People Are Sharing The Reasons They Were Famous For A Hot Minute And They’re Hilarious

Recently, Chrissy Teigen shared a story about her boobs becoming momentarily famous for appearing Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift. The shot they took of her getting out of the car cut off her head, but that's show biz, baby.

It inspired her to ask her many, many followers if they had ever been briefly famous, and boy did people deliver.

Do You Think She Still Has Those?

Tweet: That time a photo of me in wiener leggings was pasted all over the city of Philadelphia, as well as the internet
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Photo Credit: Twitter / @dena_colada

We have all owned our fair share of embarrassing clothing, but not all of us have been photographed wearing them and put into a social media and advertising campaign.

At least it was only Philly.

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He Took It Like A Champ

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Tweet: I used to work at John Oliver and for five seconds I was in this photo being punched in the face
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Even though no one should be punched in the face at work, if it means you might be famous on Twitter for a moment, is it worth it?

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Looks like they had fun.

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Awkward Indeed

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Tweet: I looked very uncomfortable in the background of A Very Cavallari once
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Photo Credit: Twitter / @chrissyteigen
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What else is she going to do, though? The film was rolling, people were living their lives, and you just happen to step in on it.

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Awkward in real life, and awkward on TV.

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Oh, The Memories

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Tweet: In 2001 my childhood friends and I went to an NSYNC concert at Foxboro Stadium and our picture ended up in Teen People Magazine
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Let's all get real here.

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Many of us probably went to these concerts, and many of us would have died if our pictures attending ended up in Teen People magazine.

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He Doesn't Look Thrilled

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Tweet: Used to work for a sporting goods store and a model didn't show up so they asked me to take a single photo. Wound up in every store on the east coast and in newspapers for six months. And yes they made me wear spanx and had to cut them off because I couldn't get them over my shoulders.
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Photo Credit: Twitter / @THEYCALLMEAHRI
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You'll all be happy to know that for his trouble, this sporting goods company let him keep the Spanx they cut off.

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They even gave him a $25 gift card to use in the store.

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This One Is A Doozy

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Tweet: I got
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Believe it or not, people all over the internet freaked out about this one. Some actually thought that they did get married!

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Don't worry, he was just saying his simple mistake got blown out of proportion.

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A Bleak Future Ahead

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Tweet: I played an 11 year old virgin on history channel's Wild West Tech: Brothel Tech. Yep. Direction was
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Photo Credit: Twitter / @erin__eva
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It's not the role of anyone's dreams, but there is always the hope that playing something like this will help you find your way into prime time TV.

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That's the hope, anyway.

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What A Legacy To Leave Behind

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Tweet: I won a contest when I was six ( I drew a picture about why I loved kraft mac and cheese) and wont $15,000 and a trip to Orlando and my face on millions of boxes nationwide
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Photo Credit: Twitter / @honeybluuud
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What I want to know is what this young child did with their $15,000.

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Honestly, having my picture of a box of KD seems a small price to pay for a vacation and some cash.

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That's Disappointing

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Tweet: Back in 2018 I was randomly cast as Ryan Gosling's hand double for all the space scenes in
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Photo Credit: Twitter / @jthogue2
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You hear all the time about people who work hard on a movie and then their scenes get cut, and that sucks.

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But, is it worse if only your hand makes it into the movie?

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What A Mood

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Tweet: I was once a featured extra on Empire. Got to shake Terrance Howard's hand and everything. Now I stare at spreadsheets all day.
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Photo Credit: Twitter / @DavidSpearman
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At least this guy actually got his 15 minutes of fame!

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Most of us are just doomed to stare at spreadsheets all day without fond memories to fall back on.

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A True Celebrity

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Tweet: I played the blue arms in the American Airlines safety video
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Photo Credit: Twitter / @SebastienDS
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Who doesn't love and hate watching these videos before their flight takes off?

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It's wild to think it's actually someone's job to do this and that they got paid for it.

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Who Wore It Better?

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Tweet: that time my dad copied my tailgate outfit and we popped up on all those viral meme pages
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Photo Credit: Twitter / @kenadiecole3
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With the internet being what it is these days, more and more people are going to experience fame.

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Even if it is briefly and for having an embarrassingly overprotective father.

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Look At That Wink

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Tweet: Really made the most of my five seconds on The Late Show
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The other thing about the internet is that everything on it is forever.

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That means that this picture is never going to truly go away, no matter how much they may want it too.

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Someone Call The Woman

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Tweet: For some reason, I have still not been contacted about the Lizzie McGuire reboot
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Photo Credit: Twitter / @chanelleberlin
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Being an extra always seems like it will be fun and not something super embarrassing that you might regret later in life.

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But what is life without the mistakes we've made along the way?

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That's A Glowing Review

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Tweet: I was famous for one second when I wrote a review for eyeliner that survived a car crash
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Photo Credit: Twitter / @catsandcusswrds
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You can't get a better review than that! Her eyeliner does still look incredible even after she's been through all that trauma.

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I wonder how many people went out and bought it after.

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Love Those Shorts

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Tweet: Met Taylor Swift wearing these pants and got interviewed by almost every single Australian radio station
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Photo Credit: Twitter / @adazzlinhaze
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Even though this was the general mindset of most early teenage girls when it comes to Taylor Swift, few of them are bold enough to make glitter shorts about it.

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I wonder how big Taylor Swift is in Australia?

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The Highlight Of Her Life

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Tweet: I ate a kimchi hot dog on Martha Stewart. I could not hear from words so I just nodded and excitedly ate my tubed meat on TV. Then, she handed me a raw steak with kimchi from her bare hands. She stole my youth that day.
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Photo Credit: Twitter / @thebrokenplate
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Having one of your idols touch you with their own bare hands while handing you food?

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What could possibly be better than that? This might be the greatest moment of her life.

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She's Got A Great Smile

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Tweet: I was helping the photographer set up and he used me for a lighting test so I agreed, not thinking anything of it. Next thing I know, I'm plastered all over flyers and banners.
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Photo Credit: Twitter / @soundurrahh09
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Imagine what it would feel like to all of a sudden come across a flyer that has your picture on it and you had no idea that it was going to happen?

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At least she's shown in a positive light... right?

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Oh, We Remember

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Tweet: you ever heard of Friday?
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Photo Credit: Twitter / @amandacoop
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I'm surprised that she even thought that anyone would ever forget this.

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She should feel lucky that people don't recognize her because we've all been brutal to the people who made this video.

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A Classic Film

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Tweet: I was one of the white rastas in 10 Things I Hate About You
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Photo Credit: Twitter / @djgromit
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Here's a fun scoop for you, courtesy of this guy who got to play an extra, only two of the white rastas had real dreads!

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The rest were just fakers in wigs.

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What A Claim To Fame

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Tweet: When I was eight my mom worked for the second production company that did the Crossroads movie with Britney Spears and I got to do the giggling voice over for the beginning. I never got official credit, but I met Britney and she signed my CD! I still do dramatic tellings of this story.
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Photo Credit: Twitter / @PrincessAsh_21
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Do you know how many young girls, and maybe even adult girls, would have loved to be the person laughing on the voice in any of her songs?

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This girl will be famous forever.

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So Much Drama

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Tweet: A few years ago I got a vasectomy then did a ridiculously stupid photoshoot. That somehow got me into the paper below Beyonce, then sites like Buzzfeed and Yahoo started interviewing me and the internet got mad. The End
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Photo Credit: Twitter / @danndman
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Just wondering exactly what his thought process was when he went and got his vasectomy.

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I'm going to celebrate with taking dramatic pictures of myself and hope no one notices how weird that is?

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That's A Serious Face

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guy went to a WWE show and was making a weird face to the camera
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Photo Credit: Twitter / @joshlebherz
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I don't know about you, but watching this guy in the background make faces while the commentators did their thing would be my favorite part of the show, hands down.

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They must have said something really wild.

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He Even Had A Back Story

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guy played a cop who died on a TV show
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Photo Credit: Twitter / @jameskwaters1
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Having a back story is a pretty big deal in these cable tv shows.

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I wonder if he will ever come back in one of those weird episodes they do sometimes where they go back in time.

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We All Would Have Done It

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someone caught checking out Chris Evans
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Photo Credit: Twitter / @BrittanyActs
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If you walked by Chris Evans and you don't stop to try and sneak a peek at that delicious human being, you are letting yourself and all the other girls down.

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She tried to play it off, but the cameras caught her.

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A Dream We All Shared Once

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someone was a snuggie model
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Photo Credit: Twitter / @bezfish_
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When you look back on it, a Snuggie is something that we probably all secretly wanted, because it's an awesome idea.

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But no one really wanted to admit that it was a thing they wanted.

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So They Were Born A Toddler

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Tweet: I was born at a whopping 13 lbs and 24 inches long on New Year's Eve, even made the news that night
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Photo Credit: Twitter / @GatorForMayor
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This person's poor mother. I wonder if she had kids again after this because I don't know about you, but that sounds absolutely horrible.

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That kid is either her favorite or least favorite now.

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Her Face Says It All

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someone's first modeling gig was as a neck brace
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Photo Credit: Twitter / @MireikaEdwards
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She looks like she is second-guessing this whole career as a model thing.

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If she's going to be modeling neck braces then is this really better than being a school teacher or something?

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It's Always A Sauce Fiasco

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someone was a server on Four Weddings at a particularly dramatic scene
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Photo Credit: Twitter / @alexcasement
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I have always wondered what it is like to be a person on these reality shows that get followed around by a ton of camera crews while they're awkwardly just trying to do their job.

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I think we need more dramatic sound effects in our everyday lives.

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Famous For A Second Or Two

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paper thought someone was holding hands with Justin Bieber
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Being seen in any capacity with Justin Bieber would have made your whole career and made your place in the world as a cool human, regardless of whether the US tabloids would destroy you.

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A simple angle can make a world of difference.