Facts About Surprising Celebrity Hidden Talents
Being a celebrity still gives many stars the free time to pursue interests other than what they’re known for.
When not on set filming movies or touring with rock bands, many movie stars and musicians devote their spare time to an interest that makes them almost as famous as their main gig!
From building model railroads to delivering babies, read on to find out which celebrities have interesting or unusual side gigs, and what they are!
Hidden Talents Facts
41. Goop
Actress Gwenyth Paltrow was once one of America’s sweethearts: the blonde beauty won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for her performance in Shakespeare In Love. She’s since put acting on the back burner and is now better known for being a lifestyle guru, and is the founder of the lifestyle brand Goop. Through a website, newsletter, and print magazine, she recommends products and practices from meditation to vaginal steaming to women who presumably have disposable income to burn.
40. Oh Baby!
Grammy-winning soul singer Erykah Badu has delivered five albums into the world, and she’s also delivered more than 40 babies! Badu discovered a passion for helping bring newborns into the world while aiding a friend’s home birth in 2001.
She has been moonlighting as a certified doula and is working towards her midwife training, with a goal of opening birthing centres in inner-city neighbourhoods.
39. Avocado Farmer P.I.
Magnum P.I. star Tom Selleck spends his spare time as an avocado farmer. Selleck owns a 60-acre lot in California’s Thousand Oaks region, where he grows plump, firm avocados for sale. His hobby got him in a bit of trouble, however, when he was sued by the county for stealing water from a fire hydrant to hydrate his crops.
