Famous celebrities share heartwarming How We Met stories
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Taylor Swift and Hayley Williams met at Timbaland’s Grammy party in 2008. Taylor’s mother came up to Hayley and said that she would like to introduce her to Taylor because Taylor didn’t have many friends her age who also played music.
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Jamie Lee Curtis and Michelle Yeoh actually knew each other for years before collaborating on Everything Everywhere All At Once, but their friendship first began over email. “When you meet someone and have that connection, it wasn’t as long ago as you’ve known them. A friendship has turned into a very valuable relationship,” Michelle said.
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Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito met while studying at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1966 and became roommates two years later.
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Kim Kardashian and Chrissy Teigen met one evening when they met “in the bathroom.” Kim asked Chrissy to zip her up and they became good friends pretty quickly after that.
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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon first met when they were 8 and 10 years old, respectively. At the time, they lived two blocks apart in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and their mothers introduced them.
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Ed Sheeran said he first met Courteney Cox when he was invited to her home by a mutual friend in 2013. At her house, he “picked up a guitar and played a few songs,” and then Courteney, who loves music, said to him, “Whenever you want to stay, let me know!” Since then, Ed has stayed over at her house every time , when he’s in LA.
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Riley Keough and Juno Temple revealed they first met when they moved into an apartment together. They became very close very quickly and Juno even said that Riley helped her with her first panic attack.
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When Penélope Cruz first came to LA, she only planned to stay for two months, make a film, and then return home. She had spoken to Salma Hayek on the phone a few times, but never in person. When Penélope’s flight landed in LA, Salma picked her up and insisted she stay with her instead of a hotel. “You’re not going to a hotel,” Salma told her. “You come to my house because it will be hard at first and you will feel very lonely.” And now they are “like sisters.”
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Busta Rhymes and Jay-Z went to the same high school and even had rap battles in the cafeteria. Busta explained, “Someone came up to me one day and said, ‘Yo, Hov is in the cafeteria.’ They didn’t call him Hov back then, they called him Jay. “You wanna join him in some rhyming shit?” So I go. … That was probably the first time I lost an important fight.
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Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney and Charlie Day first met at the audition for Tuck Everstanding. Neither of them got a role in the film, but they kept seeing each other after that. Then, after getting tired of not getting any of the projects they auditioned for, they decided to do their own project and formed It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
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Jennifer Lawrence was a huge fan of Keeping Up with the Kardashians for years. For her 30th birthday, someone from her team called Kris Jenner and asked if she would come over and give Jennifer a cake. From then on, they had a “little texting friendship” and remained friends over the years. In 2022, Kris even said, “She’s like one of my kids. I am so blessed to have her in my life.”
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Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer have been close friends since the ’90s. When Octavia first moved to LA, she attended the Groundlings, LA’s improv and sketch comedy troupe, on Sunday nights. Melissa and her husband Ben Falcone were both artists at the time. Melissa recalled that Octavia’s laugh was so “amazing” that it made the rest of the audience laugh too. “It was like we met and then we were always in this group together,” Melissa said.
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After all, Gwyneth Paltrow and Maya Rudolph’s fathers were best friends and met at Tulane University. Over the years, their fathers remained close to their families. Then Maya and Gwyneth attended the same school and became just as close. During Gwyneth’s opening monologue to her appearance on Saturday Night Live in 2001, she even said, “This week was really special for me because one of my best friends is on the show now and I’m so proud of her.”
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