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Find out how these stars are actually connected to each other…

1. julia robert & Martin Luther King jr.

Julia Roberts has a connection to Martin Luther King Jr. dating back to her birth. It all started when Coretta Scott King contacted Julia’s parents to ask if her children could attend their acting school. From there, the two couples developed a friendship, and when the King family found out that Julia’s parents couldn’t pay the hospital bill for her birth, they stepped in.

“My parents had an acting school in Atlanta called Actors and Writers Workshop, and one day Coretta Scott King called my mom and asked if her kids could be in the school because they were having trouble finding a place that would accept its children. And my mom is like, ‘Sure, come on.’ And so, they all became friends”, Julia share.

2. Jean Krasinski & BJ Novak

Former “The Office” co-stars John Krasinski and BJ Novak knew each other long before the show premiered. In fact, the couple first met when they were on the same little league team as the kids and later attended the same high school.

“John Krasinski and I have known each other our whole lives in the weirdest, most coincidental ways. We played little league together…We’ve known each other our whole lives,” BJ said on ‘The Ellen Show’. .

3. Ed Sheeran & Jamie Foxx

When Ed Sheeran was just a broke musician trying to make it big, he got a helping hand from Jamie Foxx. After Ed approached Jamie to appear on his radio show, which often featured up-and-coming artists, Jamie invited Ed to live in his home for six weeks while he worked on the music in Los Angeles. He even landed him a spot at an open mic night where he performed in front of an audience of 800 fellow musicians.

“He plays on [the show] and it’s amazing, so I said, “I know you have nowhere to go, so relax here.” I said, ‘Listen man, I think you’ve got the goods but I need to check you out so I took him to this show I was doing, a live party every Monday night in downtown LA.. .He went out there on a ukulele and I got a standing ovation in 12 minutes and the rest was history,” Jamie said on “The Graham Norton Show.”

4. Jon Hamm & Ellie Kemper

Before Jon Hamm and Ellie Kemper were cast in “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” Jon was actually Ellie’s teacher. Before the actor grew up, he was a teacher at the high school Ellie attended. For a while, Ellie was in her acting class.

“In a room full of freshman girls, he was definitely just as handsome back then. Having this tall, grown man teaching you acting was like having a handsome kid in the classroom,” Ellie said. jokingly at The AV Club.

5. Demi Lovato & Selena Gomez

It might be common knowledge that Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez were BFFs back in their Disney Channel days, but not everyone knows they were first connected when they starred in ” Barney” together when they were kids. The couple became friends while queuing for their audition among 1,400 other kids – and they were both cast on the show by coincidence.

“The craziest part of this story is that she was actually the girl standing in front of me. I remember her wearing a red bow, I’ll never forget that… I was just thinking of the world of her. And we both ended up, after we got the part, we didn’t know if the other one did it. And we just had this kind of mini-reunion when we saw each other,” he said. said Selena on The Hollywood Reporter’s “Awards Chatter” podcast.

6. Elliot Page & Duck

Elliot Page attended the same high school as Drake growing up in Toronto and the pair actually knew each other. In fact, Drake once admitted that he used to tease Elliot at school and apologized for his actions. It seems there were no hard feelings as Elliot later tweeted Drake, jokingly asking what he had been doing since high school.

“Hey @Drake, remember when we read Black Water by @JoyceCarolOates in Dirk’s class. Good times. What have you been doing since high school?” Elliot wrote.

seven. Lauryn Hill & Zach Braff

Lauryn Hill first met Zach Braff when they were just kids who attended the same school together. Their friendship extended beyond the classroom, however, and Lauryn actually attended Zach’s bat mitzvah. They continued to travel to New York together for auditions.

“Lauryn Hill was at my bar mitzvah. We regularly shuttled between our high school in New Jersey and New York for auditions,” Zach told Us Weekly.

8. Stanley Tucci & Emily Blunt

Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt’s relationship may have started as co-stars, but now they’re bonded. At the premiere of their film “The Devil Wears Prada”, Stanley met Emily’s sister, Felicity. Nothing happened between the duo at that time but several years later they reconnected at Emily’s marriage to John Krasinski. Stanley and Felicity married in 2012, making Stanley’s brother-in-law Emily.

9. Cameron Diaz & Snoop Dogg

Cameron Diaz and Snoop Dogg’s friendship dates back to their time at Long Beach Polytechnic High School – where Cameron says she once bought Snoop weed! Meanwhile, Snoop says he remembers Cameron being “flying” and friendly with his “cheerleader girlfriends.”

“He was a year older than me. I remember him being very tall and skinny. He wore a lot of ponytails. I’m pretty sure I bought him some weed!” Cameron once said on “Lopez Tonight.”

ten. Mindy Kaling & Conan O’Brien

Before Mindy Kaling came of age, she worked as an intern for Conan O’Brien on his show “Late Night with Conan O’Brien.” Looking back, she admits that she probably wasn’t a very good trainee because she was mostly following Conan.

“It was so glamorous…I couldn’t believe how dazzled I was. It was my dream to guest star on ‘Conan.’ It seemed too crazy to think about… But I was also the worst intern that ever worked on the program… I wouldn’t do the things I was hired to do. I would kind of follow you,” he said. she later stated on “Conan”.

11. Meghan Markle & Robin Thicke

As an aspiring actress, Meghan Markle worked at the Paper Source card and gift store in Beverly Hills from 2004 to 2005. During that time, she taught calligraphy and reportedly wrote invitations for Robin Thicke’s wedding with his ex-wife Paula Patton.

“It was her part-time job as she auditioned. She taught calligraphy and hosted a group of clients and taught them for a two-hour class how to do calligraphy,” Winnie Park said. , CEO of Paper Source, to People.

12. Kiefer Sutherland & Gwyneth Paltrow

When Kiefer Sutherland was a young actor, he worked in a theater with Gwyneth Paltrow’s mother, Blythe Danner. He says he even ended up babysitting preteen Gwyneth Paltrow a few times. Kiefer later said that when he saw Gwyneth’s acting career take off several years later, he thought she was a different person.

“I think a couple of times I was asked to look after her for an hour or two. I think it was very funny because it’s amazing how quickly someone goes from 13 at 18, and obviously they look so different that when Gwyneth started working, I was like, ‘Well, that must be another girl because I always remember she was 11 or 12. ‘” Kiefer said.

13. Bethenny Frankel & Paris Hilton

Long before “Real Housewives,” Bethenny Frankel worked for Kathy Hilton as a nanny to her kids Paris and Nicky. She says she got the job through her friendship with Kathy’s sister, Kyle Richards.

“Part of the job was to come, in my Ford Probe, to take you and Nicky to high school, that kind of posh French school. And I remember, we would go with Kyle to the Mobile Mart or the station- service after. And I’d take you ice skating. Remember that? Because you were young,” Bethenny said in an episode of her “Just B with Bethenny Frankel” podcast featuring Paris.