Richard Gadd

Creator and star of the Netflix surprise hit Baby Reindeer never watched his own show. He said that when it came out he played it on Netflix, hit mute, and left the room to bump up the plays without having to watch it.

Rupert Grint

Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter movies, never watched past movie number three. I wonder what made him stop there? Well, it was as good a place to stop as any, they’re mostly downhill from there.

Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon not only doesn’t watch her own movies, but also doesn’t remember much about them. In an interview, she said “I have absolute amnesia about every movie I have ever made. I won’t watch them because if I did I would spiral into a state of self-hate,”

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow absolutely detests seeing herself on the big screen. In an interview, she said “I also really hate, hate, hate seeing myself in a movie ever.”

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman has only seen Moulin Rouge and Australia. Those are an interesting two movies to choose out of her long and accomplished filmography. Not even Eyes Wide Shut? Oh well, whatever floats your boat, Nicole.

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp says that once he’s done acting in a movie, he “stay[s] as far away as [he] possibly can.” He really doesn’t like watching himself. Or maybe the Tim Burton stuff just really creeps him out.

Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie revealed in an interview that she greatly prefers the process of making her movies to watching them. She also said that she does watch Brad Pitt’s movies. Well, probably not anymore, I’d have to imagine.

Joaquin Phoenix

The only two movies that Joaquin Phoenix has both appeared in and watched were The Master and Her. He said he thought he was mature enough to watch them and learn from mistakes. But apparently he didn’t end up being mature enough, because he hasn’t watched any others.

Andrew Garfield

The star of The Amazing Spider-Man is afraid that if he watches his own performances on screen, he will “kill a magic he doesn’t want to understand too clearly.” Whatever you say, Peter Parker!

Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter says she’s never seen a single one of her TV or film projects. She gave an interesting line of reasoning, saying “It’s not like I am going to do exactly the same part next year, so what’s the point?”

Jesse Eisenberg

In an interview, Jesse Eisenberg said “I don’t watch anything I’ve been in, and I don’t read reviews or analysis of movies I’ve been in, or my plays.” He really covers all the bases! Jesse, if you really haven’t seen The Social Network, you’re missing out.

Adam Driver

Adam Driver doesn’t watch his own movies ever since seeing himself in HBO’s Girls and being ‘mortified’. He said “I certainly can’t watch this if we’re going to continue doing it.” He attended a showing of BlacKkKlansman, but hid in the green room while it played.

Emma Stone

Emma Stone never watched her movie Easy A, which helped make her popular. She said she’s seen scattered scenes, but she “went to a friends and family screening to see it, and [she] had to get up and walk out.”

Andrew Lincoln

Andrew Lincoln never watched himself as Rick Grimes on The Walking Dead. He gave multiple reasons, with the main being that he just doesn’t like looking at himself.

Javier Bardem

Javier Bardem doesn’t like to see himself on screen. He was surprisingly self-deprecating about it, saying “The fact that I like to make characters doesn’t mean that I like to watch my characters being made, my performance. I can’t even watch that f****** nose, that f****** voice, those ridiculous eyes. I can’t handle that,”

Al Pacino

Al Pacino says he doesn’t usually go back to watch his old movies. He says if the movie is good you can feel proud, but if it’s bad he’ll just try to forget it. He also says he’ll make an exception and watch if one of his old movies is on TV, which seems to defeat the point.

Harry Hamlin

Harry Hamlin played an attorney for five seasons on L.A. Law from 1986 to 1991, racking up three Golden Globe nominations. But he didn’t watch the show until 2023. When he finally did, he said “It’s amazing!”

Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore says she hasn’t seen any of her own movies. She prefers the thrill of acting itself, not seeing the finished product. She says she can’t even sit through a premiere of a movie that she’s been in.

Jared Leto

Despite winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Dallas Buyers Club, Jared Leto has never seen the movie. He said, “It can never live up to the expectations I would have of it now because it was such a beautiful experience and the response that it got was really wonderful.”

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks believes that watching his own movies is a “horrible mistake”. He says that it doesn’t teach you what to do but rather what not to do, and that old movies don’t change so there’s no point in watching them.

Ellen Pompeo

We don’t blame the Grey’s Anatomy star for not keeping up with the show; the long-running series has over 400 episodes at the time of writing this. I don’t think even people who didn’t star in it have watched most of the episodes.

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“Pedro Pascal has very good values and I appreciate his public persona and advocacy. THAT BEING SAID – he is not a good colleague on sets and made life a pain for people I know and trust were just trying to do their jobs. He complains on set, shows up late, will make high maintenance demands/requests. He once yelled at a crew member who was relaying schedule requirements and will react unprofessionally to the requirements of his job.I get downvoted to hell every time I say negative things about him but this is a hill I will die on. You can be a morally good person and still be a jerk, people!”

“A friend of a friend dated Keanu Reeves. Said he was an absolute gem, and after they broke up he sent her a turkey (or a ham? Can’t remember) every year at Christmas, and calls her to check in.”

“Lukewarm wholesome “tea” but Nicholas Hoult lives in my city and I see him and his wife fairly often. He has pet my cat (I walk her in a stroller on weekends. She’s very spoiled) and is a genuine joy to talk to lol – he recognized me without the cat + stroller and asked where she was a few weeks ago.Very chill funny dude. He’s a regular at the movie theatre that’s directly next to the coffee shop I hang out at – I’ve also been told he tips well and is very nice to staff. He keeps a low profile irl but is really nice and appreciative when people approach him. Dude really likes movies, both being in them and watching them lol.Editing to add I’m cracking up that it looks like my flair is in regards to him now. God bless the other user in this thread who shared their story.”

“Stale old tea, family friend had s*x with Daniel Craig multiple times when they dated in London before he became James Bond. He is good at it.”

“I lived practically next door to Chris Pratt when I was living in my home town (a small and secluded PNW island town) when he was still married to Ana Faris. They were never seen together, always by themselves or she would be seen with friends in the local restaurants. He called noise complaints on an annual festival in the woods near his place and put an end to it. Cold tea.”

“Cold and potentially outdated tea. My mom used to work for the state with Megan Fox’s dad. My mom said he’s a sweet and very polite guy. But not when it comes to Megan. He knows she’s not the kindest person out there. And he will tell you she’s a brat.”

“I asked my sister how her vacation was going and she sent me a video of her eating brunch with Bob the Drag Queen.”

“Cold tea about hot yoga I regularly see Peter Dinklage at a hot yoga studio I go to often. he does normal yoga studio things there lol. seems friendly with the teachers. way more shredded than I expected him to be NGL! Obviously I have never said a word to him and never will lmao.”

“My friend’s d**g d****r went to rehab with Jon Hamm and described him as a “perverted loser with nothing important to say.”.”

“Topher Grace and his family regularly visit Wisconsin and often eat at a local restaurant where my sister and niece both work. He visited a few months ago and my niece was their server. They didn’t leave her a tip. I immediately assumed that it was just an oversight, but it sounds like he’s been a potentially problematic customer before this. It was disappointing to hear this to say the least.”

“Hollywood actor Barry Keoghan was dating a girl from my town, a year or two ago, and was battering on a local d**g dealers door, late on a weekday night, because he was desperate for some Class A d***s.”

“My friend was roommates with Grimes before she was a big deal. She was on the lease, and jacked up the rent for subletters so she was making money off of them. Bunch of poor art kids she was taking advantage of and was apparently a total pos. She’s also from a very wealthy family in Vancouver and always grew up with privilege so”

“Kindness tea:Two separate people who would be involved with about 99% of the shows in my (quite large) city have stated the nicest musician that has ever played a show here is Frank Turner. Rudeness tea: The WORST person to ever have played my city was also a unanimous pick – Machine Gun Kelly. Not shocked.Cult tea:I have it on VERY good authority from someone who would definitely know that the new singer of Linkin Park is definitely still a practicing Scientologist.”

“Selena Gomez became primary investor in local LA Tex-Mex restaurant chain HomeState in the last couple of years, and took away the daily family meal (industry term for family-style shift meal prepared from ingredients available at the restaurant, as opposed to a free/discounted menu item) that the restaurant had previously provided for staff.”

“A friend of a friend gave Gracie Abrams and Paul Mescal matching tattoos in auckland this weekend!”

“Very random and surprising spot – America Ferrera in the Waitrose of my small town in the south east of England. She is so tiny irl! Had her husband and kids in tow so didn’t stop her to gush about Superstore lol.”

“Very ice cold and unsurprising tea but my dad used to work at the same record label as Simon Cowell and said he was a huge POS even in his early days there. He worked with a lot of famous music artists but said none of them were as ever as demanding or rude as Simon was lol.”

“I can confirm from firsthand experience that Chris Messina has a foot f****h.”

“Not too old tea:A couple of year ago I was in a market that has many restaurants/coffee bars, etc, and I’m standing in a line to order food at one of them.As I’m getting in line, I glance at the person next to me.I instantly recognized him. It was Henry Ian Cusick, who played Desmond on LOST.I was a massive LOST fan, and Desmond was my favorite character.I was speechless. I just looked at him and blurted out, “Are you…”I couldn’t get his name out. He realized I was having a full blown meltdown and he nods at me to confirm, yes, I am Desmond. He then asks if that (Him being Desmond) means that he can cut in line. We both had a hearty laugh at that and then, having recovered from the shock, I told him that, no, he could not cut in line. The silence afterward almost k****d me.”

“Apparently in one of the places that Julia Roberts lives, she’s known as either reclusive or mean.It’s actually somewhat ironic that a big part of her “colossal a*****e” reputation is from her time filming _Hook_ and _Erin Brokovich_, because most of what I’ve encountered about her behavior on-set or in professional contexts is generally “professional to kind?” Like she’s more of an a*****e when not at work (and she’s admitted to being a misanthrope).”

“Super cold tea but I thought it might be fun to share this story here lol My dad dated Taylor Kitsch’s mom back in 2006-2007. I was about 14ish and would stay the night at her house sometimes when my dad would stay over.One morning I was doing my homework in the living room and in walks a half naked Taylor Kitsch wrapped in a towel; he had just taken a shower upstairs I guess. Anyway, I immediately covered my very red face with my textbook and prayed he didn’t notice me, but he walked over and said hi and asked me what I was doing and what my homework was, meanwhile I’m trying very hard to force my puberty hormones to shut the f**k up. His sister in law was always kinda mean to me (I’m autistic with ADHD so I’m “different”) and she would often say things like “why is she always so weird? Why doesn’t she wanna play sports with us?” to which Taylor would always tell her to knock it off and leave me alone.I never really got along with his mom, she couldn’t wrap her head around the fact that I was into alternative styles (emo/goth) and tried to force me into wearing clothes I hated and forbade me from watching anime in her house because she considered it all “pornographic”. She was super weird and would make me go to bed at 7pm when I was 15. Thank god I had a Nintendo DS lol. Anyway back to Taylor! He took me and his little sisters to the movies once and I played DDR against him in the arcade in the lobby of the theatre and won! It was odd though because this was right at the height of Friday Night Lights and people were staring at us and taking pictures of us. I wasn’t used to it at all and it freaked me out lol.He seems to really love his family and was always very kind to me, I’m sad that he’s considered “bad luck” in the industry. Edit: just wanted to add that I was closer with his younger sisters than I was with him, obviously as I was a teenager lol. His sisters were, I think, 10 and 12 at the time? They were so awesome and I think about them occasionally, hoping they’re doing well. We hung out a lot and his sister Shelby taught me how to play Webkinz lol. .”

“Rumor has it that Shawn Mendes and Bruna Marquezine hooked up this past weekend, when he was in São Paulo for Lollapalooza Brazil.”

“I was at LAX this weekend and got cussed out by Dennis Quaid for daring to grab a bag before him. also, for those of you who are curious, he has not seen novacaine , his son’s movie yet. sigh. wish i ran into meg ryan instead”

“Mindy Kaling’s rumored baby daddy BJ Novak is apparently dating that Zionist TikTok actress Delaney, and my flabbers have been gasted.”

“My friend knows Peregrine Pearson and says he’s a bit of a wet wipe but nice enough.”

“My tea is once again cold, but around 2003 I passed by Ron White (the comedian) walking in San Francisco. He stopped to give a busker a $20, which I thought was sweet.”

“I met Steve Carrell and his wife briefly and they were polite and nice. The only celeb tea I’ll ever have.”

“Oh something really small butMy friend was an extra on Riverdale and said that Skeet Ulrich smells absolutely incredible and is also one of the nicest dudes ever and would chill with the Serpent extras between takes. .”

“Comedian tea, mostly lukewarm! I was a comedy club server in NYC for a few years Janeane Garofalo- one of the sweetest, most chill human beings on the planet exceedingly polite and extremely down to earth, smells delicious, so tinyTim Dillon: genuinely eccentricMichael Che: kind of standoffish but a good tipper, starts petty fights with a lot of women for no reasonColin Most: arrogant, rude, personality of a pair of khakisStavros Halkias: delightful, warm, extremely kind and chill, probably my favorite Pete Davidson: a lot more chill and mellow than people think, at times quiet and keeps to himself, always courteous towards service industry staff Shane Gillis: surprisingly friendly and mild-mannered, actually Dan Soder: professional, generous tipper, charming, former server so always really mindful of othersNikki Glaser: kept to herself but was always really great about taking photos with fans even when she was busyMark Normand: sleazy, sexually harassed servers constantly and even groped a server but somehow manages to be booked and busy despite this

TJ Miller: a fall down drunk and high mess, avoided him at costs .”

“Volume 3 of my very specific Internet celebrity tea, in this case it’s another *very* good interaction:Rekha Shankar (Dropout cast/writer) did a *2-hour-long* livestream thanking all the Kickstarter backers for her movie when her campaign closed. This woman took time out of her probably busy day to show her appreciation to fans. Reading our names, responding to questions, encouraging us in our personal lives and telling us we are awesome, everything. So much joy was found, even if I was only on the stream for 15 minutes of my lunch break at work.I think part of why this Kickstarter ended up doing so well is because she really marketed it as a passion project and showed her authentic self in livestreams and promotional material. Not to be parasocial on main but she seems like a wonderful person that I would get along with if we knew each other IRL.”

“I know a lot of people here probably don’t know who they are but I was talking to someone and I said the worst concert I’ve seen live is Wolfmother. She told me she knows someone who met them and they were incredibly rude and acted like they were better than everyone. .”

“Pete davidson was ordering sweetgreen near my house the other day. placed his order, left to go buy a pepsi from a grocery store and then came back for his salad.he’s really tall and his hand tattoos are super faded now.”

“Jenna Marbles is rumored to have been seen in the background of Pink’s TikTok at a dog park. It has divided the fandom. Some are sure it’s her and others think it just looks like her. They’ve gone full deep dive on the spots on her greyhound, Bunny.”

“One of my old colleagues sat behind Pat Sajak (of Wheel of Fortune fame) at a Baltimore baseball game and accidentally spilled his beer all over him. It wasn’t by accident though because Pat Sajak was being a d**k the entire time and deserved a soggy t-shirt.”

“Kid Rock was at a strip club in DC last night making all kinds of passively racist comments about the non-white dancers, and he propositioned a 19 year old.”

“Sad tea… was sitting next to someone on a plane who works in the film industry. He was on set for Good Omens and he said that whilst David Tenant was lovely, Michael Sheen was a complete d**k and got the nickname ‘Meanie Sheeny’!I’m sad because I love Michael Sheen… .”

“My friend was good friends with Darren Criss growing up like same high school, sleep overs, and big group of music friends hangouts, but he dropped my friend as soon as he hit it big with Glee. My jaw dropped when he told me because he’s the sweetest and most reliable person I know. He most certainly wouldn’t care for fame so I definitely see Darren differently.”

“My tea is.. either Rita Ora has a stalker, or she had borrowed money from someone early on in her career and owed her money.”

“So my friend C is pretty removed from the g***y rose Blanchard case but we were discussing reality tv we were obsessed with over coffee. I told her I love the life after lockup show and because of the show, I abhor Ryan Anderson. She said she had never seen the show. Fast forward a week (two days ago) and she texts me that she finished season one and started season two. She kept feeling like Ken reminded her of someone so she brought it up with another friend. YALL SHE KNOWS KEN URKER. she sent me a picture of her, other female friend, and Ken + his ex gf at a wedding last year. The female friend she reached out to was friends with both my friend and Ken’s ex gf. All three of them worked together before covid hit. Apparently Ken lived in Seattle and when covid hit, he decided to move back home to Texas and took his gf with him. The worst part? THE DOG IN THE SHOW WAS STOLEN FROM HER! Ken literally stole her dog. She’s apparently the very same girlfriend whose hairbrush was found by G***y in the beginning of season two. She and Ken dated for years and he never mentioned G***y to her. Not until she came home one day to a camera crew and all of the pictures taken off the walls. They were interviewing him for the life after lock up show before season one aired. He cheated on her with G***y (who was cheating on Ryan) but apparently Ken cheated on G***y with her years ago, too. He’s also apparently just like… a total a*****e.”

“In Las Vegas seeing the Grateful Dead at the sphere and my partner is pretty sure they played blackjack with Alex Jones. Looked just like him and someone else at the table pointed out how similar they looked and potential Jones didn’t say anything in response and got up and left shortly after.”

“A close family member saw Jane Krakowski buying towels in a Target in NJ and approached her and said she was really nice and even took a selfie with her.”

“I worked as a PA on Best Ink reality TV show and Pete Wentz was an absolute gem-so genuinely nice to everyone.”

“Michael Duvall (a tiktoker with almost 100,000 subs) was recently outed for posting content to his OF that he filmed while working at a daycare. Nasty s**t is unfolding everyday!”

“This is like not even a celebrity but my friend was in a sorority with Noah Beck’s sister Tatum, and she bullied my friend until she quit.”

“One of my neighbors I discovered that my new friend I made at the gym is the same person who picked a fight with me on Nextdoor a couple years ago when I posted about finding a cat outside my house that I couldn’t keep. It was like 9PM and I have a reactive dog so I couldn’t keep it overnight or take it to a shelter, and I mentioned all of that, but I don’t think she is literate because she didn’t understand and kept returning to comment on it for the next several days. She has absolutely no idea who I am.”

“The good news; the reason we haven’t been getting new carly rae jepsen music in a while and why she has been seen frequenting quite a few broadway shows recently is because she’s been busy scoring the music for an upcoming ’10 things I hate about you’ musical that will hopefully premier later this year / 2026. the bad news; the person who is supposedly writing the book for the musical is not everyone’s favourite girls.”

“My friend is friends w the broadway actor that dated Pedro pascal for years in the 2010s(?) I believe. He’s not dating Jennifer Aniston that’s for sure ;).”

“A friend of mine who is getting her phd in gender studies is set to publish a paper on Sean Baker and that fight scene in Anora and how it references popular SA p*rn imagery (her focus is on adult film). It’s pretty damning. It’s interesting (and upsetting) but I wish she was publishing it in a popular trade instead of an academic journal.”

” My friend is, I guess you would call her an influencer or IG model. She posts a lot of fitness and just random “going out” type content. She’s a former athlete, so she posts that type of content too. She once showed me a dm from John Cusack asking her go out for coffee.”

“An absolutely insufferable relative of mine who works in AI was telling anyone who’d listen at a lunch a couple of months ago that Ben Affleck and ‘some director’ were flying an AI start-up he works at to LA to have them work on ways it could be implemented in movies and to see if any of the businesses would be worthwhile investments. This was before the fires and I don’t think they ended up flying them out.”

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