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NYC Artist Shows Us What Famous Celebrities Would Look Like as Normal People

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Thanks to the power of Photoshop and the skill of artist Danny Evans, we get to see what some famous celebrities would look like if they didn’t take the Hollywood career path. Starting off, we have Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Continue reading to see Rihanna, Britney Spears, Johnny Depp, and more.

According to the artist, “It was a reaction to the insanely over-retouched photos of celebrities that are everywhere.” The series started back in 2006: reacting to a crazy over-exposure of Paris Hilton, Danny photoshopped some images by putting her face on random pictures.

Eventually it evolved into visualisations of celebrities without their personal trainers, stylists and dietist. Danny says the feedback from the celebs he targets has been positive so far!

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Comments

211 responses to “NYC Artist Shows Us What Famous Celebrities Would Look Like as Normal People”

  1. orangenanu Avatar
    orangenanu

    Kim nic się nie zmieniła :D

  2. Gail E Crandall Avatar
    Gail E Crandall

    it would have been ok with me if the title said, if they were fat, dressed badly and had bad hair. Who cares. Its really funny – I like the Aniston one

  3. Weez Avatar
    Weez

    The teeth are all wrong, esp. Tom Cruise. Fun idea.

  4. Adelle Avatar
    Adelle

    why are all fat and so out of style? which country are you comparing to??? we dont look like that at all,none does unless really dont give damn about looks

  5. nico k Avatar
    nico k

    In America Normal people means Fat people ??

  6. Keira Avatar
    Keira

    I don’t get this. Not everyone is ugly in the real world. I know hundreds of truly gorgeous people.
    This is stupid

  7. Melissa Avatar
    Melissa

    am I the only one who completely cracked up at Madonna

  8. Suzanne Ennazus Avatar
    Suzanne Ennazus

    I don’t get why anybody thinks the Victoria Beckham woman is anything special anyway. After her solo singing career failed because she can’t sing without the talented Mel C to back her up, she then sold dumb stories to magazines about her handbag or footballer for attention, complete with tacky pictures of orange skin and the cheap looking, weird fake chest she now had removed, and I was told to see her as a style icon when everybody I know is more stylish. Now her husband’s career is going downhill, she has suddenly overnight, decided to be a fashion designer for attention, despite never spending a day working in or studying the industry, and having chav style.

  9. Suzanne Ennazus Avatar
    Suzanne Ennazus

    Most of the talentless trash that fill magazine pages are worse than the average person. They manage to brainwash talented, attractive and interesting girls into admiring trash, so they buy their rubbish products to help them get rich.

  10. Paul Riley Avatar
    Paul Riley

    What a load of bollocks!

  11. Justanameforthisthing Avatar
    Justanameforthisthing

    Celebrities are normal people, do you think they are above us?? Ya’ll can think that way, but they are oxygenated clumps of dirt. Just like everyone here on this planet.

    1. Suzanne Ennazus Avatar
      Suzanne Ennazus

      The celeb industry manage to brainwash people into admiring the talentless trash who sell dumb stories to magazines. Then once enough people are brainwashed to care about idiots who are worse than everybody they’ve ever known, the celebs then make up new careers, like business person for putting their name on a perfume somebody else made. That’s why the Beckham woman got her husband to play football in LA, so she could suck up to Hollywood stars to use them for a talentless celeb career there, because people there usually like whoever the celeb industry tell them to, and then buy their rubbish products.

  12. kim Avatar
    kim

    So basically normal people are fat

  13. pddd Avatar
    pddd

    They ARE normal people. This artist thinks normal people are obese and live only lived in the 80’s. Lame.

  14. Jose Grateron Avatar
    Jose Grateron

    I think they did Rihanna a favor here; she actually looks respectable.

  15. Carpet Face Avatar
    Carpet Face

    Why does Jay-Z look the same?

  16. giveover Avatar
    giveover

    I don’t care what you say Jay-Z is rockin that look

  17. bogo Avatar
    bogo

    fat – not a normal!

  18. Vigor Popovic Avatar
    Vigor Popovic

    So apparently being normal is now considered to be obese and living in the 80’s

    1. Burt Kozwell Avatar
      Burt Kozwell

      yes.

  19. erik Avatar
    erik

    you mean ugly people?

  20. Spanner1960 Avatar
    Spanner1960

    They don’t look like “ordinary people”.
    They look like fat Americans.

    1. Ethan Smith Avatar
      Ethan Smith

      Sooo ordinary American citizens?

      1. Spanner1960 Avatar
        Spanner1960

        Exactly.
        Why do they make Posh & Becks look like a couple of prom students? They would NEVER look like that.

  21. poppins Avatar
    poppins

    tom cruise would have really bad teeth if he didn’t become famous because he wouldn’t have been able to fix them

  22. Juro Gagne Avatar
    Juro Gagne

    “Regular people” in the early nineties.

  23. Julian Elwood Avatar
    Julian Elwood

    right, because beautiful people just are fake….

  24. Janoy Cresva M.D. Avatar
    Janoy Cresva M.D.

    What retard wrote this? Celebrities are normal people put on a pedestal for no reason (in a lot of cases). This is ‘white trash redneck’. Normal people aren’t all fat and ugly.
    -Article not approved by normal person Dr. Janoy Cresva M.D.

    1. TangFiend Avatar
      TangFiend

      remind me again that you are a doctor

      1. Janoy Cresva M.D. Avatar
        Janoy Cresva M.D.

        Pathetic attempt of ‘trolling’.
        -Best wishes from Dr. Janoy Cresva M.D.

  25. Meagiscute Avatar
    Meagiscute

    I think he means what they would like if they didn’t make the money to keep up with their appearances the way they do. If they didn’t have plastic surgery funds or the money to eat the best of what’s right. He should have said middle class rather than normal.

  26. Jacob Pacheco Avatar
    Jacob Pacheco

    Yeah! If most of them lived in the 80’s and are fat

    1. ciccaliccamanikka Avatar
      ciccaliccamanikka

      were*

  27. Sam Norman Avatar
    Sam Norman

    Is Sarah Jessica Parker on the left or right?

    1. Andrew Clarke Avatar
      Andrew Clarke

      Whose the lady with Sarah Jessica… ah, you beat me to it.

  28. unwillingtoyield Avatar
    unwillingtoyield

    They are normal people!!!

  29. NotACop Avatar
    NotACop

    You mean fat people? fat people ain’t normal, might be the norm but it ain’t normal ya dig?

  30. Nicholas Avatar
    Nicholas

    Miley Cyrus looks so much better here than she does IRL.

    But everyone else looks completely ridiculous, it feels like whomever did these went out of their way to make the people look bad.

    1. Minneapolis guy Avatar
      Minneapolis guy

      nah I think Rihanna looks like a classy powerful lady in hers!

  31. Elizabeth Avatar
    Elizabeth

    These are hilarious! And Brad Pitt totally looks like Joel from “The Last of Us”.

  32. Catie Avatar
    Catie

    This is a brilliant idea, although I don’t really agree with his notion that every celebrity would automatically put on thirty pounds if he/she were not continually in the limelight.

    1. chelsea Avatar
      chelsea

      i thought the same thing! “so not being famous automatically means you have a higher likelihood of being over weight?” funny pictures, regardless. johnny depp kind of looks like ron jeremy!

  33. Melanie Avatar
    Melanie

    LOVE IT! And for all of you people thinking this is 80’s make-overs, you haven’t been into the backwoods of this country, where people *still* dress like this! I live rurally, and these are HYSTERICAL!
    Come on… laugh at yourselves!
    LOVE IT! Great work!

  34. Emily Avatar
    Emily

    I think these are great. Thanks for a good laugh!

  35. K Avatar
    K

    This was a good attempt, tho odd he used 80’s pictures. The thing is, everybody can be funny in 80’s hair and clothes and an extra chin roll.

  36. Kristy Avatar
    Kristy

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  37. Colin Avatar
    Colin

    I think Brad Pitt looks better in that picture than he looked in World War Z. I don’t watch many of his movies, but I was shocked at how much he had gone to seed; crummy hairstyle, bags under his eyes.

    1. j smith Avatar
      j smith

      That is what happens when u commit adultry against ur 1st wife … And u marry angelina jolie. In my humble opinion that is.

      1. lois nichols Avatar
        lois nichols

        hey j. smith…………get over it

      2. Twoman Avatar
        Twoman

        Hey J Smith, Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie aren’t married. Get it right!

  38. Neill Avatar
    Neill

    Man that was somewhat amusing … Now what would be great would be if he could do the same thing for Celebrities that aren’t famous!

  39. Just Me Avatar
    Just Me

    Seems this artist thinks all “normal” people are either fat, unkempt or horribly plain. This “artist” needs to grow up. As a “normal” person, I’m offended.

    1. DROBBO Avatar
      DROBBO

      The artist is likely sorry that you are fat, unkempt or horribly plain. Please don’t be angry, but perhaps you could try Dieting, Grooming or getting a life outside of whinging.

  40. flo Avatar
    flo

    Lighten up people, it’s funny. That’s all.

  41. doreen Avatar
    doreen

    Cmon people. This was done for entertainment and only that. Chill out, get a life and enjoy the pix. No seriousness here. Unbelievable!

  42. Revan Avatar
    Revan

    Is this supposed to be another pathetic attempt to make “regular people” feel better about themselves, and justifying it as good humor? Whatever works for [you], I guess…

  43. Lord Colostumus Baggington III Avatar
    Lord Colostumus Baggington III

    i cant tell which one of those two horse face twins is sarah jessica parker

  44. Lord Colostumus Baggington III Avatar
    Lord Colostumus Baggington III

    by ‘normal people’ i assume he means fat americans with bad hair

  45. Dave Avatar
    Dave

    It’s art people… It’s all about interpretation, no wrong or right answer to why the photos are the way they are.

  46. Shay Avatar
    Shay

    Can someone please do this for the Real Housewives of Orange County or Beverly Hills!

  47. Boscorelli Avatar
    Boscorelli

    Can we all stop fighting, and take in how hilarious that Tom Cruise neck sweat mark is?

    1. Audrey Avatar
      Audrey

      All team members must wash hands before returning to work.

  48. vj Avatar
    vj

    This is just artistic laziness. My 12-year-old niece could have cranked out better product than this on her phone software. Also, does the “artist” realize that it isn’t the 1980s anymore?

    1. DROBBO Avatar
      DROBBO

      Awesome, submit the artwork or shut up

  49. Trivial Avatar
    Trivial

    Love Jay Z and Beyoncé, I think I’d have more respect for them as artists if they looked like on this picture. ; )

    1. Sean Avatar
      Sean

      Jay Z looks the same. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen him in that outfit.

  50. Liz Avatar
    Liz

    I have to say, that’s a very flattering picture of Sarah Jessica Parker. The lady on the right looks alright as well.

    1. Trivial Avatar
      Trivial

      The Madonna one is kinda off where he placed her face, I think Sarah Jessica looks really nice, and the “horse” jokes are just stupid, people!
      The Beckhams and Jolie-Pitts come off just fine, so yeah there are good looking “normal” people. Johnny Depp slightly pudgy I can imagine, but Tom Cruise’s face seems just too lean to match that body.

    2. Mk Avatar
      Mk

      EXACTLY what I was thinking!!! :)

  51. Vicki Avatar
    Vicki

    Why do they all look fat, that’s insulting!!

    1. Wayne Avatar
      Wayne

      73.9% of the United States is overweight, why would you state that the artists interpretation of normal people of the United States and how the actors would look as being an insult? Seems to me that we are looking at normalcy here.

    2. Hans Avatar
      Hans

      Becuase they all are from the USA. And since when being fat is offensive, btw?

      1. wiggity Avatar
        wiggity

        always. always offensive.

    3. Boolkl Avatar
      Boolkl

      Ah, most folks in the US are over weight and outside of cities, it’s not uncommon for people to “let themselves go.” Tom Cruise and Madonna are so dead on. Funny.

  52. anastasia P Avatar
    anastasia P

    Why would they all have 80s hair? Actually, Miley Cyrus looks more attractive in that picture except for he fussy 80s hair, although I prefer it to the blonde butch she has.

  53. Jenifer Avatar
    Jenifer

    Why do they all look like pics from the 80’s? lol Do something more modern. Entertain me.

  54. Sandy Avatar
    Sandy

    How rude Tara! hope you can look in the mirror and be happy with ur self :( ur nose isn’t that great is it humm

  55. Nik Avatar
    Nik

    Normal people don’t have eyebrows and makeup done by professionals. The artist forgot to actually retouch. Pasting the face into a 80’s portrait is not what I would call showing celebrities as normal people. Some of them were somewhat funny though, but the headline is a misguiding.

  56. Daz Avatar
    Daz

    His definition of normal people is spot on: ugly clothes and ugly photos

  57. Maureen Avatar
    Maureen

    I too don’t know which one is Sarah Jessica Parker!!!

  58. larry smoot Avatar
    larry smoot

    This is hardly art. It’s a Photoshop geek enhancing stereotypes to get noticed. This is the kind of stuff some kid does for a laugh. Their racism and classism shines though, that’s about it. If this is their view of regular people then the “artist” needs to come up from the basement and see what real people are like.

    1. Ursula Upper Avatar
      Ursula Upper

      Wow … aren’t you a Debbie Downer.

      And sorry, you clearly don’t know what makes art. Art is undefinable … and a true artist, or one who knows art never mocks or tries to throw another person’s creativity under the bus.

      In a nutshell … You fucking suck. Take a chill pill, and back the fuck off.

      1. Vanessa Avatar
        Vanessa

        A lot of “artists” “creativity” should be thrown under the bus.

        What’s this got to do with art, btw ? It’s as old as peoples Hot Topic tatts.

    2. wes Avatar
      wes

      “Their racism and classism shines though”

      Really? Seems like a normal mix of people to me.
      Is it racist because they used white individuals? can you clarify?

    3. u serious bro? Avatar
      u serious bro?

      Thanks for defining what art is! We’ll all be sure to follow your definition from here forward. GUYS, THIS LARRY SMOOT FELLA ON THE INTERNET SAYS WE’RE DOING ART WRONG HE WOULDN’T LIKE THIS, WE SUCK.

    4. Miu Avatar
      Miu

      Hey Larry! Where’s your art so we can “define” it?

    5. hahaha Avatar
      hahaha

      Hahahahahaha you are a fucking moron. Just because you didn’t find it funny doesn’t prove racism of which I can see none!. Nor does it prove classism. There are a few glamour shots in there and the pic of rhianna looks the most “rich” of all of them so STFU you whiner!

      On a side note I think the artist used 80’s looks because no one looks like a star in an old 80 picture they all look normal.

      1. Vanessa Avatar
        Vanessa

        Why are you calling this art ? It’s funny pics hammered together in under 2 minutes.

        1. Designer Avatar
          Designer

          Hmm, Vanessa perhaps you should learn your way around Photoshop and attempt retouching/blending photos together in a realistic composite before dismissing this work as something “hammered together in under 2 minutes.” This is a pretty good composite job; it takes a lot of know-how and skill to pull this off decently–matching lighting, skin tones, lines, etc. Remember he’s taking two completely different photos and merging them to look as one.

          So yeah you sound like a loudmouthed fool screaming about something of which you have no fucking clue what you’re talking about. And drop the Hot Topic obsession, I have no idea what a “Hot Topic tattoo” is but you seem to have a vendetta against this store.

          1. Dave Avatar
            Dave

            You go girl!

          2. J.Mak Avatar
            J.Mak

            Anything can be art, the quality or time put into it is completely irrelevant. I highly doubt you have studied art history and its various conceptual types to make any argument whatsoever.

            As far as racism is concerned, if you are one who is focusing on the skin color of the people depicted, chances are you’re the one that’s racist.

        2. DROBBO Avatar
          DROBBO

          You were hammered together in under 2 minutes-

          1. Justanameforthisthing Avatar
            Justanameforthisthing

            “Burn” or the year goes to DROBBO.

            I am so glad I wasn’t taking a drink when I read that.

    6. A Thinker Avatar
      A Thinker

      Racism and classism? What? That’s completely delusional. What a moron.

    7. Vanessa Avatar
      Vanessa

      I agree. They should have more Hot Topic hairdo’s and tatts.

      1. kate Avatar
        kate

        I bet you’re 13

    8. Trivial Avatar
      Trivial

      I agree it’s hardly “art”, but it does show some imagination. I don’t see any racism at all. I think Rihanna comes off as a new young Oprah, and if anything the most insulting one is Madonna. Britney Spears, and Jennifer Aniston ending up as fatties? It’s not classism, it’s a fair average assessment of the US population.

    9. DROBBO Avatar
      DROBBO

      Classism? Bahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahah!!!!!!!!!!!

  59. pamela wilkinson Avatar
    pamela wilkinson

    True…Keep on…check out the brows: still too stylish…too ‘nicely’ formed.
    Except Rihanna…I’ve seen beautiful women in corporate positions who look so well groomed/really care and keep up with stylish trends.
    I did to notice right off that the hair on a lot of these pics is out of the ’80’s; that’s why the eyebrows looks like they were basically ignored…look too good!! A little tweeking of brows would really put the reality into these artists ‘updates’!

  60. Jimmy Scratch Avatar
    Jimmy Scratch

    Why are they all from the eighties?

    1. Nichole Avatar
      Nichole

      EXACTLY!!

    2. Ursula Upper Avatar
      Ursula Upper

      Have you been to the suburbs or rural America? Lol … They are mostly stuck in the 80s …

      Although, when done right, the 80s and 90s are pretty fucking fetch right now in most urban fashion hotspots.

      1. Regina George Avatar
        Regina George

        Gretchen, stop trying to make fetch happen! It’s not going to happen!

  61. maria pena Avatar
    maria pena

    Great job on the artists part. The point of art such as this is to start open dialogue on the subject matter. It seems from all these comments the artist has done that. Only one thing in the picture of Sarah Jessica Parker I’m confused. Which one is her. She’s on the left, right?

    1. roland Avatar
      roland

      almost equals, dont?

  62. Pearly Avatar
    Pearly

    I don’t think the picture of Britney is Photoshopped. Maybe he only greyed out the background?

  63. Yorum Kalemi Avatar
    Yorum Kalemi

    They don’t look like them :)

  64. gil batzri Avatar
    gil batzri

    The photoshop work was horrible, the faces were all scaled wrong and looked pasted on, they frequently didn’t match the body/head position.

    This was more like “let me paste famous people’s heads on family portraits”

    None of these even came close to being good enough to fool anyone that has looked at photography or made a photo, or has any concept of anatomy or the human form.

    Fail.

    1. Perfect Tommy Avatar
      Perfect Tommy

      Ok. I looked—hard—and saw no obvious photoshop blunders. Be specific. What EXACTLY is wrong with these photos? I’m pretty sure they are having the intended effect on 99.9% of viewers, so sorry–no epic fail, yo.

    2. Kami Avatar
      Kami

      Wow Gil, thankyou for sharing your much needed EXPERT opinion on the photos, would LOVE to see some of your perfect photoshop work, do you have a link?
      Can’t wait!

    3. Sherri Avatar
      Sherri

      I do photoshop and I agree with Gil. Some are passable, but the scaling is off in some cases and Madonna looks more like an ostrich than human. (That one is the worst, she would not look like that unless she was 70 year old alien). I expected better quality, but it’s good for a laugh I suppose…although I was more horrified by the lack of reality here. I’m 50, do not have a personal trainer and am not fat or look as old or frumpy as some of these celebrities who are younger than me. I am not stuck in the 80’s either. Some of the photos aren’t bad, but most made me cringe from an artistic perspective. The Sarah Jessica Parker one is pretty good, though.

  65. Tero baje Avatar
    Tero baje

    I don’t know what the artist’s definition of regular people. But his idea are so out of whack. Looks like he thinks regular people are doing crack and gorging down burgers every single hour and celebrities are the only standard of perfection. Has the artist even seen celebrities without makeup? No difference between normal and so called celebrities. His imagination is so much worse than the reality. Do you think you are one of ‘us’ normal people and find yourself so unnaturally photoshopped .

    1. Cody Avatar
      Cody

      Um, they’re Americans! That IS what normal Americans do, if we’re defining normal as being the vast majority of people. The only one who really even looks like herself is Angelia Jolie, and that’s because you can’t screw that bone structure up.

      1. Ann Avatar
        Ann

        Sorry, in NY and LA or any major city, this is not what normal Americans look like. At all. Are you saying the vast majority of people who live in major cities are “not normal”?

        1. Janell Avatar
          Janell

          Have you never been to a small Midwestern town? This IS “normal”.

        2. jc Avatar
          jc

          Beg to differ…I live in LA and aside from the 80s retro look, people DO look like this…aka ‘normal’. I seriously don’t know where you got your information.

        3. Mel Avatar
          Mel

          No Ann, just that the majority of Americans don’t live in major cities.

        4. Killer BOB Avatar
          Killer BOB

          They AREN’T normal. Normal people don’t live in major metropolitan cities where they have convenience at their beck and call 24/7. Normal people don’t have boutique sushi bars and american apparel outlet stores down the street from their house. Normal people don’t look like art school student clones. They don’t have the pretentious entitled look born etched onto their face. In fact, LA and NYC are the only places in Real America where no one can be considered normal, because they’re not normal enough.

  66. Rio Avatar
    Rio

    so, basically they’re all just a few sizes larger with bad 80s hair?

  67. Jumbybird Avatar
    Jumbybird

    Jeez, how old is this story?

  68. IDS Avatar
    IDS

    It is so depressing that this is even remotely considered “art”.

    1. Vanessa Avatar
      Vanessa

      Oh blimey, I didn’t see he calls himself an “artist”. lol
      I guess everything is “art” these days.

  69. Floyd Moist Avatar
    Floyd Moist

    This guy totally rocks! Great job mon!

  70. Rod Rigo Avatar
    Rod Rigo

    Jay Z STILL looks cool. And Johnny Depp looks like Danny McBride does in his normal life.

  71. bossman Avatar
    bossman

    Uh oh…. Madonna looks like my girlfriend!

  72. Mike Avatar
    Mike

    Angelina Jolie looks hotter in that get-up IMO and Tom Cruise looks like a serial killer. XD

    1. Squarepants Avatar
      Squarepants

      …serial killer/kid toucher.

  73. Michael Avatar
    Michael

    That was nuts, but quite very interesting how those images were put together! Nice one.

  74. Frank Avatar
    Frank

    NO FAIR CHEATER! You didn’t actually *do* anything to Madonna’s photo…

  75. RTF916 Avatar
    RTF916

    Brittney Spears. Huge lol. Damn. Yeah, a lot of the hair styles are circa early ’90s but still I think the graphics make a point. People in rural America live in a totally different world than Hollywood. If Brittney still lived in a small Louisiana town, she wouldn’t have the pressure to look good and would look totally different from what she looks today, which is the result of non-stop pressure to look good in showbiz. Make no mistake, the rather disheveled and obese look in her “what if” pic would also be the result of a total lack of health standards in most of America, where eating whatever junk food you want is just fine as long as you “love Jesus and love ‘Murica”. Tom Cruise working fast food is obviously satire. And of course there’s probably a bit too much weight added on to most of them. But overall it is funny and does make an interesting point. They would look a lot different if they weren’t celebrities.

    1. edes Avatar
      edes

      Hell you’re right.

  76. Doug Avatar
    Doug

    Hey. If these people didn’t make millions of dollars, have personal trainers and chefs, live in mansions, get driven around everywhere, get pampered by the industry and by fans alike, get Botox, work out at the gym every day, take exotic vacations every month to anywhere they want to go, get catered to on every film and TV set, have their own personal masseuse and makeup artists, have an on-call personal assistant doing everything for them, and get free clothing from the top designers in the world, YES they would look like this!!! This artist is brilliant! The only reason these stars look the way they do is because they do have everything I just mentioned. The rest of us just get to look on in envy and have to accept the way we look!

    1. Ann Avatar
      Ann

      Not really, Doug. Many people in major cities don’t have all of this that you mentioned, and they still look good. It’s just called taking care of ourselves, eating right, working out, doing yoga, relaxing after work, and feeling good. It’s simple, you don’t have to be a celeb to take care of yourself. Women in NY LA you see walking down the street often are even more attractive than many “celebrities.”

      1. jc Avatar
        jc

        Again…not sure where you’re getting your information, Ann, but I live in LA and, yes, my dear, people DO look like this, aside, as I mentioned earlier, from the 80s retro look.

        But to your point on taking care of your health, yes, many ‘normal’ people do have the ability to take exercise, try to eat right (depending on their income level, since, as we know, many people are without adequate resources to afford nutritious healthy meals), and relax after work (provided they aren’t working multiple jobs just to pay their bills). There are so many exceptions to your statements…it’s ridiculous and sad that they exist in this country of ours where some have it all and others have nothing. What I took away from your comment to Doug is that anyone…given adequate resources…can try to take care of themselves and their health and it should not be a hopeless endeavor simply because we aren’t celebrities. And I agree.

      2. gina Avatar
        gina

        Exactly Ann. This is not regular looking to me. I live in small town America and I go to the gym everyday (and work and take care of a toddler) and I do get botox every six months. Its just how much you care what you look like and being healthy and taking care of yourself. Doug,we don’t have to accept how we look, if you want to change your appearance or weight, it’s just how much effort your willing to put in.

      3. Chris Avatar
        Chris

        Right on! And even much better looking.

    2. gg Avatar
      gg

      I don’t know where you live, but this is not regular or normal looking to me. I live in small town America, and I get botox every 6 months and go to the gym everyday and work and take care of a toddler. It’s just how much you care and what effort you put into your own personal appearance and if you are healthy.

    3. Sandy Avatar
      Sandy

      WOW jealous much. I’m not a fan of most of these people but I know most of them had to work real hard to get were they are today and its the Fans who make them rich! I am a realist and don’t look mat this as Art it looks like nonsense. If you look at their life before these people were not fat and he made them all fat not everyone is heavy he just wants his 15 minutes of fame and that’s what we all are giving him. Doug not trying to be mean but if your not happy with the outcome of ur life only you can change it!

    4. Vanessa Avatar
      Vanessa

      “This artist is brilliant!”

      Thsi stuff takes under 2 minutes to make, nothing brilliant. Funny, yes.

  77. Tresa Avatar
    Tresa

    Hey, I’m impressed! I have no idea how to use photoshop and quite frankly, why the big fuss from those who do? SHEESH! These pictures made me laugh. Don’t take yourself so seriously.

  78. Deb Avatar
    Deb

    David Beckham FTW

  79. Renton Avatar
    Renton

    Miley looks like Spike from Degrassi High and Victoria looks like Toni Tenille. Awesome. Jennifer Aniston looks shockingly like Kathleen Turner, though.

  80. DJ Avatar
    DJ

    LOL. Funny, but silly. People who take care of themselves will do so famous or not. There are plenty of perfectly broke people who still take care of their bodies. And there are plenty of overweight famous people.

    1. jc Avatar
      jc

      Excellent point! Thank you!

    2. gina Avatar
      gina

      I agree DJ. Obviously, these people don’t care what they look like, and don’t care of themselves or their health (weight).

  81. Rico Avatar
    Rico

    I think the take-away from this is not that this is what they would look like if they were normal Americans, but that WE could look like them if we just took care of ourselves a little bit. Ate right, worked out, bought clothes that fit.

  82. Jennifer Avatar
    Jennifer

    These were funny! Love it.

  83. Jessica Avatar
    Jessica

    I think the photo-shopping was done excellent. I’m pretty amazed that anyone can do that. The pictures were hilarious! I liked them not because they were making fun of the celebrities but it showed that if celebrities lived normal lives they may not take as much care to their bodies, get plastic surgery, or have every picture of them touched up. They may not look as bad as these pictures but maybe some of them could. We all have the ability to be unhealthy and we all have the power to look our best!

  84. need to know basis Avatar
    need to know basis

    I agree that most of them look like they’re from the 1990’s. Also, unless this guy is trying to be funny, and the Tom Cruise and Madonna ones did have me cackling, the photoshop is pretty horrific. As someone who has worked with photo editing programs for most of their life, the facial features are either too big or too small for their heads. It might look fine to the untrained eye, but to “artists,” unless its supposed to be cheeky, it just “fails hardcore.”

    1. Sinister minister Avatar
      Sinister minister

      Then create your own and publish them. Go and do it, stop reading this comment and start photoshopping. Are you reading this still? Why? You should be making your own famous celebrities as normal people collection to showcase. I really don’t want you to be reading the rest of this. Are you? For fuggs sake start the photoshop process Veronica. Veronica Veronica Veronica

    2. WWP Avatar
      WWP

      Born without the humor gene…

      And man, let up on the use of the quotey quote quotes marks! Or at least learn how to use them in correct context. This might help: http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/

    3. jc Avatar
      jc

      I have an ‘untrained eye’ and I noticed what you did, so I can’t quite agree with your statement on that, but I do, however, agree; the Photoshop on Madonna especially was ‘pretty horrific’. And I liked your words for it. :)

      Still, it was a funny collection. To me anyway.

  85. need to know basis Avatar
    need to know basis

    I agree that most of them look like they’re from the 1990’s. Also, unless this guy is trying to be funny, and the Tom Cruise and Madonna one’s did have me cackling, the photoshop is pretty horrific. As someone who has worked with photo editing programs for most of their life, the facial features are either too big or too small for their heads. It might look fine to the untrained eye, but to “artists,” unless its supposed to be cheeky, it just “fails hardcore.”

  86. Steve Avatar
    Steve

    Are Kanye, Britney, Jennifer Aniston, Johnny Depp and Tom Cruise really that heavy in real life?

  87. Rebecca Avatar
    Rebecca

    so basically all you did was put clothes on Miley, right? ;)

  88. Rei Avatar
    Rei

    Regular if they were from Arkansas and eat in McDonalds every day.

  89. Anne Avatar
    Anne

    Angie is still beautiful. I don’t think anyone could make that face of hers look mediocre.

  90. Eduardo Avatar
    Eduardo

    Hahaha muy muy bien !! So funny

  91. quentin Avatar
    quentin

    Jonhy Depp hahahahahahaha my god !

  92. Emm Avatar
    Emm

    So… this guy lives in 1984, right?

    1. senorfantastico Avatar
      senorfantastico

      You mean 1994, right?

  93. Bexa Avatar
    Bexa

    How evil that you paired Sarah Jessica Parker with a horse! ;)

  94. Meg G. Avatar
    Meg G.

    Where are all of these “normal” people from? New Jersey circa 1987?

    1. zach s Avatar
      zach s

      litrally lolt ‘haha’

  95. Lori Wakefield Avatar
    Lori Wakefield

    alot of the people are fat

  96. Indichik Avatar
    Indichik

    Title should read: “What famous celebrities would look like as normal people from the 1980s, for some reason.”

  97. Mike Avatar
    Mike

    The Sarah Jessica Parker is a vast improvement….

  98. Fernando Avatar
    Fernando

    Why this excessive wickedness only to Madonna. She has not. more than 70 years fucking life. ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

  99. KittyP Avatar
    KittyP

    Angelina, Kim, Rhianna and Beyonce are still beautiful, albeit a bit more voluptuous. The artist clearly is not an Anniston fan – or was that takedown a reaction to how overly airbrushed she typically looks! Either way, hilarious!

    1. gina Avatar
      gina

      Voluptious, lol how about morbidly obese, white-trash. Sorry, but true.

  100. John Avatar
    John

    So who’s the blonde next to Sarah Jessica Parker?

    1. Marcy Avatar
      Marcy

      Hilarious!! lol

    2. Keesha Avatar
      Keesha

      OMFG! That was so meanly hilarious!

    3. me email man Avatar
      me email man

      HAHAHAHA

  101. обратный осмос Avatar
    обратный осмос

    Incredible, outstanding blog structure! How much time have you been blogging and site-building intended for? you’ve made running a blog start looking effortless. The total start looking of one’s site is actually amazing, and also the material!

  102. AZJax Avatar
    AZJax

    I had to laugh ~ it’s great to “see” the implied physical flaws and average-ness of our Hollywood idols. Strip away the fame, the glamor, and accoutrements, and these fine folks are just one-o-the-gang! Oddly, this also gives me hope in reverse… as we too could be as beautifully glamorous and handsomely hot as their Hollywood alter egos! Hey, this was fun; we are all perfectly IMperfect!!

    1. Dan Avatar
      Dan

      why not showing how normal people would look like as artists? :)

      1. misterfunpants Avatar
        misterfunpants

        normal people are artists. all this article is doing is making attractive people look not so pretty for the sake of making it’s readers feel better about themselves. the author is nothing more than a bully.

        1. Tresa Avatar
          Tresa

          misterfunpants…lighten up, will ya? These alterations are not any different than all of the air brushing and photo shopping done to make celebrities look “perfect”. And just so you know, seeing these pictures did not make me feel better about myself. I was already feeling just fine about myself.

      2. Invisibo1 Avatar
        Invisibo1

        i second that motion!

  103. siobhanfr Avatar
    siobhanfr

    very very funny – thanks for the laugh!

  104. drakas Avatar
    drakas

    It’s just another lie…

  105. rob Avatar
    rob

    what – if they ate mcdonalds for every meal? or is it just the obese american stereotype? oh that’s right, same thing – fast food usa!

  106. April Avatar
    April

    Why do they all look so 80s?

  107. Veronica Avatar
    Veronica

    As a “normal” person myself, I find this to be pretty offensive if he thinks all normal people are fat and/or lacking complete sense in modern fashion. If this is meant to be taken seriously, then he’s failing hardcore. If its meant to be funny, then maybe it’s acceptable. I also agree with Derick. The excessive amount of photophoping isn’t displaying anything artistic, it’s showing the world how well he can photoshop images that others have already taken. Anyone that’s taken a class, workshop, or read up on how to photoshop can easily produce the exact same images.

    1. Magni Avatar
      Magni

      If you really want to, you can find everything offensive. This is supposed to be funny for crying out loud.. please try to enjoy life and it’s beautiful features (such as laughter and acceptance) for your sake and for the sake of everyone around you as well. These images have made millions of people laugh. How is that not art?

    2. Marco Berrocal Avatar
      Marco Berrocal

      Jesus Christ some people go over the top with the sensitivity.

    3. Eugene Avatar
      Eugene

      OMG relax for goodness sake! It is all just a joke! I think he did amazing work – not anyone can do what he did – I myself am very good at photoshop as it is my job, and this guy is very good.

    4. mark Avatar
      mark

      Wow, you’re a cheerful soul aren’t you? I just looked at them and laughed and then got on with my life.

    5. Sean Avatar
      Sean

      I’m offended that you’re offended. We should all be totally offended that people are sometimes offensive.

    6. Barbara Avatar
      Barbara

      Veronica I suggest you get a life. This isn’t about you. Most people who comment on the internet compare themselves to whatever is going on- how utterly self involved. This is meant to be funny. Get over yourself.

      1. Sandy Avatar
        Sandy

        WOW, people leave veronica alone this “artist” is claiming this is art that is All she is saying and its not art and why are they all fat and dressed old fashioned and to be quiet honest with you I didn’t laugh when I saw the pictures and I don’t think the people in the pics would laugh either! making fun of other people is not cute its because UR insecure, bottom line just because they have more then U they worked hard to get were they are today and I’m not a fan of most of these people but when I see you bulling other people I’m going to say something!!!

    7. jc Avatar
      jc

      Veronica, obviously you have never seen the People of Walmart photos being circulated. I wouldn’t say this collection of celebrity photos is 100% representative of ‘normal’ Americans, nor would I say the photos of People of Walmart is, but I do believe the ‘norm’ falls somewhere in the middle. You have to figure out what that looks like…I don’t know.

    8. gina Avatar
      gina

      Seriously, I’m also offended as a “normal person”, if I looked or weighed as these “normal peeps” I’d literally go into hiding or take a long, barrel shotgun to the head, lol. Kidding, people, kidding suicide is not a joke in anyway,I apologize for that one.

    9. DROBBO Avatar
      DROBBO

      Veronica has no life, boo hoo hoo, time for random comments

  108. derick Avatar
    derick

    these images are so friggin mediocre, why do we praise artists now that threw together some quick garbage in photoshop? seriosuly is there no talented artists anymore that do projects away from photoshop? in the past week i have seen like 30 things posted all over facebook and these artists get praised for this and im not even into art heavily

    1. Barbara Avatar
      Barbara

      Equally you need to get over yourself. If you think something as benign as this really doesn’t warrant any negative comments!

  109. diablo Avatar
    diablo

    he forgot to retouch madonna’s picture…

    1. NightCrafter Avatar
      NightCrafter

      Ha ha. @diablo Funny… but I think they DID touch her up… she looks better. Genius idea!

    2. Rbt Manning Avatar
      Rbt Manning

      Ha! She NEVER looked better!

  110. Tara Avatar
    Tara

    Good pic. Win for showing Sarah Jessica Parker next to a horse. lol.

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