Afraid of what? Celebrities' most surprising phobias

Many people including celebrities have phobias and even though they live glamourous lives some stars are open about their irrational fears.

For example, Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies and birds and Johnny Depp is afraid of clowns as these phobias might surprise fans but they are interesting to learn about and it shows that celebrities have fears and worries just like everyone else.

Here is the list of top celebrities' who have strange phobias:

Olivia Rodrigo

Olivia Rodrigo opened up about her phobia during an interview with Rolling stone in September 2023.

The Vampire singer told the outlet that she has a fear of birds, saying, “Birds are so foreign to us and there is not one body that looks like ours.”

“Everyone’s all afraid about aliens and s**t and they are like, what are the aliens going to look like? I am like, we have birds on our planet and we are not scared of them, we are fine,” the Traitor songstress added.

Khloe Kardashian

In 2016, The Keeping Up with Kardashians star revealed that she has a fear of belly button via her app.

Khloe Kardashian said, she is super uncomfortable with belly buttons and does not let anyone to touch her belly button, the reality TV star feel the same way about touching others.

The fashion mogul added that, it is so bad that she wore hand mitts in the shower just to avoid touching her own belly button and the media personality scream every time when she washed it.

Johnny Depp

The Charlie and the Chocolate Factory star opened up about his fear of clowns as he thinks that clowns have a disturbing nature.

Johnny Depp said, “I have this fear of clowns, so I think that if I surround myself with them, it will ward off all evil and There is something about the painted face, the fake smile.”

The Blow actor added that it seemed like there was always something dark and scary just below the surface waiting to come out.

Megan Fox

Megan Fox confessed during an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live in 2009 that she is afraid of dry paper and the dark.

The Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen actress said, “Some people do not like nails across a chalkboard because it gives them goosebumps as this I do not like dry paper, scripts, newspaper or anything that has not laminated.”

She added, “I have to keep licking my fingers if I am reading, I have a cup of water to dip my fingers in I am really neurotic.”

Kylie Jenner

Kylie Jenner, the founder of Kylie Cosmetics revealed her fear of butterflies when she visited a butterfly exhibit during a 2017 episode of Life of Kylie.

The mother-of-two admitted at the time that she is actually really scared of butterflies and to be honest the fashion mogul said when she looks at them without their wings, they are not that beautiful, it's what makes them so intimidating.

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman also afraid of butterfly’s bodies as she told ContactMusic in 2005 that “I walked into the big butterfly cage at the American Museum of Natural History and had the butterflies on me.”

The Big Little star further added that she can jump out of planes, covered herself in cockroaches but Nicole just does not like the feel of butterflies’ bodies.

Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake had a fear of spiders that he once had to call for assistance to remove the eight-legged insect.

The Man of the Woods actor told PopDirt in 2003 that he was in a fancy hotel room and saw a huge spider on the bed.

Justin was so scared that he could not move or touch it and he had to call the front desk for help to remove it.