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Lil Wayne

Lil Wayne got dumped over the fact that he endorsed Trump in 2020. BAKED IAM Neste BUB TEMPERFEOT Apparently, according to his ex-girlfriend Denise Bidot's friends, it wasn't just his Trump support, but that was a big part. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Kate Moss

Kate Moss was the face of H&M, Chanel, and Burberry. Apparently, they didn't know she had been in rehab. In 2005, when pictures surfaced of Moss appearing to snort cocaine, she was promptly dropped by all three clotheries. They were shocked-shocked!- that a model who had popularized the fashion trend known as heroin chic would do drugs. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Northrop Grumman

A Weird Superhero Endorsements The Avengers teamed up with a real life defense contractor. In 2017, Marvel partnered with Northrop Grumman and released a comic featuring the Avengers and Northrop Grumman's own hero team, N.G.E.N. It was quickly dropped because what the hell, Marvel. CRACKED.COM — Source: Asset Pharmacy

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Burt Reynolds

40 Shady Things Hawked by Shady Celebrities and Corporations — Source

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Lady Gaga

Celebrity Colognes and Perfumes FAME by Lady Gaga To promote the fragrance, Gaga claimed it contained blood and semen (because that's appealing?), but it's actually made with notes of belladonna, jasmine, orchid, honey, saffron, and apricot nectar. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Bella Thorne

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The Justice League

Source: CBR
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Pontiac

CRACKED.COM COULD YOU CONCENTRATE ON YOUR DRIVING? Weird Superhero Endorsements Black Canary runs over crime with a Pontiac driver. In a limited series, Black Canary teams with Rush, a superhero created for Pontiac, with the power to... own a Pontiac. There were six issues of this. Six! THERUNCU — Source: DC Comics
More: 6 Hilariously Awful Examples of Product Placements in Comics

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Whoopi Goldberg

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Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj (and others) pushed dangerous Teatox products. Minaj is just one of a cavalcade of celebrities who use their Instagram accounts to push

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Toronto Argonauts

Accidental domestic abuse endorsement HOME OPENER-JULY 23 1% Womenog . 4pm TORONTO ARGONAUTS HOME IS WHERE ALL H RONA A THE HEART IS. NISSAN IT'S ALSO WHERE WE ON DE 95 Hurt people. ALL НА GRACKED.COM Football has a long-running continued issue with family violence, which makes this poorly-worded ad for the Toronto Argonauts even worse. — Source: 13 Brands That Addressed Sensitive Issues In Cringeworthy Ways

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Chris Christie

Chris Christie, as Governor CRACKED.COM of New Jersey. had a list of 100 mayors whose endorsement he was seeking for re-election. He gave 20 of those

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Alec Baldwin

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Nike

CRACKED.COM Batman (1989) Batman's boots are sneakers. The boots, which were made by Nike as part of an endorsement deal with Warner Bros., had black sneakers incorporated into them. — Source: Vudu/YouTube

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Helena Bonham Carter

Yardley Cosmetics put Helena Bonham Carter in their ads. Until she announced that she's not really into makeup. Specifically, she told an interviewer, I don't know why Yardley chose me; I don't wear much makeup. Her contract was terminated soon after. CRACKED.COM http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/not-a-very-good-endorsement-8592.html — Source

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Gillette

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40 Shady Things Hawked by Shady Celebrities and Corporations — Source: Variety

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World of Warcraft

At some point, the world's biggest WORLD video game got WARCRAFT desperate enough to seek endorsement from chuck Norris in an ad made of his already d

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Kanye West

WAS KANYE WEST'S ENDORSEMENT OF TRUMP ALL PART OF A PLAN TO MAKE A KARDASHIAN GREAT AGAIN? Wendy Williams proposed that West agreed to help the presid — Source: Atlanta Black Star

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George Foreman

George Foreman was making as much as $4.5 million a month with his grill. George Foreman was originally paid 40% of the profits for endorsing the George Foreman Grill. Не made $200 million just from the endorsement through 2011, which was much more than what he made as a boxer. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Biography

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The Situation

40 Shady Things Hawked by Shady Celebrities and Corporations — Source: Delish

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NASA

Source: LA Times

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Justin Bieber

40 Shady Things Hawked by Shady Celebrities and Corporations — Source: Brush Buddies

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Dev Patel

Dev Patel apologized for the live-action The Last Airbender movie. When he signed a fan's Airbender merch at the Toronto International Film Festival, he said I'm sorry about this film. It was a little bit sh*t, wasn't it? CRACKED.COM — Source: ScreenRant

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Travis Scott

TRAVIS SCOTTX MCDONALDS wants a hug There's probably no better example of the corporate swag phenomenon than the unholy marriage of McDonalds and Travis scott. Not sure what scott has to do with this McNugget Body Pillow, but his name's on it and it's selling for $150. Welp. — Stock X

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Taco Bell

TACO BELL covers your down there with salsa Why spend $20 on a bikini at Target when you can get one with Fire Sauce packets for triple the cost? This is how Taco Bell thinks outside the buns. — Dude I Want That

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Peloton

PELOTON is changing the way we carry food on a stationary bike This $150 branded tote is made to show off at the gym-- but isn't not going to the gym the point of buying a Peloton? — Peloton

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s $75 Candle

40 Shady Things Hawked by Shady Celebrities and Corporations — Source: goop

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Talking Soap

40 Shady Things Hawked by Shady Celebrities and Corporations — Read More: The 16 Most Baffling Pieces of Official Merchandise Ever

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Family Guy

Family Guy returned because fans kept buying DVDS and merch. The show got new episodes three years after being canceled. Die-hard fans kept it alive by buying millions of dollars's worth of DVDS and merch, to the point where it was outselling The Simpsons. CRACKED — Fox
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Rob Schneider

In 2014, State Farm ran ads featuring Rob Schneider. That was before he got vocally anti-vaccine. Now, anyone would want to distance themselves from an anti-vaxxer. But it made particular sense in the case of State Farm - а health insurance company. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Snooki

Snooki plugged sketchy Zantrex-3 diet pills. Go figure that a celebrity who gained fame by being crappy was attached to a diet product that's full of crap. Meet the SECRET Sauce! This is the nooki Secret! -it's in the bag! New ZANTREX 3 - THE U.K. Rapid Weight Losa Extreme Energy لين HAKE WHAT ZANTREX-3 ZANTREX 4 No Ephedrine NIGH ENERGY Rope I im YA МАМА Dietary FAT BURNER Extrame Energy Supplement - - Japan Fat Loos GAVE YA Demary 30 capaulos -Incredition Energy Supplement Promoted to perm - - - Detary Dopplement Zantrex-3 was chock full o' unhealthy stimulants — Source

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Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow is the queen of shady butt stuff. Pinning down the most ridiculous product promoted by balderdash merchant Gwyneth Paltrow is no easy

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The Rock

Celebrity-Owned Booze and Weed TERD TEREMANA TEQUILA by Dwayne Johnson Johnson is a big fan of tequila's ability to get you tipsy while being low in sugar and carbs, so he created a small batch distillery in Mexico. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Melissa Etheridge

Celebrity-Owned Booze and Weed - Ethuidy Etheridge. Ethinks ETHERIDGE BOTANICALS by Melissa Etheridge The singer and musician is a huge cannabis advocate, and now she sells her own line marijuana products, including pre-rolled joints. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Hulk

Weird Superhero Endorsements HULK LOVE SLEEPY'S MATTRESSES! Sleepy's Mattresses invented the hero Sleepy's Man to magically force the Jade Giant to dreamland via its incredibly comfortable mattress (that they want you to buy). CRACKED.COM — Source: MyComicShop, CBR
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Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian spammed social media with useless diet lollipops. Marketing sugar-filled lollipops with unproven secret ingredients as a weight loss t

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Pierce Brosnan

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Rick Santorum

When Rick Santorum dropped out of the race, he endorsed Marco Rubio. And then couldn't name a single thing Rubio has accomplished. He was asked repeat

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Alex Jones

Alex Jones sells a crapload of sketchy dietary supplements. The Alex Jones empire appears to be slowly evolving from a conspiracy theory dissemination

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