These Celebrity First Kiss Stories Will Leave You Cringing With Pure Embarrassment

We all remember our first kiss, right? So here’s a question for you: was yours romantic or awkward? If the answer’s awkward, don’t worry. As it turns out, lots of celebrities share your pain. Yep, from Robert Pattinson to Charlize Theron, these famous faces all have unique and cringey stories to tell about the first-ever time they locked lips. Brace yourselves, folks!

40. Taylor Lautner

A first kiss should be memorable, wouldn’t you agree? Well, that wasn’t quite the case for Taylor Lautner. As he told the Seventeen website, “I don’t remember what year, but it was definitely in junior high. I think it was just with a random girl from school. I mean, it’s not like I walked up to her and [said], ‘You’re just a random girl and I’m going to kiss you,’ but it was just a girl from school.” How... romantic?

39. Lucy Liu

Picture this – someone you’ve been crushing on takes you to the movies and then moves in for your first kiss. Sounds cute, right? It wasn’t for Lucy Liu, though. She informed Entertainment Weekly that her trip to watch Return of the Jedi as a teenager ended with an embarrassing smooch. The actress was far from impressed.

38. Kate Beckinsale

While a party might not seem like the most unusual place to enjoy your first kiss, Kate Beckinsale isn’t too fond of the memory. Why? Well, as the actress told The Late Late Show, she locked lips with a guy at a get-together – just after he’d chowed down on a “meat lover’s pizza.” Oof. And to make matters worse, Beckinsale was into vegetarianism back then. What a disaster!

37. Harry Styles

During a chat with Top Of The Pops magazine, Harry Styles dished the dirt on his first lip-lock. “I was 11 and I was in my house with my best friend and this girl and her friend. We were just watching a film and then we kissed,” the music star recalled. “I think I pretended I’d kissed someone before because it was cooler. Was I any good? Probably!”