You see them strut the catwalk on the red carpet, with their flawless skin, expensive outfits, beautiful hair, and well-toned physique. They own palatial homes and drive expensive cars. Some of them have enough money to buy insurance for the weirdest purposes. If you’re wondering who this article is describing, then you’re about to enter the world of celebrities.
Clubbed thumbs or fingers is a deformity involving specific changes to the physical characteristics of your fingernails or toenails. Clubbing indicates an underlying medical condition of the heart or lungs.
Doctors diagnose clubbing by scrutinizing your medical history, family history or conducting physical exams to check your lungs and chest. By now, you have at least one celebrity in mind. Your perception is that of a person devoid of imperfections. You imagine someone like Damon Wayans or Charlize Theron; God’s gift to humankind.
The truth is these celebrities aren’t as near-perfect as you would imagine in the real sense. Most of them have flaws like the rest of us. Below is a list of celebrities with clubbed thumbs who have come out to publicly declare their imperfections.
1. Megan Fox
Almost everything about Megan Denise Fox, an American actress, and model, spells perfection. If it isn’t her silky black hair, then it’s her beautiful face. According to 80’s Kids, the actress has starred in movies like “The Transformers”, “TILL DEATH”, and “MIDNIGHT in the SWITCHGRASS”. If you’ve watched her keenly, you may have noticed her clubbed thumbs.
A clubbed thumb, also known as brachydactyly, is a condition that makes one or both thumbnails to be club-shaped. The thumb looks fat and round. Some people call clubbed thumbs “a murderer’s thumb” and are often associated with fortune-tellers. Over the years, Megan’s haters have taken advantage of her clubbed thumbs to body-shame her.
The countless trolls from haters have turned into blessings in disguise because she was voted as “The Sexiest Woman in the World” by FHM in 2008. Despite her flaws, Megan’s achievement in Hollywood depicts going against all odds to win big.
2. Malin Ackerman
Malin Ackerman is also another actress who’s appeared in dozens of films, the most popular one being “Watchmen .” According to Chicago Tribune, Malin has always viewed acting as more about vulnerability. She claims that being a celebrity means putting yourself out there to be judged and enjoyed. It is no surprise that she’s had her fair share of flaws, and some of her haters keep trolling her for it.
Besides having clubbed hands, Malin revealed in a recent interview about sustaining a second-degree scald. She accidentally poured hot water on herself on November 7, 2012, adding a poke in her already self-declared deformity.
She even went ahead to post a photo of her bandaged hand on her Twitter page. Apart from “Watchmen,” Malin landed an acting role in one of the most talked-about TV shows- “Billions”. The actress confessed that her flaws don’t stop her from being successful and that she’s grateful to the TV show producer for giving her the chance to showcase her acting prowess.
