One that stands out for its unusualness, however, was when a dedicated fan showed their love by giving her a large real turtle shell that had her own face painted on it. She unsurprisingly remarked, “that was definitely a first!” We don’t know where the shell came from, but it’s certainly a peculiar gift! He seemed to take it pretty well, however, and found it more funny than creepy – here was his response: “Dude, imagine when I got it! It’s hilarious because you don’t know how to handle it. You’ll never get around it. I love all my fans.” It wasn’t explained where or who the skin had come from, and I’d probably advise against this particular outpouring of love because, you know, it’s pretty creepy. “I quit smoking the other day and didn’t even really realise I’d said anything about it. I’ve been chewing these fucking toothpicks all the time. Someone noticed in Cannes and literally the next day in Lisbon, then in Paris and in Berlin there were about 20 people on the red carpet giving me huge amounts of toothpicks. Thousands of them.” While she was performing, the star was handed a large dildo from a fan. She was of course a bit shocked, but also found it funny, saying, “Are you telling me I’m not getting enough action?" She reassured the fan, if this indeed was the intent, by adding “Thank you very much for worrying about my sex life – but I will assure you that all is well!” Tom shared one experience with a fan that is kind of bizarre and frankly a bit scary: “One man wanted to adopt me. He had changed his name legally to Lucius Malfoy and wanted me to change my name to Draco Malfoy and to legally adopt me. I declined!” He also mentioned that one time, a fan sent him a photo of a milk bottle outside of a front door – the weird/scary thing being that it was his front door. He also revealed that the strangest thing he’d received was a sanitary towel which had his name on it. This was over a decade ago now, so who knows the things he’s been sent since his stardom has risen even more, but a personalised sanitary towel is certainly something… “I have a spear in my hand and I make a huge leap to spear Chris – but he dodges out of the way. The spear is embedded into the ground, so I use the spear as a lever to spin myself around and kick him in the chest. Well, some fans have interpreted this as emblematic of my hidden talent at pole dancing. I’ve received a surprising number of depictions of myself in a pair of tight briefs and a horny helmet dancing on a pole. That is pretty weird and hilarious.” It’s safe to say everyone would be pleased to see Tom take up pole dancing if he ever fancied it. One fan, in order to imitate Jessie’s look, reportedly broke her own leg so she could wear a cast. The girl contacted the singer, with images of her leg accompanied by messages like “I will do anything to be just like you.” A spokesperson for Jessie expressed the shock and fear felt by her, saying: “She’s horrified this happened. She was sad that a fan hurt herself to look like her – but she was also scared for her own safety.” The “gifts” that were sent to her included 8 Yankee candles, animal calendars, a three-piece mirror set from Kmart, a $200 anklet from Kay Jewelers, a rock from the mountains of New Hampshire, and most bizarrely, a 42.5-pound pumpkin… The man was undeterred by threats to press charges and was eventually given a three-year probation sentence. “Years ago, when I first started being a big star, I had fans that were fanatical. It was when ‘Jolene’ was a big hit. We came home one day and there was a baby in a box at our gate with a note in it. The note said, ‘My name is Jolene, my momma has left me here and she wants you to have me’. Of course, we all freaked out!” They contacted the Department Of Health And Human Services, who took the child. They revealed that they’d once been sent a dead shark. Yes, that’s right, a dead shark. Nick described what the ‘gift’ was like, saying: “It wasn’t a real big shark though. It was only a baby shark but they’d preserved it in this tube for us. That was odd. They didn’t even leave a note explaining. It was just, ‘Here’s a dead shark.’” Kevin noted that they had no idea where it came from, adding, “we’re still trying to figure out how they actually went about buying a dead shark. I mean, is there such website as Buyadeadshark.com?” Worse than that though, whenever the actor stays in a hotel, he’d be sent up frozen bananas (another joke from the show). Jeffrey actually hates bananas, however, so this has caused him a fair amount in inconvenience over the years. “Hey guys this is K’s friend again. She’s doing well and needs more of your teeth to make art with at the treatment center. She misses you :)” This came after Kesha had already made a bra out of various fans’ teeth a couple of years before. The first time, upon request, she’d received over 1,000 human teeth from different fans, and explained what she’d done with them: “I made it into a bra top, and a headdress, and earrings, and necklaces. I’ve worn it out!” Unfortunately, the second time around the centre had certain rules about what could be sent there, and “human remains” were forbidden. He’s also met some insistent fans who’ve given him some seriously sentimental treasures, as he revealed: “This kid gave me his Special Olympics medal he won for soccer. He was one of the people waiting at the fence when I left set this morning. A girl and her brother recently gave me a New York fireman uniform from their father who died in 9/11. I was, ’you can’t give this to me’ and they were so insistent.”
