36 Celebs That Basically Stepped Into An Elevator Shaft
These stars didn’t fade. They completely exploded
![36 Celebs That Basically Stepped Into An Elevator Shaft](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/6/7/957667_320x180.jpg)
To have a decades-long career is rare. We don’t want to roast the one-hit wonders, because hey, they reached exactly the level they were hoping for. It just, sadly, wasn’t meant to last. They valiantly made a second attempt; it just turned out to be more Caddyshack 2 than Terminator 2.
But we struggle to find a sequel that compares to the complete and utter monsters who torpedoed their careers with truly heinous, deplorable acts. Okay, maybe the Jaws sequels — ugh — are bad enough to charge with a criminal act.
![Anti-Semitism keeps Ye off the billionaire list. GRAGKED.COM Because of his numerous anti-Semetic comments, Adidas dropped his Yeezy shoeline. Forbes estimates the deal was to be worth $1.5 billion.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/0/946850.jpg)
![DaBaby's homophobic rant effectively ended his career. CRACKED.COM After the rant at the Rolling Loud Festival, music festivals like Lollapalooza and iHeartRadio Music Fest dropped him. His credit on the remix of Dua Lipa's hit song Levitating was removed.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/1/946851.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/8/4/9/946849.jpg)
![Turns out Marilyn Manson may be everything your parents warned you about. AVE C GRAGKED.COM Не was dropped from his record label Loma Vista Recordings after multiple women, including Evan Rachel Wood, accused him of sexual assault and false imprisonment. Не kept women locked up in a bad girls' room for long stretches without food or water.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/4/8/946848.jpg)
![CRACKED CHEVY CHASE Chevy Chase is one of Hollywood's most disliked actors, known for his abrasive personality and feuds with co-stars. His character on Community was based on him, but he left the show in 2012 after a fight with the cast.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/4/7/946847.jpg)
![CRACKED CHRIS NOTH Peloton pulled an ad with Chris Noth after sexual assault allegations, which he denies. They said they didn't know about the claims when they used him in their 'Sex and the City' ad.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/4/5/946845.jpg)
![CRACKED MARIO BATALI Mario Batali was accused of sexual misconduct by four women. Не apologized and included a recipe for cinnamon rolls, which was met with criticism. He's now stepped away from his restaurants.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/4/4/946844.jpg)
![STEVE BURNS BLUE'S CLUES GRACKED.COM After Burns suddenly left Blue's Clues almost 20 years ago, wild rumors followed, saying he died overdosing on heroin. Не actually became a music producer. Не composed the theme to Young Sheldon, where he also cameoed.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/4/6/946846.jpg)
![MIKE VITAR THE SANDLOT VITAR CRACKED.COM Vitar was Benny in The Sandlot and Luis in the Mighty Ducks sequels. Не became a firefighter in Los Angeles, and in 2003, he was honored by the UFLAC for saving fellow firefighters.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/4/1/946841.jpg)
![PHOEBE CATES FAST TIMES CRACKED.COM After several big '80s roles and being best known for her nude scenes, Cates left show business to raise her children. She now operates Blue Tree, an Upper East Side boutique.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/4/0/946840.jpg)
![HEATHER DONAHUE BLAIR WITCH growgirl CRACKED CON Heather from The Blair Witch Project gave up acting to grow high-quality medical marijuana. In 2012, she published a book, Growgirl, about her unlikely journey.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/4/2/946842.jpg)
![DOLORES HART ELVIS CRACKED.COM During the '50s and '60s, Hart starred in ten movies with Elvis, George Hamilton, and Montgomery Clift. Then at 24, she gave it up to become a Benedictine nun. 2022 will mark her 60th year in the ministry.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/4/3/946843.jpg)
![Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now ARMIE HAMMER rocks in Call Me by Your Name. THINGS FELL APART WHEN ALLEGATIONS OF HARASSMENT (AND LATER ABUSE) emerged around 2021. What makes them different, however, was the explicit, insisting, and systematic fantasies of sexual torture and even cannibalism. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/3/9/946839.jpg)
![Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now FELICITY HUFFMAN can boast an Emmy and a Golden Globe. SHE CAN ALSO BOAST 14 DAYS IN PRISON for a college admission bribery scandal. Lori Loughlin was also involved, but Huffman is, you know, a much better actress- so her downfall actually darkens the movie industry, and not just Full House reboots. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/3/8/946838.jpg)
![Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now DGIRO GROU ESTRONG.ORG LANCE ARMSTRONG won the Tour de France seven friggin' times, which is amazing. LIVESTRONG EXCEPT WHEN YOU FACTOR IN THAT НЕ RAN A HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED DOPING RING, and took performance-enhancing drugs for most of his career. Не was stripped of his wins and banned from the sport, but hey, what would Dodgeball trivia be without him? CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/3/7/946837.jpg)
![Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now MATT LAUER was the face of NBC's Today for 20 years. НЕ ALSO REPORTEDLY HARASSED A LOT OF WOMEN, abused his power, and had a button to close the door of his office automatically, as normal people do. Не was fired from NBC, and nobody has seen him since. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/3/6/946836.jpg)
![Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now LENA DUNHAM was an up-and-coming Wunderkind of feminist indie media. AFTER A STRING OF CONTROVERSIES AND TONE-DEAF POSITIONS, her name became synonym with liberal hypocrisy and privileged white feminism. By the time she agreed to adapt a book about a Syrian refugee, she had become a parody of herself. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/3/5/946835.jpg)
![Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now RANDY QUAID is an Oscar- nominated actor. НЕ THEN WENT FULL MAGA, and started supporting networks too extreme RIN even for Fox News. And this without even mentioning his star whacker conspiracy theory about movie star assassins he claims killed Heath Ledger. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/3/4/946834.jpg)
![Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now R. KELLY was an R&B superstar with a string of worldwide hits. ABUSE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM, THOUGH, GO BACK TO THE '90s. In 2022 he was sentenced to 30 years in jail for running a literal sex ring -which means crimes we won't even mention. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/3/3/946833.jpg)
![Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now KEVIN SPACEY was a respected character actor for over two decades. SINCE 2017, HOWEVER, HIS CAREER HAS PRETTY MUCH DIED after a bunch of abuse and harassment allegations came out- including four charges of sexual assault in the UK just in May 2022. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/3/2/946832.jpg)
![Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now For almost two decades, HARVEY WEINSTEIN was a respected figure in the indie movie industry. НЕ WAS ALSO ABUSING ACTRESSES. He'd harass them and threaten them with career death-and he indeed boycotted the careers of amazing actresses such as Mira Sorvino and Ashley Judd. He's currently serving a 23- year sentence for sexual assault and rape. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/3/1/946831.jpg)
![Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now WOODY ALLEN's list of classics is insane. BUT PUBLIC OPINION HAS STRONGLY VEERED AGAINST HIM IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, given allegations of abuse dating from the early '90s. His last two movies were mostly ignored, many performers regret working with him, and he has lost passion for moviemaking. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/3/0/946830.jpg)
![CRACKED TIM TEBOW HAD ONE HISTORIC SEASON. ONE. His 2011 season has been called the single best season in NFL history. His historic run had a 6 game win streak, 4 consecutive 4th quarter comebacks, and an AFC West title. Then he never started another NFL game, and was out of the league 2 years later.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/2/9/946829.jpg)
![CRACKED AURIO on ORQUE a CU I AN S CLUB 7 MEMBER WAS LEFT HOMELESS. From 1999 - 2001 they had 3 multi-platinum albums and starred in their own show. They were paid next to nothing and dropped in 2002. In 2023, Hannah Spearitt and her 2 daughters were left homeless, living in a friend's office space after being evicted.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/2/8/946828.jpg)
![CRACKED CRAZY TOWN'S BUTTERFLY WAS A TRUE ONE-HIT WONDER. This is their only song that ever appeared on the Billboard Hot 100, and it was #1 for 2 weeks in 2001. Other rap/rock nu-metal bands like Korn, Limp Bizkit, and Linkin Park never hit #1, but had much longer, more successful careers.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/2/7/946827.jpg)
![CRACKED VANESSA CARLTON WAS THE QUEEN OF 2002. Her hit single A Thousand Miles and its music video made her world-famous. It remained in the Billboard Top Ten for 41 weeks, went double platinum and charted worldwide. No other song came close.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/2/6/946826.jpg)
![CRACKED MINNIT SIR MIX-A-LOT HAS MADE OVER $100 MILLION FROM BABY GOT BACK. He's solely known for his #1 hit (that went double platinum and won a Grammy), and since he owns the publishing, he's licensed it to movies, shows, commercials, and other artists. Out of the public eye, royalties have earned him over $100 million since 1992.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/2/5/946825.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/8/2/4/946824.jpg)
![You used to be cool CEELO GREEN took a page out of Bill Cosby's playbook. Green had a cool, likable persona, but he pleaded no contest to drugging and raping a woman. Then tweeted, If someone is passed out they're not even WITH you consciously! So WITH implies consent. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/1/9/946819.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/8/2/2/946822.jpg)
![You used to be cool WILL SMITH's Oscar slap. A heart breaker. Не was the Fresh Prince, Hollywood royalty, and a rapper known for not even cursing. Accosting Chris Rock over a joke at the 2022 Oscars got him banned from attending the ceremonies for 10 years, and caused the world to think a lot less of him. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/2/0/946820.jpg)
![CRACKED ELLEN WAS ONCE AMONG THE TOP STANDUPS IN THE GAME. From Johnny Carson to her own sitcom, Ellen was once beloved the world over. After allegations of racism, sexual harassment and bullying on her show, Ellen was done. A Twitter thread asked people to share stories of Ellen being mean, and it got over 2,600 replies.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/1/8/946818.jpg)
![CRACKED #Ros OSE ROSEANNE'S TWEETS. Her original sitcom was #1 in ratings in the early '90s, and even the reboot's pilot got 18.2 million viewers, but after her racist tweet likened Valerie Jarrett to an ape, she was killed off with an opioid overdose, and The Conners lived on for 5 seasons without her.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/1/7/946817.jpg)
![CRACKED MICHAEL RICHARDS' HORRIFYINGLY RACIST TIRADE. While on stage, a camera captured him repeatedly calling the heckler the N word, and saying, Fifty years ago they'd have you hanging upside down with a f***ing fork up your ass! Не apologized on Letterman, but it dug a deeper hole.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/2/3/946823.jpg)
![CRACKED REMEMBER WHEN DANE COOK WAS THE BIGGEST COMEDIAN ON THE PLANET? His 2005 album Retaliation went double platinum and hit top 5 on the Billboard. Не was a must for every comedy movie, but joke-theft accusations had everyone question his act's substance. His bro-y attitude was mainly for bro-y college kids who then grew up.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/1/6/946816.jpg)
![CRACKED EYC DIA LEY THE CENT ED FOR MEDIA TI JAY JOHNSTON PARTICIPATED IN THE JANUARY 6TH CAPITOL ATTACK. Best known for Mr. Show, The Sarah Silverman Program, Arrested Development, and Bob's Burgers, he's been wiped from the industry after being identified in a photo of the attack. Не was arrested, then fired from Bob's Burgers.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/2/1/946821.jpg)