We're not sure whether 'Alex From Target' counts so much as a meme, or just an outrageously over-the-top expression of lust from the girl who first discovered him when she was doing her shopping. Alex - full name Alex Christopher LaBeouf - was innocently going about his job when a girl in the queue decided he looked like Justin Bieber, and put a picture of him on Twitter. Apparently, the rest of the internet agreed, and he soon went viral as an everyday heartthrob.
LeBeouf seemed to take the picture another way; he took one look at his own pose, and decided that he wasn't looking buff enough. Perhaps taking inspiration from his own surname - which loosely translates as 'the beef,' he became a regular visitor to the gym. His thousands of Instagram followers can watch him bulk up in real time, and he's managed to convert his moment in the spotlight into a little acting work. He has a credit for appearing in 'Coming Home,' which was released in 2016.
Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.
Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.
Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.
Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.