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\nWe live in a time where it is so easy to take pictures wherever you are – you just need to pull out your phone and push a button. And so many people take selfies these days in all sorts of places – not just in front of a nice view but also in places like their car, the bar bathroom, and their kitchen. This makes it easier than ever for things to go hilariously wrong in the background of a photo. From photobombs to unfortunate reflections to animals acting up, we think these crazy backgrounds make the photographs so much better.
\nIf you think about it, we can something take for granted the different things that go on in the background while we take pictures. We try to make sure our smiles are perfect, that our hair isn’t windswept, and that the lighting is just right. But what makes a picture extends beyond just those things. It lends itself to the beauty of our fellow neighbors appreciating us as we take our photos.
\nHere are some of our favorite photos where the background steals the scene.
\n[post_page_title]Caught in the act[\/post_page_title]
\nHave you ever noticed how people on the subway tend to mind their own business, trying to avoid making eye-contact with strangers? These girls are certainly doing that, taking a selfie in their own world, enjoying a night out on the town.
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\nThey\u2019re looking their best, dressed in black with their makeup and hair done, and they\u2019re feeling good. But what they failed to notice (maybe because those sunglasses make it hard to see) was that the woman behind them definitely wasn\u2019t feeling quite as great as them.
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\n[post_page_title]Unwelcome visitor[\/post_page_title]
\nWe\u2019ve all been photobombed at least once in our lives, when we think we\u2019re taking an Instagram worthy selfie but suddenly notice an unexpected presence in the background.
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\nUsually, it\u2019s just our little brother or annoying friend, but these girls were photobombed by something much more sinister. They were just trying to take a cute selfie together when they abruptly realized there was a third figure in the picture – and not a welcome one.
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\n[post_page_title]You-Know-Who[\/post_page_title]
\nOutdoor concerts can be a lot of fun in the summer – you get to sit outside and enjoy your favorite songs. But you never know who you\u2019ll run into at such events, since apparently anyone can show up, even the Dark Lord.
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\nThe girls in this picture were taking a selfie when they noticed something strange behind them: Lord Voldemort himself was sitting on the grass. We don\u2019t know what band was playing that day, but we do wonder what kind of taste You-Know-Who has in music.
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\n[post_page_title]Cluttered[\/post_page_title]
\nThe first thing we noticed when we looked at this picture was the unbelievable mess all over the floor of the room.
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\nThen we shifted our gaze and realized that there is actually a girl taking a selfie in the foreground of the photo. She is dressed up and posing, clearly trying for the perfect shot, almost as if she doesn\u2019t notice what\u2019s going on in the room behind her. We truly don\u2019t know how a room can get this messy but it looks like it\u2019s time to clean up.
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\n[post_page_title]Check the stall[\/post_page_title]
\nAh, the bathroom selfie, a classic way to demonstrate that you\u2019re out having a good time and looking your best.
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\nThere are often good mirrors and lighting in the restroom, and you can get the shot right after you finish touching up your makeup. But sometimes, mirrors can reflect more than expected – first we noticed a leg sticking out from under the door of the stall, and then we realized that there\u2019s a woman lying on the floor! We laughed, but hope she\u2019s okay.
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\n[post_page_title]Heads up[\/post_page_title]
\nBaby selfies are always adorable and funny, even without crazy backgrounds. This dad wanted a photo with his little kid, who is making just the cutest face ever, and he probably didn\u2019t look behind him before capturing the shot.
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\nHis dog just happened to be doing its business in the backyard right behind them. And so, thanks to very good timing, he ended up with this wonderful picture where it looks like a dog is marking its territory right on top of the baby\u2019s head.
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\n[post_page_title]Action shot[\/post_page_title]
\nPhotographs have the ability to freeze a moment in time forever, and that\u2019s exactly what happened here. The girl in the middle is posing for a photo, unaware of the shenanigans going on around her.
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\nAnd somehow, someone\u2019s cup went flying just as the photographer captured the scene. The guys all realize what is about to happen, and their looks of horror are plastered on their faces for eternity. The girl however, hasn\u2019t caught on to what\u2019s about to happen, so she\u2019s just smiling happily.
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\n[post_page_title]Third wheel[\/post_page_title]
\nIt was supposed to be the ultimate romantic couple photograph, but it turned into something else entirely.
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\nThe happy couple seems to be having the time of their lives, riding horses into the beautiful blue water and posing for a photo mid-smooch to preserve the moment forever. But they look like they have forgotten about their guide, who is holding the horses still at the expense of his own safety and comfort. Someone get that guy a life preserver!
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\n[post_page_title]Let me out![\/post_page_title]
\nIf you\u2019re a parent, your child is usually the center of attention, but there comes a time when you just want to take a selfie by yourself.
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\nThis mother went outside to try to get the most flattering shot of herself, but her child was having none of that. The little kid stood up against the door demanding mom\u2019s attention, but somehow the reflections created a dark figure behind the child. The longer we stare at it, the less we understand what it is. Spooky!
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\n[post_page_title]Nosedive[\/post_page_title]
\nThis beach really does look like the perfect setting for family vacation, with its perfect blue water and white sand. There are no waves which makes it safe for the little kids to play, too.
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\nThree generations came together to memorialize this perfect, relaxing day off, posing for a group photo. But somehow, despite the still water, the surfer in the background suddenly went head-over-heels right as picture was taken. It may not be the photo they had in mind but it makes for a funny vacation relic.
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\n[post_page_title]What are you looking at?[\/post_page_title]
\nWho doesn\u2019t occasionally take a selfie while trying on funny glasses? On first glance, this looks just like a regular harmless picture of a girl doing just that, but when you examine the picture more closely, you notice something else going on here – there\u2019s a man standing behind her!
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\nYou can see the back of his head clearly in the mirror, and it looks like he\u2019s checking her out without her knowledge. She probably wasn\u2019t so thrilled to see that reflection when she looked at her selfie later.
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\n[post_page_title]Busted[\/post_page_title]
\nWe see what\u2019s going on here. This girl was trying to feign a scene in which she fell asleep eating potato chips, but was caught in the act.
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\nHowever, she failed to notice a giant mirror behind her, perhaps because her eyes were closed as she snapped the selfie, so she was caught in an entirely different embarrassing situation. The question still remains as to why she was trying to stage this scene in the first place.
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\n[post_page_title]I\u2019m over here[\/post_page_title]
\nAh, a young couple in love. There\u2019s nothing quite like falling in love for the first time, and when you do, you want to flaunt it. Perhaps that\u2019s why this couple requested a photograph of them kissing on a bench one quiet night.
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\nHowever, they failed to notice that they weren\u2019t alone in the park, and their PDA didn\u2019t go unnoticed. There was a guy sitting nearby who just couldn\u2019t resist the urge to make a silly face, arguably ruining the photograph, but also making it oh so much funnier.
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\n[post_page_title]Rush hour, am I right?[\/post_page_title]
\nWhen you take a selfie, you can usually post it with whatever caption you want and assume that people will believe you. After all, why would you lie? That\u2019s a good question.
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\nThis girl posted a picture of herself in the car with the words \u201cThis traffic ugh\u201d underneath. Unfortunately for her, her sunglass show a perfect reflection of the road ahead of her – and it\u2019s completely empty! Not only is there no traffic but she\u2019s taking a selfie while driving, and that\u2019s dangerous.
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\n[post_page_title]Cold kid[\/post_page_title]
\nTrips to the supermarket are usually fairly uneventful and mundane. That, however, does not seem to be the case in this picture.
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\nThe girl looks inexplicably excited to be photographed in the supermarket, but even more surprising is what\u2019s going on behind her: There is a child inside of the refrigerator! While we have no idea how he got in there, the excitement on this girl\u2019s face is suspicious and we wonder if she had something to do with it.
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\n[post_page_title]Where\u2019s Waldo?[\/post_page_title]
\nIt turns out that the enigmatic Waldo is not so difficult to find after all. After we spent hours looking for him as children, combing the pages of books and pictures trying to get a glimpse of the red and white scarf, these two friends found him accidentally, in the background of their photo.
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\nThey were just trying to get a memento of their tasty meal together but instead accidentally uncovered the true location of the infamous cartoon character. Nice work, guys.
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\n[post_page_title]Nailed it[\/post_page_title]
\nIf you are a father, and you walk in on your daughter making this silly selfie pose, what do you do?
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\nThere are some dads who will simply ignore it and continue on with their business, some dads who might try to engage their little girl in conversation, and then there\u2019s this dad, who took the opportunity to make his own ridiculous face in the background of his daughter\u2019s photo. No matter that he wasn\u2019t even wearing a shirt, he struck a pose, and made this picture pure selfie gold.
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\n[post_page_title]This way up[\/post_page_title]
\nThe person who took this picture accidentally captured something very strange and unexpected on camera.
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\nAt first glance, it just looks like a nice picture of a man at a fast food restaurant, but if you look a little more closely you can see something concerning going on over his shoulder. There\u2019s a person holding a child upside down over his head! We don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on there but we hope the kid is just enjoying the ride.
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\n[post_page_title]Thanks, mom[\/post_page_title]
\nAs we have already seen, taking pictures near mirrors can be challenging, because the mirror reflects back what is really going on behind the camera.
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\nIn this case, the picture in the mirror reveals the photographer, who might not be the person you would expect. This bulked up guy wanted a picture showing off his muscles, and he seems to have asked his mom to take it. Not your usual choice but we think it\u2019s pretty sweet.
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\n[post_page_title]On a boat[\/post_page_title]
\nWhen this family leaned together for a picture during a boat ride, they didn\u2019t even stop to think about the man sitting behind them, because why would they.
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\nOnly later, when they saw the picture, did they realize what had happened. Due to the angle of the seats and their bodies, the man\u2019s legs blend into the woman\u2019s shirt, making it look like he is actually a tiny man, sitting on top of her. With his hand on his hip and his face to the sky, the illusion is complete.
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\n[post_page_title]Hang in there[\/post_page_title]
\nThese kids look like they\u2019re having a pretty good day, all dressed up for Halloween and playing outside on the swings.
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\nHowever, it can be tough for just one teacher to pay attention to all of the kids, even under the best circumstances. While the teacher pushes one kid on the swing, the little girl next to him seems to have forgotten which way is up, and the priceless and adorable yet slightly scary moment was captured on film.
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\n[post_page_title]Ice cream, you scream[\/post_page_title]
\nThere\u2019s nothing like a nice cold ice cream cone on a hot day. That seems to be the message that this girl is trying to send with this ice cream selfie, and the dog in the back seat seems to agree.
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\nIt is making a very funny face that is the epitome of jealousy – it wants some too, and to be honest, we understand that feeling completely. What would have been a pretty vanilla selfie turned into a hilarious dog photobomb.
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\n[post_page_title]Wedding crasher[\/post_page_title]
\nWhile nobody wants a stranger to photobomb their wedding pictures, we firmly believe that the guy in the background of this photograph actually made the picture even better.
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\nThe couple chose a beautiful location for the photo shoot, with the white walls and the water in the background. But then, a ninja jumped across the top of the picture at just the right moment. It\u2019s really quite impressive, and it makes the picture so much more unique than your run of the mill wedding photo.
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\n[post_page_title]Watch out![\/post_page_title]
\nIt was just a regular family trip to the aquarium, when this child\u2019s parents decided to take a nice picture of her in front of the beluga whales. One whale had other plans however.
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\nJust as the photographer pushed the button, the whale opened its mouth as if to eat the small child\u2019s head. Luckily we know that there is a layer of glass between them, or this picture would be scary. The timing really is impressive, though, and the beluga is the real star of this photo.
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\n[post_page_title]Family photobomb[\/post_page_title]
\nIn our humble opinion, this photograph is a masterpiece. One photobomber just wasn\u2019t enough here – an entire family made the background of this picture into something amazing.
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\nA family of four was sitting at a restaurant and decided to take a nice family picture. But there were only low dividers between the booths, and the family sitting behind them noticed the camera. Somehow, they quickly got into perfect formation and posed for the photo. It\u2019s truly genius.
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\n[post_page_title]Elmo\u2019s lonely[\/post_page_title]
\nTimes Square in New York City is one of the most popular tourist destinations in America. As such, there are plenty of characters who walk around, waiting to take photos with people.
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\nThey usually don\u2019t get into any altercations, but in this case, it seems that something\u2019s going on with Elmo. Maybe Woody\u2019s charm is getting him more pictures than Elmo, or maybe Elmo and Woody had a thing going on\u2026 we\u2019ll never truly know. But Elmo\u2019s sad, longing look definitely steals the shot.
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\n[post_page_title]Why the long face?[\/post_page_title]
\nAnimal photobombs are just the best. These friendly policemen were taking an on-the-job selfie, as they do, but the horse behind them decided that it wanted in on the action.
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\nNot only did it stick its head right in the picture (with perfect placement, we might add), it gave the camera a big ole horsy smile. What would have been a simple selfie turned into a hilarious picture of two cops and a very happy horse.
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\n[post_page_title]Sideline side eye[\/post_page_title]
\nAt first glance, this picture appears to be a nice photo of four charming friends at a Vikings football game. But look closer – do you see what we see?
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\nThe boy sitting a row back noticed the camera and reacted appropriately, effectively taking the focus away from the women. We give him a lot of credit because anyone who manages to steal the scene from these very good looking young women truly has a special talent.
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\n[post_page_title]Cheers[\/post_page_title]
\nWhen your parents are on vacation, they\u2019re bound to want a nice photo to frame on the wall when they get home. And that\u2019s what they were trying for here, with their big smiles and cold beverages.
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\nUnfortunately, they forgot that there was a rope swing behind them, and happened to time the taking of the picture at exactly the moment when a guy tried – and failed – to do a flip. All we can think when we see this picture is: that one\u2019s gonna sting!
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\n[post_page_title]Queen of photobombs[\/post_page_title]
\nThese lucky girls caught more than they expected in their selfie. Queen Elizabeth herself was in attendance at the 20th Commonwealth Games, in Glasgow, when she decided to prove what a cool lady she really is.
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\nShe saw two young Australian hockey players taking a selfie in front of her, and she gave them a winning smile. The hockey players were thrilled to see the Queen of England herself in the background of their picture, and posted it immediately on Instagram, of course.
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\n[post_page_title]Oh, baby[\/post_page_title]
\nEven though the baby in the window is probably too young to know exactly what he is doing, he is somehow perfectly photobombing a picture of another small child.
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\nThe photo is clearly being taken of the kid in the front, the one with the orange hat, and it would have been a pretty nice picture for his parents to show off, if the other baby hadn\u2019t gotten involved. For some reason, he squished his little face on the window of the cafe in the background, tongue and all.
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\n[post_page_title]Butterfly effect[\/post_page_title]
\nWhen you go to a butterfly garden, you should probably expect to come across some live butterflies. As far as we know, that\u2019s the point of the place.
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\nThe girl in the foreground of this picture seems to understand that reality just fine, and looks like she\u2019s enjoying her time with the butterflies, even posing happily with one. But behind her, there\u2019s a woman who is definitely not on board with the concept. A butterfly is coming towards her and she just looks terrified.
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\n[post_page_title]See you next fall[\/post_page_title]
\nA lovely picture of three good friends turned into something quite a bit darker when the guy and the girl behind them decided to try their hand at acroyoga or something.
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\nThey were clearly not properly trained for whatever they were attempting to do, and the young woman went crashing down on her face, just as the photograph was taken. We hope she\u2019s okay but we also aren\u2019t ashamed to admit that the picture made us laugh quite a bit.
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\n[post_page_title]Heads up![\/post_page_title]
\nWhen photographing sporting events, you have to always be prepared to snap the perfect action shot. This photographer did just that, although we have a sneaking suspicion that it was by accident.
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\nHe was waiting to catch this baseball player in motion, but the real action was happening in the stands. For some reason, someone decided to lower a child head-first over the fence. Maybe he dropped something and was trying to retrieve it, maybe he was just goofing off – either way, it certainly takes the focus of the picture.
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\n[post_page_title]Dog days[\/post_page_title]
\nSometimes, you want to take a nice selfie with your bestie, but you have to get the conditions just right. First you try outside but it\u2019s too sunny. Then you try in your room but the angle is off.
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![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/16120554\/funny-selfie-background-reflection-fails-58-589ae04e30be1__605.jpg\")
\nSo you finally lie down, frame the picture just right, and then your dog photobombs the shot. We think this dog knew exactly what it was doing when it turned around and looked directly at the camera.
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\n[post_page_title]Losing his head[\/post_page_title]
\nA parent took a picture of their child during a visit to their classroom. At first they thought they had just captured a regular picture, but then they looked closer and saw something pretty surprising in the background.
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![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/16120614\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-16-at-14.47.05.jpg\")
\nThere is a child\u2019s head just resting upside down on the ground! The kid doesn\u2019t look particularly concerned, so we aren\u2019t either. But it raises a lot of questions about this particular classroom and what exactly is going on here.
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\n[post_page_title]Last selfie[\/post_page_title]
\nThis woman took a selfie at a baseball game, when perhaps she should have been looking around her. She chose just the wrong moment to look away from the action, and a baseball came flying at her head.
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![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/16120646\/lastselfie.jpg\")
\nIn the picture, she\u2019s smiling brightly, clearly with no idea what\u2019s about to happen to her. It really made for a fascinating picture that we couldn\u2019t recreate even if we tried. That one probably left a mark, but we hope she wasn\u2019t hurt badly.
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\n[post_page_title]Fiji Water Girl[\/post_page_title]
\nFor anyone who didn’t watch the 2019 Golden Globe awards, allow us to tell you that the biggest star of the evening was an unlikely one. A model by the name of Kelleth Cuthbert seems to have completely stolen the show, even though she was only there to hand out Fiji water bottles.
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![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/08122102\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-08-at-14.20.25.jpg\")
\nThe young woman managed to photobomb almost every single picture taken that night and was caught posing with celebs such as Nicole Kidman, Amy Adams, and Kaley Cuoco. Needless to say, she got everyone’s attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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