Here are six celebs born with less impactful birth defects than those noted in my prior blog (which included Joaquin Phoenix). Again, thanks to Listverse.com and Madamenoire.com for doing the legwork.
Joaquin Phoenix, Microform cleft lip
FOREST WHITAKER, LAZY EYE
When asked about his famous lazy left eye, Forest admits that he inherited the condition from his father. He has considered having it fixed but only because it affects his vision.
Some birth defects are mild, even intriguing.
Here’s another eye “deformity,” but maybe it’s a plus because it’s so intriguing. I say that because the girl on the book cover of Mark Mustian’s The Gendarme has two different colored eyes, just like the girl in the story, caught up in a forced march of Armenians to the far end of Turkey.
Kate Bosworth’s different eyes
KATE BOSWORTH, DIFFERENT EYE COLORS
Kate Bosworth belongs to a small group of people with heterochromia iridium – two different eye colors. Other celebrities with the unique condition include Mila Kunis, Kiefer Sutherland and Elizabeth Berkley
Megan Fox. All Thumbs?
MEGAN FOX
Like another celeb, Sanaa Lathan, Megan Fox has a common deformity known as clubbed thumb, or Brachydactyly. It’s a genetic condition characterized by short, bulbous thumbs and wide nail beds.
For you foot-fetishers.
DREW CAREY, ELEVEN TOES
Drew Carey revealed in his autobiography, Dirty Jokes and Beer: Stories of the Unrefined, that he was born with an extra toe on one of his feet.
DAN AYKROYD, WEBBED TOES
All-around funny guy and original SNL castmember, Dan Aykroyd has a condition known as syndactyly–more commonly known as webbed toes.
SEAL, SCARS
There have always been rumors surrounding Seal’s facial scarring – from him being forced to undergo an ancient African scarring ritual to being bitten by a lion. But Seal’s scars are actually the result of discoid lupus erythematosus, a skin condition that affects areas above the neck.
So what’s the takeaway from this visit with stars born with mild birth defects? Well, they’re a bit like all of us who weren’t born perfect.
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