57 Celebrities Who Went From Being Fan Favorites To Major Disappointments

Disappointing to learn Brad Pitt is/was an awful spouse and parent …

Kevin Spacey, because they weren’t finished with house of cards and its always really hard to get into something again after you’ve invested so much time with a certain character only for them to be removed.

Mel Gibson

He made such great movies as both an actor and a director. It's sad knowing he could of made more great films if he didn't lose his mind and blow up his career.

Will Smith, I really liked the guy in the films that I grew up with him in. While I might not have liked is most recent work, I still liked him for what I did. Just with what happened at the Oscars, totally changed how I saw him. That's just something I never thought he would do. I don't follow celeb news that much, and have heard that his wife sleeping with one of his son's friends. Along with how his wife seems to be, I can sort of see how that might change him. I would have thought most of what he would have done is pull Chris Rock aside later. Not make a jerk of himself in front of so many people.

Even as a kid I recognized the talent RDJ (Robert Downey Jr.) had and was certain he was going to lose his life before he got to shine.

Then Kiss Kiss Bang Bang came out and you could tell he wasn't going to mess up his eighth chance.

So, him. But he turned it around.

Madonna. She totally freaked out about aging, after being such a rebel her whole life. Way to fall in line, you are just like all the rest, should have known, material girl lol.

Elon musk. I used to love Elon musk, and I used to believe that his companies would create a better future for all of us. As someone who plans on starting companies myself, I was really influenced by my perception of him, but eventually I started to realize that he was a lot more corrupt than I first imagined, supports things that I don't agree with, and is only pretending to patch the problem of car dependency, and seems to take all the credit for what people under him do.

Bill Cosby. My generation never got over that.

Also Daniel Masterson hurt simply because I wanted him to continue The Ranch and That 70's Show reboot and I am pissed because he ruined that.

Chris Pratt. Loved him in Parks and Rec, was never that big on his big shot movie stuff but good for him right?
Then came all those murky rumors about his politics and religion... but it was the healthy baby post that was the nail in the coffin for me. Now when he gets roles I just think of all the other great actors who deserve a chance.

Michael Vick: cruelty to dogs and any other animals is unforgivable.

Off the top of my head, Danny? Masterson. He was my favorite character from That 70’s Show and I just always assumed that coolness came from within. Turns out he wasn’t so cool after all

Marilyn Manson as well now that I think about it.

Maybe not the most, but comedian Brett Butler's spiral was sad. After working her way up from being a poor, teenage alcoholic who hung out in bars to being the star of one of the most successful sitcoms of the 90s, she just couldn't hold it together.

This may sound crazy, but there was a time when Steven Seagal was actually respected by adolescents for his cool demeanor, wise ways, and temperance in movies… and for marrying the babe from Weird Science IRL. To watch him reveal himself as a louse caused many an 80’s kid to reassess whom to admire.

I wanted to believe that Lance Armstrong was 100% clean. His story was so good: He beat cancer, he swept the Tour de France 4 or five times, he was a hero.

Amanda Bynes. Really thought she would be a romantic comedy powerhouse into adulthood. She wasn't necessarily a great actress, but she almost gives Jim Carrey vibes with her expressive nature.

Edward Furlong. Such a talent wasted to substances. I hear he is doing better these days but it's sad to think of all the great performances we missed out on and the years of his life he lost.

Brett Favre - breaks my heart to find he is such a horrible, really horrible excuse for a human.

Ben Carson. He was an inspiration to Detroit and growing up, I and many people in my school district read his autobiography as an assigned reading book. Then for him to do a 180 and forsake the people he grew up with to curry favor. The classism he espoused when he ran for president though his mother couldn’t read and he grew up poor…

Mark McGuire. As soon as the first time he said "I'm not here to talk about the past" to the Congressional committee, it was like watching his reputation instantaneously hitting a wall head-on at 200 mph. I completely believed he hit all those homers with no help from PEDs. To see him indirectly admit that wasn't true made adult me feel like the kid who told Shoeless Joe Jackson, "Say it ain't so, Joe."

EDIT: I know the story about a kid going up to Jackson and saying that likely isn't true. Just using the legend as a simile.

Kanye's fall has been very disappointing to me. His music got me through a lot during my formative years.