Christina Aguilera, Tina Fey and More Celebrities Who Don’t Drive — and Why Not!

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Christina Aguilera, Tina Fey and More Celebrities Who Don't Drive — and Why Not!

Perhaps their busy schedules got in the way of driver’s ed? Whether it be a car service, public transportation or a pal giving them a lift, Tina Fey and Christina Aguilera are among the celebrities who get around without personally operating an automobile. “I don’t have a license anymore,” Fey revealed during a January 2014 appearance on Jerry Seinfeld’s web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, noting that she didn’t feel the need to drive as a resident of New York City. The 30 Rock star then recounted an experience where she had to operate a car while filming a commercial. “I was like, ‘Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.’ I was, like, not telling them that I couldn’t really do it,” she admitted. “I forgot to put the car in park and then got out and ran in front of it. … I almost ran myself over.” While the Saturday Night Live alum’s decision not to drive is based mostly on where she lives, other stars have fears about getting behind the wheel. [jwplayer 4Uo9GEKR-zhNYySv2] "I don't drive," Aguilera revealed during a May 2011 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. "Well, I have a driver's license and I got it when I was 21. … I am terrified of driving in L.A., with paparazzi, running them over, you hear stories." Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Teddi Mellencamp has also been candid about the anxiety that driving gives her. “When I moved to L.A. at 17, Waze didn’t exist. … Wasn’t long til my first fender bender, and since then the anxiety [has] existed,” the Indiana native wrote via Instagram in December 2020 alongside a car selfie. “Sometimes it goes away inexplicably, but more often than not I can only drive to my ‘comfort zones,’ meaning places I’ve been to a million times.” Mellencamp continued: “I’ve spent many years crying behind my steering wheel. But instead of concealing it, I’m sharing with the world; because while I may have a fear of driving, the fear is never going to drive me.” The ALL IN by Teddi founder’s phobia has led her to dream of hiring a chauffeur. When asked what she wanted for Christmas in December 2018, Mellencamp told Page Six: “A full-time on-demand driver who will take me anywhere any time I want without surge pricing. I despise driving. Especially in LA.” Scroll through to see which famous faces don’t drive — and find out why:

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Christina Aguilera, Tina Fey and More Celebrities Who Don't Drive — and Why Not!

Perhaps their busy schedules got in the way of driver’s ed? Whether it be a car service, public transportation or a pal giving them a lift, Tina Fey and Christina Aguilera are among the celebrities who get around without personally operating an automobile. “I don’t have a license anymore,” Fey revealed during a January 2014 appearance on Jerry Seinfeld’s web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, noting that she didn’t feel the need to drive as a resident of New York City. The 30 Rock star then recounted an experience where she had to operate a car while filming a commercial. “I was like, ‘Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.’ I was, like, not telling them that I couldn’t really do it,” she admitted. “I forgot to put the car in park and then got out and ran in front of it. … I almost ran myself over.” While the Saturday Night Live alum’s decision not to drive is based mostly on where she lives, other stars have fears about getting behind the wheel. [jwplayer 4Uo9GEKR-zhNYySv2] "I don't drive," Aguilera revealed during a May 2011 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. "Well, I have a driver's license and I got it when I was 21. … I am terrified of driving in L.A., with paparazzi, running them over, you hear stories." Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Teddi Mellencamp has also been candid about the anxiety that driving gives her. “When I moved to L.A. at 17, Waze didn’t exist. … Wasn’t long til my first fender bender, and since then the anxiety [has] existed,” the Indiana native wrote via Instagram in December 2020 alongside a car selfie. “Sometimes it goes away inexplicably, but more often than not I can only drive to my ‘comfort zones,’ meaning places I’ve been to a million times.” Mellencamp continued: “I’ve spent many years crying behind my steering wheel. But instead of concealing it, I’m sharing with the world; because while I may have a fear of driving, the fear is never going to drive me.” The ALL IN by Teddi founder’s phobia has led her to dream of hiring a chauffeur. When asked what she wanted for Christmas in December 2018, Mellencamp told Page Six: “A full-time on-demand driver who will take me anywhere any time I want without surge pricing. I despise driving. Especially in LA.” Scroll through to see which famous faces don’t drive — and find out why:

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Christina Aguilera

The “Beautiful” songstress told Kimmel in 2011 that despite being legally able to get behind the wheel, she was “terrified of driving in L.A.”

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Barbra Streisand

After getting behind the wheel during an episode of the Late Late Show with James Corden in 2018, the legendary singer revealed she had recently failed her written driver’s test three times and reflected on the moment she decided to give up driving for good.

"I've been driving for a long time but I haven't driven recently because my mind is twirling and sometimes — well, not anymore on the phone but it used to be — when I would talk, think, write and I found myself turning into an up-ramp of a highway and the cars were coming down and I thought, 'That's it, I'm not driving anymore,’” Streisand recalled. 

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Tina Fey

The Baby Mama actress ironically spilled the beans about not having a driver’s license during a 2014 appearance on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. 

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Ed Sheeran

The “Shape of You” singer dished to Us Weekly in 2014 that he “can’t drive.” However, one year later Sheeran embarked on the journey to get behind the wheel. "Passed my driving test yesterday,” he tweeted in 2015. “Zoom zoom zoom.”

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Kate Beckinsale

The actress was asked to drive while filming the 2013 film The Face of an Angel — but she quickly denied the request.

"I can’t actually drive, but then I got a call from my manager to say, 'Can you learn to drive in the next four days?'" she told the Telegraph at the time. "I don’t think it would be a very good idea — I’d probably end up killing myself and others, especially in Rome. Maybe if it was Arkansas or somewhere it would be less daunting.”

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Vincent Kartheiser

The Mad Men alum revealed in 2010 that he opted to take public transportation to film the hit AMC series versus getting in a car. “It’s wonderful,” he told the New York Times. “Instead of driving and being stressed out about traffic, you can work your scene, you can do your exercises or whatever on the bus. Everyone’s got their own deal.”

Kartheiser added: “I like that my life slows down when I go places. I have all these interactions with the human race and I can watch people living their life and not just in their car.”

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Bella Thorne

“I don’t drive,” the Shake It Up alum told Us in December 2022, along with 24 other fun facts about herself. 

In August 2015, Thorne told Entertainment Tonight that she had “a fear of driving.” 

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Ricky Gervais

After some Top Gear fans hoped Gervais would take over hosting the show following Jeremy Clarkson’s exit, the comedian explained why he wasn’t the man for the job.

“I cannot even drive and I very rarely wear a jacket with jeans and brogues,” he told the Mirror in April 2015, alluding to Clarkson’s wardrobe. “So, I wouldn’t fit in.”

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Cardi B

The “WAP” musician can’t drive despite having an impressive car collection.

"I have a Lambo, I have a Lamborghini truck, I have a Bentley truck, I have a Maybach and I have a Suburban,” she said during a December 2018 appearance on the Late Late Show With James Corden segment “Carpool Karaoke.”

When James Corden asked the rapper why she owns vehicles she can’t operate, Cardi B replied: "To take pictures with it."

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Lena Dunham

“To be clear: I can't drive and as I've aged it's gone from cute to pathetic to intriguing to tragic #strandedforlife,” the Girls alum wrote via Twitter in June 2014.

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Teddi Mellencamp

The reality TV personality revealed via Instagram in December 2020 that “more often than not” she can only drive to places she’s “been to a million times” due to driving anxiety.