Celebrities can be entertaining, inspiring, and even serve as role models in certain ways. But that doesn’t mean we should put them on a pedestal. After all, time and time again, the people we admire end up showing us they’re just as flawed as anyone else, sometimes in ways that are impossible to overlook.
When one Redditor asked users to share which celebrities they used to support until they found out what they were really like, the responses came flooding in. From beloved actors to chart-topping musicians, people had plenty to say about the famous faces who lost their respect. Here are some of the most popular answers.
#2
Bill Cosby. From celebrated comedian to predator in a heartbeat.
41points
#5
Nicki minaj. she hasn’t always been the greatest but she’s rly shown her dumb a*s over the last few years.
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33points
#6
Sean Penn
People seem to forget that he kidnapped and beat Madonna for 3 days. I still can't get how people just let that go.
People seem to forget that he kidnapped and beat Madonna for 3 days. I still can't get how people just let that go.
30points
#7
I have never been the type to get super attached to celebrities but I did really like the message of Lizzo's music, so hearing how she treats people behind the scenes really sucked.
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30points
#8
Basically, anyone that turned full MAGA lost my respect forever. It says so much about you as a person and you can never get the putrid stench off of you... ever! Kid Rock, Kayne West, Sylvester Stallone, Joe Rogan, Niki Minaj, Elon Musk, etc. They were all respectable people before Trump.
29points
#9
Chris Pratt. Used to think he was cool, funny, charming as hell, and just overall a solid dude to look up to... Then I found out about his ultranationalist church that he donates obscene amounts of money to. Insanely transphobic. Trash human.
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28points
#10
Steven Tyler from Aerosmith.
ConnotationalRacket:
He paid the mother of a CHILD groupie, and he BECAME HER LEGAL GUARDIAN so he could transport her over state lines for immoral purposes without getting felonies.
ConnotationalRacket:
He paid the mother of a CHILD groupie, and he BECAME HER LEGAL GUARDIAN so he could transport her over state lines for immoral purposes without getting felonies.
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26points
#11
Joss Whedon. I was a fan of so many of his projects - Buffy, Firefly, etc. It was so upsetting to find out he was an a complete jerk. Especially the way he treated Michelle Trachtenberg on Buffy and Charisma Carpenter on both Buffy and Angel.
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25points
#12
This one's easy. Roman Polanski. Such an amazing talent. Extraordinary films in entirely different genres: Rosemary's Baby (horror), The Pianist (wartime drama/biography), Chinatown (film noir), Knife in the Water (psychological thriller). Wretchedly awful childhood during the holocaust. He would have been a sympathetic character in one of his own films if he wasn't also an unrepentant predator.
24points
#13
John Hamm until I found out he dragged a kid by the balls with a claw hammer, burned his clothes, and beat him so bad with a paddle the kid had life long injuries. The incident was so messed up the kid had to drop out of college.
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24points
#14
Ellen DeGeneres.
I thought she was one of the most giving funny people for daytime tv after Oprah left. My sister and I loved her show and watched it almost everyday after school. We always wanted to go on, but the way she treated her people behind the scenes was nightmarish.
I thought she was one of the most giving funny people for daytime tv after Oprah left. My sister and I loved her show and watched it almost everyday after school. We always wanted to go on, but the way she treated her people behind the scenes was nightmarish.
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23points
#15
Mel Gibson. Such an antisemite. Also Tom Cruise after he criticized Brooke Shields for her postpartum depression treatment. Hes been very vocal about psychiatric meds and how they aren’t necessary. Bill Cosby. Michael Jackson. Ellen Degeneres. Turns out she’s a horrible person. Any celebrity who supports Trump.
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23points
#16
R.Kelly
The album 12 play came out when I was a teenager. I know every single word and loved those songs. Now I can’t listen to anything by him.
The album 12 play came out when I was a teenager. I know every single word and loved those songs. Now I can’t listen to anything by him.
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21points
#17
Kevin Spacey. That man is an incredible actor, just also an incredibly terrible person.
Woody Allen has made so many all time great films but is a total POS and the more we learn the worse it gets.
Woody Allen has made so many all time great films but is a total POS and the more we learn the worse it gets.
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21points
#18
James Franco. I used to love his stuff, but he turned out to be a real pos. I can’t watch anything he does now.
21points
#19
Sean Connery - he was a proud wife-beater. Jack Nicholson - beat up an escort and left her disabled. Woody Allen, until I heard about little Dylan. Elon Musk.....oh wait. I NEVER liked Elon Musk.
21points
#20
Danny Masterson from That 70's Show and Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis for writing letters of support to the judge. How can you support someone guilty of that?
20points