The 11 Most Shocking Celebrity Interview Revelations Of 2023

Hookups, near-marriages, cult memberships — 2023 truly had it all.

1. Robert Pattinson slept on an inflatable boat in his living room for six months.

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"There was a time when the only piece of furniture I had for about six months was an inflatable boat that would double as my couch, bed, and dining table," he told Architectural Digest. "I loved it very much, but it caused a lot of back problems."

2. The Chainsmokers have had multiple threesomes with fans — together.

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“I think we were like, ‘What the fuck just happened?’ Because they were never planned,” Alex Pall said during the duo's Call Her Daddy appearance. "It’s weird, I’m not gonna lie.”

3. Nick Cannon spends $200,000 at Disneyland every year.

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"Disneyland is expensive already off top if you're trying to stay in the hotel," he said during an appearance on The Breakfast Club while discussing how much it costs to take his 12(!) children there. "It's not how it used to be. You gotta make reservations."

4. Gwen Stefani thinks she is actually, literally Japanese.

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"I said, 'My God, I'm Japanese and I didn't know it,'" Gwen — who is not Japanese — told Allure about visiting Japan after being asked about previous accusations of cultural appropriation. "I am, you know." (She's not.)

5. A few cast members of Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide were hooking up while they were filming the show — like, really hooking up.

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During an episode of the Ned's Declassified Podcast Survival Guide podcast, former costars Devon Werkheiser and Lindsey Shaw went deep into their "intimate relationship" and sexual encounters as teenage actors. It was...a lot.

6. Millie Bobby Brown said she's a feminist because a psychic told her she was.

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“She credits her feminist awakening to a visit to a psychic, who informed her that she was, in fact, a feminist,” Glamour reported in a profile of the Stranger Things actor.

7. Leonardo DiCaprio once tried to shoot his shot with Gwyneth Paltrow — and she rejected him.

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"He tried back in the day," Gwyneth said on Call Her Daddy, after specifying that she "never" made out with Leo.

8. Jacob Elordi ate a pound of bacon every day to play Elvis Presley in Priscilla.

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Jacob explained in a roundtable interview for Entertainment Weekly that, after Priscilla Presley told director Sofia Coppola that Elvis loved "really burned bacon," he “averaged, like, a pound of bacon a day” before filming. “It’s not that noticeable ’cause I’m quite long, but I was the biggest I’ve ever been," he said.

9. John Stamos originally had the Olsen twins fired from Full House.

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"They bring on these two redheaded kids," John told Josh Peck on the Good Guys podcast, discussing what happened after he had Mary-Kate and Ashley fired because they wouldn't stop crying during a scene. "I’m sure their parents loved them and thought they were attractive. It had nothing to do with them being redheaded...but they weren’t attractive. It was only a few days [and I was like] 'bring the Olsens back! These kids are terrible.'"

10. Michael Cera and Aubrey Plaza almost got married while filming Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

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“We were driving through Vegas, and we almost just spontaneously took a detour and got married,” Michael told Rolling Stone. "I think the idea was to then get a divorce right away, so we could call each other ‘my ex-husband' and ‘my ex-wife' at, like, 20."

And finally...

11. Bethany Joy Lenz was in a cult for 10 years.

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"I was in a cult for 10 years," the former One Tree Hill star revealed on the Drama Queens podcast, claiming that she may write a book about her experiences. "I don't know how much I can say because there are still people and legal things in place that make it more complicated for the timing of that."