The final decade of the 20th century was a curious time in history. Mullets and JNCO jeans were running wild, everyone was worried about Y2K, and Vanilla Ice was a successful rap artist. It's no surprise that this was the era that sparked some of the strangest celebrity rumors ever told.
The internet wasn't widely accessible yet, so there was very little fact-checking going on—unless, of course, you had the patience to wait for everyone to get off the phone so you could use the dial-up.
Click through the gallery to see some of the biggest '90s throwback mysteries debunked.