57 Celebrities Who Went From Being Fan Favorites To Major Disappointments

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ellen DeGeneres. Never got into her show, but she meant so much to me when I was a terrified closeted kid. I cried when she got her Presidential Medal of Freedom and still get weepy thinking about it. It really breaks my heart that she turned out to be an awful person.

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.

I would say JK Rowling. The woman goes from homeless to creating one of the greatest fantasy series of all time, and then ruins it by being a complete TERF and transphobic.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Eric Clapton.

I grew up listening to his music and was sad to discover his views on vaccines and his racism.

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

I don't know if either counts as a celebrity per se, but 1) Markus Persson (Notch, Minecraft creator) and 2) Elon Musk.

As a Minecraft-crazed kid in the first 2010-2014 wave, Notch was the architect of it all, basically a god, yet would still drop in and play with friends and YouTubers. He was a god, but just a guy, and represented the idea that anyone could program the next big thing.

And for Musk, I'm sure there were early warning signs but again I was a kid awed by the prospect of a real-life Tony Stark. Maybe someone with resources could actually make a meaningful impact on the world instead of just hoarding it all.

They were two of the biggest role models to my precise demographic, and to have both of them go off around the same time was a real gut punch that changed a lot of my outlook on the world. It's a sentiment I've heard echoed by others almost too precisely.

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Oscar Pistorius

Due to the fact that he was the first double-amputee to participate in the Summer Olympics, he was expected to become the next "feel good tale" of recent history (2012).