Sometimes famous people decide they don't want to be famous anymore – so they do something completely different. Redditor u/YOPF recently asked the people of Reddit to name celebrities who are living normal lives now, and suffice it to say, it's a real trip down memory lane:
1.“The boy who played Charlie in the original Willy Wonka. He later became a veterinarian.”
–u/noseymimi
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2.“Chunk from the Goonies became a lawyer.”
– u/bionicjoe
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3.“Bill Watterson, the creator of Calvin and Hobbes, refused to license his work and retired at 37 when comics were huge. He gave up potentially hundreds of millions because he believed commercialization would compromise the integrity of his art. He lives in a modest neighborhood in Cleveland.
—in/sroop1
4.“John Deacon of Queen. He lives quietly and has minimal contact with Queen, although they pass along ideas from him out of politeness.”
–u/alfienoakes
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5.“Rick Moranis.”
—u/XeniaDweller
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6.“Newt from Aliens (Carrie Henn) is a teacher.”
– u/raresaturn
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7.“The girl who played Harper in Wizards of Waverly Place is now an RN.”
—u/Username_Here5
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8th.“Jonathan Taylor Thomas. He was SO BIG in the 90s. Now he’s mostly, if not entirely, behind the scenes.”
—u/Fin745
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9.“Tom from MySpace. 😆”
—u/Extreme_Eye_3198
10.“Erik Estrada, who played police officer Francis Llewellyn 'Ponch' Poncherello in CHiPs, became a real-life police officer in Saint Anthony, Idaho.”
—u/vieniaida
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11.“Tonya Harding. She now owns a landscaping business and said she is very happy with it.”
–u/threadbarefemur
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12.“And white.”
—u/AlexSummersFan
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13.“Greta Garbo was the biggest film star in the world in the 1930s. She made her last film in 1941 at the age of 36. She then lived alone in a New York apartment for the next 50 years. She was known for taking daily walks around Manhattan and “Garbo-spotting” was a popular New York activity in the '60s, '70s and '80s.”
–in/archaeologist
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14.“Hayden Christensen did all the Star Wars stuff and then bought a farm outside of Toronto. Now he’s all about farming.”
—u/Raskolnikovs_Axe
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15.“Phoebe Cates.”
—u/canuckbuck2020
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16.“Mara Wilson.”
—u/Main-Protection3796
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And finally…
17.“Chad Muska is now a vegetable farmer a few hours outside of Cleveland.”
—u/tobias19
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Do you have any revelations of your own that you would like to share with us? See you in the comments!
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