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(#1) Calista Flockhart's Eating Disorder
Even though she was starring on the hit series Ally McBeal, Calista Flockhart couldn't shake the rumors of her anorexia. So much so that she feels the rumors negatively impacted her career. -
(#2) Angelina Jolie Wears A Vial Of Blood Around Her Neck
There was a weird time in all our lives when Angelina Jolie was married to Billy Bob Thornton, and the weirdest part was that we all knew she wore a vial of his blood around her neck. Was this the proof we needed that Jolie was a vampire? Nope.
Turns out it wasn't even a vial, it was just a locket with a smear of blood on the inside. Somehow that's almost more weird.
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(#3) Michael Jackson Slept In A Hyperbaric Chamber
The '90s were rife with weird stories about Michael Jackson and all the nuts stuff he did. Supposedly, in an effort to help him live longer, he slept in a hyperbaric chamber. Oddly enough, this story is kind of true.
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(#4) 'You Oughta Know' Is About Dave Coulier
One of the biggest hits of the '90s, "You Oughta Know" has a very memorable line about Alanis Morissette performing a sexual act on someone in a theater. When the public learned that Alanis had dated Dave Coulier, or Uncle Joey to you, rumors spread like wildfire that the song was about Coulier.
Ten years later he said that he didn't want to be the "a-hole" guy the song is actually about.
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(#5) Marilyn Manson Removed His Ribs So He Could Blow Himself
This was one of the most prevalent rumors of the '90s. The story was that Marilyn Manson and his bandmates removed a few of their lower ribs so they could S their own Ds. This rumor is most likely false, but Manson continues to play coy.
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(#6) Courtney Love Took Out Kurt Cobain
Kurt Cobain's passing was a massive loss for a generation, but it amplified the need for psychiatric care in those with bipolar disorder. But what if he didn't truly take his own life?! What if he was actually felled by his wife Courtney Love? That's what a lot of people online believe.
As with a lot of conspiracy theories and creepy schoolyard rumors, this story probably isn't as interesting as a lot of people want it to be.
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(#7) Britney Spears Got Breast Implants At Age 16
When the "...Baby One More Time" singer made her way from Disney to the world stage, people immediately assumed she was a plastic surgery nightmare. Unfortunately, this is sort of true. Britney Spears's mother allowed her to get breast implants, but she had them removed after her body kept growing.
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(#8) Tupac Slept With Biggie's Wife
Beginning with the Tupac track "Hit 'Em Up" (a diss track aimed at The Notorious B.I.G.), a rumor began about Pac sleeping with Biggie's wife, Faith Evans. Notoriously, Tupac rapped, "You claim to be a player / But I f*cked your wife." Ouch.
Evans denies any such claims, but the rumor still persists.
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(#9) Oprah And Gayle Are Lovers
Before most of '90s teens even understood what "lovers" were, they knew that Oprah Winfrey, the Queen of All Media, and her bestie Gayle King were definitely lovers. Even though Oprah has been with the love of her life, Stedman Graham, for decades, rumors continue to fly about these two.
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(#10) Tupac Never Perished
If you didn't hear kids talking about how Pac's passing was all a charade so he could go underground and rap as Makaveli, then you were home-schooled. There's some truth to this rumor, because he did record an album as Makaveli.
Some conspiracy theorists believe that this album contains a series of clues about his demise and resurrection.
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(#11) Madonna Got A Nose Job
Most celebrities realize that once they reach the top of the fame heap they'll be exposed to some form of scandal. But what might be most interesting about this very boring rumor is that because Madonna had already gone so far outside the norm for a pop star, the best thing gossip rags could come up with was a plastic surgery "scandal" that is probably true and definitely no one cares about. Points to Madonna.
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(#12) Lauryn Hill Didn't Want White People Buying Her Albums
While she was still singing with the Fugees, Lauryn Hill supposedly said, "I would rather die than have a white person buy one of my albums," during an interview with MTV. But, uh... nobody's got that tape.
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(#13) Brandon Lee's Passing Was Left In 'The Crow'
In 1993, while filming one of the final scenes of The Crow, Brandon Lee was supposed to be shot with a prop gun, but one of the bullets turned out to be very real, and he was accidentally shot on set. After six hours of surgery, he succumbed to the wound.
According to super creepy kids everywhere, the scene is still in the film. Thankfully, that rumor isn't true.
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(#14) Suge Knight Hung Vanilla Ice Out A Window
This rumor about the "Ice Ice Baby" singer has been going around since the time of VH1's Behind the Music series, when Knight said he threatened to drop Ice out a window if he didn't sign over the publishing rights from the hit song. In hindsight, this seems dubious.
Vanilla Ice mostly debunked this story while also making it sound like he was to thank for the second wave of Southern California gangsta rap.
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(#15) Leonardo DiCaprio And Kate Winslet Were A Thing
You star in one blockbuster film about a tragic whirlwind romance (and something about a boat?) and everyone automatically assumes you're an item. Despite having an amazing career, Kate Winslet is still denying that she hooked up with the prettiest boy from Pretty Town aka Leonardo DiCaprio during the making of Titanic.
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(#16) Richard Gere + Gerbil = True Love
Many '90s kids didn't even know who Richard Gere was, but they sure knew that he'd meticulously built a series of tubes to lead a gerbil into his butt. Supposedly the urban legend was started by Sylvester Stallone.
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(#17) Marilyn Manson Was On 'The Wonder Years'
Note to any future shock rockers out there: If you're going to paint your face and pretend to be a devil pope, people are going to make up a bunch of weird stuff about you. This theory draws a line between the (sort of) similar facial features of Manson and the character Paul from the '80s series The Wonder Years. No duh, this story is false. -
(#18) Steve From 'Blues Clues' Perished In A Car Crash
Or from ODing on drugs, or he was eaten by a large carnivorous plant. A lot of strange things were said about Steve when he stepped away from hosting one of the most riveting programs on Nick Jr.
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(#19) Mariah Carey Envies Starving Children
During an interview, Mariah Carey supposedly said that when she sees "poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean, I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff."
The quote was picked up by a few magazines, but it was actually from a satirical interview published in 1996. It's followed her ever since.
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(#20) Barney The Purple Dinosaur Kept Cocaine In His Tail
If you were a kid in the '90s, you had an opinion about Barney. More than likely you hated his guts, and would believe anything you heard about the man inside the purple suit hiding cocaine in his tail.
Who even knew what cocaine was in the '90s?!
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(#21) Marisa Tomei Didn't Really Win An Academy Award
Despite all the insane rumors on this list, this story about Maris Tomei might be the zaniest. At the 1993 Academy Awards she was up for the best supporting actress trophy for her performance in My Cousin Vinny. The rumor is that Jack Palance accidentally read her name off his card.
Obviously, Tomei won the award fair and square because she's amazing.
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(#22) Mark-Paul Gosselaar Perished In A Car Crash
In the '90s, this rumor about the Saved by the Bell star bounced wildly around the country in different variations. In this iteration, Mark-Paul Gosselaar passed in a motorcycle accident. As we all know, he lived to make it to The College Years and even a cast reunion on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
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(#23) Michael J. Fox's Middle Name Is Jello
Maybe you heard this rumor and got jealous of Marty McFly for having such a gnarly name, but cut it out. Despite the story stating that his parents let him choose his own middle name, prompting him to choose "Jello," it's not true.
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Hollywood was always full of rumors and celebrity gossip, which seemed completely legal at the time. However, after a few years, we have all looked back and it is hard to believe that so many people believed these rumors firmly at that time. These ridiculous and absurd rumors that were popular in the 1990s perfectly proved that people's curiosity is endless.
It is almost impossible for a celebrity without being involved in some scandals, and the 90s were full of controversy and gossip about celebrities. The random tool shares 23 celebrity rumors of the 1990s that you must have heard of.
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