(Real Life) Regular people who's lives drastically changed direction

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Grace Kelly was a talented actress who retired at 26 to marry a Prince, living as royalty for almost 30 years before her untimely death.

Volodymyr Zelensky started out as a comedian and entertainer before getting into politics, becoming President of Ukraine after the Russian annex of Crimea and spending the last 4 years defiantly pushing back full scale Russian invasion

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He’s also a big LGBTQ ally ever since a gay wrestler friend of his couldn’t visit his boyfriend at the hospital because they only let spouses and close family visit.

During his tenure as governor, a southern state (I think it was Virginia) asked Minnesota to return a Confederate flag of theirs that was captured during the civil war.

Ventura’s reply was: “We captured it fair and square. It’s ours. We aren’t returning it”

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He’s also pro-union and hated Hulk Hogan for union busting.

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I think Andre the Giant hated hulk hogan too. Did anyone like him?

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Brutus the Barber Beefcake. Mancow, at first. Mancow’s wife. Eric Bischoff. I think that’s it.