34 Reputations and Legacies That Haven’t Stood the Test of Time
It’s hard to believe, but there was a time when these charismatic cuties were loved by all
![34 Reputations and Legacies That Haven’t Stood the Test of Time](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/1/1/953111_320x180.jpg)
It was all just an act, wasn’t it?
Okay, some of these sleazeballs happen to be actors, so that makes sense in hindsight.
Actually, if you think about it, these disgraced heroes were all great actors at some point. Each hid some diabolical deed behind their camera-ready dimples, but those days are long behind them. Now, their reputations and legacies all boil down to that icky, irksome or downright evil thing they did.
![Comedies ruined by bad behavior Glee After Mark Salling pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography in 2017, no amount of peppy musicals can make us rewatch Glee with glee. Even worse, he committed suicide while awaiting sentencing. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/6/9/936769.jpg)
![Comedies ruined by bad behavior The Goldbergs Actor Jeff Garlin abruptly left after several complaints about his lewd language and unwarranted touching on set. Fans were upset that they superimposed his face on a body double for the final episodes, and the show went out on a really low note. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/6/8/936768.jpg)
![Comedies ruined by bad behavior Transparent Jeffrey Tambor was accused of sexual harassment and groping by Transparent co-star Trace Lysette, and his former assistant, Van Barnes. The show moved on without him for the 5th and final season. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/6/7/936767.jpg)
![Comedies ruined by bad behavior Roseanne After her racist tweet likened Valerie Jarrett to an аре, the show's namesake was killed off with an opioid overdose. Roseanne might be dead, but The Conners currently live on in five seasons without her. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/6/5/936765.jpg)
![J.K. Rowling wasn't invited to Harry Potter's 20th Anniversary. CRACKED.COM Because of her transphobic tweets in 2020, HBO didn't include Harry's creator in HBO Max's Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts. The main Harry Potter trio have all publicly spoken out against Rowling's views.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/6/6/936766.jpg)
![Every studio cut ties with Armie Hammer. OSTAGE T WHITE MEN CRACKED.COM After a former girlfriend accused him of rape and abuse, and leaked texts revealed his apparent fetishes for rape, sadism and cannibalism, he was dropped from Billion Dollar Spy, and every other film he was attached to.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/6/4/936764.jpg)
![Peloton pulled its Chris Noth ads after sexual assault allegations. ЕЕ STS NKEY 47 RZWALD DRY GIN CRACKED.COM Because his character Mr. Big dies after riding a Peloton, Peloton cheekily used Chris Noth in their ad. Shortly after, 3 women accused him of sexual assault, and Peloton quickly pulled the ad. Не was also dropped from The Equalizer film.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/6/2/936762.jpg)
![Bobby Lee's young sex worker story got his TigerBelly podcast dropped. CRACKED.COM Amazon and the Wondery podcast network canceled a multi-million dollar deal with TigerBelly, citing a morals clause that pointed to a story Lee told multiple times about paying for a young-looking sex worker who had tears in her eyes in Tijuana.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/6/3/936763.jpg)
![You used to be cool ALEC BALDWIN verbally assaults his 11-year-old daughter. Basically the '90s John Hamm, he was a hot movie star who was legitimately funny. At that point, he had hosted SNL 13 times. In 2007, we heard a leaked voicemail of him screaming you're a rude, thoughtless little pig to his 11-year-old daughter, Ireland. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/6/1/936761.jpg)
![You used to be cool SEAN CONNERY promoted hitting women. In 1987, he told Barbara Walters that slapping women isn't that bad, if the situation merits it. On what situation would merit hitting a woman, he said it should only come after a man has tried everything else. Not cool, James Bond. Not cool. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/6/0/936760.jpg)
![You used to be cool JAMES CORDEN's lovability is all an act. Known for his cutesy teddy bear-like demeanor, he was once so rude to staff at a New York restaurant that he was banned. Dozens of stories of his rude, terrible behavior (on and off set) began surfacing, forever tarnishing his reputation. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/5/9/936759.jpg)
![You used to be cool MEL GIBSON was once a Hollywood darling. It's near-impossible to imagine now, but Gibson was once the go-to movie star for the blockbusters, the rom coms, and the funny, lovable Lethal Weapon movies. Now, he's primarily known for drunken, explosive, anti-Semitic rants and general awfulness. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/5/8/936758.jpg)
![You used to be cool TOBEY MAGUIRE is actually a huge asshole. Despite playing nerdy, good boy roles, he's extremely difficult to work with and Marvel was thrilled to replace him after Spiderman 3. Не commanded fans and staff to bark like seals for money, and many stories surfaced about his overall terrible rudeness. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/5/7/936757.jpg)
![You used to be cool A drunk REESE WITHERSPOON pulls the I'm famous card. She was seemingly America's good girl, but her arrest was caught on film in 2013, and she drunkenly yelled, Do you know my name? You better not arrest me to officers. They did arrest her... for disorderly conduct. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/5/6/936756.jpg)
![You used to be cool ELLEN DeGENERES' shattered reputation. After BuzzFeed detailed allegations of racial insensitivity, sexual harassment and bullying, Ellen's 30 years of likability were shattered. A Twitter thread asked people to share stories of Ellen being mean, and it quickly received over 2,600 replies. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/5/2/936752.jpg)
![CRACKED MARK WAHLBERG WAS CHARGED WITH RACIALLY MOTIVATED ATTEMPTED MURDER. At 16, he knocked out a middle-aged Vietnamese man in the street. Later that day, he attacked another Asian man with a metal hook, leaving him blind in one eye. Не was charged with attempted murder, was sentenced to 2 years in prison, and only served 45 days.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/5/5/936755.jpg)
![CRACKED SEAN PENN ASSAULTED A PHOTOGRAPHER. In 2010, Sean Penn was sentenced to three years of probation and 300 hours of community service for battery against photographer Jordan Dawes. Dawes needed knee surgery after the attack.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/5/4/936754.jpg)
![CRACKED FELICITY HUFFMAN'S SAT FRAUD SCANDAL. She pleaded guilty to mail fraud, and admitted to paying $15,000 to a service that guaranteed to boost her daughter's SAT scores. She spent 14 days in prison, got 250 hours of community service, and paid a $30,000 fine.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/5/3/936753.jpg)
![CRACKED CEELO GREEN TOOK A PAGE OUT OF BILL COSBY'S PLAYBOOK. Green had a cool, likable persona until he pleaded no contest to drugging and raping a woman. Не then tweeted If someone is passed out they're not even WITH you consciously! so WITH implies consent. Gross.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/5/0/936750.jpg)
![CRACKED WILL SMITH'S OSCAR SLAP. Accosting Chris Rock over a joke at the 2022 Oscars got him banned from attending the ceremonies for 10 years, and had the world think a lot less of him. Не said it opened his eyes about his anger issues, but we'll see, Will.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/5/1/936751.jpg)
![STEPHEN COLLINS COUNSELS AN ABUSED GIRL. 7TH HEAVEN CRACKED After admitting to sexually abusing underage girls, a scene involving his character, Rev. Camden, counseling a molested girl is just grotesquely ironic.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/4/8/936748.jpg)
![ALFRED HITCHCOCK CREPT ON AND OFF CAMERA. CRACKED In his 1964 film Marnie, he follows actress Tippi Hedren out of a room, then looks at the camera. In her 2016 memoir, she claimed that he sexually assaulted her multiple times while filming the movie.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/4/9/936749.jpg)
![NO MORE TICKLES, ELMO. SESAME STREET CRACKED Kevin Clash voiced Elmo for 27 years, and was accused of abusing 3 underage boys in 2013. The case was dismissed because the claims were made too late but this does add a new level of creepiness to Tickle Me Elmo dolls.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/4/7/936747.jpg)
![The Cosby Show is hard to watch. صد: JAPA The allegations against Cosby make all the heartfelt fathering feel insincere and sometimes disturbing, Eden Lili Tirl Bernard but especially because two of the women that have accused Cosby of sexual assault were on the show. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/4/6/936746.jpg)
![Jeffrey Jones, who played Principal Rooney in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, was convicted of owning child porn and asking a 14-year old to pose in a sexually explicit manner. Principal Rooney's obsession towards Ferris Bueller in the film now seems much creepier. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/4/2/936742.jpg)
![In the Louie episode Come On, God, Louis С.К debates a woman about masturbation. The scene ends with him telling her, Later I'm going to masturbate, and I'm gonna think about you. ANNEL OXINEWS le report. You decide. NEW LIVE LOUIE С.К. COMEDIAN/MASTURBATOR In real life, Louis С.К. admitted to pleasuring himself in front of many unwilling women. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/3/7/936737.jpg)
![Peter Robbins, the voice of Charlie Brown, was sentenced to almost five years in prison for offering money to have a San Diego sheriff killed. TOP STORY AT 6:30 BALLISTIC IN COURT Now, TV specials like A Boy Named Charlie Brown have a much sadder undertone, knowing that Robbins would grow up to be a self-described paranoid schizophrenic. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/4/3/936743.jpg)
![CRACKED UBS NO HALL OF FAME FOR THESE STEROID-ERA BASEBALL PLAYERS. The career stats of Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and Sammy Sosa would otherwise make them HoF locks, but in 2022, the Baseball Writers' Association rejected them for a 10th and final time because of performance enhancing drugs.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/4/1/936741.jpg)
![CRACKED BOB HEWITT WAS KICKED OUT OF THE TENNIS HALL OF FAME. Hewitt won 15 Grand Slam titles, but he was expelled from the International Tennis Hall of Fame after his convictions for rape and sexual assault of girls he was coaching.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/4/4/936744.jpg)
![CRACKED ANET COOKE EXTRA EXTRA! PULITZER PRIZE REVOKED FOR FAKE NEWS! After Washington Post reporter Janet Cooke won a Pulitzer in 1981, she admitted that her story Jimmy's World was fabricated. Jimmy, the 8-year-old heroin addict, and his entire family were completely made-up.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/4/5/936745.jpg)
![CRACKED ORK THE EXCELSIOR ANDREW CUOMO'S INTERNATIONAL EMMY FOUNDERS AWARD. In 2020, he earned the Award for effective communication and leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic, but after the state attorney general found he had sexually harassed at least 11 women, the Academy rescinded the award.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/3/8/936738.jpg)
![CRACKED THE MANY REVOCATIONS OF BILL COSBY. His Kennedy Center Honors and Mark Twain Prize have been rescinded. Не was also expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and his honorary degrees from Yale and Temple University were revoked.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/4/0/936740.jpg)
![CRACKED KEVIN SPACEY'S INTERNATIONAL EMMY FOUNDER AWARD. It was announced that Kevin Spacey would receive this global award in November of 2017, but it was revoked in October after Anthony Rapp's accusations were made public.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/3/9/936739.jpg)
![CRACKED A PRESTIGIOUS ART SCHOOL SNATCHED BACK KANYE'S HONORARY DOCTORATE. In 2022, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago revoked his honorary doctorate, saying they Condemn and repudiate Kanye's anti-Black, antisemitic, racist, and dangerous statements.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/3/6/936736.jpg)