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Click through our photo gallery to see all the celebrities who used to be strippers—whether it was for a weekend, a few months, or several years. (Photo: WENN)
Click through our photo gallery to see all the celebrities who used to be strippers—whether it was for a weekend, a few months, or several years. (Photo: WENN)
“People say, ‘Why do you always got to say that you used to be a stripper? We get it’” Cardi B said in an interview. “Because y’all don’t respect me because of it, and y’all going to respect these strippers from now on.” (Photo: WENN)
“People say, ‘Why do you always got to say that you used to be a stripper? We get it’” Cardi B said in an interview. “Because y’all don’t respect me because of it, and y’all going to respect these strippers from now on.” (Photo: WENN)
Channing Tatum’s time as a stripper, when he want by the name of Chan Crawford during the 90’s, was used as inspiration for 2012 film ‘Magic Mike.’ “I don’t miss anything about stripping,” he confessed. “It wasn’t glamorous whatsoever.” (Photo: WENN)
Channing Tatum’s time as a stripper, when he want by the name of Chan Crawford during the 90’s, was used as inspiration for 2012 film ‘Magic Mike.’ “I don’t miss anything about stripping,” he confessed. “It wasn’t glamorous whatsoever.” (Photo: WENN)
“I did more money stripping than waitressing,” Lady Gaga explained. “I didn’t show too much—I was a burlesque dancer. Because my family’s European, for me it wasn’t that weird.” (Photo: WENN)
“I did more money stripping than waitressing,” Lady Gaga explained. “I didn’t show too much—I was a burlesque dancer. Because my family’s European, for me it wasn’t that weird.” (Photo: WENN)
“I loved to always get naked. I was very free, so I thought, ‘I may as well get paid,” Chris Pratt said in an interview. Though he did audition on a stage for a club one time, he didn’t get the job because he isn’t “a very good dancer.” (Photo: WENN)
“I loved to always get naked. I was very free, so I thought, ‘I may as well get paid,” Chris Pratt said in an interview. Though he did audition on a stage for a club one time, he didn’t get the job because he isn’t “a very good dancer.” (Photo: WENN)
Blac Chyna was a stripper at Miami’s famous King of Diamonds gentlemen’s club. “I would probably be still in the strip club,” she said when asked what would be doing if she hadn’t got famous. “I can’t do nothing else.” (Photo: WENN)
Blac Chyna was a stripper at Miami’s famous King of Diamonds gentlemen’s club. “I would probably be still in the strip club,” she said when asked what would be doing if she hadn’t got famous. “I can’t do nothing else.” (Photo: WENN)
In a 2011 interview, Javier Bardem admitted he tried his hand at stripping. “I did it as a joke for some friends at first. But a guy in the bar we were in spotted me and hired me for the next day. I was so bad.” (Photo: WENN)
In a 2011 interview, Javier Bardem admitted he tried his hand at stripping. “I did it as a joke for some friends at first. But a guy in the bar we were in spotted me and hired me for the next day. I was so bad.” (Photo: WENN)
“That was the best time of my life,” Amber Rose said of her striper past from age 18 through to 25. “I was you, beautiful, I was on stage, I wasn’t really ashamed of my body. I made lifelong friends.” (Photo: WENN)
“That was the best time of my life,” Amber Rose said of her striper past from age 18 through to 25. “I was you, beautiful, I was on stage, I wasn’t really ashamed of my body. I made lifelong friends.” (Photo: WENN)
The one and only Brat Pitt was actually part of a six-man stripping troupe back in college called “The Dancing Bares.” The strippers, including Pitt himself, would perform at college parties. (Photo: WENN)
The one and only Brat Pitt was actually part of a six-man stripping troupe back in college called “The Dancing Bares.” The strippers, including Pitt himself, would perform at college parties. (Photo: WENN)
Before hitting up the big screen in ‘Baywatch,’ actress Carmen Electra was an exotic dancer. She was so good that later, when she was already famous and rich, she released her own signature brand of stripper poles. (Photo: WENN)
Before hitting up the big screen in ‘Baywatch,’ actress Carmen Electra was an exotic dancer. She was so good that later, when she was already famous and rich, she released her own signature brand of stripper poles. (Photo: WENN)
As many of you will remember, Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino loved to take his shirt off for the ‘Jersey Shore’ cameras. Well, now you know why: before being cast in the MTV show, Mikey used to be a male stripper. (Photo: WENN)
As many of you will remember, Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino loved to take his shirt off for the ‘Jersey Shore’ cameras. Well, now you know why: before being cast in the MTV show, Mikey used to be a male stripper. (Photo: WENN)
Catherine Zeta-Jonas is a respectable Oscar winning actress. However, before she made it big in Hollywood, she reportedly ventured into the stripping world. The reason? To save up enough money for a nose job! (Photo: WENN)
Catherine Zeta-Jonas is a respectable Oscar winning actress. However, before she made it big in Hollywood, she reportedly ventured into the stripping world. The reason? To save up enough money for a nose job! (Photo: WENN)Cardi B is set to make her big screen debut playing a stripper in the upcoming Hustlers. However, this won’t be the first time the rapper will be dancing on a pole.
Before making in it big in the music industry, just like many other celebrities who used to be strippers, Cardi Be graced the world of exotic dancing, proving her talents go beyond the Hollywood scene.
While they’re known for their success in movies and music, many of today’s A-listers took their clothes off to make ends in their early days. Click through our photo gallery above to see Cardi B and 10 other celebrities who used to be strippers, whether it was for a weekend, a few months, or several years. Because making it in showbiz is never easy.