Michelle Pfeiffer revealed to the UK’s Telegraph that when she first came to Hollywood at age 20, she became involved in a cult who called themselves “breatharians”.

The now 55-year-old actress explained that when she first met the couple who introduced her to the lifestyle, she thought they were simply personal trainers.

“They were very controlling,” said Pfeiffer, and the relationship quickly soured.

“I wasn’t living with them but I was there a lot and they were always telling me I needed to come more. I had to pay for all the time I was there, so it was very financially draining.”

The breatharian philosophy held that food was unnecessary and that people should rely solely on air and sunlight for their nutrients.

Pfeiffer was finally able to break away from the cult when she began dating her first husband, Peter Horton, who was about to begin filming a movie about cults.

After helping Horton with his research, she said “it just clicked.” That was when Pfeiffer realized the group she followed was a cult and immediately began to get out.

Glad to see the “Fabulous Baker Boys” star is eating a healthy vegan diet these days, which she credits for her ageless beauty. – Lindsay Little

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The vast list of vegan celebs includes some notable heavy hitters: Bill Clinton, Paul McCartney, Emily Deschanel (who recently had a vegan pregnancy), Mike Tyson (!), and of course, director James Cameron.

While accepting an award at the National Geographic Society’s 125th anniversary gala, Cameron, director of epic films including “Titanic” and “Avatar”, recently spoke about his choice to adopt a vegan diet. Cameron received the “Explorer of the Year” honor from the National Geographic Society for his 2012 solo dive to the deepest point in the Pacific Ocean.

“I’ve had an epiphany recently,” Cameron said to the guests, which included some of the world’s top scientists and explorers. “I want to challenge all of you as people of deep conscience, people who are environment stewards of the earth and oceans[…]by changing what you eat, you will change the entire contract between the human species and the natural world,” he said.

Cameron’s switch to a vegan diet last year clearly changed his life: “I felt like I was waking up from a long sleepwalk. I believe we are all sleepwalking off a cliff if we don’t do this,” he said to the guests.

Along with wife Suzy Amis, who apparently triggered the family’s shift to a strictly plant-based diet, Cameron also recently turned his New Zealand dairy farm into a crop farm instead of raising animals for food, saying that he didn’t want to be a hypocrite.

So why is Cameron so adamant about veganism? Perhaps the folks at Comedy Central’s South Park summed it up best in Season 16’s episode “Raising the Bar” (about his deep sea dive): “James Cameron doesn’t do what James Cameron does for James Cameron. James Cameron does what James Cameron does because James Cameron is James Cameron.” Well damn. We’ll drink a glass of almond milk to that. Cheers, James Cameron.

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