10 Bizarre Hollywood Urban Legends

10. Jamie Lee Curtis Was Born A Hermaphrodite

Here's a Hollywood legend that has been kicking around for decades, that Jamie Lee Curtis was in fact born with both male and female genitalia, before having it corrected. The rumour began when Jamie Lee started acting in films, and being known as the daughter of power couple Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, two of the best-looking and most revered stars of their era, many were surprised that Jamie Lee ended up looking so gender-ambiguous. People then began to connect their own dots, claiming that the name Jamie Lee was chosen as to subscribe to both genders, and that her choice to adopt children is because she was unable to conceive as a result of her corrective surgery. Jamie Lee has never addressed the rumour as is probably the best course of action, but there's no doubting her womanly presence if you've ever watched that striptease scene with Arnold Schwarzenegger in James Cameron's True Lies. Nevertheless, the legend persists, and probably will even when she's no longer with us, unless she decides to come clean or dispel it.
 
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