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32 Tantrums and Celebrity Bad Behavior for the Hall of Shame

March 06, 2024

We’re no behavioral scientists, but this list naturally started building some pretty clear-cut links between fame, fortune and depravity. Obviously, we’re not saying that all celebrities are depraved. There’s a whole bunch of gems. But this is a decent sample size, so if any scientific researchers want to take this ball and run with it, we’ll gladly take our cut of that sweet, sweet grant money. Or maybe just get a kick out of these inappropriate, downright criminal celebrities and move on to much more noble work.

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Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now ARMIE HAMMER rocks in Call Me by Your Name. THINGS FELL APART WHEN ALLEGATIONS OF HARASSMENT (AND LATER ABUSE) emerged around 2021. What makes them different, however, was the explicit, insisting, and systematic fantasies of sexual torture and even cannibalism. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now CHARLIE ROSE hosted his eponymous talk show from 1991 to 2017. НЕ WAS FIRED FROM PBS AND CBS due to allegations of sexual harassment dating from 1991 to 2011. Не tried a comeback in 2022 by interviewing a billionaire. Sheesh, holding water to climate-collapsing obscene wealth sure is a great look, Charlie. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now Stand-up comedian CHRIS D'ELIA portrayed characters such as a child molester and a sexual predator. PLOT TWIST: НЕ WAS ACCUSED OF BEING EXACTLY THAT. His agency dropped him and he lost a bunch of gigs, including a role in Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead (which actually sounds like a win for him, but whatever). CRACKED.COM — Source

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Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now FELICITY HUFFMAN can boast an Emmy and a Golden Globe. SHE CAN ALSO BOAST 14 DAYS IN PRISON for a college admission bribery scandal. Lori Loughlin was also involved, but Huffman is, you know, a much better actress- so her downfall actually darkens the movie industry, and not just Full House reboots. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Nice pic, doesn't say 'sex offender' at all

Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now JEFFREY JONES acted in a bunch of awesome movies НЕ WAS ALSO ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF, ERM, CHEESE PIZZA, and had to register as a sex offender. Не has since resumed acting, mainly on the stage and stuff like 2019's Deadwood: The Movie. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now DGIRO GROU ESTRONG.ORG LANCE ARMSTRONG won the Tour de France seven friggin' times, which is amazing. LIVESTRONG EXCEPT WHEN YOU FACTOR IN THAT НЕ RAN A HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED DOPING RING, and took performance-enhancing drugs for most of his career. Не was stripped of his wins and banned from the sport, but hey, what would Dodgeball trivia be without him? CRACKED.COM — Source

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One in a long line of Chevy not-cool moves

Chevy Chase got SO mad at Dan Harmon, he left him a long, ranty voicemail. Не went into detail about why Community doesn't work, according to him, and said It's just a mediocre f-king sitcom. I want people to laugh, and this isn't funny. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong had a total meltdown on stage at a festival. When the band's time was about to end, he cried, I've been around since 19-f--ing-88! And you're gonna give me one minute? I'm not f---ing Justin Bieber, you mother---er! CRACKED.COM — Source

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A frozen peas commercial kind of drove Orson Welles into a total meltdown. Не was reading an ad for Findus, a Swedish frozen food company, and it just became too much for him. By the end, he was saying No money is worth this S**t. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Just before Kanye went on SNL, he had an explosive meltdown backstage. February 13 Не had asked for a shiny floor, but they tore it down because it was too bright, so he ranted Look at that sh-, they took my f-in' stage off of 'SNL' without asking me. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Chris Brown smartly piped down

Chris Brown went on a Twitter rant against people who attacked him for hitting Rihanna. Indigo It was three years after the incident, and he tweeted things like GROWN ADULTS!!!! That sh- happened three years ago! TWITTER GETS WACK REAL FAST! CRACKED.COM — Source

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You used to be cool ALEC BALDWIN verbally assaults his 11-year-old daughter. Basically the '90s John Hamm, he was a hot movie star who was legitimately funny. At that point, he had hosted SNL 13 times. In 2007, we heard a leaked voicemail of him screaming you're a rude, thoughtless little pig to his 11-year-old daughter, Ireland. CRACKED — Source

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You used to be cool ZACH BRAFF beat up a kid on Punk'd. Friend and Scrubs costar Donald Braison helped punk the lovable Zach Braff by having kids fake-spray paint his new car. Zach got a hold of a 12-year- old boy and (in his words) just started pummeling him. The segment was cut from the episode. CRACKED — Source

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You used to be cool SEAN CONNERY promoted hitting women. In 1987, he told Barbara Walters that slapping women isn't that bad, if the situation merits it. On what situation would merit hitting a woman, he said it should only come after a man has tried everything else. Not cool, James Bond. Not cool. CRACKED — Source

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You used to be cool JAMES CORDEN's lovability is all an act. Known for his cutesy teddy bear-like demeanor, he was once so rude to staff at a New York restaurant that he was banned. Dozens of stories of his rude, terrible behavior (on and off set) began surfacing, forever tarnishing his reputation. CRACKED — Source

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Don't be the unfortunate cop who pulls him over

You used to be cool MEL GIBSON was once a Hollywood darling. It's near-impossible to imagine now, but Gibson was once the go-to movie star for the blockbusters, the rom coms, and the funny, lovable Lethal Weapon movies. Now, he's primarily known for drunken, explosive, anti-Semitic rants and general awfulness. CRACKED — Source

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Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now MATT LAUER was the face of NBC's Today for 20 years. НЕ ALSO REPORTEDLY HARASSED A LOT OF WOMEN, abused his power, and had a button to close the door of his office automatically, as normal people do. Не was fired from NBC, and nobody has seen him since. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now RANDY QUAID is an Oscar- nominated actor. НЕ THEN WENT FULL MAGA, and started supporting networks too extreme RIN even for Fox News. And this without even mentioning his star whacker conspiracy theory about movie star assassins he claims killed Heath Ledger. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now RYAN ADAMS has musical talent and indie cred. НЕ ALSO HAS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM OF ASSISTING FEMALE MUSICIANS TO THEN PURSUE THEM, as well as retaliating and even underage pestering. Nothing has been proven, but even his ex-wife Mandy Moore called his behavior psychologically abusive. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now JUSSIE SMOLLETT had a somewhat solid career for around 30 years, THEN НЕ MADE UP A HATE CRIME FOR ATTENTION, spent less than a week in jail, and dared to appear in 2022's BET Awards like nothing happened. Truly a champion of black liberation. CRACKED.COM — Source

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R. Kelly

Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now R. KELLY was an R&B superstar with a string of worldwide hits. ABUSE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM, THOUGH, GO BACK TO THE '90s. In 2022 he was sentenced to 30 years in jail for running a literal sex ring -which means crimes we won't even mention. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Roseanne is fully gone

Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now ROSEANNE BARR got eanoel culture'd paid for the consequences of her own dumbass, racist, pro-MAGA opinions THAT ENDED UP RUINING A SUCCESSFUL CAREER, and her own sitcom killed her off and changed its name. Well, we always knew it as Lame Married with Children anyway. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now KEVIN SPACEY was a respected character actor for over two decades. SINCE 2017, HOWEVER, HIS CAREER HAS PRETTY MUCH DIED after a bunch of abuse and harassment allegations came out- including four charges of sexual assault in the UK just in May 2022. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now For almost two decades, HARVEY WEINSTEIN was a respected figure in the indie movie industry. НЕ WAS ALSO ABUSING ACTRESSES. He'd harass them and threaten them with career death-and he indeed boycotted the careers of amazing actresses such as Mira Sorvino and Ashley Judd. He's currently serving a 23- year sentence for sexual assault and rape. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cosby copycat

You used to be cool CEELO GREEN took a page out of Bill Cosby's playbook. Green had a cool, likable persona, but he pleaded no contest to drugging and raping a woman. Then tweeted, If someone is passed out they're not even WITH you consciously! So WITH implies consent. CRACKED — Source

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You used to be cool MICHAEL JORDAN demanded money from a huge fan (Chamillionaire). PIOZ NAVO an REV 2014 Not only did he publicly trash his own kids, he denied Chamillionaire a picture after he purchased a $7,000 jersey. Hating rap music, Jordan replied, I ain't taking pictures with no n***as. I tell you what, you pay $15,000 right now for a jersey from me, and I'll take a picture with you. CRACKED — Source

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You used to be cool DANNY MASTERSON was charged with raping three women. We knew him as possibly the chillest character of all time, but he now faces 45 years to life in prison. Watching him as Hyde is hard knowing that, at the time, he was filming Seasons 3 to 5 of That '70s Show. CRACKED — Source

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You used to be cool SHIA LaBEOUF revealed his dark side. Yes, Even Stevens was on the Disney Channel, but he showed serious comedy chops and charisma. Enough to land the Transformers lead and a ton of great movies. His public fights, animal abuse, and admission to abusing his girlfriend more than soured his rep. CRACKED — Source

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You used to be cool TOBEY MAGUIRE is actually a huge asshole. Despite playing nerdy, good boy roles, he's extremely difficult to work with and Marvel was thrilled to replace him after Spiderman 3. Не commanded fans and staff to bark like seals for money, and many stories surfaced about his overall terrible rudeness. CRACKED — Source

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Another version of the always-oof "Do you know who I am?"

You used to be cool A drunk REESE WITHERSPOON pulls the I'm famous card. She was seemingly America's good girl, but her arrest was caught on film in 2013, and she drunkenly yelled, Do you know my name? You better not arrest me to officers. They did arrest her... for disorderly conduct. CRACKED — Source

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You used to be cool ELLEN DeGENERES' shattered reputation. After BuzzFeed detailed allegations of racial insensitivity, sexual harassment and bullying, Ellen's 30 years of likability were shattered. A Twitter thread asked people to share stories of Ellen being mean, and it quickly received over 2,600 replies. CRACKED — Source

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You used to be cool WILL SMITH's Oscar slap. A heart breaker. Не was the Fresh Prince, Hollywood royalty, and a rapper known for not even cursing. Accosting Chris Rock over a joke at the 2022 Oscars got him banned from attending the ceremonies for 10 years, and caused the world to think a lot less of him. CRACKED — Source

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