Charlize Theron had a disturbing childhood where her father was an alcoholic. Her mother Gerda eventually shot and killed him when he attacked her in a drunken state.
Woody Harrelson’s father Charles was a hitman working for mobsters. He was in and out of jail during Woody’s childhood and died from a heart attack in 2007.
Teri Hatcher was sexually abused by her uncle when she was a child. The same man later abused another girl who committed suicide.
Ringo Starr almost died when he was a child. He was diagnosed with appendicitis at the age of six and then with peritonitis which made him go into a coma.
Dee Dee Ramone was raised by alcoholic parents. He used drugs at the age of 12 and committed several armed robberies acts to arrange funds for the same.
Lady Gaga suffered from PTSD after being raped at 19. She refused to talk about the same to anyone for many years as she was badly affected by it.
Keanu Reeves was abandoned by his father. He and his girlfriend Jennifer Syme lost their daughter in the final stage of pregnancy in 1999.
Chelsea Handler lost her older brother Chet at the age of 10. She revealed in an interview with Rosie O’Donnell that he fell 80 feet off a cliff while hiking in the Grand Tetons.