We all have certain foods we hate and can’t stand to eat, but these celebrity fussy eaters are much more picky than the average – they have strict rules that they follow that even go beyond simply being a vegetarian. Some love weird combinations and won’t touch certain types of meat or vegetables, while others live on strange diets that consist of junk food or strictly only organic, health food. Be it for the benefit of their health or for another reason, these stars are a nightmare to serve at any restaurant and all have specific food preferences that they feel strongly about when it comes to chowing down!
Drew Barrymore
Drew is a fussy eater because she’s strictly vegetarian and like unusual combinations too: “I’m a bit of a picky eater, but that’s because I’m a vegetarian. I’m like a typical American teenager when it comes to my favourite foods! I love peanut butter with bananas. That’s my favourite. I like grilled cheese sandwiches and I love homemade macaroni with cheese.”
Tom Meighan
Kasabian frontman Tom has had some medical problems which has resulted in his fussy diet: “I don’t have an eating disorder but I am a terrible eater. I can only eat snack meals because I was born with a really small gullet. I had an operation to open it up and it affected my eating for the rest of my life. I’ve had a shrunken stomach since I was a kid so I can only eat snack-sized portions. I can’t have big dinners. It has been that way since primary school. The rumours are nonsense. I am not bulimic. I just have small portions of food.”
Nicolas Cage
Nicolas has an unusual way of selecting what food he eats – he decides based on how the animal has sex: “I actually choose the way I eat according to the way animals have sex. I think fish are very dignified with sex. So are birds. But pigs, not so much. So I don’t eat pig meat or things like that. I eat fish and fowl.”
Mena Suvari
Mena says she’s very strict about her diet and will only eat certain things which can cause trouble on set: “I follow my own diet, and I’m pretty anal about it. I believe in healthy, organic food. I’ve incorporated a lot of whole grains into my diet. I don’t eat meat unless it’s organic. I eat fish, but there are certain fish I won’t eat because of the mercury content. I don’t eat sugar. I’m very particular, and it can be hard on sets. They’ll say, ‘I’ll just tell you what’s for lunch.’ And I’m like, ‘No, I need to go look at it.’ People probably think I’m being rude, but I can visualise how the food is going to affect my body.”
Lemmy
Motorhead rocker Lemmy has a weird and unusual array of things he will and won’t eat, because certain things disgust him all the time when it comes to food: “Mushy peas, I like. Brussels sprouts, foul. I won’t eat anything with onions in whatsoever, I hate them – me and Ringo Starr have that in common.”
