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.
#42
Oscar Wilde suing the Marquis of Queensbury for libel, which uncovered evidence that put Wilde on jail.
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5points
#43
Ted Danson wore black face and said racial slurs while dating Whoopi Goldberg.
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5points
#44
Metallica siding with the label companies in the whole Napster controversy. Back in the ancient days of the early 2000s, a website like Napster where you could listen to music and download it for free without any kind of subscription service was revolutionary. Up until then, you either had to buy the whole album, or wait for it to come on either the radio or for the music video to play on one of a handful of music TV channels that were quickly getting rid of music videos. And most artists were cool with it, because the record company are the ones who made money off of record sales, especially in the rap genre. Recording artists made their money off of tours and appearances. So Napster was free advertising for people to come to shows, because no one had to pay for royalties to play it on the radio or on TV.
The suits at record companies were against it because it cut into their profits. And James Hetfield was against it because he was a massive jerk at the time. They lost fans over it, because you don't side with the corporations. Napster ultimately died, but Metallica eventually walked everything back, and the next couple albums didn't do as well. Music piracy continued, and while it comes with a subscription fee today, the ability to download and listen to music whenever you want without needing to buy an album lives on. I haven't paid for a single album since 2009. Pyrrhic victories.
The suits at record companies were against it because it cut into their profits. And James Hetfield was against it because he was a massive jerk at the time. They lost fans over it, because you don't side with the corporations. Napster ultimately died, but Metallica eventually walked everything back, and the next couple albums didn't do as well. Music piracy continued, and while it comes with a subscription fee today, the ability to download and listen to music whenever you want without needing to buy an album lives on. I haven't paid for a single album since 2009. Pyrrhic victories.
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5points
#45
I think the newly minted Ethan Slater “I’m leaving my marriage for a pop star and fame, never mind it’s just loss of my family and career” debacle is appropriate.
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4points
#46
When Colleen Ballinger was accused of grooming and harassment, she released an ill-advised, self-pitying and mocking video of her playing the ukulele and singing about her deniability.
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4points
#49
Ashley Tisdale and the mom drama. She wrote that essay thinking everything would feel bad for her, and while she got a little of that, I don’t think it was the majority opinion.
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3points
#50
Katherine Heigel withdrew her Emmy nomination and badmouthed her show, ended her career.
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3points
#52
Ja-Rule and the Fyre Festival.
On a level, I get it. He's got music connections, his business partner had the funding and the customer base - Putting together a festival should have been.. I won't say straightforward, but certainly do-able.
But watching the various documentaries, he didn't treat it like a business venture - More like an overly ambitious startup director who's never been told 'No' & saw the whole process as a party and then rolled into the very short timeframe.. of course it was going to fold.
Throwing into it, the insane marketing - Getting top models for the videos, giving infuencers free tickets.. I mean, they REALLY got the buzz going but didn't think of the bigger picture.
Woodstock 99 was 18 years before, and there were SO MANY lessons to take from that - like considering infrastructure for that many people. I can't imagine it would have been that hard to get in touch with a few of the companies/people involved in that to help avoid or mitigate any pitfalls really early on.
Obviously it didn't help that the business partner (Billy McFarlane) was then taken to court for all sorts of fraud related to his other ventures.
On a level, I get it. He's got music connections, his business partner had the funding and the customer base - Putting together a festival should have been.. I won't say straightforward, but certainly do-able.
But watching the various documentaries, he didn't treat it like a business venture - More like an overly ambitious startup director who's never been told 'No' & saw the whole process as a party and then rolled into the very short timeframe.. of course it was going to fold.
Throwing into it, the insane marketing - Getting top models for the videos, giving infuencers free tickets.. I mean, they REALLY got the buzz going but didn't think of the bigger picture.
Woodstock 99 was 18 years before, and there were SO MANY lessons to take from that - like considering infrastructure for that many people. I can't imagine it would have been that hard to get in touch with a few of the companies/people involved in that to help avoid or mitigate any pitfalls really early on.
Obviously it didn't help that the business partner (Billy McFarlane) was then taken to court for all sorts of fraud related to his other ventures.
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3points
#53
When Ned Fulmer tried to restart his career with a podcast that was just 2 hours of his ex-wife ripping into him for being an adulterous jerk.
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3points
#55
Remember when John Travolta mispronounced Idina Menzel's name at the Oscars? The internet never let him live that down.
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1point
#56
Gina Carano. All she had to do was shut up on social media and she could have had a career as an actor.
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1point
#57
Lori Loughlin & Olivia Jade
“Olivia Jade Giannulli was at the center of the 2019 "Operation Varsity Blues" college admissions scandalbecause her parents—actress Lori Loughlin and fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli—paid $500,000 to fraudulently designate her and her sister as recruited athletes for the University of Southern California (USC) crew team, despite neither having any rowing experience.”.
“Olivia Jade Giannulli was at the center of the 2019 "Operation Varsity Blues" college admissions scandalbecause her parents—actress Lori Loughlin and fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli—paid $500,000 to fraudulently designate her and her sister as recruited athletes for the University of Southern California (USC) crew team, despite neither having any rowing experience.”.
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1point
#58
An oldie: Australian singer/actor Jason Donovan sued Magazine *The Face* for claiming he was gay.
Donovan's action was perceived as homophobic.
Donovan's action was perceived as homophobic.
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1point
#59
Pewdiepie could've chosen not to release that video where he had a bunch of Indian guys hold up a banner with an offensive slogan he didn't think they would actually make.
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-2points
#60
When Jennifer Love Hewitt publicly shared that she had a crush on Adam Levine when she was on the Ellen DeGeneres show.
Ellen vowed to set them up. But when Adam was on the show and Ellen tried to ask him about Jennifer, he basically told Ellen he wasn't interested in her.
Ellen vowed to set them up. But when Adam was on the show and Ellen tried to ask him about Jennifer, he basically told Ellen he wasn't interested in her.
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-5points
