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Celebrities share their most cringeworthy childhood memories
Jessica Chastain says she was "an obnoxious kid" who ate banana peels in school for attention
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It doesn't matter how rich or famous you are (or will be), childhood is a messy time for everyone. The awkwardness of puberty, the cruelty of your classmates, and the horror of young love are a just a fraction of the experience!
For Jessica Chastain, she was doing herself no favors in terms of the cool-o-meter. The actress recalled the strange stunts she would pull for her classmates and told The Guardian in an interview published December 10, "I was an obnoxious kid because I wasn't getting appropriate attention." She continued, "I would do things like eat banana peels in the lunch rooms so kids would notice me." Chastain reflected on how that feeling may have started from feeling inadequate due to her poor grades in school, but said that everything changed once she discovered her passion for acting on a school trip to the Oregon Shakespeare festival.
These A-list celebrities maybe be impeccably gorgeous and successful today, but they suffered the same indignities as every other kid. Click through the gallery to hear the most toe-curling stories from these stars before they were stars.
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