28 Former Celebrities Who Vanished from the Spotlight—You Won’t Believe What They’re Doing Now!

28 Former Celebrities Who Vanished from the Spotlight—You Won't Believe What They're Doing Now!

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28 Once-Famous Celebrities Who Live Completely Normal Lives Now Queen’s John Deacon. Lives quietly wherever. Has minimal contact with Queen, though they do run ideas by him as a courtesy.

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Deacon lives quietly with his wife Veronica, for whom he wrote his first major hit “You’re My Best Friend” when they were newlyweds and expecting their first baby (1975). They’ll be celebrating their 49th anniversary next month. They still live in the house they bought back when the money started coming in. They had six children (5 boys and 1 girl), and now who-knows-how-many grandchildren.

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We also asked the hosts what some of the pros of leaving the industry might be. “It allows people the insight of it being okay to take a risk, try something new and that it’s okay to fail. We took a risk by starting our podcast,” Jazz and Jess told Bored Panda. “We had no experience, no equipment before committing to trying it, and we knew there was a possibility we could fail. Knowing there was no real harm nor foul helped to take that leap.”

28 Once-Famous Celebrities Who Live Completely Normal Lives Now Cameron Diaz. Raising her kid with one of the Good Charlotte dudes and enjoying life. She made some awesome movies and great friendships. Content to live her life pretty quietly now.

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28 Once-Famous Celebrities Who Live Completely Normal Lives Now Greta Garbo was the biggest movie star in the world throughout the ‘30s. She made her last movie in 1941, at the age of 36. She then spent the next 50 years living alone in a New York apartment. She was known for taking daily walks around Manhattan, and “Garbo-spotting” was a popular New York activity in the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s.

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On the other hand, there can also be downsides to deciding to leave fame behind. “Let’s take Geoffrey Owens for example,” Jazz and Jess shared. “He settled back into normal life, and we hadn’t heard much from him in decades. A few years ago, he was spotted working in a New Jersey Trader Joe’s, which started a debate of how work is valued and job shaming.”

“Some people responded extremely negatively to the photo that was captured, while others defended his choice of employment. Geoffrey had to quit his Trader Joe’s gig due to the attention,” the hosts explained. “He had an interview with Good Morning America where he stated, ‘There’s no job better than another…every job is worthwhile.’ People can make you feel like a failure or a quitter or less than when they see you have taken a step back from fame.”

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We also asked Jazz and Jess if there were any celebrities who have stepped away from the public eye that they would like to hear from again. “Keri Hilson. She was an incredible singer and songwriter between 2002 and the 2010s,” they shared.

“Her career was full steam ahead until an alleged feud between her and Beyonce caused her to be blacklisted from the industry. Over the years, she has tried to reenter the scene as her and Beyonce seem to be on better terms now, but as of today she has yet to release new music. We would love to see a Keri Hilson reemergence.”

If you’d like to hear more of Jazz and Jess’ thoughts on black pop culture, be sure to check out Sis, Let Me Tell You. “We offer video podcast episodes on Spotify, YouTube and we just started a Patreon,” they told Bored Panda. “New episodes every Tuesday morning. Check us out!”

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28 Once-Famous Celebrities Who Live Completely Normal Lives Now Bridgett Fonda, loved her then she disappeared. Last year paps found her living a normal life not looking she used too. They were brutal. f*** the paps.

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28 Once-Famous Celebrities Who Live Completely Normal Lives Now Kate Bush.

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Still quietly making music out of sight like she always did. Apparently Running Up That Hill being featured on Stranger Things made her several million dollars to add to all her other revenue streams.

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28 Once-Famous Celebrities Who Live Completely Normal Lives Now Erik Estrada, who played officer Francis Llewellyn “Ponch” Poncherello on “CHiPs” became a real-life police officer in Saint Anthony, Idaho.

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Surprised no one mentioned Daniel Day-Lewis. The man was on the top of his field for many years, but the toll each movie had on him made him choose to go live a normal life with his family. Anything this guy did was immediatly praised by the Academy. He really went out on top.

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Tom from MySpace 😆

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I respect him a lot compared to all the other major internet company guys. Wasn’t trying to change the world or farm data or move us into some technocratic future, just made a cool thing, sold it and does what he wants now.

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28 Once-Famous Celebrities Who Live Completely Normal Lives Now Bill Withers passed away in 2020, but he’s the ultimate example of being on top and just dropping out and living his life.

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I love Bill. He never fully quit his blue collar job, even when fully immersed in making music because he never trusted the people. And recognized his fame as fleeting. He was great. Probably in my top 5 songwriters

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