Even though we like to think our favorite celebrities are as perfect at their on screen and red carpet personas, it’s fun to find a flaw or two. Celebrity disorders are more common than you think. That makes them as normal as you and me. Just think, their imperfections may have made them into the successful superstars they are today. It’s the challenges in life that make us into the work in progress we all are. Some of us just have more to deal with than others. And it can be comforting to know the rich and famous have to deal too. Here are 12 celebrities with strange physical disorders that didn’t stop them from achieving their Hollywood dreams.
1. Abraham Lincoln’s Abnormal Size Caused by Acromegalia Created A Historical Giant
Ok, he may not walk Hollywood’s red carpet but Abraham Lincoln paved the way for the free world as we know it today. And he made a heck of a good story line for a recent Oscar worthy movie named, “Lincoln.” He suffered from a rare disorder called “acromegalia” that causes an over abundance of growth hormones resulting in bigger than normal body parts. This can explain why he was so tall and his arms and legs were abnormally long. Honest Abe accomplished many things during his presidency and may have been thanks to his acromegialia that people still regard him as one of America’s greatest (certainly the tallest) presidents to reside in the White House. He sure looks good carved in stone on Mt. Rushmore and in Washington D.C. for all to see.