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50 Celebrities That Messed Up So Badly That Barely Anyone Respects Them Anymore
Reputation is a fickle thing. It can take years—if not decades—to build up. But it only takes moments to destroy. Most stars know that they’re always in the spotlight, so whatever they do is going to have consequences. This is why it’s so important to have high moral standards and behave respectably when you’re a public figure.
The members of the AskReddit online community spilled the beans about which celebrities they have personally lost any and all respect for due to their atrocious behavior. You’ll find their thoughts below. Feel free to chime in with your own opinions in the comments.
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#1
Tom Hanks
...isn't on this list because he's wholesome as f**k and a world-class gentleman.
#3
I'll mention a group: Actor Scientologists. When the whole Scientology news exploded roughly 8 years ago, I lost all respect.
Let’s not be naive or holier-than-thou: everyone makes mistakes. To err is human, and all that. And to a certain extent, everyone deserves a second chance, forgiveness, and the opportunity to make amends. However, some sins are so egregious that it makes you wonder if redemption is even possible.
Fully protecting your reputation is impossible. However, a good rule of thumb is to avoid acting impulsively. If you think you’re about to make an important decision, write an angry comment, be rude, do something unethical, etc., it’s vital that you stop and think.
#4
Chris Brown. The whole "he hit Rihanna" thing was downplayed in the media. Read the actual police report and you'll see that he tormented and even attempted to kill her. And this man is still walking and making music and garnering fans. Really does make me sick.
#6
Madonna, ever since I found out she dumped her three chihuahuas at a dodgy kill shelter and one of them died after having its face mauled while the other two were basically starving by the time they were rescued. She was literally Madonna, she could have found them a good home. Or you know, literally hired someone just to care for them.
Give yourself some time to think things over if you feel like you’re in a situation where you’re very emotional and about to potentially make a mistake.
Try to consider the consequences of your actions, both immediate and long-term. Run your decision by the people you trust the most. If you have a public relations expert or a manager on your payroll, definitely get in touch with them.
Forbes notes that something you should always think twice before responding to someone in anger or frustration. Especially in a work context.
#7
Elon Musk, I got caught up in romantisizing the progress he was apparently making towards space travel. I remember saying I thought he was the closest we'd get to a real-life Zefram Cochrane. When I came to realise he was just another billionaire buying ideas and taking credit for them I stopped respecting him pretty quickly.
Marilyn Manson, I don't think I need to really explain why.
#9
Gwyneth Paltrow - Goop
The medical information, that's just wrong, the $100 dollar vagina candle, the Recipies it's just nonsense and she's not a bad actress.
What celebrities have you personally lost all respect for and why, Pandas? On the other hand, who are some public figures that you genuinely look up to?
Are there any stars who messed up who you think eventually managed to move past their sullied reputations? Let us know what you think.
#10
Idk if he counts as a celebrity, but i f*****g dispise doctor phil now. Not only did he send trouble kids to a child labor and endangering camp, made an excuse for it, but he also literally told a male abuse victim that he was abusive for fighting back and that hes a scumbag
Edit: ok these comments are getting overwhelming, but for those who asked "why did you even respect him in the first place?" I first knew phil from the catch me outside girl and i thought he was doing something good for her. As well as helping family members with their destructive family lives. I didnt realize what he was REALLY doing to these people til recently.
#11
Not really a celebrity, but Rudy Giuliani.
I was 28 when 9/11 happened. He honestly and truly was America's Mayor during that time. We had no clue about who the dude actually was. These were the innocent times when social media was little more than a fever dream in Tom Anderson's mind.
I can honestly not think of a single person who was so widely held in such high regard, and has since fallen so low.
#12
For someone not already listed here, I’ll go with Ellen - used to respect her a lot for being a trailblazer before everything came to light in 2020.
#13
Danny Masterson
Thought he was cool but later found out he is a higher up in scientology and got away with raping the wife of Cedric Bixler-Zavala (singer of the mars volta) and poisoned 2 of his dogs.
#14
Whoopi Goldberg for saying the Holocaust wasn't about race and downplaying Jews as a race and a discriminated people.
#15
This pandemic showed a lot of celebs to be self centred and out of touch.
I lost respect for everyone in that awful Imagine rendition.
"Imagine no possessions" they sing while sitting in their billion dollar mansions. Meanwhile the rest of us are losing our jobs.
#17
Elisabeth Moss - how do you play the main character in a show like The Handmaid's Tale, yet practice Scientology in your personal life? I don't get it.
#18
Dan Schneider. He crated a ton of shows on nickelodeon that I loved growing up but he's a disgusting man that *more than likely* molested a lot of young female stars growing up.
#19
I think the overall take away from this thread is don't put anyone on a pedestal. You don't know anyone 100% besides yourself and even that can change. Everyone's flawed in some way.
#21
Oprah. She did a special once on the Holocaust but made it all about her. It was very distasteful. We watched it back in high school, and even the teacher turned it off. To be fair, I had never watched her or her show before, but that experience soured her for me.
#24
Mark Wahlberg. Dude is a straight up scumbag. He has committed multiple hate crimes, attempted murder, assaults, dealing d***s… list goes on.
The cherry on top of the cake is his comments about 9/11, and how he could have stopped the attacks if he was on one of the aircraft. Get f****d Mark.
#25
Tiger Woods. Cheats on his wife and repeatedly drives under the influence. He got away from his last crash without a warrant for a blood test even though the facts and circumstances clearly show some sort of impairment.
#26
Allison Mack from Smallville. She was a leader in a cult that exploited women and made them sex slaves. Currently in prison.
#27
Tom Cruise is the first that comes to mind cause of his affliation with Sciencetology. Come one guys the reason why he is making bank with the Mission Impossible movies is cause he in big dept with that cult.
#29
Chrissy teigen. I'm embarrassed I was so fond of her persona, even bought her cook book.. Related to her struggles with alcohol. Now I just see her as a cringe worthy try hard who needs a never ending amount of validation. Oh and she told a teenager to kill themselves, tried to hide the media storm behind it and when it finally came out THEN gave a stupid public apology. SHE TOLD A TEENAGER WHO WAS BEING GROOMED TO TAKE A DIRT NAP, there's no public apology for that. Go away and work on yourself. Just..gross.
#30
Tyra Banks. The ways she exploits and abuses vulnerable contestants for views. Disgusting. It goes deeps. She's as bad as Wendy in her own way.
#32
Lizzo, after she started sexually harassing Chris Evans. Talking about her sexually explicit fantasies about him during an interview was just uncomfortable. If he’d made the comments about her that she made about him, he’d be cancelled immediately.
Then she ran into Chris Brown backstage somewhere and was filmed fangirling over him and called him her favourite person. Yeah, the same Chris Brown who nearly killed Rihanna, whose other ex has a restraining order against him, who has continuously proven since the Rihanna incident that he’s a violent piece of s**t and a danger to women…that’s your favourite person?
Not as bad as most of the answers on here, but I absolutely lost any respect I had for her after that point.
Edited to add: I may have lost respect for her, but a lot of these replies are gross. I feel the need to clarify that I don’t agree with any of the comments calling her names and talking s**t about her appearance.
#33
Lance Edward Armstrong (né Gunderson; born September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. Armstrong was stripped of his seven consecutive Tour de France titles from 1999 to 2005 after a doping investigation and his admission to using performance enhancing d***s. Also heard he was a wife beater. Little kid me used to heard about him all the time.
#34
T.I. That dude was cool until he said he was getting his daughter checked for her virginity.
#35
Kevin Hart.
I handled his table at the Casino I worked for, guy was a total d**k. My wife (even before my interaction) says he’s the biggest piece of s**t she ever dealt to. Other service industry employees have told me he’s the worst also.
Kevin Hart is a grade A a*****e AND a f*****g stiff. I used to like his comedy but after meeting him? F**k him.
#36
Nick Cannon for expounding the racist conspiracy theory that Israel stole the Jewish identity from African people.
#37
Amber Heard, she manipulated the whole media, caused that Johnny got his career DESTROYED while some what innocent, and I never truly respected her even before.
Edit: I did some extra findings and now I basically am disgusted by both. But I hate Amber more still since she abused "feminism" to be still seen as good.
#38
Elon Musk. I've been a huge space fan my whole life and a proponent for electric vehicles and sustainable energy. There is no doubt SpaceX and Telsa have made huge strides in those industries, he should be a no-brainer idol for me, but his recent stance on Covid has really made me conflicted.
#39
I find it difficult to really feel connected to someone who sings about how "we're all in this together" yet they need to drive a small vehicle to go from one side of their property to the other so they can enjoy their pool.
#40
Mariah Carey after her tea meltdown at the new years rockin eve fest and how we had to wait for her to perform the LAST song of the evening and this b***h wouldn't come out because she didn't get her tea and had to restart the song at least once if I remember correctly it was a while ago. But I absolutely can't stand her!
#41
I'm still utterly furious at Mason Greenwood.
Edit: Manchester United footballer whose girlfriend published evidence of him beating, abusing, and threatening her with r**e last weekend.
#42
Chad Michael Murray
I waited in line for a Nintendo Wii the day they came out. It was outside of a Best Buy. Some people camped out. I got there before sunrise, but not crazy early. It was a fun environment. Once the staff got there, they told everyone how the sale would work, got everyone excited, and I think handed out some stuff.
About 20 minutes before the store opened, Chad Michael Murray pulled up in a black SUV, right to the front of the line. Like, literally parked his car in the fire lane right at the front of the line, and got out. It was summer and he was wearing a leather jacket. He was clearly expecting people to be excited to see him. I was close enough to the front to hear him. He went up to the employee who was coordinating everything, and said he was here for his Nintendo. The guy was nice, and basically said what he would to anyone - great! you’re in the right place. Get in line. CMM says that he was told there would be one saved for him. The guy didn’t know what he was talking about. After a little back and forth and another employee getting involved, he walks away with his Nintendo. He clearly thought everyone would cheer for him as he walked away. But, they ran out of Nintendos that day. Some kid went home empty handed. I still get furious thinking about it.
F**k CMM.
#43
Dr Phil after seeing him tell a victim of domestic violence "You don't ever, never, ever, put your hands on a woman in anger" and telling him to just walk away if she attacks him because he tried to defend himself.
#46
So, this one is an entirely personal issue. But I used to work at a hotel and Jerry Seinfeld was staying there while doing a show and he was incredibly rude. Yelling at staff about mild inconveniences and stuff. Basically he went full Karen, even said that he'll never use this hotel chain again.
In his defense, this all happened late at night after he was returning from a show, so maybe he just was having a bad night, so I don't want to say he's a terrible person. Just he was very rude to me and my coworkers and it's left a bad taste in my mouth ever since.
#48
James Franco. I’ve thought of him as a good actor but after I’ve seen that he’s a sexual predator, my respect gone downhill.
#49
I would say Jeffree Star but I never had respect for him in the first place.
#50
Drake Bell. I loved Drake and Josh growing up so I thought he was a pretty cool guy. Then ofc everything came forth recently about him being a p***phile, and apparently he has also been grifting people with cryptocurrency even more recently. I have no respect left for the man at all
Edit: NFT’s not crypto, my bad.
What do you think ?
what what why 6 days ago
I never understand the reverence for "celebrities" i think they are modern day clowns and shouldnt get so much attention or money. The people who do dirty, really hard work should be paid and respected far better: farmers, iron workers, factory workers, electrician, roofers, construction workers, and more, you get it, even actually pleasent customer service workers or good parents have far more value to me. Theres just not enough of these super-rich doing things to help others, or just being happy with what they have, being decent people, and its bittered me about them in general. Plus people will be all into some stupid trendy celebrity and 10 yrs later you find out theyve done something terrible while everyone was making them richer giving them more opportunity to do horrible s**t.
what what why 6 days ago
I never understand the reverence for "celebrities" i think they are modern day clowns and shouldnt get so much attention or money. The people who do dirty, really hard work should be paid and respected far better: farmers, iron workers, factory workers, electrician, roofers, construction workers, and more, you get it, even actually pleasent customer service workers or good parents have far more value to me. Theres just not enough of these super-rich doing things to help others, or just being happy with what they have, being decent people, and its bittered me about them in general. Plus people will be all into some stupid trendy celebrity and 10 yrs later you find out theyve done something terrible while everyone was making them richer giving them more opportunity to do horrible s**t.
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