Famous People Who Own a Giant Teddy Bear

Everyone loves a giant teddy bear, some more than others. While it is not surprising for many households to own a big teddy bear or a soft toy, what may surprise you is the list of famous people who have a favorite teddy bear. For other famous people, they do not own one, but instead a collection of cuddly huggers. 

List of Famous People Who Own Curry, Furry Teddy Bear

• Prince Andrews Teddy Bear Collection - Andrew has a collection of 72 bears, and apparently, each stuffed animal has a particular place around his room and on the bed. The giant teddy bears are always placed at the back of the bed, in descending order to the tiniest teddy in front. It is reported that Andrew’s favorite toy is a toy given to him as a baby, and that one sits on the throne at his bedside. One of his maids had a full day’s training on how to arrange Prince Andrew’s huge teddy bear collection in their particular order and placement.
• Tara Palmer Tompkinson - Tara’s favorite teddy is a white polar bear she called Snowy which never leaves her side no matter what, accompanying her on all her travels around the world. When Snowy travels the globe, she travels in 1st class. According to Tara, Snowy has been a comfort to her in difficult times and she affectionately refers to her best friend as Bi-Polar Bear.
• Carol Voderman - Carol has owned a jumbo teddy bear since she was 3 years old. According to Carol, this teddy bear has a special place in her heart because it was given to her by her mom when the family had no money. In her words, the teddy bear was discounted because he had one ear missing, and that was the only reason her mom could afford to buy him as a Christmas present for her. Carol says her bear is a dear reminder of how hard her life was then, and where she came from.
• Dame Jenni Murray - Teddy, her favorite hear has been with her ever since she was born. She treasures Teddy and has collected a number of soft toy friends for Teddy because Teddy was gifted to her by her beloved grandparents. Jenni says that Teddy is her most prized possession.
• Gyles Brandreth - Giles is an Acrophile – a person who collects life size teddy bear. Giles had a special childhood bear called Growler, but his interest in collecting huggy toys developed when he was a teenager, and his addiction continued into his adult years. One of his teddy bears was used in the 1970’s TV series called Paddington. The minute bear is fully jointed so it can pose for filming.

Other celebrities who own a oversized teddy bear include former UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair who had a teddy bear called Lynton, Richard Briers had a family heirloom teddy, and Rowan Atkinson had a Mr. Beans knitted bear.

In 2020, Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman took to Twitter to celebrate the return of a stolen teddy bear belonging to Mara Soriano because the teddy bear contains a recording of her late mother’s voice.

Boo Bear Factory has some of the world’s most adorable giant teddy bear in its collections and has supplied some famous people with their favorite teddies. However, like a teddy bear friend, we don’t care if you are famous or not, we have a teddy for you that can become your companion for life.