Celibacy: the stars who joined this surprising Hollywood trend!

This devastatingly ripped 60-year-old singer shared with the Guardian in May 2024 that he hasn’t been in a serious relationship for nine years and is saving himself for the day that comes. "Yes. It's a spiritual thing," he said, adding he'd love to be in a relationship now, but he thinks he might struggle. "I have become very set in my ways, in the way I live."

In 2022, Barrymore shared on her blog that she hadn't been intimate with another person since she broke up with her ex in 2016. "Since entering life as a single mom, I have not been able to have an intimate relationship," she wrote. “I have just finally come to the epiphany that love and s e x are simply not the same thing.”

In 2019, the singer told Vogue that he had a "legitimate problem" with intimacy and was more than a year celibate when he met his current wife, Hailey Bieber. "I think s e x can cause a lot of pain. Sometimes people have sex because they don't feel good enough. Because they lack self-worth. Women do that, and guys do that," he said. Then, the couple waited until marriage, in keeping with their Christian faith.

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Comedian Hope Woodard is trying to give celibacy a rebrand, telling the New York Times that the term has too many religious connotations for her. She has a monthly show in New York called 'Boysober' where she talks about her break from intercourse. "I’m a little bit angry at myself and angry at all the s e x that I've had that I feel like I didn't choose," she was quoted as saying by the NYT. "For the first time ever, I just feel like I have ownership over my body."

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Back in 2010, Gaga went against the conventions of the day, telling the Daily Mail that she is celibate, and even urged her fans to do the same. "I remember the cool girls when I was growing up," she said. "Everyone started to have s e x. But it's not really cool anymore to have s e x all the time. It's cooler to be strong and independent… You don't have to have s e x to feel good about yourself and if you're not ready, don't do it… I'm celibate, celibacy's fine."

This father of 12 has turned to celibacy on a few occasions. First, he vowed to wait until marriage when dating Mariah Carey. Then, he said on his talk show that he did it again when he learned he was expecting his eighth child. "I felt like I was out of control and honestly, celibacy did help me through the journey of getting one with myself and being able to deal with this," he said.

This rapper sings openly about her experiences, but she has also been open about bouts of celibacy. She even called on her audience to do the same. "Stop being a f—- h 0 e," Minaj told her audience in 2024. "Abstain from s e x and find out who you are first. And then, the universe will do it for you." In 2017, she also said she had taken a break.

The actress who skyrocketed to fame after a strange, short, and very public relationship with Kanye West said on TikTok in 2024 that she has been celibate for 2.5 years. "Never been better," she added.

This Victoria’s Secret model said she was celibate until age 27 when she married her husband Marko Jarić in 2009. "S e x is for after marriage," Adriana told GQ in 2006. "If there’s no respect, that means they don’t want me." Yes, she’s Catholic.

The model, rapper, and betrayed ex of Cher's current bf Alexander Edwards (shown), said on the Sofia with an F podcast that she is done with dating. "I don't want to share my house or my life with anyone… I don't want anyone around my kids. I don't want to have s e x, no, ew. It's so gross," she said, adding that the dating pool has gotten "worse than ever."

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