These Celebrities Don't Actually Use Their Real Names

Leaving Home as a Teen

The singer said he left home at 17, dropped out of school, and convinced one of his crew members to do the same. "We grabbed our mattresses from our parents threw it in our friend's shitty van and left one weekend and never came back home. It was gonna be the title of HOB [House of Balloons]. I hated my name at the time though so I tried it as a stage name. It sounded cool. I took out the "e" because there was already a Canadian band named the weekend (copyright issues)."

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  • Vince Vaughn is missing part of his thumb.
  • At age 15, Cristiano Ronaldo was diagnosed with a heart condition that required surgery, he was briefly sidelined and made a full recovery.
  • Jon Bon Jovi's birth name is John Bongiovi Jr.
  • Denzel Washington's finger falls out of place from time to time.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.