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(#27) Gwen Stefani
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Not only did No Doubt lead singer Gwen Stefani get her start pumping out custard at the Dairy Queen, but she also held a job at the Anaheim Plaza Mall. Stefani claimed that when she started her job at Dairy Queen, she fit into her outfit. By the time she was on her way out, though, she couldn't squeeze into the uniform. The power of ice cream!
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(#43) Channing Tatum
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Everybody knows that Channing Tatum got his start as a male stripper. The pictures are out there... heck, the movie is out there (Magic Mike). Yes, back in the '90s, Tatum strutted his stuff at strip clubs in Florida where he went by the stage name "Chan Crawford." Tatum would pull in $50 bucks a night, plus tips, which is a lot different than the millions he gets for starring in movies these days.
Source: The Daily Mail
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(#21) Jon Stewart
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This could be the sweetest odd job ever. After graduating college in 1984, future Daily Show host Jon Stewart took a job working for the state... as a puppeteer. Stewart would go to schools putting on puppet shows designed to help sensitize kids to the needs of the disabled.
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(#46) Jay-Z
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When Jay Z was a teenager, the future rap mogul hustled crack on the streets to make cash. He credits the experience with teaching him about the value of money, specifically how to budget. Though Jay Z says his mother knew about his work, it ultimately was his decision to exit the business before he got locked up or worse.
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(#15) Nicole Kidman
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When Kidman's mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, the 17-year-old dropped out of school and became a massage therapist to help her family make ends meet. She eventually got on path to pursue her dreams (becoming an actress, not marrying Tom Cruise) but we're sure she still gives a mean massage to this day.
Source: Shape
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(#5) Victoria Beckham
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In her early days, Victoria "Posh" Beckham dressed up as a sperm on roller skates for a BBC sexual education show called Body Matters. This was pre-Spice Girls and pre-David Beckham, of course, though we're sure she was the poshest sperm that ever lived even back then.
Source: Star Crush
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Most people in the world are obsessed with celebrity gossip and follow their private lives and work through paparazzi cameras, gossip magazines and social media. But many celebrities were ordinary people like us before they became famous, not all the famous people were born with fame and wealth, although it is hard to believe that our favorite celebrities used to be baristas, retail employees or restaurant waiters.
Nobody's first job will be what they want to do in the entire lives, except for a very, very lucky few people. The random tool lists 46 stars who had weird jobs to make ends meet before they became famous.
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