From the nightclub straight to the Vatican? Surprising jobs famous people had in the past
They are now successful actors, talented singers and prominent international figures, however, at another point of their lives, the following famous people had jobs you would have never imagined!
Find out what unusual jobs these figures had were before rising to fame...
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They are now successful actors, talented singers and prominent international figures, however, at another point of their lives, the following famous people had jobs you would have never imagined! Find out what unusual jobs these figures had were before rising to fame...
Matthew McConaughey
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At some point in his life, ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ star Matthew McConaughey lived and worked in Australia, during his time as an exchange student. According to Inside Hollywood, the film star used to clean chicken coops for a living.
Victoria Beckham
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Before joining the Spice Girls, one of the most successful pop bands of all-time, Victoria Beckham had a quite interesting job. According to The Sun newspaper, she appeared in BBC’s ‘Body Matters’ show, where she used to dance… dressed up as a sperm and rocking roller skates.
Vince Vaughn
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‘The Internship’ star Vince Vaughn used to save lives at the YMCA pool when he was younger. In an interview with KABC Television, the actor recalled one of his experiences there, when he helped a man who strayed too far into the deep end. He said: "I went home, I told my dad that story and he said, 'You didn't save anybody! That's ridiculous. You moved a senior a couple of feet.’”
Rod Stewart
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Who would have thought that the ‘Maggie May’ hitmaker used to work as a gravedigger? That’s right. The book ‘Rod Stewart: The New Biography’ revealed the singer's unusual job. It read: "He had suffered from nightmares about death from a very early age and so thought, as an impressionable teenager, that perhaps getting as close as he could to death, actually digging out holes to be filled by real bodies, he could rid himself of that fear."
Whoopi Goldberg
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Before finding major Hollywood success, ‘Ghost’ actress Whoopi Goldberg had an interesting job that is really worth of mentioning. In an interview on ‘Oprah’s Master Class’, Whoopi revealed she was a mortuary beautician. She said: "I did hair and makeup on dead people. There was an ad in the paper! And I'm a licensed beautician as well, because I went to beauty school."
Warren Beatty
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‘Heaven Can Wait’ star Warren Beatty used to work as a rat catcher before his big Hollywood breakthrough. According to the book ‘Warren Beatty: A Private Man’, the actor and Academy Award winner got the job at the age of 17, so he used to patrol Washington alleys to check for rodents.
Patrick Dempsey
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Best known for his role as Dr. Derek Shepherd in ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, Patrick Dempsey told EW that, when he was younger, he used to juggle for a living. He said: “I signed up to try and get into Ringling Brothers.”
Ellen DeGeneres
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The famous talk show host had tons of different jobs in the past, but the one that deserves a mention in our list is the oyster shucker one. In the book, ‘Ellen: A Biography’, DeGeneres says: "When you live in New Orleans, you're bound to be an oyster shucker, aren't ya?"
Barack Obama
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In a 2016 LinkedIn post, the former President of the United States highlighted the importance of getting a first job, and shared some details about his own experience. He wrote: “Scooping ice cream is tougher than it looks. Rows and rows of rock-hard ice cream can be brutal on the wrists. As a teenager working behind the counter at Baskin-Robbins in Honolulu.”
Pope Francis
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According to the Italian outlet Gazzetta del Sud, Jorge Mario Bergoglio - now known to Catholics across the world as Pope Francis - used to work as a... nightclub security guard! The report states: "As a student he worked as a bouncer at a nightclub to support himself."
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