38 People You Grew Up With And Permanently Think Are Twentysomething But Are Now In Their 50s Or Almost There

A few years ago, I did a post about everyone from your childhood turning 40.

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Rider Strong, he's 41.

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Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images

Devon Sawa, he's 43.

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And Josh Hartnett? Well, he's 43.

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Kevin Winter / Getty Images

Basically, you're old.

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But that's not all.

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Soooo, the other day I learned Eminem just turned 49.

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Kevin Winter / Getty Images

I found out Kevin Richardson of the Backstreet Boys just turned 50.

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Mario Magnani / Getty Images

And Snoop Dogg? He turned 50 today.

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Happy 50th Snoop!

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That's when I realized I'm on death's door because *so* many celebrities we grew up with are nearly or are over 50.

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Let's start with people who are 47, because I swear we'll blink and they'll be 50.

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Tyra Banks is 47.

at the vicki's secret fashion show photo opp
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And here's what she looks like now:

Lil Kim is also 47.

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And here's what she looks like now:

Steve-O is 47.

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And here's what he looks like now:

Bayside's finest, Mark Paul Gosselaar and Tiffani Thiessen are 47 too.

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Nbc / NBCUniversal via Getty Images

And here's what they look like today:

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Posh and Sporty are 47.

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David Corio / Redferns / Getty Images

Here's what Victoria looks like:

And here's what Mel C looks like:

Nick Lachey is 47.

with jess in 1999
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And here's what he looks like today:

Breckin Meyer of Road Trip fame is 47.

in 1994
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And here's what he looks like now:

Monica Lewisnky is 48.

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And here's what she looks like now:

at the american crime story premiere
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Gabrielle Union-Wade is 48.

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And here's what she looks like today:

Juliette Lewis is 48.

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And here's what she looks like today:

Pharrell is 48.

he doesnt age
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And here's what he looks like today:

Carson Daly is 48 too.

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Here's what he looks like today:

Mark Hoppus of Blink 182 is 49.

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And here's what he looks like today:

He actually just found out he's cancer free.

Cameron Diaz is 49.

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Ron Galella, Ltd. / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

And here's what she looks like today:

Geri Halliwell is the oldest member of the Spice Girls at 49.

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And here's what she looks like today:

Ricky Martin is also 49.

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Vince Bucci / AFP via Getty Images

And here's what he looks like today.

Chris Kirkpatrick is the oldest member of NSYNC at 50.

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And here's what he looks like now:

Johnny Knoxville is 50.

in 2001
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And here's what he looks like now:

Missy Elliott is 50.

smiling in 1997
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And here's what she looks like now:

Tyson Beckford is 50.

at the billboard awards
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And here's what he looks like now:

on the dating game looking hot still
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Tom Green is 50.

on a payphone
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And here's what he looks like now:

Lil Jon is 50.

with a crunk cup
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And here's what he looks like now:

Myspace Tom is 50.

his arm around some man
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And here's what he looks like now:

Jay-Z is 51.

in 1996
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And here's what he looks like now:

at a movie premiere
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So is Sean Diddy Combs.

in the recording studio
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And here's what he looks like now with his six kids:

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Nookie aficionado, Fred Durst, is 51.

in the mid 90s with bleach blonde hair
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And here's what he looks like now:

with a bad wig
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Fat Joe is 51.

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And here's what he looks like today:

Sean Hayes is 51.

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Nbc / NBCUniversal via Getty Images

And here's what he looks like now:

Brendan Fraser is 52.

in the early 90s
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And here's what he looks like today:

smiling with a lil stubbly haircut
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David Boreanaz is 52.

on a red carpet looking like the guy from buffy
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And here's what he looks like today:

on the tv show seals
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Gwen Stefani is 52.

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Nbc / NBCU Photo Bank / NBCUniversal via Getty Images

And here's what she looks like today:

literally the same as she did in the 90s
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Jennifer Lopez is 52.

in 97 looking youthful in a floral dress
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And here's what she looks like today:

literally the same
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And last but not least, Paul Rudd. He's 52.

in 1999 looking like 2021
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And he looks exactly the same as he did when he was 20.

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Bye!

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