30 Celebs Who Were Canceled But Didn’t Deserve It, According To People Online
Because it’s hard for celebrities to not be in the public eye sometimes, it’s often the case that we get to see much of what’s happening in their lives—the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Unfortunately, the ugly part often ends in some form of backlash from fans, followers, the general public or the industry itself, with certain celebrities getting “canceled”. But problems are never easy to unwrap and sometimes this “cancellation” is undeserved, or ends up being truly undeserved once it’s all over.
People on Reddit have been discussing celebrities who got canceled, but they couldn’t but feel bad for them and were actually saying how they didn’t deserve to be cancelled at all, or at least not any more, as asked by Reddit user u/Yung-Potter-XO on r/AskReddit.
Check out the best responses from the subreddit in the neat curated list below. And while you’re there, why not leave a comment and upvote the submissions you liked the most!
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Johnny Depp.
As a male that was in a relationship with an abusive woman, this whole thing breaks my heart.
I know how hard it can be to come out about, and how hard it is to be believed at all. And then of course, as soon as someone starts to put pressure on the abuser, suddenly all these allegations start coming out about you, and none of them true or accurate, but because she's a woman, she must be the victim right?
If my ex was upset about something, she'd rub the cat on my pillow (I'm allergic) so I'd be up all night coughing and wheezing. Then she'd s@#t on me for staying up late. Then give me s@#t for sleeping in the next day.
My ex used to punch me in the face while I was sleeping. She couldn't stand my snoring. I'd go to work in the mornings with a black eye. If she fell asleep first, it was ok, but she was always up late, so I'd have to go sleep on the couch. But she'd insist on staying up late and watching TV, so I couldn't sleep on the couch. I fell asleep on the bathroom floor once out of sheer exhaustion.
There's so many more examples, but the point is I feel for JD 100%
JD has been through a lot. But he is too strong to pulled down by that stupid bitch amber. I really want to know the ffuckk she was actually thinking when she started with all these accusations on him.
Not completely gone, but Terry Crews has issues getting work because he spoke out about being sexually assaulted during the me too movent. People assumed a man his stature couldn't be assaulted and he gave names and people weren't very happy.
Monica Lewinsky. Judging from her Twitter account, she seems like a lovely person.
It's a shame. Dave Chappelle said it best. 'Who hasn't sucked a d#$k they regretted?' and Bill was a charismatic dude too. Lots of people get into relationships with authority figures during lapses in judgement, but Monica has been the butt of a joke because of it for two decades because of her lapse in judgement.
S#$%#y situation, she deserves better.
Also, f$%k the person that said Lewinsky doesn't deserve better.
The problem here is that Bill Clinton didn't get so much hate!! All the hate was mostly for her and still is until now! Yes there was a blame to her too but that was so unfair to her and it's sad that mostly the woman will get the hate in these situations! The woman is always the s**t that dragged the man into sin🙄
Agreed. if you are supposed to be smart and mature enough to "lead the free world" then you are probably expected to be smarter, more mature and make better choices than a starstruck intern.
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Who hasn't done really stupid crap in their 20's? How would you like the dumbest thing you did in your 20's to be an ongoing very publicized joke the rest of your life?
And.... She was so young!! And he was the President!! My goodness... The power difference there is monumental!!!
Also a senior man sleeping with a younger female employee is coercion and no one still seems to see saying no wasn't really an option for her
She was a 19 year old intern, he was a middle aged man in power over hear who took advantage of her. People forget back in the 80s when governor, Clinton raped a woman via blackmail and other things. She was a victim of a predator.
IIRC she was 21, and she has asked publicly for people to stop painting her as a victim because she made her choices.... As did Linda Tripp.
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I love Monica Lewinsky. She’s hilariously funny and infinitely charming.
I agree. Clinton managed to keep his marriage, respect and stature in society.This whole thing labelled Monica for life and should've been forgotten by now! Give this woman respect and move on, she was just an impressionable kid !
Clinton was impeached, all his significant accomplishments, pulling us out of a recession to a booming economy, appointing women to the highest levels of government, appointing Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the Supreme Court, brokering peace in Northern Ireland, ending the Balkan War & the war in Kosovo, as well as the work that the Clinton foundation is doing to eradicate disease & hunger throughout the developing world—is overshadowed by his unwarranted impeachment. Monica now has an advanced degree from the London School of economics, had a successful TED talk, and produced a series about her experiences. She came back into the limelight twice at the time of Hillary’s presidential runs, and could have receded into the past by quietly assuming a career, instead of exploiting her notoriety again & again.
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I hated her, thought she was trash, looked down on her. Now my son is 24. It's changed my mind. Firstly, I'm glad I don't have a daughter. Secondly, she was a child, (I'm 58) and now my heart is so broken for her and her family, especially her parents. She is not a tramp. Just a kid who made a mistake.
She's been a fashion designer tv presenter author, and campaigner who chose to leave the public spotlight while she got her degree in London. She really is an accomplished woman, I'm not sure what cancelled means in this context.
Even at those times it was obvious to me women are always to blame, when men cheat in their own marriages. And when that man is her superior it's 100 times worse. Could she even say "no" to him without risking her career? He was horrible horrible man!
This doesn't fit the topic of this article. She was not a celebrity before the "scandal" and I must assume that the poster think she got cancelled from a career in politics or something? Very unclear
I agree, she was a young impressionable woman, she had a lapse in judgement that has continued to haunt her. Clinton was an older, married man, let's be honest, he could make or break her career. I think she did it out of fear more than anything, I mean, he was the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!!
I adore this woman and always thought she got a raw deal. I would love to sit with her over dinner and a bottle of wine and just get to know her
Everyone hated Linda Tripp for recording her friend, but the media missed the fact that she did so out of fear for her own life, bringing up an important question: when she told Linda Tripp to be quiet,or else the president would have her killed, was she paranoid, trying to terrify Tripp into silence for her own good, passing on a threat, or expressing a reasonable understanding of what Clinton did to political enemies?
There were people during his administration who died mysteriously by "suicide". So Linda Tripp isn't a good friend but she may have saved their lives.
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Amen, Clinton lacked any type of a moral compass. He relished in his debauchery!
There's a girl called Monica Lewinsky in my science class, unrelated I know
LINDA TRIPP WAS THE REAL PROBLEM!!! She coerced that poor, naive, misguided, out of her element girl to do things in her place bcuz Linda was the ultimate, original Karen!
Eh c**p situation but I feel like Monica managed to cash in on it back in the day. I even remember her doing an entire episode of the Tom Green show. There was a smear campaign against her, yes, but I can't think of anybody else who owned there sh*t quite a well. You know even if it was Bill who deserved all the hate, because 20+ years later I seem to be one of a few to remember Bill cheated on Killary with way more women. I mean anybody else remember Paula Jones?
Her lapse in judgment was not a blowjob, it was the dress and telling everyone.
Consenting adults. The blame lies with the republican operatives working through Lewinski’s so-called friend to encourage her to pursue him and to save “the dress”.
This one should be higher...100% She has really risen above it and it's followed her for her whole adult life - I don't think many people could handle it as well or as eloquently as she has, she should be applauded.
Bill Clinton was the president of the US.....he was in a position of trust and power. He was also married at the time...she was not. He was the one who broke his vows. If a married woman can't trust her own husband, how is a country under his governance supposed to? He was a dog to use a foolish, easily influenced young girl
Her speeches about cyber bullying are quite moving. As she says, she was "patient zero"; the very first one to be lambasted all over the world through the internet. I cannot imagine the strength it took to continue when her name was made into a joke that lasted for decades, and continues today. May her work continue. May humanity learn wisdom, kindness and restraint.
She was a very young woman whose been pressured to do something she wasn't into by a much older guy in a position of power and only she suffered the consequences. Please watch her TED talk or one if he interviews with Jimmy Kimmel.
This whole Clinton/Lewinski thing was just batshit crazy. I am not American, I have no idea why Americans are so untterky obsessed with anything sexual, but this woman fell for her charismatic and powerful boss - just as we see a gazillion times in movies. But it was republican spinning - and a couples of years later we got to see first hand, what kind of person is their ideal candidate. Seriously, they should just pull back to some Southern states and build their own monarchy and be done with the pretense of being democratic.
I certainly wouldn’t call it a lapse of judgement in her part. She was an inexperienced young woman who was dazzled by the most powerful man in the world. If we want to talk about a lapse judgement, that crap rests solely on the shoulders of Bill Clinton. He took advantage of that situation and frankly it’s disgusting what he did.
HE knew He was married. No double standards thank you very much!
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HE knew He was married. No double standards thank you very much!
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You need to get the story straight- her 'friend' leaked the relationship, and after it was revealed Lewinsky was told by the FBI to hand over the dress, unwashed, so that it could be analyzed for evidence. And any time there is a massive imbalance of power, any sex act is considered coercive in a court of law.
Load More Replies... Why Hillary? She didn't do anything. You can't control other people. Not even your husband. He deserved a lot worse. Although it was pretty humiliaing for him to have to explain what happened.
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Kind of a unique case but: Laura Dern.
When Laura Dern played Ellen’s girlfriend on the episode where she came out, she was blacklisted by the industry for nearly a decade. And some people would harass her to the point she needed protection in public.
She says her manager warned her she wouldn’t get roles if she agreed to take the part on Ellen but did so anyways. She went from Jurassic Park and being in demand to nobody giving her a call.
Obviously she’s recovered but we lost a decade of great Laura Dern performances because of studios perception that she was cancelled by public opinion for playing a gay role.
Britney Spears when she shaved her head and all that. I'm no fan of hers but she just seemed like someone who cracked under all the pressure and lost her s#@t. Craig Ferguson did an absolutely amazing job talking about that and relating it to his own life. Major respect to him for that. Kind of long but worth watching.
I dont know if he was "cancelled" but Hollywood did Brendan Fraser dirty. Glad to see him working again. I hear doom patrols good.
[Turns out,] [h]e was blacklisted not cancelled. I dont want to blur the lines between the two, I'm just not very hip.
Well not exactly, he was sexually assaulted and stepped away, plus he suffered crippling back injuries doing the mummy movies, and then his ex wife left him with his kids and slapped him with enormous alimony. He basically retired to recover and focus on his sons, one of which is autistic
Sinead O'Connor
Spoke out against corruption and pedophilia in the catholic church very blatantly in a SNL act. Was completely removed from anything in the entertainment industry. Turns out instead of moral outrage people should have listened. I've seen in somewhat recent interviews that she is somewhat well adjusted despite it all. She knew it was going to cross a line when she did it, but she believes it pushed any investigation into such things forward and possibly gave people courage to speak up.
Elizabeth Olsen. Her co-worker died and she didn't post to social media immediately as it was happening. So people bullied her off of her Social Media accounts.
YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. If you were part of that mess, you don't deserve to watch WandaVision or Doctor Strange 2
Ashley Judd. Harvey Weinstein blacklisted her for years. She’s an incredible actress IMO.
Janet Jackson after Nipplegate was a travesty in how she was treated like a pariah afterwards. (I know, timing with Timberlake's apology and all).
Just want to throw in here that I really don't care whether it was planned or not, I'm talking purely the reaction, which was incredibly stupid.
Mira Sorvino. She went from one of the most in-demand actresses after winning her Oscar, to being completely blacklisted because Weinstein was telling anyone who'd listen that she was a diva and impossible to work with.
When Peter Jackson was still making LotR through Miramax, Weinstein told him not to hire Judd or Sorvino, and Jackson believed him. Even when the movies eventually moved to New Line Cinema, he still believed what Weinstein had told him, and wouldn't work with them.
When #MeToo started snowballing, Jackson remembered what Weinstein had told him about the two and apologized to them for it.
Dixie Chicks. This one still infuriates me, how come they got banned from country music stations but Hank Williams Jr. didn't after all that racist garbage he spewed about president Obama, I still listen to classic country but people and the stations are hypocrites.
Yeah this one was infuriating. They rightfully criticized a sitting president. Country music fans at the time were incredibly stupid.
She isn’t full on canceled but what Kesha went through was so messed up. Not only was she abused but her abuser was part of the record label and she wasn’t able to leave her contract.
I think Wynona Rider got cancelled from the spotlight for a long time (until Stranger Things) for some shoplifting. Sure, its s#$%^y but we’re all human.
Ingrid Berman was unhappily married to a doctor, Peter Lindstrom, with whom she had one child, Pia. In the late 1940s she had an affair with Italian director Roberto Rossellini. When news of the affair broke she lost all her contracts, her husband took her daughter, and the scandal was so intense US senators gave speeches condemning her on the Senate floor.
Because of the fallout she wasn't allowed to see her daughter Pia for seven years, and didn't make a Hollywood movie for seven years as well (She returned in Anastasia).
Corey Feldman. Truly breaks my heart. I had the chance to get to know him when I was a kid in 2000. He was pretty normal then. Because of what the industry did to him he always made sure that i was being taken care of on set and that I was protected from the same monstrosities. I think Haim dying really f#$%@d him up again. I will always be so grateful of how he looked out for me and I hope he gets the help he needs.
Hayden Christensen did nothing wrong. No actor should be maligned for decisions made by the writers and director.
Liam Neeson. The man isn’t just an incredible actor he’s an amazing human being who gives selflessly and asks for nothing. But because he admitted to having a racially violent thought way back when, when he was much younger and much more naive, a thought he literally said he was ashamed he’d ever had in the first place, the piece of s#$t journalist interviewing him twisted the narrative to make Liam look like a racist just to make a name for himself.
It wasn't just a thought he actually went out with a weapon to find a black man .More than once. But also dumb ass for talking about it publicly.
Megan Fox deserved better than the way media constantly sexualised her and ignored anything she had to say. She has numerous interviews trying to talk about being uncomfortably sexualised by Michael Bay when she was a teenager but the audience and interviewer would just cheer as if she wasn’t talking about predatory behaviour. Megan Fox is so smart and eloquent NOT the bimbo Hollywood would have you believe.
Correct me if I'm wrong. I but I remember reading Megan Fox was cancelled due to her calling Michael Bay ‘Hitler.’ I believe Steven Spielberg fired from the Transformers franchise and then she was blacklisted.
Rebecca Black. Everyone was so mean over Friday. She was THIRTEEN and deserved better.
If you actually listen to her recent stuff, she's actually pretty damn good. Her most recent single "worth it for the feeling" would have millions of views if it was ariana grande. It's fair to say she's pretty underrated.
Hana Kimura. She was an Indonesian-Japanese wrestler who often played the heel, and she wanted to be an actress. When she was offered a chance to be in the reality show Terrace House, she jumped at it.
As we all know, reality shows are scripted. In a scene, Hana (remember, a professional wrestler on a reality show) "slapped" removed another contestant's hat1 and scolded him. Her twitter and instagram accounts were overrun with awful comments, racist criticisms, and death threats for weeks, but over time it tapered off.
Part of a reality show producer's job is to know how the audience thinks of all of the stars. The company monitors media coverage and social media trends. They knew.
But right after quarantine started in Japan, they re-aired the episode.
Hana lived alone. When the abuse began again, it must have seemed endless. She apologized on social media, took her kitten to the Stardom Wrestling office, and went home to [take her own life].
She was 22.
Somebody should be punished for that. People who took these decisions should be told that they did wrong and failed their position of trust and knowledge. But as always, nothing happens, case closed, 90% people watching reality shows are still not correctly made aware that it's scripted or staged. And there's no limit of what human beings can be forced to do to each other...
Not too sure cancelled is the right word for them but Lindsay Lohan. Phenomenal actress and started at a young age. Had really messed up parents, no guidance from anyone and too much money.
Amanda Bynes. If you look into the reality of how creepy and awful Dan Schneider was, it all starts to make sense.
I have no idea what happened to her, but she looked sad. Like she just needed a few good friends or family or something.
Al Franken. Several Democratic Senators told Jane Mayer in 2019 that they regretting forcing Franken to resign without an investigation. (He wanted to appear before the Senate Ethics Committee but he was not allowed).
Ahmed Best played JarJar Binks and nearly killed himself over how hated the character was.
I hated JarJar to the core of my soul. But I am sorry the actor suffered. JarJar is in no way his cross to bear.
As an 80s kid who loved PeeWee’s playhouse, remembering how my parents tried to explain Paul Rubens getting canceled is hilarious. My dad told me “he took off his clothes in a movie theater” and kid me was like “wow that’s really weird but I guess he is kind of crazy?”
I loved PeeWee playhouse and I still love Paul Reubens. He is weird and funny, my kinda people.
Aziz Ansari definitely didn’t deserve the public shaming he received for what amounted to an awkward, bad date.
Yeah, that was complete and utter BS, he did exactly what you're supposed to do, he stopped when his date said no, he let her leave when she wanted to, I believe he paid for her Uber. Wtf
Howard Dean. He yelled in excitement at one of his political rallies in 2004. People thought he was wasn’t fit to be president because of it.
Jenna Marbles. Basically people were angry at her old content that she made 10 years ago and while she's already apologized for her actions and addressed how she now understands why it's inappropriate, she felt that her presence on YT was causing more harm and it was too much to keep rehashing the same issue. She still streams with Julian all the time.
I miss Jenna. Grew up as she grew up and her ability to mature and grow helped me do the same.
I was pretty upset for James Gunn when he got fired from Marvel for things he had said over 10 years ago, but obviously fan outrage over that managed to make Disney realize how stupid their decision was.
Julius Cesar. Rome did him dirty
Remember when Michael Phelps got cancelled because he got caught smoking weed?
No. I do remember him being highly featured in the Olympics this year though
David Arquette. There’s a really good documentary called “You Cannot Kill David Arquette” about what happened and how he is now.
I don’t know if they were “cancelled” per say but I don’t think Miley Cyrus deserved all of the bad media attention she received. She exemplifies how being a child star isn’t easy, and a lot of the struggles she went through. She went through a lot of what was really going on on Joe Rogan’s podcast and it really shed some light on her internal struggles.
Michael Richards , I don't feel bad he got cancelled.. I just felt bad when he tried to apologise on Letterman and the audience was laughing and thinking it was a joke just because it's "Kramer".... Jerry was a good friend he told the audience this isn't a laughing matter.
Taylor swift after Kanye "got her permission" to call her a b#$%h in a song.
People really overreacted and the video of Taylor swift approving the lyrics was clearly very vague, there was nothing to say she actually agreed to being called a b#$%h.
It was so embarrassing.
Everyone keeps telling me she wasn't cancelled but according to everyone's definition neither has the majority of the celebrities mentioned in this thread.
I feel that if a lot of people are telling you you're cancelled you're cancelled. Even if it's brief, if it looked like their career was over and they had to fix it they were cancelled.
Taylor Swift made $63.5 million in 2020. I somehow don't think that qualifies as "cancelled". Also, don't want to be cancelled? Don't get on Twitter. Twitter is stupid.
Joji, even though he didn't get "cancelled" cancelled just the fact that twitter tried to cancel him amazes me and saddens me at the same time.
Comedian/podcaster Shane Gillis had just landed a gig on Saturday Night Live, but journalist and comedy blogger Seth Simons got him cancelled.
Gillis and his co-host Matt McCusker operate a podcast called Matt and Shane's secret podcast. it's just two comedians and occasionally a guest just bulls!@#$%^g around having a raunchy good time. None of it is to be taken seriously.
Simons made a video clip of a bit where they are just joking around about Asian people and Asian cuisine. Simons' basically presented some jokes out of context to the right people, and got Gillis fired.
Gillis and another comedian have started doing their own sketches and uploading YouTube.
Shane Gillis rules and Seth Simons is a punk b#$%h who couldn't stand to see someone getting a come up because they disagreed with their type of humor.
I would like to see a post of celebrities who should have been cancelled but for whatever reason, got a pass.
Donald Trump, circa 1986, would've been a good time to cancel him.... *sigh*
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Brie Larson. Not exactly "cancelled", but what was that ridiculous hate campaign against her?
I will get a lot of downvotes but I would add JK Rowling here. She did say things that weren't the politest and she might have outdated ideas (who doesn't at her age?) and be mistaken. But she was never attacking anybody and she has done a lot for impoverished women and children. Now people talk about her as if she is a monster. You can be mistaken and not be a horrible person.
I worry about this. Society has changed so much in the last twenty years, and unless you spend 24 hrs a day on the internet it’s impossible to keep up. That said, people should learn. Rosie O’Donnell got into trouble after she did an impression of an Asian person. Acceptable in 1980, but clearly racist in 2018. She apologized and learned. I really, really hope JK Rowling learns too.
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If memory serves correct I think he died on the same day he signed a contract with Warner bros which would have been his big comeback. Which makes his story all the sadder
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That whole Janet Jackson thing has been over with and anyone still dwelling on it needs to move on and a life already.
And yet,Tarantino that pedo and rapist supporter is getting his ass kissed on every occasion.That scumbag told that a 13 year old girl who was drugged and raped "was into it".He also knew Weinstein sexually assaulted his girlfriend and did nothing.Same goes for Meryl Streep who supports Polanski and Weinstein.Madonna pulled down a bra of a 17 year old girl on stage in front of thousands of people so everyone could see her naked breast.All those scumbags are highly respected people because msm is protecting them
A large number of celebrities in Hollywood signed a petition to support his release. Streep didn't, but did speak up. She's singled out but the ones like Penelope Cruz and Harrison for that did sign the petition get a free pass.
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I'll probably get downvoted to hell. This cancel culture is getting out of hand. What is the point of all this really? Do we all not have a past, shameful or otherwise? I'm not a religious person but one thing really rings true: Let the person without sin cast the first stone.
Based on this list, women seem to be punished faster and harsher than men and for much smaller things. I remember how Amy Winhouse was torn down. The media and its consumers seem to really love seeing a successful woman torn to shreds.
Elizabeth Berkley after Showgirls. Paul Verhoeven was not banned and he was the director of the whole thing.
J. K. Rowling. I read her so-called trans-phobic post. All was objecting to the trans community deciding to call everyone with female parts “people who menstruate” instead of women. She insisted that women wanted to be called women. She had a difference of opinion about terminology, not trans phobia. But she has been demonized since.
Scott Cawthon. Got cancelled because he donated to infamous politicians. He received comments like "I hope your wife miscarries." He retired from video game production, unfortunately. Rip Fnaf.
I agree. All those death threats were unnecessary and horrible. They even doxxed him which is a very messed up thing to do.
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Judy Garland is one that should be on here. She was sexually harassed by a bunch of her costars who played the Munchkins in the Wizard of Oz, and by Louis B. Mayer. She was completely traumatized by it, and was told that if she said anything, they would ruin her.
I would really like to know why people keep holding people's actions from a decade, two decades ago to today's standards. (Common 'misbehaviour', not things that would have still been considered law breaking). Unfortunately, ten to twenty years ago certain things were very commonplace and considered acceptable. As long as a person has changed their behaviour as times have changed, why dredge things up and ruin their lives if they live in the public eye? I'm not saying those things should be erased and necessarily 'forgiven' but acknowledged as a product of the times.
Hi everyone. Not sure what does number 1 after each comment is for? Never saw this before!
For the record, I don't think the following comments apply directly to any of the actors in this post. Nevertheless, this needs to be said: it is common in H-town to start off like gangbusters in your young 20s and to stop getting work, "being cancelled", by the time you are in your 30s. It is unusual for a woman in her 40s or a man in his 50s to get work even if they started off great 20-30 years before. Sorry folks, but young people buy the majority of the tickets and want to see young people like themselves on the screen, not the older crowd. Only A-list actors like Tom Cruise are the exception. The producers, directors, and financiers are very choosy because they want a successful movie that makes fortunes of money. The biggest thing that has changed in the last 20 years, with half the new young actors outing themselves as unapologetically gay, is that the producers, directors, and financiers have figured out that gay doesn't really sell very well. It really does cost in ticket sales and dollars. Some young actors have ended their own careers early by coming out before they develop an A-list following. Stay closeted, young actors, okay? if you caught what I just said, help out a friend who is just starting out in his/her acting careers by copying and forwarding this to him/her. Some people never figure this out on their own. You may never see some of the young talents again on the big screen in lead roles who did not follow this rule, but starred in these young people's movies or TV series: 1) Hunger Games 2) Teen Wolf 3) 13 Reasons Why 4) Scorch Trials 5) Death Cure 6) Any Disney Musical 7) Any gay teenager TV show.... and by the way, you don't have to openly come out in promotional interviews or late-night TV. If you put up a lot of gay-acting pictures of yourself on Instagram or your FB page, people will automatically assume this truth. If you are mostly discrete, but let it be known you are living together or dating in a long-term relationship that is publicly known, the producers, directors, and financiers will make this assumption. Seriously, don't kill your talented potential career. Stay closeted so you can keep entertaining us and have work/income in your 30s!! It is almost impossible to "in yourself" after you have publically outed yourself. Sorry, but that's just the real world. For a movie to make big money, it has to sell well in middle conservative America, not just in NYC or the far west coast.
People do not realize in the movie and music industry, you are a commodity. Same as athletes. You tow the invisible line, be as you are perceived not as you really are, it’s always someone else’s idea of you. It’s why so many turn to self medication or worse. The world of the rich and famous is full of predators The same goes for politics. It is a world filled with the highest of dysfunctions, illusions and has left a wake of damage since the start
Sorry people, you can't have it both ways. Cancelled from social media, who cares it's a toxic wasteland. Cancelled from your job, well the toxic harpies should be cancelled instead. Cancel culture is just another reason why society has no respect for the generation who started it. History will NOT be kind to them at all
As if boomers don't cancel everything. They're still trying to cancel video games.
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Not really. It is just difficult to know everything about everything.
Load More Replies... I think Gina Carano needs to be on this list. She was fired from Disney for just expressing her opinion, which is what Twitter is for anyway. She didn’t deserved to be fired for having a different political opinion.
When your “different political opinions” include COVID denial, falsely claiming the 2020 US Presidential election was fraudulent, and that being a Republican today is like being Jewish during the Holocaust, be prepared for your employer’s “different opinion” to be that you can work elsewhere. California is an at-will employment state.
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How about instead, we stop cancelling people altogether? Maybe think about things before you react, that would be a nice change.
Republicans once again can’t win an argument with facts so they repeat misleading words. There’s no “cancel culture”: there are people who will not vote for you, read your books or watch your movies if you’re a disgusting person. You won’t vote for AOC. I won’t go to a Mark Wahlberg movie. What’s the difference?
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This is about second chances. Weinstein isn't here either. Bill Cosby isn't here. OJ isn't here. You get where I'm going with this???
Load More Replies... I would like to see a post of celebrities who should have been cancelled but for whatever reason, got a pass.
Donald Trump, circa 1986, would've been a good time to cancel him.... *sigh*
Load More Replies... Brie Larson. Not exactly "cancelled", but what was that ridiculous hate campaign against her?
I will get a lot of downvotes but I would add JK Rowling here. She did say things that weren't the politest and she might have outdated ideas (who doesn't at her age?) and be mistaken. But she was never attacking anybody and she has done a lot for impoverished women and children. Now people talk about her as if she is a monster. You can be mistaken and not be a horrible person.
I worry about this. Society has changed so much in the last twenty years, and unless you spend 24 hrs a day on the internet it’s impossible to keep up. That said, people should learn. Rosie O’Donnell got into trouble after she did an impression of an Asian person. Acceptable in 1980, but clearly racist in 2018. She apologized and learned. I really, really hope JK Rowling learns too.
Load More Replies... If memory serves correct I think he died on the same day he signed a contract with Warner bros which would have been his big comeback. Which makes his story all the sadder
Load More Replies... That whole Janet Jackson thing has been over with and anyone still dwelling on it needs to move on and a life already.
And yet,Tarantino that pedo and rapist supporter is getting his ass kissed on every occasion.That scumbag told that a 13 year old girl who was drugged and raped "was into it".He also knew Weinstein sexually assaulted his girlfriend and did nothing.Same goes for Meryl Streep who supports Polanski and Weinstein.Madonna pulled down a bra of a 17 year old girl on stage in front of thousands of people so everyone could see her naked breast.All those scumbags are highly respected people because msm is protecting them
A large number of celebrities in Hollywood signed a petition to support his release. Streep didn't, but did speak up. She's singled out but the ones like Penelope Cruz and Harrison for that did sign the petition get a free pass.
Load More Replies... I'll probably get downvoted to hell. This cancel culture is getting out of hand. What is the point of all this really? Do we all not have a past, shameful or otherwise? I'm not a religious person but one thing really rings true: Let the person without sin cast the first stone.
Based on this list, women seem to be punished faster and harsher than men and for much smaller things. I remember how Amy Winhouse was torn down. The media and its consumers seem to really love seeing a successful woman torn to shreds.
Elizabeth Berkley after Showgirls. Paul Verhoeven was not banned and he was the director of the whole thing.
J. K. Rowling. I read her so-called trans-phobic post. All was objecting to the trans community deciding to call everyone with female parts “people who menstruate” instead of women. She insisted that women wanted to be called women. She had a difference of opinion about terminology, not trans phobia. But she has been demonized since.
Scott Cawthon. Got cancelled because he donated to infamous politicians. He received comments like "I hope your wife miscarries." He retired from video game production, unfortunately. Rip Fnaf.
I agree. All those death threats were unnecessary and horrible. They even doxxed him which is a very messed up thing to do.
Load More Replies... Judy Garland is one that should be on here. She was sexually harassed by a bunch of her costars who played the Munchkins in the Wizard of Oz, and by Louis B. Mayer. She was completely traumatized by it, and was told that if she said anything, they would ruin her.
I would really like to know why people keep holding people's actions from a decade, two decades ago to today's standards. (Common 'misbehaviour', not things that would have still been considered law breaking). Unfortunately, ten to twenty years ago certain things were very commonplace and considered acceptable. As long as a person has changed their behaviour as times have changed, why dredge things up and ruin their lives if they live in the public eye? I'm not saying those things should be erased and necessarily 'forgiven' but acknowledged as a product of the times.
Hi everyone. Not sure what does number 1 after each comment is for? Never saw this before!
For the record, I don't think the following comments apply directly to any of the actors in this post. Nevertheless, this needs to be said: it is common in H-town to start off like gangbusters in your young 20s and to stop getting work, "being cancelled", by the time you are in your 30s. It is unusual for a woman in her 40s or a man in his 50s to get work even if they started off great 20-30 years before. Sorry folks, but young people buy the majority of the tickets and want to see young people like themselves on the screen, not the older crowd. Only A-list actors like Tom Cruise are the exception. The producers, directors, and financiers are very choosy because they want a successful movie that makes fortunes of money. The biggest thing that has changed in the last 20 years, with half the new young actors outing themselves as unapologetically gay, is that the producers, directors, and financiers have figured out that gay doesn't really sell very well. It really does cost in ticket sales and dollars. Some young actors have ended their own careers early by coming out before they develop an A-list following. Stay closeted, young actors, okay? if you caught what I just said, help out a friend who is just starting out in his/her acting careers by copying and forwarding this to him/her. Some people never figure this out on their own. You may never see some of the young talents again on the big screen in lead roles who did not follow this rule, but starred in these young people's movies or TV series: 1) Hunger Games 2) Teen Wolf 3) 13 Reasons Why 4) Scorch Trials 5) Death Cure 6) Any Disney Musical 7) Any gay teenager TV show.... and by the way, you don't have to openly come out in promotional interviews or late-night TV. If you put up a lot of gay-acting pictures of yourself on Instagram or your FB page, people will automatically assume this truth. If you are mostly discrete, but let it be known you are living together or dating in a long-term relationship that is publicly known, the producers, directors, and financiers will make this assumption. Seriously, don't kill your talented potential career. Stay closeted so you can keep entertaining us and have work/income in your 30s!! It is almost impossible to "in yourself" after you have publically outed yourself. Sorry, but that's just the real world. For a movie to make big money, it has to sell well in middle conservative America, not just in NYC or the far west coast.
People do not realize in the movie and music industry, you are a commodity. Same as athletes. You tow the invisible line, be as you are perceived not as you really are, it’s always someone else’s idea of you. It’s why so many turn to self medication or worse. The world of the rich and famous is full of predators The same goes for politics. It is a world filled with the highest of dysfunctions, illusions and has left a wake of damage since the start
Sorry people, you can't have it both ways. Cancelled from social media, who cares it's a toxic wasteland. Cancelled from your job, well the toxic harpies should be cancelled instead. Cancel culture is just another reason why society has no respect for the generation who started it. History will NOT be kind to them at all
As if boomers don't cancel everything. They're still trying to cancel video games.
Load More Replies... Not really. It is just difficult to know everything about everything.
Load More Replies... I think Gina Carano needs to be on this list. She was fired from Disney for just expressing her opinion, which is what Twitter is for anyway. She didn’t deserved to be fired for having a different political opinion.
When your “different political opinions” include COVID denial, falsely claiming the 2020 US Presidential election was fraudulent, and that being a Republican today is like being Jewish during the Holocaust, be prepared for your employer’s “different opinion” to be that you can work elsewhere. California is an at-will employment state.
Load More Replies... How about instead, we stop cancelling people altogether? Maybe think about things before you react, that would be a nice change.
Republicans once again can’t win an argument with facts so they repeat misleading words. There’s no “cancel culture”: there are people who will not vote for you, read your books or watch your movies if you’re a disgusting person. You won’t vote for AOC. I won’t go to a Mark Wahlberg movie. What’s the difference?
Load More Replies... This is about second chances. Weinstein isn't here either. Bill Cosby isn't here. OJ isn't here. You get where I'm going with this???
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