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32 Trivia Tidbits About Celebrities Behaving Badly

From call sheets to rap sheets

32 Trivia Tidbits About Celebrities Behaving Badly

August 19, 2024

Can’t celebrities just go home and watch TV after work like the rest of us?

We thought that the drama on set would be enough for one day, but it looks like these drama junkies just had to keep it going. We hope their managers had bail money ready to go! After all, juggling a career and a crime spree can be tricky.

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Coco Chanel didn't just revolutionize fashion - she was also a Nazi spy. Declassified documents identify her as a secret agent working for the Germans, codenamed Westminster. GRACKED.COM — Source

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GRAGKED.COM Chuck Berry had a considerable rap sheet. Не was in jail for robbery and illegally transporting a 14-year- old girl across state lines. In 1990, he was sued for filming women in a bathroom without their knowledge. — Source

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Kiefer Sutherland has done a few short jail stints for driving under the influence. Не also got in trouble for headbutting a fashion designer in 2009. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Don King was convicted of manslaughter in 1967 - for stomping an employee to death over an unpaid debt. CRACKED.COM — Source

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GRACKED.COM Peter Yarrow (center) is the Peter of the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary. He's also a convicted sex offender. Не went to prison in the '70s for taking improper liberties with two underage fans. — Source

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Charles S. Dutton, the sage groundskeeper who helps inspire Rudy in Rudy, went to prison for manslaughter at 17. It wouldn't be his last conviction. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Tom Baker, of Doctor Who fame, had a very strained relationship with his wife's family-to the point of attempting to murder his mother-in-law with gardening tools. Не then abandoned his wife and children. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Albert Einstein gave his first wife a list of stipulations that he expected her to follow. Essentially, she was to be his maid and expect nothing in return. CRACKED.COM — Source

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GRAGKED.COM Charlie Chaplin married actress Lita Grey after he knocked her up and she refused to have an abortion. Не was 35 and she was 16. — 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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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 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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BILLY IDOL OCTOBER 1989 CRACKED.COM A drunk Billy Idol had to pay $11,200 after smashing the TV in a Bangkok hotel. Не eventually had to be escorted out of the country on a stretcher by Thai military. — 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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Danish film director Lars von Trier made some intolerable statements about Hitler at the 2011 Cannes film festival. I understand Hitler... I sympathize with him... And he was immediately banned from the festival by the Cannes board of directors; the ban lasted SEVEN YEARS. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Within three months of being crowned Miss Puerto Rico 2015, Destiny Velez had an anti-Muslim rant on Twitter. Mino Neperles 2011 MISS 7 What Muslims have done is provided oil & terrorize this country & many others!!!!!! The Miss Puerto Rico Organization released her apology statement alongside the announcement of her indefinite suspension, and all her social media accounts were shut down. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED FELICITY HUFFMAN'S SAT FRAUD SCANDAL. She pleaded guilty to mail fraud, and admitted to paying $15,000 to a service that guaranteed to boost her daughter's SAT scores. She spent 14 days in prison, got 250 hours of community service, and paid a $30,000 fine. — Source

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CRACKED SEAN PENN ASSAULTED A PHOTOGRAPHER. In 2010, Sean Penn was sentenced to three years of probation and 300 hours of community service for battery against photographer Jordan Dawes. Dawes needed knee surgery after the attack. — Source

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CRACKED MARK WAHLBERG WAS CHARGED WITH RACIALLY MOTIVATED ATTEMPTED MURDER. At 16, he knocked out a middle-aged Vietnamese man in the street. Later that day, he attacked another Asian man with a metal hook, leaving him blind in one eye. Не was charged with attempted murder, was sentenced to 2 years in prison, and only served 45 days. — 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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In 2017, Gigi Hadid was pulled from a Victoria's Secret fashion show in China due to a video of her making slant-eyes while holding a Buddha cookie. L GRACKED.COM — 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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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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Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now WOODY ALLEN's list of classics is insane. BUT PUBLIC OPINION HAS STRONGLY VEERED AGAINST HIM IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, given allegations of abuse dating from the early '90s. His last two movies were mostly ignored, many performers regret working with him, and he has lost passion for moviemaking. 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 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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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 a GIRO GRO 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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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 CHRIS BROWN had a very successful R&B career. HE'S ALSO A NOTORIOUS COLLECTOR OF ABUSE ALLEGATIONS. In the years after the Rihanna fiasco, accusations of violence just keep popping up. 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 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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