I very much like homosexuals"
Then he began to provide paid intimate services to truck drivers. He robbed some of his clients. In addition, Depardieu admitted that at that time he did not disdain theft, the plundering of fresh graves and smuggling.
Cousin Keith Middleton is a stripper
The British royal family unsuccessfully tries to hide from the public cousin Kate Middleton - star of striptease Katrina Darling. The stripper uses his family ties with the Duchess of Cambridge and, consequently, with Queen Elizabeth. She created a burlesque show called "God Save the Queen!", Which appears in the crown and ermines.
Rod Stewart's daughter was raised in an orphanage
Rod Stewart first became a father at age 18, when his girlfriend Susannah gave birth to a girl. The young father demanded that she abandon the child, but Susanna decided to leave her daughter. The couple broke up, and a year later Suzanne still gave the little Sarah for adoption, realizing that she could not grow her alone. The girl spent four years in the orphanage, and then was adopted. For the first time she met her father only at the age of twenty.