A phobia is a situation in which a person has an irrational fear of certain objects or circumstances. The phobia of height, water, darkness, insects, etc., is a phobia that is heard quite often around us. But have you ever heard of a belly button phobia? Well, Khloe Kardashian admitted on one of her blogs that she is indeed scared and disgusted by belly buttons. Sounds weird, right? But Khloe isn’t the only celebrity with a weird phobia, there are more celebrities on the list. So let’s dive into the list of top 10 celebrities with weird phobias.
10. Rita Ora (Toilets)
Pop singer Rita Ora suffers from a strange bathroom phobia. Rita once expressed her fear of the bathroom and said that she is petrified of toilets and cannot last much closer to toilets, especially in low light. “I have this thing where I think this tunnel must start from somewhere and sometimes I think, what if something comes out of the toilet?” she said during an interview with The Sun.
9. Billy Bob Thornton (Antique furniture)
Billy Thornton is reported to be afraid of antique furniture. The 65-year-old actor’s strange phobia was accidentally revealed on the set of the movie “Love Actually.” Thornton also spoke about his strange phobia, also called Epiplaphobia in 2012 to the New York Times. “The old heavy dusty curtains and the big tables with a carved lion’s head. Things that kings haunted. Those are the things I can’t be with. It was too big to be functional. It scares me.” Thornton said.
8. Kylie Jenner (Drinking dust)
Dust allergy is a fairly common thing we’ve all heard before, but the fear of drinking dust is new. When Kylie Jenner appeared on an episode of the Ellen DeGeneres talk show, she revealed her strange fear of her dust in a mug. In fact, she is more afraid that the dust from the cups will get into her body. This strange dust phobia is known as Emetophobia. The youngest billionaire is possibly the most beautiful girl there is.
7. Kendall Jenner (Cluster of small holes)
Another star of the Kardashian sister is also included in the list of strange phobias. Kendall dropped her unusual phobia of a group of tiny holes, also called trypophobia in her app. She added more to her revelation that she can’t even look at any object with holes, as she gives him the worst anxiety. So things like pancakes, honeycomb, or lotus head could trigger anxiety that would trigger Kendall.
6. Liam Payne (Spoons)
The former one-direction artist has confessed that he is afraid of spoons. In one of the Capital FM episodes, Liam told the presenter that he is not afraid to hold spoons but to eat with them especially if they are not his. Liam further explained that his fear of spoons increased from his school time when he had to wash all those spoons as punishment. The most surprising part is that there actually is a name for this phobia: Koutaliaphobia.
5. Scarlett Johansson (Birds)
The Avengers actress suffers from ornithophobia, a scientific name for the fear of birds. The phobia developed in 2012 while she was filming with a peacock for the movie We Bought a Zoo. Scarlett has admitted that the only animal she fears is a bird. “Something about wings and beaks and flapping. I am terrified of them. That still hasn’t disappeared, ”Scarlett told New York magazine.
4. Megan Fox (Touching paper)
You know that feeling when you accidentally touch something you can’t stand? Hollywood diva Megan Fox has that same feeling as she plays roles. The actress herself confesses that she is not afraid to touch the paper, but she simply cannot bear to touch the papers with her hand. She does not like to touch any paper unless she is not laminated. The strange phobia of touching papers is called origami.
3. Oprah (Chewing gum)
Oprah Winfrey admitted that she has an intense dislike for gum. During an appearance of her on Stephen Colbert’s talk show, she revealed her dislike for the gum she gave birth to during her childhood days. She Oprah doesn’t like chewing gum to the point that she even forbade her employees in her office from consuming it, but she has to face it everywhere else. This rare phobia is known as chiclephobic.
2. Pamela Anderson (Her own reflection)
The Baywatch actress, who has been labeled one of the most beautiful women in the world numerous times, does not like to see herself reflected in the mirror. Pamela Andersons actually suffers from eisophobia, an abnormal fear of the mirror. Due to this unusual phobia, she cannot even bear to look in the mirror. She once confessed in an interview that she cannot see herself on television as well.
1. Nicole Kidman (Butterflies)
Lepidocopiophobia is the name used to describe the fear of flying insects and it seems that Nicole suffers from the same. The movie star developed an unusual phobia in Australia when she was a child. Nicole has disclosed that she tried to overcome the fear of butterflies several times but always failed. She also said that she could do all kinds of things, from jumping out of the plane to being covered in cockroaches, but she can’t stand the feeling of butterflies’ bodies.
