Celebrities Who Ruined Their Careers With One Bad Decision
If you can become famous overnight, you can also lose it all in the blink of an eye. That's exactly what happened to these celebrities. Some actors, musicians, and models can tank their career thanks to a long string of bad decisions that result in bankruptcy, rehab, or even jail. But other celebrities cancel their careers in one swift move.
Sometimes it's an affair, a crime, or even a public performance gone wrong. One actress will definitely make you think twice about plastic surgery. Within a couple of seconds, these celebrities went from the A-list to the D-list.
It's Probably Not The Best Idea To Call The Pope Evil
The Irish singer-songwriter had finally hit it big when she was scheduled to perform on Saturday Night Live in 1992. Everything went fine in dress rehearsal, but during the live performance she ripped a photo of Pope John Paul II and yelled: "fight the real enemy."
The audience was stone cold, and she's been stuck on the D-list ever since.
Racist Remarks Will Put A Quick End To A Comedy Career
Anyone born before 2000 knows Michal Richards best as Kramer from Seinfeld. After the show ended, he spent most of his time touring with his stand-up bit. But during one show in 2006, Richards responded to a heckler using profanities and racial slurs.
Thanks to the early days of the internet, a video surfaced online, and Richards hasn't toured since.
No One Would Hire Jennifer Gray After Her Surgery
The Dirty Dancing and Ferris Bueller's Day Off starcouldn't be cast after getting a nose job. In the early '90s, she got surgery, which left her with a smaller nose and looking like a completely different person that made it hard to be recognized. She now looks back on the surgery as "the nose job from hell."
Randy Quaid Basically Just Went Crazy
Quaid had an incredible comedic acting career going (he was the forgotten star of the Vacation movies) when he officially went crazy. In 2009, he and his wife were arrested for not paying a $10,000 hotel bill, which led to them avoiding arrest by squatting in a house and fleeing to Canada.
Since then, Quaid and his wife have only been seen on the internet doing some strange roleplay.
Audiences Don't Like To Forgive Or Forget When You Lip Sync
Ashlee Simpson was doing perfectly fine for herself back in 2004. But during her first performance on Saturday Night Live, the music messed up and showed that she intended to lip-sync the song. She did an awkward jig and became the only artist ever to run off the SNL stage.
She tried releasing more music and a took a shot at acting, but she's essentially become a stay-at-home mom.
Paul Reubens Went From Childhood Character To Child Offender
All those fond memories of Pee-Wee Herman were ruined when the actor behind the character was arrested in 1991 for indecent exposure. Apparently, Ruebens was caught pleasuring himself in a public movie theatre. He tried to make a comeback, but then he was arrested for child pornography.
Twitter Was Not Amanda Bynes' Friend In 2012
Back in 2012, Bynes started on a Tweetstorm that included everything from hitting on Drake to telling Rihanna that Chris Brown abused her because she was ugly.
She ended up being diagnosed with bipolar disorder and left the limelight to study fashion and clothing design.
If You're A Woman In The 1950s, An Illegitimate Child Was Social Suicide
Old Hollywood actress Ingrid Bergman was the ideal woman until it was discovered that she had an affair with her director Peter Lindstrom that resulted in a child out of wedlock.
Having an affair with a married man and becoming pregnant is just an average day in Hollywood, but back in 1950, it was a big deal. Bergman stayed away from America for 8 years before attempting to make any sort of comeback.
Kathy Griffin Took It A Step Too Far For Trump's Supporters
In May 2017 Griffin took it too far for Republicans. She posted a photo of herself holding a blood-soaked mannequin head that looked like Donald Trump. She said it was in retaliation for Trump's comments against Megyn Kelly, but that didn't stop people from forcing her to apologize.
Hulk Hogan Fully Admitted To Being Racist
Hogan used to be considered one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. Now, he's better known for an infamous double whammy where he uttered racists comments while being part of a sex tape.
After the release of the tape, Hogan admitted to being "a racist, to a point" and was fired from the WWE organization.
Social Media Ruined Dani Mathers' Modelling Career
The former Playmate thought she was invincible until she was called out on social media for fat-shaming a woman at the gym. She Snapchatted a naked woman showering at an LA Fitness club with the caption "If I can't unsee this then you can't either."
The fitness club revoked her membership, the police laid misdemeanor charges, and her modeling career hasn't been the same since.
Paula Deen Has Tried To Cook Her Way Out Of A Scandal Twice
The famous TV chef who knows how to make a peach cobbler practically ruined her cooking career after it came to light in 2013 that she used an offensive racial slur. She tried to make a comeback, but when she posted a photo of her son in brownface in 2015, it all came crashing down again.
Who Keeps Forgiving Mel Gibson?
Mel Gibson is like the fly that you think you got out of the house but keeps getting back in. In 1999, he made derogatory comments about the LGBTQ+ community. Then in 2006, he began threatening officers and yelling anti-Semitic slurs after being arrested for a DUI.
Finally, in 2010, he was handed a restraining order for domestic assault. He disappeared for a while but somehow made a comeback in 2016 and even got a standing ovation for his film, Hacksaw Ridge. No, stop, Mel Gibson is still canceled.
Becoming Famous Was Robin Thicke's Biggest Mistake
Thicke's one bad decision was finally landing a hit song. He had spent years as an unknown until 2013 when he released "Blurred Lines." Unfortunately for him, the song was criticized for obvious misogyny, and he was sued for copyright infringement by Marvin Gaye's family.
Oh, and his wife of nine years left him because he had an affair. Yikes.
Tonya Harding's Fall From Grace Is Still Remembered Today
While training for the Olympics, two assailants smashed the leg of figure skater Nancy Kerrigan. It quickly came to light that the attack was paid for by the ex-husband of Kerrigan's skating rival, Tonya Harding. Although people have debated Harding's direct involvement, America found her to be guilty.
Is Tiger Woods Still Relevant?
People in the golf world were not very forgiving when evidence surfaced of Woods having multiple mistresses. It didn't help that he also was charged with a DUI from crashing into a fire hydrant and tree.
Most of Woods' sponsors pulled their support from him, and he decided to take "an indefinite break from professional golf." You'll still see Woods on the links, but most people try to forget about him.
2015 Was The Year Charlie Sheen Stopped Winning
Most of us remember Charlie Sheen's "winning" meltdown in 2011. But even admitting to loving coke and strippers didn't totally ruin his career. It wasn't until 2015 when he revealed that he was HIV positive and it quickly became evident that he didn't tell any of this girlfriends over the years.
Unknowingly giving people a deadly disease was the nail in Charlie Sheen's coffin.
Having A Child Bride Who Is Your Cousin Isn't The Best Career Move
Jerry Lee Lewis was a popular singer and performer in the 1950s. In 1958, it was discovered that his third wife Myra Gale Brown was only 13 when she married him. To make matters worse, Brown was his second cousin.
His tour in Britain was canceled, and he went from making $10,000 a show to $250.
Cee Lo Green Tried To Write A New Definition Of Sexual Assault
Thanks to the #MeToo movement, sexual assault cases have become more prevalent. Those accused and convicted have admitted their faults and left Hollywood.
But back in 2012, Green was accused of sexual battery and tried to tell everyone it wasn't rape because the person was unconscious. Uhm, that's the exact opposite, Cee Lo.
Being A Diva Made Katherine Heigl A Hollywood Black Sheep
Heigl was beloved by fans of Grey's Anatomy and the romcom Knocked Up, but as her career progressed she started to bad-talk her previous roles. It also became well-known that she's quite a diva on-set.
Apparently, fans just couldn't stand by her and directors stopped casting her.
