--- title: Celebrity Friendships: See the Most Surprising Pairs description: Even famous people need BFFs canonical: https://time.com/3525690/surprising-celebrity-friendships/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-07T14:01:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:22.200Z og:title: The Most Surprising Celebrity Friendships og:description: Even famous people need BFFs og:url: https://time.com/3525690/surprising-celebrity-friendships/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf152548dab3d86ec/698761dc06f2c1cd943317d5/anthony-weiner-jon-stewart.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Stewart and Weiner og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Most Surprising Celebrity Friendships twitter:description: Even famous people need BFFs twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf152548dab3d86ec/698761dc06f2c1cd943317d5/anthony-weiner-jon-stewart.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 18 Surprising Celebrity Friendships by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Nov 7, 2014 2:01 PM UTC  Well, at least they used to be friends — Jon Stewart and Anthony Weiner lived together after college, but the politician has blamed the satirist for making politics more cynical. Well, at least they used to be friends — Jon Stewart and Anthony Weiner lived together after college, but the politician has blamed the satirist for making politics more cynical.Getty Images (2) by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Nov 7, 2014 2:01 PM UTC Okay, so maybe not all of these pairs of celebrities are actually BFFs — but at least they’re Fs, in many case practically forever. Who would have thought that politicians and comedians, rappers and actresses and reality stars and reality stars could form such lasting bonds? _Read next:_ [_See 34 Actors Who Dressed Up In Fabulous Drag_](http://time.com/3517652/actors-drag/?xid=time%5Freadnext)  Prince William and the actor Eddie Redmayne went to posh British school Eton together — and were even in the same campus club together. Getty Images (2)  Kirsten Gillibrand and Connie Britton did a summer study program in Beijing together while they were undergrads at Dartmouth. Getty Images (2)  The triple crown: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Duvall and Gene Hackman. In the late 1950s, Hackman helped Hoffman find a place to stay in New York, and his new roommate was Duvall. Getty Images (3)  Well, at least they used to be friends — Jon Stewart and Anthony Weiner lived together after college, but the politician has blamed the satirist for making politics more cynical. Getty Images (2)  Tommy Lee Jones and Al Gore were roommates at Harvard. Tina Fineberg—AP  Another high-school pair: Zach Braff and Lauryn Hill were schoolmates in New Jersey; he's said that she was at his Bar Mitzvah. Getty Images (2)  A classic: Harper Lee and Truman Capote. The acclaimed authors were childhood pals in Monroeville, Ala., and rumors (since disproved) circulated for years that he had actually written 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' Getty Images (2)  David Duchovny and JFK Jr. went to middle school together in New York City; Duchovny told Howard Stern that the two once roomed together on a class trip. Getty Images (2)  Cameron Diaz and Snoop Dogg went to Long Beach Polytechnic High School together, and the actress has said that she probably bought drugs from the rapper at some point. Gary Gershoff—WireImage/Getty Images  Nicole Richie and Kim Kardashian were friends growing up — there's even proof on Instagram — but Paris Hilton sometimes got in the way. Pascal Le Segretain—Getty Images  The late, great actors Christopher Reeve and Robin WIlliams met as students at Juilliard. Frank Edwards—Fotos International/Getty Images  The idea of one-time party-scene stalwarts Drew Barrymore and Courtney Love as friends isn't so surprising...until you remember that when they became friends Barrymore was still of elementary-school age. Kevin Mazur—WireImage/Getty Images  Frances McDormand and Holly Hunter met at drama school and lived together. Jim Ruymen—AFP/Getty Images  Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito: another roommate pair for the ages. Walter Weissman—Corbis  One's known for being funny and one's known for being GOOPy, but in grade school Maya Rudolph and Gwyneth Paltrow were known as friends (and for their famous parents). Dana Edelson—NBC/Getty Images  More roomies! Judd Apatow and Adam Sandler lived together early in their careers. Jon Kopaloff—FilmMagic/Getty Images  It's not surprising that 'Office' co-stars John Krasinski and B.J. Novak are friends, but that they've been friends for so long: since little league. Dean Hendler—NBC/Getty Images  Ben Affleck. Matt Damon. Not actually surprising at all. 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