Feet are basically the cilantro of the body. Some people simply can't get enough of them,
whereas others can't help but recoil in disgust when they're on display. Some of our favorite
celebs absolutely hate feet, including their own. Keep watching to find out who can't stand
to look down at their toes.
Before Meghan Markle married Prince Harry, she was a working actor who, like many working
actors, participated in photo shoots. At one of them, things went awry when the area below
her ankles was included in the shot against her wishes. In May 2020, an anonymous videographer
provided the Daily Mail with some harsh claims about working with Markle on a shoot in 2015.
At this point, a British tabloid covering and picking apart her behavior was nothing
new, but what was unique about this particular story was that the conflict involved her feet.
Although this anecdote should probably be taken with a grain of salt, or perhaps foot
powder, the videographer alleged,
It sure sounds like this was a miscommunication that really stepped on Markle's toes.
Director Quentin Tarantino's apparent obsession with feet is a well-trod subject. So it's
either ironic or perfectly fitting that Uma Thurman, an actress he's worked with on multiple
movies, is among the celebrities who aren't fans of feet. In 2003, while promoting Kill
Bill: Volume 1, she got into the topic while appearing on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.
"You know, in this movie, for instance, it's a lot of foot. That's very embarrassing. The
toe-"
"You don't like seeing your foot?"
"No, I mean, you know."
"What's wrong with your toe?"
"Personally, when it's that big-"
"Sorry, that's just the level in the chair when I move forward."
The subject of Thurman's feet came up again in 2006 when she once more stopped by Ross'
show, as she told the host,
In 2012, Thurman told The Sun that when she was 18, she wasn't confident about her height
or her large feet, as she admitted,
She went on to say that things get easier with age, adding,
"Wiggle your big toe. Wiggle your big toe."
It seems safe to assume that Paris Hilton would not say "that's hot" when trying on
ballet flats. In her 2004 memoir Confessions of an Heiress, she revealed that she isn't
a fan of her feet or the way that they look in certain kinds of footwear. She wrote,
She also noted that she's comfortable in high heels because they shrink how long her feet look, while going on to say,
In 2010, talk show host Wendy Williams recounted a conversation she had with Hilton when she
was a guest on her show. She recalled,
She continued,
"But my opinion is, you know, women with size 10s, 11s, and 12s, unite."
Jason Derulo's dance skills are undeniable, but it appears that years of cutting a rug
have taken a toll on his feet. In February 2020, he told TooFab that he isn't thrilled
with the way his feet look. In fact, when he was asked to name his least favorite physical
attribute, he replied.
Derulo has indeed been giving his joints a workout for quite a long time. In 2009, he
told Billboard that he began dancing when he was five years old, and it evidently was
love at first step. In 2010, he told The Daily Bruin,
In a behind-the-scenes video for the 2019 movie Cats, Derulo spoke about his longtime
passion for singing and dancing. He revealed,
In 2003, while Britney Spears was doing press for her upcoming fourth album, In the Zone,
she told a group of journalists that her feet were just one of the physical attributes she
wasn't particularly in love with. As she put it,
Many years later, one of Spears' feet actually managed to make headlines. In February 2020,
her boyfriend, Sam Asghari, shared on Instagram that the singer had broken her metatarsal
bone while dancing. Spears regularly films her at-home dance sessions, and the particular
session during which she busted her foot was no exception. A few days after Asghari shared
the news of her fall, she posted a video on Instagram of the exact moment that the injury
happened. As she noted in the caption,
We recommend watching, or not watching, at your own discretion.
Even global superstar Beyoncé has moments when she isn't totally feeling herself. While
filming her 2011 concert special A Night with Beyoncé, she reportedly revealed that she
wished she could swap out her feet. As she put it,
Apparently, though, this revelation didn't make it into the final edit of the special.
When People Magazine named Beyoncé the World's Most Beautiful Woman in 2012, she said that
she noticed some changes to her feet since giving birth to her first child. She noted,
But she wasn't sweating it. When asked how she felt about herself at that moment compared
to her 20s, she replied,
Once upon a time, Mandy Moore toured with NSYNC and at some point on that tour, Justin
Timberlake pointed at her feet and said,
It was a moment that she would not soon forget. In 2016, while stopping by The Late Late Show
with James Corden, she was able to laugh about Timberlake calling out her foot size in front
of the rest of the band and their backup dancers. She noted,
"I mean, 16 years later it stuck with me, so it really scarred me emotionally."
"How big are your feet?"
"Size 10, but I'm 5'10."
In 2018, Moore revealed on The Howard Stern Show that Timberlake has since apologized
for that remark. Then in April 2020, the topic of her feet came up again on an episode of
Jimmy Kimmel Live! She pointed out that there is a book called Mandy Moore: The Unofficial
Book that claims she's proud of her big feet, which she has disputed. In fact, she may not
even like feet in general. In 2015, she posted a photo on Instagram of her feet post-toenail
removal and noted,
Keira Knightley reportedly gave her own feet the boot while shooting a movie. According
to a source who spoke to Closer Magazine, the actress brought in a body double for her
feet while filming 2007's Atonement. The source claimed that Knightley's feet were considered,
quote, "too big and veiny." The source also claimed that Knightley was not upset by this,
adding that she apparently believed replacing her feet with someone else's was "really funny."
To paraphrase the old saying, if you can't feet 'em, join 'em.
Knightley has been forthcoming about using body doubles in her movies over the years.
In a 2012 interview with Jonathan Ross, she shared that when it came time to film a scene
for 2005's Domino in which she would be doing a bit of striptease, she asked if she could
have a butt double.
"What were you looking for in a bottom?"
"I was just sort of looking for one that's sort of around the same shape as mine, just
a bit better."
In 2019, Knightley swung by Live with Kelly and Ryan and discussed her decision to ask
for a body double to appear in love scenes for the movie The Aftermath. According to
her, it worked out swimmingly for everyone involved.
"They apparently had a lovely time, and I got to not take my clothes off and eat cake
on the other side of the room."
Charlize Theron is yet another celeb with a few foot-related qualms. Before she became
an A-lister, she was a student at the Joffrey Ballet School, where her feet were put through
the wringer, and they have the battle scars to prove it. In 2003, she was quoted as saying,
What Theron does definitely know is how she feels about unwashed feet. The long and short
of it is: keep your feet clean, or keep them away from her. In 2017, she told Variety,
In classic Quentin Tarantino fashion, his 2019 film Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood
features dynamic action sequences, homages to classic cinema, and plenty of shots of
bare feet. When Margaret Qualley first learned that her character's feet would be propped
up on a dashboard in one scene, she had some concerns. While promoting the film, she spoke
several times about the experience of showing her feet. She told Paper Magazine,
When speaking with IndieWire, Qualley shared,
"I genuinely was like, 'Quentin, this is a bad idea. I don't have good feet.'"
Additionally, she told W magazine,
And when talking with The Hollywood Reporter, she made her feelings as clear as day:
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