The Weeknd
No one's first name is "The." The Weeknd's real name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye. He revealed in a Reddit AMA why he chose the conceptual stage name...
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These Celebrities Don't Actually Use Their Real Names
The More You Know
- In the early days of his career, Sylvester Stallone was so poor that he sold his dog Butkus for $50.
- Shakira was banned from her school’s choir, and her classmates said she sounded like a goat. The Hips Don’t Lie superstar sure showed them!
- Plenty of celebrities have strange habits and even phobias but One Direction singer Liam Payne might take the cake: he’s afraid of spoons… specifically used, dirty spoons.
- Kate Bosworth has two different-colored eyes.