Webbed Toes And Clubbed Thumbs: Celebrities With Physical Deformities

These days, celebrities are held to a standard of near perfection. But in spite of their beauty, talent, glamour and charisma, celebrities are still just as imperfect as the rest of us. Whether it be webbed toes, clubbed thumbs, or third (and fourth!) nipples, you may be surprised at just how many of our favorite celebs have physical deformities.

Funnyman Damon Wayans


Funnyman Damon Wayans was born with a clubbed foot, a fairly common birth defect affecting nearly one in 1,000 people. As a child he underwent surgery to have the foot corrected

 Jennifer Garner, Deformed Toe

 
Jennifer Garner’s mangled looking toes are actually the result of brachymetatarsia, a condition in which one or more toe bones are much shorter than the others.

Ke$ha, Tail

 
Twenty-seven year old Ke$ha was born with a vestigial tail. She revealed the deformity to British magazine Heat, explaining, “I had a tail when I was born. It was a tiny tail, about a quarter of an inch. Then they chopped it off and stole my tail.”

Taye Diggs, Twelve Fingers
 
Taye Diggs was born with an extra finger on each hand but had the additional digits removed as a child, long before he became famous.

Dan Aykroyd, Webbed Toes

 
Original SNL castmember Dan Aykroyd has a condition known as syndactyly; more commonly known as webbed toes.

Gary Burghoff, Deformed Hand

M*A*S*H star Gary Burghoff suffers from a congenital deformity that affected the development of his left hand

Kate Bosworth, Different Eye Colors

Kate Bosworth belongs to a small group of people with heterochromia iridium – two different eye colors. Other celebrities with the unique condition include Mila Kunis, Kiefer Sutherland and Elizabeth Berkley.

Andy Garcia, Conjoined Twin

 
Academy award nominated actor Andy Garcia was born with a conjoined twin attached to his shoulder. It wasn’t until he was a toddler that doctors surgically removed the unformed fetus.
Drew Carey, Eleven Toes


Drew Carey revealed in his autobiography, Dirty Jokes and Beer: Stories of the Unrefined, that he was born with an extra toe on one of his feet

Elizabeth Taylor, Extra Eyelashes


Elizabeth Taylor was born with a condition known as distichiasis, which causes eyelashes to grow within the eyelids and can result in eye irritation, inflammation, scarring and even ulcers.

Denzel Washington, Twisted Finger


As a child, Denzel broke his pinky finger playing basketball and never had it set properly. To this day, the finger is still twisted.
Ying Yang Twins, Missing Fingers & Limp


D-Roc and Kaine of the Ying Yang Twins were both born with physical defects – a trait that both members say connected them as children and artists. D-Roc has nubs instead of fingers on his left hand, and Kaine suffers from a mild form of cerebral palsy that causes him to limp.
Ashton Kutcher, Webbed Toes


While promoting a film on British talk show Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, Ashton Kutcher revealed that he has webbed toes. His explanation for the deformity? “When everything else is this good looking something’s gotta be messed up!”

Sanaa Lathan, Clubbed Thumbs


Sanaa Lathan has a common deformity known as clubbed thumb, or Brachydactyly. It’s a genetic condition characterized by short, bulbous thumbs and wide nail beds.