2000s Celebrities Who Vanished From The Spotlight
by Jeremy HayesBuzzFeedBuzzFeed Contributor
Easy come, easy go with fame (sometimes for the best). On the always "lit" subreddit r/Millennials, Reddit user u/ColeBelthazorTurner asked: Name a 2000s celebrity that disappeared overnight. Here are just some of the top responses that will make you go, "Oh yeah, I forgot about them":
1.
"American Idol originally had two hosts: Ryan Seacrest and Brian Dunkleman. After the first season, Dunkleman thought he was at peak American Idol fame and left for other opportunities. Seacrest became a household name, and Dunkleman was forgotten."
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—u/DroopyMcCool
2.
"Holy cow. I haven't thought about Craig Kilborn in 20 years."
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—u/AttachedHeartTheory
3.
"Clay Aiken and/or Ruben Studdard."
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—u/whyUT-urp
4.
"They tried to make Taylor Lautner into an action star, that mission failed."
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—u/Gullible-Constant924
5.
"Tila Tequila."
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—u/protein_factory
6.
"I was expecting Jon Heder to be the next big comedy star."
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—u/Suspicious_Use_7561
7.
"Chris O'Donnell."
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—u/GeauxCup
8.
"Chris Kattan, but I recently found out why he has been out of the limelight. Bad neck injury."
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—u/Swayze_Castle
9.
"Eliza Dushku."
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—u/Bananasinpajaamas
10.
"Jay Mohr."
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—u/Suspicious_Use_7561
11.
"Dane Cook? Although I didn’t think he was that funny back then, I remember he used to be everywhere: movies, award shows, and stand-up specials."
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—u/Dsarg_92
12.
"Fairuza Balk."
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—u/FeralQueenC
13.
"Whatever happened to Jason Mraz?"
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—u/RancidOgre
14.
"Andy Milonakis."
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—u/overpriced-taco
15.
"Jamie Kennedy."
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—u/UncleGarysmagic
16.
"Oliver James. I had such a crush on him in Raise Your Voice and What A Girl Wants."
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—u/Fragrant-Camera4860
17.
"Scott Wolf."
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—u/Josephthebear
18.
"Tom Green."
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—u/LowOrbitQuietMyth
19.
"Sean William Scott was everywhere in the early 2000s, but you rarely hear anything about him now. I think he’s still acting, but his career never took off in the way I thought it would."
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—u/el_disko
20.
"Emile Hirsch."
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—u/Littlewing1307
21.
"Jesse Camp."
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—u/Farts_constantly
22.
"Ethan Suplee. Boy Meets World, Blow, Remember the Titans, American History X, a bunch of Kevin Smith Films. Dude was everywhere then disappeared and maybe popped up randomly. Last I saw a few years ago he dropped a ton of weight, go healthy and was pretty ripped. Really happy for him with that transformation, it could not have been easy."
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—u/chefblaze
23.
"Freddie Prinze Jr. (although he kind of said he left showbiz to focus on his family, so kudos to that)."
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—u/Iamoldsowhat
24.
"Remember when Alyson Stoner was in everything? I thought she had it made."
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—u/AerialAce96
25.
"Kevin Federline."
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—u/2PhoneCapone
26.
"Paula Abdul."
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—u/oliversmama1
27.
And finally, "Jessica Alba."
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—u/MorganL420
Can you think of someone who was huge in the 2000s and is basically no longer famous now? Comment below!
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