ONTD Original: 10 Celebs With Unusual Family Backgrounds

[vulcan_rhapsody]

1. Woody Harrelson's father was a contract killer

Comments

[zazie_toujours]

idt my family is very unusual. pretty normal bunch of working class fuck ups getting by~

River and Joaquin Phoneix' cult background is pretty damn weird. And the fact Julia Luis Dreyfuss is an heiress (she's one of the few wealth born who are so talented and so perfect for their career I think she would have made it anyway though).

[catelyn_tully]

The Phoenix family's story is pretty sad, especially since River was most likely molested :(

[croutonochrist]

And the Phoenix family was in the Children of God, one of the most horrifying/disturbing cults. I can't even imagine what those poor kids saw and experienced. Rose McGowan was in it as a child too.

On a lighter note, I am legit jealous of JLD's life. Rich in her own right, but she's also got BILLIONS IN FAMILY MONEY to fall back on. That's got to be the most comfortable life ever. I remember finding out Nick Kroll(yeah, THE DOUCHE)also has a billionaire father. Ellie Kemper also didn't start life too shabby. I read her wiki one time for shits and gigs and her dad is from one of the wealthiest families in Missouri and he worked as some CEO/executive for a lending firm(?????) that the Kemper family founded. I'm beginning to think a lot of people who "make it" have family money to fall back on.

[zazie_toujours]

yeah there are still actors and comedians and artists out there who just GO for it but god, it would be a lot easier to do that knowing your fam could pay your rent and groceries if everything went pear shaped. i find it funny that a guy like Frank Turner (the brit singer songwriter) has worked so hard on his MAN OF THE PEOPLE thing and made a big deal about sleeping in vans etc when, like, he went to Eton with prince William. his safety net was always ready and waiting.

jld is so talented tho. i think if i was a billionare heiress i wouldn't have tried working some dream career, i'd just build a library like in beauty and the beast and sit around on my ass reading books all day. somewhere warm and sunny. near an ice cream parlour.

ugh i need a holiday

[ms_mmelissa]

where's the movie script tho???

LOL it's funny you say this cause there actually IS a movie based on his parents: A Tale of Three Cities starring Tang Wei.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3682770/reference

[genbu_no_miko24]

Lol I need to watch this!!

[vulcan_rhapsody]

oh my god! I need to see this!

[shittysoup]

Is it any good? The real life story is fascinating.

[yeezus_christ]

i'm mildy annoyed with my self for knowing about all of these "unusual" family backgrounds except for jackie chan's.

kitty purry shouldn't be on the list because religious conservatives families are the norm in america. shit, i and a lot of the kids i knew growing up grew up under the same circumstances.

[aristobrit]

"religious conservative families are the norm in America." Nah. I don't think you understand what religious conservative means.

They don't form the majority at all and are not the norm. It's very rare to find a family that goes to church on Sundays and Wednesday nights, that has severe restrictions on TV watching, music consumption, language, clothing, etc.

These kinds of religious groups represent less than 20% of the population in the US, not even close to being a majority or the norm.

[kinokol]

I mean black people are less than 20% of the population in a lot of places. There are definitely communities where extreme conservatism is normalized and that is not uncommon. Also even 1 in 10 people raised with that kind of restrictive lifestyle doesn't lead to a super functional society if you didn't notice.

[yeezus_christ]

i understand what a religious conservative is because i was raised as one (no secular entertainment, church three to five times a week, enforced respect for authority, strict disciplinary rules around language, attire, etc.) and they only vary by the degree of acceptable hypocrisy stemming from the church.

keep in mind that not all of the religious conservative in this country identify as such.

[yeezus_christ]

and she got him into writing then later acting and dylan took on the name of the son she would have had.

[headswillroll88]

i wonder how she got involved with a crime lord

[numbedtoe]

Eve Ensler is Dylan McDermott’s step/adoptive mom. You don’t have to like her plays but she’s not a rando.

Major pet peeve when women who’ve achieved all on their own get unnamed as an accessory in the life of a man.

[katinthahat]

One of the stories in the vagina monologues is based on the birth of one of his daughters, as well. They seem extremely close.

[liddlebins]

TY FOR THIS