Time to debunk some of Hollywood's most persistent myths! From misunderstood icons to bizarre urban legends, we're setting the record straight about your favorite stars. These fascinating revelations might surprise you - and make you think twice about those tabloid headlines!
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00:00Is Great Uncle Walt frozen underneath the Pirates of the Caribbean rock?
00:03Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the Top 10
00:07Misconceptions and Myths About Famous Celebrities.
00:10Mama Cat.
00:11Deceased.
00:12Ham sandwich.
00:16Number 10. Ariana Grande's name isn't pronounced like that.
00:20After years of releasing wildly successful music and the recent buzz surrounding her
00:24portrayal of Glinda in Wicked, Ariana Grande has become a bona fide household name.
00:30Except, that's not her name.
00:41Or at least, not how it's pronounced.
00:43In a 2018 interview with Beats 1, the singer revealed that her grandparents pronounced
00:47her last name almost completely differently, and it was at the suggestion of her brother,
00:51Frankie, that Ariana modified her pronunciation, and the new name stuck.
01:00Maybe all this confusion is why Larry David just gave up altogether when trying to pronounce
01:17the singer's name on SNL.
01:24Number 9. Beyonce didn't fake her first pregnancy.
01:27During an interview on the Australian TV show Sunday Night, Beyonce took her seat in a way
01:32that made her dress fold unusually, causing a worldwide media frenzy.
01:36But what this moment exposed to some even caught us by surprise.
01:41Here it is again, slowed down.
01:44As Beyonce sits down with Molly Meldrum, her dress folds.
01:48That crease caused a worldwide controversy.
01:52The shot appeared as though she was wearing a fake pregnancy belly,
01:55and conspiracy theorists immediately took notice.
01:57Sunday Night took note of the public's response and quickly came out with previously unseen
02:01footage to hopefully disprove the theories.
02:03But it was too late.
02:04Wendy Williams had already caught the scent.
02:22The infamous gossip took the fake pregnancy rumors and ran with them,
02:25and to this day people still believe Blue Ivy Carter was born to a surrogate,
02:29and not Beyonce herself.
02:48Number 8. Michael Jackson didn't sleep in a hyperbaric chamber.
02:51While the King of Pop was known for his eccentricities,
02:54there was never any truth to this widely believed tabloid story.
03:13According to a completely false 1986 National Enquirer story,
03:17Jackson slept in a hyperbaric chamber in order to slow the aging process
03:20in the hopes of living to be 150 years old.
03:23Hyperbaric chambers aren't safe to sleep in, but they are often used to treat burn victims.
03:27After being treated for severe burns to his scalp on the set of a Pepsi commercial,
03:31Jackson donated a hyperbaric chamber to the hospital that treated him.
03:51It's likely that the photographs taken of Jackson in the chamber
03:54were taken at that hospital to publicize his donation
03:56and promote the work of the burn unit staff.
04:15Number 7. Shirley Eaton didn't die filming Goldfinger.
04:19Life most certainly did not imitate art during the production of this famous Bond movie,
04:23although many people think it did.
04:24In Goldfinger, Jill Masterson dies of skin suffocation
04:28after being painted head-to-toe in metallic gold paint.
04:30This led to a rumor that the use of gold paint on actress Shirley Eaton
04:34caused her to suffer the same fate as her character.
04:50In reality, only the parts of her body shown on camera were painted.
04:53The rest of her skin was left bare, preventing any potential harm.
05:05Eaton is in fact still alive,
05:07and even appeared in an episode of Mythbusters to dispel this rumor once and for all.
05:11Number 6. Mr. Rogers wasn't a Navy SEAL.
05:20Sometimes people really can be as wholesome as they look.
05:23Fred Rogers was the creator and host of the educational children's series,
05:27Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood.
05:41Throughout the series, Rogers taught the youth of North America
05:49about the importance of kindness and tolerance toward those around us.
05:52These fish are real, and I feed them real food.
05:59Everything in this house here is real.
06:03But everything in the neighborhood of make-believe is like a dream.
06:08In the early 2000s, rumors began to spread that the TV host had a violent past
06:13as a Navy SEAL during the Vietnam War,
06:15with some even going as far as to say he wore his signature sweater
06:18to conceal tattoos commemorating his extensive kills.
06:21But what does Michael Keaton think about the sniper rumor?
06:26Whatever you say, Batman, but it could be totally true!
06:30It's totally untrue.
06:32The only time Mr. Rogers took off between college and television, he went to seminary.
06:36These rumors were completely false.
06:38Rogers never served in the military in any capacity.
06:41His sweaters also never concealed any tattoos,
06:43but they were all hand-knitted with love by Rogers' mother.
06:46Number 5. Cass Elliot didn't die choking on a sandwich.
06:49Singer Cass Elliot, known for her time with the Mamas and the Papas,
06:52is considered a legend of the American folk music scene.
07:06During her lifetime, however, Elliot faced considerable ridicule for her weight,
07:10contributing to a lifelong struggle with her body image.
07:12Elliot died of a heart attack at the young age of 32,
07:15but popular rumors stated she died choking on a ham sandwich.
07:18What happened was, as we were leaving the show that time,
07:22the, what do you call that, sewer thing had been tilted up,
07:26and my foot slipped on it, and I was leaving for Texas that night.
07:29I was standing right outside, and you came down and took a hit here.
07:32Nice. And so I went to this little hospital across the street,
07:35your friendly neighborhood hospital.
07:37Perhaps the most disheartening myth on this list for its sheer cruelty and insensitivity,
07:41Elliot's daughter, Owen, described the rumor as one last slap against the fat lady.
07:45But I was on the news, which is really grim,
07:48because my mother didn't know about it, and she saw it on the news.
07:50Scares people to death.
07:51And then I have some friends in Paris who called and made the papers in Paris.
07:54I mean, you know, I could work all my life to do something really good,
07:57a good piece of work, and nobody would ever hear about it,
08:00and just tip over somewhere where there's a camera.
08:03Number four, Walt Disney's head isn't cryogenically frozen.
08:07He'd walk around the studio a lot. He'd walk around the machine shop.
08:10He'd start a little conversation with somebody. It's usually a question.
08:14What we're doing here, what this is all about.
08:16You've probably heard of this popular rumor about America's most famous animator,
08:19that Disney had his head cryogenically frozen after his death,
08:22so he could be brought back to life when technology allowed.
08:25Some even say his frozen head is kept under the Pirates of the Caribbean ride,
08:29but there's never been any truth to this morbid myth.
08:31He is not. We don't have him in an ice cube tray in the freezer.
08:34And no, not frozen.
08:36Still, this rumor has persisted for decades, with some alleging that the film Frozen
08:40was so named in order to push this chilly piece of gossip further down
08:44in search results for Disney and Frozen.
08:46What? You kind of set off an eternal winter everywhere.
08:51That one might even be plausible, but the original rumor is nothing but lies.
08:54Number three, Jennifer Lopez's body isn't insured.
08:58One of the most persistent myths on this list
09:00is the rumor that Jennifer Lopez has insured her booty for one million dollars.
09:04This false fact has popped up for years on celebrity gossip websites and tabloids,
09:08but the star vehemently denies any truth behind the rumor.
09:11I don't know if it's true or not.
09:12Okay.
09:13Did you insure your butt for a million dollars?
09:17No.
09:17No.
09:18I don't even, there is no such thing as that.
09:20How can you insure your butt for a million dollars?
09:21I think there is a place in your homeland where you can insure certain things,
09:29you know, like parts of your body.
09:30Body part insurance is a popular topic for pop culture journalists,
09:34and some claims made about celebrities are actually true,
09:37like Heidi Klum's two million dollar leg insurance policy.
09:40Most, however, are totally made up.
09:45While J.Lo's rumor is likely the most famous,
09:47other false claims have been made about Taylor Swift, Kim Kardashian, and Dolly Parton.
09:51Despite being actually a legitimate practice,
09:53body part insurance is not as common as tabloids would have you believe.
09:57Because it would be odd to insure your ass.
09:59Or anything.
10:00No, but I get it.
10:01If you're a piano player.
10:01Especially your ass.
10:02If you're a piano player.
10:03Wait, that's what I'm saying.
10:04You insure your hands, but you didn't insure the butt.
10:07No!
10:08Number two.
10:09Albert Einstein didn't fail math.
10:11What are we doing?
10:14I am steering the boat.
10:16Is that looking?
10:21The wind direction?
10:23That Taylor?
10:24Yes.
10:25Close your eyes.
10:26The idea that one of the greatest scientific minds of all time couldn't
10:30pass grade school math is a bit absurd, but still believed by many.
10:33Einstein excelled in math and science, and even taught himself calculus as a young teenager.
10:38He was even able to sit an entrance exam for university two years before his peers,
10:42which he promptly failed due to poor performance in non-scientific subjects.
10:45Perhaps this was the source of the rumor that Einstein struggled in his early studies,
10:49but it's unclear where anyone got the idea that he was bad at math.
10:52Space is shaped.
10:58Space is full of curves.
11:03And bends.
11:08Still, if this rumor inspires anyone who struggles in school to keep trying,
11:11maybe a little white lie isn't such a bad thing after all.
11:14Who are all those men outside?
11:19Reporters!
11:22Word has reached us from London of your anointing.
11:28You're famous.
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11:46Number 1.
11:47Marilyn Monroe wasn't a dumb blonde
11:49An enduring symbol of beauty and glamour,
11:52Marilyn Monroe is perhaps the most famous movie star of all time.
11:55She was often cast in blonde bombshell roles that highlighted her beauty above
11:59any of her other qualities, leading her to be considered nothing more than a dumb blonde.
12:03Men grow cold as girls grow old
12:08And we all lose our jobs in the end
12:13But square cut or pear shaped
12:16These rocks don't lose their shape
12:18Diamonds are a girl's best friend
12:22In truth, Monroe was incredibly intellectually curious,
12:25and despite not finishing high school, she took literature courses at UCLA.
12:29She was an avid reader,
12:30with a personal library containing over 400 books on a wide variety of subjects.
12:52She sought intellectual stimulation in her relationships too,
12:55notably with writers Arthur Miller and Truman Capote.
12:58Although she couldn't escape her dumb blonde reputation in life,
13:00we owe it to her legacy to refute that harmful stereotype for good.
13:20What's the wildest celebrity rumor you've ever heard?
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