They’re scared of what?
FANGS ain’t always funny for Rob Brydon, who has a phobia of snakes, as we revealed yesterday.
Now the 56-year-old
ADELE
Phobia: Seagulls
The singer, 33, below left, says her fear started when eating an ice cream aged nine: “This huge f***ing seagull came down and swiped it off me… I thought it was going to take me away with it.” KRISTEN STEWART Phobia: Horses
A nagging fear of steeds plagues the Twilight actress after she fell off one as a child. The 31-year-old says: “I hate them.” She admits being terrified riding one for her film, Snow White And The Huntsman.
EMINEM
Phobia: Giraffes
The rapper, 49, top, right, can’t stand them: “I have a weird thing with giraffes, man. I don’t like their necks.” He also has a serious fear of owls.
ORLANDO BLOOM
Phobia: Pigs
The actor, 44, is reckoned to have a case of swinophobia after he “ran like crazy” when a porker escaped on the set of his movie Kingdom Of Heaven.
Gavin and Stacey star, left, is trying to overcome his lifelong fear.
It is one of the more common phobias, along
TAYLOR SWIFT
Phobia: Sea urchins
The spiny creatures leave the singer, 31, petrified. She explains: “They’re like a grenade. They’re sitting waiting to injure you.”
NIALL HORAN
Phobia: Pigeons
The ex-one Direction star, 28, says he can’t stand the birds “after one flew in through my bathroom window and went for me!”
RIHANNA
Phobia: Fish
The singer, 33, has been terrified of them since she had a panic attack when swimming in the sea off Barbados seeing “all these tiny fish swimming around my feet.”
NICOLE KIDMAN
Phobia: Butterflies
Known as lepidopterophobia, the fear has plagued the Aussie, 54, since she was a kid. She says: “There is something eerie about them.” Kylie Jenner has it too.
JAKE GYLLENHAAL
Phobia: Ostriches
In his film Prince Of Persia, the 40-year-old was chased by the birds and ended up scared stiff of them. He says: “They can kill you with their beaks, tear off your face with their claws.”
SCARLETT JOHANSSON
Phobia: Cockroaches
The Black Widow star, 36, once woke up to find a cockroach on her face and has been left horrified by the insects, saying: “I cannot stand cockroaches.”
TYRA BANKS
Phobia: Dolphins
The model, bottom, left, has had delfiniphobia since she was eight when she suffered recurring bad dreams about them. Now 47, she says: “You think a dolphin is sweet and friendly – not to me.”
KATIE HOLMES
Phobia: Raccoons
The actress, 42, says the animals creep her out. She recalled encountering one staring at her “like he’s going to kick my butt.”
WALT DISNEY
Phobia: Mice
Plenty of people are afraid of the scuttling rodents, but even the creator of the iconic Mickey Mouse character is said to have suffered from musophobia.