Revealed: A-listers who hid their privileged backgrounds - as Blake Lively is the latest star whose 'working class' upbringing doesn't quite ring true
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Revealed: A-listers who hid their privileged backgrounds - as Blake Lively is the latest star whose 'working class' upbringing doesn't quite ring true

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They live the glamorous life of red carpets, private jets, glitzy parties and never ending wardrobes, however some celebrities like to create the illusion that they are 'just like us' and are in fact ordinary people from modest beginnings. From Posh Spice's Roll's Royce to Ed Sheeran's homeless nights outside Buckingham Palace - the celebrities attempting to whitewash their backgrounds as fans slam Blake Lively's 'working class' upbringing Posh Spice sent fans into hysterics last year after her iconic Rolls Royce clip from her BECKHAM Netflix documentary went viral Blake Lively: Grew up in showbiz family Gossip Girl star Blake hails from a family of actors and has even been called a 'nepo baby' by some, therefore it fell rather flat when Ryan referred to the star as 'working class'. She made her acting debut at age 10 in the 1998 film 'Sandman,' directed by her father; seen with her parents in 2016 Blake grew up on sets and made her acting debut just aged 10 in the 1998 film Sandman which was directed by her late actor and director father Ernie Lively Victoria Beckham: Taken to school in a Rolls Royce Meanwhile Victoria Beckham sent fans into hysterics last year after her iconic Rolls Royce clip from her BECKHAM Netflix documentary went viral. Lana Del Rey has faced criticism for glamorising domestic abuse and painting an image of 'white trash' despite her father being a millionaire While the Born To Die hitmaker has insisted her father's found wealth came after her childhood she did attend a $65,000 a year Kent boarding school in Conneticut It's no secret that she was well-off during her upbringing, as her dad, Robert England Grant Jr., is a successful businessman that is said to be worth more than $1 million. Yet Vanilla Ice isn't the only rapper to lie about where he is from after the late Biggie Smalls also did the same, claiming he was so poor growing up that he would eat sardines for dinner The musician, who was killed in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles in 1997, also went to a private Roman Catholic school in Brooklyn Rick Ross: Styled himself as a gangster Elsewhere Rick Ross' expletive-laden rap songs boast about pushing drugs including 'dope', curating an image of himself as a gangster.

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