Adults living with their parents is nothing new.
But when celebs do it, people start to ask questions.
These days, the reality is that most celebs who chose to keep close to their kinfolk are
simply doing it to spread the wealth and share their success.
So we're taking a closer look at these memorable mama's boys and distinguished daddy's girls,
to find out just what makes these living arrangements work.
These are the celebs who still live with their parents.
Michael B. Jordan
Fans were shocked to learn that actor Michael B. Jordan still lives with his parents.
"Can you describe your mother in three words?"
"Loving, embarrassing sometimes, and nurturing.
Very nurturing."
The grown-up star of Creed and Black Panther made the revelation on The Ellen Show, where
he admitted that the arrangement took some getting used to, saying,
"I love my parents, but we have a roommate relationship right now, which is […] interesting.
You get home-cooked meals, but then you also have random trips to the kitchen in the middle
of the night."
Online, Jordan caught some flack for his admission, with one user tweeting on a now-suspended
account: "Michael B Jordan Is A 5'9" Adult Man That Loves Anime & Lives With His Parents….Y'all
Told Me All Of Those Things Were Unacceptable Though."
Jordan then clapped back, "First of All I'm 6 feet and they live with ME, put some respeck
on my name."
This distinction of who lives with who is important.
After all, it was Jordan who paid for the $1.7 million mansion that his family lives
in, according to Realtor.com.
And though it's his house while he lives in it, Jordan told The Times that he bought the
home for his parents, saying,
"[…] it's every kid's dream to buy their mom and dad a house."
Maria Menounos
Successful actress and TV personality Maria Menounos is certainly capable of having her
own home.
That's why many fans were shocked to learn that she still lived with her parents.
The situation was so interesting that they made a reality show about it in 2014, called
Chasing Maria Menounos.
"I wouldn't say I'm living the typical Hollywood life.
I live with my boyfriend of 15 years, and my parents.
Yep.
I just said I live with my parents"
The actress told Ellen,
"I just love the idea that I am able to take these two villagers from Greece, who had no
running water, they didn't have shoes to go to school with, and now they're going to be
famous on TV."
Though the show only lasted one season, the family would continue living together.
But those close quarters led to some difficult moments, according to People, who reported
that Menounos found out she had a benign brain tumor while her mother was battling stage
4 brain cancer.
Menounos made the decision to keep her own condition a secret, until just before her
surgery, in order to not put more stress on her mother.
She told the mag,
"It was awful because we were all living in this house and keeping this secret."
As of 2018, Menounos is in good health, and her mother's condition has stabilized.
Sophie Monk
Most famous for her time as a pop star in the Aussie pop group, Bardot, Sophie Monk
has also done Playboy and won The Celebrity Apprentice Australia.
More recently, she starred in The Bachelorette Australia, but sadly, her relationship with
millionaire Stu Laundy lasted only six months.
During an interview with 9Now's Today, Monk described some major lifestyle changes post-breakup,
saying,
"I have a puppy.
My parents live with me, I've got everything."
Monk actually enjoys having her parents around, telling the Daily Telegraph,
"Mum's been making my bed and we all have dinner together.
[…] I don't want them to ever move out."
"Everyone aspires to go Hollywood, money, fame, and you get there and I'm like, all
of you are depressed and wanna be everyone else.
And that's all I want is normality."
Hailee Steinfeld
When you look at Hailee Steinfeld's blockbuster films, award nominations, and hit records,
it's easy to forget that she turned just 21 in 2017.
But while she's young, she's also rich.
She could easily afford her own place, but as of November 2016, Steinfeld was still living
with her parents.
Why?
The actress admits she gets a little homesick, telling Jimmy Kimmel,
"I have mornings where I wake up and I'm like 'Alright, this is it.
I'm out.'
Then I leave town for a couple weeks and all I ever want to do is come home to a house
full of people."
Still, when Kimmel asked if the parent-child dynamic has changed at all now that she's
a big star, Steinfeld said,
"It's not too different.
I have a little bit more freedom, you know, being 19 and whatnot.
But the room still has to stay clean."
Chrissy Teigen
When model and Lip Sync Battle co-host Chrissy Teigen described her and husband John Legend's
living situation to the press at a Vita Coco event, it certainly raised some eyebrows.
She revealed that her mom lives in her house, and her dad - who's still happily married
to her mom - lives down the street, saying,
"It just works for them.
It's a good family life.
We're all very close, very tight–knit."
Before judging them by what Life & Style says is more than $50 million in combined net worth,
consider how much of a challenge it must be for Teigen and Legend to care for two young
children while maintaining their careers.
If Teigen's mom is willing to help, it sounds like - at least for their house - the more,
the merrier!
"We live on the edge."
"We live on the edge.
We're crazy."