15 Little-Known Reasons Behind Celebs' Iconic Features

Celebrities! They're…actually not just like us, in a lot of ways. Sure, there's fame, fortune, name recognition, and the inability to sit a restaurant table without having to take a million selfies, but we're not here to talk about that. Today, we're talking about the weirdo quirks people use as branding. Or odd personality traits that become branding. Either way.

It's easy to think celebs are just a bunch of attention-seekers. “Hey, look at me! I've got a cool-ass bandana on and I'm totally pulling it off!” That's what you imagine them saying. Well, you're 99 percent right. But then there's also that 1 percent of the celebrity's persona that results from something totally unexpected. Crazy things like that aforementioned bandana [spoiler alert for the first entry of this article] being worn by Steve Van Zandt for car accident-related reasons. Here's the full story, plus plenty more wild and crazy facts about the odd habits of famous people: