20 Celebrities Who Failed In School
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Ryan Gosling
Ryan Gosling starred in Disney's All-New Mickey Mouse Club... just after he decided to drop out of Lester B. Pearson High School in Canada. If he hadn't done that we would not have had the opportunity to see him in some of his biggest roles like "Noah" in The Notebook!
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Gisele Bündchen
The gorgeous Gisele left school at the age of 14 after being discovered at a shopping mall in Brazil, and spent several years building her career as a model. In 2018 "Forbes" named her the world's fifth highest-paid model!
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Mark Wahlberg
The 49-year-old Boston native left school in ninth grade, and after struggling with drug addictions he never got his diploma... until 2013 when he completed an online program! "It's also a huge sense of relief", said the Planet of the Apes star
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Lady Gaga
The singer has described herself as "very dedicated, very studious, and very disciplined" during high school, but also "a bit insecure." She was mocked for being "too eccentric" and eventually withdrew from school in 2005 to focus on her music career. Now she is one of the greatest female artists in the world!
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Keanu Reeves
Also known as "Neo", Keanu Reeves once revealed that he struggled with dyslexia when he was a student. The actor dropped out of school because he felt he never fit in it. "I had conflicts and run-ins with the staff. The principal and I didn't see eye to eye", he once said
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Paris Hilton
The singer and businesswoman was expelled from the boarding school she used to attend in Connecticut, but that didn't stop her on her road to fame! As of today, Paris Hilton has a net worth of 300 million dollars and even the mayor of Las Vegas proclaimed the "Paris Hilton Day" in 2006 and gave her a key to the city!
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Chris Pratt
The Parks and Recreation star had a really hard time before his work in films and television shows! He dropped out of the local community college he attended and unfortunately ended up homeless! After having to work as a coupon salesman, the handsome Chris Pratt has an estimated net worth of 40 million dollars!
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Hilary Swank
"I’m not proud to say I’m a high-school dropout" admitted the Boys Don't Cry star once. She has also said that dropping out of high school at the age of 16 is something she certainly regrets because she believes "school is really important"
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Al Pacino
The Academy Award winner reportedly struggled in everything but English while attending the High School of the Performing Arts in New York. At some point he just realized that all he wanted to do was acting and that's exactly what he did! His most recent work is in Quentin Tarantino's film Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
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Rihanna
The Barbadian singer left school when she was 16 years old after signing a record deal. Apparently it was the best decision she could have made, since then she has released numerous hits and most recently she launched her own fashion and beauty line, Fenty