Who's Afraid of What: Celebrity Phobias

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

Oscar winner and just a good actor Colin Firth celebrates today, September 10, his birthday. He turns 54. For many years now, Colin has been suffering from claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces). Congratulating Firth on his birthday, we decided to remember other celebrities who are also susceptible to one or another phobia.

As already mentioned, today's birthday person is afraid of an enclosed space. Colin does not even use the elevator unnecessarily, and if he has to get into the elevator, it is a whole torture for him. Once Firth decided to go down the subway, and it was on that day that the train stood in the tunnel for an hour. According to the actor, that day seemed the worst of his life, because he almost died of fear. By the way, Uma Thurman also suffers from claustrophobia. This fear helped her to perfectly play the episode in the second part of "Kill Bill", where she was buried alive.

Johnny Depp

Fearless "Jack Sparrow", it turns out, also suffers from a phobia. Johnny is madly afraid of clowns and painted faces in general. The actor himself does not remember what his courophobia is connected with, but he tries with all his might to get rid of it. So, a few years ago, he bought a portrait of John Wayne Gacy (a clown who became a serial killer) and hung it in his mansion. Depp is sure that if you face your fear every day, sooner or later you can overcome a psychological problem. In an interview, Johnny said: "Clowns always look as if there is nothing on the other side of the mask, and if there is, it is the face of the devil."

Keanu Reeves

Despite his phobia, Keanu loves horror films and thrillers …

It would seem, what can the star of "The Matrix" be afraid of? It turned out that his phobia is truly childish - Keanu has been afraid of the dark since childhood. In an interview, the actor admitted that his fear is so strong that he even sleeps with the lights on. Despite his phobia, Keanu loves horror films and thrillers …

Orlando Bloom

Johnny Depp's colleague in "Pirates" is shivering with fear of piglets. Their mere sight causes horror in the actor. The fact is that someone made a cruel joke on Bloom, saying that a pig can eat a person. For example, on the set of the historical drama Kingdom of Heaven, Orlando fled from the set when he saw a pig walking outside the pen. Pigs do not frighten the "fearless elf" only in one case: when they are fried in his plate.

Tobey Maguire

The leading actor in Spider-Man is afraid of heights and jumping from heights. Standing on the edge of a building and looking down is simply unbearable for Toby. And jumping in the style of your comic book hero is absolutely impossible. Therefore, the directors during the filming persuaded Maguire for a long time before each scene at their best.

Kirsten Dunst

Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man partner suffers from arachnophobia (fear of spiders).

Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man partner suffers from arachnophobia (fear of spiders). Kirsten is ready to check every centimeter of space around her, just not to stumble upon the terrible arthropods. In an interview, Kirsten admitted: “I cannot stop them. And I don’t want to kill, but I don’t need them in the house. If you see them in the shower, then you can scream, turn on the water and say goodbye to Mr. Spider. But I am always afraid that they will creep in again, attack me and take revenge. I wonder how the directors persuaded the actress to play Spider-Man's girlfriend?

Jennifer Aniston

The star of the sitcom Friends is afraid of flying. After entering the plane, she falls onto a chair, squeezes into it and trembles: “Wine does not save here. There are no such portions of alcohol that could relieve my fear of flying. But due to the frequent flights associated with work, Jennifer still began to fear flying much less.

Emily Blunt

The actress recently admitted that she is frightened by all sorts of images of human copies: figurines, dolls, etc. This weirdness appeared in Emily in her youth, when she saw garden figures of gnomes in the yard of some of her friends.

Tyra Banks

Tyra has experienced a wild horror of dolphins since childhood.

The famous model and TV presenter has been experiencing a wild horror of dolphins since childhood: “I've been afraid of dolphins since I was eight or nine years old. I have dreams: it’s as if I’m in a pool, and the dolphins are pushing me, and I’m very scared.” True, in one of the TV shows, Tyra decided to overcome her fear - she went to the dolphinarium, where she decided to swim with these cute creatures. Since then, Tyra has been proud of her deed and hopes that she overcame her fear, although this has not yet been confirmed.

Oprah Winfrey

One of the most successful TV presenters has an unusual phobia called chiclephobia (fear of chewing gum). This fear appeared in Oprah as a child, when her grandmother strictly forbade her to try gum, and also put it in a row on the table. Little Oprah was so unpleasant that she became afraid of chewing gum. The TV presenter never allows her guests in the studio to chew gum. Everyone follows this rule strictly.

Sergey Zverev

The famous Russian fashion designer, TV presenter and singer is afraid of the evil eye. He is sure that his envious people and admirers constantly wish him ill and plot against him. To avoid the dire consequences of spells, Sergei often goes to church and buys church candles, which he places in every corner of his apartments.

Vitas

The singer is afraid of his fans. This phobia appeared in Vitas not so long ago, during one of his performances.

The singer is afraid of his fans. This phobia appeared in Vitas not so long ago, during one of his performances. The fact is that the artist's fans made their way through the cordon and turned over the bus on which the singer arrived at the concert. Vitas himself was not injured, but his dresser received a serious head injury. Since then, the singer has limited his communication with fans as much as possible, and also hired additional security.

Alla Pugacheva

The prima donna of Russian show business, like Jennifer Aniston, is afraid to fly in an airplane. Several years ago, she had to buy herself a private railway carriage to go on tour. But Alla Borisovna cannot completely abstract herself from the flights, so during the flight she reads a prayer to stay alive: “It's terrible when people die in a plane crash. Especially if you know that there is nowhere to go, and you are in this plane, like in a coffin … But the artists have to fly a lot."

Tatiana Dogileva

Tatiana Dogileva has not watched horror films since childhood, because she is afraid of all mysticism: “I was afraid of all mysticism and evil spirits since childhood! I avoid horror films, science fiction films - such films not only unnerve, but provoke real fears in me. Then I think about all this for a long time, and it torments me."