What’s up?
It’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver News and celebs seem super confident when they’re
in the spotlight, but they have fears just like the rest of us.
Though not all stars have normal fears…
Some celebs have unexpected, bizarre phobias.
You’re not gonna wanna miss these, let’s dive into it.
Alright, so we all know despite their fame and fortune, celebs are oftentimes just like
us.
Many stars share similar fears that many other people in the world experience like the fear
of flying, or bugs, or heights.
But some A-Listers have admitted to some straight up weird phobias that will definitely surprise
you.
Let’s start with Liam Payne.
While die hard Directioners might know this one, I feel like we have to kick off this
video by discussing Liam Payne’s fear of spoons.
And no, this has nothing to do with a fear of spooning or cuddling or anything like that.
We’re talking about the kitchen utensil.
Back in 2015 Liam spoke to Capital FM about the origin of this strange fear.
He said quote, “See I’m not so much scared of spoons, I’ll hold one.
But I don’t like eating with them, if they’re not my spoons, if that makes sense."
So where did this spoon phobia come from?
Well, it turns out Liam actually has a pretty legit reason for not liking spoons that aren’t
his own.
Liam revealed that quote, “It is a bit weird.
When I was a kid I was a bit naughty at school and when you were naughty they made you do
the washing up.
I had to wash all these nasty spoons and then it’s just stuck with me after.
I don’t know what people are doing with their spoons, I don’t want to know!”
Honestly, he’s not wrong.
And with the current pandemic, he’s starting to convince me to be scared of spoons too...
Liam doubled down on his fear during an Instagram live earlier this year when he explained
that he was watching an episode of a forensic files show and a fork from a restaurant was
used as evidence.
“and there was two DNA profiles found on the fork, when only one person used it.
So I think that validates my fear of spoons.”
I guess it’s not just spoons now for him…
It seems like any utensil from a restaurant or other public place is going to be a no
go for Mr. Payne.
But Liam certainly isn’t the only celeb with a strange aversion.
Last September, Kylie Jenner made an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres show and answered a
round of Ellen’s burning questions.
When Ellen asked what Kylie is afraid of, she had an oddly specific answer.
“The strangest thing I’m afraid of is like dust in a cup.
I don’t know why.
It’s like one of my pet peeves is like when there’s a lot of dust in a cup and I think
it’s like getting in my system.”
Dust in a cup?!
This leaves us with so many questions, like is this a regular occurrence for Kylie?
If so, why is there so much dust in Kylie’s cups?
Does she never use them?
We need answers.
Kylie’s sister Kendall also has an oddly specific fear, are you ready for this one?
Kendall Jenner is afraid of clusters of small holes or bumps.
If you’re wondering what that means, Kendall explained it for us on her app.
She said quote, “Anyone who knows me knows that I have really bad trypophobia.
Trypophobics are afraid of tiny little holes that are in weird patterns.
Things that could set me off are pancakes, honeycombs or lotus heads (the worst!).
It sounds ridiculous but so many people actually have it!
I can’t even look at little holes — It gives me the worst anxiety.
Who knows what’s in there?”
Hey, I mean, to each their own.
We certainly wouldn’t want to give Kendall tiny hole anxiety.
Though I’m sure she’s had to face her fear of little holes in weird patterns when
it comes to looks she’s worn as a model.
Some celebs have also found ways to cope with their strange fears.
For example, Kristen Bell is absolutely terrified of touching things with the pruney fingers
you get after being in water...
So she wears gloves while swimming.
Her husband Dax Shepard outed Kristen for her fear both on Jimmy Kimmel and on social
media.
On Instagram Dax wrote “My bride wears gloves in the pool because she hates the feeling
of pruney finger tips on skin” alongside the photo of Kristen in gloves.
And while Dax called it a fear, Kristen went back on Jimmy Kimmel and clarified that it’s
more than just a phobia for her.
“Is it proper to call it a phobia?
I’m aware.
I would call it a very serious, undiagnosed, and yet to be discovered medical condition.”
Kristen continued on and joked about her “condition” saying quote, "I'm not ashamed.
In my lifetime I want to remove the stigma for the maybe 10 people who also suffer.
You are not alone!”
So if you are afraid of pruney fingers, Kristen is right there with you!
And while we’re on the topic of wearing gloves to help ease a fear, Khloe Kardashian
also uses gloves to help her with her fear of belly buttons.
I can somewhat understand not being into other people’s belly buttons, but on her app,
Khloe revealed that she’s afraid of her own!
She said quote, “I hate belly buttons.
You can’t touch mine and I don’t want to touch yours.
When I’m in the shower, I wear hand mitts and I scream every time I wash my belly button,
LOL!”
I wonder if Kristen and Khloe shop at the same store for their waterproof gloves…
these are the things that keep me up at night.
Ok moving on, last but not least we have to talk about Rita Ora’s fear of toilets.
While some of these fears are more avoidable like Kendall could just not eat pancakes and
Liam could bring his own spoon to a restaurant… toilets are pretty unavoidable.
Sorry Rita.
Back in 2012, Rita revealed to The Sun why she’s afraid of toilets.
She said quote, “I always feel that when I go to the toilet that something's going
to come out of the bottom.
I have this thing where I think this tunnel must start from somewhere and sometimes I
think, 'What if something comes out of the toilet?'
That's been one of my fears.
I always make sure I put the light on when I go.”
Rita also added that one time when she did try to use a toilet in the dark she fell off.
She said quote, “I was going out with someone at the time and I was trying to be all smooth
and cool and didn't want them to hear me going to the toilet.
So I walked in and couldn't find the light switch, so I went to the toilet in the dark
and I fell on the floor.
He woke up and he said, 'What happened?' and all you could just hear is a crash.”
Yikes, hopefully Rita’s relationship with toilets has uh… improved since then?
Well there you have it guys, if you have any weird fears, hopefully now you feel like you're
in better company!
And if you’re in the mood for a laugh, click right over here to see 9 celebs high on anesthesia
and keep watching Clevver News.
Also, let us know down in the comments below if you share a bizarre fear with any of these
celebs!
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, bye guys!