15 People Who Were Strippers Before Becoming Famous
Monday, Aug 31, 2020, 11:42 am
By:James Fraser
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You can't deny the fact that conventional and adult entertainment industries are somewhat closely related. The two industries are cash cows, and will make people millionaires if they get that one good opportunity. Many celebrities were former porn stars and strippers as well. They stripped for money, and in fact, the stripping gig helped them get big Hollywood contacts. From Brad Pitt, Channing Tatum to Catherine Zeta-Jones, here's a list of fifteen famous people who were strippers in the past.
1.Brad Pitt
The 'Fight Club' star, Brad Pitt, was a stripper before breaking into the Hollywood. Pitt was one of the seven members of the dance club 'Dancing Bares'. He used to dance naked in front of the college girls, along with his team members!
2.Courtney Love
Popular rock musician and widow of Kurt Cobain (Nirvana lead singer), Courtney Love, remembered her stripper days in Las Vegas in one of the interviews. She stripped to fund her music band.
3.Channing Tatum
In an interview given to The Daily Telegraph, Channing Tatum revealed some interesting and dark secrets of his past life. When he was 19 years old, he stripped in front of the crowd for money. He said he wasn't great at doing adult gigs, and all he could make is less than fifty dollars a night.
4.Catherine Zeta-Zones
The highly talented Hollywood actress had no issues whatsoever to admit being a stripper in the past. She stripped because she needed money for a nose job (rhinoplasty). She left the stripping job when she made enough money for the surgery.
5.Chris Pratt
Chris Pratt too admitted to stripping in his younger days to make money. He said he failed at it and couldn't make big money he hoped for.
6.Anna Nicole Smith
The late actress and Playboy model started her journey from a strip club. In the beginning, she used to work as a waitress at Red Lobster. She tried stripping to make more money, and it worked.
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7.Kendra Wilkinson
Popular 'Playmate' Kendra Wilkinson worked at a pizza shop and a dental office before becoming a stripper, and making an entry into the 'Playboy Mansion' as one of the Hugh Hefner's girlfriends. She revealed she made $500,000 in just six months from stripping.
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8.Nene Leakes
'The Real Housewives of Atlanta' star Nene Leakes admitted to stripping during her younger days. "I remember going home and having something like $1,000 and thinking I made $1,000 in one night. Baby, we are doing this tomorrow night," she recalled the days in an interview.
9.Amber Rose
The fashion designer and actress admitted to stripping during her college days. She clarified she was not into prostitution. She only stripped to provide for her family after her parents divorced, She used a pseudonym "Paris" as a striptease when she was 15.
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10.Javier Bardem
The Oscar-nominated Spanish star revealed that he stripped in the past to make money. He said it was a short try, and he completely failed at it.
11.Diablo Cody
'Juno' (2007 movie) screenwriter Diablo Cody too is a former stripper who worked full time in a strip club, leaving her daytime job. She continued her interest in writing even after becoming a professional stripper. She won many awards for her 'Juno' story.
12.Mark Consuelos
Mark Consuelos was a stripper. His wife, Kelly Rippa, revealed the secret while she was giving an interview to Vanity Fair (magazine). The 45-year-old talk show host said that her husband Mark Consuelos worked as an exotic dancer at a strip club, at the beginning of his career. She said he did that to support himself financially, while he was searching for roles in movies. She also reminded that many top Hollywood actors had stripped before they became famous. Both Mark's and Kelly's parents know about Mark's awkward past! According to Kelly, their parents' did not have any problem with that.
13.Mike Sorrentino
Mike Sorrentino a.k.a. 'The Situation,' a well-known American TV personality who was seen on the MTV reality show 'Jersey Shore,' was a stripper in the past.
14.Eve (Rapper)
The Grammy Award-winner rapper used to work at a strip club in Philadelphia, where she met Mase (rapper), who encouraged her to focus on music, and stop stripping.
15.Farrah Abraham
Thanks to the '16 and Pregnant' and 'Teen Mom' reality shows, Farrah Abraham is a popular and recognizable face in the reality TV show segment. She was a stripper too. Farrah Abraham is also one of the few famous people who made their sex tape.
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