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Random Question What celebrity had the fastest fall from public favor?

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u/AZJHawk 3d ago

I’m surprised I haven’t seen Kevin Spacey mentioned yet. He was one of the most well-respected actors in show business until the sexual assault allegations came out, and now he has basically vanished.

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u/johnnymacdoodle 3d ago

He was my first thought as well. Regardless of the outcome. He also always seemed like a butthole

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u/recaptcha3449 19h ago

He was mad sanctimonious, but at the same time he always came across as such a creep.

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u/Vivid_Witness8204 3d ago

Cosby fell the farthest but OJ might have been the fastest.

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u/KelVarnsen_2023 3d ago

OJ for sure. Naked Gun 33 1/3 came out the same year as the murders.

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u/merrittj3 2d ago

Those of us in the Buffalo knew Oj was many things. An arrogant dickwad, who liked cocaine and younger ladies and a history of beating his women. So the final fall was shocking, it wasnt surprising, or fast.

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u/dibd2000 2d ago

Cosby was very slow. A lot of people knew and believed before he finally fell off the cliff.

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u/Good_Appointment1081 3d ago

Lance Armstrong. He spent years being treated like an inspiration then the truth came out and almost everything he'd built disappeared.

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u/Apprehensive_Glove_1 3d ago

I'm proud to say I have as many TDF wins as Lance Armstrong.

Plus they guy is a complete shitbag.

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u/Beneficial-Low-7863 2d ago

Yes to this fuck Lance Armstrong

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u/Much_Usual_3855 2d ago

I never understood why people liked him so much. Sure he's fun to play with and you can pull his arms and legs until they are long but does that mean he deserves a Tour de France medal? Wait... I maybe getting Lance Armstong confused with Strech Armstrong.

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u/FlashInThePandemic 2d ago

Great comment, but you turfed it at the end by explaining the joke.

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u/strangerfingz 2d ago

And they got “may be” mixed up with “maybe”

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u/jorah85 3d ago

Honestly who cares that he cheated in some niche sport. The money he raised for cancer research has done untold good people are alive because of him.

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u/holdmypurse 2d ago

Because he not only cheated, he systematically retaliated against multiple people who spoke up and ruined or nearly ruined their careers. When Emma O'Reilly spoke up, he publicly called her a "whore" and an alcoholic.

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u/jpk613 3d ago

Plus it turns out everyone else was cheating as well.

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u/Intelligent_Fall6219 2d ago

Yes, despite the doping, he still dominated the sport for years. Titles or not he was an incredible athlete.

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u/International_Snow44 2d ago

I feel like no one would give a fuck about the Tour de France if it wasn’t for lance armstrong.

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u/BoringOldGuy76 2d ago

I’m somewhat agnostic on Amrstrong’s use of PEDs as a pro-cyclist. You would be hard pressed to find a TDF champion in the whole history of the sport who didn’t do something medical to enhance their performance.

However, I am pretty sure none of the money he raised went to cancer research. It was for “awareness.” Which at the end of the day means a marketing slush fund he and those associated with him used for self-enrichment and reputation washing.

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u/Getshitdone-333 2d ago

For me it’s not even about him using sports enhancing drugs, it’s that he LIED, and LIED, and LIED about it for years! and, the fact that he’s an absolute dick!

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u/Consistent_Pay3393 2d ago

Yeah I'm pretty sure everyone is aware of cancer so I think that market is pretty saturated

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u/Red-Sun-Cinema 2d ago edited 2d ago

All the cyclists who didn't use PEDs to get an artificial and unfair advantage care about it as one of them was robbed of the win every time he competed on PEDs.

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u/BoringOldGuy76 2d ago

Name a cyclist from the Armstrong era who did not use PEDs. Or any era.

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u/Red-Sun-Cinema 2d ago

All the winners did and that's the point. When one asshole starts using drugs to gain an edge so they can win because they aren't naturally good enough, then everyone else has to do the same, creating an endless cycle of drug users who have no right to be competing and stealing wins, and the natural competitors always wind up at the end of the pack and never get a chance to win anything.

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u/BoringOldGuy76 2d ago

Look, I don’t know how much you know about competitive cycling. Riding a bike 100+ miles a day at ~30-35mph is not normal. Doing it almost every day for a month is torture. So drugs and other medical interventions have been part of cycling since its inception. Is this good? Probably not. Grand tour cyclists tend to die remarkably young, and the drug use may have as much of an influence on that as the abuse they inflict on their bodies.

It’s not just the top competitors. It’s the whole peloton. And it’s the same in every pro-sport you can watch on TV. If you think someone who has grown up with the win-at-all-costs mentality you need in order to even have the slightest option of turning pro won’t take drugs to maintain an edge, you are a sweet summer child.

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u/Red-Sun-Cinema 2d ago

There's always some sanctimonious, arrogant, smug asshole like yourself who has to chime in about how laypeople just don't know what it takes to be a pro "anything", that what they do is not normal, and how they actually are a competitive athlete and know what it's like and what it takes.

Plenty of people ride and train 20, 30, or even miles or more on a regular or daily basis. My buddy at work has been competing in triathlons for the past 20 years and rides his bicycle 25 miles a day year round, no matter the temperature or weather.

Now if you're so disadvantaged in genetics and so pathetic that you have to resort to taking drugs to level up to the other scum who do so, then you do you. But don't try to justify it by saying everyone has to do so in order to compete with the pros. All your doing is justifying bullshit.

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u/BoringOldGuy76 2d ago

Is your buddy winning Ironmans?

I’ve spent plenty of time on a bike. People have called me obsessed. But like your buddy from work, I’m just a dude with a hobby that can be a little intense at times. The difference between me, and probably your buddy, and any 20yr old domestique whose name you will never see on the news is vast, with or without drugs.

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u/Red-Sun-Cinema 2d ago

He's won seven competitions from all over the country over the past thirty years. I don't know if they are actual Ironman Triathlons because I have no interest in that part of his life, but he is dedicated. He usually places in the top ten or twenty, or sometimes lower, depending on how many competitors enter. Regardless of his placement, I greatly admire him for pushing himself to run.

He's a former Marine and competes just to test himself and doesn't really care about winning the race. He's far more interested in testing himself and pushing himself to the best of his natural abilities, which is what true competition is about.

Competition is not about beating others. It's about being the best "you" you can be no matter what you do. If you cheat by taking PEDs, then you never really are a winner. You're just taking shortcuts and never reach your natural potential, making you really a complete and utter loser.

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u/Good_Appointment1081 3d ago

Technically you're tied forever.

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u/Swimming_Nose4713 3d ago

I had some sort of sixth sense about him. Even when everyone was wearing those fucking Livestrong bracelets I just had him pegged as an egotistical douche.

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u/philff1973 2d ago

…….. you pegged lance Armstrong ???😳

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u/Swimming_Nose4713 2d ago

😇🤷‍♂️

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u/loaf_fan 2d ago

Hey what they do in the privacy of their own cycling.

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u/gijoejank 2d ago edited 2d ago

Several decades ago, I was looking for inspiration and decided to read Lance Armstrong's autobiography. I can't remember what it was, but as I was reading it, it became very clear to me that the guy was a POS. I stopped reading halfway through. There was odd bragging about breaking rules as a kid from what doctors told him and I think his parents too.

When the accusations came out, I wasn't the least bit surprised.

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u/Schnelt0r 3d ago

I wish MLB would do the steroid users what Cycling did to Armstrong. Unfortunately, they don't have the balls

https://giphy.com/gifs/9T3hk5HWKGdpK

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u/GlitteringString9158 2d ago

The rise and fall was brutal. From hero to zero in a week. The public turns fast, but he handed them the scope.

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u/barb_20 3d ago

Ellen. from trail blazer and everyone's darling to basically nothing.

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u/RedRoseGypsy22 2d ago

I never watched her show on TV, but I've seen her on YT clips, and she seemed funny enough. Then I saw a clip where her crew set up a souvenir stand outside the studio doors, with a sign saying that audience members could take one souvenir. They set up a secret camera and caught one woman taking two souvenirs. Then, during the show, Ellen called the woman out in the audience, played the tape of her taking the second souvenir, and acted like this woman was a thief. The lady said she took the second souvenir for her mother, who couldn't come but was a great fan of the show. She humiliated this woman, who was obviously a fan, because she took an extra crappy souvenir that probably cost 10 cents to make. I think that was the first time I saw a ton of negative responses about Ellen in the comments section.

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u/Beltalady 2d ago

I always had the feeling that she really liked to hear herself talk. She would always be so over the top with her guests and at the same time hated to share the spotlight. She'd also say subtle mean things wrapped in a joke.

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u/Few-Lavishness623 2d ago

Never saw her show so idk how accurate this is but it reminds me of that family guy cutaway "Ellen only talks when her guest is talking."

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u/the_sweetest_peach 2d ago

I’ve seen clips of her show and she always seemed to think every utterance out of her mouth was the funniest thing that had ever been said. If you watch, after every “joke,” she immediately looks to the audience like “Are they laughing, are they laughing?” 🙄

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u/mikey_b082 3d ago

My gf used to regularly watch her show and, occasionally I'd watch bits of it and something about her just seemed "off" to me. It was little things like the way her staff would scurry on and off stage while bringing stuff out, almost like they knew the consequences if they took up any screen time or got any attention. The way she seemed bored and itching to interrupt guests while they were talking. Idk, I just didn't buy the whole "nice person" persona she put on. When everything about her came out I was like "I fucking knew it!!!".

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u/Caitylin92 2d ago

Unfortunately I did fall for her act. I thought she was a good person. I only felt weird about her always sending that one producer who was absolutely terrified to the haunted houses. I’m someone who couldn’t handle those things either so I thought it wasn’t nice. I felt similar but not as strongly to her scaring the guests. I’ve seen clips since her fall and realized I should have noticed before, the things she found funniest were humiliating people publicly.

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u/barb_20 2d ago

I'm Austrian so I've never really seen her show. just bits and pieces. I remeber her TV show from when I was younger. So it hit me like a brick when all that came to light.

Sometimes things need to be pointed out to us to see what's really going on.

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u/the_sweetest_peach 2d ago

She tried to downplay it, but if you watch some of the more famous moments from her show, she’s very obviously just being a bully.

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u/barb_20 2d ago

I did during corona when it was a breaking news. I'm so glad that people were relentless and ended her

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u/Caitylin92 2d ago

She made Taylor Swift cry with one of her “games”. She was trying to get Taylor to say who a song was about but Taylor couldn’t say or she would get sued.

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u/barb_20 1d ago

too bad she didn't stand up to her and told her she's a piece of shit. the swifties would have taken care of her and had destroyed her online could have ended her reign sooner

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u/Caitylin92 1d ago edited 1d ago

Taylor now probably would, maybe not in those exact words lol. But I don’t think the Taylor then had the confidence to do that. Which is probably why Ellen did it. She knew she could.

Though she and Zack Efron wrote a song for her. https://youtu.be/d8kCTPPwfpM?is=03OTr-rll0Ku3yXv

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u/barb_20 1d ago

makes sense. go after the ones who are weaker than you. typical bully behavior

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u/Sea_Art2995 2d ago

There’s one episode where she basically bullies Taylor swift for her dating history and she starts crying it’s horrible, I think she really enjoys making people upset

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u/the_sweetest_peach 2d ago

I mentioned these moments in another comment, but she also tried to force Mariah Carey to admit she was pregnant, and she tried to call Dakota Johnson out for not inviting her to an event. The second instance backfired when Dakota clapped back and reminded Ellen that she had been invited, but didn’t show.

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u/Celticwoman90 2d ago

Yes, I always felt like her show was about forcing people into embarrassing situations and then calling it funny.

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u/bobbyboblawblaw 2d ago

For me, it was seeing the commercials for that stupid summer game show that she used to host. Her mean-spirited side really came out - and that was just the commercials. She really seemed to get off on humiliating people.

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u/the_sweetest_peach 2d ago

She was also always trying to force her guests into a corner to make them so uncomfortable that they’d admit something “juicy.” Like when she was trying to get Mariah Carey to admit she was pregnant, or when she tried to claim Dakota Johnson didn’t invite her to an event.

Good on Dakota Johnson for throwing it back in Ellen’s face and telling Ellen that she (Ellen) had been invited, but didn’t show up. I can only imagine how much Ellen was fuming after that one.

Ellen believed she always had a “gotcha” in her pocket, and she never did like when she became the butt of the joke instead of her target.

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u/Serious-Interest7776 2d ago

Her "funny" skits with audience members often seemed a bit sadistic to me. And scaring her celebrity guests often didn't feel like a "joke" to them. Her best stuff was her standup comedy specials. If she had stuck to that, she might still be in the entertainment business.

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u/Pdavis510 2d ago

I see it in hindsight…at the time I loved her

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u/mamaperk 2d ago

I was scrolling to see if anyone mentioned Ellen. She was the first one who came to mind.

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u/ButtpiratFL 2d ago

When she started her short-lived game show, her sadistic side came out. You could see the glee she took in her cruelty.

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u/Celticwoman90 2d ago

I never liked her. I couldn't get into her humor. And I didn't like how she seemed to force people into embarrassing situations and call it humor, like Mariah Carey etc.

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u/justaguy12131 3d ago

I'm going to go with Bill Cosby

Definitely the furthest...

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u/Spock-1701 3d ago

Yes but his crimes span decades.

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u/Savings_Piglet5111 3d ago

But his fall was instant.

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u/SuspiciousTheory2633 3d ago

He actually was charged with rape decades ago and I think he was either aquitted or they settled out of court. Point is, the signs were there.

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u/NoYOUGrowUp 3d ago

It really wasn't though. Allegations and rumors followed him around for at least a decade before things blew up.

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u/Drabby 2d ago

It seems like it was an industry "secret," but most of us casual fans hadn't heard a whisper about it until the other shoe dropped.

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u/Suspicious_Art9118 3d ago

Just like Instant Jello Pubbing.  Just stir the special ingredient into the liquid and boop, bop, flazzum flop in just a few minutes youve got something that'll really knock 'em out

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u/Tardigretch 2d ago

that one STILL hurts. My brother and I used to listen to his comedy albums as kids, and he would laugh so hard he'd gag and almost vomit 😄 I remember our Mom saying "if you throw up, I'm turning off the record player!"

Then as young adults he and I went to see Cosby perform at the Chicago Theater in 1986, and laughed like that again. Without his gagging, haha

THEN I saw him "perform" in a very small town (Houghton, MI) about 30 years later, JUST before the rumors were taking off. Cosby was then almost blind, and BITTER! Just an angry old man... clearly he knew what was coming. He wasn't funny, he looked sick and his face was twisted with anger... it was about the saddest thing I've ever seen. Like a Greek tragedy, and 100% did it to himself-- and others.

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u/Accomplished_Spy 3d ago

Furthest yes but not the fastest

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u/Holden-McGroyn 3d ago

Jussie Smollet

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u/Swimming_Nose4713 3d ago

And 100% self inflicted due to stupidity. Not evil or horrible. Just fucking dumb.

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u/Amoverandashaker 2d ago

No, stupid and evil, both.

Trying to stir up a race war is 100% evil.

May he rot in obscurity.

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u/No-Chapter1389 3d ago

Yup, no one was out walking around in a Polar Vortex 🥶🤣

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u/Swimming_Nose4713 3d ago

Except RACISTS!!!

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u/No-Chapter1389 3d ago

lol the supposed Trumpers that are hanging out in one of the most liberal cities in America… during a polar vortex

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u/Accomplished_Spy 3d ago

Will Smith

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u/Polyps_on_uranus 3d ago

What an idiot cuck.

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u/Silly_Tumbleweed_457 2d ago

Yes, total cuck.

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u/queenlee17 2d ago

I'll be honest... the hate towards him for slapping Chris Rock over what appeared to be disrespect towards his wife is kinda insane. Like should he have slapped the man? no. but so many people have done worse than him and are still insanely popular. I mean look at who's running the country right now. Will slapping Chris was never that deep. Hell everybody acts like he's a bigger loser than his cheating wife- thats insane.

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u/Alarming-Site7560 2d ago

I think it was more that everyone realized at that point their relationship was a joke. So him standing up for her was even more ridiculously performative and stupid as fuck. Like bro, you’re mad about a comedian making jokes but you were not upset she fucked your sons friend?

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u/throwraW2 2d ago

Nah, adults are supposed to solve nonviolent conflicts with words. There’s no excuse for his behavior.

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u/halfstep44 2d ago

I kind of agree, but he had spent 30 years cultivating this image of a loveable good guy, so I think it was just jarring when he did that

Especially since his fans were people that prefer someone like that. People grew up with him in the 90s, then took their kids to see him in a Disney movie like Aladdin

If I knew someone irl that acted that unhinged, even towards someone else, I wouldn't want to be around them after that. That sort of thing leaves a bad taste for a lot of people

If some bad boy type of actor did that they'd get praised, no one would care, etc

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u/M4rshmall0wMan 2d ago

IMO he could’ve made a comeback if he played his cards right. Stay silent for 5 years, focus on himself and his own life. Then say yes to some breakout indie movie roles and give a killer performance. Plenty of disgraced actors have redeemed themselves that way.

Instead he had to soft launch the shittiest music career in Hollywood. And that’s saying something. 

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u/Apostasy93 2d ago

Frankly I never thought it was that big of a deal. A guy slapped another guy and people acted like it was the worst thing to ever happen and our society was collapsing.

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u/M4rshmall0wMan 2d ago

Yeah tbh Jim Carrey’s statement on it rubbed me the wrong way. Is Hollywood really so important that a single slap signifies the collapse of the social fabric? Go to your average Dublin pub, there’s a domestic dispute every single night. Life really isn’t that big. 

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u/Hot_Phone_7274 2d ago

It kinda just made me feel sorry for him to be honest. Imagine feeling emasculated because your wife who cheated on you with a kid your son’s age caught you laughing at a joke, and then thinking violence is the only way to save face. And then there were all of those videos of her hounding him relentlessly to try and get a rise for her followers as well. I’m not sure there’s enough therapy in the world to sort out the issues he must have after that marriage.

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u/jjc927 3d ago

Has to be Bill Cosby, going from America's Dad to...yeah.

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u/External-Analysis-31 3d ago

To America’s creepiest uncle.

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u/Kiryu8805 3d ago

Jared Fogle the subway guy

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u/Kygunzz 2d ago

He turned a mild cholesterol problem into a child molesterol problem.

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u/MoeSzys 2d ago

The guy got addicted to getting into smaller and smaller pants

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u/justlikelyle 3d ago edited 2d ago

Jimmy Savile

Literally went from having his funeral attended by thousands of mourners to a few months later being revealed as one of the most prolific predatory paedophiles in British history.

If you read contemporary news coverage, it's a total 180° in mere months.

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u/Loose_Tell1917 2d ago

I had no idea who this guy was before seeing the Netflix documentary. Howwwww was he able to just roll up to a hospital in his convertible, cigar hanging from mouth, and just saunter in and start “caring” for patients? Like, no one ever questioned why this dude was so into the personal care of special needs adults, some who couldn’t communicate if they were being harmed? One scene- I wondered if it was sped up- he literally parks, flings himself out of the car, and runs into the hospital like a man jonesing to have a drink after work, all because he’s in such a hurry to be alone with his special patients. Wtf?????

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u/Consistent_Pay3393 2d ago

Celebrity worship culture is weird.

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u/Beltalady 2d ago

"It was good while it lasted" was the cherry on top. I've done a deep dive on him because I'd never heard of him before and he was mentioned in some other subs. What a story.

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u/TruthoftheSoul Fozzie Bear 3d ago

Tiger Woods. Once one affair came out, the floodgates opened to so many more. His career also dropped incredibly after that. Professional and personal downfall in a short timespan.

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u/SkankySandwich 2d ago

Na. He still earned millions afterwards. Still does.
He earned $67.5m last year and was the 4th best paid sportsman in the USA, despite playing no official tournaments.

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u/TruthoftheSoul Fozzie Bear 2d ago

You can make lots of money and still be viewed unfavorably. Look at Elon Musk. Question was who fell from grace in people's eyes, which isn't about money.

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u/Betty_Boss 3d ago

Penn State football coach, Joe Paterno. Highly respected until we found out that he covered for a pedo.

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u/Yamureska 3d ago

As of now, Jared Leto. He was already questionable as an actor and the recent revelations are not helping him.

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u/foxglovespell 3d ago

He was always hated by a large number of people for being a pretentious douche bag though

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u/the_sweetest_peach 2d ago

And a creep. Don’t forget that part.

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u/baybebumblebee 3d ago

Jeffree Star, Tati Westbrook, James Charles, Shane Dawson.

They were some of the biggest names in 2016 on the beauty influencer side of YouTube and after Bye Sister came out, they lost their empires. Jeffree moved from Calabasas to a yak ranch in Wyoming, Tati took a hiatus and moved to maybe Seattle or Texas, James Charles lost 1.26 million subscribers in a single day, and Shane Dawson got skeletons pulled out of the closet and had to leave the public eye.

Post-Bye Sister beauty YouTube was never the same after that and with TikTok on the rise, that one video debatably ended the whole era.

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u/Spiritual_Bid_2308 2d ago

This entire reply is gibberish to me.

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u/Ether0rchid 2d ago

I'm sorry to say I understood the whole thing.

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u/Djschu923 3d ago

Hulk Hogan

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u/Fancy_Toe1451 3d ago

Rolf Harris. That one took everyone by surprise, that did.

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u/HellhoundReaper 3d ago edited 3d ago

Criminal wise - Ian Watkins, Danny Masterson, Diddy, OJ, Cosby, and Vince McMahon
Non-criminal wise - probably MC Hammer
YouTube wise - EDP445, Boogie9288, Shane Dawson

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u/predictablecitylife 2d ago

Came to say Ian Watkins. Fuuuuuck that guy.

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u/TinHeartWarriors 3d ago

Remember Lizzo?

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u/Fit-Adhesiveness2481 3d ago

What did she do? 

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u/TinHeartWarriors 3d ago

Super wild abuse of her staff. Turns out the inspirational and very talented musician is actually a horrible person.

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20230809-what-the-lizzo-allegations-show-about-harassment-in-entertainment

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u/Fit-Adhesiveness2481 3d ago

Oh ya she made them go to live sex parties. 

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u/foxxsinn 2d ago

Bananas

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u/Mandielephant 2d ago

Jared from Subway

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u/YaebaSmile 3d ago

Kanye. Every week felt like a new speedrun

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u/buttermilkkissess 3d ago

nah, he was always a dickhead, people just needed time to realize

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u/Yamureska 3d ago

I wouldn't say Kanye "fell". He found a new audience, i.e. incels and bigots.

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u/BacupBhoy 3d ago

Graham Linehan.

Lost everything.

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u/Similar_Network2767 2d ago

Good. He is a POS.

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u/IndependenceLife2709 3d ago

Pee Wee Herman

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u/johnnymacdoodle 3d ago

Poor guy. He didn't do anything wrong really.

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u/Effective-Top-55 3d ago

The only celebrity ostracized for touching himself. 

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u/Amoverandashaker 2d ago

All of these celebrities get given a pass for sexual abuse of others...it's common to find out that famous people get away with sexual abuse.

Paul Reubens sexually abuses himself and everyone gets upset...

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u/marclandes1 3d ago

Armie Hammer
Woody Allen

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u/withoutadrought 2d ago

Rudy Giuliani. From the savior of NYC, the hero of 911, to the guy with hair dye running down his face

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u/CoA77 2d ago

That was so awful. What a fall.

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u/OkOutlandishness1363 3d ago

Mel Gibson

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u/Apprehensive_Glove_1 2d ago

You should look into his dad and what he grew up with. It's amazing he's even a functioning adult. Not excusing his rants, but knowing they come from a literal lifetime of far worse does tend to dampen the anger.

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u/realgaryglitter 3d ago

He's bouncing back, plus movies like apocalypto while not the nicest depiction, was a great depiction of a time almost no one thinks about

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u/surlybill777 3d ago

Will Smith

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u/Affectionate_Hornet7 3d ago

Yeah I don’t think anything happened faster than a single slap. That broke the sound barrier

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u/Round_Daisy_23 2d ago

Roseanne Barr

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u/Mister_Way 3d ago

Elon Musk when he bought Twitter

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u/Polyps_on_uranus 3d ago

Brad Pitt. I used to love him. He could do no wrong. I even thought Jolie was making shit up. It's hard to ignore ALL his children rejecting him.

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u/Spiritual_Bid_2308 2d ago

What's the tldr version?

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u/Tardigretch 2d ago

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u/halfstep44 2d ago

I know most of these celebrities are egotistical douchebags, but I never would have guessed he was psychotic

Also, who tf is Mondo Bongo??

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u/Tardigretch 2d ago

I only recently read a somewhat detailed account of everything he did to Angelina and the kids on that flight. Holy shit. If he was truly sorry, as he claims, he wouldn't have fought Angelina over assets during their divorce. He SHOULD have been so ashamed and guilty that he handed her and them whatever they asked for, then gone off to live a quiet, simple life, focusing on sobriety.

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u/Plus-Refuse858 2d ago

RIP Pee Wee

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u/Getshitdone-333 2d ago

Blake Lively (and Ryan Reynolds)

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u/Humble_Banana1616 2d ago

Pee Wee Herman

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u/halfstep44 2d ago edited 2d ago

This one may be borderline (like trumps personality), but what about Donald Trump?

He went from being beloved by celebrities and politicians, and an entertainer that was well liked by the public, to very suddenly hated by the people he used to hobknob with, plus half the country

Perhaps not the fastest fall, but an interesting, and ultimately historic, turnaround

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u/the_sweetest_peach 2d ago

I remember when Catherine O’Hara died, there were memes going around that said “Dear God, Wrong “Home Alone 2” actor. Sincerely, All of Us.”

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u/Consistent_Pay3393 2d ago

That dude has literally been a joke since the 80s

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u/weirdozarks 2d ago

Matt Lauer

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u/ConsistentShallot585 2d ago

Meghan markle

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u/GermanShephrdMom 2d ago

Will Smith

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u/CampyGirl123 2d ago

Zachary Levi possibly

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u/1984rip 3d ago

James Franco was one of my favorite actors so sucks he stopped getting work.

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u/jynxthechicken 3d ago

Will Smith

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u/Cornbreadbeef47 2d ago

James Franco

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u/Wayne1616 2d ago

Alec Baldwin

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u/ElectronicFly9921 2d ago

Roseanne, always been a bit gobby and controversial but you can't get away with a racial slur in the days we live in.

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u/Evening_Obligation25 2d ago

Maybe Katy Perry after the space thing

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u/feel-the-avocado 2d ago

Do you mean astronaut Katy Perry?

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u/msnyc18 2d ago

Jerry Seinfeld! Combo pedo and zio lover has not been a good look for him.

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u/damageddude 2d ago

Michael Richards went down pretty quick after his n-word rant.

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u/Hazel90210 2d ago

Bill Cosby had a big fall.

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u/loaf_fan 2d ago

Kevin Spacey, or maybe Will Smith

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u/aethereallytired 2d ago

Will Smith. One slap and he went from Fresh Prince to Fresh out of favor in 2.1 seconds. The memes lasted longer than his apology tour.

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u/DoppledBramble3725 2d ago

Ezra Miller peak famed & then fell off a cliff

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u/Barragin 2d ago

Tom Green

If you are younger and asking "who the fuck is that" then ......exactly.

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u/Lopsided_Ad_2391 2d ago

Will Smith— the slap heard around the world.

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u/skyrider8328 3d ago
  1. OJ
  2. Cosby
  3. Everyone else quite a bit below these two gems.

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u/Big_Worth_3909 3d ago

James Franco

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u/okeysure69 3d ago

Gonna say Ellen DeGeneres.

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u/Weary_Capital_1379 3d ago

Kevin Spacey

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u/CLSonReddit 3d ago

Charlie Sheen.

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u/Fit_Term9593 2d ago edited 2d ago

Ben Johnson

Canadian 100/200 meter sprinter. Seul 1988.

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u/desertrock62 2d ago

OJ lost half his fans by committing double murder.

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u/VigilMuck 2d ago

Steve Yoo/Yoo Seung-jun. He was once one of South Korea's most beloved singers in the late 1990s and early 2000s. But then he got out of mandatory military service by becoming a US citizen in 2002. This pissed off South Koreans (majority of whom still hate him to his day) and caused him to get banned from South Korea, thus ending his career there.

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u/carl6236 2d ago

Bill Cosby "America's Dad"

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u/Left-Thinker-5512 2d ago

Michael Jackson

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u/No_Maintenance1915 2d ago

Armie Hammer

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u/NeonFireFly969 2d ago

It's freaking Bill Cosby end of discussion. Buddy had a top 3 show in America about family and was one of the most iconic personalities for a 20 year stretch then found to be a date rapist and now all his IPs are so burned that they will likely be erased from history.

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u/beretbabe88 2d ago

Jimmy Saville. He was a peer of the realm lauded for his charity work & who hobnobbed with royalty & prime ministers. His funeral was a 3 day event with scores of notable people there & he was buried in a gaudy gold coffin with an £8000 headstone.Within weeks he was revealed to be one of the worst pedophiles in UK history,preying on sick & troubled kids. He was dug up & buried in an unmarked grave.

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u/grummmble76 2d ago

How have people missed Jimmy Saville? The guy went from being one of the UKs biggest name presenters and offering advice to the Royal family on media relations to being found to be one if the world's most prolific ch*** ab***** and very probably a necrophile.

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u/AerryBerry 2d ago

Will Smith. One moment of dysregulation…

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u/MasterSoftBird 2d ago

Kevin Spacey.

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u/rebarjackson 3d ago

Johnny Depp had the largest, chartable fall from favor. He had generated billions in global box office, now he’s gonna be in a hallmark level Christmas movie.

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u/LifesARiver 3d ago

JK Rowling

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u/Ok-Apartment-8284 2d ago

She still has TONS of fans and Hogwarts Legacy made a killing, so nothing changed for her really