40 Celebs Who Were Friends Before They Became Famous

40 Celebs Who Were Friends Before They Became Famous

Adele and Jessie J

Adele and Jessie J became fast friends (and even occasionally sang together) when they attended the London-based BRIT school, a prestigious performing arts academy, as teenagers.

Ryan Gosling and Justin Timberlake

Before becoming international heartthrobs, Ryan Gosling and Justin Timberlake were just your average Mouseketeers. In the early ’90s, when Gosling and Timberlake were in their teens, the two bonded (and, according to People, their families even shared a house at one point) while appearing on Disney Channel’s The Mickey Mouse Club, just like Spears and Aguilera.