The 10 strangest phobias suffered by celebrities
Butterflies, clowns or revolving doors are some of the "fears" that Nicole Kidman, Johnny Depp or Matthew McConaughey try to avoid
To insects, to sunlight, to deer, to dogs, to children, to heights, to small rooms, to crowds, to crabs, to bright colors or to elevators. These are some of the phobias that, on numerous occasions, the film director Woody Allen has shared or captured in his filmography. Anxiety or vital traumas that become an irrational fear that is difficult to overcome despite the fact that what scares us makes little sense.
Arachnophobia or agoraphobia are perhaps the best known phobias. But, beyond them, there are endless "fears" that celebrities face daily such as butterflies, clowns or revolving doors.
Claustrophobia
Kill Bill star Uma Thurman had to face her biggest fear on the set of the movie. Trapped in a coffin, the actress endured several takes locked in this confined space as earth fell on her. In an interview with the Daily Mail, she confessed that the director – Quentin Tarantino – did not care in the least about her claustrophobia and decided to do the scene and bury her alive. She explained it as "just another day at the office."
Another Hollywood superstar, Matthew McConaughey, also suffers from claustrophobia. Although his irrational fear is due to the panic caused by the possibility of "being trapped in a revolving door". "I don't like revolving doors and I don't like that blind spot when you drive into a tunnel," the actor confessed in an interview.
Coulrophobia
Despite the fact that, due to script requirements, he has had to play different strange characters on more than one occasion, Johnny Depp can say that he will never play a clown. The American actor has explained that perhaps his fear of these mimes is due "to the painted face or the false smile." The protagonist of 'Pirates of the Caribbean' has never been able to see 'American Horror Story: Freak Show' because of the clown that appears. Once, he caught his ex-wife Amber Heard by surprise watching an episode of the series and was traumatized when he saw a scene from Twisty, the leading killer clown. This phobia is shared by the actor who brings Harry Potter to life in the movies, Daniel Radcliffe.
Ornithophobia
During the filming of 'A place to dream', the protagonists had to face their greatest fears. In the case of Scarlett Johansson, who suffers from a phobia of birds, she acknowledged that during the months of recording she was "terrified" when she played a scene in which there were peacocks. "There's something about the wings, or the beak, or the flapping of it" that horrifies her. She though she is not the only one. The actress noted that her favorite moment during the recording of the film was seeing how the co-star, Matt Damon, went crazy when he saw the snakes enter the set. The American actor has admitted on occasion that he suffers from ophidiophobia, an irrational fear of snakes. Johansson described in an interview for People that she "cried like a baby" when she was around these animals.
Also, singer Adele is afraid of birds. Specifically, seagulls. She confessed in an interview that, when she was little, "a seagull attacked her while she was eating an ice cream and ripped it out of my hands." To this day, she still has a signal.
Nyctophobia
In an interview in 2010, Katy Perry admitted that she is afraid of the dark and therefore sleeps with the lights on. “Many evil things can happen when there is no light”, confessed the singer.
Hydrophobia
Many actors are afraid of water. Will Smith, Carmen Electra, Snoop Dog or Winona Ryder have admitted their fear because, in most cases, they don't know how to swim. In the case of Eva Mendes, her phobia of water did not prevent her from buying a house with a pool in 2011.
Lepidopterophobia
Nicole Kidman confessed in an interview that butterflies "cause her anxiety" since she was little because "there is something mysterious about them." The winner of an Oscar for the film 'The Hours' shared her experience in Australia during the interview: “Sometimes, when she came home from school, a giant butterfly was perched on the front door. I used to climb the fence or crawl around the side of the house in order to avoid going through the front door.”
Over the years, the actress has tried to overcome her fear of it without much success. "I went into the big butterfly cage at the American Museum of Natural History to walk around with them on my body but it didn't work," she admitted.
Herpetophobia
Although when we think of Britney Spears, one of her most iconic images comes to mind, with a snake wrapped around her neck, the American singer would not have done the same if she were a lizard. Britney has confessed on more than one occasion that she has a phobia of lizards and she can't even see them.
Ichthyophobia
A few days ago, the presenter of 'Survivors', Lara Álvarez, joined the guest list of the new season of the program 'Planeta Calleja' to travel with Jesús Calleja to Mexico in search of sea lions. During this experience, which we have been able to see thanks to the publications that she has shared on Instagram, Lara has recognized that she has overcome her phobia of fish. And she has done it by taking a dip with the largest in the world, the whale shark, which is 10 meters long. She herself has admitted that “after a long time having a phobia of fish, I have managed to overcome it. Lesson: if you're scared, face him."
Papyrophobia
Touching scripts, newspapers or anything without laminating he hates it. Megan Fox, in an interview with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, admitted that she has a phobia of dry paper and that, for this reason, she needs a cup of water by her side every time she reads a script so she can insert her fingers before turn the page.
Omphalophobia
Klhoe Kardashian, the little sister of the Kardashians, confessed in an episode of the program that she bears the same name – and in which they narrate the day-to-day life of their fear of navels. "You can't touch mine and I don't want to touch yours," she admitted. In fact, Ella Klhoe explained that she has a really hard time bathing. "When I'm in the shower, I wear gloves and scream every time I wash my belly button."
