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Stars Who Haven't Done the Ice Bucket Challenge (Yet)

Celebrities Who Aren't Doing the Ice Bucket Challenge

Stars Who Haven't Done the Ice Bucket Challenge (Yet)

Katie Holmes
Image Source: Getty / Brian Ach

It may appear that every person in Hollywood is doing the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, but there are quite a few A-listers who have yet to take the plunge. We've rounded up a list of challenged stars who have yet to upload an Ice Bucket Challenge video despite getting dared to do it by another famous friend. While we suspect that some of these stars are opting to quietly donate instead of taking on a bucket full of cold water, we are still holding out hope that these celebrities opt to do both the donation and the challenge. Keep scrolling to see the status on the most noteworthy dares!

Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie
Image Source: Getty / Keith Tsuji
  • Challenged by: Vin Diesel.
  • Status: No ice. Although we are kind of hoping that she eventually does it!
1 / 26

Beyoncé

Beyoncé
Image Source: Getty / Ian Gavan
  • Challenged by: Drake and Kevin McHale.
  • Status: No ice. (She seems more like the donating type, anyway.)
2 / 26

Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian
Image Source: Getty / Pascal Le Segretain
  • Challenged by: Sarah Jessica Parker. Kim's sister Kylie Jenner and mom, Kris Jenner, both did the challenge but didn't nominate the reality star.
  • Status: No ice.
3 / 26

Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey
Image Source: Getty / Kevin Winter
4 / 26

Emma Watson

Emma Watson
Image Source: Getty / Gary Gershoff
  • Challenged by: Douglas Booth.
  • Status: No ice. However, she's still been doing good on social media by promoting gender equality and sharing facts about how gender stereotypes affect men.
5 / 26

Khloé Kardashian

Khloé Kardashian
Image Source: Getty / Ethan Miller
  • Challenged by: Younger sister Kylie Jenner.
  • Status: No ice.
6 / 26

Dame Maggie Smith

Dame Maggie Smith
Image Source: Getty / Ian Gavan
7 / 26

Ryan Gosling

Ryan Gosling
Image Source: Getty / Foc Kan
  • Challenged by: The Elle magazine staff.
  • Status: No ice. Oh Ryan, please help us out.
8 / 26

Madonna

Madonna
Image Source: Getty / Stephen Lovekin
9 / 26

Betty White

Betty White
Image Source: Getty / Angela Weiss
10 / 26

Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz
Image Source: Getty / Steve Granitz
  • Challenged by: Kate Upton and Gwyneth Paltrow.
  • Status: No ice. Come on, Cam!
11 / 26

President Barack Obama

President Barack Obama
Image Source: Getty / Chung Sung-Jun
  • Challenged by: Justin Bieber, Ethel Kennedy, and tons of other people.
  • Status: No ice. President Barack Obama has declined all the ice bucket dares and has said that he will donate to an ALS charity instead.
12 / 26

Prince Harry

Prince Harry
Image Source: Getty / Max Mumby/Indigo
  • Challenged by: Jamie Oliver and Lindsay Lohan.
  • Status: No ice. He's probably busy spending his Summer vacation at Balmoral Castle, anyway. But if there's one royal we want to see in a sopping-wet t-shirt, it's Harry.
13 / 26

Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock
Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur
  • Challenged by: Jessica Chastain.
  • Status: No ice.
14 / 26

Blake Lively

Blake Lively
Image Source: Getty / Michael N. Todaro
  • Challenged by: Martha Stewart.
  • Status: No ice. This is shocking only because we thought that Blake would jump at the chance to take on her icon, Martha.
15 / 26

Katie Holmes

Katie Holmes
Image Source: Getty / Brian Ach
16 / 26

Matt Damon

Matt Damon
Image Source: Getty / Getty Images
17 / 26

Eminem

Eminem
Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur
18 / 26

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston
Image Source: Getty / J. Countess
  • Challenged by: No one famous, yet. Although Justin Theroux was nominated by Jason Bateman.
  • Status: Jen did it! Plus, she snuck in a sweet kiss with fiancée Justin Theroux at the end.
19 / 26

Leo DiCaprio

Leo DiCaprio
Image Source: Getty / Gregg DeGuire
20 / 26

Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault

Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault
Image Source: Getty / John Sciulli
  • Challenged by: Zoe Saldana.
  • Status: The couple complete the challenge together.
21 / 26

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow
Image Source: Getty / Craig Barritt
22 / 26

Victoria Beckham

Victoria Beckham
Image Source: Getty / Pascal Le Segretain
  • Challenged by: Eva Longoria.
  • Status: After waiting a few days, she finally did it! And she nominated her son, Cruz Beckham, as well.
23 / 26

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch
Image Source: Getty / Ian Gavan
24 / 26

Channing Tatum

Channing Tatum
Image Source: Getty / George Pimentel
  • Challenged by: The Rock.
  • Status: After a few days, Channing finally did the Challenge along with his wife, Jenna Dewan Tatum.
25 / 26

Jessica Chastain

Jessica Chastain
Image Source: Getty / Venturelli
26 / 26
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