Phobias and Fame: 45 Celebrities with Unusual Fears

American television personality Khloe Kardashian is afraid of the belly button.

Spanish draftsman Salvador Dali was afraid of grasshoppers. When they appear in Dalí's work, grasshoppers are used as a symbol of destruction, waste, and fear.

Kristen Bell has fear of pruney fingers. She cured this fear by wearing her bride gloves.

Tyra Banks has delfiniphobia, the fear of dolphins.

English footballer David Beckham is afraid of frogs. He revealed his phobia on a BBC documentary, where he explored the Amazon rainforest, he said: “I’m not a big frog fan. I can’t lie.”

American television personality Danielle Jonas is afraid of balloons.

Orlando Bloom is afraid of pigs. He said, when a pig got loose on the set of his movie the Kingdom Of Heaven, he reportedly “ran like crazy”.

Johnny Depp has Coulrophobia, the fear of clowns. He said “I have this fear of clowns. So I think that if I surround myself with them it will ward off all evil. There’s something about the painted face, the fake smile. There always seemed to be a darkness lurking just under the surface, a potential for real evil”.

Robert De Niro has Dentophobia, the fear of going to the dentist.

Matthew McConaughey has Cleithrophobia (fear of getting trapped, specifically in revolving doors) and scotomaphobia (fear of blind spots, specifically in tunnels).