Yahoo Autos 26 Times Massive Celebs Randomly Guest-Starred On A TV Show And It Was SO Weird
Look, I love a good celeb guest star. It's fun to see your favorite stars drop into your favorite shows! But sometimes massive celebs pop up on a show and you're just like "...huh?"
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Usually, this happens when the celeb guest star is not an actor, or just feels really, really out of the place in the subject matter of the show. Here are 26 examples!
1.We'll start with the most recent: Megan Thee Stallion on She-Hulk. I'll forgive them for this one since I love Megan and it was an after-credits scene, but...Megan, what are you doing there??? How are you relevant to the plot???
Watch the scene here:
2.The absolute worst, though, is when a singer pops on a show to do a performance. No, not as themselves performing at some in-show event where at least it makes sense. I'm talking about when they play a random character who is never seen again, who happens to sing. LIKE SHAWN MENDES ON THE 100.
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Shawn literally just shows up to sing a professionally-recorded song in a literal bunker, then Jasper body-slams him. And that's the last we ever see of this character.
Watch the scene here:
3.But the holy grail of this trope is Ed Sheeran on Game of Thrones.
He randomly shows up, sings a song, and then THAT'S IT. It's even worse than the Shawn example because Game of Thrones is a medieval-inspired fantasy show. At least The 100 is near-future.
You can watch the scene with him here:
4.Coldplay's Will Champion also appeared on Game of Thrones, albeit in a smaller capacity. But what was weird to me is that this bizarre cameo is during the Red Wedding, arguably the most violent and iconic GoT scene of all time. Like, why did they need a celeb cameo in that scene???
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Watch the snippet here:
5.It's definitely more acceptable when the musician guest star has an actual reason to perform, like Carly Rae Jepsen on Castle (she was performing on a fake version of SNL). It's still weird, though, especially when the show doesn't commonly have full performances. Like, Castle and Beckett take a full-on break from their investigation to jam out to Carly Rae Jepsen.
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6.Similarly, it was super weird when Gossip Girl had *sort* of a musical episode where Dan, Vanessa, and Olivia had to put on a production of Snow White using Lady Gaga lyrics.
And then at the end, Blair "pulled some strings," and Lady Gaga HERSELF showed up to perform. Like, a full Grammy Awards-worthy performance, to a few NYU students. It was odd, to say the least.
Okay, yes, Blair did explain this as a dress rehearsal. But why was Lady Gaga having a full dress rehearsal with costumes at NYU? It was very odd. I also don't see Blair liking Lady Gaga.
Watch the scene here:
7.Even stranger was Carrie Underwood on Cobra Kai. You know, the karate show? What is an American country singer doing there???
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Watch the scene here:
8.It's not just musicians; shows will throw on all different kinds of celebrities. Like Bill Nye on Blindspot, playing himself but also...Patterson's dad?
Watch one of his scenes here:
9.Olympic athletes also randomly cameo on shows. Like gold medal gymnast Kerri Strug on Beverly Hills, 90210... Kerri's honestly fine in this scene, but I can't with the dialogue. It's so forced. Who says, "Do I have to win a gold medal or something to get into a class I want?"
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10.Though the absolute best example of this is Shawn Johnson's appearance on The Secret Lie of the American Teenager, where she (I guess?) flirts with Ricky. I'll try to show it below, but screencaps don't do it justice.
Please, please, watch the scene here — you won't regret it:
11.Back to musicians...One Tree Hill was known for its musical guest stars (which mostly made sense, as they performed at the in-show club/music venue Tric). But one guest deserves a mention on this list, and that's Pete Wentz, who first appeared with Fall Out Boy.
Which, fine. Normal enough. But things get worse when he appears AGAIN, and FLIRTS WITH PEYTON. A 17-YEAR-OLD.
THEN THEY START DATING FOR A COUPLE EPISODES. Like this random high school girl is just...dating Pete Wentz. We're supposed to believe that???
Watch a scene with him and Peyton here:
12.Okay, sorry, I gotta mention one more One Tree Hill one. Season 8 saw lots of musical guests at Tric, including Kid Cudi. This one was kind of a big deal IMO, just because of how big Kid Cudi is and how much less popular OTH was from its heyday in Season 8.
But the reason why this one is so bizarre is that, like, ten episodes later, the fact that Kid Cudi performed becomes a low-key major storyline that somehow reveals that Brooke is pregnant. Which is a huge deal considering she's been trying to have a kid for seasons.
It also involved the Air Force and pot brownies and a flashback to Kid Cudi's entourage forcing Chase to smoke a joint, and the whole thing, and the fact that it somehow led to Brooke realizing she was pregnant...truly a mess.
13.Sorry, another GG one — anyone else remember when the MAYOR of NEW YORK (at the time) guest starred? Mike Bloomberg shows up for two seconds in the finale to express shock at Dan being Gossip Girl. Like, what???? How does he even know about GG?
