Celebrities who were bullied as a child

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Now they are adored by millions, but during their school years they went through hard times, faced with the cruelty of other children and adolescents.

Let's find out about the sad experience of the stars who decided to tell about it. Here are the celebrities bullied at school, from Jennifer Lawrence to Tom Cruise.

Jennifer Lawrence

“I changed schools a lot as a kid because some of the girls were pretty mean,” Lawrence told The Sun. However, she was able to go through negative experiences and learn to ignore people who show aggression.

“Don't worry about these bitches. This is a good motto, because you will bump into such people all your life."

Eva Mendes

"I had two torturers and they bullied me all my years in school."

For many celebrities, negative experiences were limited to a couple of cases. Eva Mendes told The Daily Mail that she was haunted for years. “I was a victim of cruelty. I was a clumsy, skinny girl with big teeth, and that made me an easy target. I had two torturers, and they bullied me all the years of school."

Justin Timberlake

The singer and actor went through hard times at school, because his interests were different from the preferences of most children. He told about this experience on the TV show Ellen DeGeneres. “I grew up in Tennessee, where if you didn't play football, you were weak. I was constantly humiliated for my passion for music and art. I was an outsider in many ways, but what makes you different, what makes you strange, will become the basis of your personality when you grow up."

Lady Gaga

Many celebrity survivors of high school violence take up the issue.

"School harassment … they stay with you for life, I didn't even realize how much it affects me until I became famous and was under tremendous pressure, because I had to be an example," - explained Gaga to The View magazine. Many celebrities who survived violence during school years are dealing with this problem, and the singer has her own foundation, Born That Way, which supports young people.

Jessica Alba

Having gone through negative experiences as a child, Jessica overcame many obstacles. “I was persecuted so severely that my father had to accompany me to school so that I would not be attacked. I dined in the nurse's office so as not to sit with other girls. there have never been beautiful things and a fashionable backpack, Jessica told the Daily Mirror.

Christian Bale

Christian Bale has experienced physical abuse at school.

Most celebrities have experienced verbal aggression in childhood, but Christian Bale has had a history of physical abuse at school. “Several boys beat me for years. They made my life hell by constantly pushing and kicking me,”the actor told People magazine.

Victoria Beckham

She achieved success as a singer and designer, but during her school years she had to endure violence. “They took different things and threw them at me, and I just stood there completely alone. There was no one with me, I had no friends. They pushed me, threatened to beat me up after school, and chased me. All my school years were sheer misery,”Victoria confessed to Elle magazine.

Tom Cruise

By the age of 14, Tom Cruise had changed 15 schools.

By the age of 14, Tom Cruise had changed 15 schools, and in most of them he faced violence. “I'm not particularly big, and I never liked hitting people, but I knew that if I didn't fight back, I would be haunted all year,” the actor told Parade magazine.

Christina Hendrix

The Mad Men star also suffered from child abuse. “I had terrible school years. I went to a very bad school, and I was constantly bullied,”she told the Daily Mirror.

Sandra Bullock

She grew up in Germany and became a celebrity victim of violence after moving to the United States. “I've been through everything. Children are cruel and they said unpleasant things, and the saddest thing is that I still remember the names of the children who were cruel to me,”Bullock admitted to The Huffington Post.