Celebrities are just like us, regular people—they can’t always see the consequences of their actions. Even the most sociable stars, with the best teams to advise them, end up doing or saying things that are so tone-deaf and narrow-minded that they instantly regret them.
Entertainment fans rounded up some of the most epic celebrity fails when their behavior backfired in the worst way possible. These are public disasters that would make any PR rep facepalm. Scroll down to read what to never do if you ever end up becoming famous.
#21
I wonder if anyone remembers Geraldo Rivera's live Al Capone vault or him drawing a map in the sand on live TV during the invasion of Iraq.
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14points
#22
Lea Michele's tweet to support George Floyd. Then her black costar accused her of being a racist bully. And it broke the dam of other costars and extras claiming she's a POS. A different costar defended her by saying she's not racist because she bullies everyone regardless of race.
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13points
#23
The Rock & Oprah asking for the publics help after the Maui Fires.
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13points
#24
Rita Ora dropping new song, but then claimed she was hacked.
Le-other-boleyn-girl:
Her tweet/re-tweet, a beautiful thing to behold
Le-other-boleyn-girl:
Her tweet/re-tweet, a beautiful thing to behold
13points
#25
Blake Lively and her lawsuit against Justin Baldoni.
bachelorandcats:
What she did to ruin his life with the lawsuit was diabolical and it ended up tanking her career. No director will work with her for fear of being accused of god knows what and sued by her and Ryan, she’s finished in Hollywood.
bachelorandcats:
What she did to ruin his life with the lawsuit was diabolical and it ended up tanking her career. No director will work with her for fear of being accused of god knows what and sued by her and Ryan, she’s finished in Hollywood.
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13points
#26
Jennifer Grey changing her nose, never seen again after that….
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12points
#27
Neil Gaiman trying to explain that his exploitation of his nanny was totally consensual. Also trying to blame it on his autism.
Few-Gap-2350:
He blamed it on his AUTISM! I was such a huge fan of his work and when the news dropped, I packed my collection all away but to blame it on autism. I don’t know how that makes it worse, but it does.
Few-Gap-2350:
He blamed it on his AUTISM! I was such a huge fan of his work and when the news dropped, I packed my collection all away but to blame it on autism. I don’t know how that makes it worse, but it does.
11points
#28
Armie Hammer with the cannibal stuff.
11points
#29
Jonah Hill texting his girlfriend a list of rules about what she could and couldn't post, who she could hang out with, what she could wear. He'd spent years building this wholesome 'therapy bro' image talking about boundaries and mental health. The screenshots went viral and basically ended his public career overnight.
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11points
#30
U2 releasing an album on iTunes.
TheRealtcSpears:
forcibly releasing an album on itunes.
You got whether you wanted it or not.
And if I recall correctly you couldn't delete/remove it at first, apple had to come out with an ipod/iphone/itunes update to allow you to delete it.
thingpaint:
If memory serves you could delete it but iTunes just put it back.
This was one of the final straws that made me switch to Android.
TheRealtcSpears:
forcibly releasing an album on itunes.
You got whether you wanted it or not.
And if I recall correctly you couldn't delete/remove it at first, apple had to come out with an ipod/iphone/itunes update to allow you to delete it.
thingpaint:
If memory serves you could delete it but iTunes just put it back.
This was one of the final straws that made me switch to Android.
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10points
#39
Drake making a diss track against Kendrick Lamar probably couldn't have gone any worse for him/better for Kendrick.
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6points
#40
Deep cut and very British;
In 2000 Anthea Turner and her husband Grant Bovery used their wedding to promote Cadbury Snow Flake chocolate bars. They claimed it was not a promo but just Google the pics.
Despite their claims that they had no idea it would be a promo and they were just eating chocolate, they also had sold the rights to their wedding to a magazine for a lot of money (Turner claims it was 120k. Other reports say it was up to 300k. Who knows). They claim the magazine made a side-deal with Cadbury without their knowledge. Oh also, said magazine gave people a free Snow Flake with the issue that covered the wedding.
I remember this being huge in the UK at the time and everyone found it really crass and disingenuous. It had a negative impact on her career as a TV presenter at the time, which relied on people finding her trustworthy.
Knowing the British public, I think most people were more bothered that they tried to claim it wasn't deliberate. By all means sell your wedding if you want to but don't insult our intelligence about your selling out.
In 2000 Anthea Turner and her husband Grant Bovery used their wedding to promote Cadbury Snow Flake chocolate bars. They claimed it was not a promo but just Google the pics.
Despite their claims that they had no idea it would be a promo and they were just eating chocolate, they also had sold the rights to their wedding to a magazine for a lot of money (Turner claims it was 120k. Other reports say it was up to 300k. Who knows). They claim the magazine made a side-deal with Cadbury without their knowledge. Oh also, said magazine gave people a free Snow Flake with the issue that covered the wedding.
I remember this being huge in the UK at the time and everyone found it really crass and disingenuous. It had a negative impact on her career as a TV presenter at the time, which relied on people finding her trustworthy.
Knowing the British public, I think most people were more bothered that they tried to claim it wasn't deliberate. By all means sell your wedding if you want to but don't insult our intelligence about your selling out.
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6points
