We often want to be like celebrities. But behind the bright flashes of cameras, red carpets and ceremonies, we don’t notice at all that these people are no different from us. Lady.tsn decided to talk about the most ridiculous phobias of stars.
Kristen Stewart is afraid of horses
Kristen Stewart
The star of the Twilight saga, Kristen Stewart, is very afraid of dying under the hooves of a horse. The girl has been afraid of these cute animals since childhood. Once, as a result of a fall from a horse, Kristen broke her arm, after this incident, the star swore off riding. But sometimes for the sake of filming a movie, she struggles with her fear. For example, in the film, Stewart had to portray a warlike princess who fights for her happiness on horseback. Supermodel Tyra Banks is afraid of dolphins, and actor Orlando Bloom can't stand the sight of pigs.
David Beckham doesn't like cats
David Beckham
Football player David Beckham has a very strange phobia. He is afraid of mice and cats. Because of this, he forbids his wife Victoria to have a fluffy pet. It always seems to David that with the appearance of a cat in his house, mice will definitely appear there. So it's up to Vicky for now. The star couple has two of them - the English bulldog Coco and the French bulldog Scarlett. By the way, Victoria herself also has a phobia: a mother of many children is afraid of lung cancer. Once Victoria took part in a social campaign telling people about the dangers of self-tanning, and was so frightened by what she heard that she decided to give it up forever herself.
Pamela Anderson is afraid of mirrors
Pamela Anderson
And the series "Rescuers Malibu" Pamela Anderson does not hide that she does not like mirrors terribly. For some reason, the actress is afraid to see her own reflection in the mirror, although there is something to see there. And when he sees a film with his participation on TV, he immediately switches the channel.
Jolie and Pitt are afraid of kidnapping
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
Another large family, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, are seriously worried about their six children. Stars live in constant fear that their children are in danger and may be kidnapped. In addition, Angie is terrified of cancer. Oncophobia developed in the actress after the death of her mother, who had cancer. Now Jolie is trying to undergo medical examinations as often as possible.
Stars who are afraid of insects
Nicole Kidman
Many of the celebrities do not hesitate to admit that they are afraid of insects. For example, Justin Timberlake, Johnny Depp and Russian TV series star Anna Snatkina are afraid of spiders. Actress Nicole Kidman can't stand butterflies, although she tries to fight her fear. At the American Museum of Natural History, the star entered a cage with butterflies and even allowed them to sit on her. However, even this method did not work. Scarlett Johansson and Philip Kirkorov are afraid of cockroaches. Director Woody Allen is also scared to death of insects, and he is also scared of heights, crowds, bright colors and the sun, cancer, transportation, children, bathrooms and deer. Why a person has so many phobias is not clear, but for 76 years the director has been living with them safely.
Johnny Depp doesn't like clowns
Johnny Depp
Hollywood sex symbol Johnny Depp is afraid of clowns. It seems to him that under their mask lies real evil. Probably, his children never visited a single circus performance. Nevertheless, Depp is serious about getting rid of the phobia. He hangs posters of hateful clowns everywhere and believes that in this way he will be able to overcome his fear.
Anna Semenovich is afraid of the dark and rats
Anna Semenovich
Russian singer Anna Semenovich panicked. But sometimes, when you need to come to the shooting at dawn, Anna has to put up with her phobia. In addition, Semenovich carries wet wipes with him everywhere, as he is afraid of picking up some kind of infection. Actor Keanu Reeves also suffers from darkness. The guy, by the way, also shudders from every phone call, as he is afraid of losing his voice.
But what is the fear of the dark compared to. If in a dark room you can at least turn on the light, then it is much more difficult for a person who is afraid of the elements. Of the stars, Russian TV presenter Lera Kudryavtseva suffers from a fear of thunderstorms.
Many or just have a fear of heights. Wuppy Goldberg, for example, has not been flying since the age of 13 because of this, and Alla Pugacheva rents a whole railway car.
Stars who are afraid of water
Christina Orbakaite
The water element is also not to the liking of all celebrities. It is especially difficult for actors who somehow encounter water on the set. For example, Kristina Orbakaite, filming in the film "Love-Carrot", until the last day delayed the moment when she would have to jump into the water.
Experiences fear at the sight of reservoirs and TV presenter Valdis Pelsh. Actor Russell Crowe suffers from severe seasickness due to severe psychological trauma as a child. His boat ran out of fuel and was forced to hang out at sea until he was rescued. Audrey Hepburn almost drowned at the age of eight. Swimming in the pond, the girl got entangled in algae and miraculously managed to get ashore. After this incident, she was tormented by a nightmare all her life, as if she was covered by a wave. Handsome Ashton Kutcher also admitted that he never liked the water and can only swim like a dog. But with his girlfriend Mila Kunis often spends time on the seas. Maybe Mila will not only lure him to the registry office, but also teach him how to swim?
What can I say, if the most seemingly fearless actor of all time - Jackie Chan, admitted that he was afraid of water.
Stars who are afraid of elevators
Steven Spielberg
Well, and finally, a little about those who are afraid to ride in an elevator because of a fear of heights or claustrophobia. Director Steven Spielberg never rides alone in an elevator, and if he has the opportunity to walk, he does it with pleasure. Avoids elevators due to fear of heights, the performer of the role of the fearless Rimbaud Sylvester Stallone. He also avoids flights.
But the hero of the Twilight saga, Robert Pattinson, has the most amusing phobia. The actor avoids the number thirteen, and if a black cat crosses the road, he bypasses this place by the tenth road.
One of the most common phobias in humans is the fear of various animals, birds and insects. And the most popular of them:
arachnophobia is the fear of spiders and lepidopterophobia is the fear of butterflies. These fluttering beauties cause real horror in. The actress said: “When I was a child, if I came home from school and saw a butterfly sitting on the gate, I climbed over the fence - if only not to approach it.” Arachnophobia suffers from Justin Timberlake, who is also afraid of snakes and sharks. Sharks are afraid of both Jennifer Love Hewitt and Christina Ricci. Moreover, Christina's fear of sharks is associated with natatorophobia - the fear of pools. “I will never swim in the pool of my own free will,” the actress admits. “It seems to me that a secret door will open there and a shark will swim out of there.”
Very unusual - porkuphobia - Orlando Bloom. The actor is afraid of pigs. Once on the set, he was frightened by a pig that got out of the pen. Bloom hid so quickly and so securely that for some time the entire film crew was looking for him.
And "Twilight vampire" Robert Pattinson, a famous dog lover, is afraid of cats. Moreover, he does not have felinophobia, but negrofelinophobia - he is afraid of black cats. And especially those who run across his path. Pattinson's ex-lover Kristen Stewart eschews horses. On the set of Snow White and the Huntsman, the actress, with the help of a doctor, struggled with panic attacks before scenes in which she had to ride a horse. And, like him, suffers from blattaphobia - the fear of cockroaches. Scarlett recalled with a shudder that once on the set, a red-haired mustachioed man was on her face, and his relatives were in things. The actress nearly died of disgust! Since then, even a cockroach running past at a distance of a meter terrifies her.
Panically afraid of any insects "dauntless cowboy" Clint Eastwood! By the way, the hero of Westerns Eastwood is allergic to horse sweat, and on all shootings, before getting into the saddle, he has to drink pills and give injections.
Douglas and hairy women
Many fears are rooted in childhood and are related to other people or family relationships. Before once again scaring a child with a beech, think about whether this will lead to the development of boogiephobia - the fear of imaginary monsters. still afraid of the "monsters under the bed" that might grab her leg when she goes to bed. Achluophobia comes from childhood and is the fear of the dark. Jennifer Lopez, for example, admits that in each room of her house there are several switches so that you can turn on the light at any time. Both Anna Semenovich and Keanu Reeves feel uncomfortable in a dark place.
But the strangest phobia is the fear of hairy female armpits - Michael Douglas. It's called hirsutophobia. Douglas admitted: “It’s stupid, but until the age of 16 I never saw hair under the armpits of women. And then one day I saw them - a woman from Eastern Europe.
I experienced shock! I still have them before my eyes.
And the grandmother of TV presenter Oprah Winfrey scolded her so much in her childhood because of chewing gum that the girl developed chiclephobia. Oprah does not chew gum herself and hates when someone does it next to her. The telediva is especially infuriated if people leave chewing gum on a plate or, God forbid, stick to furniture.
Red and Sean Connery
The most difficult life in the world is for those stars whose phobias are associated with material things. Billy Bob Thornton has anti-cophobia: he can't stand old furniture. “I get creepy with old things,” the actor explains. “I can smell antiques a mile away. I can't stand furniture from the time of Louis XIV. You know, those huge old gilded chairs with velvet upholstery. These things have their own energy. And it's not that dusty. Nor can I use old silverware, like those big old and heavy forks and knives. Things from the 18th and 19th centuries from England and France simply terrify me, especially the harpsichords.”
Helen Mirren also suffers from telephonophobia. Talking on the phone is torture for them. And TV phobia. “I don’t turn on the TV when I’m alone in the room,” the actress admits. “I think it could explode at any moment.” Matthew McConaughey suffers from turaphobia - he is afraid of revolving doors. It is a torment for him to enter luxury hotels. Scot Sean Connery can't stand red traffic lights. If the actor is driving a car or crossing the road, then at the sight of a red signal he is thrown into a fever, his hands get cold and for several moments he cannot collect his thoughts and continue moving.
Born to crawl Tobey Maguire
The leading man in the movie "Spider-Man" suffers from acrophobia - fear of heights and jumping from a height. During filming, the actor had to tune in for a long time before each scene. Uma Thurman, like , has claustrophobia. It took all of Quentin Tarantino's devilish charm to coax the actress onto the scene in Kill Bill 2 where she is buried alive. Sexy “Malibu rescuer” Pamela Anderson tries to look at herself in the mirror as little as possible. She suffers from eisoptrophobia, the fear of mirror surfaces and her own reflection. For a beautiful woman, this is a real punishment.
Jim Carrey has a very unusual phobia for an actor - he is afraid that he will be filmed with a hidden camera. In all the hotel rooms where the comedian stays, he demands to remove the shades to make sure that the lens is not hidden there.
Actresses and Carmen Electra have a hard time if the script contains some episodes related to the seas or oceans. They have thalassophobia. Elektra courageously struggled with herself during the filming of the television series Baywatch. “I am terrified every time I am near the ocean,” the actress lamented.
Another scourge for people whose lives are connected with constant traveling around the world is aviophobia. It affects Cher, Billy Bob Thornton, Whoopi Goldberg, Lars von Trier, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, Megan Fox and Sean Bean. The latter flew a lot during the filming of The Lord of the Rings. And after he had to get to one of the places in New Zealand by helicopter, he swore that he would never set foot on board a turntable again in his life.
Many actresses are often haunted by gerascophobia - the fear of getting old and wrinkled. Jessica Biel, for example, honestly admits that she constantly thinks about it.
Cowardly Woody Allen
As you know, cowards have nothing to do in hockey, but in the cinema they have expanse.
The more brilliant the director, the more strange and bizarre his phobias can be. For example, Alfred Hitchcock - a classic thriller - in ordinary life was very afraid of cars and ... eggs. In general, oval-shaped objects caused panic in the master. Cartoonist Walt Disney, whose name is associated with Mickey Mouse, suffered from musophobia - the fear of mice. The future symbol of the company was drawn by the artist Ab Iverks, and Disney decided to voice it in the first sound cartoon in 1928.
Subsequently, in order to combat the phobia, he voiced Mickey Mouse several times.
He suffers from entomophobia - cannot stand insects, Stephen King has acrophobia - fear of heights. Lars von Trier, in order to keep up with his comrades in the shop, said in an interview that he was afraid of everything in the world, except for cinema.
The record holder among colleagues is, who has almost two dozen phobias. “I don't like going up in an elevator. I don't drive through tunnels. I prefer the shower drain to be in the corner rather than in the center,” says Woody. Also, the famous director is afraid of children, bad people, crowds, bright flowers, daylight, deer, diseases, dogs, confined spaces, heights, insects, pleasures (because you have to pay something for good), poisons, dirt, communication with sellers, taxi drivers, waiters, etc. By the way, Woody Allen's ripophobia - the fear of infection and dirt - is so developed that he does not take a bath. When Allen began dating actress Mia Farrow and decided to spend the weekend at her country house, he returned to New York on the first evening, as there was no shower in the house.
Bruce Willis' little weakness
While someone is terrified of going bald or wrinkled, David Beckham controls the order in the world around him. David has ataxophobia, the fear of chaos. The football player likes to have things in the dressing room carefully arranged according to seasons, colors and textures. The Beckham family's fridge is always in perfect order. And if the head of the family notices, for example, an odd number of bottles of juice, he immediately takes out the “extra” from the refrigerator.
Another brutal man, Steven Seagal, is more than anything else afraid of being poisoned, so he goes to restaurants with his appliances, and carefully inspects and sniffs the food that is served to him. But the beauty demands that restaurants disinfect not only dishes, but also tables and chairs. Fearless actor and stuntman Jackie Chan is terrified of swimming. The same can be said about Ashton Kutcher, who has repeatedly admitted that he is very bad on the water.
The inhabitant of the musical Olympus is afraid of the toilets used by other people. In Madonna's rider, it is written that in the room of any hotel where she stays, all plumbing must be changed. In addition, a special team of people travels with Madonna, who, after the departure of the star, make sure that the toilets are dismantled. The second fad in Madonna's head is the fear that someone will get parts of her body for cloning.
And a colleague of Madonna Beyoncé demands that the toilets in her house, studio, etc. are cleaned multiple times throughout the day.
There is also a small weakness in the “hard nut” Bruce Willis. The actor does not like to go on stage in front of the audience. The same, by the way, suffer Leonardo DiCaprio and Catherine Deneuve. He can hardly bring himself to speak in front of a large audience and Hugh Grant, so he avoids talk shows. The singer and actress suffered from anthropophobia for a long time - she was afraid of crowds of people. When her popularity was only gaining momentum, Barbra performed in New York's Central Park. There was no separate stage, the audience was pushing from all sides, and Barbra even forgot the words to the song. For several decades after that, she was afraid to perform in large halls. The star had to take up her phobia seriously in the early 1990s, when she began to go on world tours.
The writer also suffered from a phobia of public speaking in her youth. Apparently, in connection with this, she rewarded the heroes of the Harry Potter books with all sorts of fears. Ron is horrified by spiders, Hermione is kakorraphiophobia (fear of failure), Harry Potter is afraid of the very feeling of fear. And almost all the characters in the book suffer from onomatophobia - the fear of a certain name or word, so they say about Voldemort: "He-who-must-not-be-named."
Stars are also people, they are characterized by joys and fears, like all of us (11 photos)However, sometimes, many phobias of stars are surprising. Today I will tell you about the rare fears of the stars.
1. Pamela Anderson and mirrors
Pamela Anderson has long suffered from a rare fear - eisoptrophobia. The actress does not hide this fear of hers. In addition to being afraid of mirrors, Pamela does not like to watch her films on TV, always changing the channel if they are shown. (Getty Images)
2. Kristen Stewart and horses
Kristen Stewart has repeatedly said that she hates horses. This fear haunts the girl since childhood after a fall from a horse, which led to a fracture of her elbow. However, for the filming of the new film Snow White and the Huntsman, Kristen had to overcome her fear. Portraying a warlike princess who is ready to fight for her happiness, the girl tried not to think about her phobia. According to her, the actress resigned herself to the idea that if she was destined to die under the hooves of a horse, then so be it.
3. Billy Bob Thornton and antique furniture
Billy Bob Thornton's phobia will seem rather strange to many. After all, this man wore a flask filled with the blood of Angelina Jolie around his neck, gave her a piece of land in the cemetery, and spoke in every possible way about their sexual games. The glory of a strong guy always accompanied him. However, Billy is afraid of antique furniture. Funny, isn't it? In addition to furniture, planes, plastic appliances and the Komodo dragon catch up with fear on the actor. And if the fear of a monitor lizard is easily explained by its poisonousness, then the furniture is to blame. Billy Bob admits that antique American furniture does not scare him as much as the French of the times of Louis XIV. Moreover, the actor assures that he can easily distinguish a fake.
4. Orlando Bloom and pigs
The idol of millions of girls around the world, handsome Orlando Bloom, has a very specific phobia. The actor cannot bear the sight of pigs. The fearless hero on the screen, in life, at the sight of a pig, tries to retire. As it was during the filming of the movie "Kingdom of Heaven", when she ran out of the pig out of the pen.
5. Nicole Kidman and butterflies
Another strange phobia that actress Nicole Kidman suffers from is the fear of butterflies. This fear haunts Nicole since childhood. The actress recalls that if she saw a butterfly on the gate of her house, then she crawled under them or climbed the fence from the other side, so as not to face her nightmare. However, we must pay tribute to Nicole: she tried to fight this fear. At the American Museum of Natural History, she entered a cage of butterflies, allowing them to sit on her. According to the actress, this method did not work.
6. Christina Ricci and houseplants
The spectrum of Christina Richie's fears is quite wide: she is afraid of indoor plants, pools and sharks. The actress says that indoor plants seem "dirty" to her, they drive her crazy.
7. Tyra Banks and the Dolphins
For many people, dolphins are cute creatures. For Tyra Banks, they are the heroes of her nightmares. To overcome this strange phobia, she specially went to the dolphinarium, where she conducted a course of dolphin therapy and even kissed them. After that, Tyra stated that she was quite capable of controlling her fear.
8. Oprah and gum
Scientifically, Oprah Winfrey's fear sounds like chiclephobia. Most likely, this fear came from childhood, when Oprah was forbidden to take chewing gum from her grandmother's locker. A popular TV presenter is so afraid of chewing gum that she forbids chewing it not only in the studio, but also at home. Oprah recalls that once she had to throw out a plate on which her guest put her gum during dinner.
9. Carmen Electra and water
The Baywatch star is afraid of water. According to the actress, next to the water, she begins to panic.
10 Johnny Depp And The Clowns
Actor Johnny Depp has a fear of clowns. However, the actor does not give up and tries to overcome this phobia: everywhere he hangs posters depicting clowns, believing that by surrounding himself with his fear, he will be able to overcome it.
11. Woody Allen and...everything
Woody Allen's phobias are as varied as they are bizarre. He is afraid of insects, heights, crowds and cancer, sunlight, bright colors, children and deer. The director is afraid of transport, hates bathrooms. He conveyed his fear of living somewhere far from Manhattan to one of his characters in the Annie Hall paintings.
All human fears often accompany us from early childhood to old age. And they are subject to both weak-willed and strong successful people. The richest and most famous of this world, due to hard work and a series of stresses, perhaps suffer from phobias more than ordinary people. The presence of such fears makes them vulnerable, from which most celebrities try to hide their weaknesses. But, as a rule, the more carefully you try to hide, the more obvious it becomes.
Consider the most common fears of world stars.
Jennifer Aniston is afraid of flying
Popular comedian Jennifer Aniston has a fear of flying. But because of her work, she constantly has to use the services of air transport, she came up with her own way to overcome the phobia. She enters the plane only with her right foot, and before that she knocks her fist on the board three times. A bit zabobonno, but it really helps her cope with stress.Justin Bieber is claustrophobic
The favorite of teen girls around the world, American singer Justin Bieber, suffers from claustrophobia, which means the fear of closed spaces. He avoids any cramped spaces in every possible way, including the elevator. Whatever the floor of the skyscraper, Justin climbs only on foot. This phobia appeared to him just because of the elevator, in which he got stuck and sat for several hours.
Madonna is afraid of the dark and thunder
Pop queen Madonna has always hid the presence of any weaknesses, but her ex-husband Guy Ritchie once blabbed to the press that she still has them. And the singer is afraid of ... darkness and thunder.
Cameron Diaz is afraid of doorknobs
Actress Cameron Diaz suffers from a very unusual phobia. She is afraid of door handles, namely, dirt and germs on them. She never touches handles in public places without gloves, and if they are not, then her security guard opens the door for her. In addition, Cameron never shakes hands with anyone, and all because of the same germs.
Orlando Bloom is afraid of pigs and... pork
American handsome Orlando Bloom is not the fearless Will Turner and Legolas. In real life, he is afraid of ... pigs, which makes him not even eat pork. His phobia came to light during the filming of Kingdom of Heaven when a pig suddenly left the fence. Noticing the animal, the actor began to scream and ran away.
Lady Gaga is afraid of small children and mobile phones
But the shocking queen Lady Gaga is scared by small children and mobile phones. With the first ones, she feels confused and does not know how to behave. But the subject of mobile communications is capable of producing brain cancer, which is why she uses it only in cases of real need.
David Beckham is afraid of the mess
The famous football player David Beckham is obsessed with the arrangement of food in the refrigerator. Products must necessarily lie exactly in the correct order, otherwise he will not be able to sleep at night. This is called ataxophobia, the fear of disorder. All things in David's wardrobe are carefully sorted by colors and brands. In addition, he feels discomfort in front of odd numbers. The question arises, what did his parents do with him as a child?
Fear of germs
There is a widespread phobia of microbes among stars. In addition to the aforementioned Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts is also afraid of them. She demands that in the restaurant, before she sits on a chair, it is thoroughly disinfected. And Jennifer Lopez carries her own sheets with her, not trusting laundries even in expensive hotels.
Fear of terrorists
After the attacks around the world, many celebrities have become afraid of an attack or a surprise attack by terrorists. Madonna even built an underground tunnel from her villa that leads to Miami Bay, where workers are on duty around the clock near the yacht in order to have time to evacuate the star. And Robert de Niro erected a twenty-meter tower with modern technology to monitor the situation around the perimeter.
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow stocked up on food, batteries, flashlights and masks in case of a bombing or doomsday.
Jim Carrey fears he's being watched all the time
Cheerful and positive on the screen, Jim Carrey is a real paranoid in real life. The actor is afraid that he is being watched all the time. Therefore, in the hotel rooms that he shoots, there are no lampshades where one could hide the camera, and doors and windows must be closed from the inside. When checking in, Kerry himself checks all the coals of the room with a special device.
Sharon Stone is afraid of electrical appliances
Fatal beauty Sharon Stone is afraid of electrical appliances. To overcome fear, she even visits a psychoanalyst. The actress is afraid to turn on the TV on her own, as she believes that it will explode.
Sarah Michelle Gellar is afraid of cemeteries
The main winner of the vampires Sarah Michelle Gellar incredibly afraid of cemeteries, where most of the episodes of the famous series were filmed. At first, she had to deal with her phobia, but after gaining fame, she demanded that a cemetery set be created in the studio's pavilion. 
Johnny Depp is afraid of clowns
The main pirate of Hollywood Johnny Depp is afraid of clowns. It always seemed to the actor that real evil was hiding behind the artist's smile. As a child, he had nightmares about clowns. To overcome this phobia, in his adult life, Johnny hung a portrait of the famous clown Wayne Gacy, who actually turned out to be a serial maniac. Maybe Depp's fears are not entirely groundless?
Sean Conery is afraid of traffic lights
Chief James Bond Sean Conery is afraid of traffic lights, namely red. It seems to the actor that he will not be able to slow down in time and will have an accident. Fear arose in him after the accident in which his father died. To avoid stress, Conery takes a taxi or walks. 
Chuck Noris is afraid of alcohol
The fearless superhero of many generations of cinephiles Chuck Noris is afraid of alcohol. The actor himself never drinks alcohol, he can’t even stand the smell of booze. Noris' father was an alcoholic and tyrant, and although he died 50 years ago, the actor still has a fear of drunk people.
Schwarzenegger is afraid of the needle
The famous Terminator is afraid of the smallest thing - a needle, whether it is medical or sewing. Schwarzenegger avoids cuts in every possible way so that they do not have to be sewn up later.
Penelope Cruz is afraid of a fashion show on the red carpet
The Spanish beauty Penelope Cruz suffers from a truly stellar phobia - she is afraid of fashion shows on the red carpet and for some time even thought about stopping attending all public events.
Oprah Winfrey suffers from a fear of chewing gum
American television host and actress Oprah Winfrey suffers from a fear of chewing gum. This fear haunts her from an early age, as her grandmother often chewed, but did not throw away the gum, but glued it to furniture. Winfrey herself never chews gum and has banned it for all staff at the studio where her show is filmed.
Nicole Kidman is afraid of butterflies
Australian actress Nicole Kidman is afraid of ... butterflies. Harmless insects introduce her into a state of panic, from which Kidman avoids outdoor recreation in every possible way.
Robbie Williams was afraid of cartoons
British singer Robbie Williams actively visited a psychologist to overcome the fear of cartoons. Even as a child, Williams would hide when animated films were shown on TV. Scooby Doo scared him the most. For a long time he avoided everything animated, but, in the end, the singer managed to get rid of his fear. 
What scares you the most?
Phobias are an irrational, uncontrollable and obsessive fear that affects millions of people around the world. And famous Hollywood stars are no exception. They suffer not only from completely harmless claustrophobia, which occurs in every second inhabitant of the planet, but also from phobias that are much more unusual. It can also be an unjustified fear of old furniture, completely harmless pigs or houseplants. So, today about those strange phobias that prevent the famous and famous from living.
Kristen Stewart
Kristen's fear of horses is understandable and justified - when she was 9 years old, the girl fell while riding and broke her elbow. She admitted this at a press conference dedicated to the film "Snow White and the Huntsman." It's not hard to imagine how hard the numerous riding scenes in this film were for her.
Here is what she herself said during her interview:
I was just trying to be abstract. I wanted to be in the movie so badly that I thought, if I'm going to die because of a horse, then so be it.
Kristen honestly took riding lessons before filming and showed herself perfectly in the film as a rider. For the sake of a good role, she was able to overcome herself and shoot hundreds of takes in the saddle, but her fear of horses never went away.
Orlando Bloom
The fearless elf and pirate on the screens is not so brave in real life. Orlando suffers from a strange phobia all his life - he is afraid of pigs. For example, on the set of the epic story "Kingdom of Heaven", the not-quite-brave actor and audience favorite quickly fled the set at the sight of one pig that skillfully escaped from the pen.
Johnny Depp
Appearing on the screen in a whole string of strange images - vampires, pirates, crazy - Johnny Depp managed to earn himself a very strange phobia. What exactly affected the appearance of fear of clowns, the actor himself does not know, but honestly admits:
I hung pictures of clowns everywhere, even though they scare me. I thought that if I surrounded myself with them, the fear would go away.
Tyra Banks
But TV presenter and model Tyra Banks has a terrible fear of a wave of harmless dolphins. For some reason, cute, smart and kind animals that save people in the ocean inspire Tyra with panic horror. In one of her shows, the supermodel honestly tried to overcome her phobia - she went to the dolphinarium, where she had the opportunity to swim with these wonderful animals. Tyra is very proud of this act and admits:
Now I hope I don't panic when I see a dolphin while snorkeling, swallow water and drown
Nicole Kidman
The famous actress once admitted that she has been afraid of butterflies all her life. Why she did not like the most beautiful creatures on the planet remains unknown. But the star has been afraid of them literally since childhood and even tried to overcome her fear:
I went into a cage with butterflies at the American Museum of Natural History, they sat on me, but it did not help. I had to jump from planes, cockroaches crawled on me - I did a lot of things, but butterflies are too much for me
David Beckham
The most famous football player and the famous sex symbol of the planet David Beckham also has his skeletons in the closet. Literally. His fear is directly related to cabinets and other furniture, because he has a very unusual phobia - the fear of clutter. In the world of science, there is even a special abstruse term “ataxophobia” for such a phenomenon. The wife of a football player, Victoria, once admitted to reporters that her husband does not tolerate even a hint of disorder, eternal purity reigns in his wardrobe, and clothes are sorted by color.
Oprah Winfrey
One of the most successful and famous TV presenter on American television also has an unusual phobia with the strange name "chiclephobia". Under this incomprehensible word lies an even more incomprehensible phobia - the fear of chewing gum. Oprah herself admitted that this fear comes from childhood, as her grandmother strictly forbade her granddaughter to try harmful chewing gum. The star never allows her guests to chew gum in the studio, and this rule is always strictly observed during her show.
Billy Bob Thornton
The famous musician and actor suffers from several phobias at once: fear of antique furniture and bright, saturated colors. I'm afraid to imagine what might happen to Billy if his two fears were combined in one object.
The actor himself admits that the second fear of antique furniture bothers him. Once the musician found himself in an old restaurant, fully furnished with a rarity, and in such an environment, he not only could not eat, but also began to choke.
Pamela Anderson
But the spectacular and buxom blonde can not calmly look in the mirror. And for such a strange phobia, scientists have come up with their own name - eisoptrophobia. All people have their own reasons for the appearance of such an unexpected fear. but in the case of Pamela, one should not look for any mystical overtones. The sex symbol of America simply does not like his reflection:
Yes, I have such a phobia, I do not like mirrors. I also don't like watching myself on TV. If I see myself on the screen, I just change the channel or leave the room.
