Sex changes, killing cats, breaking legs: the most extreme fans ever
How far will fans go to be like their pop icons?
- Justin Bieber: In 2010, a web designer launched a Firefox add-on called ''Shaved Bieber'', which would erase all mentions of Justin Bieber from the Internet when enabled. One 15-year-old fan was so angry that she wrote a letter, saying: "I realize that you''re just stating an opinion, but what you''re doing is going back to World War II all over again. Hitler wanting to erase Jews from society - you want to erase Justin Bieber."
by Gigwise | Photos by wenn.com
Tags: One Direction
It's one thing to wait in the cold for an autograph from your favourite musician - it's quite another to break your own leg in order to be like your idol. But believe us, it has happened.
Today is was revealed that 20-year-old One Direction fan is going to extreme lengths to get closer to her idols - planning to undergo a sex change in order to look like boyband member, Harry Styles.
The 20-year-old fan Catrina Best, born in Ireland but now living in Portugal, is said to have spent thousands on trying to look like the former X Factor star and after being diagnosed as transgender is now taking hormone therapy and saving for a sex change operation. Best reveals her intentions to have a sex change to look like Styles in the new issue of Closer magazine.
But extreme behaviour from fans is nothing new - although rarely is it quite so life-changing. Check out some of the most extreme fan behaviour of all time, from murdering cats to people who have broken their own bones...
