15 Shocking Celebrity Confessions - Page 13

The majority of famous people hire publicists so they can master the art of not keeping it 100. So when they reverse course and start talking that real, it comes as a surprise.

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Viewers, readers, and listeners collective jaws dropped when news of these 15 shocking celebrity confessions went public. Sometimes the truth really does set you free…or at least boost your Q-rating.

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Bruce Jenner

Few celebrity confessions were more shocking than Bruce Jenner telling Diane Sawyer he’d worn women’s clothing on multiple occasions and self-identified as a woman.

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Lee Daniels

It’s entirely possible no one watched Empire the same after learning Lee Daniels inserted the scene about Jamal being put in a trashcan for dressing in women’s heels directly from his own childhood.

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Nicki Minaj

In a 2014 interview with Rolling Stone, Nicki Minaj pulled no punches, as she confirmed the line from “All Things Go” about her child potentially being 16 was in reference to an abortion she had while in high school.

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Beyonce

Some of Beyonce’s most candid moments came via her Life Is But A Dream special on HBO. Queen Bey revealed she and Jay Z suffered a miscarriage around 2010.

Kobe Bryant

We all looked at Kobe different when he held a press conference holding his wife’s hand and admitted—with tears welling up—that he was a cheater for unleashing the black mamba on some random Becky in Colorado.

Karrueche Tran

Instead of reprising her usual role as the butt of Black Twitter jokes, Karrueche drew sympathy for an interview with Iyanla Vanzant that featured her admitting she thought she could reform Chris Brown, and that he did indeed step on her on Christmas with Rihanna.

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Tyler Perry

During one of his 10 appearances on Oprah’s couch, Tyler Perry went into vivid detail about being physically abused by his father, sexually molested by an older woman, and being bathed in ammonia by his grandmother.

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Frank Ocean

When writers connected the dots about some of his songs mentioning another man, Frank Ocean beat them to the punch and wrote an open letter about a previous romantic relationship with another man.

Tiger Woods

You know things have gotten real when you have to hold a press conference to confess laying the pipe to so many stray women you need one of those club capacity clickers to keep track of all the stray trim. That pretty much explains the explosive 2010 presser, where Tiger had to skip over the details and give the Reader’s Digest version of his sordid bedroom adventures.

G-Dep

The officers at the precinct G-Dep walked into had to be shocked when the former Bad Boy rapper confessed to a murder from 17 years ago. G-Dep is currently serving a 15-year sentence after formally being charged.

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Lance Armstrong

On one hand, riding through 2,200 miles on a bike after beating testicular cancer should be applauded whether you’re ‘roided up or not. But given the history of doping in cycling and Armstrong’s vehement denial of using PEDs, his confession that he doped during his epic run was certainly shocking.

Robert Durst

There’s a reason you never talk at the urinal. After taking a starring role in HBO’s The Jinx, Robert Durst basically confessed to murder while taking a leak by saying, “I killed them all.”

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Lady Gaga

We generally assume high-profile musicians dabble in a little nose candy from time to time, and that’s why nobody’s really surprised when they end up in rehab. In a 2010 Vanity Fair interview, Lady Gaga kept it 1,000,000 by divulging that she enjoys a little marching powder a few times per year.

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Gavin Rossdale

Details magazine likely saw their popularity skyrocket in 2010 when Gavin Rossdale confirmed having a romantic affair with a male, cross-dressing British singer named Peter “Marilyn” Robinson. Of course, by then, Rossdale was married to Gwen Stefani.