10 Celebrities Who Didn’t Fit In at School

Jan 21, 2015 7:00 pm

Jessie J recently opened up about her high school days and revealed that she never really fit in with the other kids. While she was occasionally bullied, she mostly struggled with feeling like an outsider – and she's not the only one.

A ton of your fave stars actually felt the exact same way in school. Click through to see more celebs who didn't fit in, then let us know who you're the most surprised to see on the list. Do you ever feel like you don't fit in at school?

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Jessie J

"I had really big teeth, a big fringe. I was just uncomfortable in my skin. I wasn't the pretty kid, I was the awkward one that didn't know who I fit in with," Jessie said.

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Kristen Stewart

“I’m glad I could do those films, and I was glad to leave school. I couldn’t relate to kids my own age. They are mean and don’t give you any chance," she said.

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Taylor Swift

"I remember when I was in school, the whole reason I started writing songs was because I was alone a lot of the time. I’d sit there in school and I’d be hearing people like, ‘Oh my god, this party that we’re going to is gonna be so awesome on Friday. Everyone’s invited except for [Taylor]," she said.

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Lady Gaga

"I didn't fit in at high school, I wanted to be like Boy George and I felt like a freak," she said.

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Chris Colfer

"[I] was more of a 'social llama' in high school. Like, where does a llama go? It's not a horse. It's kind of a camel, but it's not a goat. It's just on the farm, and people point and gawk at it because it has funky hair. That's how I've always pictured myself," he said.

"The llama tries to hang out with a duck and the duck freaks out and runs away. The cows are mean to it. That's what it was like for me."

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Zayn Malik

"I almost felt like I didn't fit in at my first two schools because I was the only mixed heritage kid in my class. When my sister and I moved to a different school it was a lot more mixed so I felt like I fitted in better," he said.

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Taylor Momsen

"I didn't have a great childhood. I loved my family, I loved my work but I hated school. I had a really bad time. Other kids didn't like me. I didn't fit in," she said.

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Hunter Hayes

"Being an outcast — being someone who didn't fit in for a long time," he says. "I would never sit here and say I was really bullied, [but] I had a hard time in school — I cried myself to sleep, for sure," he said.

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Selena Gomez

"I was never the popular kid at school. I had two friends, but I just sat at the back of the room and got on with my work," she said.

"School is such an awkward time in your life. I was never confident in school."

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Justin Timberlake

“I didn’t fit in so much [at school] because I liked [R&B] music… I always felt like I was different," he said.