Many of us tend to put celebrities on a pedestal, seemingly forgetting that they’re human beings, too. They make mistakes and do things that may make them come off as abhorrent individuals.
Seeing a revered figure act like a fool or fall from grace can be unforgivable, as these responses from a recent Reddit thread prove. Here, people shared why they are no longer fans of these famous names, along with firsthand experiences that completely turned them off.
Scroll through and see if the personalities you had in mind made the list. Likewise, feel free to join the conversation through the comments.
#21
I served Rachel Ray at a restaurant once. I made the mistake of 1) speaking directly to her (I asked if she wanted a refill on her water) and 2) touching her water glass as I refilled it (it was now dirty and she demanded a new glass). She complained about me to my manager about my lack of respect and tipped me nothing. Such a gross human.
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38points
#22
Not as heinous as others, but Hugh Jackman for talking up his marriage for decades then cheating on her with his costar. Tawdry.
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36points
#23
That whole situation with Kutcher and Kunis made their anti-exploitation work feel like the most hollow, hypocritical performance imaginable.
35points
#24
R. Kelly. I don’t care where I am, if one of his songs comes on, I’m out. Can’t separate the art from the person anymore.
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34points
#25
My cousin used to work security at concerts. One of her jobs was basically to just go tell the singer when they were supposed to be going up to the stage. Kid Rock was rude as hell to her. So our family has been hating him before it was cool.
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34points
#26
All those years we thought Vince McMahon played an evil sleazy narcissistic CEO on tv, turns out he's actually just an evil sleazy narcissistic CEO in real life.
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33points
#28
Used to love red hot chilli peppers then I seen a video of them been really disgusting to a woman during an interview like all of them trying to pull and push this woman pretend they were having intercourse with her and I just can’t listen to them anymore. Also vile that her co-host did nothing to stop them just laughed.
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32points
#31
For a real deep cut, Ian Watkins from lostprophets. what he did is so monstrous it completely destroyed any of the music for me. can't hear a single note without feeling sick. that's not something u can ever separate from the art or come back from.
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30points
#32
Wyclef Jean stole earthquake money that was supposed to be used to rebuild Haiti.
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28points
#33
Diddy. What a devil!
And also Tom Cruise jumping on Rosie O’Donnells couch back in the day!
And also Tom Cruise jumping on Rosie O’Donnells couch back in the day!
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26points
#34
Will Smith after the Oscars incident. It wasn’t some huge boycott thing for me, but it shifted my perception and the old charm just doesn’t land the same anymore.
25points
#35
Allison Mack. Being part of that cult and everything they did… just no.
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25points
#37
Noam Chomsky.
I have a bunch of his books and followed him pretty thoroughly since 1995 for his critiques of political power and his work in linguistics.
Imagine my surprise when he's been in several fairly personal and detailed e-mail exchanges with Jeffrey Epstein, in addition to some photos of him yukking it up with Epstein and Steve Bannon.
I have a bunch of his books and followed him pretty thoroughly since 1995 for his critiques of political power and his work in linguistics.
Imagine my surprise when he's been in several fairly personal and detailed e-mail exchanges with Jeffrey Epstein, in addition to some photos of him yukking it up with Epstein and Steve Bannon.
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23points
#39
Justin Timberlake - first the drunk cheating in public thing and then the DUI …. Pathetic!
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23points