Male Celebrities Who Stripped Before They Were Famous

Ginuwine

The Pony singer’s dance moves have had people wondering if Ginuwine was a stripper before he got famous.

But when he was asked the question, he wouldn’t answer it directly. But Ginuwine did laugh, responding with, “I used to dance a lot.”

Was that an admission? What do you think?

Channing Tatum

Once Magic Mike came out, more than a few women recalled seeing Channing Tatum in a similar situation as his character. And soon, pictures of Tatum’s days as a stripper in Florida were leaking all over the Internet. They are slightly NSFW, but definitely worth a peek!

Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino

Before he was a Jersey Shore star, Sorrentino was flashing his situation at a strip club. He spent most of his time as a (shirtless) waiter. But he did confess to stripping down once during an interview with Jay Leno:

“I really didn’t like the costume … My birthday is on the Fourth of July so they had some like, I don’t know if I was Uncle Sam, but it was some sort of Uncle Sam with a thong and I wasn’t really feeling it.”

Jeff Timmons

Once his career with 98 Degrees cooled down, Jeff Timmons entertained the ladies another way: by joining the Chippendales revue in Las Vegas in 2011!

Jake Pavelka

Remember Jake Pavelka from The Bachelor? We thought the reality star would immediately go back to being a pilot after the season ended. Instead, he began hosting at Chippendales in 2012!

Javier Bardem

When the No Country For Old Men star was 20, he started stripping on the weekend to earn more money. But this story has one more surprise: Bardem invited his mother to see him perform!

“I danced one night in a place, there was a club. And they asked for a guy to kind of make a striptease and I did it… It was for ten minutes. I needed money … My mother was there in the audience. She was so proud.”

That’s one understanding mom!

David Hernandez

David Hernandez’s stripping past caused a minor American Idol scandal when photos of his Dick’s Cabaret days found their way onto the Internet. Because this wasn’t the first case of a stripper on AI, David was allowed to stay.

Brad Pitt

Before Brad Pitt was one of the biggest heartthrobs in the world, he danced in an all-male group called the “Dancing Bares” at the University of Missouri!

Joey Lawrence

Joey Lawrence went from having the best guns on Blossom to being Chippendales’ biggest star back in 2012. But only for a little while. Lawrence’s stripping career only lasted three weeks. But rumor has it that he got totally nude!

Ian Ziering

In 2013, 90210 star Ian Ziering proved that it’s never too late to get the ladies’ hearts fluttering when he joined Chippendales.

Chris Pratt

Love shirtless Chris Pratt from Guardians of the Galaxy? Well, back in the day you could have seen Pratt take it all off — for just $40 a performance.

But Pratt says you probably would have wanted to save your money: “It was very low-rent. I was like the very, very low-rent Magic Mike.” Apparently, Pratt couldn’t even afford costumes — but we bet it was still worth the $40! Or at least $20…

Game

Was Game, aka, Jayceon Taylor, a stripper? This rumor first started when 50 Cent released the mixtape G-Unit Radio Part 21: Hate It or Love It with someone who certainly looks like The Game on the cover.

Game cited Photoshop sorcery for the picture. But Game’s stepfather has chimed in to say that the rumors are true. Game allegedly stripped just a few times and that was it.

Mark Consuelos

Mark’s wife — Kelly Ripa — was the one to spill the beans on her husband’s stripper past. She told Vanity Fair that her husband was encouraged to do it while he was waiting for his big break.

Kelly says her husband isn’t the only one: “A lot of guys in Hollywood have done that.” We bet she has a lot of juicy names to add to this list!