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They say the higher you fly, the harder you fall. For a celebrity, an illustrious career can go in shambles in one fell swoop, whether from a scandal or their own doing. 

These big names are just some examples. Their stories can make you think a lot about the price of fame and how being in the limelight can feel lonely, despite the fortune and recognition. 

The responses you’re about to read were from various Reddit threads, asking which celebrity figure has the worst and saddest fall from grace story of all time.

#1

Portrait of an older man in a gray Temple hoodie, representing celebrities whose careers crashed and never recovered. Bill Cosby. It’s hard to overstate how much he was loved in the late 80s early 90s.

legthief:

Absolutely - the temptation is to answer this thread with Sean Combs, due to his continuing fame, his billions, and his business networks and empire, but he was already kind of an obnoxious and dividing pop culture figure before his outing and arrest, whereas Cosby was for decades unironically labelled 'America's Dad" by much of mainstream media.

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Lots of celebrities have fallen but none so far as him. He went from being America’s Dad to a pathetic old washed up unmasked predator. When Ennis was murdered the entire COUNTRY rallied around his family and felt awful for them. While I still have empathy for everyone else, knowing what he was doing to other people’s kids takes any empathy I have for him as a father who lost a child.

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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Evil man. He deserves to have done to him what he did to those poor women.

Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The problem with that Eye for an Eye attitude is that you would need to find someone willing to do that. That would also be a person who belongs in prison.

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Eugene the Jeep
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16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a millionaire celebrity, he could have had women willing to indulge him for money or fame, but he had to a*****t unwilling victims to get his kicks. A sick, sick mind.

David
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12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

bc it was about the power, not the s*x

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Barong
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12 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mother worked with him back in the ‘80s. I worked in a casino he would perform at in the ‘90s. People knew he was a bit pervy. My mother said they women she worked with knew not to hang out alone with him. Not that they suspected that they thought he’d dru g, as sault, or ra pe them, but that thought wasn’t out of the question. In the ‘80s some men with power wouldn’t take no at least the first few rejections, for an answer and a drunk yes was as good as a sober one and rap ist tried to say clothing equated to consent. (I’d like to think things are better but I don’t think so?) She said that Cosby had reputation as being a bit sleazy in public and worse in private.

Laserleader
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13 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

FYI, it WAS PUBICALLY KNOWN IN THE MEDIA that he was doing that IN THE 80's, but no one cared back then. My parents threw away all his comedy records, and I was told I wasnt allowed to watch his shows or commercials, before the 90-s even hit.

Gingersnap In Iowa
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15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I use to have my Bill Cosby comedy albums framed and hung in the TV room. I was sicken when I heard about him. The albums are gone now.

SouthernGal
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12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was a huge fan also before it all came out.

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    #2

    Oscar Pistorius took a bit of a tumble.

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    I was going to mention him. He gave hope to people around the world, being the first double leg amputee to participate in the Olympics, but then.....well we all know now.

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    T'Mar of Vulcan
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    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oscar is a South African athlete who shamelessly used his "fear" of being home invaded to k!ll his girlfriend. If you believe his side, he didn't even check if she was in bed before he got out of bed, grabbed his gun and shot her (thought she was a burglar) in the toilet cubicle of the bathroom. I've watched the documentary on him (in "How It Really Happened" - very good series) and I'm not convinced he's innocent.

    Lukas (he/him, it/its)
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd love if these posts added any context at all

    Emilu
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    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was imprisoned for shooting his girlfriend through a door. He claims it was in self-defence as he heard noises and assumed it was an intruder.

    CooperDooper81
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    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Of course he took a tumble. He didn't have a leg to stand on.

    Laserleader
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    13 hours ago

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    So the issue isn't the Olympics banning people with prosthetics?

    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He participated in both the Paralympics and the Olympics. The Olympics has NOT "banned" people with prosthetics. Individuals with prosthetics have to prove before a governing body that the prosthetics do not give them an unfair advantage (which IS possible depending on the prosthetic material, length/height, etc.)

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    #3

    Three female musicians performing on stage with banjo, guitar, and violin as part of celebrities whose careers crashed and never recovered. The Dixie Chicks went from being an incredibly popular country music group to never heard from again and not played on the radio because they came out against invading Iraq, which is now almost considered universally to be a dumb move.

    I guess that's what you get when your core demographic is made of up rednecks.

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    Upstaged75
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They criticized President Bush and all the Republican country music fans lost their mind. 🙄 I love the song they wrote in response though. Still a great band.

    Jill Jones
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    13 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not Ready To Make Nice is the song name and it was a great response to the hate.

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    Robin Roper
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They spoke the truth and were vindicated. Their concert venues are frequently sold out. Their career is different but did rebound.

    Taibhse Sealgair
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    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair, selling out a 100-seat venue is a far cry from selling out a 30,000-seat venue.

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    Eugene the Jeep
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    16 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are a lot of people who put patriotism ahead of common sense and Americans especially idolize their military. They won't accept any criticism of either.

    turk
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    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Many right-wingers mix up patriotism and nationalism. They are not patriotic whatsoever. They are nationalistic.

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    Patty George
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They're still performing. They're called The Chicks.

    Michael Largey
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the right keeps telling us how much they hate "cancel culture".

    GrowingThruConcrete
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    there was a big party in rural Virginia that year. Appalachian Americans cheered in unfettered delight as a local large equipment company ran over the crowd's combined Dixie Chicks collection. Squished under 230 pounds of bearded redneck plus 10 tons of steamroller were cds, tee-shirts, cups, posters, hats and the like. I remember thinking.... youns all already paid for that stuff? That'll show em boys.

    Christos Arvanitis
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    3 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They don't belong on this list which is primarily comprised of people who did bad things. They did the good thing...

    FreeTheUnicorn
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    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are still performing and still on the radio, but you need to admit to yourself it's the oldies station now.

    Zero Costa
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    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    fûck the haters they still rock

    Lee451 Henderson
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But those rednecks had money and bought her stuff/music/concerts.

    Charlotte
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Having money doesnt mean you arent sometimes wrong

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    #4

    Male celebrity performing on stage with microphone, representing celebrities whose careers crashed and never recovered. Even though I was never into his music, I would have to say Kanye. In less than 20 years he went from "Hip-Hop's class act" to a parable about the importance of taking your mental health seriously.

    Early-AssignmentTA , Renan Facciolo / Wikipedia Report

    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember WAY back when, long before all the insanity, in the early 2000s, I liked his song "Roses" (which talks about visiting his grandma in the hospital.) I thought he was a genuine person, and I felt sad when his mom díed due to terrible plastic surgery (2007.) And then it turned out that he is absolutely insane and he deceived us all, so to speak, into thinking he was an actual human being when in fact he's a collection of issues, narcissism, and a-holeishness all mixed into a bag.

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hid Dinner with Trump and Nick Fuentes was it for me. You know the old saying about Naz!s at a table? Well he sat down with two of them.

    TonjaLasagne
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    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dude is a wackadoodle.

    DrBronxx
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “Less than 20 years”, as if that’s not a lot of time for things to change.

    hollylolly86
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    3 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every Tim anyone criticises the elite, Kanye talks about his mother being sacrificed, how Disney traffics kids, the power of the Jewish in Hollywood, they are labelled crazy!

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    Remember he named his daughter North West. Did he hope she would become a compass?

    #5

    Smiling woman with short blonde hair applauding, representing celebrities whose careers crashed and never recovered. Ellen DeGeneres.

    She was well known as one of the most likable and generous celebrities ever and then it all came crashing down when everyone found out she was actually a bully and actually treated people very poorly and that was kind of it for her.

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    OneHappyPuppy
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tbh I called it the moment I first laid eyes on her... Something about her face screams she's a shíte

    TonjaLasagne
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I really liked her standup but the few times that I watched her show and saw her interviewing tactics, I realized that she was a real twitch. And I wasn’t surprised that she treated her employees even worse.

    turk
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    3 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Didn't help when she complained being quarantined in her massive mansion during COVID was just like prison.

    Laserleader
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    13 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never did like her, watched the show like once, but found her too fake. She was trying too hard to be likable, and it reminded me that every person I know who generously give mass gifts for no apparent reason were hiding horrible personal reasons. I think of big bags of plush for low-income kids, so the person can find kids to m0lest, or because they just scammed a partner and wanted to look "nice" before the cops were called. Ive got several more, from personal experience, but all of them were just like her.

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    14 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    always thought she was awful, her game shows were extremely cruel

    T'Mar of Vulcan
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    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I tried watching her sitcom but got bored after about 10 episodes (long before the coming out episode) because she has no magnetism as an actress at all. You didn't care about anything her character did. I honestly don't understand why she's famous.

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    #6

    I would say Roman Polanski, but there are plenty of people willing to forget.

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    Upstaged75
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one disgusts me. Anyone that still supports him automatically loses my respect.

    David
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    so most of Hollywood that gave him an award and the thousands there that signed the petition for him to get a pardon, despite him pleading guilty

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    Jerome Lenovo
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    there is a roman polanski in the white house

    Billo66
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    5 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The White House used to be a dignified institution, a synbol of our pride. Now it's a fuc­kin frat house.

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    hollylolly86
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    3 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Meryl Streep standing and applauding him decades later always knocks me sick!

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    #7

    Mugshot of a male celebrity taken by Los Angeles Police, illustrating a career crash and downfall in fame. OJ Simpson went from winning professional football games to getting arrested for stealing his own memorabilia from Vegas hotel room...

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    Dee Hampton
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think you missed the two deceased elephants in the room.

    Barong
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whether he did it or not or whether he was involved or not, that is what he is most known for for. That and the glove. Oh yeah and the white Ford Bronco, which is funny because Ford after declining sales took the Bronco off the market and later came out with another SUV, the Ford ‘Escape’.

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    TonjaLasagne
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OJ really disappointed me. He had it all and was really a hero in the Black community. Why can’t someone men just move on?

    #8

    Tattooed male singer passionately performing on stage, representing celebrities whose careers crashed and never recovered. Ian Watkins from Lostprophets. Gross don't search for him but he is the worst.

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    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He got what he deserved, m******d in prison.

    Upstaged75
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    17 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was recently k!lled in prison. Even criminals have standards, and they have no tolerance for anyone who tries to r@pe a baby. (So they took him out) No great loss. 🤷‍♀️

    BarBeeGirl
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    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’d never heard of him before and I wish i hadn’t. He, and the complicit mother’s of his victims, can rot in hell for all time and that wouldn’t be long enough

    TonjaLasagne
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    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This dude deserved more than d*e*a*t*h: he needed to be tied up, covered in honey and tossed into a pit filled with fire ants.

    Bambi
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Story says the two inmates one 43 and 25 the 43 yr old was in prison for abduction and rappe and the 25 year old of murdering a person they are scum as well.

    hollylolly86
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    3 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes they were, but even among scum there are levels and he was at the lowest. A baby!

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    59 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And nothing of value was lost.

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    #9

    Jimmy Savile

    I don't believe in hell, but I wish they'd custom-make one for him.

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    DrBronxx
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Currently, the title of this list says it’s about celebrities whose careers crashed and never recovered. Jimmy Saville died before his scandal came out. At 84, he was retired and his career was long over. He got away with every single f*****g thing that he did.

    Dee Hampton
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    True, JS was an entitled predator, but the BBC covered for him for years (allegedly)

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    3 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They always do look at Huw Edwards he was suspended for over a year on full pay. They still can't get it right.

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    Loudawg76
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was, much like Epstein, protected by some very powerful people. People knew …

    Meisbär
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    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He died before being exposed so he fails the "have to blame himself" part

    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sick, evil, depraved man. And most thought he was a hero for raising all that money for charity.

    Julie S
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    3 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Right after Jimmy Savile died before everything came out, there was a woman who claimed to be his daughter. I don't know if she was trying to get his money but she sure disappeared pretty quickly when everything came out.

    turk
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    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the news lately for the ending of "28 Years Later", which bizarrely referenced him.

    TonjaLasagne
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every time someone mentions one of these kiddy lovers, I think of Cheech & Chong’s song, “Uncle P*e*r*v*y” (yes, I’m trying to get around the blasted censors!). They released it on their Sleeping Beauty album in 1976. The uncle loves little boys & girls…hehehe.

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    #10

    Surprised no one’s mentioned Tiger Woods yet. The blow up with his then wife followed by his decline on the course.

    And after it started to unravel, all the players on the tour, the ones he’d been so [trashy] to, started piling on and let the rest of the world know that he was pretty much a [jerk] to compete against.

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    TonjaLasagne
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    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah, this is kinda minor compared to most of the other guys on this list.

    Michael Largey
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Woods stroked it into a hole too many times.

    MiauMiau
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    41 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But I like South Park's version of their golf game, ha ha ha.

    #11

    I'd have to say Joe Paterno, the old Penn State football coach. One of the winningest coaches of all time is found to have covered up a molestation scandal. Terribly sad, but he deserved it...

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    DrBronxx
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    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why does “terribly sad” seem like sympathy for Paterno? The man covered up CHILD S****L A***E.

    Julia Cargile
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate Penn State becasue of the whole Sandusky cover-up.

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    #12

    Lance Armstrong had a pretty big fall. He was everyone’s inspirational hero after his cancer battle and the Livestrong bracelets were everywhere. After the doping scandal he’s completely off the map.

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    DH
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cycling and cross country skiing is such grueling sports that doping is just necessary to be competitive these days. The ones that win and are cleared are just using so advanced stuff that they are not detectable yet. I stopped watching years ago.

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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I disagree that it's "necessary". If you have to take drúgs to be "competitive", then the athlete and the entire sport is corrupt. It's NEVER "necessary" to take drúgs/steróids/performance-enhancing substances.

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    Poppy
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    3 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whilst d**g use in sports is bad enough in itself it kind of pales into comparison with some of the other people on this list.

    #13

    Elderly man with gray hair speaking into a microphone, representing celebrities whose careers crashed and never recovered. Jerry Lee Lewis went from rock god to outcast when people found out he married his 13 year old cousin.

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    Upstaged75
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still don't get how this was allowed. So gross!

    Robin Roper
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not excusing it but the was his 1st cousin once removed and they married in Mississippi (USA) when she was 13 and he was 22 which was legal then. In Mississippi today you must be 21 without parental consent. With parental consent males can marry at 17+ and females can marry at 15+ can marry. Some sources suggest, today in Mississippi, minors under these ages might can marry with parental consent and court order if "special circumstances" such as if a pregnancy exist. It's not totally clear cut. 34 U.S. states still allow individuals under the age of 18 to marry under certain circumstances, usually with parental or judicial consent; the other 16 states and Washington, D.C., have banned child marriage entirely, setting the minimum marriage age at 18 without exception. Many state legislature members (mostly old white men, argue that minor children should be able to marry is there is a pregnancy.

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    J Adams
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    54 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Currently; 4 states have no official minimum age, but still require either parental consent, court approval or both: California, Mississippi, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. 2 states have a minimum age of 15: Hawaii and Kansas.

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    #14

    Charlie Sheen.

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    He got pretty out of hand with that whole 'tiger blood' thing, quieted down for a while, then whoops HIV.

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    Geobugi🇰🇷🇰🇭
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think he was allways a bit nuts and was just lucky to get good roles every time he messed up. Never really got why he was so famous at all, i never thought him a good actor. His father is so much better

    Bartlet for world domination
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    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    His father and brother are much better actors but Charlie's the handsome one. I watched the documentary and I must say, I know many an idiot just like him. He's charming.

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    Barbara Wilcock
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    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't hate Charlie Sheen. As with lots of Hollywood stars he was taken advantage of

    Michael P.
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    13 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Being fired from his own show was the downfall of Sheen's acting career and resulted in a falling out with Jon Cryer, his co-star.

    Stardust she/her
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    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My only exposure to him came from this godawful movie called ‘Foodfight’

    T'Mar of Vulcan
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    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is second-hand but Corey Feldman maintains that Charlie rap3d Corey Haim at some point while they were filming a movie.

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    #15

    Michael Jackson in a black embellished jacket at an event, representing celebrities whose careers crashed and never recovered. Without a doubt, Michael Jackson.

    **The King of Pop**

    People may look back on him favorably now, but many don't remember exactly how big he was.

    This guy had a *life long* career in music, from a child to his [funeral]. He appeared in movies, he had his own movie, he had his own video games. His music spanned multiple genres, and shattered records.

    This man, was the biggest thing since the Beatles. He met world leaders like they were his posse, shook the hands of multiple presidents. Michael Jackson stepping off a plane in your country was as big a deal as the Pope, and he handled it with the same humility of a single sequined glove wave.

    And the man *loved* charity. Where humanitarian causes went, he followed, and the world followed with him. Celebrities lined up to be a part of the Michael Jackson freight train. Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, Slash, and more.

    They were going to build a giant, mechanized statue of Michael Jackson in the Nevada desert. Not ironically, not for a festival, just because he was the singular most amazing performer of the generation.

    And what did he do in his spare time? He visited sick kids in hospitals. He lent his voice, his time, and his money to numerous charities and was unafraid to take a stance on racial tension; he was a champion of equality.

    Need more proof that this man was easily as big as Elvis? Here's an excerpt from his Wiki page:

    > Jackson's 1982 album Thriller is the best selling album of all time. His other albums, including Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), and HIStory (1995), also rank among the world's best selling albums. Jackson is one of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. He was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Dance Hall of Fame as the first and only dancer from pop and rock music. His other achievements include multiple Guinness World Records; 13 Grammy Awards as well as the Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award; 26 American Music Awards, more than any other artist, including the "Artist of the Century" and "Artist of the 1980s"; 13 number-one singles in the United States in his solo career, more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era; and the estimated sale of over 400 million records worldwide.[Note 1] Jackson has won hundreds of awards, making him the most awarded recording artist in the history of popular music.[6] Jackson became the first artist in history to have a top ten single in the Billboard Hot 100 in five different decades when "Love Never Felt So Good" reached number nine on May 21, 2014.[7] Jackson traveled the world attending events honoring his humanitarianism and in 2000, the Guinness World Records recognized him for supporting 39 charities, more than any other entertainer.[8]

    ... but in the 90s, accusations soured the public on Jackson. His visibility plummeted, and as his apparent medical issues regarding his appearance spiraled out of control, questionable relationship choices and further accusations seemed to make everyone take a big step away from associating with Michael.

    He [passed] effectively alone, as a result of a heart attack caused by the mishandling of medications by his personal doctor.

    It's incredible. I can't think of anyone else who was as famous, *internationally*, and then faded into obscurity and hazy memories of better times.

    He fell so hard, ~~people in this thread~~ *some people* barely remember him. But I always will.

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    Michael Jackson. King of pop to the ultimate crash and burn.

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    Billo66
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    TLDR: The World is a Vampire.

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    T'Mar of Vulcan
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    I'm not convinced he was a p3dophile the way we think of it. I full believe the theory that he was chemically castrated so he wouldn't lose his high voice. I think this made him a perpetual child mentally or emotionally despite his physical age. And children gravitate to other children. So when/if he did inappropriate things with kids, it's because they were the only people he could relate to. He had a horrible childhood (his brothers would have s3x with groupies right in front of him before he'd even hit puberty) and I don't think he grew up to be in any way "normal".

    Melancholy Kitty
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "So when/if he did inappropriate things with kids, it's because they were the only people he could relate to". WTAF T'Mar of Vulcan?!?! What kind of person justifies treating children that way? Sadly, you sound exactly how most Michael Jackson fans

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    marianne eliza
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    58 minutes ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I knew he was losing it when his music videos showed him unable to keep his hands off his c****h. Over and over again. (that censored word is C rot ch.)

    Emilu
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    Can’t put my finger on why, but I never liked him. I’ve always thought he was a creep. I respect his musical influence, but he’s never been appealing personally to me.

    Dee Hampton
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Starting years ago, he seemed to be struggling with his mental health.

    Chewie Baron
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    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Robin Williams made a comment on the Graham Norton show once, about this certain d**g Jackson was using as a pain killer. He said it was the equivalent of using chemotherapy together a haircut.

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    I wouldnt blame his personal physician at all. Everyone wants someone to blame, but after decades of surgery and pills, there's no way anyone was to blame for his choices but himself.

    Faye Bosworth
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    5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a health professional, his doctor was most definitely to blame. You do not just attach up propofol to someone and leave it going. Thats insane.

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    Like Father Christmas. He emptied his sack in little boys bedrooms

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    #16

    Three celebrities wearing leather jackets and glasses, posing with thumbs up at an event on careers crashed and never recovered. Milli Vanilli. They won a Grammy and were super popular and several hit songs. A lip syncing incident happens and it comes out that they didn't actually sing on the record. They become laughingstocks, lose their Grammy, and never regain any popularity. Just as they decide to do stuff on their own, one of their singers goes to jail.

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    Upstaged75
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of them took his own life. They were basically coerced in to doing it - they wanted to sing for themselves. Very sad.

    WindySwede
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    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are on this list with disgusting humans, because they lipsynced? One went to jail but I have no idea why though.

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    TonjaLasagne
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    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just think: most of the ”artists” in the current Billboard Top 100 are nothing more than auto tuned garbage.

    T'Mar of Vulcan
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    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What I don't get is why they were blamed when it was the producer (Frank Farian) who was responsible. Farian was also the producer of Boney M's music, and of the four members, only two (Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett) actually sang. Farian sang the male part that was lip-synched by Bobby Farrell (although Farrell did sing during live performances). And yet Boney M is still a beloved group in Europe and South Africa (you can't go one Christmas without hearing them being played in malls and supermarkets). I think the hate for the two men in Milli Vanilli was ridiculous.

    Fred L.
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    3 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They recently got a biopic.

    Michael Largey
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    Milli Vanilli's imposture speaks for itself. Oh, wait ...

    #17

    For a English Lord Jeffrey Archer takes some beating.

    Deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, resigned due to his lust for call girls. Sues the newspaper for liable, wins £500,000 (1987 pounds)

    Set up a charity for The Kurds, claimed it raised £57,000,000. Only raised £3.000.000 ( rest came from goverment and other sources)

    Shoplifted some very nice shirts and a suit while in Canada

    Insider trading - In January 1994, Mary Archer, then a director of Anglia Television, attended a directors' meeting at which an impending takeover of Anglia Television by MAI, which owned Meridian Broadcasting, was discussed.[36] The following day, Jeffrey Archer bought 50,000 shares in Anglia Television

    Ran for Lord Mayor of London, his friends turned him in about lying to a Liable jury, got 4 years in the pokey, had to pay a fortune in compensation

    The African coup attempt ( with Mark Thatcher ) Simon Mann, jailed in Equatorial Guinea but released on humanitarian grounds later, for his role in leading the failed 2004 coup d'état told The Daily Telegraph that his forthcoming book, Cry Havoc, would reveal "the financial involvement of a controversial and internationally famous member of the British House of Lords in the plot, backed up by banking records." He claimed documents from the bank accounts in Guernsey of two companies Mann used as vehicles for organising the coup, showed a 'J H Archer' paying $135,000 into one of the firms.

    He has been begged to resign from the House of Lords, he has refused and stuck to his guns, he was suspended from Marylebone Cricket Club for seven years, but the House of Lords cant kick him out.

    Honestly watch this guy. I bet there is another chapter in this mans life.

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    Zig Zag Wanderer
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    16 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    An incredible liar and deceptionist. It turned out that almost everything in his claimed CV was a lie. I don't think he even has any remorse at all. Named after him is "An Archer" which is a 'suitable amount of money to bribe someone'. This is in reference to the prostitute he bribed to leave the country so she couldn't be a witness at one of his trials (yes, there were many!). An absolute rogue, but still respected in some circles! He has resigned from the House of Lords, but never actually attended anyway.

    Panda McPandaface
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    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree with everything everyone has said - Lord Archer however is still laughing all the way to the bank.

    DH
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    I bet 95% of politicians these days use their knowledge to play the stock market. They are just smarter about it.

    Dee Hampton
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most people I now think he has zero credibility. Once he was discredited by the boys on 'Have I Got news for You', he was done

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    #18

    Ted Haggard - head of a super mega church then forced out after it was revealed he was having a gay affair.

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    Robin Roper
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If one wants to see the definition of projection, go to an evangelical church.

    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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    17 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wasn't he openly homophobic as well? What could his life has been if he was honest to himself?

    StumblingThroughLife
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    6 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't get these super churches (or any, really). If God is everywhere, why do religious people need to go to places of worship - and, in some countries, being compelled to give tons of money to the preachers, who spend it on themselves?

    Billo66
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    4 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How else do you think the streets get paved with gold in heaven. He needs money for the road crew. Which begs the question, what is the currency based on, do you even need currency? Because I ain't suckin nothin unless it's a 4 foot Mr. Graphics.

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    ADHD
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    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    talk about underselling lol, nah, he was busted using M**H and seeing rentboys.

    ADHD
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    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    to be clear here, he was not a mathematician lol

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    Dee Hampton
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If he had carried off a humble come-back after he was caught first, he might have been OK. The fact that he got caught multiple times made people lose sympathy for him

    Jeolas1
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    3 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Roy Zimmerman has a funny song about him on YouTube: "Ted Haggard is completely Heteroséxual"

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    4 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Shocking! ...Breaking news! David Allen Coe was racist! lol

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    The only issue I see is that he was a hypocrite, which is what EVERY SINGLE religious person is. I have never met one who wasn't because every religion requires impossible beliefs in imaginary stuff which really doesn't exist in reality.

    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    Megachurch leaders are also grifters, conmen/women, and liars. He bilked people out of their money in the name of "God".

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    #19

    Katy Perry. Witness just wasn’t a good album and her downfall just happened so quickly. Every time she’s tried to have a comeback since then, it’s flopped. Her new music doesn’t hit like it used to and the going to space, working with Dr Luke and admitting to voting republican didn’t help her image at all.

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How far down the list is Nicky Minaj after that TPUSA speech?

    Charlotte
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think she's trying too hard for the spotlight, but is out of touch with what most people's experience of the world is right now

    Becca not Becky
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She also got a bunch of SA allegations a few years ago, then last year was the space trip...girl just can't stay out of trouble

    MiauMiau
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    39 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Has she ever made music?

    #20

    Axl Rose.

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    You know you're a douche when Slash, one of the chillest dudes ever, can't put up with [you].

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    Jesha
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    13 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If he would just not have been an a*****e, he could have had a career for a long time. Dude sported a five and a half octave range, which is about where Mariah is. Instead he was a violent, terrible a*****e.

    Faye Bosworth
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    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think his is wider than hers - i think his is 6 or 7 octaves tbh. Remember looking it up after someone told me that, and being surprised that it was true.

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    Batwench
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    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Saw GunsAndRoses on tour last year. Actually very good. He can still be an absolute strawberry but has chilled out.

    Natalia
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tbf, he had an awful childhood

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    #21

    Gary Glitter--from rock n' roll to exposure as a child predator.

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    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Friend of Jimmy Savile as well. Horrible to think what they might have shared between each other.

    Owen
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    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably children. Ok, that was a bit dark even for me, I think that's enough internet for today.

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    #22

    It did nothing to his career, but Alec Baldwin calling his daughter a "rude, thoughtless little pig" forever stamped him as an [jerk] in my book. Given his general attitude, I don't see him changing labels going forward.

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    Dee Hampton
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would class his 'miss fire' on the set of 'Rust' and ramming his car into a tree as equally disreputable

    Leslie B
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    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's an arrogant, entitled piece of s**t who constantly looks like he's holding in a fart.

    #23

    Jeffrey Jones, the veteran character actor best known for playing Ferris Bueller's principal. Never a household name, but it seems like he was in every other classic movie from the '80s and '90s.

    And then he was busted for trying to get a 14-year-old boy to pose for pictures.

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    #24

    Male celebrity in a tuxedo smiling at an event, representing celebrities whose careers crashed and never recovered. Kevin Spacey. Oscar winner to pariah in the blink of an eye.

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    Eugene the Jeep
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If everyone in Hollywood like him and Weinstein were exposed, I wonder how much of a film industry would survive.

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    Not sure about this one.

    Geobugi🇰🇷🇰🇭
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me neither. I think he is the sort of person who is quite agressive when approaching someone but as far as i am aware he was allways understanding the word "no" and never actually assaulted someone. What a 14 year olds business on a party like that is, eludes me though. The whole thing is still somewhat i do not quite buy and as far as i know, he won in court.

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    Owen
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    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When he was named a paedo, and used it to come out as gay and act as a victim of society... yeah... that's a no from me Kevin. If you touch kids, you touch kids. Doesn't matter his s****l orientation. A shame, because he was actually a talented actor in my opinion. Now I can't watch anything he's in with out being uncomfortable.

    Dee Hampton
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When entitlement meets opportunity

    Oskar vanZandt
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    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He looks terrible(for a 66yo man) in that picture- didn't recognise him at first.

    Billo66
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    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He is a good actor but I can't defend what he's done.As years go by, things that used to be tolerated are now put on blast, as they should be. Just as an example look up NAMBLA. It was as bad then as it is now but nobody talked about it. I'm glad it's getting the attention it deserves.

    T'Mar of Vulcan
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    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He always, always gave me the absolute heebie jeebies. People would always try to make me watch stuff with him in and I would feel like I needed a bath afterwards. There is something gross and sleazy about him. I don't care what some court in England said. I believe Anthony Rapp.

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    #25

    Man wearing sunglasses and a black shirt outdoors, representing celebrities whose careers crashed and never recovered. Will Smith for sure. Dude was on top of the world.

    derpyninja:

    I’m a 90s kid. Will Smith was everywhere. Fresh Prince and his blockbuster movies were part of so many people’s childhood. Thought he was a chill guy.
    That punch and outburst ruined him forever. There’s no going back.
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    He was already wrecked way before that in my eyes due to being a scientologist.

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    Woof Yo
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I really think he did a good job of being accountable for his action. He said he was sorry, said he messed up, and was prepared for any and all consequences. And that's exactly what he has done. I don't see a lot of people, especially men (especially white men), having the integrity to admit they were wrong. He messed up. He at least provided a decent example of taking responsibility.

    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just because he apologized and made amends does not mean that people have to forgive him or pretend it didn't happen, though. I agree that apologizing and making amends to those you hurt and those you do wrong against is necessary, but the person/people you wronged are under no obligation to forgive you and forget just because you said you're sorry. His apology didn't fix what happened to his reputation and peoples' perception of him.

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    Dee Hampton
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Poor guy is under Jada's thumb

    Michael Largey
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He committed a key strategic mistake - he turned the villain into the victim.

    Laserleader
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly, I never cared about the award show theater, I expect people to do crazy things since thats the ONLY reason to watch. But his acting became stale, with every character the exact same no matter if it was an apocalypse, love story, sci-fi, or romance. I got bored.

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    #26

    Jian Ghomeshi.

    Anon:

    The bill cosby of Canada.

    Anon:

    After he hired that PR company and released a statement, several media outlets referred to his statement as a ''master stroke'' of PR.
    But to me, it was exactly the opposite.
    I can't really point to specific sentences, but I didn't know anything about him or the accusations until his statement, and it set off alarm bells. The tone of it, the weak "evil ex and scandalmongers" thing, the attempt to soften the blow of coming allegations and promote the "she's lying" narrative by admissions of rough bdsm... Just, everything together made him look guilty as fuck.

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    Jesha
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    13 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was going to name him. Loved Fruvous back in the day and had been delighted to see him on TV. Then the stories from Toronto girls started coming out. Creep.

    Michael P.
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    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    His firing from his CBC radio show in 2014 is a precursor to the MeToo movement that would soon follow. He tried to sue the CBC for wrongful termination but was unsuccessful.

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    #27

    I'm pretty sure the only people that discuss Mel Gibson are Matt Stone, Trey Parker, and RDJ. Otherwise he's near shunned. He was in Machete Kills, Get the Gringo, and the Expendables 3. I've seen all three. Get the Gringo and Machete are fun. The roles aren't all that big outside of Gringo. He doesn't have much room to get back into mainstream Hollywood and he didn't get any reprieve for the [things]he said. Even Gary Oldman who defended Gibson was just a kook. Lindsay Lohan has Oprah. RDJ had the willpower to overcome his [things]. Gibson is a ghost in entertainment now and he used to be a great actor and director.

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He came out as a blatant Anti-Semite. He did it to himself. He also never directed a decent movie ever. Braveheart? Passion of the Christ? Both complete garbage.

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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I loved Braveheart... when it was released. I was 13 at the time XD Later on when I took a "History of the British Isles" class in college, I did my finals paper on Braveheart and its complete lack of accuracy. I remember my teacher (who was a Scottish expat) was especially amused by me pointing out that William Wallace wouldn't have such shiny clean perfect white teeth XD But yeah, I loved Braveheart........ when I was a child XD I also thought Gibson was great in all of the Lethal Weapon movies and Mad Max... again, when I was a child XD I think The Patriot was the last movie with him in it where I thought he was a great actor. After that I realized wait... wait... no, this man is just bizarre.

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    Billo66
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    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm an Anti-Dentite.

    CooperDooper81
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    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Next you'll be suggesting they should get their own schools.

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    Natalia
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's still working and has films out every year

    Lyone Fein
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Calling him a great actor is overstating things a bit. He was good at what he did.

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    The only question I have is how in the fu­ck he and Kevin Costner keep getting work?

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    Aileen Grist
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I watched Mel Gribson in Hamlet - for a course I was doing. I was amazed at how good he was. As part of the course I watched Kenneth Brannagh and Laurence Olivier as Hamlet too - and Mel Gibson, who I dislike intensly was the best of the 3.

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    #28

    Anthony Weiner. From Congressman down to jokes and back up to almost NYC Mayor and all the way down to "Carlos Danger".

    another_sunnyday:

    You'd think with his last name, he would be extra careful to avoid becoming a punchline.

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    13 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That was STUPID! Why do men think that's attractive? Has that worked EVER?!? Raise your hand if you're a man and that worked for you! I would love to have just one example to prove me wrong. Simply because it would make sense if there was one time it worked. You could make a GD rom-com about it and call it D!ckpic. But AFAIK, if you do that, your a desperate creepy dude who should be in therapy and not the dating scene.

    Shark Lady
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    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everytime my daughter received a pic she would tell the bloke that I know their mother. In reality I know hardly anyone but the threat was enough to stop them sending pics to her and her friends.

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    Pferdchen
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    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not to mention his role in getting Donald Trump elected in 2016 😪 "Anthony Weiner's sexting scandals, particularly the discovery of emails on his laptop related to Hillary Clinton's private email server, played a significant role in the 2016 presidential election. The FBI's decision to reopen the investigation into Clinton just days before the election is believed to have negatively impacted her campaign, contributing to her loss to Donald Trump."

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    #29

    Really? No Nixon? Dude was President of the united states and had to bow out in shame.

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    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can think of a President that should bow out. Problem is he has no shame.

    Robin Roper
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nixon only resigned because members of his own party who were serving on the Judiciary Committee told him they would impeach him as well as try him to be removed from office. DJT could do nothing that would get the current elected "R's" to grow that spine. They are too afraid DJT would sic his crazy cult members on them and they would loose their seats.

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    I loved through Watergate and Nixon handled it poorly. If he had only discredited the burgers and promised a full investigation he would be considered on of our best presidents.

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    #30

    I never loved Elon, but he genuinely seemed like a half decent guy for a billionaire 10 years ago.

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    Upstaged75
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah, he's always been awful.

    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I loved SpaceX because I'm an 80s/90s child and never fully recovered, emotionally, from NASA/the US kílling off the Space Shuttle program. I thought we'd never go back to space/progress in space travel in my lifetime. I remember being so excited watching videos of the Falcon rockets landing. I actually wept when they did the dual/simultaneous landing of the two Falcon Heavy boosters (2019 IIRC?) It was just so beautiful and I was so personally happy that humans were returning to space within my lifetime and my inner child-who-wants-to-be-an-astronaut was so pleased. And THEN it really started coming out publicly that Elon is the biggest dóuchebag to ever dóuche across the earth... and worse. I had been ignorant about it before, but when I started looking into him and his past.. yeah, he's always been awful.

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    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could have been Batman, decided to be Lex Luthor.

    Michael Largey
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Saying someone seemed like a half decent guy for a billionaire is like saying Jack the Ripper had pretty good handwriting for a serial killer.

    Shark Lady
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    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I really went off him after he basically called one of the cave divers who rescued the football team, a pdf file. He also claimed to have invented a machine that would rescue all the kids when he had no idea what he was doing and hadn't even looked at the measurements of the cave system.

    Janissary35680
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    3 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    His behavior in the Thailand cave rescue did it for me too.

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    Eugene the Jeep
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was admired for advancing space exploration and electric vehicles, but other than that, what has he contributed? He lucked into his money by being an early adopter for E-commerce.

    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Didn't he luck into money even before that, what with his daddy's emerald mines?

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    #31

    Bill Cosby wins, but Neil Gaiman is a recent nominee as well.

    HappyRepealDay:

    I have a back tattoo of The Sandman. It was my favorite comic, and Gaiman was one of my favorite authors. Absolutely devastating for me, and I'm heartbroken for those he victimized.

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    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can we, should we separate the art from the artist? I have read a few of his books and liked them, but now I do not even want to read them. What also bothers me is that he is linked to Sir Terry Pratchett. I hate that he led the tributes to Terry when he died.

    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I ask myself the same thing sometimes. I love his books. I have quite a few Sandman comics. I ask myself the same thing whenever something like this happens. Usually the same thing happens to me - my brain simply cannot divorce the artist from their works, and I cannot help but think of the author when I read the book (in this case.) I haven't re-read any of his books since and I kind of get "the ick" (as the kids say) when I think about doing so. (Similar but sideways thing for Elon Muskmelon - I used to have a gorgeous poster of one of the SpaceX rockets on my wall in my hallway - took it down because I could not help but think about what a shíte person Elon is every time I saw that rocket.)

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    Upstaged75
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hadn't heard about this until now. Yikes!

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    #32

    Smiling woman with long red hair and pink sunglasses wearing a red dress, representing celebrities whose careers crashed. Lindsay Lohan.

    Dart06:

    This depresses me a lot because I actually watched Mean Girls for the first time ever a few weeks ago and she was seriously smoking hot in that movie.
    Its a damn shame that the people around her didn't have a better influence over her. She could have turned into a very beautiful woman.

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    Becca not Becky
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She seems to be turning around though

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good for her. I hope she pulls it off. D***s can really mess you up.

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    RS
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "oh wat a shame she coud have been beautiful" ????? what's a shame is all the c**p she had to go through.

    DH
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is that a woman's only value? To be beautiful? Weird reason for being upset.

    Partypants
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She is a very beautiful woman.

    Lyone Fein
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Starting a celebrity career at such a young age almost always messes up a person’s mental health. I don’t blame her for much, because the adults around her clearly didn’t care for her properly while she was growing up.

    Maren Villadsen
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    She looks so plastic now. So sad

    #33

    Paula Deen.

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    I don't even understand why. She said something 20 years ago that we consider to be bad today.
    There's a lot of reasons to dislike her, but this one is the stupidest.

    For example, you can hate her for getting rich by promoting unhealthy recipes, then becoming the spokesperson for a new diabetes drug, allowing her to profit from both sides of the disease.

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    Rebecca Joan
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Casually using the N-word at parties you host with black people dressed as the help. I think that what Paula Deen did, but yeah…totally cool.

    Melancholy Kitty
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'll be 50 years old in March - the N-Word was NOT okay to say 20 years ago, it wasn't just "considered bad", but incredibly racist and offensive.

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    13 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not sure why she got famous in the first place.

    Michael P.
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    13 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Swap out Paula Deen for Mario Batali, another famous chef. He used to have a talk show on ABC, who was then fired in 2017 for s****l misconduct.

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    Many people feel so bad about themselves they love to see a celebrity fall, then kick them the rest of the way down.

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    #34

    Robin Thicke! Look up what happened to him after blurred lines.

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    1-800-OMG-STFU
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He looks like the love child between Justin Timberlake and Michael Bublé.

    Taibhse Sealgair
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    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not a fan by any definition, but I do think he kinda got scr**ed on this one. The Marvin Gaye lawsuit was based on the "style". IOW, he used a bouncy bass line and cowbell together. IIRC, the same "style" was used by other musicians well before Gaye's song.

    #35

    Gene Simmons.

    I mean, who hasn't he pissed off?

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    DB
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gene trashed Ace Frehley but if it wasn't for Ace Gene would be known as that creepy old teacher Mr. Witz.

    Owen
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    2 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gene Simmons is the final boss if you want to defeat creepiness.

    Lee451 Henderson
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He hasn't fallen from grace. Not yet, anyway

    #36

    John Edwards had a pretty big fall.

    Once the future of the Democratic Party...seemed like a wholesome family man found to have had an affair while his wife [had] cancer. Definitely came as a shock to me.

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    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly, this is tame compared to some of the literal actual crimes/criminals on this list. Having an affair is reprehensible, but it's a moral and ethical issue, not a "breaking the law" thing. It's sad that I have to actually say something like "well, having an affair isn't AS bad as some of the others on this list...." I'm not saying he's a good person or that this is acceptable, but that it's (sadly) hilarious that it's one of the least offensive things on the list.

    turk
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    3 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fun fact: Jack Smith was the prosecutor in that case. And he botched it completely.

    Robin Roper
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a North Carolinean (USA), I never liked him and it wasn't his political leanings; I always felt he was fake.

    ️Rando Panda
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He and his mistress had a daughter, too. Now he's out of politics and back to practicing law, basically an ambulance chaser.

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    #37

    Paul Reubens. Some people say Bill Cosby, but Bill Cosby is still doing shows. Pee Wee disappeared for 20 years after what happened to him.

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    The Other Guest
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom - who was nearly 70 at the time Paul Reubens was arrested - was completely bewildered by the whole thing. Her first reaction was, "Isn't that what [x‍‍-r‍at‍ed theaters] are *for*??"

    Melancholy Kitty
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Right? Most of the public thought what happened was maybe amusing, but in no way dangerous - he wasn't in character, or causing a scene anywhere near children...the media made such a big deal out of it.

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    SouthernGal
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know you are but what am I?

    z8vgjv598k
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    I'm sorry, but Pee Wee and Mr. Bean are in the same grouping for me. These characters just give me the creeps (modern people would say the 'ick'). Characters that are grown men behaving as 'innocent' child-like characters is just a 'no' for me.

    Laserleader
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    Yeah, him too. Somehow his scandal pushed the Cosby scandals aside about that time. He never should have been a children's performer with his comedy style. His adult stuff he does now is actually good, and since his past audience has reached a maturity level to handle his work, he's becoming more popular again.

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    #38

    Vanilla Ice. Won a Grammy, told people to kiss his white [behind], became D list novelty on reality TV.

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    turk
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    3 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He played Christmas at Mar-a-Lago. You can't fall much further than that.

    Leslie B
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    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He got on Suge Knight's bad side too

    #39

    Ched Evans was a professional footballer playing at a high level earning tons of money, now he is a convicted [criminal] and no club wants him in their team..

    Good work Ched.

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    Pedantic Panda
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    5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Conviction overturned in 2016, awarded 800k from original legal firm.

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    #40

    Young woman with long curled hair wearing a red strapless dress at a celebrity career crash event. I'd say Amanda Bynes crashed pretty hard.

    tinklesbear:

    I felt so bad for the crazy girl, but it was fascinating to read about..

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    Helena
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This wasn't a fall from grace. This was some serious trauma.

    Upstaged75
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Recent pics are hard to believe - she looks like a completely different person. With face tattoos.

    Bambi
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This doesn't belong here.

    Emilu
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    8 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Massive difference between, eg: murdering someone and suffering from mental illness. Do better, whoever thought that it was a good idea to add this to the list. Also, the comment by tinklesbear is tacky and gross. "I felt so bad for the crazy girl"... she has mental health issues. She doesn't deserve to be branded 'crazy' for trying to deal with them. Obviously tinklesbear has lived a #blessed life in which they fart rainbows and unicorns and nothing ever goes wrong. (Not sarcasm, but I feel I need to apologise for the #blessed hashtag. Obnoxious AF. Sorry 😅)

    KnightOwl
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    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please stop calling people crazy for struggling with their mental health, it's just so nasty and judgemental. Most people will struggle with mental health issues at some point in their lives, it doesn't mean they're crazy, just struggling and in need of help.

    Tyke
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    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Doesn't fit the title... I don't believe this was all her fault

    Sian E
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    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one is completely on the adults who should have protected her growing up.

    Dee Hampton
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    I am not familiar with this lady but it looks like she asked Meghan Markle's advice about dress fittings

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