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27 Celebrities Who Got Caught With Their Pants Down

Lying, stealing and cheating. We caught all the caughts today!

27 Celebrities Who Got Caught With Their Pants Down

June 10, 2024

Cherry-picked from the scandal sheets, these celebrity falsehoods, slipups and straight-up crimes completely shatter the pristine Hollywood veneer. It was a lot easier for the movie stars of yore to hide whatever sleazy little doings they were, well, doing. If they’re still kickin’, we wonder if they’re counting their lucky stars on their lucky walks of lucky fame. Because the stars below were nowhere near as lucky.

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Jerry Lee Lewis MARRIED HIS UNDERAGE COUSIN CRACKED.COM The 22-year-old heartthrob kept his underage cousin-wife a secret for a while, until a journalist made it public mid-tour. His defense? It's cool guys, she's 15. (She was 13). — Source

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Jeffrey Jones GOT OFF EASY WITH PROBATION CRACKED.COM Не had a promising career playing sleezeballs, and d-- lo and behold-he turned out to be a sleezball! Не was busted for possession of child pornography, AND soliciting pictures from a minor, but only got 5 years of probation. Не actually managed to get a couple of roles since then, but his career momentum ran out. — Source

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TYRESE GIBSON CLAIMED WILL SMITH GAVE HIM $5 MILLION FOR HIS CUSTODY BATTLE. In a 2017 Instagram rant, Gibson claimed that his estranged wife was pregnant, that he's broke, and that Smith gave him $5 million. A couple of weeks later, the actor admitted he made it all up and blamed his outburst on antidepressant medication. CRACKED.COM — Source

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VIN DIESEL SAID НЕ USED TO BE A BEASTIE BOYS BACKUP DANCER. EAST FURIOUS When Ad-Rock was asked about his claim, the musician said that it wasn't true. Не thinks Adam Yauch might've helped Diesel get into a dance club once and that the actor might've misinterpreted that as being a part of the band in some way. CRACKED.COM — Source

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T.I. PRETENDED TO BE AN OWNER OF A CRYPTOCURRENCY COMPANY. EXCHANGE AND COMMISSION SECURITIES In 2020, the SEC charged T.I for promoting FLiK, an unregistered and fraudulent ICO, to his followers and claiming to be its co-owner. Не was forced to pay $75,000 and got barred from participating in the cryptocurrency market for five years. CRACKED.COM — Source

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MEGHAN MARKLE LIED ABOUT HAVING A SAG CARD. CENTURY CITY In order to secure one of her first TV roles, Markle lied to the casting directors about being in an actors' union. She got the job, but the casting directors eventually found out about her lie and refused to work with her in the future. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Jason Momoa

JASON MOMOA MADE UP A MODELING CAREER. BAYWATCH: HAWAII When Momoa went to audition for the show, he almost got turned away for not having an acting resume. In order to get in, he made up a story on the spot about being a big-time model in Hawaii who worked for Gucci, Prada, and Louis Vuitton-they believed him because, well, just take one look at him. CRACKED.COM — Source

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STEVE RANNAZZISI LIED ABOUT BEING IN THE WORLD TRADE CENTER ON 9/11. In 2015, The League star came clean and admitted that he came up with the story to get people to like him after moving from New York to Los Angeles. CRACKED.COM — Source

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TORI SPELLING LIED ABOUT HOW SHE LOST HER BABY WEIGHT. US After giving birth in 2012, Spelling told Us Weekly that she got into shape by doing low-impact cardio and by dieting. In her 2013 book, the actress revealed that that was a lie her publicist told her to say and that she actually lost the weight by starving herself. CRACKED.COM — Source

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JOAQUIN PHOENIX MADE A FAKE ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT. Phoenix appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman in 2014 and announced he was marrying his yoga instructor. The very next day, the Oscar winner admitted he came up with the story because his life is boring and he wanted the audience to like him. CRACKED.COM — Source

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David Hasselhoff HAMBURGLED HIS OWN REPUTATION CRACKED.COM In 2007, video leaked of him drunkenly mangling a hamburger on the floor while berating his daughter. Despite all that, he managed to reach a new low in 2010 with The Hasselhoffs, wherein he clings to fame while trying to shoehorn his daughters into the industry. — Source

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Prevea Health dropped Aaron Rodgers for lying about getting the Covid vaccine. PACKERS CRACKED.COM After stating, Yeah, I'm immunized at a press conference, he contracted Covid shortly after. Не then went on the Pat McAfee Show to defend his decision to not get the vaccine. Не had been a Prevea spokesperson for a decade. — Source

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YouTube ended their partnership with Steven Crowder. CRACKED.COM After having his YouTube account suspended several times, a damning video surfaced of him verbally assaulting his pregnant wife. Claims that he exposed himself at work didn't help, and YouTube has removed him as a partner. — Source

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Bear Grylls

Bear Grylls' survival adventures were revealed to be fake. In one episode in the Sierra Nevada, Grylls bites off the head of a snake for breakfast. A producer revealed that Grylls actually spent the night with the show's crew in a luxury lodge with all amenities, presumably including breakfast. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Theresa Caputo has talked to the dead for 14 seasons on TLC. X Just like John Edward and countless others before her, she's simply quite skilled at an age-old technique known as cold reading. In fact, her flim-flammery earned her the Pigasus Award, which is given to scam artists. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Bill O'Reilly witnessed all sorts of combat. In the Falklands, Northern Ireland, El Salvador ... News sites found he was lying. For example, he said he saw nuns get shot in the back of the head in El Salvador, but he didn't step foot in the country till months after the conflict. CRACKED.COM — Source

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NO MORE TICKLES, ELMO. SESAME STREET CRACKED Kevin Clash voiced Elmo for 27 years, and was accused of abusing 3 underage boys in 2013. The case was dismissed because the claims were made too late but this does add a new level of creepiness to Tickle Me Elmo dolls. — Source

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Rush Limbaugh was caught buying black market Oxycontin. His maid came forward with multiple email and voice messages from Limbaugh asking her to sell him vast quantities of drugs. The resulting investigation took three years, ending in him being arrested in 2006. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Rick Ross raps about non-stop hustling. Не even took his name from a drug kingpin. Не was actually a prison guard before rapping. After the story broke, Ross originally denied it, but the media managed to get ahold of pay stubs that proved it was true. CRACKED.COM — Source

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DANE COOK CRACKED.COM Listen to Louis C.K.'s Live in Houston album, then give Cook's Retaliation a spin. Some of those itchy butt jokes sound familiar? The two comics hashed it out in an episode of Louie. — Source

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party of five actor Jeremy London CRACKED.COM claimed in 2010 that he was kidnapped at gunpoint and forced to go on a drug bender. Because of Jeremy's history with drug abuse, his story was doubted publicly by his twin brother, Jason. Additionally the man who was arrested for the kidnapping claimed that there was no gun, no kidnapping, and the drugs were done of Jeremy's own free will. — Source

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Winona Ryder

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CRACKED.COM Infomercial star Vince Offer, or the 'ShamWow Guy' sold millions of his cleaning products in the 2000s with his natural charm. His career took a hit in 2009 when he got into a highly publicized fight with a prostitute in a hotel room. According to the police report, the woman bit his tongue and wouldn't let go. — Source

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MILTON BERLE CRACKED.COM Being the Thief of Bad Gag was part of Berle's schtick. Bob Hope claimed Berle never met a joke he didn't steal. Jack Benny often used Berle's wisecracks, forgivable because when you take a joke away from Milton Berle, it's not stealing, it's repossessing. — Source

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ROBIN WILLIAMS CRACKED.COM Richard Lewis and Robert Wuhl say Williams's sponge-like brain led to him spitting out other comics' jokes during his act. David Brenner threatened fisticuffs unless Williams knocked it off. — Source

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