The weirdest celeb phobias – from Khloe Kardashian’s fear of belly buttons to Liam Payne being terrified of SP - The Sun

WHETHER it's fear of spiders or a terror of towels, many of us live with irrational phobias - but these celebs take it to the extreme.

Gemma Collins recently revealed her claustrophobia is so bad she refuses to get in lifts.

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Gemma Collins recently revealed she's petrified of getting in lifts

The diva said: “There have been occasions where I’ve turned up for meetings and there is an enclosed lift and I’ve had to ask the people to come down and have the meeting in the reception area.”

Today SAS hardman Ant Middleton revealed he's also petrified by elevators, admitting "a small lift is enough to bring me close to a panic attack".

However, they're not the only stars frozen with fear over their bizarre phobia.

From Khloe Kardashian’s fear of belly buttons to Liam Payne’s terror at the sight of a spoon, we reveal these 13 celebrities’ biggest fears.

Khloe Kardashian - Fear of belly buttons

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Khloe Kardashian doesn't mind showing off her tum but she hates belly buttonsCredit: Instagram

Khloe Kardashian might like to flash the flesh but there’s one body part she can’t stand - belly buttons.

“You can’t touch mine and I don’t want to touch yours," she wrote on her blog in 2016.

"When I’m in the shower, I wear hand mitts and I scream every time I wash my belly button.”

Liam Payne - Fear of spoons

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Liam Payne might share a cosy meal with girlfriend Maya Henry but he won't lick her spoonCredit: Getty Images - Getty

Believe it or not, Liam Payne says he can’t stand the sight of other people’s spoons.

“When I was a kid I was a bit naughty at school and when you were naughty they made you do the washing up," he told Capital FM.

"I had to wash all these nasty spoons and then it’s just stuck with me after. I don’t know what people are doing with their spoons. I don’t want to know!”

Ricky Wilson - Fear of cheese

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The Kaiser Chiefs singer goes out of his way to avoid cheese

Kaiser chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson cannot stand the sight of the delicious dairy product.

“There’s one street in Covent Garden where there’s a cheese shop and I won’t walk down it," he told the Pop Detectives podcast.

Billy Bob Thornton - Fear of furniture

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Billy Bob manages to sit in a chair but had a fear of old furnitureCredit: Getty Images - Getty

Sit yourself down - Billy Bob Thornton says he can’t bear being around antiques.

“It’s that French, English, Scottish old mildewy stuff," he told the New York Times. "Old dusty heavy drapes and big tables with lions’ heads carved in it. Stuff that kings were around.

"That’s the stuff I can’t be around. It was too big to be functional. It creeps me out.”

Megan Fox - Fear of paper

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Megan Fox has trouble with dry paper

Megan Fox might struggle to learn her lines from scripts - as she can’t bear paper.

“I don’t like dry paper," she told talkshow host Jimmy Fallon. "Scripts, newspapers or anything that’s not laminated, I have to keep licking my fingers.”

Kylie Minogue - Fear of coat hangers

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Kylie Minogue stays well away from the hangers at a fashion launch

Kylie Minogue’s gold hotpants might be pop history but they certainly aren’t hanging in her closet.

The pint-sized singer says she lays out her clothes due to her unusual phobia.

“I have a hanger phobia," she told Elle magazine. "I don’t like the way they sound when you put them in the wardrobe.”

Rita Ora - Fear of toilets

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Rita Ora thinks way too hard about where the toilet leads to

Rita Ora says she can’t stand the bog and worries a creature might crawl out while she’s doing her business.

Festival toilets must be a double nightmare for the Hot Right Now singer.

“I always feel that when I go to the toilet that something’s going to come out of the bottom," she said.

"I have this thing where I think this tunnel must start from somewhere, and sometimes I think, ‘What if something comes out of the toilet?’”

Channing Tatum - Fear of dolls

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Channing Tatum may love unicorns but porcelain dolls are a no-no

Magic Mike hunk Channing Tatum may have watched too many horror movies, because porcelain dolls turn him into a quivering wreck.

“I just think they’re really super freaky," he said on the Ellen DeGeneres Show. "They have, like, real eyes and they look real.

“I just imagine when I walk by them their heads turn with you the whole time.”

Adele - Fear of seagulls

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Adele hates seagulls after an encounter with a feathered cornet thief

Singer Adele developed a strong fear of the seabirds after one of the beaky blighters swiped a snack from her in Wales as a child.

“I was walking down the promenade in Tenby, eating a 99, when this huge … seagull came down and swiped it off me," she told Metro.

“I’ve still got a scar from its claw on my shoulder. I thought it was going to take me away with it.”

Other strange phobias you may never have heard of

Phobophobia - a fear of developing a phobia

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Hexakosioihexekkontahexapho – fear of the number 666

Anatidaephobia - the fear a duck is watching you

Mortuusequusphobia - the fear of tomato ketchup

Britney Spears - Fear of reptiles

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Britney developed a hatred of reptiles after cavorting with a cobra

Britney Spears famously performed with a giant snake at the 2001 VMAs but she reveals she has a phobia of snakes and large lizards like Komodo Dragons.

"I think it was great but I wouldn't do that now," FemaleFirst reports. "Never. I'm totally scared of snakes but I was completely fearless. It was cool.

"I was just so excited that I was like, 'Whatever'."

Matthew McConaughey - Fear of revolving doors

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Matthew McConaughey is terrified of revolving doors

Matthew McConaughey might seem like the fearless type but he has revealed that revolving doors send him into a frenzy.

“I don’t like revolving doors," he said, according to Page Six. "I get anxious just being near them."

Katy Perry - Fear of the dark

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New mum Katy Perry has to sleep with the light on

Katy Perry confessed she has to sleep with the lights on because she’s so scared of the dark.

"I think a lot of evil things go on in the dark," she told Radio Times. "I still have to cover my toes because I'm like that kid who thinks there's a witch under my bed who's going to eat my tootsies off."

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Kendall Jenner - Fear of tiny holes

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Despite her love of lace, Kendall has a fear of holes

You won’t see Kendall Jenner modelling strong vests any time soon - because she is terrified of tiny holes.

“Things that could set me off are pancakes, honeycomb or lotus heads," she wrote on her blog.

"It sounds ridiculous but so many people actually have it! I can't even look at little holes—it gives me the worst anxiety. Who knows what's in there?”

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