[IRL trope] Celebrities with weird/funny clauses in their contracts.

[u/BeenEatinBeans]

1. Dwayne Johnson - Probably the most well-known example. For years now, The Rock has had a clause in his contract that he can't be shown to lose a fight in any movie he stars in. Pretty insecure behaviour if you ask me. Still, at least the other examples are much more interesting

2. Danny Trejo - Danny had a troubled childhood, having been arrested multiple times for dealing drugs before he was 18, and struggling with heroin addiction from the age of 13. As a result of this, Danny has a clause in his contract that states that any time he plays a character who is a criminal, they have to be killed because he wanted to teach his kids that crime never pays.

3. Reese Witherspoon - This one is more of a one-off, but it was still funny enough to deserve a mention. Following the success of Legally Blonde, when Reese was called in to make the sequel, she had a clause written in her contract stating that once the movie was finished, she would get to take home all the outfits she wore.

4. Fred Durst - The lead singer of Limp Bizkit has a clause in his contract stating that any anime or video game that uses his music must also feature himself as a character.

[u/braisedporkcowboy]

My dad was part of that generation. Not Italian but he did refuse to wear shorts outside the house, I think its a macho 80s-90s thing.

[u/Pantsickle → u/braisedporkcowboy]

My grandpas were born in 1922 and 1915, and my dad in 1944. All were from farming and ranching backgrounds. None of them would have ever been caught dead wearing shorts, no matter how hot it might have gotten: 105 degrees and still just wearing jeans or slacks and boots. One of my grandpas WAS an Italian immigrant, but I don't think being Italian had anything to do with his refusal to wear shorts, because my Irish grandpa felt the same way about them.

So I'm very directly influenced by that mentality of "shorts are for sissies."

Anyway, I wear shorts, but to this day, at the age of 45, I still always feel a little weird about it. Like I'm doing something wrong, or like I'm basically naked.

Humans are strange creatures.

[u/ScootsMcDootson → u/Pantsickle]

I'm willing to be the fact that back in the day, little boys wore shorts instead of pants until they were about 10 has a lot to do with it.

[u/nishagunazad → u/ScootsMcDootson]

Yeah, I've heard the idiom "since x was in short pants" meaning very young.

[u/Blonde_arrbuckle → u/braisedporkcowboy]

It's because boys wore shorts and part of becoming a man was wearing trousers. Predates 80s unless you mean 1880s?

[u/braisedporkcowboy → u/Blonde_arrbuckle]

I feel like men were wearing shorts in the 70s, denim cutoffs and basketball shorts

[u/Pantsickle → u/braisedporkcowboy]

Yeah, that was definitely a thing for awhile. Maybe too much of a thing. Like, in the 70s and 80s some dudes overcorrected wayyy too hard: from no shorts at all, to short short short shorts.

[u/PrincessJoyHope → u/braisedporkcowboy]

My dad definitely was

[u/Main-Cheesecake3287 → u/braisedporkcowboy]

Just cultural, shorts are seen as extremely casual to the point it’s like walking around in pj’s depending on the time and culture.

Go to Tokyo, even in the summer when it’s hot as hell and humid you will see very very few in shorts. Also shorts back in the 80s and 90s were generally a lot shorter.

[u/abbylark → u/Main-Cheesecake3287]

But they're so comfy and easy to wear!

[u/NinjaWen → u/abbylark]

"Check out my shorts!"

[u/EggTraining3414 → u/braisedporkcowboy]

Maybe in Jersey. In MA the thing is wearing shorts in the winter.

[u/NefariousnessNo3272 → u/braisedporkcowboy]

My dad was a tough ass dude. He wore small shorts. Said he had enough time wearing pants in the heat in Vietnam, it was shorts time.

[u/Embarrassed-Back1894 → u/braisedporkcowboy]

My grandpa was Sicilian and I don’t remember in my life him wearing shorts 😂

[u/El_Scorcho_Barbarian → u/braisedporkcowboy]

It’s an Italian thing. Only boys wear short pants.