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32 Celebrities Who Need to Be Studied in a Lab

July 20, 2024

There’s no shortage of tests for athletes. They’re especially poked and prodded before they’re drafted or sign a big contract. So why don’t we do the same to non-athlete celebrities? Who knows? Maybe a test could reveal a future restaurant tantrum and stop it before it happens. Think of all the waiters it could save!

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CRACKED THE RED RANGER KILLED HIS ROOMMATE WITH A SWORD. Ricardo Medina Jr., best known for his role as the Red Ranger in the Power Rangers Wild Force series, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter of his roommate Joshua Sutter in 2015. ER RANGERS BA POWER MORPHIC DAI 20 POWER MO POWER MILA — Source

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CRACKED VANILLA ICE THREATENED A HOMELESS MAN. In 1991, he was arrested and charged with battery after threatening a homeless man with a gun. — Source

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CRACKED MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ'S MULTIPLE DUIS. In 2007, she was sentenced to 6 months in jail for failing to complete her community service obligations, stemming from a string of 3 drunk driving offenses in 2004. — Source

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Celebrity Big Brother dropped Tila Tequila for being a Nazi. Carp In 2013, she wrote a blog post titled Why I Sympathize With Hitler Part 1: True History Unveiled, calling Hitler a man of compassion. Almost two years later, when she was on the show, the production company found out about it and booted her. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 2013, Alec Baldwin chased down a TMZ paparazzo and called him homophobic slurs. HARR de INSTON AMERICA So MSNBC first suspended his talk show Up Late with Alec Baldwin for two weeks, then cancelled it. Funding for his radio show dried up, AT&T cancelled a paid speech of his, and his bank didn't renew their contract with his charity foundation. CRACKED.COM — Source

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DAVE NAVARRO 1998 CRACKED.COM After shooting UP some heroin at a Playboy Mansion orgy, the Jane's Addiction musician tried to use the syringe to write his name on the wall in blood. This earned him a lifetime ban from the house. — Source

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MARIO BALOTELLI OCTOBER 2011 CRACKED.COM The Italian footballer decided to light off a bunch of fireworks in his own bathroom. This resulted in no lights going off in the sky but did cause £400,000 of damage. — 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 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 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 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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Mary J. Blige CRACKED.COM She requires every venue she performs at to install a factory-fresh toilet seat. — Source

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Cher CRACKED.COM She requires an entire separate room to keep her human hair wigs in. — Source

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Gary Busey CRACKED.COM Busey once refused to film a scene set in heaven because the set was inaccurate. Busey had seen heaven during a near-death experience, and wanted to get it right, including the fact that there were apparently no mirrors in heaven. — Source

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Ben Affleck الا GONE GIRL B ... TH S CRACKED COM Affleck grew up in Massachusetts as a massive Red Sox fan. Enough so that he refused to wear a Yankees hat in the movie Gone Girl. Some people may call that unnecessary. Those people just don't understand friggin' loyalty, kid. — Source

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LADY GAGA ONCE INCLUDED A MANNEQUiN WiTH PUFFY PiNK PUBiC HAiR IN HER RIDER. GRACKED.COM — Source

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Thomas Gibson is an alleged shin kicker. CRIMINAL MINDS CRACKED.COM His bad behavior finally caught up with him after kicking a writer/producer in the shins during a dialogue disagreement that went off the rails. — Source

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Isaiah Washington threw fists and slurs. GREY'S ANATOMY CO CRACKED.COM In a single altercation, he choked out Patrick Dempsey and called a fellow cast member a homophobic slur. — Source

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Megan Fox compared her boss to Hitler. TRANSFORMERS CRACKED.COM She compared Michael Bay, unfavorably, to Hitler in an interview with a British magazine. It was actually Steven Spielberg who took umbrage and made the call to drop her from the remaining films. — Source

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Madonna got falling-down drunk on stage. During a concert in Australia, Madge appeared to get good and liquored up onstage while dressed up as some sort of erotic Victorian rodeo clown. In between swigs of hootch, she moaned things like: Someone please take care of me, please, Who is going to take care of me? and Please, someone f--k me. She then attempted to ride, then fell off, a tiny children's tricycle. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Jamie Waylett was busted with gillyweed. HARRY POTTER CRACKED.COM Malfoy's sycophantic yes-man lost his role in the Deathly Hallows films after he was arrested for marijuana possession in 2009. Не later did jail time after the 2012 London Riots. — Source

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CRACKED PARIS HILTON AND HER BOYFRIEND HAVE BEEN BANNED FROM TWO WYNN RESORTS IN LAS VEGAS FOLLOWING THEIR ARRESTS. Police say a bag containing cocaine fell out when Hilton reached into a purse for lip balm. — Source

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CRACKED LINDSAY LOHAN GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH A WOMAN AT CLUB AVENUE IN MANHATTAN AND HIT HER. The victim didn't need medical attention and Lindsay was arrested and charged with third-degree assault. — Source

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CRACKED EZRA MILLER WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND HARASSMENT AFTER AN INCIDENT AT A BAR IN HILO, HAWAII. The actor allegedly became agitated when people at the bar began singing karaoke, grabbed the microphone from a young woman who was singing, and later lunged at a man who was playing darts. — Source

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CRACKED adidas GILEA A IN 2007, BRITNEY SPEARS WAS ESCORTED OUT OF CHATEAU MARMONT AFTER SMEARING FOOD ON HER FACE. The restriction was lifted after she cleaned herself up and she returned two years later to celebrate her birthday. — Source

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CRACKED JAMES CORDEN WAS BANNED FROM BALTHAZAR, A NEW YORK RESTAURANT OWNED BY KEITH MCNALLY, AFTER MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF POOR BEHAVIOR. According to McNally's Instagram, Corden allegedly found a hair in a meal during a visit to the restaurant in June and later started yelling at a server when his food wasn't up to par. The ban was lifted less than 24 hours later when Corden called and apologized profusely to McNally. — Source

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Childhood icons who had a rough time Dustin Diamond Diamond, best known as Screech on Saved by the Bell, had difficulty finding work and resorted to reality shows and a sex tape to make money. Не also served three months in jail for a bar fight involving a stabbing. Не died from lung cancer in early 2021. CRACKED — Source

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Actors with cursed lives Cory Monteith FINN HUDSON in GLEE Monteith died tragically in a hotel room due to an overdose of heroin and alcohol. Не was only 31 years old. CRACKED — Source

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Jenette McCurdy

CRACKED JENETTE McCURDY said that she developed eating disorders at 10 because her physically and emotionally abusive mother made her count calories. In her book I'm Glad My Mom Died, she said, I know if my mom were alive, I'd still have an eating disorder. — Source

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Randy Quaid got arrested for squatting. So he fled to Canada. Не and his wife claimed they were being targeted by Star Whackers, a group he says killed off celebrities such as Heath Ledger and David Carradine. The couple even created a documentary on the subject, starring Quaid wearing nothing but an open fur coat. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Being James Bond went to George Lazenby's head. On the set of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Lazenby would frequently make crew members nervous by drunkenly tossing liquor bottles into the air and shooting them to pieces. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM In 2000 former child actor Brad Renfro was caught trying to steal a 45 foot yacht in Fort Lauderdale, Florida before shooting began on the film Bully. Renfro forgot to untie the boat before stealing it. — Source

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