Pink is the kid gymnast behind a new throwback photo tease
TMZ’s latest celebrity childhood guessing game points to Pink, using clues from her gymnast days, teen club gigs and a No. 1 pop collaboration.
By Georgia Hale · Staff Writer
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A blond kid in a red T-shirt is the face of TMZ’s newest celebrity throwback puzzle, and the clues point to Pink.
The entertainment outlet framed the childhood photo as a guessing game, describing the future star as a competitive gymnast before her music career took off. TMZ also said she was already performing in clubs at age 14.
The adult version of that kid, according to TMZ’s tags and clues, became a chart-topping musician. The outlet linked the mystery performer to Pink and highlighted one of the biggest markers in her pop career: a collaboration with Christina Aguilera, Mya and Lil Kim that reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Top 100.
The clues TMZ gave fans
TMZ kept the reveal playful, building the post around the childhood image and a handful of biographical hints rather than a straight announcement. The details it provided were specific enough for pop fans to connect the dots.
- The child in the photo is described as blond and wearing a red tee.
- TMZ said she competed as a gymnast before becoming known in music.
- The outlet said she was performing in clubs when she was 14.
- TMZ pointed to a No. 1 Billboard Top 100 collaboration with Christina Aguilera, Mya and Lil Kim.
The post sits inside TMZ’s recurring “Guess Who” celebrity-kid format, which asks readers to identify famous faces from old childhood shots. This entry was tied to a photo gallery featuring before-and-after celebrity images credited to Getty and Instagram.
Pink was also included among the post’s topic tags, alongside Mya, Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, pop music, musicians, internet culture and photo galleries.
A pop-career breadcrumb trail
TMZ did not list a full biography or discography in the post. The outlet’s clues stayed focused on the early sports background, the teenage club performances and the later chart success.
That was enough to turn the item into a quick pop-culture scavenger hunt. The gymnast clue points to Pink’s pre-fame years, while the club-at-14 detail gives the childhood photo a direct line to the performer she later became.
The Billboard clue is the big giveaway. TMZ said Pink’s collaboration with Aguilera, Mya and Lil Kim hit the top spot, placing the mystery child squarely in early-2000s pop history without naming the track in the post.
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This story draws on original reporting from TMZ.