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30 Of The Creepiest Things These Celebrities Ended Up Doing That Completely Shifted The Public’s Perception Of Them
CelebritiesAPR 19, 2023

30 Of The Creepiest Things These Celebrities Ended Up Doing That Completely Shifted The Public’s Perception Of Them

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It’s pretty typical for fans to put famous people on the pedestal. Whether it’s the lead vocalist of an all-time favorite band or an actress from the new popular series, they often become idolized. That’s why they might be viewed as those capable of no harm, which makes contrary cases somewhat shocking news.
So, it’s no surprise that when it comes to celebrity-related stories, their fans and critics likewise have something to say. That might be one of the reasons for the abundance of answers to the Reddit user ohwowsports6’s question. They asked the ‘Ask Reddit’ community about what famous people they consider to be creepy and the members didn’t shy away from making their opinions known. Scroll down to find their answers below.

#1

30 Of The Creepiest Things These Celebrities Ended Up Doing That Completely Shifted The Public’s Perception Of Them
Jared Fogle from Subway.
Started out with a mild cholesterol problem and ended up with a child molesterol problem.
282points

#2

30 Of The Creepiest Things These Celebrities Ended Up Doing That Completely Shifted The Public’s Perception Of Them
Trump has been acussed of sexual harrassment and a*****t by at least 25 women since the 1970s.
207points

#3

30 Of The Creepiest Things These Celebrities Ended Up Doing That Completely Shifted The Public’s Perception Of Them
Woody Allen was hiding in plain sight.
Waited until his stepdaughter was 18 (if you believe that part), then started banging her right away! While still with her mom! And married her!
198points

#4

30 Of The Creepiest Things These Celebrities Ended Up Doing That Completely Shifted The Public’s Perception Of Them
Kanye.
There is no excuse for his propagating of white supremacist slogans and classic antisemitism about Jewish power, especially with the platform he has.
196points

#5

30 Of The Creepiest Things These Celebrities Ended Up Doing That Completely Shifted The Public’s Perception Of Them
Gwyneth Paltrow.
She promotes wacky wellness trends and is obsessed with strange diets and procedures (like rectal ozone therapy). Even though she's a good actress, I find this obsession creepy.
184points

#6

30 Of The Creepiest Things These Celebrities Ended Up Doing That Completely Shifted The Public’s Perception Of Them
Mahatma Gandhi would test his 'purity' by sleeping with naked girls that were underage and related to him.
178points

#7

30 Of The Creepiest Things These Celebrities Ended Up Doing That Completely Shifted The Public’s Perception Of Them
Tom Cruise.
Scientology abuses people quite a lot, read more up on the survivors' accounts (non-famous people) and you'll see why he's creepy.
173points

#8

30 Of The Creepiest Things These Celebrities Ended Up Doing That Completely Shifted The Public’s Perception Of Them
Harvey Weinstein.
Over 80 women in the film industry have accused Weinstein of sexual abuse acts.
161points

#9

30 Of The Creepiest Things These Celebrities Ended Up Doing That Completely Shifted The Public’s Perception Of Them
Bill Cosby, accused by sixty women of r*pe, drug facilitated sexual a****lt, sexual battery, or other sexual misconduct.
You know at first I was skeptical. I thought that there's probably a lot of vultures in Hollywood just waiting for a lawsuit to get their pound of flesh in. But then I saw this clip from The Cosby Show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBDRwiSZSBg), and I immediately was put off. It's right there, he's grinning as he admits it to the world, but nobody knows but him — delighted that his secret is hidden in plain sight.
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159points

#10

30 Of The Creepiest Things These Celebrities Ended Up Doing That Completely Shifted The Public’s Perception Of Them
R. Kelly, sexually a*****ted dozens of women.
138points

#11

30 Of The Creepiest Things These Celebrities Ended Up Doing That Completely Shifted The Public’s Perception Of Them
Jimmy Savile. Sexually abused hundreds of people throughout his life.
The stories some of the nurses who worked in the children's wards he visited have some stories about him that would make your toes curl, to the point they told children to pretend to be asleep before he turned up so that he would avoid them. He was also known to spend time down in the morgue for 'reasons'.
137points

#12

30 Of The Creepiest Things These Celebrities Ended Up Doing That Completely Shifted The Public’s Perception Of Them
Dan Schneider, he took advantage of young cast members on his Nickelodeon shows, and had a feet fetish.
I remember seeing random episodes of his shows and always wondering, "Why the hell are feet involved in this? How did this pass the editing/writers room?" Numerous people have to sign off and give notes on television production and NO ONE ever thought, "hey, maybe we shouldn't have this weird, feet stuff on our kids show all the time..?"
123points

#13

30 Of The Creepiest Things These Celebrities Ended Up Doing That Completely Shifted The Public’s Perception Of Them
Jared Leto is a massive creep and cult leader.
He has been accused of sexual a*****t a few times, and there’s compelling evidence against him, but for some reason not enough to get him charged.
He'd been harassing other actors on set in the name of ‘method acting’. He has sent his co-stars used condoms, anal beads, and even a dead rat.
117points

#14

30 Of The Creepiest Things These Celebrities Ended Up Doing That Completely Shifted The Public’s Perception Of Them
No one's mentioned Roman Polanski? Shocked quite a few people when his arrest/prosecution/flight from justice became news. He drugged and sexually a*****ted a 13-year-old girl.
When he won the Academy Award for best director, he got a standing ovation. Harrison Ford accepted the award on his behalf and made a special trip to Paris to hand deliver the award. Hollywood is full of p**o-loving scumbags.
117points

#15

30 Of The Creepiest Things These Celebrities Ended Up Doing That Completely Shifted The Public’s Perception Of Them
Jerry Lee Lewis didn’t just marry his 13-year-old cousin, he also had two wives who died under mysterious circumstances in the 1980s. Rolling Stone did a huge story that more or less said that he’d murdered one of them, but that as one of the richest people in that part of Mississippi the sheriffs etc. wouldn’t touch him.
111points

#16

30 Of The Creepiest Things These Celebrities Ended Up Doing That Completely Shifted The Public’s Perception Of Them
Danny Masterson.
I'll never forgive him for ruining That 70s Show for me. I was looking forward to introducing it to the kids at the right age (especially because there's a certain line from Hyde that I used to quote all the time) but now just thinking about watching his stupid smug serial r*pist face on screen makes my stomach turn.
105points

#17

30 Of The Creepiest Things These Celebrities Ended Up Doing That Completely Shifted The Public’s Perception Of Them
Phil Spector. Absolute musical genius, but a very deranged S**T excuse for a person who abused his wife (Ronnie Spector) and kids, and shot a woman to death (actress Lana Clarkson) for refusing his sexual advances toward her.
105points

#18

30 Of The Creepiest Things These Celebrities Ended Up Doing That Completely Shifted The Public’s Perception Of Them
Jerry Seinfeld dated a 17 year old when he was 38. That's very creepy.
By the way, and I had forgotten about this before, but does anyone remember the episode where they ogled a 15-year-old and Jerry defended it as being normal?
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gl7IXuxSSk)
97points

#19

30 Of The Creepiest Things These Celebrities Ended Up Doing That Completely Shifted The Public’s Perception Of Them
Met Jack Hanna once at a zoo charity. He had wandering hands when he took pictures with girls.
I know Jack through a family friend who used to buy animals from him. She bought them to save them from those canned hunt things.
Jack Hannah is a creepy animal abuser and it makes me so mad when people think he’s an American Steve Irwin. Because he’s actually Cruella Devil.
97points

#20

30 Of The Creepiest Things These Celebrities Ended Up Doing That Completely Shifted The Public’s Perception Of Them
Marilyn Manson is a Nazi memorabilia collector and preys on very young women.
92points
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