Looking Back
HOT GALLERY: Celebs and Their Back to School Confessions!
Grab your band uniform and start practicing your comebacks, because school is back in session. You might be surprised at some of the A-listers who suffered the wrath of mean girls and bullies, but the teasing they survived may be part of the secret to their success. By Kacey Arnold
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THEN: Jennifer Garner, Senior Yearbook, George Washington High School, Charleston, West Virginia, 1990
When Jen was a kid, her full saxophone-blowing lips earned her the not-so-flattering moniker Liver Lips, but when Jimmy Kimmel outed Jen’s former GW pep on a recent episode of his show (go to 2:31 for his reveal or see how he redeemed himself at 3:29), she maintained her pride. "I was proud of it [being a band geek]," Garner told People. "I picked it [the sax] up again a couple of years ago, and I sound god-awful now!" Fortunately, her pouty pucker also came in handy for landing Ben Affleck!