Most celebrities aren't exactly known for their humble, modest life and for surrounding themselves with 'average' people. Tools like Photoshop and AI image generators are helping people to visualize what celebrities look like without fame and wealth.

This trend isn't exactly "new," as thousands of celebrities' photoshopped images in many scenarios have been around the internet for ages. However, a new AI trend is appealing to fans' curiosity about how these public icons might look or act if they weren’t constantly in the spotlight. Here's the full story of the celebrities as normal people trend.

What Is The 'What Celebs Would Look Like Without Fame and Wealth Trend'?

The American artist Danny Evans was one of the first individuals to upload pictures on the internet showing celebrities in random "everyday settings." According to The Next Web, Evans started to create the altered images in early 2006 to "illustrate how photoshopped most celebrity photography is."

Almost two decades later, in May 2025, a few netizens started to use AI tools such as ChatGPT and Grok to recreate the same idea of altered images portraying famous celebs in average scenarios. TikTok user @rrhester posted the earliest known version of the celebrities without fame and wealth trend, using an AI-generated image of actors Tom Holland and Zendaya.

How Did The 'Celebrities As Normal People Trend' Gain Traction On Social Media?

The AI images created by @rrhester quickly spread across multiple social platforms, with users sharing both AI and photoshopped images of various celebrities as normal people. Some of the most notable examples include AI images of stars like Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds as modest, everyday folks.

How To Do The 'Celebrities As Normal People Trend'

People typically start by either creating their own AI-generated images using ChatGPT, Grok or any other AI tool to edit existing photos of celebrities to show them in everyday settings like grocery shopping, working a 9-to-5 job, or relaxing at home. If you're confident with your Photoshop skills, you can also achieve these realistic or exaggerated transformations.

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For the full history of What Celebs Would Look Like Without Fame and Wealth Trend, be sure to check out Know Your Meme's encyclopedia entry for more information.