How many celebrities do you know who are famous for being totally normal? Not many, right? Hollywood stars are not your average Joes, and that's frankly pretty obvious when you look at some of these weird gifts celebrities have presented to their famous friends. It turns out that in Hollywood, famous people who give weird gifts may actually be the norm. Consumers of pop culture, movies, TV, and the like tune in because we want to be entertained by things we don't see in our daily lives. So if celebs become famous for their not-so-average qualities and skills, why would we ever expect them to act like average people in their personal lives? Spoiler alert: many of them don't. In fact, many stars seem to have a habit of giving each other particularly weird and original presents, of the kind you wouldn't see on any normal gift registry. When you're a rich and famous celebrity the sky's the limit, and that definitely shows on this list of some of the weirdest and most bizarre gifts celebrities have given each other. Vote up those that you think are truly strange, and put together your own weird gift list in case Eminem ever wants to honor your marriage with a present.
Who's a fan of nasty necklaces? Actor Ryan Reynolds was the recipient of a piece of jewelry, but it was no boring pendant - it was oh so personal. On the star’s birthday in 2007, then-girlfriend, actress Scarlett Johansson, presented him with one of her recently removed wisdom teeth dipped in gold and strung onto a necklace. So who do you think got to keep it in the breakup?
"Why would Eminem give Elton John a gift at all" you might be wondering. The pair has a friendly yet antagonistic rapport and often goad each other with joking insults. So it was totally normal when Eminem presented the twin bejeweled cock rings to John and his partner, David Furnish, on the occasion of their civil partnership. How thoughtful, Marshall!
How can you forget this dark tidbit about the young and wild Angelina Jolie, and her then-husband/creepy old dude, Billy Bob Thornton? For the three years they were married (2000-2003), this oddly matched couple was known for acting a little bizarre. Perhaps their most famous gross-out moment was when they rocked the tabloid news world by sharing that the lockets they wore were gifts, "smeared" with each other’s blood. As long as it’s all in the name of love?
The trip to outer space that Katy Perry Gave her ex-husband Russel Brand is definitely in the running for coolest/weirdest gift ever given. Perry bought two Virgin Galactic tickets at $100,000 each as a present for Brand's 35th birthday. Sadly, the two divorced before they could take to the skies together.
As part of their wedding festivities, musician James Righton had a 100-year-old olive tree planted in the backyard of actress Keira Knightley's home in France. He also had their initials and wedding date carved into it. Although the ancient tree reportedly cost about £3,000, the romance of the gesture was priceless and Knightley "collapsed into fits of giggles."
Now that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have called it quits on their marriage, this weird, but thoughtful, gift seems a little sad. As a wedding present for their 2014 nuptials, Jolie gave her sweetie the typewriter used by Hemingway to craft many of his famous works, including For Whom the Bell Tolls. This special piece of history reportedly cost a cool quarter of a million dollars.
Picture the scene: Christmas morning, 2013. Glee star, Naya Rivera, has just opened her gift from her now ex-fiancé, rapper Big Sean. It’s an expensive diamond necklace to match her bangin’ cushion cut halo diamond engagement ring. Diamond jewelry is a little ‘first thought,’ though hard to begrudge. What does Big Sean receive in return? An original Pac-Man Arcade game. A real, full-sized, spend-all-your-lunch-money-in-quarters arcade machine weighing hundreds of pounds. Maybe he's a huge arcade game nerd?