Shocking Celebrity Interview Revelations June 15 2025
"I was like, 'David Fincher is one of my favorite directors of all time,'" Brenda said in a conversation captured by The Wrap. "They're like, 'It's two scenes,' but I'm like, 'This is what I really wanted.' And my agents dropped me over this decision."
Bryce Dallas Howard alleges Lars Von Trier threw a glass of water in her face and insulted her father, director Ron Howard, on the set of Dogville.
"That was my introduction to the Lars von Trier experience, but it wasn't like I went to my room and cried or anything," she told the Sunday Times. "I was sort of delighted by it."
Miley Cyrus said that she and Liam Hemsworth initially broke up in 2012 because of her "sexualized" public image.
'Liam was also a part of other big franchises like The Hunger Games, and his brother is a Marvel superhero. And so I was also representing the family,' she said on the Every Single Album podcast. 'And so I felt like I needed to, and I, you know, it was my duty, too, because my plan was this time, I didn't want the relationship to fall apart. I wanted it to stay intact. And the reason why it didn't work during Bangerz was because of that.'
Billie Eilish's brother FINNEAS was tear-gassed during the L.A. protests.
'Tear gassed almost immediately at the very peaceful protest downtown," he wrote on his IG Story at the time. "They're inciting this.'
Justin Bieber's former manager Scooter Braun said that their relationship is "not the same" as it used to be.
'At that point, it had been a couple of years where I knew I wanted to do something else, and I wanted to find out who I was,' he said about the split during an episode of the Diary of a CEO podcast. 'We were both communicating enough with each other… The writing was on the wall.'
Sydney Sweney gained 30 pounds for her upcoming film role portraying boxer Christy Martin.
'I didn't fit in any of my clothes. I'm usually a size 23 in jeans, and I was wearing a size 27,' she told W Magazine. 'My boobs got bigger. And my butt got huge. It was crazy! I was like, Oh my god… I was so strong, like crazy strong.'
Sarah Jessica Parker said she doesn't take pictures with fans.
"I was just at the airport on Friday," she told Howard Stern. "A woman came up to me and she didn't say hello. She just said, 'Can I take your picture?' and I said, 'We didn't even meet. You didn't even introduce yourself. What's your name?'"
Ryan Phillippe's daughter Ava Phillippe admitted that her boyfriend kinda looks like her dad.
"You guys… whaaaaattt," she replied to a TikTok comment pointing out the resemblance. OK then!
Candace Cameron Bure claimed that scary movies are a "portal" to "something demonic."
"You're opening up a portal," she said on her own podcast. "Like, if you're watching this, or you're playing this video game, or whatever, that's a portal that could let stuff inside our home."
Influencer Nara Smith revealed that she's pregnant with her fourth child — before she's even turned 24.
"No, I'm not having this many kids because I'm Mormon," Nara explained on TikTok. "I'm not Mormon. I just always wanted to be a young mom and do everything while I was really young. And I think that's just a personal preference for me."
Keke Palmer admitted that her child's name is essentially made up.
"That was him trying to put like Darius and Lauren — like Leodis," she said during a House Guest appearance about her ex-partner Darius Jackson choosing the name. "Like, it was just too much, but I said, 'Hey, let's do it. It's adorable.' I was pregnant, anything went."
And finally, Kim Cattrall passed on Sex and the City four times before accepting the role of Samantha Jones.
'40 became sexy,' she told the Times of London, after revealing she passed on the role because of "self-inflected ageism...It became, 'Man, let's have more of that.''
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