People are asking the same question after photo resurfaces of celebrities together as kids
Topics: Celebrity, Nostalgia, Ryan Gosling, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake
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Featured Image Credit: Instagram / @90sanxiety
Topics: Celebrity, Nostalgia, Ryan Gosling, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake
A picture including three Hollywood celebs together as children has resurfaced, but there's one person that is puzzling everyone.
If you thought that Hollywood celebs only rubbed shoulders later on in their careers, you would be wrong.
It would appear that some A-listers are each other's day ones, and started working together all the way back in the early 90s.
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The four stars in the picture were part of the popular Mickey Mouse Club show, that aired on Disney Channel between 1955-1996.
The show featured a range of skits, music videos from the Mouseketeers, live concerts and different themes for episodes to view on TV.
Child actors used the show to boost their careers, and when you look at the alumni, it's safe to say it did the trick.
Christina Aguilera and Keri Russell both went onto to have majorly successful careers after appearing on the show.
However, the three celebs in the nostalgic picture, are arguably the most notable.
Ryan Gosling sits in the middle of the clan - easier to spot than most.
It seems as though his appearance hasn't changed much over the course of 30 years.
None other than Britney Spears is to his left, and shot to fame five years after featuring as a Mouseketeers.
On the right is former NSYNC frontman Justin Timberlake, and 10 Grammy awards later, it seems as though the Mickey Mouse Club show really paid off.
But there's another person in the picture, that didn't quite reach the same level of stardom.
The caption of the post read: "Britney Spears, Ryan Gosling, Justin Timberlake & TJ Fantini."
And it wasn't just a couple of people who weren't aware of who TJ Fantini is.
One said: "I was about to make a smart ass comment about who’s TJ Fantini but then I realised I’m even more of a nobody than TJ fantini so I decided to just keep my mouth shut."
But one helpful viewer left a comment explaining who he is: "Retired from acting. Today he's a council member in the state of Washington and continues to do music now as a hobby."
He has 'Musician / Entrepreneur' in his Instagram bio, and posts regularly with his wife and child.
Maybe it wasn't the Mickey Mouse TV show that propelled the A-listers to where they are now, but if not, it's great coincidence.