27 Celebs Whose Kids Have Literally No Idea They're Famous

Posted 55 minutes agoSubscribe to BuzzFeed Daily NewsletterCaret Down27 Celebs Whose Kids Have Literally No Idea They're FamousKim Kardashian previously said, "It's pretty intense, but at home I'm not known. My kids have no clue what's going on."by Kristen HarrisBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink It's pretty common for parents to keep some family secrets until their kids are older. They can range from mild (like grandma's famous pie recipe) to momentous (like a hidden half-sibling). But imagine if your parents told you that they were actually some of the most well-known performers in the world! Here are 27 celebs who hid their fame from their kids: 1. Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song share two young children, Dakota and Carson. In 2025, Mac told Hot Ones, "My kids have no idea that me and Brenda are famous. They see mama on TV. When she's not around, I put on Suite Life...and you know what Dak said? He goes, 'Someday I want to grow up and marry a girl just as pretty as London Tipton.' ...

But they are thoroughly unimpressed that we're on TV and stuff like that. I'm not intending to raise a nepo baby." Taylor Hill / FilmMagic / Via Getty He continued, "It's like I've been famous, like, virtually my entire life. I take my kids to school and the other kids go, 'That's Dak and Carson's dad.' And I'm dad-famous there, and I want to keep that up, even if it's just temporary, even it's just an illusion. I've never felt more famous, like more complete famous, than that. I try to, at the very least, keep up the illusion." Amy Sussman / Getty Images 2. Zach Galifianakis has two sons. His younger son is named Rufus, but his older son's name has never been shared publicly. In 2021, Zach told Entertainment Tonight, "My kids think I'm a librarian somewhere. They don't even know. They think I'm an assistant librarian somewhere... You wanna protect their innocence as much as possible. They're just children. People used to come up to me and be like, 'Oh, my kids love The Hangover,' and I'm like, 'You're a terrible parent.' They need to mature a little bit before they see that." Monica Schipper / Getty Images for IMDb 3. Lin-Manuel Miranda has two young sons, Sebastian and Francisco. In 2019, he told Us Weekly, "They know I show up on TV sometimes, but they also have no idea [why]. They know that Daddy makes things up, and I think they're very proud of that. That makes me very proud." Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions 4. In 2021, Kate Winslet told the Times that, when her three children - Mia Threapleton, Joe Anders, and Bear Winslet - were young, she protected them from her fame as much as possible. For example, if she was on a magazine cover, she'd take them to school via a different route that avoided newsstands. Likewise, when they played at their friends' houses, she'd politely tell the parents that they didn't talk about her work. Kevin Mazur / Getty Images And it was effective! When Joe was 17, he was shocked that 400 people watched her virtual Q&A. He responded, "That's loads! Brilliant, Mum. Well done!" Similarly, Mia only discovered her mom's role in Jude from someone else who worked on the movie. Kate said, "I've just never rammed it down their throats. I just don't go on about it. I go to work. It's hard and difficult, and when I come home, I don't want it to be hard and difficult anymore. I want to snuggle up, read them James and the Giant Peach, and have some toast." Jon Kopaloff / Getty Images In 2025, Mia, who's also an actor, told Elle, "I really could count on one hand - both hands possibly - the amount of times that I went to set as a kid. My mother really strived to keep that world separate from our home life. That's something that she really wanted. She would say, 'All of their experiences will be theirs and theirs alone' -which is exactly what has happened." Joe Maher / Getty Images 5. Emily Blunt and John Krasinski have two young daughters, Violet and Hazel. In 2021, Emily told the Times, "I really understand that, what Kate [Winslet] did. I really get it... It's a strange thing to navigate, you know. Because Hazel came home the other day, and we were in the kitchen, and she goes, 'Are you famous?' And I'd never heard her ... we've never said that word in our house. We don't talk about it... Someone at school had clearly said it. I was like, 'Um...not really, I don't think I am. Did someone say that to you, Haze?' She said, 'Yeah,' but then she wouldn't divulge much more, you know, but it's weird. It's weird." Gilbert Carrasquillo / GC Images / Via Getty She continued, "I don't want my kids to feel any more important or special or that there's a glare on them any more than other kids. If they can remain oblivious for the longest time, I'd be thrilled. They don't even want to see what I do. They don't even like it when I put on makeup. They don't like any of it! They just want me to be their mummy." John Lamparski / Getty Images Then, in 2022, John told Late Night with Stephen Colbert, "