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29 Famous People Who Got Busted in Lies

Lies and the lying liars who tell them!

29 Famous People Who Got Busted in Lies

July 26, 2023

What unites all of the celebrities on this list? Given the headline, you’ve probably already got a pretty good guess: They all said something that wasn't true and got busted for it. There are lies of all shapes and sizes here. Some are said to save face and attempt to avoid embarrassment. Some are said in the hopes of landing a job. And some are said merely as good-natured trolling. Whatever the case may be, here are 29 famous people who got in trouble for telling a lie…

29

Terrence Howard

TERRENCE HOWARD FALSELY CLAIMED TO HAVE A PH.D. IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING. any DE In 2013, Howard told Jimmy Kimmel that he got a doctorate from South Carolina State University. However, he actually only got an honorary degree after speaking at the school's commencement ceremony-scsu doesn't even offer a chemical engineering degree. CRACKED.COM — Source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

28

Ben Affleck

BEN AFFLECK LIED ABOUT GETTING A BACK TATTOO. After pictures surfaced of an enormous phoenix tattoo on his back, Affleck told the press it was a fake tattoo he got for a movie. About a year later, after no movie came out featuring him with the tattoo, the actor finally admitted that the tattoo was, in fact, real. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Head-Scratching Lies (Told By Famous Actors)

27

50 Cent

50 CENT PARADED HIS WEALTH WHILE FILING FOR BANKRUPTCY. 100 In 2016, a bankruptcy judge ordered the rapper to appear in court after he raised questions for posting pictures of himself with piles of cash despite filing for bankruptcy just a few months prior. Не would go on to delete his Instagram and claim that the money was fake. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Head-Scratching Lies (Told By Famous Actors)

26

Eddie Redmayne

Eddie Redmayne had to audition for Elizabeth I. Не claimed he knew how to ride a horse. Не didn't, so first time he tried, he nearly fell off and died. Elizabeth's Tom Hooper later directed Redmayne again in Les Miserables and inserted a gratuitous horse scene purely out of revenge. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Head-Scratching Lies (Told By Famous Actors)

25

Haruko Obokata

In 2014, Haruko Obokata wrote an amazing paper. Stem cells could be made quickly and cheaply. A few months later, after 100 attempts in seven labs worldwide failed to reproduce the results, a report found she'd fabricated data. She apologized and resigned ... and her mentor hanged himself. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Head-Scratching Lies (Told By Famous Actors)

24

P. Diddy

P. Diddy bragged about his private jet. Then said gas cost so much, he had to ditch it. Turned out though that there was no jet registered under his name ... under any of his many names. Diddy clarified that he meant part of a plane-a wing-and, technically, someone else owned it. CRACKED.COM — Source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

23

Robin Thicke

Robin Thicke claimed credit for Blurred Lines. Then Marvin Gaye's estate sued. Thicke then changed his tune, pointing at his producer and claiming Pharrell had written it all by himself. Не said he couldn't have written anything because he'd been high on Vicodin at the time. CRACKED.COM — Source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

22

Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan had to do community service. She handled Whitney Houston's body bag. Or so she claimed, calling it an annoying chore criminals shouldn't have to do. The coroner's office debunked the story. No one in the probation program came near Houston, who was never even in a body bag. CRACKED.COM — Source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

21

Mike Daisey

Mike Daisey told of a meeting a man in China. 3 A man who'd lost a hand making iPads. And yet the man had never seen a finished iPad, until Daisey showed him one. Great story. Over a million heard it on This American Life before Daisey recanted and said he'd made it up. CRACKED.COM — Source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

20

Robert Pattinson

ROBERT PATTINSON KEEPS LYING ABOUT BEING A HAND MODEL. ROOSEVELT HOTEL BLASTEI OCKETM As recently as 2019, Pattinson told the same story he's been telling in interviews for over a decade - that he used to do women's hand modeling as a child. However, the story is a complete fabrication, which he himself admitted to Jimmy Kimmel all the way back in 2011. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Head-Scratching Lies (Told By Famous Actors)

19

Mila Kunis

Mila Kunis auditioned for That '70s Show. She said she'd be 18 on her birthday. That was technically true, but not on her next birthday. Or the one after that, or after that. She was 14. Luckily, when the producers found out the truth, they were amused enough to let her keep the job. CRACKED.COM — Source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

18

Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix said he was engaged on Letterman. Within 24 hours, he admitted it was a lie. There's plenty of joking on late-night, but he'd feigned enough seriousness that the story was reported as true by various outlets-including ABC, whose original story about the engagement CRACKED.COM remains online to this day. — Source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

17

Meg White and Jack White

Meg and Jack White said they were siblings. Then the news found their marriage certificate. And no, they weren't siblings AND married. Jack later explained he thought when band members are relatives instead of lovers, fans care more about the music, not the relationship. CRACKED.COM — Source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

16

Rick Ross

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: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

15

Tori Spelling

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: 15 Head-Scratching Lies (Told By Famous Actors)

14

Todd Latourrette

TODD LATOURRETTE LIED ABOUT HOW НЕ LOST HIS ARM. APPROVED In 2018, the Better Call Saul actor admitted that he cut his own arm off during a psychotic episode almost 20 years ago. Не told people it was an Afganistan war-injury in order to secure more acting jobs. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Head-Scratching Lies (Told By Famous Actors)

13

Jennifer Lawrence

JENNIFER LAWRENCE LIED ABOUT TAKING A BREAK FROM ACTING. PHOENI@ A D In 2018, the actress announced she'd be taking a year off from acting in order to focus on political activism. Just a few days later, she apparently dropped the idea as her reps told Entertainment Weekly that she would be returning to work as soon as one of her many projects was ready to start production. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Head-Scratching Lies (Told By Famous Actors)

12

Scarlett Johansson

SCARLETT JOHANSSON SAID SHE WOULD NEVER ATTEMPT TO PLAY A PERSON OF A DIFFERENT RACE. The actress tried to downplay her controversial Ghost in the Shell casting by assuring people she wasn't playing an Asian character. This turned out to be a lie as she did end up playing an Asian character-just one in a body of a white woman. A few years later she would go on to say that she should be allowed to play any person, or any tree, or any animal. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Head-Scratching Lies (Told By Famous Actors)

11

Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison said his parents were dead. They were alive-he just didn't like them much. Morrison's father did eventually try to mend the rift, reaching out to the singer and writing a supportive letter to a parole board after he was arrested for indecent exposure. CRACKED.COM — Source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

10

Tyga

Rapper Tyga claimed he grew up in Compton. Then made a video about growing up in the Valley. Tyga later said that this video was scripted. To this day, the public doesn't know which story is the truth, so we just have to be satisfied with knowing that at least one of them was a filthy lie. CRACKED.COM — Source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

9

Khloe Kardashian

Khloe Kardashian bragged about baking. But her Instagram pies looked a little familiar. Sweet Lady Jane bakery owner Jane Lockhart confirmed they were her pies, quipping, I thought, 'She has to be kidding me.' I want to say, 'Good job. You want a job here? CRACKED.COM — Source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

8

T.I.

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: 15 Head-Scratching Lies (Told By Famous Actors)

7

Vin Diesel

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: 15 Head-Scratching Lies (Told By Famous Actors)

6

Steve Rannazzisi

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: 15 Head-Scratching Lies (Told By Famous Actors)

5

Tyrese Gibson

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: 15 Head-Scratching Lies (Told By Famous Actors)

4

Manti Te'o

Manti Te'o said his girlfriend died of cancer. The story pushed him to a a Heisman Trophy. Girlfriend Kekua wasn't real. Te'o claims he only learned he'd been catfished right before the winner was announced. But he also claimed to have met Kekua in person ... years before the catfisher made contact. CRACKED.COM — Source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

3

Scott Thompson

Scott Thompson was Yahoo's CEO. Не claimed a bachelor's in computer science. His B.S. degree turned out to be BS, as came out during a shareholder struggle over seats on the board. The college he cited didn't even offer a computer science major when he would have gone there. CRACKED.COM — Source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

2

Brian Dennehy

Actor Brian Dennehy said he'd been a Marine. For years, he bragged of his Vietnam service. Не was actually stationed in Japan ... in the Marines' athletic department... and he left before anything major started in Vietnam. The truth came out in the 1998 book Stolen Valor. CRACKED.COM — Source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

1

Bill O'Reilly

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: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

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