If you weren't around and watching television during the 1990s, the popularity of TV comic Carrot Top is kind of difficult to explain. As hard as it might be to believe now, all we can say is that his schtick seemed funny at the time. A lot has changed in the years since - one of which is the fact that Carrot Top has seriously been working out. Look at him in this picture. The giant mop of red hair is still there, but he's been putting some serious work in at the gym - and that's gained him a new lookalike!
There's no way that the comedian could walk around with hair like that and not get compared to Lion-O of 'Thundercats' fame. Honestly, we think he's a pretty cool character to look like. Lion-O was the leader of the gang, after all, and he's in pretty good shape. If we were talking about the Carrot Top of the 1990s, we wouldn't be making this connection, but now he's ripped and shredded, he looks like he could wield a sword and shout 'Thundercats ho' with the best of them.
Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.
Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.
Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.
Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.