There is no perfect path or degree that will make you a successful person. Some celebrities went to public school, others were homeschooled, and others, like the ones we're about to talk about, even dropped out of school. They worked hard to become what they are today. What matters most is not the path, but how hardworking and focused a person is on achieving big goals.
We've created a list of 14 celebrities who are highly successful regardless of whether they dropped out of school.
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1. Jennifer Lawrence.
Jennifer Lawrence dropped out of high school at the age of 14. She then decided to pursue an acting career.
2. Harry Styles. Harry had to leave school when he was 16 as a result of auditioning for The X Factor and being in One Direction.
3. Nicole Kidman. Kidman dropped out of school to pursue her acting career. She began working on stage and then began acting in films at the age of 16.
4. Robert Downey Jr. Robert Downey Jr. was never the best student. His father gave him an ultimatum: either go to school every day or look for a job. He left school at the age of 15.
5. Johnny Depp. Johnny Depp was 15 years old when he dropped out of school. His dream was to become a popular rock musician.
6. Keanu Reeves. According to an interview with the Daily Mail, Keanu dropped out of school at 17. He had conflicts with the staff and the director.
7. Whoopi Goldberg. Whoopi Goldberg dropped out of school at the age of 16 as a result of a very difficult childhood involving a dead-end job, several marriages and drug addiction.
8. Tom Cruise. Tom Cruise dropped out of school and became an actor in New York. Before that, when he was a child, he wanted to be a priest.
9. Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino wanted to pursue a career in filmmaking, and to do so, he dropped out of high school when he was 15 years old. He had an IQ of 160.
10. Daniel Radcliffe. The Harry Potter star decided to take a break from school when he was 17 to focus on his acting career. He has not returned to school since then.
11. Ryan Gosling. Ryan Gosling dropped out of school when he was 17 years old. An acting career kept nagging at him, so at age 17, he decided to pursue acting full-time.
12. John Travolta. 13. Jim Carrey. 14. Drew Barrymore. She became a star when she was only 7 years old. As a result of the fame that came with it, Drew was too busy to finish school.
Popular musician and performer Dominic Joker (Alexander Breslavsky) left his family for the star of the Russian show “The Voice”, singer Ekaterina Kokorina. They met Ekaterina when she participated in the “Battle of the Choirs” project. Already after starting a relationship with Alexander, Kokorina appeared on the show “The Voice”. Breslavsky's ex-wife says that most of all from their breakup their two small children are suffering- The sons now practically do not see their father.
Alexander Ustyugov.
Alexander Ustyugov is a Russian actor, known for his roles in the TV series “Cop Wars” and “Plague”. In the fall of 2015, Alexander secretly married his ex-wife star of the films “Shadowboxing” Denis Nikiforov Anna Ozar and took her to France. Problems with previous wife Yanina Sokolovskaya's relationship with Ustyugov began in the summer, so their breakup was not a surprise to anyone.
Vladimir Kristovsky.
Popular Russian musician, leader of the group Uma2rmaH, in 2013 left his wife Valeria Kristovskaya (Rimskaya) with four children and married a second time. Olga Pilevskaya became his new chosen one - PR team member Vladimir, who played leading roles in many Uma2rmaH videos.
Alexey Nilov.
Captain Larin, as we used to call him. Before his current wife Elena, Alexey was married four times(twice officially and twice unofficially) and about he has three ex-wives and one child each. Elena Nilova is a former sales assistant at a super fashionable clothing store in the center of St. Petersburg, now a professional digital photographer. They have been together since 2004.
Sergey Selin.
With his first wife "Dukalis" lived for almost 20 years. She is also an actress, sometimes starred in small episodes of the TV series “Streets of Broken Lanterns,” but mostly served as her husband’s secretary and impresario. In 1987, their son Prokhor was born. However, in 2008 or 2009, Sergei left his family and married a young tax employee, Anna, who is only three years older than his son. In their second marriage, Sergei and Anna already had two children.
Mikhail Trukhin.
Another one of the “Cops”, Mikhail Trukhin (Lieutenant Volkov), left his wife and two children for the sake of a young lover named Anna Nestertsova, who 14 years younger than him. However, in 2008 they had a child - daughter Sophia. Unfortunately, nothing is known about who Anna is and what she does.
Tim Steiner.
Tim Steiner - pretty major British businessman, multimillionaire, owner of an online store Ocado. Having been married to his wife Belinda for 14 years, he decided to leave her and four children for the sake of a 27-year-old Polish model named Patricia Pica. The businessman himself is 46 years old, so their age difference does not seem that strong. Now, together with their new passion, they live in a large house in north London.
Rowan Atkinson.
The same one Mr Bean. He and his now ex-wife Sunetra Shastri lived together for 24 years. Their couple has always been considered happy and exemplary, so the breakup of their family came as a real surprise to everyone. 60-year-old Atkinson left his wife and two children for the sake of thirty-two-year-old actress Louise Ford.
Fyodor Bondarchuk.
One of the loudest celebrity divorces Russia of recent times. Fedor met his wife Svetlana in 1986, and after 30 years he divorced for the sake of a 27-year-old actress Paulina Andreeva. They had been dating since the fall of 2015, while the official divorce of Fedor and Svetlana was finalized only in the spring of 2016.
Baygali Serkebaev.
The 57-year-old leader of the popular group A’Studio, Baygali Serkebaev, left his family for the sake of a 29-year-old model. The most interesting thing is that he has no plans to divorce his official wife, with whom Baigali has lived for more than 20 years. At the same time, the new passion of the musician Olga Zharova tries to actively demonstrate their hot relationship, publishing joint photos on social networks.
Evgeny Tsyganov.
Popular Russian theater and film actor Evgeny Tsyganov - a real father of many children. Married to his first wife Irina Leonova, they had seven children.. That, however, did not stop him from leaving his wife alone with them and going to another - actress Yulia Snegir. In March 2016, they already had a child together.
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan.
Not so long ago, in February 2016, 80-year-old Armen Dzhigarkhanyan and his 36-year-old fiancee Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya legalized their relationship in the registry office. It is worth noting that before this they lived together for 15 years. Dzhigarkhanyan was married to his previous wife Tatyana Vlasova for 40 years.
Star life is not an easy thing. It may only seem from the outside that celebrities are basking in luxury. Constant tours, concerts, large fees, luxurious life. But what did it cost them!? Behind all that pretty cover lies the hard work. You need to devote yourself entirely to your profession, having a busy schedule in which there is no time even for proper sleep. Sometimes you have to sacrifice your family for your career.
And while some follow the principle “family comes first,” others, in their desire to make a name for themselves and build a career, completely neglect their family. The result is scandals, divorces and children who have to grow up, at best, in an incomplete family, and at worst, be raised by grandparents without seeing their own mother at all.
Today in MORE magazine we will talk about 10 stars who abandoned their children for a career
Which of the stars of Russian and foreign show business put their career first? But we have no right to condemn them. Everyone has their own circumstances in life. Some really put career and popularity first, others simply decided that they were not ready for the status of a parent. Still others simply had to earn money for the family and could not do otherwise.
Lolita Milyavskaya
photo: prozvezd.infoMarried to showman Alexander Tsekalo, the couple had a daughter, who was named Eva. The child was born prematurely, and, as a result, the girl suffers from a mental disorder, medically referred to as autism. After the birth of her first child, Milyavskaya had no intention of giving up her career, and her busy schedule of constant touring did not include caring for a sick child. Therefore, the vocalist decided to place her daughter in the care of her mother.
The girl stayed with her grandmother in Kyiv while her mother traveled around the world, building a career as a successful singer. But at the same time, Lolita always found time to visit her daughter. So Milyavskaya became a weekend mom. And then Lolita completely moved to live in Russia. Therefore, her meetings with the child became less and less frequent. Now Eva has already grown up, and Lolita often shares photos with her daughter and talks about the child’s life on social networks.
Angelica Varum and Leonid Agutin
photo: vokrug.tv The daughter of Varum and Agutin, Lisa, was diagnosed with autism, the yellow press wrote. However, the parents themselves refused to comment on this assumption by journalists. Immediately after the birth of the baby, the parents went on tour, leaving the child to be raised by Varum’s parents and her brother. They saw each other extremely rarely, because the girl was taken to live in Miami by her grandparents, Yuri Varum, who took custody of the child. With all this, love was enough for Lisa, even though she saw her parents a maximum of several times a month.
Now Lisa lives a full life, goes to a paid school, communicates with her peers. The girl also followed in the footsteps of her musical parents and began playing in a rock band. Varum and Agutin often boast about their daughter’s successes. She is an excellent student, and according to her teachers, the girl is a talented writer. And, which goes against autism, Lisa has a lot of friends with whom she communicates.
Lisa understands this choice of her parents, since studying in America costs a lot of money. Most likely, the girl is not at all sick with autism, and these are just rumors that journalists love to spread.
Masha Rasputina
photo: dom2life.ru The outrageous Masha Rasputina has a daughter, Lida, from her first marriage. But the child was not part of the singer’s plans, and therefore, immediately after Rasputin’s birth, she gave her daughter to her parents to raise, and she devoted herself to her career. After 16 years, Rasputina divorced her first husband, which caused great stress in the child. The result is psychosis, hysterics and deep depression. It got to the point that the girl even had to be placed in a mental hospital so that she could undergo treatment there.
The daughter held a grudge against her mother for a long time. But they recently reconciled. Lida thanked her mother for the treatment she received and for the fact that Rasputina accepted her into her new family.
Lyubov Polishchuk
photo: obaldela.ru Actress Lyubov Polishchuk was in great demand at one time. Therefore, immediately after the birth of their son, Alexei Makarov, it was decided to send the boy to a boarding school, since his mother did not have time to raise him due to the busy filming schedule. In addition, Polishchuk divorced the child’s father. I had to work hard myself.
The boy studied in a boarding school until the 6th grade, and when he turned 13, Polishchuk took her son to her new family. The actress married for the second time. But the son did not hold a grudge against his mother, because, as he said in an interview with journalists, he did not even know that it was possible to live differently at that time.
Yuri Stoyanov
photo: howmade.ru The creator of “Town” traded his two children from his first marriage for another woman. Feelings flared up with such force that the star father decided to leave his wife with two children. Stoyanov did not provide financial assistance to his first family and even stopped communicating with them. Therefore, it is not surprising that the sons, Nikolai and Alexey, decided to change their surname, since they did not want to have anything to do with such a father.
Eddie Murphy
photo: spletnik.ru While in a relationship with one of the Spice Girls members, Melanie Brown, the couple had a daughter, Angel, whom the actor refused to acknowledge. There were rumors that the child was not his. Murphy himself believed the gossip and asked Melanie to conduct a paternity test, which proved that Angel was his own daughter. But this did not influence the actor’s decision in any way, and he did not begin communicating with his daughter.
But the girl’s stepfather fell in love with Angel so much that even after divorcing her mother, he is trying to get a court decision to see the child. However, the mother is against it and wants to deprive her second husband of the opportunity to communicate and see the children.
Rod Stewart
photo: dailyrecord.co.uk Rock singer Rod Stewart became a father early. He was barely 17 years old when his chosen one stunned the singer with such news. The girl refused to have an abortion, so she was left alone while pregnant while the young father pursued his career and became a rising star. Later he learned that the mother of the girl Sarah, unable to support the child due to her age, sent her to an orphanage.
Later, the girl began to have problems in her life due to the use of alcohol, cocaine and crack after she was unable to come to terms with personal failures. And it was the father who helped the eldest daughter overcome all life’s difficulties.
Lyudmila Gurchenko
photo: teleprogramma.pro A stage and an enthusiastic audience - this is what young Gurchenko dreamed of in her golden years. But she was destined to become a mother, which did not make the star very happy. Therefore, already at 4 months, the actress sent her little daughter Masha to be raised by her grandparents in Kharkov, Ukraine. Three years later, Gurchenko took her daughter to her place in the hope of becoming a good mother for Maria. But maternal feelings were not destined to awaken, so the grandmother had to move to take care of the child.
This was the reason for such a tense relationship between mother and daughter. Maria Koroleva carried her resentment for her childhood without a mother throughout her life. Later, the women stopped communicating altogether and didn’t even see each other. Maria received the news of her mother's death from the media.
The rising star was only concerned about her constant concerts and tours, so her daughter, Ilona Bronevitskaya, was raised by her grandmother, the mother of the girl’s father, Erika Karlovna, whom Ilona lovingly called mom. In gratitude for her upbringing, Ilona named her daughter after her grandmother. Later, as time passed, Edita Piekha said that she greatly regretted that she did not have enough time for her own child.
Lidiya Fedoseeva-Shukshina
photo: argumentiru.com The once-in-demand actress has more than one marriage behind her. Shukshina was not at all involved in raising her daughter Anastasia from her first husband, actor Vyacheslav Voronin. She shifted this concern onto the shoulders of first the child’s father, and then the grandmother. And after her divorce from her first husband, she completely stopped seeing her daughter. Another family, a happy marriage with Vasily Shukshin, acting, a child again, the actress had nothing to do with Nastya. In addition, Nastya remained to live in Ukraine.
After many years, they managed to make peace and establish communication. But their relationship was spoiled by Anastasia’s appearance on a TV show with Andrei Malakhov, where the mother forbade her daughter to appear. After this incident, Shukshin and his eldest daughter Anastasia did not see each other again.
This is how it happens, parental “love”!
Celebrity parents who abandoned their children for careers updated: January 11, 2020 by: Tatiana Sinkevich
The news of the romance between Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt spread throughout the world's press. This is not surprising: she is an actress in the popular TV series “Friends,” and he is one of the first recognized handsome men in Hollywood. It would seem that this is an ideal couple, and the rich and beautiful wedding ceremony should only strengthen the union of the two celebrities. At first everything went well, the couple did not leave the covers of famous magazines. But trouble crept up unnoticed: rumors spread that on the set of the film “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” Brad Pitt became seriously infatuated with his partner Angelina Jolie... Jolie Pitt tried to deny the beginning of their relationship on the set, but Aniston immediately filed for divorce. Be that as it may, one of the most beautiful couples broke up, and fans of the actors split into two warring fronts: some defended with all their might the unfortunate Jennifer, who was having a hard time with the divorce and was even forced to seek help from a psychotherapist, while others, on the contrary, stood on Brad’s side. who dreamed of children when his wife was fully occupied with her career.
Demi Moore
The huge age difference in Hollywood will not surprise anyone. However, in this case we are talking about a couple where the woman is fifteen years older than her lover. However, Demi Moore carefully monitored her appearance, so it is not at all strange that a young, promising actor Ashton Kutcher became interested in a beautiful, rich woman with the necessary connections in the cinema. The actors' romance ended quite quickly with a wedding; the couple actively posted their photographs on social networks, in which they looked quite happy and in love. However, youth, apparently, takes its toll: Kutcher began to cheat on his wife, and the details of his adventures quickly leaked to the press, where journalists actively procrastinated on them. After another such party, Demi could not stand it and filed for divorce, which she endured extremely hard. From an always fit and beautiful actress, Demi quickly turned into an emaciated and very aged woman. It seems as if Moore still cannot come to her senses after the divorce, as evidenced by her numerous affairs with young guys. But Ashton Kutcher is quite happy with Mila Kunis, who gave him the child he, according to him, dreamed of so much.
Vanessa Paradis
The union of Vanessa Paradis and Johnny Depp seemed strange to many, to put it mildly. She is a sophisticated Frenchwoman, and he is a bully with a history of problems with alcohol and drugs. However, despite the differences, the lovers gave the impression of a happy couple. During their fourteen years of marriage, the actors had two children, but the marriage was never officially registered. But as soon as the young and sexy actress Amber Heard appeared on the horizon, Depp immediately lost his head... Having met the actress on the set of the film “The Rum Diary,” Johnny almost immediately fell in love with his partner. For the sake of Amber, Johnny left the family and immediately proposed to his beloved, which Vanessa, the mother of his two children, never saw coming...
Heather Locklear
Popular actress Heather Locklear also had to deal with adultery. Her husband, Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, acted extremely vilely: without waiting for an official divorce, he immediately started an affair with a close friend of Heather Denise Richards. Naturally, the female friendship instantly came to an end. And the ex-husband began fighting for joint custody of their daughter Ava, who they shared with Locklear. By the way, Richie’s betrayal and her friend’s betrayal brought the actress to a terrible depression. A year after the official divorce, Heather attempted suicide. However, the doctors managed to save the woman, but she had to spend some time in a psychiatric clinic.
Melanie Griffith
The union of Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas was considered the strongest and brightest in Hollywood. However, despite eighteen years of a seemingly happy marriage, the couple filed for divorce. The actors indicated the most popular reason: “irreconcilable circumstances.” However, if you believe the tabloids, Banderas always liked to go “left”. However, the Spanish macho himself never denied that he loves to flirt with beautiful women. Apparently, Antonio’s latest hobby was the reason for the couple’s divorce.
Jennie Garth
The star of the cult TV series “Beverly Hills, 90210” Jennie Garth tried for a very long time to save her marriage with actor Peter Facinelli. But the ex-husband was adamant in his decision; even eleven years of marriage with Jenny and three daughters could not stop him. As Garth admitted in an interview, her husband’s decision to divorce shocked her and led to terrible depression, from which the actress helped her daughter get out. By the way, Jenny tried in every possible way to save the marriage, and according to her, she did everything possible to do this. However, a miracle did not happen, the divorce between the actors was finalized, and a few months after that Facinelli was already having fun with his new girlfriend, actress Jaimie Alexander. By the way, Peter even proposed to her, but the couple soon broke off the engagement. Rumor has it that it was allegedly due to the busy schedules of both.
Sandra Bullock
The famous Hollywood beauty Sandra Bullock had to experience all the “delights” of adultery. To tell the truth, looking at the couple Bullock and Jesse James, it is difficult to imagine what such a pretty and calm woman and a brutal, slightly daring and tattooed man could have in common. It was this opinion that Jesse’s mistress, model Michelle McGee, with whom Sandra’s then-official husband had an affair, adhered to. However, apparently, the actress herself learned about the adventures of her unfaithful husband several days earlier, before this news spread across all the Hollywood tabloids. Sandra herself initiated the divorce, and McGee, taking advantage of the popularity that had fallen on her, began giving out interviews with all her might, in which she described in every detail her intimate relationship with James.
Tori Spelling
It seemed that the daughter of the king of Hollywood television series, media mogul Aaron Spelling, was destined for a bright and happy married life. However, fate decreed otherwise: the star’s husband, actor Dean McDermott, cheated on his wife with his fan. Which, by the way, the latter willingly and thoroughly talked about in an interview. However, this is not the first case of McDermott’s infidelity: the actor repeatedly went on sprees. And this despite the fact that he and Tori have four children growing up. But the socialite once again forgave her husband and even tried to earn a considerable sum from it. The couple filmed six episodes of a reality show about their own relationship called “Truth Tory.” True, the show’s ratings are unknown, however, we think that a tearful and frank story will always be interesting to viewers.
