Gruesome Twosomes: Weirdest Athlete-Celebrity Pairings of All Time

One of the most interesting things about our beloved sports stars seems to be who they fraternize with off the court or field. Whether their relationships are work or personal, couples like Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian capture big headlines and often leave us scratching our heads.

Here are some of the oddest celebrity pairings of all time.

Lady Gaga and Tim Tebow

Apparently, Tebowmania has won over Lady Gaga, who tweeted after Tim Tebow's overtime playoff victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers that "Thats what the f*** a champion looks like."

And of course Tebow retweeted that, right?

All of us headline-hopefuls are just aching to see these two kids get together. A genre-bending, bisexual, gay rights-advocating singer dating the prototypical Christian, conservative, golden boy?

Those headlines write themselves.

Either way, it's weird enough that either of these two could even tolerate the other, let alone become fans of each other.

David Beckham and Snoop Dogg

What do you get when you combine a soccer star known mostly for being pretty and a rapper who is known for his drug use? You get an incredibly weird friendship.

Apparently, Beckham thinks this is weird too. What makes it even weirder is that they are apparently starting their own clothing line together.

Please give me your guesses on what this line will consist of in the comments section.

Billy Crystal and Gheorghe Muresan

Gheorghe Muresan was a 7'7" center from Romania who had a brief NBA career in the mid- to late-1990s with the Washington Bullets and New Jersey Nets.

In 1998, Muresan starred in the film My Giant with Billy Crystal. The movie is basically about a guy who finds a Romanian who is huge and tries exploit him in the American film industry. It was written by Crystal and supposedly based on the life of Andre the Giant.

All movies like this are weird, but this one in particular is. Every time I see Muresan and Crystal together, I just find it strange. Almost like Crystal exploited Muresan in the movie just as his character in the movie had.

Muresan also played a ventriloquist dummy in Eminem's breakout video My Name Is.

John McEnroe and Everyone...

John McEnroe has hung out with just about every random celebrity you can think of. This link will take you to a slideshow where you will see evidence of McEnroe hanging with Ronald Reagan, Jon Bon Jovi, Bill Cosby, Tom Hanks and Muhammad Ali.

My particular favorite is Meatloaf, who is pictured with McEnroe above. When I look at the picture, I just can't help but think three things:

1. Meatloaf has no idea where he is.

2. No one else in the picture knows who he is.

3. Meatloaf thought he was attending a football game.

Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian

You probably don't find this weird for the same reason I do. My main reasoning is the simple fact that Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian are both weird-looking. In this picture, both have a very goofy look on their face.

I have to say I am surprised they've lasted this long. We'll see how the move to Dallas affects their relationship.

Well, we won't. Come on, you don't actually expect me to watch Lamar and Khloe, do you?

LeBron James and Tim Tebow

Ever since LeBron James defended Tim Tebow against critics like Merril Hoge, a bit of controversy has stormed about their friendship.

James originally defended Tebow back in August, and has supported him recently as well. Tebow responded and now the two have a lovely little Twitter friendship.

Tebow even tweeted to Skip Bayless, long-time ESPN LeBron-basher and Tebow-lover, saying that Skip should show LeBron some love. This prompted Skip to go on a diatribe about why Tebow shouldn't be Bron-Bron's friend anymore.

Here is a link of Bayless and his frequent cohort Stephen A. Smith discussing LeBron befriending Tebow.

Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny

This movie is weird. Michael Jordan gets sucked down into Looney Tunes land to play a basketball game against aliens, who are also cartoons. He has to win the game to keep the Looney Tunes from being enslaved on the aliens' planet.

Plus, the aliens steal basketball talent for themselves from then-current NBA players like Charles Barkley.

Jordan is recruited by Bugs Bunny. Anybody else just see this as a feeble attempt by Bunny to boost his sagging popularity by riding Air Jordan's coattails?

Anyway, this movie also had Wayne Knight and Bill Murray in it, making it even weirder but a bit more fun.

Lee Corso and Burt Reynolds

Lee Corso isn't just that goofy old guy on ESPN who puts on the funny hats. He's also the former goofy roommate of Burt Reynolds.

He and Reynolds both played for Florida State in the 1950s. Each had a funny tidbit to say about the other. Reynolds has said that Corso was always really funny, even in the huddle. Corso has said that he often would score with the girls Reynolds didn't want.

Sweet deal for him. Reynolds' castoffs had to be better than the girls he could have gotten on his own.

Did I forget a particularly odd pairing? Let me know in the comments.

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