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Kevin Bacon wore a disguise to spend the day like a normal person and discovered it ‘sucked’

Headline from East Idaho News

(CNN) — As the game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” suggests, actor Kevin Bacon is pretty famous, and has been for a long time. The “Footloose” and “Friday the 13th” actor – who’s been in the business for well over 40 years and has two movies out this week, “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” and […]

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Reports & sources

11 articles, oldest first.

  1. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Kevin Bacon details his experience trying to be a regular person for a day: ‘This sucks’ (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    The recognizable actor sported an intricate disguise, including fake teeth, an altered nose and glasses, and successfully fooled people.

  2. Entertainment Weekly

    Kevin Bacon disguised himself as a regular person for a day: 'This sucks' (opens Entertainment Weekly)

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    Entertainment Weekly's feed description

    Kevin Bacon used special effects makeup to disguise himself as a normal guy — and hated the result: 'This sucks,' he joked. 'I want to go back to being famous.'

  3. Insider

    Kevin Bacon said he once walked around in LA in disguise, found out what it's like to be a regular guy: 'This sucks' (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    Considering how active Kevin Bacon has been in Hollywood since 1978, it comes as no surprise that he's accustomed to living life as a celebrity.

  4. East Idaho News

    Kevin Bacon wore a disguise to spend the day like a normal person and discovered it ‘sucked’ (opens East Idaho News)

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    East Idaho News's feed description

    (CNN) — As the game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” suggests, actor Kevin Bacon is pretty famous, and has been for a long time. The “Footloose” and “Friday the 13th” actor – who’s been in the business for well over 40 years and has two movies out this week, “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” and […]

  5. Variety

  6. The Guardian

    ‘This sucks. I want to go back to being famous’: Kevin Bacon’s experiment as a ‘regular person’ (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    The actor wore prosthetic teeth, nose and glasses to experiment with anonymity – but found queueing and a lack of adoration challenging

  7. Fox News

    Kevin Bacon used prosthetics to experience life as a normal person: 'This sucks' (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Kevin Bacon has been famous for decades. He once applied a disguise to experience life on the other side of fame, and he didn't enjoy it.

  8. New York Post

    Kevin Bacon recalls disguising himself as a normal person for a day: ‘This sucks’ (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Kevin Bacon recalled a moment in time he disguised himself as a non-famous person in a desperate bid to see what life was like for non Hollywood stars.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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