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18 Famous People Who Did Evil Things In The Past, But The World Sort Of Ignored It
Article created by: Mantas Kačerauskas
Fame can distort reality to a massive extent. When somebody becomes a globally beloved singer, actor, athlete, or artist, some of their fans might start ignoring all the messed up, unethical things they’ve done in the past.
In a thread on AskReddit, u/aesthetic3 urged everyone to share which celebrities have done unspeakable things that the rest of the world kind of ‘forgot’ about after they became famous. Scroll down for a peek behind the scenes, into the dark recesses of these stars’ lives.
A note of warning: many of the topics here can be very triggering and disturbing.
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#1
Chris brown.
He beat the daylights out of Rhianna and everyone made that excuse that "she had a bad mouth", or "he was young and needs time to grow". People still make music with him now even though he's been caught stalking the mother of his child and allegations of abuse.
But the guy still has a thriving career.
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#3
Beyonce Knowles Carter.
She preaches empowerment and is lauded for it, but behind the scenes utilizes sweatshop labor that pays 54 cents an hour.
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2017/02/04/beyonce-clothing-line-sweatshop/.
#4
Piers Morgan
Was the Editor of the Daily Mirror during the Iraq War,
Published photos that he knew were fake of American and British Troops abusing Iraqi prisoners.
He was fired but somehow managed to make a successful media career out of it.
#5
I guess noones really forgotten, but Roman Polanski's still getting awards and standing ovations for his films.
#9
R Kelly married Aaliyah when she was 15 years old in the mid 90's and yet it took like two decades for people to start boycotting him as a sexual predator. He was still making songs with beyonce and lady gaga etc for a looooong time.
#10
Floyd Mayweather beats his wife with hands that are registered as lethal weapons in front of his children. But because he wins nobody cares.
#11
Kurt Cobain's mother regularly goes on talk shows and interviews where she talks about how supportive she was of Kurt and how she new how famous he would become from the moment she heard his music. Yup, it's the same mom that abused Kurt and kicked him out multiple times making him live at his grandparents, friends and sometimes (not confirmed)sleep under a bridge.
#12
Steven Tyler became the guardian for a 16 year old he was dating when he was 25 so he could bring her on tour...knocked her up too.
#13
I mean it seems to most that Drake is actively grooming young girls but it seems to be forgotten as soon as new evidence surfaces.
#14
Johnny Cash walked out on his wife and kids saying that his career was more important to him than they were, then went on to eventually settle down with June Carter and start a whole new family while still ignoring the kids he already had.
#16
Boy George
He beat a guy with a metal chain after cuffing him to a radiator. Should make for an interesting sequence in his forthcoming biopic...
#17
Salman Khan, a very famous Indian actor. (Edit, It's not the guy from Khan Academy)
He killed someone by driving his car over them. I forget the specifics, but he drove his car over one or more people who where sleeping on the side of the road, killing at least one of them.
He carried on with his acting career and on Indian TV because he is famous.
He ran over 4 people, killing one of them.
He was later found guilty, 13 years after the incident, then appealed and the was cleared and charges quashed.
You can read more here:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/10/bollywood-star-salman-khan-cleared-over-hit-and-run-death
#18
Vince Neil was driving drunk and caused a crash that killed his passenger.
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