Patrick Swayze was a 'flirt' and Ariana Grande hung out with 'snobby entitled rich girls': Former classmates of A-listers reveal what they were REALLY like at school

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Former classmates of some of the biggest names in showbiz have revealed what they were like before they found global fame.

Lifting the lid on celebrities' awkward high school years, thousands of people took to social media on Friday lift to spill the beans on their peers - and many of them do not get off lightly.

Reddit users claiming to have gone to school with the stars claimed Patrick Swayze was a 'flirt', Emily Ratajkowski struggled to make friends, and Sandra Bullock treated her peers like 'second class citizens'.

Social media users have taken aim at celebrities online, lifting the lid on what they were allegedly like in high school, and singer Ariana Grande does not come off lightly

Ariana Grande, pictured as a schoolgirl, cropped up in three separate testimonials, with one person claiming a former classmate had described her as a b****

Pop starlet Ariana Grande cropped up in three separate testimonials, with one person claiming a former classmate had described her as a b****.

When fellow Redditors pressed for more details, they explained that she hung out with 'snobby entitled rich girls' - while a second added that she was 'obnoxious'.

'In one of my yearbooks, though, she has a page in the back, which I guess is kinda cool,' they wrote. 

One Reddit user claimed their mother had known the late Patrick Swayze, and found that he 'always had an ego'. 

One Redditor claimed that Ariana Grande (pictured in 2008) hung out with 'snobby entitled rich girls' had high school - while a second added that she was 'obnoxious'

One Reddit user claimed their mother had known the late Patrick Swayze, and found that he 'always had an ego', while others took aim at pop starlet Ariana Grande online

'I guess he knew he was good [at dancing] and was always a flirt and could be obnoxious,' they wrote. 'But [he] wasn't necessarily a bad person if you asked her.'

They added that their mother was 'really torn up' when the star died from pancreatic cancer in 2009. 

Fuzzydrawing's claim to fame was a family friend who had attended high school with Miss Congeliality star Sandra Bullock.

'Apparently she was a total b****,' they wrote. 'Treated everyone as if they were second class citizens not worthy to lick her shoe.' 

She may be America's sweetheart now, but one former classmate of Sandra Bullock, pictured left in a school photo, described her as a 'total b****', who 'treated everyone as if they were second class citizens not worthy to lick her shoe'

One Redditor claimed that Emily Ratajkowski had a 'skate rate boyfriend' as a teenager and said she 'couldn't really decide whether she wanted to pursue modelling or art'

Sandra Bullock was labelled a 'total b****' while Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson started off as a 'nice guy' before turning in to a 'huge douche' when he made it onto the football team

One poster claimed to have gone to Freedom High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, with Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson.

'He was actually a really nice guy when he transferred during Junior Year,' they wrote.

'But then he was just a huge douche to everyone because he made it big on our football team, but he's still true to our tradition, which is to hate [rival high school] Easton.'

Among the Reddit testimonials were also some glowing reports of kind and sweet celebrities who never 'let fame get to them'. 

Seraphus said Blake Lively was nothing like her Gossip Girl character at high school.

'I had a few classes with her throughout three years. She was also my TA for one of them. She was pretty cool. 

'I always ended up seated next to her so it became kind of a running joke through the years. She seemed down to earth and not stuck up. I dated one of her friends for a couple of months,' they said.  

Blake Lively was nothing like her Gossip Girl character at high school (pictured left). 'She seemed down to earth and not stuck up,' one Redditor said 

One social media user said his sister in law grew up and went to school with Ryan Gosling (left). She said 'he was very sweet and kind of shy'

A user called Sharks Everywhere said they were at school with Nicole Kidman in Sydney in the early 1980s and she  was 'really smart'. Kidman appeared in BMX Bandits (left) in 1983 

Seraphus said they went to school with Blake Lively and had a few classes with her throughout three years 

Another Reddit user said their cousin went to school with Ashton Kutcher 

Ashton Kutcher was described as 'a super chill guy and a sweetheart' at school

Meanwhile, life in the fastlane999 said his sister in law grew up and went to school with Ryan Gosling. 

'She said he was very sweet and kind of shy. Everyone was apparently surprised when he got in The Mickey Mouse Club and was on TV,' the wrote. 

Ashton Kutcher was described as 'a super chill guy and a sweetheart' at school by one user who added: 'My aunt has run in to him a few times when he's been back home and he's always been really nice. So that's cool.' 

A user called Sharks Everywhere said they were at school with Nicole Kidman in Sydney in the early 1980s.

'She was not in my group but there was a lot of cross over. She was really smart and was semi-famous even before she left school but was ordinary in many ways. It's great she has found international success,' they said. 

One Redditor claimed their mother had known the late Patrick Swayze, and said he 'always had an ego'. 'I guess he knew he was good [at dancing] and was always a flirt,' they wrote

Alpha_lemming said they had gone to school with boxing champion Mayweather who they described as 'academically dumb as a post' and having his own 'inner circle' at high school

Classmates of Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson (pictured left at high school) said he was 'a really nice guy' but that he became 'a huge douche to everyone because he made it big on our football team'

An ex-classmate of former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson apparently described him as 'a tw** then and he's a tw** now'

Another user laid into Jeremy Clarkson, who his father allegedly went to school with. 

'In his words, "he was a tw** then and he's a tw** now,"' they wrote.

One person said their cousin had attended New York City's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School alongside Nicky Minaj, writing: 'They almost got into a fight with each other.' 

Alpha_lemming claimed to have rubbed shoulders with boxing champion Mayweather who they described as 'academically dumb as a post'.

'You were either in his inner circle or had no idea who this kid was,' they wrote. 'And his inner circle the most hardcore, at a hardcore city school'. 

Intriguingly, one anonymous poster described model and actress Emily Ratajkowski as someone who struggled to make friends. 

One person said their cousin had attended New York City's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School alongside Nicky Minaj (pictured in her student days) , writing: 'They almost got into a fight with each other'

Jazz musician Norah Jones (pictured left in her school days), who has sold millions of albums, was described as 'shy and introverted' with a former classmate claiming it was 'hysterical' that she is now a global star

'Totally weird now that she's a big model and sex icon': One anonymous poster described model and actress Emily Ratajkowski as someone who struggled to make friends

'We shared a bunk bed and dorm room. She was nice, a great artist, kind of valley girl-ish, but pretty down to earth actually, very pretty girl. 

'She actually had kind of a tough time making friends within the program, like she wasn't interested in doing so.'

They added that the pin-up had a 'skate rate boyfriend' at the time and said she 'couldn't really decide whether she wanted to pursue modelling or art'. 

'Totally weird now that she's a big model and sex icon,' they added.

Pop art icon Andy Warhol, who grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was nicknamed 'The Golden Boy' because he spray-painted his hair and wore head-to-toe gold, according to hippygrandad.  

Another star who found himself on the receiving end of less than favourable descriptions were noughties heartthrob Chad Michael Murray - labelled a 'douche'

Other stars who found themselves on the receiving end of less than favourable descriptions were Chad Michael Murray, Rhonda Rousey and Nashville star Hayden Panettiere

Meanwhile, jazz musician Norah Jones was described as 'shy and introverted' with a former classmate claiming it was 'hysterical' that she is now a global star.

Other stars who found themselves on the receiving end of less than favourable descriptions were noughties heartthrob Chad Michael Murray - labelled a 'douche' - and Rhonda Rousey who was described as 'super cocky'.

Nashville star Hayden Panettiere, meanwhile, was also slammed by Redditor ThatRugReally who wrote: 'My friend was on the episode of "Malcolm In The Middle" where Hayden played the babysitter with her. She would pinch my friend to get her to mess up her line.'