Well, the truth is that being a celebrity is not that easy, especially when you have no idea what kind of fans you can attract around you and what their intentions are. For example, there are celebrities who were killed by their own fans because they were obsessed with them, such as John Lennon and Christina Grimmie, and other stars, such as Avril Lavigne, Jonas Brothers and Tricia Helfer who received strange gifts from their fans.
When you become an international celebrity, you have to be prepared for such things. So, you need to protect yourself because you will never know how anyone around you might react when they see you. There are people who worship and adore their idols so much that their admiration becomes an obsession and they take it to the extreme, doing inexplicable, incredible and strange actions.
Have you ever wondered what was going on inside someone’s mind who has decided to give their idols a dead rabbit or even a vial of semen? Let’s find out their stories together!
Here are some weird gifts celebrities received from their fans – gifts that could never be found in any store. Read on to find out more info!
Avril Lavigne
- Gift: a dead rabbit
Avril Lavigne is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actress who has signed a two-album recording contract worth over $2 million by the age of 16. Avril plays an important role in the development of pop punk music. Her parents discovered her vocal talent when she was only two years old and sang “Jesus Loves Me” when they returned from the church.
However, she’s one of the most talented and adored international celebrities and has managed to conquer the soul of millions of fans from all over the world. Of course, having many fans is a real achievement, except when it comes to receiving weird gifts from them, such as a dead rabbit.
During an interview, Avril Lavigne said that the strangest gift that she ever received was a dead rabbit. This happened on a tour when she promoted an album and didn’t understand her fan’s intention.
Jonas Brothers
- Gift: a preserved baby shark
The Jonas Brothers band is an American pop rock band formed by real brothers Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas and Nick Jonas. They became famous after appearing on various Disney Channel movies. Due to their talent, in 2008, they were nominated for the Best New Artist award and the 51st Grammy Awards and also won the award for Breakthrough Artist at the American Music Awards.
The Jonas are adored by teenage fans and young adults, and some time ago, their fans were so obsessed with them that managed to sneak into their hotel room when they were on tour and leave various gifts, some being extremely strange, like a preserved baby shark. They had no idea what this gift should have meant, but it came with a note saying, “Here is a dead shark.” We were wondering how their fan managed to get such a gift?
Tricia Helfer
- Gift: a vial of semen
Sending a celebrity or anyone else, regardless of their status, a vial of semen is one of the weirdest things that someone could do, and this strange action denotes a problematic behavior or even mental illness. Unfortunately, Tricia Helfer was “lucky” enough to receive such a gift from one of her obsessed fans.
Tricia Helfer is a Canadian actress and former model who started her modeling career at the age of 17. She has worked for huge famous brands, such as Ralph Lauren, Versace, Chanel, and Giorgio Armani. Of course, her natural beauty is incredibly amazing – and her fan, who sent her a vial of semen, probably thought the same.
This beautiful lady discovered the gift when she opened her fan mail. There was a vial of semen, along with a picture of a man, woman and child, as well as a letter saying that he wanted a family with her. After this event, she notified the police, but she didn’t say what happened to him.
Unfortunately, this type of gift is quite common among obsessed fans. Back in 2019, singer Iggy Azalea also received a similar gift.
Ed Sheeran
- Gift: a cake with human hair
Ed Sheeran is an English singer, songwriter, musician and actor. In 2012, he won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. Sheeran is one of the world’s best-selling music artists.
His fans know that Sheeran loves cakes, so one day an obsessed woman thought that it might be a good idea to give him a hairy cake in order to show him how much she likes him. We know that everyone wants to be “special” in their idol’s eyes, but giving someone a cake with hair is too much. Unfortunately, Sheeran bit the cake because he thought it was an innocent and beautiful gesture from a fan, but he was immensely surprised when he saw that it contained hair.
Kesha
- Gift: teeth
Kesha Rose Sebert, also known as Kesha or Ke$ha, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper and actress. She won the MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Act in 2010. Kesha sold more than 71 million records in the United States and over 134 million records worldwide.
Kesha has a rather eccentric lifestyle, such as breaking into Prince’s house to make him listen to her music and asking her fans to bring her real teeth as gifts. She wanted to make clothes out of them while she was in rehab trying to recover from an eating disorder. Of course, her fans gave her what she asked for.
Taecyeon
- Gift: a letter with menstrual blood and pubic hair
Taecyeon is a South Korean rapper, singer, actor and songwriter and member of the boy group 2PM. He receives letters from fans quite often, but one of them was completely different and the strangest of them all at the same time, namely that it was written with menstrual blood. And if that wasn’t shocking enough, the letter included pubic hair as well.
She said in the letter that she wished he didn’t live without her, although he did not even know her. Later, his other fans didn’t believe the story, but Taecyeon showed them the letter, and the girl admitted that she just wanted attention and that she wasn’t even his fan.
Jared Leto
- Gift: a severed human ear
Jared Leto is an American actor and musician. He starred as the Joker in Suicide Squad (2016), as well as Panic Room (2002), Alexander (2004), Lord of War (2005), Lonely Hearts (2006), Chapter 27 (2007), and Mr. Nobody (2009, to name a few movies.
However, the famous actor posted a picture of a severed human ear on his Twitter account with a caption saying “Are you listening?” He said that it was a macabre gift from a fan who severed his own ear and sent it with a note that asked “Are you listening?” Leto chose to wear this weird gift as a necklace and asked his fans not to send such gifts anymore.