Sometimes I think that the one thing I love most about being an adult is the right to buy candy whenever and wherever I want.
-Ryan Gosling
1/25. Ryan once bought out an entire Girl Scout Cookie stand and handed them out to people on the street.
2/25. When he was a kid, Ryan filled a Fisher-Price Magic kit with steak knives, brought them to school, and threw them at kids at recess.
3/25. He was cast in The Notebook because the director thought he wasnt cool or good-looking. Ryan recalls the director saying, When I got there, he was standing in his backyard, and he looked at me and said, I want you to play this role because youre not like the other young actors out there in Hollywood. Youre not handsome, youre not cool, youre just a regular guy who looks a bit nuts.
4/25. When The Mickey Mouse Club auditioned children in Montreal, 12 year-old Ryan went along. He was hired by Disney, and went on to do an indelible stint as a 'Mouseketeer' with Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake, at which point he allegedly proved such a bad influence on the girls that their mothers complained to Disney. According to Gosling, 'I just told them what I heard - like positions and stuff.' Teaching Britney Spears about sex: Now there's an achievement!
5/25. Ryan Gosling was supposed to play the lead in The Lovely Bones but was fired when he showed up on set weighing 210 pounds. He was cast when he weighed 150 pounds.
6/25. To gain all that weight he would melt Haagen Dazs and drink it when he was thirsty.
7/25. When he was a kid, he could do an absolutely epic rendition of Everybody Dance Now.
8/25. Britney Spears used to play spin the bottle with him.
9/25. Ryan built the car he used in Drive. The director said, Ryan wanted to build his own car. So the car, the Malibu, the old gray car he drives around, he built himself. He took it apart and put it back together.
10/25. He has a sister named Mandi.
11/25. Ryan built the table from The Notebook that he and Rachel McAdams consummated their relationship on. He also made the chairs at the front of the house.
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12/25. In 2007, the producer of Fracture had a hard time contacting Ryan Gosling to give him the script because he was living in a tent in the woods for reasons he wont disclose. Apparently he lived off the grid for two months.
13/25. After eating an awesome meal, Ryan, on a whim, decided to open a Moroccan restaurant in Beverly Hills called Tagine. It made him bankrupt and he had to do all the plumbing.
14/25. And yes, he even did the dishes.
15/25. Ryan Cabrera has a Ryan Gosling tattoo on his calf.
16/25. Ryan gave himself his own tattoo with a tattoo kit. It was supposed to be a bloody monsters hand but it looks more like a cactus.
He said: One of my tattoos is supposed to be a monsters hand dropping a bloody heart but I did it myself with a tattoo kit so it looks like a cactus.
17/25. He believes theres an army of cats patrolling Disney World that comes out at night and eat all the mice.
18/25. During the first season of The Mickey Mouse Club, Ryan and his family lived in the Yogi Bear trailer park down the road from the studio.
19/25. After Hurricane Katrina he packed a car and headed to Mississippi to help build a monastery.
20/25. His parents areMormon after they were converted by missionaries knocking on their door.
Ryan and his mother
21/25. His perfect day would involve sitting in a room and knitting all day. He absolutely loves knitting.
22/25. He dated Sandra Bullock from 20022003. She was 16 years older than him. In 2011, he said she was one of the greatest girlfriends, I had two of the greatest girlfriends of all time. I havent met anybody who could top them. The other girl hes referring to was Rachel McAdams.
23/25. His favorite place in the L.A. area is Disneyland. He often goes alone, wears headphones and a hat, and goes on rides all day.
24/25. His dog George has a mohawk because his dog insists on it. Ryan said, Ten years ago I shaved a mohawk just for the summer. And then, every time it started to grow out, he turned into a total jerk. And then, Id shave it back and hed turn into a nice guy again.
25/25. A sushi restaurant in San Diego has a bathroom devoted to him.
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Redditor True_Customer_8913 wanted to hear about all the things we saw in a new light once we grew up, so they asked:
"What’s was normal to you as a kid but you later realized how f**ked up it actually was?"
Double Agent
Comedy Say What GIF by BrownSugarAppGiphy"During the divorce they would try to get information about each other and say the other one was bad for me."
nasandre
"That happened to me too! Once had a judge tell 11-year-old me that my parents were one of the most immature cases he had dealt with, because they were more focused on making each other’s lives difficult than being parents."
TJ_Augustine
In Private
"My father was nice and friendly out in public but was an absolute a**hole to the family at home..."
"Me witnessing my dad being really friendly to everyone in public and then being an absolute raging a**hole at home made me just think 'well I guess everyone is just two-faced and using each other.'"
"All those movies about love are just lies and fantasies, if you're not using someone then what use are they to you? Obviously he doesn't get to use us at home so we aren't useful so we don't get treated well"
"Btw No he wasn't an alcoholic, he wouldn't even allow alcohol in the house because so many people in our family were alcoholics."
MysticalMagicalMilk
Not Funny
"My mom's boyfriend would pick me up by my hair sometimes. It didn't hurt a s**t ton so I never complained, which in turn made him keep doing it. My hair was always in a ponytail so it was easy to grab and do. I told a coworker about it and laughed because it wasn't a terrible memory. But he didn't laugh like I did."
"It was more of a nervous laugh then he says 'that's actually pretty f**ked up.' Then I started to think about all the stuff I actually do remember from my childhood and realized how shi**y it really was. I have two kids and it was never a thought to ever pick them up by their hair."
BUFUByUsF**kYou
Signs
"When I was 7, I came to the realization that if I showed any signs that I was in a good mood around my mother, she would find some reason to yell at me. Even started testing it, would walk into rooms she was in smiling vs not and proved my theory right, so I just stopped smiling, and it didn't take much longer for it to stop being an act."
LegendaryMuffins
In the Garden
"I live in England and my uncle's neighbor had a pet monkey living in a big enclosure in his garden. This was in the early 2000s. I assumed this was totally normal. No idea how he got it. We still know those neighbors and it's just never discussed."
BassEvers
When in England... stay out of trouble.
Be Free
Arrested Development Crying GIF by HULUGiphy"Not being allowed to feel or express any type anger or sadness."
Exotic-Counter5112
"Unless someone died it was, 'I don't want to hear it. Go to your room, close the door, and bury your face in a pillow until you're done,' or the worse, 'I'll give you something to cry about' followed by whooping."
BigDamnHead
Bye Mike
"Having no food in the house and little to no adult supervision while random men come and go from my mothers room."
"I'm legit impressed I nor my younger brother ended up taken or worse. It was kind of miserable, in hindsight, because some of these guys would come back with some fast food for us and hang out for a bit talking or playing video games. Magic Mike was super cool and I still miss him. :( "
Donequis
Sorry
"Thought it was normal to constantly apologize over even the slightest little f**k-up so I don't get screamed at. I still have this problem today."
CagedKage
"Not me, but my wife. I used to just reassure her that she didn't have to apologize for everything, but that didn't help her to distinguish when it was appropriate or not. Now, when she says 'sorry,' I ask what she's apologizing for, and it seems to help her a little. That being said, she apologized last night when the dog tripped me."
I_used_to_be_hip
Ouch
It Hurts Sal Vulcano GIF by truTV’s Impractical JokersGiphy"I remember my sister had this fake belly button ring she showed my dad. He immediately ripped it out which was quite painful. I asked if he even knew if it was fake and he didn’t. He thought it was real and did that."
Intelligent_Bug6515
Rages
"Parents having blackout rages. Sometimes, I was a brat. Other times, I had done nothing wrong. I just remember being made to feel like a worthless loser, screamed at, and manipulated. Then the next day, they would say 'Sorry sorry sorry' This happened a lot. Eventually, the sorries mean nothing and you begin to feel actually worthless."
DistractedDreaming
Oh how the times do change. We're glad folks made it out of most of these situations!
Do you have anything to get off your chest? Let us know in the comments.
Redditor Etore_the_not_smart wanted to hear from all the people who love to slumber in nothing, so they asked:
"People who sleep naked why do you sleep naked?"
I am a nude sleeper.
It changed my life.
Good Thinking
Think About It GIF by IdentityGiphy"My husband sleeps naked."
"I asked him: Dude, what if there’s a fire and we have to just run out???"
"He said: Well, my pajamas won’t catch fire… because I’m naked."
"I had no valid argument. So, there’s that."
upeepsareamazballz
So alas...
"I hate clothes. If I could choose to just never wear clothes that would be ideal. Unfortunately I was born with pasty, ghost skin and I freeze in the winter even in clothes. So alas I will keep wearing them outside the house and get nude as soon as I get home. When I am at the beach with my pasty a** ghost skin, I wear long sleeve rashguards, swim leggings, and a giant sun hat because again, pasty ghost skin. Cute swimsuits are for indoor pools imo!"
crazypurple621
Hold Me
"Home security. Any person who breaks into my house will have to deal with a balding, hairy, naked man running at them and yelling 'I JUST WANT TO CUDDLE!'"
Foraxenathog
"It is one thing to get your a** kicked after you break into a house. It is a completely different thing to get your a** kicked by a naked 40 year old with a beer belly."
Brummy1833
"That's way too terrifying to be honest."
ThickSteak6328
The Slam
"I don’t like the feeling of clothes getting all bunched up as I toss and turn at night like I normally do before my sleep wrestling starts. My wife says that I will suddenly body slam the mattress with my upper torso in the middle of the night at random."
GreyTigerFox
"My wife just calls it a 'Whale Breaching!'"
MaelstromFL
Free
In Bed Hentai GIF by ROSALÍAGiphy"It makes me feel free and comfy."
Mountain-Safety2099
"If I wear clothes, they get all knotted and twisted up."
PolyGlamourousParsec
Comfy on the skin is a must for most folks, it seems.
Natural
Scary GIF by Imagine DragonsGiphy"I was born naked."
JackIbach
"We come into this world screaming, naked, and covered in blood. Play your cards right and it doesn't have to stop there."
moratnz
Everyone Do It!
"It's too hot where I live. Plus it's good for your private parts health, especially for females."
ramzay_
"I always slept naked and turned my ex wife onto sleeping naked when we first met. She never did before. She said she was worried spiders or snakes would crawl into you know where"
"I explained that this wouldn’t happen, and she realized how wonderful sleeping naked is. From what she’s told me, she still does."
"Everyone should sleep naked! Clean sheets against your skin are the best feeling ever!"
RonaldTheGiraffe
It's a Crime
"Wearing clothing in bed just feels... wrong. I'd feel claustrophobic. Plus it's just such a delicious feeling to climb into high thread count cotton sheets and a down comforter - I don't want anything interfering with the sensuous pleasure of it."
Dibiasky
HEAT
"It’s more comfortable. I run hot. I hate the idea of adding more clothes to my laundry. And if someone breaks in, I’ve always imagined a naked hairy man with a hatchet will make them double think their decision. (Hatchet in nightstand)."
Cool_Story_Bro__
The Feels
"Sensory issues. Clothes feel weird on my skin when I’m lying on a mattress. They bunch up, they stick to the skin, they rub against the sheets and twist when I move positions. Plus I get hot very easily. Cannot stand sleeping with clothes on."
SentimentalApathy
"Same. Can’t handle the friction of fabric on fabric. Can’t stand when my clothes get twisted because I toss and turn. If I must wear clothes, the only thing I can somewhat tolerate is a sports bra/stretchy cami and panties."
lollipopfiend123
Crazy
relaxing ranveer singh GIFGiphy"I'm 42. Till about 5 years ago I thought everyone (well about 95%) of people slept naked. But I was wrong. I think the question should be why do people wear clothes in bed?! Crazy to me."
WholeRevolutionary22
Tangled
"I get tangled in my jammies and sheets."
"It feels nicer."
"I have a naked woman beside me and cuddling feels way better naked."
4angrydragons
Well that settles it, these folks make some good points.
But what do you think? Let us know in the comments below.