12 Beloved Celebrities That Everybody Forgets Have Pulled Some Real Bullsh*t
A couple more slaps on the wrist and these darling celebrities might start to develop an unsightly bruise.
Oprah
For all the good she’s done, she has given a platform to some of the dumbest people the human race has to offer. Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz and Jenny McCarthy were all sideshow dorks before she put them on the main stage.
Jon Hamm
He was named in a lawsuit that alleged some pretty brutal frat hazing, including paddling, pants being lit on fire and other painful humiliations.
Marv Albert
The beloved sports commentator has been repeatedly accused of sexual assault, usually involving biting. One woman, a hotel VIP liaison, claimed that he invited her to his room under the guise of troubleshooting a fax machine, but was nearly naked when she arrived. He was fired from NBC, his conviction was expunged as part of his plea deal a year later, and a year after that he was rehired. Dick Ebersol explained that “Marv has done what he had to do.” Be unemployed for two years?
Gwyneth Paltrow
She’s on the bleeding edge of the celebrity pseudoscience wellness fad, with vagina-centric health tips that just happen to transfer money from your pocket to hers. Also don’t forget Shallow Hal — the film didn’t age well, and neither did her behind-the-scenes antics, where she donned her fat suit in a hotel lobby for an hour and acted like she learned the plight of the obese.
Steven Tyler
He became the legal guardian of his 16-year-old girlfriend so that she could live, tour and do drugs with him. They planned to have a kid together, but Tyler demanded she get an abortion because he was suddenly worried that the drugs (and smoke inhalation from a house fire) might cause birth defects. He’s claimed that his guardianship gives him immunity from the assaults he didn’t commit.
Matthew Broderick
While driving in Northern Ireland in 1985, fresh off filming Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, he collided with another vehicle while he was driving in the wrong lane. Two women in the other vehicle were killed, his passenger Jennifer Grey was almost paralyzed and he woke up in the hospital with no memory of the event. He was let off with a $175 fine.
Ted Nugent
While he claims to have gotten the permission of a 17-year-old’s parents to date her in 1978, he’s denied rumors that he became her legal guardian to skirt obvious legal issues. He’s gone on to blame mass shootings on PC culture and a lack of “family values,” despite writing the pedophile anthem “Girl Scout Cookies.”
The Rolling Stones
Bassist Bill Wyman reportedly got a 13-year-old’s mother’s permission to date her when he was 47. Mick Jagger reportedly dated a young teenager as well, and the same girl was 14 when friend of the band Jimmy Page started referring to her as his girlfriend at age 26.
Jackie Chan
He seems a little wishy-washy on whether the people of China deserve human rights. He said that Hong Kong and Taiwan are both “chaotic” places, and that “I’m gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we’re not being controlled, we’ll just do what we want.”
Boy George
He pulled a bit of a Jeffrey Dahmer when he chained an escort to a wall and beat him with a metal chain. His victim broke free and ran for help in just his underwear, and George was arrested and given 15 months of jailtime.
Pete Townshend
The Who songwriter was busted accessing a child porn site using his credit card, and confessed to logging on, but swore it was for “research”: “My culpability is clear… but my innocence is absolute.” He was let off with a warning and five years on a registry of sex offenders.
Beyonce
She’s a cross-genre pop visionary, but in 2017, it was reported that her clothing line Ivy Park was paying sweatshop workers $.54 per hour.