Sometimes an accidental childhood impression or an unpleasant experience leaves a mark for life in the form of a phobia. Obsessive fears are an evolutionary relic that we inherited from our ancestors. A dangerous experience is remembered forever, and a person will never pick it up again. poisonous jellyfish or will not ride the bike he fell off.
But besides the understandable fears that everyone has, there are also truly strange phobias. We invite you to read about the strangest fears of celebrities.
Pamela Anderson – eisoptrophobia (fear of reflection in the mirror)
Fashion model and actress Pamela Anderson is terrified of mirrors and herself in them - she cannot calmly look even at a reflection accidentally caught in a window. One can only guess what tricks she has to resort to to look good. Pamela Anderson's makeup is provided by an army of makeup artists, and the actress can find out what she looks like from the numerous glossy magazines that print her pictures every now and then. 
David Beckham – ataxiophobia (fear of clutter)
David Beckham is a true perfectionist. His passion for putting everything in its place and sorting it by color, size and properties reaches a painful degree. For example, in the house where Beckham lives with his wife Victoria, he personally arranges all the food in the refrigerator according to a special logic. David Beckham's son Brooklyn said in an interview that his father spends a lot of time organizing his things into an ideal system. 
Orlando Bloom - Porkuphobia (fear of pigs)
During the filming of the film “Kingdom of Heaven,” where Orlando Bloom starred with Eva Green, it accidentally turned out that the actor was horrified at the sight of ordinary pigs. During a rehearsal for one of the scenes, which took place next to a pig pen, one animal ran out of the fence, and Bloom panicked. The pig was quickly put back in place, and Orlando Bloom was calmed down for a long time. The actor said that he can’t even stand pork and prefers not to be in places where it is sold. I wonder how the craze of having mini-pigs in Hollywood houses affected the life of Orlando Bloom? 
Lady Gaga - small children and phone calls
Lady Gaga is not afraid of meat (she once appeared in public in an outfit made from raw beef), but she falls into a state close to a panic attack at the sight of small children. She explains her fear of babies by saying that motherhood would change her life forever and put an end to her creativity.Lady Gaga has another phobia, which is more common - she is afraid of phone calls. In the song Telephone, which she recorded with Beyoncé, Lady Gaga mentions her fear: the lyrics of the song include lines about not picking up the phone again and not answering the call of a guy who decided to dump her on the phone.
Johnny Depp – coulrophobia (fear of clowns)
Johnny Depp has been afraid of clowns since childhood. In an interview, he said that he always felt the dangerous darkness that lay under the bright makeup. Moreover, Depp is also afraid of simply heavily made-up faces. The actor is trying to fight himself. He bought a portrait of John Wayne Gacy, a famous serial killer who often donned a clown costume. Depp hung a picture of the maniac in his house and made it a point to look at it every day.Coulrophobia is a common fear. Writer Stephen King did a lot to spread it with his novel “It.” After the film adaptation was released in 1990, Pennywise the clown became the hero of children's and adults' nightmares for many years.
Kendall Jenner – trypophobia (fear of small holes)
Model Kendall Jenner is afraid of small holes, so she can’t stand porous bread. reverse side Lego cubes or honeycombs. She said that she begins to experience strong unaccountable anxiety, even when she simply sees a cartoon about SpongeBob on TV: you never know what could be hiding in small deep holes.Kendall Jenner is not the only one in the Kardashian family who has a strange phobia; for example, Khloe Kardashian is afraid of belly buttons, and even tries not to touch her own. But their common sister and the main celebrity of the family, Kim Kardashian, is not afraid, it seems, of anything at all.
Scarlett Johansson – blattophobia (fear of cockroaches)
After her parents' divorce, Scarlett Johannson alternated between living in Los Angeles with her mother and in New York with her father. One day, in her mother's house in California, Johansson woke up and screamed in horror: a fat, large cockroach was sitting on her face. Since then, she has not only felt a slight disgust for these insects, but is truly afraid of them. 
Nicole Kidman – lepidopterophobia (fear of butterflies)
Nicole Kidman is not only Scarlett Johansson's colleague, but also her sister in misfortune. The Australian woman is terribly afraid of butterflies. Nicole Kidman herself says that butterflies look beautiful and fragile, but if you look closely at them, you can see all the numerous and disgusting details: their faceted eyes, chitinous coating, pollen on their wings... In the warm climate of Australia, where Nicole Kidman grew up, butterflies lives a lot, so one can only guess what it was like for the actress as a child. 
Jim Carrey - paranoia (fear of surveillance)
American comedian Jim Carrey was once afraid to go on stage or in front of a movie camera. Fortunately, he managed to overcome this fear, otherwise we would never have known about his existence. Kerry managed to get this phobia under control, but he still has a fear of CCTV cameras: the actor demands that the cameras in the hotels where he stays be turned off during his visits. He always personally and carefully checks his number so as not to become the hero of a video chronicle. 
Daniel Craig - acrophobia (fear of heights)
Daniel Craig had to face his fear while filming three Bond films. In films about Her Majesty's fearless special agent, there are a huge number of spectacular stunts, some of which involve great heights. Most of the complex and dangerous feints are performed by professional stuntmen, but Daniel Craig still had to overcome his fear of heights and act in several scenes himself. 
Penelope Cruz - fear of the red carpet
One of the most beautiful actresses of our time, Penelope Cruz hates walking the red carpet at film festivals. The fashion show under the flashes of cameras and hundreds of interested, appraising glances for Cruz is almost unbearable for famous actress duty. Therefore, she tries to appear at film festivals with companions - her husband Javier Bardem or director Pedro Almadovar. 
Matthew McConaughey - fear of revolving doors
It is unknown how actor Matthew McConaughey copes with visits to big shopping centers: Some of them he simply couldn't get into due to fear of the large revolving doors. Whether McConaughey is afraid that he will be squeezed between the door and the wall, or he is afraid of getting stuck in a stopped glass “aquarium” is unknown. Matthew McConaughey himself says that he cannot even look at the door turning or be near it. Matthew McConaughey's phobia is so rare that there isn't even a special name for it. 
Tobey Maguire – arachnophobia (fear of spiders)
Oddly enough, the actor who plays Spider-Man, Tobey Maguire, suffers from arachnophobia, that is, he is terribly afraid of spiders. While filming Sam Raimi's superhero trilogy, Tobey Maguire suffered from nightmares. He spent a lot of time with a psychoanalyst to talk through his fears and thus experience at least a little relief. It is known that ex-wife Tobey Maguire's Jennifer Meyer has the same phobia. It is unlikely that Maguire chose his wife based on this criterion, but they clearly had something to talk about on their first date. 
Chuck Norris - fear of alcohol
The hero of numerous jokes about his superpowers, Chuck Norris is actually not without weaknesses. In particular, Norris cannot even stand the smell of alcohol; he has not drunk a drop in his entire adult life and tries not to appear in pubs and parties. This is due to the difficult childhood of the actor playing the role of the Lone Ranger.Chuck Norris's father was an auto mechanic, drank a lot and terrorized the family in alcoholic delirium. After his parents' divorce, Chuck Norris's life became more stable, the family replaced the old trailer with a real house, but the actor's dislike for alcohol and drunk people remained for the rest of his life. Internet users can only joke that “it’s not Chuck Norris who gets drunk from alcohol, but alcohol that gets Norris drunk” and that “Chuck Norris’s favorite cocktail is the Molotov cocktail.”
Rihanna – ichthyophobia (fear of fish)
Singer and model Rihanna was born on the island of Barbados in the West Indies and had a difficult time: Rihanna suffers from ichthyophobia, she is terribly afraid of fish of all shapes and sizes, but most of all - tropical fish swimming in clear water. It is not known what caused the appearance of her unusual phobia, but she herself said that since childhood she preferred not to swim in the sea, preferring the pool. 
Kristen Stewart – hippophobia (fear of horses)
Kristen Stewart has been afraid of horses since childhood. At the age of seven, her caring parents sent her to horse riding lessons, and during one of the lessons, the horse suffered, Kristen fell and suffered a serious fracture of her arm. To play the lead role in the film Snow White and the Huntsman, Kristen Stewart had to overcome her fear. The producers organized psychotherapy sessions for her, and the actress herself carried a bag full of sedatives to filming. By the way, Kristen Stewart's co-star in Twilight,
Salma Hayek – herpetophobia (fear of snakes)
Salma Hayek, who played the role of a stripper with a snake in Quentin Tarantino's film, real life terribly afraid of snakes. During the filming of the film, the actress had to overcome the stupor and nausea into which she fell as soon as she was given a huge python in her hands. In the film footage, however, this is not visible at all. Try to look closely at the close-ups and try to see the fear in Salma Hayek's eyes.Salma Hayek danced with a snake, although she is terribly afraid of them
Jennifer Aniston - aerophobia
Actress Jennifer Aniston, like many, is afraid of air travel. Any boarding on a plane is very stressful for her. Aniston herself says that for some time she managed to cope well with her feelings and fly without hysterics. The situation became more complicated when one day the plane in which Jennifer Aniston was flying was caught in a severe thunderstorm. The liner chatted like paper airplane, lightning flashed outside the window, flight attendants with tense faces walked quickly around the cabin. Since then, Aniston always performs several ritual actions before entering the cabin: she steps over the ramp only with her right foot and touches the walls of the plane. This way she manages to calm herself down a little.Charlie Hunnam - Germophobia
British actor Charlie Hunnam once refused to star in the BDSM hit “50 Shades of Gray” not for moral reasons, but because of his germphobia. He was terribly afraid of picking up any germs from his partner Dakota Johnson. Hunnam said that he cannot kiss anyone other than his regular partner.He acquired the fear of becoming infected as a child, when a dangerous virus was spreading across the north of England. The disease he suffered could leave a person blind for life. Since then, Charlie Hunnam, very frightened by this incident, carefully washes his hands, avoids public toilets and acts with great caution in intimate scenes.
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When fans learn about Johnny Depp's obsessive fear, they are surprised - the actor is afraid of clowns and mimes, although he himself often transforms himself in his films with the help of makeup. The reason for the star’s fears again lies in a childhood story: little Depp was once very frightened by a circus performer.
Alexey Chadov, fear of vampires
The actor admitted that as a child he had a dream in which his brother Andrei turned into a vampire. After that, Alexey stopped watching films about ghouls, but for the sake of filming “Night Watch” he decided to overcome his fear. Alexey constantly repeated to himself that everything that was happening was just a fictional plot.
Tyra Banks, fear of dolphins
Luckily, model Tyra Banks managed to conquer her inexplicable fear of dolphins. At least, if you believe the words of Tyra herself, she once spent the whole day at the dolphinarium, swimming and even hugging the animals.
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Natalie Portman, fear of cartoons
Actress Natalie Portman admits her fear of cartoons - the blue gnomes, the Smurfs, are especially intimidating to the actress. Apparently, for this reason, the artist, unlike her colleagues in the star department, never voiced cartoons - only once she gave the voice to one of the minor characters of The Simpsons.
Uma Thurman, claustrophobia
Fear of enclosed spaces is the main phobia of actress Uma Thurman. As luck would have it, her heroine in the second part of the cult action movie Kill Bill was locked in a wooden coffin and was forced to get out of it on her own. This scene cost the actress a lot of nerves and patience.
Winona Ryder, fear of water
Actress Winona Ryder explains her fear with a childhood trauma: at the age of 12 she almost drowned and now tries to stay away from open bodies of water. An exception had to be made for the filming of the fourth part of Alien: its heroine had to swim a lot under water to save humanity. Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet assigned three rescuers to the star, and she coped with the task.
Rupert Grint, fear of spiders
The fear of spiders does not allow Harry Potter star Rupert Grint to sleep peacefully: before going to bed, the actor always checks for these insects in the room. Rupert cannot explain his phobia in any way, and moreover, trips to psychics and psychologists have not cured the guy of his obsessive fear. However, it was this phobia that helped the actor better get used to the character of Ron Weasley, whom the writer JK Rowling also endowed with a panicky fear of spiders.
Kristen Stewart, fear of horses
Actress Kristen Stewart's phobia also comes from her childhood: at the age of seven, she fell from a horse and broke her arm. From that time on, the actress tried to avoid meeting animals until she was invited to the film Snow White and the Huntsman. According to the plot, her heroine had to ride a horse, so, with the support of trainers and sedative pills, the actress forgot about her fear for a while.
Nicole Kidman, fear of butterflies
Butterflies can also be a source of nightmares. Thus, actress Nicole Kidman was afraid of these insects from her youth, and given that there are many species of butterflies in her native Australia, Kidman always had to look for workarounds on the way to school and back. Later, having become famous, Nicole tried to overcome her fear (for example, she tried to enter a cage with live butterflies), but, alas, her attempts turned into failure.
Brad Pitt, fear of feet
Inexplicable fear Brad Pitt revealed himself in front of his own feet on the set of Troy. The actor asked to replace the leather sandals of his hero Achilles with boots. In addition to this strange phobia, the actor admits to a fear of spiders and sharks.
Orlando Bloom, fear of pigs
Hatred and fear of pigs nearly drove actor Orlando Bloom crazy on the set of the film Kingdom of Heaven. The animals were on the set with the actor, and later one of the pigs managed to run out of the pen, which greatly frightened Orly.
Matthew McConaughey's fear of revolving doors
By his own admission, actor Matthew McConaughey cannot stand the sight of revolving doors and does not like being in tunnels or walking along corridors.
Scarlett Johansson, fear of germs
Like many other girls in the world, actress Scarlett Johansson constantly monitors cleanliness. But sometimes attempts to put the room in order cause verminophobia - the fear of dirt, viruses and insects in the house. If an actress moves into a hotel room, she prefers to do the cleaning herself, without resorting to the help of a maid, whom she does not trust.
Ivan Dorn, fear of doctors
Musician Ivan Dorn admits to very human fears: doctors and heights scare him. The artist is also afraid that he may lose his voice or fall asleep at the wheel from fatigue.
Tom Cruise, fear of going bald
Tom Cruise carefully monitors his appearance, but takes special care of his hair. This is due to peladophobia - the fear of going bald. According to friends, the artist also experiences fear of alien intelligence. Being a member of the Church of Scientologists, Cruise believes in the possibility of life on other planets, but meeting aliens makes him panic.
Max Barskikh, fear of frogs
Singer Max Barskikh told us a whole story about his phobia: “I remember very well that warm spring evening in my native Kherson. I think I was five or six years old. My friends and I were walking in the yard in search of the next adventure. Well, the adventure was not long in coming. It jumped out onto the road from the bushes. It was a big brown toad. Naturally, we all rushed to catch her, but only I was “lucky”: I grab her, and she bites me. Toad. Bites your finger! I then simply threw it away. And I would have forgotten about the story if after some time a wart had not appeared on the bitten finger. I tormented my parents with the question “what is this?”, and my parents tormented me with attempts to get her out. Since then, the sight of a jumping greenish-brown amphibian has caused me only one reaction - to move away and not touch it. It’s interesting that I treat images of toads quite calmly. The main thing is that it is not real and does not jump! Well, during my trip to Thailand, I tried all the local delicacies - I ate grasshoppers, locusts, scorpions, and beetles. But I didn’t dare try a frog (even a frog!).”
Phobias are irrational, uncontrollable and obsessive fears that affect 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 an order of magnitude more unusual. It could also be an unjustified fear of old furniture, completely harmless pigs, or indoor plants. 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 difficult it was for her to perform the many horse riding scenes in this film.
This is what she herself said during her interview:
I just tried to abstract myself. I wanted to be in the film so badly that I thought, if I have to die because of a horse, so be it.
Kristen honestly took horse riding lessons before filming and showed herself well in the film as a rider. For the sake of a good role, she was able to overcome herself and film hundreds of takes in the saddle, but her fear of horses never went away.
Orlando Bloom
The fearless elf and pirate on the screens are not so brave in real life. Orlando has suffered from a strange phobia all his life - he is afraid of pigs. For example, on the set of the epic story “Kingdom of Heaven,” a not-so-brave actor and audience favorite quickly ran away from the set at the sight of one pig that skillfully escaped from its pen.
Johnny Depp
Having appeared on the screen in a whole string of strange images - vampires, pirates, crazy people - Johnny Depp managed to earn himself a very strange phobia. The actor himself doesn’t know what exactly influenced his fear of clowns, but he 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 experiences a terrible fear of waves of harmless dolphins. For some reason, cute, smart and kind animals that save people in the ocean inspire panic in Tyra. In one of her shows, the supermodel honestly tried to overcome her phobia - she went to a 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, and I don't swallow water and drown
Nicole Kidman
The famous actress once admitted that she has been afraid of butterflies all her life. Why she didn’t 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 butterfly cage at the American Museum of Natural History and they were sitting on me, but that didn't help. I've had to jump out of planes, had cockroaches crawling on me - I've done a lot of things, but butterflies are too much for me
David Beckham
The most famous football player and renowned sex symbol of the planet, David Beckham, also has his skeletons in his closet. Literally. His fear is directly related to cabinets and other furniture, because he has a very unusual phobia - the fear of disorder. In the world of science, there is even a special abstruse term for such a phenomenon, “ataxophobia.” The footballer's wife, Victoria, once admitted to reporters that her husband does not tolerate even a hint of disorder, his wardrobe is always clean, and his clothes are sorted by color.
Oprah Winfrey
One of the most successful and famous TV presenters 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, since her grandmother strictly forbade her granddaughter to try harmful chewing gum. The star never allows her studio guests to chew gum, 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 could happen to Billy if two of his fears are combined in one object.
The actor himself admits that he is particularly hampered by his second fear of antique furniture. One day the musician found himself in an old restaurant, completely furnished with rarities, and in such an environment he not only could not eat, but also began to choke.
Pamela Anderson
But the spectacular and busty blonde cannot calmly look in the mirror. And for such a strange phobia, scientists came up with their own name - eisoptrophobia. All people have their own reasons for the appearance of such unexpected fear. but in the case of Pamela, you should not look for any mystical overtones. America's sex symbol simply doesn't like his reflection:
Yes, I have such a phobia, I don’t 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.
Many famous people And historical figures also suffered from phobias.
Some of them are quite common, such as a fear of air travel, while others are downright strange, such as a fear of houseplants.
Famous people and their phobias
Famous Hollywood director Alfred Chickcock, known for the films “Psycho” and “Vertigo,” suffered from ovophobia, a phobia of eggs, which he considered disgusting. In his entire life, he had not tasted a single egg, since he was repulsed by the mere sight of the white with the yolk oozing out from there.
Ironic as it may be, but Walt Disney, who gave the world Mickey Mouse, was afraid of mice.
Marilyn Monroe suffered from agoraphobia - fear of open space and crowded places. Barbra Streisand and Kim Bessinger had the same phobia.
Famous football player David Beckham admitted that he was afraid of disorder. His phobia, ataxophobia, is similar to obsessive-compulsive disorder. He has a hard time with things being disorganized, out of line, or out of pairs.
Pamela Anderson afraid of mirrors, namely of his reflection in the mirror. She doesn't look at herself when she's on TV, and if she does, she immediately turns it off and leaves the room.
American television presenter Oprah Winfrey admitted to having a phobia of chewing gum. Her grandmother often chewed gum and pinned it to the cabinet, where there were long rows of chewing gum. The presenter also banned chewing gum from the television studio.
Stephen King he is afraid of flying on an airplane, cats and the number 13. When writing a book, he never stops at page 13 or multiples of 13. In addition, he is afraid of the dark and only falls asleep with the light on.
Film director Woody Allen has been treated by a psychoanalyst for 40 years and suffers from many phobias and fears. In addition to the fear of spiders, he is afraid of heights and closed spaces.
Among his weirder fears are bright colors, elevators, animals, the stage, children, cancer and other diseases, and even peanut butter sticking to the roof of his mouth. He is also afraid to take a shower if the drain is in the middle, and always cuts a banana into exactly 7 pieces before adding it to his morning cereal.
Historical figures: fears and phobias
Gustav Eiffel the creator of the famous Eiffel Tower suffered from dyslexia and was terrified of heights.
Sigmund Freud afraid of weapons and ferns. He himself argued that fear of weapons is a sign of insufficient sexual and emotional maturity. He didn't talk much about ferns, but there is a theory that he had a traumatic experience with ferns as a child.
Nikola Tesla – famous inventor was a germaphobe, and avoided touching people or anything that had germs on it. He very often hands us. In addition, he was afraid of jewelry, especially earrings with pearls, which disgusted him.
Napoleon Bonaparte The Emperor of France was afraid of cats, which caused him to panic. Interestingly, many leaders, including Hitler, Mussolini, Nicholas II, Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar suffered from ailurophobia - fear of cats.
Salvador Dali was afraid of grasshoppers to such an extent that if a grasshopper jumped on his face, he would prefer to jump into the abyss. Entomophobia is the fear of insects, a fairly common phobia, especially the fear of spiders, which affects Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise and Scarlett Johansson.
Writer Nikolay Gogol afraid of being buried alive. In his youth, he suffered from malarial encephalitis and throughout his life he suffered from complete loss of consciousness, followed by deep sleep. He was afraid that people would think he was dead and would bury him. In his old age, he did not even want to sleep lying down, and preferred a sitting position.
Composer Frederic Chopin and storyteller Hans Christian Andersen also suffered from this phobia. Andersen always left a note in which it was written that he was not dead, although he might look like it, but in fact he was sleeping.
Poet Vladimir Mayakovsky He was also afraid of pollution and germs and tried not to touch door handles, using a handkerchief to do this. After shaking hands, he always washed his hands with soap and carried iodine with him.
Sergey Yesenin I was terrified of contracting syphilis. As his friend Alexander Mariengof said, he took any pimple as a sign of illness and spent a long time looking at himself in the mirror.
Personality Joseph Stalin Many psychologists and psychotherapists tried to analyze it. Among the fears of the Soviet leader was the fear of being poisoned, the fear of flying on an airplane, and the fear of going to bed.
Hollywood stars: strange phobias
Megan Fox hates paper, specifically dry paper, and uses a glass to dip his fingers into to turn the page in a book or script. In addition, she admitted that germs scare her and therefore she does not use public toilets and appliances in a restaurant. The actress, known for the film “Transformers,” is afraid to look at herself in photographs and videos. She said that she once drank champagne to gather her courage and still look at herself.
Matthew McConaughey is afraid of revolving doors, and will not enter a place where there are such doors. In addition, he has a fear of tunnels. But he is not afraid of being in the tunnel, but he is afraid of the entrance to the tunnel itself.
Johnny Depp scared of clowns. As Johnny himself says: “There is something frightening about a painted face and an artificial smile. There always seems to be a darkness, a real evil, lurking beneath the surface.”
U Nicole Kidman Lepidopterophobia – fear of butterflies. One day she tried to walk past the butterfly exhibits in the museum, but could not overcome her fear. As a girl, Nicole would not enter the house if she saw a butterfly at the entrance.
Fears of spiders, heights, or snakes are not new, but there are much rarer phobias, such as the fear of gum, water, or antique furniture. Let's take a look at the weirdest celebrity phobias, from Kristen Stewart's fear of horses to Nicole Kidman's fear of butterflies.
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1. Kristen Stewart and horses
Snow White and the Huntsman will star a warrior version of the princess who fights for her life rather than just hibernating and waiting to be kissed. But how did she overcome her fear of horses on the set of the film? The actress admitted that the scenes on horses were the hardest for her, as she “hates them.” Apparently, this fear took root since childhood, when young Stewart fell from her horse. “I broke my elbow when I was 9 years old,” Kristen says. But to overcome this fear, Kristen had to call on all the fearlessness of Snow White to help. “I just tried not to think about it. I wanted to do the film so badly that I thought, okay, if I'm going to die because of a horse, okay." (Tilak Desai/Splash News)
2. Billy Bob Thornton and antique furniture
Billy Bob Thornton must have been a pretty tough guy. After all, he wore a flask with Angelina Jolie’s blood around his neck, spoke openly about their sexual games and gave her a piece of land in the cemetery. And this is in the most “romantic” moments. Considering all this, his phobia of antique furniture seems a little...odd. As do his other phobias, such as fear of Komodo dragons, plastic utensils and airplanes. Although, as the actor claims, there is a rational explanation for his fears. “Let's start with Komodo dragons. They have terrible poisonous bacteria in their mouths. If they bite you, you will immediately go blind. Who will like it? He also explained that it is only antique French furniture that makes him feel uncomfortable. “I don’t have a phobia of American antique furniture, only French. For example, large old gold chairs with velvet cushions. Like furniture from the time of Louis XIV. This makes me feel uneasy. I can spot a fake from a mile away. They don't have that kind of atmosphere. And not much dust." (Getty Images)
3. Pamela Anderson and mirrors
With her seductive forms and blonde hair, the former “savior of Malibu” Pamela Anderson once drove men crazy. However, Pam herself did not seem to share their enthusiasm. The actress suffers from eisoptrophobia, that is, the fear of mirrors. “Yes, I have this phobia, I don’t like mirrors,” Pamela admits. “And I don’t like watching myself on TV.” If I see one of my films, I change the channel or just leave the room.” (Getty Images)
4. Orlando Bloom and pigs
In The Lord of the Rings, Orlando Bloom played a fearless elf who could turn the battle with terrible orcs into a kind of game. But Legolas the elf and Orlando Bloom the actor are two completely different personalities. If Legolas could look into the eyes of Sauron without fear, then Orlando cannot even bear the sight of... pigs. On the set of the film Kingdom of Heaven, Bloom chose to hastily leave when one of the pigs ran out of the pen. (Getty Images)
5. Nicole Kidman and butterflies
As strange as Orlando Bloom's fear of pigs may seem, it seems quite normal compared to Nicole Kidman's fear of butterflies. The Moulin Rouge actress has been afraid of these insects since childhood. “If I came home from school and saw that a butterfly was sitting on the gate, I crawled under it, climbed over to the other side, in general, I did everything to avoid going through the main gate. “I tried to overcome my fear,” says Nicole. “I went into a butterfly cage at the American Museum of Natural History and they sat on me, but it didn’t work.” I've jumped out of planes, I've had cockroaches crawl on me, I've done a lot of things, but butterflies are too much for me.” (Getty Images)
6. Christina Ritchie and indoor plants
Christina Ritchie isn't afraid of ghosts, but she has problems with houseplants. The actress considers them “dirty” and simply “goes crazy” around them. In addition to botanophobia (as the disease is scientifically called), the actress is also afraid of pools and sharks. (Getty Images)
7. Tyra Banks and dolphins
The competition between models in the world of show business seems much less severe than Tyra Banks' fear of... dolphins. On an episode of her show in 2006, Tyra decided to talk about her models' phobias (and her own fear, too). While one model had to endure birds flying overhead and another had to eat ketchup, Tyra took to the underwater world to “conquer her own fear.” “You think dolphins are cute, but I don’t think so,” admits the model. – I feel fear and excitement even when I talk about dolphins. However, after a trip to the dolphinarium, where Tyra swam with dolphins and even kissed them, she said she learned to “control” her fear. “Now I think that when I see a dolphin while snorkeling, I won’t panic, swallow water and drown.” (AP Photo)
8. Oprah and bubblegum
From an early age, the talk show diva suffered from chiclephobia - the fear of chewing gum. Obviously, this phobia came from her grandmother’s terrible habit: “My grandmother kept chewing gum in the closet. I wasn't allowed to touch it because the closet was so big, so I developed a fear of gum." Oprah is so afraid of gum that she forbids chewing it in her studio...and at home too. “Once one of my guests took chewing gum out of her mouth during dinner and put it on her plate. When she left, I just threw the plate away,” Winfrey admits. (AP Photo; Corbis)
9. Carmen Electra and water
Carmen Electra is afraid of water, although, apparently, not so much that she refused to star in the TV series “Baywatch,” which made her famous. “I start to panic near water,” Electra admits. (Jeff Kravitz, FilmMagic/Getty Images; Mark A. Johnson/Corbis)
10. Johnny Depp and the clowns
For a man who played Willy Wonka and Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp developed a rather strange fear - a fear of clowns. But he's working on it. “I hung posters of clowns and drawings everywhere, because they scare me,” the actor admits. “I thought if I surrounded myself with them, it would take away my fear.” (Marc Piasecki, FilmMagic/Getty Images; Bob Krist/Corbis)
11. Woody Allen and...everyone
There are strange celebrity phobias, and then there is Woody Allen. The actor and director has created some of the strangest and most neurotic characters, but even the craziest of his heroes will seem like mere angels compared to the real Allen. His phobias range from the understandable (insects, heights, cancer, crowds) to the very strange ( sunlight, bright colors, children, deer). His fear of living anywhere outside of Manhattan was conveyed to one of the characters in his film Annie Hall. This obsession with death also takes its roots from the personality of the real Alain. “I remember when I was 6 or 8 years old, I would go to bed in the dark and think, ‘Someday I’m going to die,’” Allen says. He also doesn't like transport. “I don’t take elevators, I don’t go through tunnels.” He also hates bathrooms. “I like the shower drain to be in the corner rather than in the middle.” And don't even ask about his fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of his mouth. (Carlo Allegri/AP Photo)
