We've all met someone before that had a bit of a...well....aroma – to put it lightly.
Now, nobody wants to be rude, but the fact of the matter is some people have a bit more
of an odor to them than others.
There are a variety of reasons why some individuals might give off an off-putting smell.
Unfortunately, there are humans out there that are suffering from medical conditions
that might result in a foul-smelling scent, while others, simply put, bring it upon themselves
through poor hygiene.
When we see celebrities strutting their stuff out on the red carpet looking prim, proper,
and drop-dead gorgeous, it's difficult to imagine that some of them might have poor
personal hygiene habits.
But there are quite a few stars that are not only filthy rich but also are truly just downright
filthy.
Join Facts Verse as we take a look at a few celebrities that infamously smell like our
old friend Pepe Le Pew.
Some of them have even had complaints lodged against them by a few of their fellow stars.
Up first, we have an actor from Hollywood's Golden Age who practically everyone and their
mother had a crush on back in the day.
But as it turns out, he didn't actually take very good care of himself.
Clark Gable
Often referred to as 'The King of Hollywood', Clark Gable starred in more than 60 films
in multiple genres throughout his decades-spanning career in the spotlight.
In addition to winning the Academy Award for Best Actor in Frank Capra's romantic 1934
comedy It Happened One Night alongside the lovely Claudette Colbert, Gable famously played
Rhett Butler opposite the voluptuous Vivien Leigh in the 1939 classic Gone With The Wind.
Although Gable and Vivien's Scarlett O'Hara character appeared to have an uncanny measure
of on-screen chemistry, Leigh said that she hated having to kiss Gable.
The Manhattan Melodrama star wore false teeth, and evidently, at least according to Leigh,
his dentures smelled, as she put it 'something awful'.
Now, that's not to say that dentures are always to blame for bad breath.
Anyone that owns a pair knows just how crucial it is to keep them clean.
But maybe back in the 30s, they hadn't yet invented cleaning products such as Polident.
Who knows!
Jennifer Aniston
This beloved Tinseltown star has at least one glaring flaw that has earned her a spot
in this video.
She's notorious for having pretty strong 'coffee breath', which is evidently so bad that on
one occasion, actor Jason Bateman, who worked on both films The Switch and The Change-up
with her, literally had to stop kissing the Friends actress while filming a steamy love
scene because he could no longer bear the smell of her breath any longer.
Beyond Bateman, she also had kissing scenes with Alec Baldwin while guest-starring on
30 Rock, and the currently embattled actor reportedly was quite blunt about her smelly
breath.
He even went as far as to say that the experience was 'painful'.
Alec was additionally quoted as saying that he didn't know how every man who has had to
make out with her in TV shows and films managed to do it.
So this should serve as a warning to all of your future Aniston co-stars out there.
Coffee is certainly a good thing, but so is a Tic-Tac.
Sophia Loren
Godfather actor Marlon Brando ended up getting himself into a lifelong feud with actress
Sophia Loren after complaining that the starlet's love for Italian food made her breath smell,
as he bluntly put it, “worse than a dinosaur's.
While filming their first on-screen kiss for the 1967 film A Countess From Hong Kong, the
Marriage Italian Style actress suddenly pulled away from Brando's arms in a fury, telling
the crew that he had just whispered to her that she had long hairs growing out of her
nostrils.
The bad blood between the two stars was revealed in two books that were published ten years
after Brando's death in 2004 at the age of 80.
In the book Sophia Loren: A Biography, written by author Warren G. Harris, we learned that
Brando offended Loren the very first time that they met.
As soon as he stepped into her dressing room out on the Paramount lot, he took one look
at her paintings and told her that she was sick, emotionally disturbed, and needed to
see a shrink.
After that infamous dumpster fire of a first on-screen kiss, Charlie Chaplin, the director
of the feature, reportedly was able to console Loren enough for her to agree to do a couple
more takes.
But things only went downhill from there.
On the third take, Brando chomped down on Loren's lip so hard that it bled.
From then on, every other love scene that they appeared in together, according to Chaplin,
involved Brando and Loren clutching each other as if they were “embracing a werewolf”.
Johnny Depp
Depp has perfected the traveling hobo look.
But unfortunately, the aesthetic which has worked so well for him in the Pirates of the
Caribbean film franchise isn't just limited to a look.
While filming those swashbuckling films, Depp allegedly refused to shower in order to stay
true to the appearance and vibe of his Captain Jack Sparrow character.
He would also seldom brush his teeth, but then again, pirates have never really been
known for their oral hygiene, now have they?
While filming The Tourist, apparently Angelina Jolie found his breath to be so rancid that
she asked him to freshen up with a little Listerine before offering him a handful of
mints.
Brad Pitt
Does anyone else smell wet dog?
Oh wait, that's probably just Brad.
Instead of doing what normal people do by buying a stick of Old Spice or investing in
a nice bottle of cologne, apparently, Brad Pitt prefers to keep things au natural by
lathering on his own homemade brew of lemons, water, and apple cider vinegar.
While that might be a fitting thing to do if you plan on going to Burning Man or a Rainbow
Gathering, here in the real world, we actually have these little things called noses.
While he has been called the 'Sexiest Man Alive' on more than one occasion, reportedly,
Brad is a bit paranoid about modern chemicals.
While it's perfectly okay to be a little cautious about what you choose to put on your body
– because after all, it is your temple – there are other ways to deal with BO other than
resorting to hippie-dippie non-effective home remedies.
And yes, we're fully prepared to hear all about your eucalyptus and cucumber stench-fighting
concoctions in the comments section, so have at it.
But at least while you're furiously typing away about how wrong we are about lemon juice
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Anyway, Brad Pitt claims that he has 'read up on the toxins of soap', especially those
of the anti-bacterial variety, and feels that using them as well as deodorant is not only
bad for the environment but also bad for the body.
He claims that such items, in fact, speed up the aging process.
Not only does Pitt's pits smell, but he once even encouraged his co-star Eli Roth to take
what's sometimes referred to as a “whore bath” - a shower with wet wipes.
And to minimize what odor his underarms do produce; evidently, Brad shaves his armpits
as he says “just a girl would”.
Again, that would all be fine and dandy if it weren't for the fact that his “techniques”
aren't actually cutting the mustard.
Angelina Jolie, Pitt's ex-wife, wasn't a big fan of her former lover's natural methods.
The Enquirer even reported that their children started calling him 'Stinky Daddy'.
They thought the nickname was so fitting that Maddox and Zahara Pitt even worked together
to change their father's Facebook username to the phrase.
Pax and Shiloh found their dad's aroma to be so vile that they once even surrounded
him and pelted him with bricks of Irish Spring while spurting him with spritz of Chanel No.
5.
Vivienne and Knox likewise embarked on a text-taunting campaign where they bombarded him with emojis
of sheep and dogs, referencing what Jolie called Pitt's distinct 'sheepdog' odor.
Cameron Diaz
Diaz and Brad Pitt would probably make pretty good friends because she too is very proud
of the fact that she hasn't worn deodorant in over two decades.
According to the Something About Mary actress, antiperspirants not only clog your pores but
also trap in bodily scents, preventing the body from dispersing the odor as it would
do naturally.
But even if there is any truth to that theory, Diaz apparently is also reportedly really
terrible at sorting through her clothes.
Instead of cleaning house and doing a load of laundry every now and then, she often will
wear the same outfit several days in a row before tossing it in the trash – which is
kind of ironic considering the horrendous environmental impact that kind of flagrant
wastefulness contributes to.
Matthew McConaughey
Is really anyone all that surprised that the guy who once got arrested for playing the
bongos in the nude also smells like he just walked out of a 12-hour marathon Grateful
Dead tribute band concert?
The Dazed and Confused actor is yet another member of the anti-deodorant league.
And according to Kate Hudson, who he's worked with on quite a few occasions, Matthew has
gone completely nose-blind to his own “earthy” stench.
While McConaughey seems to think that the women in his life are ga-ga over his characteristic
scent, Hudson has tried several times to convince him to invest in a stick of antiperspirant.
But instead of using what he feels to be a stick of toxic poison, McConaughey instead
opts to bring a rock of salt with him wherever he goes.
But it's not just Kate Hudson who has taken notice of McConaughey's stink, Yvette Nicole
Brown, Matt's Tropic Thunder co-star has also been vocal about his malodorous BO.
But instead of finding it offensive, apparently Brown finds his smell quite enticing.
She once even referred to it as 'delicious'.
To Brown, Matt smells like 'granola and good living'.
So, perhaps McConaughey is on to something – but more than likely Yvette probably just
has a thing for his pheromones.
Who knows, maybe they're actually a perfect match!
Well, that wraps up our rundown of stinky stars.
Can you think of any other celebs that you've heard are a touch on the smellier side?
Let us know in the comments.
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