8 Celebs That Lie About Their Age (And 7 That Are Younger Than We Thought)

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3. Lies About Their Age: Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez is one of the biggest stars in the world, but it seems that even J-Lo is forced to lie sometimes too. When singers first come onto the scene, there is a need to always seem younger than you actually are, and someone as talented as J-Lo found that out too.

Throughout her early career, the “Jenny From The Block” singer claimed that she was born in 1970, but when her boyfriend at the time Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested in connection with a nightclub shooting in 1999, she was questioned by the police. J-Lo was then forced to admit her real age, which was only a year younger, since she was actually born in 1969. The American Idol judge is now 48 years old and still looks better than many of us did at 20.

2. Younger Than We Think: Kylie Jenner

Kylie Jenner is the youngest member of her famous family and the CEO of her own cosmetics line, but still isn’t old enough to legally drink in the United States. It seems that Kylie has had quite the crazy childhood and has been able to fit more into the last five years than many people manage in double this time.

Jenner is a reality TV star, a socialite, an entrepreneur, and a model at the tender age of just 20. Jenner is also one of the most followed people on Instagram with over 95 million followers on the social media platform. Kylie has even been able to score her own spin-off show called Life of Kylie, which premiered on the E! Network back in the summer. Kylie obviously comes from a famous family and is related to fellow reality show stars, which helped her to get her foot in the door, but at just 20 years old she seems to have quite a bright future ahead of her.

1. Lies About Their Age: Anastacia

Anastacia burst onto the scene more than 20 years ago and has become a huge star in her own right in that time. The 49-year-old has already beaten cancer twice and now lives with Crohn’s disease, but even she admitted that when she first came onto the scene she was forced to lie about her age to get ahead.

Anastacia confessed that she told everyone that she was eight years younger than she actually was. When she gained worldwide fame from her breakthrough album Left Outside Alone, she told the world that she was just 22 years old when in fact she was 30. The American singer later confessed that she only did it because she felt pressure when journalists were asking her questions about her age and the year that she was born, so she thought it was easier to lie. It has now become common knowledge that she is almost 50 years old.