Dolly Parton Had A Baby Left At Her Gate For Her To Raise, And 15 Other Celebs That Have Talked About The Incredibly Strange Things That Fans Have Done For Them

Taylor certainly has a diehard following, and she's seen her fair share of loving fan sentiment, she's even spoken about the honour of seeing fans that have her name tattooed on them. 

One that stands out for its unusualness, however, was when a dedicated fan showed their love by giving her a large real turtle shell that had her own face painted on it. She unsurprisingly remarked, "that was definitely a first!" 

We don't know where the shell came from, but it's certainly a peculiar gift!

Zac's fandom blew up after his appearance in High School Musical and he's received all sorts of gifts and fan mail ever since. One piece, in particular, stands out though – a fan once sent a piece of their own skin to the movie star.

He seemed to take it pretty well, however, and found it more funny than creepy – here was his response:  "Dude, imagine when I got it! It’s hilarious because you don’t know how to handle it. You’ll never get around it. I love all my fans."

It wasn't explained where or who the skin had come from, and I'd probably advise against this particular outpouring of love because, you know, it's pretty creepy. 

Robert's rather inconvenient fan 'gifts' came at a time when he was trying to quit smoking and was using toothpicks to try and alleviate the addiction. He didn't quite realise what his toothpick usage would mean, however, as he described:

"I quit smoking the other day and didn't even really realise I'd said anything about it. I've been chewing these fucking toothpicks all the time. Someone noticed in Cannes and literally the next day in Lisbon, then in Paris and in Berlin there were about 20 people on the red carpet giving me huge amounts of toothpicks. Thousands of them."

Lady Gaga has her fair share of avid followers, and the Little Monsters aren't short of creativity. One fan once surprised the singer with an interesting gift while she was performing onstage in Brisbane. 

While she was performing, the star was handed a large dildo from a fan. She was of course a bit shocked, but also found it funny, saying, “Are you telling me I’m not getting enough action?" 

She reassured the fan, if this indeed was the intent, by adding “Thank you very much for worrying about my sex life – but I will assure you that all is well!”

The music goliath has obviously been sent some extravagant gifts in her time, but she once reviewed a rather outlandish present. She was once sent a diamond-encrusted jar of Vaseline. Yep, that's right, someone clearly thought queen B couldn't simply de-chap her lips without a bedazzled jar!

Harry Potter is one of the biggest movie franchises with one of the most devout followers. So, being a man character you're bound to attract some attention. While much of it will be positive, there are some standout "WTF" moments indeed. 

Tom shared one experience with a fan that is kind of bizarre and frankly a bit scary: 

"One man wanted to adopt me. He had changed his name legally to Lucius Malfoy and wanted me to change my name to Draco Malfoy and to legally adopt me. I declined!”

Sticking with the Potter alumni, Daniel has also spoken about the odd things fans have done for him. He's been sent a variety of weird and wonderful gifts, including giant ears, Freddy Krueger masks, and scrapbooks of himself.

He also mentioned that one time, a fan sent him a photo of a milk bottle outside of a front door – the weird/scary thing being that it was his front door. 

Ever since One Direction took off, Harry has been inundated with fans trying to get a glimpse of the star – when he became famous his family resorted to keeping the curtains shut at their family home to stop people looking in all the time which he said was "a bit weird." 

He also revealed that the strangest thing he'd received was a sanitary towel which had his name on it. This was over a decade ago now, so who knows the things he's been sent since his stardom has risen even more, but a personalised sanitary towel is certainly something...

Of course, Marvel stands up against any movie franchise in terms of dedicated fandoms, and Tom's character Loki became somewhat of a fan favourite. The actor revealed that he's received all sorts of strange fan mail over the years, but one odd trend in fans sending him things came as a result of a specific moment in the first Thor movie, as he explained: 

"I have a spear in my hand and I make a huge leap to spear Chris – but he dodges out of the way. The spear is embedded into the ground, so I use the spear as a lever to spin myself around and kick him in the chest.

Well, some fans have interpreted this as emblematic of my hidden talent at pole dancing. I’ve received a surprising number of depictions of myself in a pair of tight briefs and a horny helmet dancing on a pole. That is pretty weird and hilarious."

It's safe to say everyone would be pleased to see Tom take up pole dancing if he ever fancied it.