The Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers is another squad that has had some prominent athletes shine while members of ther organization. However, there's no denying that Junior Seau is the California-based football team's greatest athlete of all-time. Throughout the '90s you couldn't mention the San Diego Chargers without bringing up Junior Seau. He's one of the most passionate and knowledgable linebackers of his generation and had the ability to read an offense that would allow him to audible his defensive coordinator's play without causing a problem.
The Oceanside, California-bred, multifacted linebacker played his college ball at the University of Southern California where he earned All-American honors during his senior year in 1989. Seau would go on to be picked 5th overall in 1990 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers where he played thirteen seasons out of the twenty years of his NFL career. Seau led the Chargers to their last Super Bowl appearance in 1995 in Super Bowl XXIX. All twelve of Seau's Pro Bowl invites were when he was a member of a Chargers and the linebacker took home the trophy for Defensive Player of the Year in 1992. Unfortunately, Seau took his own life in 2012 after suffering from complications from CTE. Seau's death has sparked the conversation of player safety in the NFL.
They may be beautiful, rich and famous, but celebrities are human too, and that means they're just as prone to getting sick as the rest of us. And just like us, some celebs even live with chronic conditions that can take a toll on their day-to-day lives. But eczema – also referred to as dermatitis – is a common dry skin condition. Symptoms include dry, itchy, red and scaly skin. In more extreme cases, the skin can crust and bleed. According to the National Eczema Association, 1 in 10 individuals will develop eczema in their lifetime. And given these statistics, it’s hardly a surprise there are a few celebrities out there who have eczema too.
The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, 37, suffered from eczema in her teens. Kate was bullied heavily whilst attending Downe House girls’ boarding school, according to the Duchess’s friend Jessica Hay. According Hay, Middleton’s bullies made fun of her eczema. ‘It didn’t help that she was so tall and self-conscious about her eczema,’ Hay told CelebNow. Studies have shown children with moderate and extreme atopic dermatitis are more likely to suffer from conditions like anxiety and low self-esteem, which has a knock-on effect on their school work and ability to make friends.
Although Brad Pitt, 55, has not spoken about the issue himself, his co-star Cate Blanchett disclosed that Pitt was suffering from eczema during filming of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. In an interview with Scotland’s Daily Record, the actress said, ‘We went through three weeks of make-up tests and he was covered in eczema from it all.’ Blanchett sweetly loaned Pitt her skin cream to deal with the dermatitis, that had developed due to the use of prosthetic makeup worn during filming. Prosthetic make-up isn’t the hugest concern for us non-Hollywood folk, nevertheless, what is a concern, is how makeup can trigger eczema flair up. Unless makeup brushes are constantly washed (let’s be real, they’re not), they become a breeding ground for bacteria. This can lead to clogged pores and irritated sensitive skin.
Adele, 31, stated that her eczema flared up when she became a new mom. During a press conference in 2013 after her Golden Globe win for Best Original Song for the Bond film Sykfall, the singer said: ‘I am exhausted. That’s how [motherhood] changed me. I have eczema from boiling bottles.’ Research carried out by the BMJ (formerly known as the British Medical Journal) has revealed that contact dermatitis has the potential to have ‘detrimental’ impact and in the worst case scenarios can even threaten some sufferers ability to work.