Tony Danza, Brian Boitano, Omarosa & More: Unlikely Celebrity Second Acts

Aug. 27, 2009 — -- Fame does funny things to people.

It turns the boss (no, not that Boss) into a tenth-grade teacher. It throws a figure skater from the Olympic flame into the kitchen's fire. It sends a reality-TV villain from the no-holds-barred boardroom to the God-exalting seminary.

Tony Danza, Brian Boitano and Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth are just a few of the bold-faced names to raise the curtain recently on unlikely second acts. Below, check out their deviations from the beaten path and others who just strayed from the road that initially led them to fame.