We normal folks have hobbies. We spend time alone or with others to enjoy ourselves, learn new skills, and create memorable moments.
But, it is easy to forget that celebrities also make time to enjoy their pastime. In fact, they are very much like us and even have hobbies that might be unrealistic or weird.
Thus, we did research to find out what these big shots do for fun. Some of the activities are unnatural, thought-provoking, and could even be considered weird.
So, here are 11 weird celebrity hobbies which you might not expect of famous stars.
Celebrities with weird Hobbies
Taylor Swift
Aside from her musical life, Taylor Alison Swift has some really interesting hobbies. You may not be an avid fan of hers, but if you took the time to check her social profiles, she has been known for making her own snow globes. In addition, she loves shopping for antiques and caring for animals.
George Clooney Makes Shoes
George Clooney on his appearance on Reddit explicitly spoke about his experiences – his basketball plays with Leonardo DiCaprio, his incident with Brad Pitt, and in addition how he spends his leisure time.
When asked how he spends his past time, he answered by saying “he is a clobber and likes to make shoes”. And because he loves making shoes he will continue to do so, whether his acting career ends or not.
Nicolas Cage Collects Everything
Nicholas Cage might be known for charitable activities and weird spending habits. However, he has the hobby of collecting almost anything. By anything, we mean what he calls treasures of his own.
This Hollywood big shot has collected weird things like pet octopus and dinosaur skull. Moreover, he also loves to collect exotic pets which include a shark, an alligator, two cobras, etc. Similarly, expensive luxurious vehicles are also a thing for him. According to Motorious, he had a huge fleet of cars ranging from Rolls Royce, Lamborghinis, Motor Cycles, and other pricey wheels. Expensive mansions and a private island are also part of his collection. Due to this lavish lifestyle, he has encountered many financial problems resulting in filing for bankruptcy.
Tom Hanks prefers collecting vintage typewriters
Unlike Cage who collects everything, Tom Hanks loves typewriters.
He documented his love for the hobby and how he does it in an essay he drafted for the New York Times. Within it, he discussed how he started collecting till now with his collection numbering more than 250.
Angelina Jolie collects daggers
It is no news that Angelina Jolie loves daggers. This celebrity has always been known to have a thing for knives. But what we know for sure is that her passion for daggers comes from family.
By family we mean her mother. She disclosed to the public how her mom introduced her to the hobby and how she doing the same with her son “Maddox”. According to her son, she even took her to buy her first new daggers. This is what we call a family hobby.
Mike Tyson loves pigeon racing
Not many know of this hobby; however, our formal famed basketball legend adores pigeons. He travels to Canada to watch pigeon shows every year. In addition, he also has pigeons he trains hoping this sport becomes a popular event for all.
Will Smith loves fencing
Among all the skills we know Will Smith has – he can act very well, rap, and even write his own scripts. Did you also know that he also loves to fence?
He was introduced to this hobby by Tom Cruise together with David Beecham. They frequently meet together to fence and exercise together.
Art Garfunkel loves to walk everywhere
To combat the stress of rocking all day, Art Garfunkel loves to walk almost anywhere humanly possible.
This weird habit was picked up because his father was a traveling sale man causing him to be passionate about experiencing new places all by himself. It led him on to many more walking expeditions. An instance of these walking expeditions includes his trek from California to Japan which he by no means completed in a day. It took him about three weeks to complete that trek, leaving him with a wonderful experience, a feeling of adventure sparking the many bigger challenges.
One of the biggest challenges he ever did was his trek across America to the edge of the Pacific Ocean. He managed to complete the walk in the mid- 90’s which he started in the mid 80’s. He had a busy schedule, constantly recording his albums so he could not simply complete them in a month. In order to have a life and still make complete the challenge, he would have for several kilometers a day, stay in a hotel, then continue from where he left off.
This celebrity big shot really walked. It is estimated that he walked about (4,800 kilometers) just because he loved how he felt when he did it. Most might consider it weird but he loved it.
Kendall Jenner knows bird calling
We never thought of a hobby like birdcalling. This celebrity, however, loves doing that as her past time activity in a James Corden Hidden Talents show.
Talk of unusual. How would you even learn this and where?
Drake Is a Basketball Enthusiast
Like Jay Z, Kanye West, Puff Daddy, and Rick Ross, Drake is also both a musician – a rapper and a die-hard basketball fan. He has links with numerous NBA players and regular attendee of almost every basketball play of his favorite teams. Furthermore, his love for this game goes even deeper.
He constantly hangs out with other basketball fans like Kanye West for friendly games. But the game means so much to him he plays as if he is a professional basketball player. All geared up. He even records the game for further editing, putting it together, highlighting his best moments, and watching it for hours.
Claudia Schiffer loves collecting insects
Claudia Schiffer is a big name in the fashion industry. She has lots of magazine deals with big corporations and more coming in every moment.
However, guess what this star does as a pastime activity, yes collecting insects.
This passion started as a childhood activity with an initial interest in spiders. As she grew older her collection covered a broad range of insects and she even had a library dedicated to insect encyclopedias.
