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21 Celebrities That Either Look Completely Different Or The Same As They Did When They Were 21 And 31

Because that's how aging works.

1. Leonardo DiCaprio when he was 21.

Leo with gelled hair
Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic, Inc / Getty Images

Leonardo DiCaprio when he was 31.

Leo with Kate Winslet at the golden globes
Joe Klamar / AFP / Getty Images

Leonardo DiCaprio now at 46.

Leo with a wig filming during covid with jennifer lawrence
Thomas Samson / AFP / Getty Images

He's filming a movie with Jennifer Lawrence.

2. Katy Perry when she was 21.

katy with a peace sign at a wii party
Toby Canham / Getty Images

Katy Perry when she was 31.

katy meeting orlando at the golden globes
Kevin Mazur / Getty Images

Katy Perry now at 36.

3. Ryan Gosling when he was 21.

Ryan with Sandy B
Francois Guillot / AFP / Getty Images

Ryan Gosling when he was 31.

Ryan with michelle williams
Kevin Mazur / WireImage / Getty Images

Ryan Gosling now at 40.

ryan walking down the street
Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic / BACKGRID

This is the most recent picture I could find of our little Goose because he's been somewhat of a hermit lately.

4. Britney Spears when she was 21.

Full on Juicy Couture
Frazer Harrison / Getty Images

Britney Spears also when she was 21.

kissing madonna
Frank Micelotta / Getty Images

For context.

Britney Spears when she was 31.

at the smurfs premiere with her kids
Jamie Mccarthy / Getty Images

Britney Spears now at 39.

Dwayne Johnson when he was 21.

playing football in college
Collegiate Images / WireImage / Getty Images

He played college football at the University of Miami.

Dwayne Johnson when he was 31.

presenting an award with britney spears. he has hair
Ray Mickshaw / WireImage / Getty Images

Dwayne Johnson now at 48.

5. Beyoncé when she was 21.

throwing a football
Ezra Shaw / Getty Images

Beyoncé when she was 31.

with michelle and kelly at the super bowl
Ezra Shaw / Getty Images

That's the year she played the Super Bowl.

Beyoncé now at 39.

6. Jennifer Aniston when she was 21.

Looking very 90s.
Barry King / Getty Images

Jennifer Aniston when she was 31.

with brad
Gregg Deguire / WireImage / Getty Images

Jennifer Aniston now at 51.

7. Zac Efron when he was 21.

With Vanessa Hudgens
Kiyoshi Ota / Getty Images

Zac Efron when he was 31.

with dyed blonde hair
Neilson Barnard / Getty Images

Zac Efron now at 33.

8. Justin Timberlake when he was 21.

with Britney Spears
Lucy Nicholson / AFP / Getty Images

Justin Timberlake when he was 31.

with Jessica biel
Jonathan Leibson / WireImage / Getty Image

Justin Timberlake now at 39.

9. Usher when he was 21.

shirtless at a seventeen magazine party
Sgranitz / WireImage / Getty Image

Usher when he was 31.

with a young justin bieber
Jon Kopaloff / FilmMagic / Getty Image

Usher now at 42.

10. Rihanna when she was 21.

At her first Met Gala
Larry Busacca / Getty Images

Rihanna when she was 31.

at a fenty launch party
Caroline Mccredie / Getty Images

Rihanna now at 32.

11. Lindsay Lohan when she was 21.

DJ'ing with sam ronsen
Bennett Raglin / WireImage / Getty Images

Lindsay Lohan when she was 31.

wearing a weird gothic crown of thorns
Lou Rocco / Walt Disney Television via Getty

Lindsay Lohan now at 34.

12. Jason Momoa when he was 21.

jason going full-on twink
Evan Agostini / Getty Images

Jason Mamoa when he was 31.

a beefier jason
Paul Archuleta / FilmMagic / Getty Images

Jason Momoa now at 41.

13. Wilmer Valderrama when he was 21.

looking very youthful and basic with jeans and a t-shirt
Sgranitz / WireImage / Getty Images

Wilmer Valderrama when he was 31.

advertising stride gum with some yaks
Rob Kim / FilmMagic / Getty Images

Wilmer Valderrama now at 40.

14. Tyra Banks when she was 21.

On the leno show
Nbc / Getty Images

Tyra Banks when she was 31.

modeling VS
Lawrence Lucier / FilmMagic / Getty Images

Tyra Banks now at 47.

15. Christina Aguilera when she was 21.

Xtina and the lady marmalade girls with grammys
Vince Bucci / Getty Images

Christina Aguilera when she was 31.

on the voice
Steve Granitz / WireImage / Getty Images

Christina Aguilera now at 39*.

16. Avril Lavigne when she was 21.

holding up spanx because she got them for free
Rebecca Sapp / Getty Images

In 2006.

Avril Lavigne when she was 31.

with chad kroeger
George Pimentel / Getty Images

Avril Lavigne now at 36.

17. Taylor Swift when she was 21.

Shooting a gun with shania twain
Rick Diamond / Getty Images

Taylor Swift now at 31.

18. Lady Gaga when she was 21.

At the logo awards
Bryan Bedder / Getty Images

Lady Gaga when she was 31.

with a joanne hat
Jean-baptiste Lacroix / AFP / Getty Images

Lady Gaga now at 34.

19. Mariah Carey when she might have been 21 (Mariah Carey has never revealed her real birth year).

on snl with patrick swayze
NBC

Mariah Carey when she also might might have been 21 (again, she has never revealed her real birth age).

red dress looking stunning
Ron Galella, Ltd. / WireImage / Getty Images

Mariah Carey when she might have been 31.

on diva's live
Steve Granitz / WireImage / Getty Images

Mariah Carey when she also might have been 31.

with a usa shirt...still gorgeous
L. Cohen / WireImage / Getty Images

Mariah Carey at either 50 or 51 (again, we don't know).

20. Paul Rudd when he was 21.

not actually 21 but young
Frazer Harrison / Getty Images

Paul Rudd when he was 31.

same pic as above
Roy Rochlin / Getty Images

Paul Rudd now at 51.

same pic as the last two
Frazer Harrison / Getty Images

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