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35 Celebrities That Had Everything And Made Career-Changing Mistakes, As Presented In This Thread
Famous people seem to have it all. Fame, recognition, money, and influence. Some folks would do anything to become a celebrity as it opens so many doors, but others wouldn’t like to be famous at any cost as they prefer a calm and private life.
However, while being famous may seem like a dream life where everything is possible, there is another side to the coin. People are watched and discussed, and every step and action is scanned and discussed. And while you may have the biggest potential, one mess-up, and you may never recover from it.
So, speaking about that, recently, one Reddit user started a discussion asking folks to list famous people who had everything going for them but then managed to mess up badly and never recover from it... because some of these actions are actually impossible to come back from and hope that everybody has forgotten. So sit back and scroll through this list, as most of us like some drama.
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#1
Robert Downey Jr. And then, he started all over. I admire him.
MaryHadaLittleLamb 2 years ago
Yes, absolutely! He is living proof that people can redeem themselves, and I also admire him.
WindySwede 2 years ago
I have not been kept in the loop.. What has happened?
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tuzdayschild 2 years ago
Back in the 90s, I sincerely thought he'd be dead by now. He really pulled it together and saved his own life.
Cyndielouwhoo 2 years ago
He made mistakes and then learned his lesson and got his sh*t together. He wasn't dangerous like some mentioned here, he really doesn't belong on a list with some of the horrible people listed here.
dave morris 2 years ago
Good on him for taking responsibility for his behavior and making changes to be a better person.
Barbara Kayton 2 years ago
This should be on a different thread, really. On how you can make mistakes, but start over afresh.
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#2
I mean were still watching the chickens come home to roost in real time but Elon musk has destroyed at multi decade PR campaign to convince the average person he’s tony stark
Edit: a lot of Elon Stan’s are UPsetti spaghetti about this.
Goose of the Ahonkalypse 2 years ago
I've always thought he was a jacka$$. A lot of people confuse genius and arrogance. It's downright scary that he can literally make decisions that influence war outcomes. It also absolutely sucked when he admitted he had Aspergers because then everyone assumed his bumhole personality is because of it which just reinforces limiting and incorrect stereotypes about ASD.
XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧 2 years ago
I wish I could upvote this a thousand times.
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Seedy Vine 2 years ago
Apparently, his dad owned a mine in South Africa, so he's kind of a ... slavery profiteer? https://medium.com/@MyLovelySuquee/elon-musk-created-his-wealth-from-the-exploitation-of-black-people-3767f9073861
T'Mar of Vulcan 2 years ago
The mine itself was in Zambia, according to Snopes, and it was a stake in a mine. Also, his dad belonged to the PFP, which was a precursor to the DP, then the DA. (The PFP was a leftist party, which is ironic since the DA has stopped pretending they aren't racist.)
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EVILtheCAT 2 years ago
I'm actually glad about that. Twitter was/is a toxic waste dump site.
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Jennifer Clayton 2 years ago
People who think they deserve to run the world don't deserve any power at all.
#3
Ellen DeGeneres. "Be kind to one another" unless you work for me. Then all bets are off.
Whitefox 2 years ago
I knew she was not a kind person by watching her game show. Those stunts were twisted af and she took wayyy too much pleasure in it all.
featherytoad 2 years ago
Yeah, and during Halloween, she would scare the s**t out of all the staff. I used to watch the show and I was always thinking, "I hope no one has a heart condition." She took great joy in that too.
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Melissa 2 years ago (edited)
That reminds me of my ex husband's mother's Facebook page. She likes to use a picture that says "treat people with kindness" as her profile picture but talks s**t about people behind their back. It apparently applies to everyone but her. She and one of her sons and were gossiping and talking s**t about her brother's granddaughter on Christmas, the day after the girl's birthday in the kitchen and they were saying things that shouldn't be said about someone you are supposed to love. And this girl is the sweetest but didn't fit their idea of what they thought she was supposed to be. She was s**t to me too but how she treated this girl was horrible and she was blood related. Luckily she's cut them out of her life now that she's an adult. My ex's mom is fine if you're everything she approves of, but once she's upset she'll be fake nice to your face and talk s**t to everyone she knows the moment you're not around.
Melissa 2 years ago (edited)
also funny note, I'm no longer accepted by them for daring to leave a man who used me and manipulated me because it's her son who she still babies, but they don't know I'm still talking to the granddaughter. We are actually very similar and I always wanted to do more for her but felt it wasn't my place. My ability to help her with them around was very limited. We had lunch not too long ago and I listened to her about how she was treated and it was unacceptable and abusive. I really don't blame her for going no contact. They would be enraged to know she talks to me but not them.
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Mary Kelly 2 years ago
or her wife...there was one episode while she was in australia where she made portia put on a school girl uniform even though she was very much opposed...she basically bullied her wife into embarassing herself for the world
#4
NewOldSmartDum said:
Subway Jared
itsagoodtime added:
All Jared had to do was eat subs and not f**k kids. That's it. Endless subs. And he just couldn't help himself.
hitex 2 years ago
I find it remarkable how many comments against these celebs who committed crimes against children are getting downvoted. Does anyone else notice this? 🤔
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hitex 2 years ago
He was always a predator. Just kept it under wraps & would go to Thailand & remote places to satisfy his unholy urge
KOTLC_Fan 🇺🇦 2 years ago
MedusaWasBeautiful have you ever read a bible? your argument is severely flawed, there are *many* verses specifically saying that pedophilia is definitely unholy. As is torture, starvation, beating, and murder. Do you even know the Ten Commandments? I learned them when I was 5. there happens to be one saying 'Thou shalt not murder'. You're just a disgusting example of someone trying to use religion to justify being a cr*ppy human
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Alecto76 2 years ago
Don't get me wrong, I'm not pro murderer, arsonist etc..., but I have to confess my respect for those in prison when I hear again how they treat pedophiles. Like this s**t stain.
Milan Chleborád 2 years ago
Same, reading Ian Watkins got stabbed in prison recently was the best news I've read this year, it genuinely made me happy.
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Foffy Skrimshaw 2 years ago
There was a YouTuber named Carl that did programming videos for years that was arrested for CP and trafficking his own son. I remember watching his videos years ago. His videos were great at explaining programming concepts. It was just recently I was made aware of what a horrible person he was. Just goes to show you can never really know someone from their public persona.
Java Addict 2 years ago
I saw a documentary on YouTube about him that was horrifying. He was SO much worse than the press showed us.
MakeupMama68 2 years ago
That series they did on him was horrifying…. So much worse than I ever imagined in my worst nightmares. The voice recording of him targeting a little girl “the one with the parents that are getting divorced” because she’s more vulnerable especially triggered me. I was that kid and was assaulted. F**k him!!!
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Carla Phillips 2 years ago
Do you think Subway has added that to their spokesperson contact at this point? Addendum 1. Don't fück kids. In lawyer speak, of course.
Bob Brooce 2 years ago
Contracts to be a spokesman pretty much always contain a bunch of clauses that basically say "don't do anything that will embarass us".
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#5
Whitney Houston. Her end was so tragic, most people forget she was once America’s sweetheart.
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
Poor Whitney. So talented and so beautiful. Ripped to shreds by fame like many
pfeils wife 2 years ago
I can't blame fame for her demise, I can only blame drugs. There are many stars that have handled fame with grace & dignity. It was drugs that killed her. RIP Whitney.
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Joy Myers 2 years ago
And he claims she was using when they met…I still think he is the worst thing that ever happened to her.
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Omima mimi miki 2 years ago
sweetheart or not she was a crackhead and it was even during the times she was the sweetheart - it just finally caught up her. she did have a voice to remember though
Pittsburgh rare 2 years ago
I used to like Bobby's music In the 80s. I can't stand him now for l associate him with her troubles.
Edison Lima 2 years ago
I wouldn't put her in the same category as most of these. She didn't make "A bad choice" as much as she was dealt a terrible hand both in terms of mental health and relationship, was not provided with proper help even as she publicly suffered and that destroyed her.
Just another idiot 2 years ago
Addiction is a b|@ch! I'm sorry to see it took one of the gears. Someone once told me "if it didn't happen to the best of us, it couldn't happen to the rest of us". I can't unthink it now..
EVILtheCAT 2 years ago
I really admired her when I was a kid. Drugs either turned her into a heartless b***h or just showed who she really was.
#6
Alison Mack
Her character in Smallville was original to the show and not part of the Superman mythos. She did so well by it that they introduced it in the comics.
But she had to go co-run a cult that sex trafficked women and branded them like animals.
End of career, no reunion shows, no comic cons, character dropped from the comics so no cool legacy, oh yeah...and jail.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
Same. Tripped me up and almost ruined a childhood favourite.
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Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
Committing heinous crimes is not "screwing up". "Oops! I accidentally lured women into a sex trafficking cult and got caught. My bad."
Apple Jakes 2 years ago
Was on the TV show Smallville (a Superman thing). She voluntarily branded women (you know, like cows) and delivered them to mlm/cult leader for brainwashing and sex. Robert Downey jr shouldn't even be in this list by comparison.
StarlightPanda! 2 years ago
I'm so glad I didn't wait in line to get her autograph when I went to MegaCon (Orlando, Florida, USA) in 2003.
Nikki Gross 2 years ago
Who knows, maybe you could have auctioned it off to the sick people that are fans. Or maybe the true crime fans who collect that type of s**t. It would make a nice donation to a charity for sex trafficking victims.
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KrazyChiMama 2 years ago
Awww no worries Minino... she really was lovely...I bet she's not anymore being in prison! My crush was Jon Bonjovi and Johnny Depp (21 jump street)...I'm old lol: D
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Pandasizing World Peace 2 years ago
I'll never understand how people who do these kind of outrageous things actually think they'll never get caught or pay any consequences.
#7
dubkitteh1 said:
Kanye West.
Iconoclassic404 added:
His mothers death really sent him off the deep end. The guy has some seriously untreated mental health issues, and it seems the people that surround him are making sure he doesn't treat it.
Goose of the Ahonkalypse 2 years ago
By all accounts he has always been egotistical, interested in learning psychological control techniques, and misogynistic. He's also been obsessed with Hitler for a long time. His speech during the Katrina fundraiser was spot on but his reputation prior to that was already one where he liked to make everything about him regardless of the situation. There's been a lot of debate about what condition he has and whether it's to blame for his behavior but according to Ye, and those closest to him when he was a little more healthy, the diagnosis is Bipolar. Family and friends did try to get him help but he has refused treatment. Bipolar does not explain or excuse his abusive behavior. He absolutely did have a break after his mom died, and based on recent accounts of his business interactions, he is surrounded by enablers. But that does not excuse the misogyny, stalker behavior and violent threats, antisemitism, slavery statements, and inappropriate sexual conduct at Adidas.
Hugh Cookson 2 years ago
Stop analysing it. he's an entitled, rich twat who has found a platform and is determined to shout from it. He is an undereducated, knee jerk shouter of hatred of the worst kind with 'people' who prop up his hateful beliefs because they are being paid to do so. God bless capitalism, greed, spitefulness and hatred eh KYJELLLYY ....
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wee.wee.croissant (ollie) 2 years ago
people! being bipolar can lead you to do crazy things, including hurt people. BUT HAVING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES DOES NOT MAKE YOU HATE JEWISH PEOPLE. or be a b***h to a young celebrity just because you can.
Scott J 2 years ago
Never saw, or heard, his appeal. I worked in a warehouse back in '05/'06 where they would blast the local hip hop station at all times. I heard Gold Digger so many times I wanted to stab by eardrums. I was like "This guy will be a one-hit wonder." Apparently he got really popular in the ensuing years as I ignored him. Still don't get the appeal. I tried listening but his stuff just isn't good. It sounds generic.
JayWantsACat 2 years ago
FTR, as someone who's bipolar: mental illness is the explanation, not the excuse. It didn't help that he's always been massively egotistical and surrounded by enablers.
Emmydearest 2 years ago
Seeing the photos in Venice of him getting a bj from his wife out in the open made me so angry. Gay people are harassed on the street, called names, even beaten just for existing, they are accused of exhibitionism when they hold parades because "wHy Do ThEy hAvE tO sHoVe ThEiR sExUaLiTy DoWn OuR tHrOaT?", they can't hold their hands or kiss out in the open but straight (rich) people can go around wearing a pillow and nude pantyhose as clothes and being blown, butt naked, on a boat. Also, the disrespect for the poor boat driver who had to see the scene and shut up. Seriously, I'm appalled.
#8
doonst said:
Oscar Pistorius
BarfingWalrus added:
I still don't get it... like you're one of the most celebrated athletes globally at that point. Everyone loves you. You're at the top of your game, you're rich you're handsome... your girlfriend is an 11/10 model... and you shoot her through a door?
Leigh 2 years ago
How do you accidentally mistake your girlfriend for an intruder? You'd think you'd check and make sure by calling out whose in the bathroom? I mean you know your girlfriend is in the house.
Liz Orreo trex ago go 2 years ago
He was very abusive to her and misogynistic, she was isolated, abused, then killed by a rich and powerful abuser. It was not an accident, daddy paid for his short sentence.
My “in my head” Voice 2 years ago
He was put on a pedestal because he's disabled. He probably was always a misogynist and a bastard.
#9
Bit of an odd ball answer but Andrew Cuomo. He was an ADA, lawyer, founded a law firm, was a secretary under Clinton, AG, and then became NY governor. He was probably one step away from being the next DNC candidate for president.
Then, as y'all probably all already know, several women came forward and told their story.
Der Kommissar 2 years ago (edited)
How about his brother's fall from grace? Chris Cuomo was fired by CNN for using his journalistic contacts to try to get info about his Andrew's accusers. He denied the charges. Chris' salary at CNN was $6 million a year, and his present salary is considerably less...
Id row 2 years ago
Same deal with Rudy. He was America's mayor after 9/11. Then he went and set himself on fire. Several times.
Elio 2 years ago
For real. Maybe this has changed recently, but last I heard he was still setting himself on fire for Trump and not getting paid.
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I was so crushed when we found out who he really is. He really carried us (NYers) through COVID in 2020, and he became "Uncle Andy." To find out he was really the pervy uncle who hits on your teenaged daughters' friends at the family pool party... ugh. It was devastating.
BoredPigeon 2 years ago
And all the elderly his policies killed? Is that what you mean by “carried?”
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Flycaster33 said:
Charlie Sheen
rnawmomof3 added:
His is a prime story of untreated mental illness and substance abuse. If someone that connected and wealthy can fall prey to those demons, it should surprise anyone that the average person has almost chance to beating that combo.
Bear Hall 2 years ago
I've just watched "Hot Shots: Part Deux". He and Llyod Bridges were the only ones who didn't just phone in their performances (I'm looking at you Rowan Atkinson) and made an otherwise crapy movie good.
Michael P. 2 years ago
Sheen was great in Two and A Half Men but it was a shame that his vices got the best of him. Many fans of the show felt that it wasn't the same after Sheen left but Jon Cryer and the late Conchata Ferrell did their best to carry the show without him. I think Ashton Kutcher did have his moments here and there even though a lot of people didn't like him as Sheen's replacement.
Rebecca Ferguson 2 years ago
Here I was thinking he was just a huge wasted talent and a giant A*s!
Courtney Christelle 2 years ago
That last sentence scares me. My favorite singer offed themselves. They suffered a lot of abuse and substance issues, a lot of the same things I went through. And if someone with all that can succumb to their darkness, what’s stopping mine from getting me?
Wintermute 2 years ago
How so? Treatment costs $. Seems to be pretty correlated.
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#11
Will ‘b***h slap’ Smith…
V 2 years ago
This was an ESH situation. You don't make jokes about someone's medical condition, but you also don't hit someone for it. Will could have gone up there and and said something, for sure, but he didn't need to slap him.
Nikki Gross 2 years ago (edited)
Jada Pinkett-Smith has been giving Chris Rock hell for years because he won't go along with her rhetoric. She's wanted him to boycott and turn down lucrative job offers that he has had, to protest some b******t and he basically told her to "f**k off". I've lost my hair more than once going through chemo and have shaved my head, as sort of a preemptive strike. When I go to have it done for me, we refer to it as the " G.I Jane" cut because it sounds badass and empowering, instead of "oh s**t, my hair is falling out". Watch Chris Rock's bit about it on YouTube from his last comedy special, because he talks all about what happened.
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Paul Gerrard 2 years ago
If he had done it differently he would have been the good guy. He didnt. He assaulted somone on live tv before a massive audience.
Angrykitten 2 years ago
If he had of stood up and said quit picking on my wife she has been public about how insecure she is about her hair loss all would have been fine. Got to say though will Smith was a ticking time bomb. He clearly needed help long before the slap
Michael None 2 years ago
Amazing how many people here are perfect and never make mistakes in anger or view Smith as someone who's supposed to be better that everyone else. Here's the story Rock made an insensitive joke, Smith got mad and made a mistake. Everyone is human and deserves forgiveness if they ask. Are you all so much better?
Alex Bailey 2 years ago
I think it truly is a case of everyone's the AH here. There is bad history between Jada and Chris Rock with sniping going back and forth - so it's not as if this poor taste 'joke' is likely to be in good spirits. She rolled her eyes, that was a reasonable response. Will Smith laughed... well, caught up in the moment and then it clicked when he saw her reaction. That happens. It is also not a good move to make fun of something a person cannot control and who isn't sensitive about losing their hair? I've known women who were horribly upset about it. Men too, why shouldn't they mind. Will Smith - traumatic events in his childhood, wound up on the day and so maybe not balanced. He reacted badly and it's not right to hit someone. I have been tempted, but restrained myself as Will Smith would have been better doing. At least he went on and got help... at least I think he did.
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Cat Chat 2 years ago
Strange to you. But if it works for them, who cares.
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James Howell 2 years ago
I so admired and enjoyed his work. With that said, he hit another human, This human is another African American. The African Americans are struggling to survive on so may levels. Will took an action that solidifies the prejudiced beliefs so many have. He did this on a world viewing program. Just no excuse for violence. EVER!! I will never watch any of his work again. Just sad really!!
#12
Jennifer Grey is always my go-to for self-inflicted career ending.
After she starred in Dirty Dancing and became a big name, she decided to get a nose job to make herself look better. What happened was no one recognized her anymore, and her career became limited to minor roles in TV and B-rated movies.
MrsFettesVette 2 years ago
She was an incredible, unique beauty, and she made herself look just like everyone else. What if Barbra Streisand had gotten a nose job?
Momo Skarsgård 2 years ago
Then she would have been canceled too, cause then her singing wouldn't be the same. Barbara's nose was an important instrument in her carrier.
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D Peterson 2 years ago
I believe she decided to take time off from her career when the car she was riding in, driven by Matthew Broderick (her boyfriend at the time), crossed into oncoming traffic that resulted in the deaths of two women. He was convicted of careless driving & fined $175. This was in Northern Ireland. The accident occurred close to when Dirty Dancing was released. She retired from acting for a time because of how bad she felt about the accident. {https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Grey}
YetAnotherSarah 2 years ago
What are y'all talking about? She's a working actress. She hasn't just had supporting roles.
Admiralu 2 years ago
And her ex became Agent Carlson in the MCU. Probably more famous than her now.
#13
Mystery_J said:
Ezra Miller
I still cannot believe that people still work with him.
DrVagax added:
Look at his list of controversies, the dude choked, punched and kicked people, barged into a couple's bedroom after a fight and said I will bury you and your slut wife." and the list goes on.
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
He annoyed me in the fantastic beasts interviews. He spoke of the movie like he WAS the character, like he was the creator and no one else but him understands the character. I could never get into those movies mainly because of the over-confidence of the cast and the storyline was cruddy too. I can't get into the wizarding world without a book to accompany the movie
MadameMalfoy 2 years ago
one of my friends likes fantastic beasts better than harry potter… i still don’t understand why 💀
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Holly Stevens 2 years ago
Can't believe they went ahead with the flash after he literally KIDNAPPED women and tried to start a cult on a ranch
Seth 2 years ago
The DC film universe lately hasn't had a great record of keeping out abusers.
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LonelyLittleLeafSheep 2 years ago
They play The Flash and was a character in the Fantastic Beasts film franchise.
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Milan Chleborád 2 years ago
And then the studios just ignore it and still work with this piece of s**t. That pisses me even more.
Ozymandias73 2 years ago
Worst casting for the Flash. That, and the way the character was written for the movies. But Ezra was not the one. imo
Omima mimi miki 2 years ago
you would think he would get his teeth cleaned.. but drugs will do that to ya
#14
Just_o_joo said:
Kevin Spacey.
Makeupguru58 added:
My dad was an extra on set of the movie A Time to Kill. He got to talk to Kevin Spacey on set everyday. Apparently the only thing he talked about was going to strip clubs and getting drunk. When my dad showed up to the wrap party he saw Spacey chasing a guy around the bar and he was mimicking a bull.
Hakmusic Productions 2 years ago
Once again, not guilty does not equate to innocent. He did the things he's been accused of, there just wasn't sufficient evidence to convict and put him in jail.
Dinu Bogdan 2 years ago
If there is not sufficient evidence to prove he did the things he was accused of, he didn't do the things he was accused of. No matter how desperate you are to believe you know/understand something you imagine the rest of us don't.
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Paul Gerrard 2 years ago (edited)
Her is a horny gay guy who acted inappropriately. Loads of hetros are no different. Trump is another.
Carman Davis 2 years ago
Spacey is a bad bad man!! The first of his trials the 2 or 3 people who went after him with allegations of rape etc.....have died. Coincidence? Nah he just likes boys or very young men very young.
Clare E 2 years ago
I know for a fact what he has done. Everyone in the entertainment business does. It's been witnessed by and happened to people I know personally.
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Express_Cellist7985 said:
OJ
garrettj100 added:
OJ is a murderous piece of s**t, but who're we kidding?
When he goes, they're going to find the worst case of CTE ever.
Sand Ers 2 years ago
He was well known by his contemporaries to be a violent misogynistic a-hole long before CTE had time to do much damage. It didn't get publicized because sportsball fame.
May Calhoun 2 years ago (edited)
Not negating his innate a-holery, but evidence of CTE has been found in individuals as young as 17
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Jonathan MacFarlane 2 years ago
OJ wrote a book called, "If I did it, this is how." Can't make this stuff up.
Fat Harry 2 years ago
Second mention of CTE here, and the only meaning I know for it is Common Table Expression in the context of SQL and databases.
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 2 years ago
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy. It’s when you get a lot of traumatic brain injuries over and over until you’re permanently brain damaged.
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shankShaw deReemer 2 years ago
But someone's brain can't be examined for CTE until after that person's death, as in the case of Aaron Hernandez and various others.
Mary Kelly 2 years ago
no, he was an a*****e in highschool and dominated women from the get-go
#16
MC Hammer. To this day, he’s still used as a warning to up and coming music artists.
Jennifer Clayton 2 years ago
We don't teach financial literacy in US schools. It's passed down through generations by the exclusively wealthy. Two thirds of Americans today could not pass a financially literacy test. I believe this is by design. The last generation to receive financial training in public schools are now boomer republicans or angry progressive shouting at the man while sitting on fat real estate. The wealthy of that generation in government elected to remove such training thereafter. Inner city schools, like Oakland where Hammer grew up, never got the funding for that. Up on the hill there, the neighborhood of Skyview, they were better educated and thus prospered. We at least need to value economics education enough so people know how to check their accountants and financial institutions.
TeenieMeanie 2 years ago
At least he went broke trying to help people he knew. It’s a fault of a good heart.
Nicky Shrimps 2 years ago
Exactly. Just a good pure heart. Had a lot of money, awful financial advisors, and a need to constantly give. Great human.
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Lady of the Loft 2 years ago
He totally learned from his bankruptcy and is now a tech investor and even consults for companies like Salesforce.
Bear Hall 2 years ago
It says something "Don't touch this" came out like 30 years ago but we still remember it. I wonder if 30 years later anybody will remember of the 'stars" of today.
Sand Ers 2 years ago
Now name a dozen other 30 year old hits. Time has a way of winnowing out the dreck, and people forget about those songs. It doesn't mean music was "better" then.
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I still love "Can't touch this". I just can't help it, more do I want to. Parachute pants rule!
Pitbull Dad 2 years ago
He was a racist POS. When my aunt (who is white) worked his suite at the KY derby. She was constantly "reminded" they had a white girl working for them. She worked her tail off and in the end they left her ZERO tip. Say what you want about America's tipping culture but that doesn't give Hammer to be a racist non-tipping SOB.
ShadySlytherin 2 years ago
You realize "they" were probably astounded and surprised to see that the service staff wasn't just poor POC; that it was kind of amazing they had a white person serving Black men from a poor background
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Lizzo, not sure her career will survive the banana incident.
actaeon cross 2 years ago
Welp, that is something I wish I didn't Google. It looks like a sexual harassment charge for encouraging eating bananas from the vagina of nude performers in Amsterdam according to NBC News
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James Twong 2 years ago
The third season of the Mandalorian was an absolute bin fire not helped by Lizzo's terrible, terrible acting in one episode. She certainly won't ever be troubling the Academy.
Justanotherpanda 2 years ago
Ok but hear me out……they went to a club called ‘The banana bar’, which is famously known for girls sitting atop of the bar shooting, suprise, suprise, bananas from their punani, they kind of could have known………
Just another idiot 2 years ago
If the aligations are true, she's a horrible human being. I'll wait until we're sure until I condemn her because I don't want them to be true. Her music is not for me (I'm not young or cool lol) but, I do have a plus size daughter and she did look up to her at one point.
iseefractals 2 years ago
Well aside from encouraging her employees to eat a banana out of strippers vag, there's also the accusations of Lizzo, the morbidly obese woman who declares "i am THE beauty standard" who has become the poster child for the "healthy at any size" misinformation campaign was fat shaming her performers. If you're in a sex club in Amsterdam, where prostitution is legal....i kinda don't think it rises to the level of harassment. Context, as always is somewhat important. While it's depressing, it's not at all surprising the second accusation isn't getting much attention.
Bored Alpaca (She/Her) 2 years ago
she's a singer but lately there have been a lot of allegations about her regarding SA and bad work environments
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#18
John Wilkes Booth. He was a famous and highly regarded actor with a very successful career before he murdered President Lincoln.
Bear Hall 2 years ago
No, he took everybody's advice and broke (an arm) and a leg.
Load More Replies... T'Mar of Vulcan 2 years ago
Has anyone else read that post about how ridiculous his story actually is? The person said it's analogous to Liam Hemsworth assassinating the prime minister of Australia while yelling, "I went for the head!" and I can never unthink that one!
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
Personally, I'd rather be forgotten.
Load More Replies... Fun Fan 2 years ago
Hey, but he inspired the character of "Agent Booth" in Bones. So, I guess, it's a win for him,
T'Mar of Vulcan 2 years ago
Booth from Bones was said to be a descendant of JW Booth.
Load More Replies... Courtney Christelle 2 years ago
Even more messed up, his brother was performing in the play Lincoln was watching at the time of the shooting.
Sara Wilson 2 years ago
He thought he would become a country hero for killing him. All involved did, and were totally shocked when people went the other way
Seth 2 years ago
He didn't even dislike Lincoln; the assassination wasn't politically motivated. He was just jealous that his older brother Edwin got so much acclaim for his acting, and John (mentally ill as he was) thought he could prove he was the better actor by doing an IRL Julius Caesar scene in the middle of Edwin's My American Cousin.
#19
To an extent, Prince Harry. And completely- Prince Andrew
Pedantic Panda 2 years ago
Prince Harry got himself out of a (supposedly) racist family who have unreal expectations placed on then in return for lots of tax payer money. Well done to him.
Deeelite 2 years ago
He didnt think his family was so "racist" when they paid for his multi-million dollar wedding.
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James Twong 2 years ago
Prince Harry is an entitled dimwit being completely manipulated by his egocentric fame-hungry wife. Prince Andrew on the other hand is an entitled dimwit who paid someone he never met 12 million dollars to settle something he never did.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Well, I would say his uncle Andrew climbed under there all by himself.
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Nikki Gross 2 years ago (edited)
I've read and seen way to much about Harry and Meghan and one of the head people at Spotify called them "F*****g Grifters" if that tells you anything. I felt sorry for them at first and now I seriously can't stand them anymore.
Julie S 2 years ago
I think Harry would happily live a quiet life in America because he didn't choose to be famous he was famous before he was even born. Where as Smeg chose to be famous I think she is fame hungry like a Kardashian.
Emma S 2 years ago
Live a quiet life? Is that what you call doing a Netflix documentary, countless TV interviews and a book?
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karen Young 2 years ago
"Prince Harry" will be a c**p fiesta show within couple years. Bet $$.
pfeils wife 2 years ago
He got out. I feel like he has always wanted out... and protecting his wife helped him make that choice.
pfeils wife 2 years ago
Now Prince Andrew... I got nothing to say about that horrible excuse of a man.
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Mel Gibson definitely made a few f**kups
KrazyChiMama 2 years ago
He may be a c**p human being but his movies are excellent. He's the real deal talent wise.
Sara Wilson 2 years ago
That's what happens when no one is willing to tell u "no". Happened to many of them. At least Justin Beiber found his way out of it and is trying to b a better person (than the little d*urge he was. But when u give a 15-16 yo millions and millions of dollars and absolutely no supervision and the freedom to do what he wants, pretty good chance that's what's going to happen.
Omima mimi miki 2 years ago
Mel Gib's is the best - he makes films that others can't and the lasting impressions the films leave are always moral and just .
Just another idiot 2 years ago
He broke my heart. I grew up watching Lethal weapon while sitting next to my dad. I don't have many good memories of the man but, that was one...
#21
imsalim said:
Most recently Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis
FiscalClifBar added:
They also just got busted by the SEC for selling unregistered securities (it’s NFTs).
Der Kommissar 2 years ago
Considering their pet project is human trafficking, their error in trying to defend Masterson looks even worse.
Mike Marshall 2 years ago
In their defense, how many people say that their buddy would never do something like _blank_? Sure there's those situations where the friends were all "Oh yeah, he was always kind of a jerk, but he never hurt anyone" but it's usually, "Oh, he was such a sweet guy, I would've never thought he could've done this" I mean if they THOUGHT he was the kind of guy who could do those kinds of things, they wouldn't have been friends. Even Ted Bundy had friends. In this case, Mila and Ashton were "solid bros" who didn't think their bro would do something like that, they were wrong - they erred in judgement. Ashton stepped down from the HT group because he doesn't want his poor judgement to affect the group's good work.
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Lavern Defazio 2 years ago
I got home, smoked a joint and turned on the tv. That 70s Show was on and Fez debated wether or not he should kiss and more with a drunk jackie. He decided not to. Fastfoward to the basement. Fez told Hyde and Kelso what happened and Hyde said. Something along the lines of "next time lie about it." The irony AND being high was odd.
John Murphy 2 years ago
they didnt fall from grace they made some mistakes and their fine was only 1M so it obviously wasnt as dramatic as this poster intended
Celtic Pirate Queen 2 years ago
I imagine it would be very difficult to believe a good friend and colleague was capable of rape, but he got 30 years, so I guess the judge & jury did.
Mary Cooper 2 years ago
Exactly what so said when I first saw it on Facebook. How can you run a company that help children from being victims of sex trafficking but sexually assaulting women is something you’re willing to defend?
#22
Most recently? Kevin Porter Jr. nba player for the Houston Rockets. He just signed a 4 year, 80 million dollar deal and got arrested for assaulting his gf.
Norman Beattie 2 years ago (edited)
The dream young people have to hit it big in sports create so much disappointment. Millions strive for it, work for it, live only for that. From toddlers up to adulthood that is their life and the minute amount of these that actually make it is incredible. It has been calculated to be about that 2% make it big in sports. The ones that do, deserve it but when they screw it up like this they should be given absolutely no leeway. They not only screwed up their achievement but did it and ruined the dreams of so many that wanted it so bad.
KrazyChiMama 2 years ago
My unpopular opinion is any professional athlete must have a clean record in order to play. Kids look up to them and they should actually be the role models they pretend to be.
Sara Wilson 2 years ago
Well, yeah! They become famous, think money will fix all their problems and that because now they r rich and famous, they can get away with everything like other rich (mostly white, yes) folks do. There isn't really anyone to help guide them when they r given all this wealth and fame, and everyone is just looking to scam them from all angles. Im not saying the gf deserved it or anything, I'm just saying it's a whole different jungle with that level of money for them, and they r not even remotely prepared.
Birgit Sommer 2 years ago
I'm not done with this list but I'm hoping now Dennis Rodman is on here too.
Hugh Cookson 2 years ago
WTF, that is frankly obscene ; Break this down. He gets paid to run up and down a small, indoor, heated wooden floored 'pitch' , bounce a ball for a short time and try to get that ball into a hoop with a small roped hoop underneath it. This goes on for an interminable time with lots of breaks for no reason, there seems to be some anger at some stage; why, , no idea. It is an utterly pointless 'sport'. Look it's origins up, you will see I'm entirely right.
Bibmibap 2 years ago
That's all sports, and a great deal of other human activity. We are always making our own meaning.
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#23
Debatable if you'd say he was super famous, but Armie Hammer before he couldn't hide his cannibalistic side is up there
Dave H 2 years ago (edited)
I just love that fuckity isn't censored..fuckity fuckityfuckityfuckityfuckityfuckityfuckityfuckityfuckityfuckityfuckity
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Der Kommissar 2 years ago (edited)
Its not just cannibalism, this guy was a trainwreck AND a dumpster fire. Read the Vanity Fair article called The Fall of Armie Hammer.
hitex 2 years ago
He's simply a product of his upbringing...as shocking as it sounds, his father was much much worse
Holly Stevens 2 years ago
Sorry, cannibalism is never a "product of your upbringing" I read the charges and the private messages and I got physically sick
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#24
Steve-O, but he recovered so, so good! On the same note but not yet recovered, Bam Margera.
MrsFettesVette 2 years ago
Absolutely love this guy,he tells it like it is and it's great to see him living his best life.
Brett Layton 2 years ago
Steve-O went through a world of poop and came out the other side. Good for him, and hope for Bam.
Momo Skarsgård 2 years ago
I am so happy for Steve-O!! He really did come out a winner from his s**t show.
ScarletRos 2 years ago
I am also in recovery. Some years ago when he was touring my city (Perth, Westerly Australia) he made time to speak at our local rehab centre rather than do heaps of publicity shows.
Courtney Christelle 2 years ago
Dunn’s death was a wake up call for a lot of his friends, it’s just a shame Bam didn’t answer the phone.
Dawnieangel76 2 years ago
I'll be honest, I really thought Steve would be the first of the group to check out of life, but I'm really impressed with how he turned it all around.
#25
Phillip Seymour Hoffman…relapsing into [illegal substances] after decades of being clean cost him his life.
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
Its usually the relapse that kills you not the throes of addiction
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
Yep. You try to take the same amount you used to, and it's too much. Bradley Nowell from Sublime, too.
Load More Replies... Angrykitten 2 years ago
Another celebrity death that really got to me. What an incredible actor
Five Years 2 years ago
Amy Winehouse. As talented as anyone in this thread. Loved by so many. Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, John Belushi...
Momo Skarsgård 2 years ago
I met him once at a park by the Hudson River in NYC and we had a really nice chat, when I realized who I was talking to I was screaming inside my head but didn't make it obvious. Turns out it was the best thing I did because the conversation carried on for a while and we were just two normal people having a normal chat. It was awesome, he was an incredible human being, treated me with much respect. His loss was much felt.
#26
DrGenius2011 said:
Aaron Hernandez
DogsAreMyFavPeople added:
Aaron Hernandez had some of the worst CTE ever seen in autopsy and literally the worst the researchers had ever seen in anyone younger than 45. He might have looked like he had everything going for him but he was badly brain damaged the entire time, and more so than even most pro football players.
Bear Hall 2 years ago
It's just disgusting a popular sport demands from its athletes to ruin their physical and mental health to entertain people. It's like Mayan basketball resurrected on a different level.
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
Mayan basketball, Roman gladiators... I mean, humanity kind of has that tradition going. We are not a nice species.
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Emmy Dumont 2 years ago
Let's not forget he killed people. I get that he had extreme CTE but he was still a mega a$$hole
Clare E 2 years ago
He had actual traumatic brain injury which caused his violence. That's not being an a*****e.
Load More Replies... Nikki Gross 2 years ago
Football is like a religion in a lot of Southern states, especially Texas. High School games in small towns are a HUGE deal and some of those players, get treated like royalty. College football season is insane especially the Big Ten and SEC conferences and you might as well forget about any other sport in the fall.
Courtney Christelle 2 years ago
It’s this kind of stuff that made me so against my son playing football.
Nikki Gross 2 years ago (edited)
It's the same situation with NASCAR and why so many drivers, like Dale Jr, Tony Stewart, etc are retiring. You can only have so many insane wrecks at 200+ mph and concussions, before you finally say I'm done.
robin aldrich 2 years ago
Seems like it's gonna be the next "insanity plea" in criminal charges.
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oncelerin said:
Alexander Hamilton
HoopOnPoop added:
He had an affair with a married woman. When her husband found out, he blackmailed/extorted Hamilton to keep it quiet. Later on, Hamilton's political enemies found the financial irregularities and accused him of abusing his post as Treasury Secretary to engage in corrupt financial practices. At that point he was stuck between a rock and a hard place. He could either risk being accused of abuse of power while the government was still in a really precarious place or he could come clean and explain what was really happening. He chose the latter and wrote the "Reynolds Pamphlet" (the woman was named Maria Reynolds) admitting to everything. It pretty much ended his political career right there.
Kylie Burgoyne 2 years ago
One less thing to worry about just one less thing to worry about
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Michael Largey 2 years ago
As I recall, Aaron Burr had at least a small role in ending Hamilton's political career.
ShadySlytherin 2 years ago
I didn't, but I attended 3rd grade, so I knew this one, too!
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RabidChild 2 years ago (edited)
Plus running around challenging everyone to duel everytime he got his feefees hurt. He was the douchiest Founding Father imho.
Julia Mckinney 2 years ago
Actually, Hamilton's affair didn't have as much of an effect on his political career as you'd think. Yes, he published the pamphlet about it but he still served in Government circles after that. He never really was interested in being the President either. He had an affair, 'fessed up to it, NEVER used his career to make money for himself (even while supporting 8 kids) AND had a monumental effect on the finances and governmental system of our country. I'd say 1 affair doesn't mean diddley squat when stacked up against that.
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
And here I thought the reference was to getting himself killed by Vice President Aaron Burr. Burr got frustrated Hamilton kept running for the same offices he was running for, including VP and then Gov of New York.
JuniorCJ82 2 years ago
Thanks for the reminder to re-watch the episode of Drunk History about this.
#28
Henry Ruggs III, first round pick in the NFL. Racing his corvette through Vegas at 3 in the morning he crashed at 160 MPH and [ended] a woman and her dog. He was one of the top prospects in the game, 24 years old now he’s going to spend 3-10 years in jail, lose out on any and all NFL hopes and dreams. He only made it 2 seasons in the league before essentially ruining his life.
WonderWoman 2 years ago
Only 3-10 years for murdering a woman and her dog. He acted like an entitled brat racing a car and managed to destroy a family. 3-10 is a joke.
NJJenn1673 2 years ago
Her name was TIna Tintor and her dog's name was Max. She was 23 and driving home late at night on Rainbow Blvd when her car was struck by Ruggs, who had a BAL over twice the legal limit and was speeding in a 45mph, The impact was so great, Tina and Max were trapped in the car when it caught on fire and she couldn't get out. She didn't die as a result of the impact, but something much more horrible. There is a mural dedicated to Tina and Max on Rainbow (you can Google it to see it). Ruggs is now trash in Vegas. He should be put away for much longer. This city will never forgive him.
Der Kommissar 2 years ago
This is what happens when someone grows up poor, and then someone throws a bunch of money at them
Phillip Moderow 2 years ago
Henry Ruggs III doesn't deserve to live after what he did to that poor woman and her dog. She survived for 10 or 20 minutes stuck in here burning car before being incinerated alive while Ruggs sat on a curb blubbering over his wrecked Corvette. Burn in hell, Ruggs.
Nikki Gross 2 years ago
I saw videos of that wreck on YouTube and how he acted afterwards, he deserved much more then 3-10 years. He got off really damn lightly compared to what he did to that poor woman and her dog and the s**t he tried to pull post accident.
Paul Gerrard 2 years ago
Good. He earned both opportunities. How he cab be someones biltch and be accountable
#29
Justin Roiland had a popular show (Rick & Morty) and while its quality (and maybe ratings I dunno) were waning, he had a guaranteed paycheck for a few more years, plus reruns, merch, whatever else, etc
All he had to do was not be a creepy piece of s**t.
Paul Gerrard 2 years ago
Evil people cant stop themself proving they are evil. 2023 womens football winning team spain had to endure a spanish official who assaulted a player on tv. Kissed her cradling her head so she had no choice. Few are held accountable. Trump bragged about assaulting women and nothing serious came of it.
pfeils wife 2 years ago
You are so right! Not only did trump brag about it... but after bragging about it, he became the president! Trump Access Hollywood tape came out BEFORE the election. It's starting to feel like he will soon be held to account.... I can only hope anyway.
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Seth 2 years ago
When the accusations came out, he immediately claimed innocence and said it was just a bitter ex trying to destroy his career and reputation. A judge later dismissed all charges against him due to a COMPLETE AND TOTAL LACK OF ANY EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER. Despite this, his career and reputation are still in shambles. The MeToo era needed to happen; it was long overdue. However, ending on "believe women" was a stupid decision. It should be "actually listen to women" instead of just ignoring their concerns like we used to. Jumping straight to always believing them is asinine, and is only going to damage the credibility of people making genuine claims.
iseefractals 2 years ago
Yet another person found not guilty. Kinda seems like it's almost become a convenient way to get rid of people you just don't like.
#30
Mickey Rourke was pretty much the next James Dean of the 80's. Just hit after hit, women loved him, guys wanted to be him. Then he decided to try boxing and his face got pulverized, Bad plastic surgery followed, and he had issues with the press. The Wrestler was amazing, but the big comeback sort of fizzed out after that.
Seems like a cool and interesting guy, but he could have been royalty if not for a couple of bad decisions.
Paul Brown 2 years ago
I heard his personal hygiene leaves a LOT to be desired. Look at his dirty fingernails in this picture.Heard also has bad B.O.
#31
FreckledArms78 said:
Scott Weiland, from Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver.
OneSmoothCactus added:
I forget who, but after hid death a family member of his said that they'd all been waiting for the call for the last 20 years. Can't imagine knowing your son/brother/partner is [hurting] themselves with [illegal substances] and not be able to do anything about it.
MrsFettesVette 2 years ago
What an incredible talent, his voice is always going to be in the background of my high school years.
Der Kommissar 2 years ago
Scott was a talented and charismatic musician whose demons got the best of him.
iseefractals 2 years ago
Meanwhile, the majority of humanity can't get through the day without a drink or three, the US has become so hopeless fat that it's just decided to bully everyone with the very mature tactic of "i'm not the one with the problem, YOU ARE!" Everyone just blindly accepts those things, but everything else is somehow "immoral" you're shamed, attacked, threatened with prison, which makes whatever underlying issue that motivated the substance use in the first place, to intensify....which makes you retreat further into the drugs. Every aspect of society encourages people to hide drug use, which causes you to get really good at doing so. Which inevitably, for many people causes it to become a problem they often cannot shake. Stop looking at it as "someone harming themselves" and consider that YOU, are the one doing the most harm. Telling people to just say no, absolves you of having to deal with it, it doesn't actually achieve anything.
DC 2 years ago (edited)
That's about the truest thing in that regard I've read here in a long time. Substance use and abuse, in and by themselves, don't carry any ethical wrongness. A lot of smugglery does (like implanting cocaine in life animals, and removing it afterwards ... the removal surgery often is deadly), and the entire situation is definately effed up big time. "Hey, let's prescribe a shidload of opioides to everybody and their Grandma!" being changed to "No more of that for you, gotta stop immediately because I might lose my license because I handed out Oxycodone like they're candy!" will not fail in sending people elsewhere, only making it worse and worse. If we'd accept the fact that substance abuse ALWAYS has underlying issues, and is not a sign of ethical failure, if we'd focus on effect as opposed to on effort, like it is currently, we'd already make a great leap forward in a non-Maoian way. But, as is today, it seems like displaying it as moral failure that implies a weak, selfish character, which still IS the societal standard viewpoint, is easier, and it justifies the law-and-order'ists tendency to counter undesired stuff with draconic punishment. They'd rather see two junkies dead and two in prison than even one in hospital or simply outside of jail. Jail won't improve anything there, but force you to a cold withdrawal that only succeeds because the lack of drugs doesn't allow to maintain usage. First day out, first shot in. I've seen how street drugs devestate people ... and I've seen, and personally known, one of the "hopeless addicts" that were given actual heroin in a study in germany 20 years or so ago. I'm not sure how it played out, but as long as the study was running, the people who were given heroin (clean, made by a medicine company, under the circumstances you'd expect - and not some unprofessional lab), including the one I knew then, could lead a life that barely is any different than that of non-addicts. She died in a car accident, not caused by herself, but from being homeless and, basically, left to rot until she'd have died, she recovered in every regard you can imagine - every single one but the habit of using heroin. This study, and the treatment the addicts received, should have been the last evidence to make it a gamechanger! But ... at least, it isn't as standard as it should be, because the goal is not making life better, but sobriety and sobriety alone. Maybe even that is not the right goal for everybody, for sure it isn't the right - or even realistic - goal for everyone at every time. What do I know, I tried heroin only once, sniffed it to prevent someone very dear, but very damaged (physically as well) from taking it, because they might not have been able to take the damage. But I was, so ... in with it, I've done dumber things for worse reasons. Tbh, it was a disappointment in each and every regard. Snorted it. Fel horrible, snorting stuff is disgusting anyway, ... but, that's not all, even the ligher opioides that don't need the special narcotics prescription (germany, may be handled differently elsewhere) are more effective in regard to euphoria, because the quality of that street-sold stuff is varying and generally low. Today, the issue with mixed-in fentanyl derivatives makes it even more dangerous, so ... whatever we as a society do about drugs, the first and overdue step would be to readjust the goal of it. Everybody being a saint of sobriety, obviously, isn't achievable, nor is it even justified.
Load More Replies... Foffy Skrimshaw 2 years ago
On the list of Elvis, Sid Barret, Jimi Hendrix, Layne Staley, Kurt Cobain and many more I'm sure. Great talent that was ruined in one or another by drugs.
VonBlade 2 years ago
Career changing mistakes? Weiland was an addict when they recorded Core, and died an addict. He was amazing regardless. In the words of Bill Hicks "if you don't think drugs have done any good, take all your albums and burn them". I'm not defending him or druggies, but he never changed. Still love STP though.
Emily Phillips 2 years ago
My dad struggled with addiction so everytime they would say they found a body in the town he stayed I would always pray it wasn't him. Liver cancer ended up being what was his end
#32
Brett Butler. She blew herself up pretty good in the 90s
Stacy Jones 2 years ago
I met her a few years ago. She was super nice, gave me a signed copy of her (surprisingly excellent) autobiography, and she was still pretty funny.
robin aldrich 2 years ago
Didn't she have a small, dramatic role on The Walking Dead?
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Sarah Stalder 2 years ago
Just saw her on The Morning Show, and she was in The Walking Dead for a bit, but, yeah-she lost her very funny show.
Celtic Pirate Queen 2 years ago
Such a shame. She was f*cking hilarious and I loved her series "Saving Grace".
#33
Dunno if he counts as "famous" but... for a BREAKING NEWS scandal, how about Justin Sane, lead singer of Anti-Flag, a well-established (since 1988) punk band. For 35 years Sane's stage persona was of a militantly progressive singer, especially on women's issues. One of their songs is “Feminism Is for Everybody”, and Sane was a VERY vocal supporter of the #MeToo movement.
Except *Rolling Stone* just published [a long story](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/anti-flag-justin-sane-1234817170/) in which 13 women accuse him of violent sexual assault. Many were in high school at the time. One was 12.
When the rest of the band heard the news they immediately broke up and released a statement saying something like "this isn't the guy we thought we knew for 35 years". I'm not sure I believe that. The *Rolling Stone* piece mentions a couple times when the band *had* to know. For instance, Sane once (allegedly) took a girl to a shed behind a venue, and the rest of the band were (supposedly) making "where's Justin?" jokes, as if they knew.
MrsFettesVette 2 years ago
I mean, credit to the rest of Anti-Flag for quickly disassociating and condemning his actions rather than taking the "he never acted that way with us, so he's a great guy" (like friends of Danny Masterson)
Hiro Lee 2 years ago
But they didn't condemn him until his behavior became public. But, they didn't condemn him until the behavior became public.
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Michael None 2 years ago (edited)
Saw them in concert once (not headliners at the time), they staged a fight in the crowd between a security guard and a fan. Then Sane jumps from the stage and attacks the security guard then proceeds to get back up on the stage and gives a 25 minute speech to the crowd about how we all have to be a family so we can fight the man. Biggest bunch of posers I've ever seen.
CanadianaKa 2 years ago
Same thing with Moxy Fruvous in Canada and former member Jian Ghomeshi. After the story of his violence against women came out, the band released a statement claiming they'd had no idea. B******t. I knew them in their heyday and while I didn't know why, even I was creeped out by him. There were venues that wouldn't let female servers into the green room because of him - people knew. There was no way the guys spending months in a van with him for years didn't.
Sara Wilson 2 years ago
Well, to play devils advocate, if I'm reading correctly, were from high school, maybe he went thru some stuff and it changed him. Does excuse what he did, but like oh so many of us, people change from who they were as kids. Maybe something similar happened to someone in his life and it put it in perspective. I'm not condoning what he did in any way, I'm just saying that his persona on stage may have been his attempt to right his own wrongs and try to help moving forward. Just a thought...
Clare E 2 years ago
They were in high school. He wasn't. One of them was a 12 year old child. You might want to think again.
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#34
The richest man in Ireland, Sean Quinn, lost everything today. A series of unsuccessful investments, tax evasion, led Quinn to court. Today, the former billionaire is completely bankrupt, and contempt of court has been added to the charges. A lot of people hate Sean. Three years ago, his former manager was even kidnapped and beaten, but the perpetrators were never found. Perhaps the former depositors of his bank who lost their funds are involved here, perhaps other investors.
Aleane Schligo 2 years ago
They did get them in prison now. He was tortured, finger nails pulled, broke his chins with a metal bar and poured bleach and salt in his wounds, branded him and then dumped him on the side of the road. So much hatred in the community after what happened. And don't worry Sean is still in his mansion on the hill while normal folk lost everything.
C.S. E. 2 years ago
Yeah, many tend to forget that 'bankrupt' doesn't not always equal 'poor' or 'literally no money at all'.
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SumonaFlorence said:
John McAffee. Like, f**k me..
otakupirate added:
I read his wired interview and he was just... unhinged. He really had lost it. He made a lot of claims about the government and why he was in hiding and just seemed completely gone mentally.
angied4liberty 2 years ago
I disagree with this. I met John and Janice in Orlando in 2016, had drinks with them and spent some time chatting during the LP convention. John was amazing, albeit a bit eccentric. And he didn't give two f**cks about taxes. They still haven't released a body. Something not adding up there.
#36
Lindsay Lohan is another famous person who seemed to have everything going for her but faced a series of personal and professional setbacks due to her struggles with addiction and legal issues.
Paddling Panda 2 years ago
I really want Linds to recover her career. She's very talented and she was very young when she went through all her struggles. Her parents did her dirty and were/are gross people. Like Brit Brit, I Stan Linds.
Goose of the Ahonkalypse 2 years ago
She's doing really good last I checked. It's really great to see her looking genuinely happy and healthy.
Holly Stevens 2 years ago
She's good now. She got out. She's clean, married, working and expecting a baby. Stopped the fillers, she looks so beautiful
#37
T.J. Miller was in every other comedy last decade but then made real bad life choices.
Skim Beebles 2 years ago
He also had a cerebral AV malformation that hemorrhaged and required brain surgery, so there's probably more to it than that.
What do you think ?
MrsFettesVette 2 years ago (edited)
Elizabeth Holmes had the chance to revolutionize preventive/routine medical care- she had investors throwing money at her just for the idea of Theranos...could have had plenty of time to develop the technology just on the promise that it would get there one day...instead she lied, grifted, and stole based on false promises (and ended up exactly wherw she belongs).
Sand Ers 2 years ago
It was always a grift. There never was a real technology to develop.
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cugel. 2 years ago
Ponderland was such a great show, I have watched a number of times. Only learned recently he went all loopy.
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Tom Cruise and weird jumping on Oprah's sofa moment plus Scientology. Yuck!
Fat Harry 2 years ago
Here's one that many people won't know about: Hans Reiser. He's a software developer who invented a disk filing system called ReiserFS. It was an option on many linux distributions about 15-20 years ago, and was on its way to potentially becoming the default, as the default at the time (ext2) had many deficiencies and did not recover from problems well. Then Reiser murdered strangled his wife, was convicted of murder, went to prison and everything fell apart. ReiserFS is scheduled for removal from Linux in 2025. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Reiser
MrsFettesVette 2 years ago (edited)
Elizabeth Holmes had the chance to revolutionize preventive/routine medical care- she had investors throwing money at her just for the idea of Theranos...could have had plenty of time to develop the technology just on the promise that it would get there one day...instead she lied, grifted, and stole based on false promises (and ended up exactly wherw she belongs).
Sand Ers 2 years ago
It was always a grift. There never was a real technology to develop.
Load More Replies... cugel. 2 years ago
Ponderland was such a great show, I have watched a number of times. Only learned recently he went all loopy.
Load More Replies... Tyranamar Seuss 2 years ago
Tom Cruise and weird jumping on Oprah's sofa moment plus Scientology. Yuck!
Fat Harry 2 years ago
Here's one that many people won't know about: Hans Reiser. He's a software developer who invented a disk filing system called ReiserFS. It was an option on many linux distributions about 15-20 years ago, and was on its way to potentially becoming the default, as the default at the time (ext2) had many deficiencies and did not recover from problems well. Then Reiser murdered strangled his wife, was convicted of murder, went to prison and everything fell apart. ReiserFS is scheduled for removal from Linux in 2025. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Reiser
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