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So the Pope was a bouncer...5 other celebrities with surprising job history

 

Kashmira Gander
Wednesday 04 December 2013 19:42 GMT
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When the Vatican and a nightclub appear in the same story, one could be forgiven for assuming it would involve a sermon on promiscuity and excess. Instead, the Pope made headlines for revealing his stint as a bouncer in Buenos Ares when he was a student. Just imagine his chest puffed out in a huge black coat: 'Can I see your ID, mate?' 'Of course, your holiness'.

Here are more jobs that the famous, and considerably less holy, had before they were household names.

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