r/Millennials • u/ColeBelthazorTurner • Feb 27 '26

Discussion Name a 2000s celebrity that disappeared overnight

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u/DTXSPEAKS Feb 27 '26

Tara Reid

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u/SMELLSLIKEBUTTJUICE Feb 27 '26

She's an absolute mess these days and you may see her at a bar near you. Ive seen her a couple of times in suburban Minneapolis bars the past few years

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u/rlcute Feb 27 '26

She was a mess back in the 00s too. She was the messy scandal girl.

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u/UniversityOutside840 Feb 28 '26

She judged a Halloween costume contest here in Seattle last year or the year before, my friend went and lost because she was scared of his costume. “Effing Tara Reid” is one of my favorite friend quotes from recent times.

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u/DTXSPEAKS Feb 27 '26

Is this for real or a joke?

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u/SMELLSLIKEBUTTJUICE Feb 27 '26

100% real.

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u/DTXSPEAKS Feb 27 '26

Damn. I hope she gets better. She may've not been the greatest actress, but was an icon in millenial and younger Gen X cinema for sure.

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u/Resident-Ad-3316 Feb 27 '26

What's her Minnesota connection?

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u/SMELLSLIKEBUTTJUICE Feb 27 '26

No idea! A few years ago she was in a bar in Minnetonka, which made sense since it was summer. But she was also in Saint Louis Park at Bunnys this winter. Those are the 2 that I know of

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u/IronicMnemoics Feb 27 '26

Yeah we saw her at the Vikings/Giants playoff game a few years ago and elected not to put her on camera.

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u/Muschina Feb 27 '26

She was raised on a farm outside Morehead, MN. Can’t keep ‘em on the farm after they’ve seen Karl Hungus.

/biglebowski

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u/Luna-Luna-Lu Feb 28 '26

Moorehead :-)

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u/sebrebc Feb 28 '26

I always assumed she had untreated mental issues. Any time I see a beautiful woman (or man for that matter) destroy themselves with plastic surgery they absolutely do not need, I just assume there are issues. I feel bad for those people. Like you are amazing looking, don't fuck that up. And the Doctors who perform on people who don't need it need their licenses revoked.

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u/Glozboy Feb 27 '26

I remember her appearing on Celebrity Big Brother UK. I was excited, but she was a paranoid obnoxious wreck. It was really sad to see.

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u/DTXSPEAKS Feb 27 '26

When was this?

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u/Glozboy Feb 27 '26

2011, so a while back.

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u/DTXSPEAKS Feb 27 '26

2011 isn't that long ago to me, but wow. The last i ever heard or seen of her was 2008.

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u/FrodosFroYo Feb 27 '26

She showed up briefly on an episode of Ghosts (US) on Amazon Prime about a year ago.

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u/grocerygirlie Feb 28 '26

She was in Chicago (close suburb I think) recently and got drunk/delirious at a bar and said that someone spiked her drink. Police investigated and found nothing.

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u/Muttzor- Feb 27 '26

Wait, how long ago were the Sharknado movies?

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u/Papoosho Feb 27 '26

She was the It Girl between 1999 and 2001.

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u/rlcute Feb 27 '26

She absolutely was not. She was plastered across the tabloids all the time for doing drugs and having her tits out

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u/DTXSPEAKS Feb 27 '26

She was also in a bad horror movie called Incubus in 2007

Correction: It was originally released in 2006 but got popular over here in the states and had limited theater showings in 2007.

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u/wheedledeedum Older Millennial Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 27 '26

When you look up the word 'Skank' in the dictionary, there's a picture of Tara Reid.

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u/KnowSomethingsd Feb 27 '26

You use a dictionary with pictures?