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It’s a safe bet that you don’t have the same insurance policy as Dolly Parton

33 Celebrities Who Have a Different Relationship With Their Bodies Than You or I

January 11, 2024

I don’t know about you, but I’m not out here fighting ferrets or tying my hair up in a weapons-grade ponytail. If I was, then sure, I’d probably go ahead and take out multi-million dollar insurance policies on all my favorite body parts, too.

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Outfielder Milton Bradley was ejected from a game in 2007 for arguing an umpire's call. Bradley blew up, and his manager, Bud Black, rushed to restrain him. EA S Bradley furiously tried to pull away from Black, but he landed awkwardly and tore his ACL. Не missed the entire rest of the season. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Method acting doesn't always go as planned. Just ask Sylvester Stallone. During the filming of Rocky IV, Sylvester Stallone asked Dolph Lundgren to really try and knock him out during a fight scene. Well, he got his wish. Lungdren punched Stallone so hard, his heart banged against his ribs and started to swell. Stallone had to spend 5 days in intensive care. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM Aaron Sorkin, the Oscar- winning screenwriter, broke his nose while writing. Не was working on some dialogue while looking into a mirror and accidentally headbutted it. — Source

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Andrew WK got his trademark bloody nose for the cover of I Get Wet from a combination of headbanging, blowing his nose as hard as he could, and jamming his fingers as far up there as he possibly could. Unfortunately, there wasn't very much blood, so they smeared his face with a bunch of pig blood to make it gorier. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A movie technician's sloppiness gave Roger CRACKED.COM Moore butt scarring. While shooting The Spy Who Loved Me, a special effects guy blew up Moore's chair too early - while he was still in it. Moore was blown clear and ran around the set in agony, with his butt on fire. Не had to have wound dressings changed every day for a month, and ended up with three holes where most people have one. — Source

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Justin Theroux cracked his head open while riding a scooter, and he has a tiny scar to prove it. He'd been riding without a helmet on a movie set he'd assumed was closed when he headed straight for oncoming traffic. Не then hit the brakes so abruptly he flew off and landed head first. CRACKED COM — Source

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Channing Tatum burned the skin off the tip of his c*ck with boiling water. While shooting a scene for The Eagle in Scotland, he was forced into freezing water. The actors kept warm by pouring a mix of boiling and cold water over themselves. On this occasion, the crew forgot to add the cold water to the boiling, and poured it directly down Tatum's pants, which, as he puts it, burned the skin off the head of my dick. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Johnny Cash got his ass kicked by an ostrich. Cash liked to take walks in the animal refuge outside his compound, and one day an angry ostrich attacked him. Cash wound up with two broken ribs and a huge gash in his abdomen. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM During the season 17 premiere of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Kourtney Kardashian was revealed to have a large bald part of her scalp exposed on top of her head. She claimed it was caused by wearing a really high ponytail. — Source

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English soccer player Rio Ferdinand injured his feet when watching TV. Не had to miss two of his team's games due to straining a tendon behind his knee after resting his feet on his coffee table for too long. GRACKED.COM — Source

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While filming Snow White and the Huntsman, Charlize Theron screamed so much that she tore a stomach muscle. She also said that she did enjoy just screaming at people. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 2004 slugger Sammy Sosa sneezed so hard that he strained a ligament in his back. Не ended up on the disabled list and missed a full month of the Major League Baseball season. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan broke his back while trying to jump over a camel. GRACKED.COM — Source

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Kanye West slammed into a pole while distracted by the paparazzi. Lucky for him, they didn't catch the exact moment on film. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Famous British footballer Alan Wright was a tiny bit short for his new Ferrari. Не strained his knee, trying to reach for the pedal and makola AST needed medical attention. COMPOYER Wright later traded his Ferrari for a Rover 416. Mits CRACKED.COM — Source

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Major League Baseball player Ryan Klesko hurt his back lifting a lunch tray. A His upper back seized up in a restaurant when he tried to pick up his lunch tray and turn around. Не had to miss at least two 1999 games. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ben Stiller got attacked by a ferret while filming Along Came Polly. Stiller was holding the ferret for a scene, and, in his words, he did this crazy turn-around thing. Не literally attached himself to my chin and he didn't let go. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cycling champion Mark Cavendish hurt himself playing Wii. Cavendish was playing snowboarding on his Wii when he slipped and injured a calf muscle. Thankfully, his injury was in the off-season. MD RUDY BA M alba - SPORT AIN LECOL BAHRAIN MCLAREN LE CO GRACKED.COM — Source

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Tom Jones' chest hair $7 MILLION CRACKED.COM The Las Vegas staple (and king of the deep V) thought his empire would come crashing down, should anything happen to his luxuriant pelt of chest hair. — Source

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Daniel Craig's whole body $9.5 MILLION CRACKED.COM Не took this policy out for 2008's Quantum of Solace. According to a stunt coordinator, he does a lot more than Pierce used to do. — Source

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Dolly Parton's boobs $600,000 CRACKED.COM One of the myriad things we can learn from Dolly is: invest in yourself! Without that policy, we might not have the Moderna vaccine or Dollywood. — Source

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David Lee Roth's sperm $1 MILLION CRACKED.COM Roth took out a policy that would cough up a cool mil to any groupie he accidentally impregnanted. — Source

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Polamalu's hair $1 MILLION CRACKED.COM Proctor & Gamble took out the policy after he started hucking Head and Shoulders. Не holds the Guinness World Record for highest insured hair. — Source

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Springsteen's voice $6 MILLION CRACKED.COM To not insure those pipes would be wildly irresponsible. Even at 71, he's got the body of a workin' man and the voice of an angel with a pack-a-day habit. — Source

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Mariah Carey's legs $1 BILLION CRACKED.COM Mariah had to take her stems on tour in 2006. But she had just signed an endorsement deal with Gillette, so she needed a billion bucks' worth of peace of mind. — Source

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Egon Ronay's tastebuds $400,000 CRACKED.COM The iconic food critic is often credited with turbocharging the UK's culinary scenes in the mid-1900s. Like the guy at the bottom of a circus orgy, there was a lot riding on that tongue. — Source

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Jennifer Lopez's butt $27 MILLION CRACKED.COM The iconc singer, actor, and butt-haver needed to protect her unique triple-threat status back in 1999. — Source

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David Beckham

David Beckham's whole body £100 MILLION CRACKED.COM That's close to $200 million. In 2006, it was likely the most expensive insurance policy in the history of devastatingly handsome athletes. — Source

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Mary Hart's legs $1 MILLION CRACKED.COM It seems weird for a television host who sits behind a desk to get her gams insured. But Entertainment Tonight is rumored to have given her a glass desk so she could show 'em off. — Source

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Jeff Beck's fingers $1 MILLION EACH CRACKED.COM Beck made a heroic return to guitaring after slicing off the tip of his finger while chopping carrots in 2010. After that, he took out a million-dollar-per-digit policy. — Source

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Ben Turpin's crossed eyes $100,000 CRACKED.COM The silent-film-era slapstick pioneer wanted a failsafe in case he was ever unable to cross his left eye, or if his wonky right eye ever fixed itself. — Source

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America Ferrera's smile $10 MILLION CRACKED.COM Ugly Betty has such a gorgeous smile that Aquafresh took out an insurance policy on her chompers. — Source

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Merv Hughes' mustache $370,000 CRACKED.COM The Australian cricket star was a formidable athlete, but he derived his star power from his thick stache (and also, apparently, from drinking a lot). — Source

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