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1.Katy PerryandTaylor Swiftarereportedly ninth cousins.
2.Ben AffleckandMatt Damon are also distant cousins.
3.Oh, and they’realsodistantly related toBarack ObamaandPrincess Diana.
4.Obama’s eighth cousinisDick Cheney.
5.Niecy Nash, Sterling K. Brown, and Danielle Brooksarecousins.
6.Jon HammtaughtEllie Kemper’s drama class when she was a freshman in high school. Later, when she was trying to make it in LA, she used her high school’s directory to reach out to Hamm (who was then starring inMad Men) and invited him to her one-person comedy show—and he came!
7.Adam Levine and Jonah Hill knew each other in childhood, as their parents were good friends. “Our kids grew up together, almost like brothers and sisters," Levine’s mom, Patsy Noah,said.
8.Eddie Redmayne and Tom Hiddlestonwentto Eton together, and even costarred in the playA Passage to India— Redmayne was the lead, while Hiddleston “played the front right leg of the elephant that Eddie was on,” as hetoldGraham Norton.
9.Prince William also went to Eton andwaseven on a rugby team with Redmayne in 1997.
10.Jennifer Anistonwasin a friend group with Chaz Bono in high school, and would often hang out at Cher’s house. Cher remembersheras taking the most snacks from the snack drawer.
11.Anistonhas beenfriends with Adam Sandler since 1990, when the two met at a deli in Los Angeles because Aniston was dating Sandler’s friend.
12.Speaking of Sandler, helivedwith Judd Apatow before they were both famous in a $900/month apartment in the Valley. Sandler eventually left to join the cast ofSNL, but continued to pay rent, as he was worried he was going to get fired and have to go back to LA.
13.Justin Timberlake’s momwasRyan Gosling’s guardian for a year while Timberlake and Gosling appeared onMickey Mouse Club House, as Gosling’s mom had to return to Canada and couldn’t serve as his guardian on set.
14.Mindy Kalinginternedon Conan O’Brien’s show before she was famous.
15.Speaking of Conan — Lisa Kudrow and Conan O’Brien dated in the ’80s, before they were famous,aftermeeting at an improv class.
16.Drakewent tohigh school with Elliot Page — and apparently wasn’t very nice to him. Hewroteon his blog, “I was watchingJunotonight on the tour bus and I am so proud of you…you were always the smartest and wittiest person in our class and I only made fun of you and acted like an asshole cause I had a crush on you.”
17.Neve Campbell and Allison Pillalsowent to that same high school.
18.More high school classmates: Naomi WattsandNicole Kidman! They would end up becoming close friends, with Watts saying of Kidman, “She made me her sister. Her smaller sister. Nicole epitomizes for me the word ‘sisterhood.'”
19.Guess who also went to high school together? Spencer Prattandthe Olsen twins — Pratt claims he sold a photo of Mary-Kate drinking at a party to the tabloids for $50,000.
20.Tia and Tamara Mowry babysat Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen for a half-day when they were around seven or eight on the set ofFull House. Their brother Tahj was appearing on the show at the time. “They were very young. So sweet, so kind. I remember all they wanted was matzo ball soup,” Tamera revealed.
21.Andy Samberg and Chelsea Perettiwentto elementary school together, and Peretti had a crush on Samberg. The two would later costar onBrooklyn Nine-Nine.
22.Maya Rudolph and Gwyneth Paltrowalsowent to elementary school together.
23.Jonah Hillalsowent there, though not at the same time. Oh,andMaude Apatow, Zosia Mamet, Kate Hudson, Jack Quaid, Charlie Hall, Maya Rudolph, Liv Tyler, Zooey Deschanel, and Emily Deschanel.
24.Jack Blackalsotransferred to the school — Crossroads School — when he was a sophomore, and he helped coach Rudolph for an improv competition, then took her to her first Groundlings show. Rudolph would end up joining an improv group there thatwouldlead to herSNLhiring. But back in school, she had a crush on Black, who she called “the theater god at my school.” He also taught her how to drive a stick shift.
25.Holly Hunter and Frances McDormandwerecollege roommates when they attended Yale Drama School — then lived togetheraftergraduating, too.
26.Theyalso,at one point, lived in an apartment with Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, Scott Spiegel, the Coen Brothers, and Kathy Bates.
27.Am I the only person who didn’t know Matty Healy was a nepo baby? His momisactor and television personality Denise Welch.
28.Ben Platt and Beanie Feldsteinbecame friends after meetingat a mutual friend’s Bat Mitzvah before they were both famous.
29.Alison Williamsworkedas Tina Fey’s assistant before she was famous.
30.Usherused towatch Beyoncé and the rest of her singing group (then The Dolls) when they came to Atlanta to work with producer Daryl Simmons. “I had to watch them ‘cause I was the authority ‘cause I guess I was the teenager at the time,” he said, saying he had to make “certain that they didn’t get in no trouble in the house at the time.”
31.Brandy and Snoop Doggarefirst cousins, according to Snoop.
32.Speaking of Brandy — shewent to promwith none other than Kobe Bryant.
33.Bianca LawsonisBeyoncé and Solange’s ste-sister.
34.Whitney Houston’s mom Cissy Houstonwasa backup singer for both Elvis, Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin.
35.Josh Brolin’s stepmomisnone other than Barbara Streisand.
36.Years before they costarred inBarbie, Kate McKinnon and America Ferrerawentto a summer acting program together while they were both in high school.
37.Kate McKinnon wasalsofriends withBarbiedirector Greta Gerwig before they were famous. The two were in an improv group together in college and “made really wonderfully strange musicals together.”
38.Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastainhaveknown each other since they attended Julliard together.
39.Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheenarebrothers, which I can’t believe I never knew.
40.Bethenny FrankelwasParis and Nicky Hilton’s nanny when they were kids. She would take them ice skating, to the pet shop, or shopping after school.
41.Years before both starring inThe Office, John Krasinski and BJ Novakwent tohigh school together. They werealsoon a little league team together.
42.Jason Segel and Kevin Hartshareda one-bedroom apartment for six months — because Apatow told them to. The two had both appeared in a pilot Apatow directed. (The series didnotget picked up.)
43.And finally, Pete Wentz’s parentsmetworking for Joe Biden in the 1970s. Which means that without Biden’s political career, Pete Wentz — and by extension, Fall Out Boy — wouldn’t exist.
