Strange A-List Addictions
Cigarettes, coffee or shoes? Not for these celebs. We reveal the strangest celebrity addictions - Sugar Puffs, Antiques Roadshow or breastfeeding, anyone?
PA PhotosWho: Emma Watson <br <strong="">What: Learning
It’s good to see that taking all that time off to star in Harry Potter films didn’t affect Emma Watson getting a good education, but the young actress’ quest for knowledge didn’t stop there. She revealed: “I just love learning. I’m, like, addicted to learning. I just want to know as much as I possibly can. It’s never enough for me. And I’ll never stop. I just really love knowledge. Addicted!”
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PA PhotosWho: Anna Kendrick
What: Angry Birds
The Twilight actress Anna Kendrick has confessed to being totally addicted to the mobile computer game Angry Birds. “It’s disgusting how much I play that game,” she has admitted. “It’s not like ‘Oh, what level am I on?’ It’s like ‘Do I need therapy to break myself from playing Angry Birds?’”
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Rex FeaturesWho: Michelle Williams
What: Email
Some people feel like they’ve lost a limb if they’re without their mobile phone, but for Michelle Williams, it’s all about email. The Brokeback Mountain actress referred to her habit as being like “a dopamine hit”, and even a short spell of letter writing when she was cut off from her laptop didn’t help curb her enthusiasm.
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PA PhotosWho: Matthew McConaughey
What: Fitness
It’s probably not a surprise to discover that Matthew McConaughey can’t get enough of working out. The Hollywood actor is always snapped with his top off, apparently running half way across the US. There’s not a day that goes by that the Matthew doesn’t do any exercise – he is one serious fitness junkie.
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PA PhotosWho: Charlize Theron
What: Deep-fried food
Surely the sleight Charlize Theron couldn’t possibly succumb to the temptation of deep-fried food? Well, shockingly, she can’t get enough of the stuff. She revealed: “Anything fried, I’ll take. Are you kidding me? I will fry my shoe and eat it.”
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PA PhotosWho: Kim Kardashian
What: Junk food
Kim Kardashian is another one who hits the junk food big-time. She may have made a pledge to give up the devil’s food, but she can’t seem to quite beat the cravings. She claims that she needs to have a sugar hit at least five times a day and she’s partial to eating deep-fried Oreos.
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Rex FeaturesWho: Paris Hilton
What: Skydiving
Nope, not shopping for shoes or her little dogs. The heiress loves the adrenaline rush she gets from jumping out of a plane, and has been doing it regularly since 2007. “I went for my birthday last year and got addicted, it’s so much fun. I was [terrified] but it’s such a rush, it’s really thrilling.” Who would’ve thought of Paris as an adrenaline junkie?
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Rex FeaturesWho: Paris Hilton
What: Tanning
Paris Hilton really is the golden girl – the socialite and reality TV star just can’t get enough of tanning. Be it faked or from hanging out on the beach, she just has to have that bronzed glow.
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paWho: Rihanna
What: Art
It’s evident that Rihanna has a love for artistic things, given her fashion and tattoo penchants, but we never knew she actually loved ‘regular’ art, too. Her (rather expensive) addiction began after she bought a painting by Rolling Stones star Ronnie Wood. The Barbadian singer said: "I'm not a big spender, but I do like to buy art. My favorite canvas is a Ronnie Wood one. He painted a portrait of Bob Marley and as soon as I saw it I knew I wanted it. It's very rare that you get a painting of a legend painted by a legend, so I had to get it." An addiction that moonlights as an investment? We like!
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Rex FeaturesWho: Rihanna
What: Tattoos
They say that once you get your first tattoo, you’ll be addicted, and that was probably true in Rihanna’s case. Every time she’s seen out in public she seems to have gotten yet another one. The Only Girl (In The World) singer has fourteen in total, including ‘love’ tattooed on her finger, a skull and cross bones on the back of her leg and ‘never a failure, always a lesson’ tattooed across her breastbone.
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PA PhotosWho: Nicole Kidman
What: Cake
You’d never know it by looking at her, but Oscar winning actress Nicole Kidman is addicted to good old fashioned cakes. Kidman has confessed: “I can’t have a piece of cake every single night—but I can have a piece of cake three or four nights a week! I eat healthily, but I also love pies and chocolate.” Hey, if it works for Nicole…
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Who: Jessica Simpson
What: Nicotine chewing gum
Jessica Simpson is addicted to nicotine chewing gum, even though she's never been a smoker. The songstress revealed that it gives her the energy of three red bulls – yowza! "The first time I ever chewed a piece of Nicorette gum one of my close friends' mother gave it to me. I was chewing it and it was like a party in my mouth. It was like fireworks and 'Oh my god, I'm talking a million miles per hour and I love this gum and what kind of gum is this? I have to have this gum.'" Alright there, Jess, calm down.
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Bigpicturephotos.comWho: Cheryl Cole
What: Carrot juice
Of all the things one could be addicted to, Ms. Cole has gone for a very healthy option: carrot juice. The X Factor judge discovered the drink for herself during her recent New Year’s trip to South Africa (with Derek Hough), and now friends say she can't get enough. Apparently, Cheryl drank two glasses every morning followed by another six throughout the day.
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Rex FeaturesWho: Jack Black
What: Green tea
American actor and musician Jack Black has previously admitted to being addicted to playing video games and smoking, but he seems to have swapped both addictions for a far healthier one: drinking green tea, in particular when it’s iced. A healthy addiction we can stand behind. Maybe he should hang out with our Cheryl?
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PA PhotosWho: Robert Pattinson
What: Antiques Roadshow
Twilight star Robert Pattinson has admitted that he is addicted to British TV Sunday night favourite The Antiques Roadshow. “I love the faces of the posh people when they think something is going to be valued at more than it is and, when it’s not, they’re gutted. I also love the faces of those who have found something and when they’re told what it’s worth they are delighted and you know it’s going to change their life.” We’d love to sit down with Rob for a cuppa and an episode of Antiques.
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PA PhotosWho: Robert Pattinson (part 2)
What: Diet Coke
Robert Pattinson seems to have yet another vice… Diet Coke. He revealed his love for the caffeinated drink in a recent interview: “I was just taking out my trash and I had, like, 300 cans of Diet Coke. It was just like, ‘How did that happen?’ I don’t even remember buying them. I also like Cinnamon Toast Crunch. My addictions are pretty much the only things I consume.” If only GLAMOUR.com were his addiction…
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PA PhotosWho: Cameron Diaz
What: Golf
Actress Cameron Diaz has ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake to thank for her addiction. The pop star first introduced her to golf when they dated in the early 2000s. She recently revealed on a US chat show: "I've been golfing for about eight years but I hadn't golfed for, like, three years until recently... because it's kind of like crack cocaine to me."
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Who: Simon Cowell
What: Angel Delight
Simon Cowell seems a lot less tough to us after admitting to a very fluffy addiction: Angel Delight. His X Factor sidekick and former girlfriend Sinitta revealed his sweet tooth cravings: “He has a two-packet-a-day problem or habit — it’s his comfort food. He walks round with a packet of cigarettes and a packet of Angel Delight. He will have a bowl of pink Angel Delight at home or even in the back of a limo.”
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PA PhotosWho: Ozzy Osbourne
What: Sugar Puffs
Yep, you read correctly. The Prince of Darkness has one hell of a sweet tooth, and is hooked on Sugar Puffs. So much so that the Black Sabbath star gets the sugary children’s cereal shipped out to LA. Rock on!
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PA PhotosWho: Salma Hayek
What: Breastfeeding
This is an addiction we’ve never heard of before, but trust Salma Hayek to catch us off guard. After the birth of her daughter Valentina Paloma in 2007, the actress couldn’t stop breastfeeding: “I’m like an alcoholic. It is like, I don’t care if I cry, I don’t care if I am fat, I am just going to do it for one more week, one more month, and then when I see how much good it is doing her and I can’t stop.” Maybe that explains why she controversially breastfed a starving baby on a trip to Sierra Leone in 2009.
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Rex FeaturesWho: Beyoncé Knowles
What: Online gaming
We love us a girl geek! Beyoncé recently revealed that she loves to play games online, challenging complete strangers. The singer says playing card games relaxes her, and that her anonymity is a bonus: “I play with everybody, and they curse me out when I make mistakes, and kick me out of the room. I love it, it’s really fun because no one knows it’s me.”
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Rex FeaturesWho: Katy Perry
What: Facials
What a luxurious addiction Ms Perry! The singer who has admitted to suffering from acne in the past, revealed her very A-List sounding addiction, namely regular facials at an LA spa. “I have regular facials. I’m addicted to Ole Henriksen spa.” Who wouldn’t be?
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PA PhotosWho: Jennifer Aniston
What: Yoga
At 42, Jennifer Aniston has a body most 21 year olds can only dream of. The former Friends star has had a well publicised fitness-affair with yoga, even saying that it “completely changed” her life. Jen works out five times a week with her personal trainer, and has said about her method: “ You start to crave it. You know, you start to actually crave that adrenaline.”
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Rex FeaturesWho: Lily Allen
What: The internet
Lily Allen has the internet to thank for much of her success, as she started out by posting songs on her MySpace page, but it seems that the www has slightly turned against the GLAMOUR fave. After deciding that she had become ‘addicted’ to the internet, Lily went neo-Luddite and got rid of her electronic devices. "I don't own a BlackBerry. Or a computer. I don't even read emails. I was using the internet in a really destructive way. In the same way as I guess alcoholics and drug addicts have to stop taking drugs or alcohol to see how negatively it affects them. I had to stop using the internet completely. If I was feeling bad, I'd look for negative things people were writing about me to substantiate how I was feeling: 'Look, I am fat and ugly...'" Sounds smart to us, Lil.
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Rex FeaturesWho: Avril Lavigne
What: Eyeliner
Rock chick Avril Lavigne has an addiction that is clearly visible: eyeliner, eyeliner and more eyeliner. “The thing that I’m most addicted to is black eyeliner. It’s been my obsession for years.” Maybe Avril should have a word with fellow addict Taylor Momsen?
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PA PhotosWho: Kanye West
What: Pornography
Kanye West doesn't only rap about sex, he's also suggested in the past that he may be addicted to it. He speaks openly about his love of pornography, taking the, err, films with him whenever he travels and discussing his passion on daytime TV chat shows like Ellen DeGeneres'. He even credits some of his success from the inspiration he gets from it. Hey, if it helps him write good music, we're all for it.
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wennWho: Ben Affleck
What: Online poker
Ben Affleck has a profession to fall back on if ever he wants to give up his acting gig: professional poker. Before marrying Jennifer Garner, he would frequently take part in tournaments, winning up to $356,000 in one game. He’s now switched to online poker, meaning he can play from home. How… romantic?
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PA PhotosWho: Heidi Montag
What: Plastic Surgery
TV actress Heidi Montag has admitted to being addicted to plastic surgery. At only 23 years of age, the The Hills star went under the knife to have ten procedures completed in a day, shocking not only the public but also her close family. "For the past three years, I've thought about what to have done. I'm beyond obsessed."
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