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Zooey Deschanel Was Bullied in School: Which Bullied Celebrity Got the Biggest Last Laugh?

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SLIDESHOW: Which Bullied Celeb Got the Last Laugh?

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Zooey Deschanel

Her Fox show "New Girl" is a hit, but Zooey wasn't quite as popular back in school. "Girls spit in my face, people were so mean to me, I'd cry every day," she tells Allure.
  1. Zooey Deschanel

    Zooey Deschanel

    Her Fox show "New Girl" is a hit, but Zooey wasn't quite as popular back in school. "Girls spit in my face, people were so mean to me, I'd cry every day," she tells Allure.

  2. Tom Cruise

    Tom Cruise

    "Your heart's pounding, you sweat, and you feel like you're going to vomit," Cruise said of being bullied. "I never liked hitting someone, but I know if I don't hit that guy hard he's going to pick on me all year."

  3. Madonna

    Madonna

    "In high school I wasn't a hippie or a stoner, so I ended up being the weirdo. I was interested in classical ballet and music, so the kids were quite mean if you were different," she told Vanity Fair.

  4. Lady Gaga

    Lady Gaga

    Gaga told Rolling Stone she was “teased for being ugly, having a big nose, being annoying." She also told Ellen DeGeneres: “I didn't fit in at high school, I wanted to be like Boy George and I felt like a freak."

  5. Sandra Bullock

    Sandra Bullock

    "I looked like a clown compared to the cool way the other students looked and dressed. So I got my ass whooped a little bit,” Bullock said, according to Contact Music.

  6. Taylor Swift

    Taylor Swift

    "Junior high was actually sort of hard because I got dumped by this group of popular girls," Swift told Teen Vogue. "They didn't think I was cool or pretty enough, so they stopped talking to me."

  7. Eminem

    Eminem

    Eminem’s mom reportedly sued the Detroit school system, stating that bullying caused her son to have "nightmares and anti-social behavior."

  8. Chris Colfer

    Chris Colfer

    Colfer's character is teased on "Glee," but in real life, he was “a walking punching bag" who was "teased every day from elementary school until high school,” People reported.

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She's become synonymous with the word "adorkable," but "New Girl" star Zooey Deschanel wasn't quite as popular back in her school days. "Girls spit in my face, people were so mean to me, I'd cry every day," she tells Allure.

Even today, the 32-year-old "it" girl says she avoids gossip websites like Gawker. "I actually think the writing is really funny, but there is a chance that somebody is undercutting me," she tells the mag.

Deschanel isn't the only popular star who has proven that success is the best revenge. "Your heart's pounding, you sweat, and you feel like you're going to vomit," Tom Cruise said of being bullied. Lady Gaga told Rolling Stone she was “teased for being ugly, having a big nose, being annoying."

Taylor Swift was also a target for "Mean" girls. "Junior high was actually sort of hard because I got dumped by this group of popular girls," Swift told Teen Vogue. "They didn't think I was cool or pretty enough, so they stopped talking to me."

From Deschanel to Swift to Madonna, click through our slideshow and let us know: Which bullied celebrity got the biggest last laugh?
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  • Jesterz 2012/01/18 17:47:44
    Zooey Deschanel
    Jesterz
    +18
    Anyone who got bullied in school and became successful at what they do came out a winner... The majority are not stars or celebrities, but each and everyone of them got the last laugh as a human being...

    I chose Zooey cuz i like her a lot! ;o)

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  • Anonymo... MaX PowerS 2012/01/19 19:11:59
    Anonymous Coward218
    Hahahahaha!
  • The Inc... MaX PowerS 2012/01/20 03:55:48
  • Klutzey 2012/01/19 15:09:16
    Lady Gaga
    Klutzey
    +3
    Not a fan of Lady Gaga but a lot of people go through an ugly duckling stage during HS. Some are picked on because they threaten other people's confidence. But we grow out of it, this didn't happen for her, if anything it's gotten worse! Lady Gaga was ostracized for how she is and nothing has changed except she makes a lot of money off being weird and different. That is the biggest last laugh.
  • MaX PowerS Klutzey 2012/01/19 15:13:47
    MaX PowerS
    +1
    SHE IS STILL AN UGLY HO!!
  • AdeenMc... MaX PowerS 2012/01/19 15:48:49
    AdeenMckenzie-kennedy
    +1
    Don't you ever say that about Lady Gaga! I love her because she has a different style frmo everyone else! I love her music and everything so leave her alone and let her do her own thing!
  • MaX PowerS AdeenMc... 2012/01/19 15:57:27
    MaX PowerS
    +2
    ORINGINAL...HAHA!!

    ITS ALREADY BEEN DONE... UH MADONNA!?

    BTW: ONCE YOU GO BLACK YOU CAN NEVER GO BACK!!
  • MaX PowerS AdeenMc... 2012/01/19 15:57:57
    MaX PowerS
    YOU DO GOTTA ADMIT THAT SHE IS UGLY!!

    SHE HAS NO ALIBI, SHES UGLY!!
  • Shammy MaX PowerS 2012/01/19 19:40:29
    Shammy
    fu, just... fu:
  • MaX PowerS Shammy 2012/01/19 20:38:31
    MaX PowerS
    Your ugly too!! That is why you just have a shadow pic!!
  • Shammy MaX PowerS 2012/01/19 20:52:13
    Shammy
    +1
    really? really? WOW. just WOW.
    youre by FAR the most shallow person ive ever met.
    and FYI no im NOT ugly and i have that there because it wont let you change it on mobil. THANK YOU MUCH EINSTIEN! fu
  • MaX PowerS Shammy 2012/01/19 21:34:18
    MaX PowerS
    Dont get all upset!! Nobody is going to hurt you... LoL
  • Shammy MaX PowerS 2012/01/19 21:38:07
    Shammy
    +1
    reply to me again and youll wish you didnt
  • YeahISa... Klutzey 2012/01/19 16:31:54
    YeahISaidIt
    +1
    GaGa is milking the "picked on weird girl" thing for all it's worth.
  • greg 2012/01/19 14:44:35
    Taylor Swift
    greg
    ever listen to her songs I'll bet every bully she ever came across has had a barb or two thrown there way
  • Bob DiN 2012/01/19 14:36:22
    Sandra Bullock
    Bob DiN
    +1
    Can imagine anyone bullying anyone as beautiful and talented as Sandra Bullock or Taylor Swift.
  • bettyboop 2012/01/19 14:16:13
    Eminem
    bettyboop
    +6
    It is sad how much bullying goes on. The kids learn it from their parents and the cycle goes on. I have come across quite a few bullies right here on SodaHead. I actually think it is becoming epidemic.
  • Rocko 2012/01/19 13:55:47
    Madonna
    Rocko
    +2
    im a fan of zooey dechanel more but ya gotta say madonna whats she worth a billion dollars or close to it i bet and a 30 yr amazing career
  • Z-Wolf 2012/01/19 12:45:37
    Zooey Deschanel
    Z-Wolf
    +2
    They all won. Even if they didn't become a celebrity, they are still better people which means they won.
  • KazelyndeCastro 2012/01/19 11:21:42
    Zooey Deschanel
    KazelyndeCastro
    +2
    She's very funny in new girl...the total opposite of emily Descahnel in Bones..But i both like them..
  • RosaG 2012/01/19 10:51:47
    Zooey Deschanel
    RosaG
    +2
    They all have the last laugh. Good for them! Zooey Deschanel's bullies sounded the most cruel.
  • NoobGotPowned 2012/01/19 09:33:34
    Eminem
    NoobGotPowned
    Yeah getting your ass beat because your weird will do that.

    eminem gif
  • Moh Al-a 2012/01/19 08:18:57
    Zooey Deschanel
    Moh Al-a
    +1
    OMG Eminem and Tom!!!
    I believe all of them can laugh now
    I feel sorry for all of the people have been bullied
    and I can't understand how it happens in America while we don't really face this problem in my poor village schools in Saudi especially in high school

    Zooey

    people bullied understand america poor village schools saudi high school

    I vote for Zooey because I love this princess so much and can't imagine how could these idiots spit on this angelic face?!!!!!!
  • Somkey ... Moh Al-a 2012/01/19 08:39:59
    Somkey the Hores
    So long and thanks for all the fish.
  • AdeenMc... Moh Al-a 2012/01/19 15:51:42
    AdeenMckenzie-kennedy
    I know right. Zooey Deschanel is a beautiful girl and I thought she was Katy Perry when I frst saw her. Katy Perry is a beautiful woman like Zooey. Yes, I love Zooey and wish her the best.
  • MaX PowerS Moh Al-a 2012/01/19 20:36:54
    MaX PowerS
    BULLYING IS THE LEAST OF YOUR WORRIES!!

    YOU JUST HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT CRAZY MUSLIMS WITH BOMBS STRAPPED TO THEIR CHESTS!!
  • mylegs 2012/01/19 08:04:14
    Zooey Deschanel
    mylegs
    +4
    funny and hot. those kids have to be jealous now. Eminem probably close too but im not sure if he was really in the same category as the rest. his was more fighting for his life. Boo hoo Taylor you werent in the popular group of girls, go hang out with the rest of the students which make up over 80% of the student body. plus all the popular girls in school are bitches anyway.
  • disclaimer 2012/01/19 08:03:34
    Lady Gaga
    disclaimer
    +3
    Certainly in terms of wealth.
  • ♥Gabs1697♥ 2012/01/19 07:55:01
    Lady Gaga
    ♥Gabs1697♥
    +2
    Or maybe Jessie J
  • NANA 2012/01/19 07:42:06
    Eminem
    NANA
    +1
    i would say Eminem... have surpassed all the expectations in everything he have done ... and would continue to do so ... he is genius in his field
  • XSummerX Tokio Hotel Freak(= 2012/01/19 05:44:53
    Sandra Bullock
    XSummerX Tokio Hotel Freak(=
    +2
    Bullock and Eminem nowadays you can't take two steps into a store without seeing a movie with her or a selling c.d of his, and so many girls swoon over Eminem.
  • Errol Park 2012/01/19 05:21:35
  • danny 2012/01/19 04:57:13
    Zooey Deschanel
    danny
    +2
    grrr i meant to click taylor swift
  • BlackwinterG36C 2012/01/19 04:52:00
    Lady Gaga
    BlackwinterG36C
    +3
    You can't top THE Gaga!!!
  • Rakohammas 2012/01/19 04:50:23
    Lady Gaga
    Rakohammas
    +2
    she is epic
    she is still weird and every loves her
    she is an artist to me
  • BUD LITE Rakohammas 2012/01/19 06:07:24
    BUD LITE
    She is a phony !!
  • Rakohammas BUD LITE 2012/01/19 17:20:40
    Rakohammas
    +2
    cool, not to me
  • Somkey ... Rakohammas 2012/01/19 08:40:49
    Somkey the Hores
    +1
    She's barf with feet.
  • Rakohammas Somkey ... 2012/01/19 17:21:00
    Rakohammas
    +1
    all right...
    not my opinion
  • frerardforever 2012/01/19 04:50:23
    Eminem
    frerardforever
    +2
    eminem is huge now, and he got pushed around all the time.
  • carlton999 2012/01/19 04:12:13
    Sandra Bullock
    carlton999
    +4
    America loves Sandra Bullock to death........I would say she got the last laugh.

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