A fellow worker who auditioned against Matthew Perry forFriendsstopped speaking to him after he became famous for playing Chandler Bing . He articulate , " He would n’t repay my call , and he just did n’t want to be my acquaintance any longer . "
They say fame changes you, but it can change the people around you, too.
Here are 11 times celebs spoke about how differently their friends and family treated them after fame:
1.OnRed Table Talk,Matthew McConaugheysaid, “As soon as I got ‘famous’ after [1996’s]A Time to Kill, I started to have my weekly Sunday call home to call my mother. Mother wasn’t answering the phone. A fan of my fame was answering the phone. I was trying to find my own balance with fame and stuff. And I would share things with her…some of those things I would share might show up in the six o’clock news three days later.”
After he found out that she ’d allowed a tabloid news show to take inside his puerility nursing home , he stopped talking to her for eight years .
However , they were finally capable to reconcile . He said , " My gravy boat was built well enough where I did n’t feel like she could sink it . We heal that up in 2004 . "
2.AfterRihannarose to fame, her dad went to the press and sold stories about her behind her back. She toldVogue, “It really makes me question what I have become to my father. Like, what do I even mean to him? …It’s really strange. That’s the only word I can think of to describe it because you grow up with your father, you know him, you are a part of him, for goodness' sakes! And then he does something so bizarre that I can’t begin to wrap my mind around it. You hear the horror stories about people going behind people’s backs and doing strange things, but you always think,Not my family. My father would never do that to me.”
She proceed , " [ AfterChris Brownphysically assaulted me ] was the first time … .. My daddy pop off to the crush and just told them a caboodle of lies . Because he had n’t talk to me after … that whole thing … . He never called to find out how I was doing , if I was active , nothing . He just never called . He went straight to the press and get a check . And now he does it again . "
3.OnQ with Tom Power,Matthew Perrysaid, “Craig Bierko, after he didn’t getFriends— andFriendswas on for two years and was a massive hit — Craig didn’t speak to me for those two years. I would call him. He wouldn’t return my calls, and he just didn’t want to be my friend anymore.”
Matthew continued , " So , two days into it , he call in me up on the phone and say , ' Can we meet ? I ’d like to talk with you . ' I said , ' Of course . Yes , great . ' So he came over to my apartment , and he said , ' I ’m meritless that I have not called you in two age . I could not handle that you got racy and famous on a show that I turned down . We were both good enough to get that role . ' "
4.Gigi HadidtoldHarper’s Bazaar, “[When you become famous] a lot of interesting things in friends come out. So, in a way, it’s good because you learn that it’s better to have a few really good friends than tons of friends you aren’t really sure about.”
" There are people who sympathize that I love them and who experience that when I get back to town , I ’m going to call them , but sometimes I ca n’t call every twenty-four hours because I ’m in weird places . I ’ve lost a muckle of ally because I ’ll get busy for a short stop of time , and they ’re not reaching out , but if I do n’t accomplish out , then it ’s like I ’ve changed , " she said .
5.Billie EilishtoldV magazine, “My life really, honestly feels the same as it did when I was a child, except that I don’t have any friends.”
" I mean , besides the hoi polloi that I work on with , who are utterly my friends — they ’re really my secure friends , " she said .
She also sound out , " My relationship with my home has not change , just like with my parent and my brother . I imagine it ’s a bite jarring for some people who arise up with me or have n’t watch me in a long time . [ They ] come over to see us and see that it ’s exactly the same . It ’s as if you walked in here , and it ’s 2003 . "
6.Sharon Stone toldInStyle, “It’s very expensive to be famous. You go out to dinner, and there’s 15 people at the table. And who gets the check? You get the $3,000 dinner check every single time.”
7.Rupert Grintreportedlytold the Daily Mirror that, after joining theHarry Potterfranchise, “It took me a while to figure out whether someone was genuine or they had ulterior motives… I left school at quite a pivotal time…when you’re just making friends and stuff…So whenever I came back, bonds I had made before had all got a little bit weird. I did lose a few friends, but on the whole, it’s all been pretty good.''
" You ’d always vex about whether it was a echt matter — and I think that goes with any sort of relationship , even friendship , " he reportedly said .
8.Love Islandwinner Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu toldCosmopolitan UK, “I’ve lost every friend I had. I don’t have any friends. I have one friend, and that’s it. Unfortunately, with the fame, you see people’s true colors. People just want to be your friend because of your status, and it’s a hard industry to trust. No, I don’t actually have friends left.”
" People I ’d make out for ten geezerhood who were in my life … merchandising narration is not very nice . I would n’t do that to someone . If they were felicitous , I would support them . regrettably , I had that coming out of the villa , I had to delete people out of my lifetime . But I am well-chosen this way . Sometimes , preserve your circle small is the good , and you do n’t always need friends . So long as you know who you are , that ’s okay , " she said .
9.Taylor Lautner toldRolling Stone, “Because I was acting when I was in school, there was a little bullying going on. Not physical bullying but people making fun of what I do.”
" I just had to tell myself I ca n’t let this get to me . This is what I love to do . And I ’m going to continue doing it , " he tell .
10.Singer Saint Harison named his debut albumLost a Friendafter his experience of losing friends due to his success. He told theIndependent, “The hardest thing is that people don’t understand, and they take it personally when you’re not free. It’s been a weird experience.”
He continued , " But then you ’re finding yourself in novel situations , meet new people , and then other friends are like , ' Why are you take on unexampled multitude ? ' As much as you need to stay that same person – you just do n’t . Everything convert . "
11.And finally, Justin Timberlake toldRolling Stone, “I found with friends, close friends that have come and gone in my life, they’re like, ‘Oh, you changed.’ Everything else around you changed; you’re still the same person. If you want to say that I didn’t have to worry about a paparazzi following me around in my car has made me change, then yeah, sorry, I’ve changed, but I didn’t know what that was like before. I was just a young person trying to express myself.”
" It ’s just a crazy world that we know in . I do n’t need to paint a picture that ’s jaded or anything because I ’m super well-chosen to be back and doing it , and I have a great time wherever I go . But the thing around you shift the older you get , and that ’s just biography , " he pronounce .
