These Celebrities Were All Cheerleaders Before Making It Big

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Everyone's favorite Jersey Shore cast member was once just a regular teen. The star cheered for her school in Marlboro, New York, but it cost her mental health. "Cheerleading was my life in high school, but it wasn't always easy for me. I started to be anorexic," she said, "There were freshmen, who were seventy pounds and I was, like, my spot as a flier is going to get taken away. So I ended up starving myself."

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The More You Know

  • Tyra Banks suffers from delphiniphobia (aka a fear of dolphins).
  • Ashton Kutcher has webbed toes.
  • Leonardo DiCaprio is fluent in German.
  • Brad Pitt first gained recognition as a cowboy hitchhiker in the road movie Thelma & Louise.
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