On the Wednesday episode ofTheKelly ClarksonShow, the host and guestKevin Baconswapped some tales from their early careers.

I actually moved out to L.A. with some random person I did not know, she told Bacon.

Yeah, she just needed a roommate.

Drew Barrymore and Val Kilmer in 1995’s ‘Batman Forever’

I was like, Ill do it, and I moved from Texas to L.A. with a random stranger.

The arrangement did not last long.

Not because of a personality crisis, but because the apartment was consumed in a fire.

Bacon said he lived in a flophouse in New York City in his early days.

In 1976, Bacons budget for an apartment was $150 a month.

Bacon asked a stranger he met while visiting the building if he could move in with him.

The man agreed, and they lived together for four years.

In fact, I just had lunch with him the other day, Bacon said.