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30 Celebrity Endorsements That Make No Sense

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30 Celebrity Endorsements That Make No Sense

January 03, 2024

Hey, no shade, we’ve done some weird stuff for money. But it is jarring to see celebrities putting their million-dollar face or family name on panini presses and “diet lollipops” to make a quick buck, when we thought they were doing pretty well for themselves.

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Kim Kardashian spammed social media with useless diet lollipops. Marketing sugar-filled lollipops with unproven secret ingredients as a weight loss tool may seem incongruous, but what's even less rational is posting an Instagram advertisement for such a product during Mental Health Awareness Week. kimkardashian Follow kimkardashian #ad You guys... FLATTUMMY @flattummyco just dropped a new LOLLIPOPS product. They're Appetite Suppressant LO Lollipops and they're literally unreal. Appetite Suppressont They're giving the first 500 people on their website 15% OFF so if you want to get your hands on some... you need to do it quick! #suckit Load more comments Which — Source

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Shaq promoted bracelets that claimed to make people better at sports. Power Balance bracelets hilariously purported to use holographic technology to resonate with and respond to the natural energy field of the body. ELTOS POWER 36 The makers shelled out enough cash to convince elite athletes like Shaquille O'Neal (and Robert De Niro?) to wear them. After a lawsuit exposed the silliness, the company admitted that there is no credible scientific evidence that supports our claims and therefore we engaged in misleading conduct. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Bollywood actors peddle dangerous skin-lightening cream. Arguably the world's famous most actor, Shah Rukh Khan is among a number of Indian celebrities who promote a product with the express purpose of making them look less, well, Indian. FAIRNESS LIKE LASER LIGHT TREATMENT Fair ADVANCED Lovely MULTI VITAMIN™ Fair c Fair Lovely Fair: Lovely Fair Lovely Lovely MALTI VITAMIN - - - Time - - - 100 The cultural implications of skin-whitening aside, the creams being sold are often a dangerous cocktail of steroids, hydroquinone, and tretinoin. This can definitely make the user more pale, as it may lead to cancer, — Source

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Alex Jones sells a crapload of sketchy dietary supplements. The Alex Jones empire appears to be slowly evolving from a conspiracy theory dissemination hub to a pseudoscientific dietary supplement business. LIMITED TIME FLASH SALE INFOWARS Me SUPER 30%OFF OFF MALE VITALITY PER MALE VITALITY GET YOURS TODAY DETAIN even Emilia - LINE BUGGESTEUPS And the strategy looks to be paying off handsomely. Unfortunately, scientists have given poor reviews to his concoctions, such as unsupported in research, never been studied, and no real basis in science. And some of them have been found to contain a Ronnie James Dio-load of heavy — Source

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Bethenny Frankel hawked sketchy diet cocktails. Reality TV star Bethenny Frankel, who is presented on Real Housewives of New York City as something of a boozehound, decided to parlay her marginal fame into selling low-calorie (not so much) hooch called Skinnygirl Cocktails. ikinnygirl Skinnygirl ORIGINAL Sadly, instead of being all natural, her products contained enough carcinogenic chemical preservatives to result in their removal from Whole Foods shelves, leading to a false advertising lawsuit. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Chevrolet used to sponsor Wendy Williams' show. Until she commented on black colleges. We have historically black colleges, she said, referring to a recent speech by actor Jesse Williams. I would be really offended if there was a school that was known as a historically white college. Williams is black, but that didn't keep her comments from attracting controversy. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Sharon Stone was Christian Dior's spokesmodel. Until she blamed China for an earthquake. At the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, Stone called the Dalai Lama a friend and wondered if a recent quake in China was karma for Tibet. Calling 85,000 deaths divine retribution was enough to make China ban her films and get Christian Dior to drop her. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Marion Jones lost sponsorship deals over her steroid use. That was just the beginning of her troubles. During the inquiry, the Olympic athlete lied to IRS investigators about never using the substances, and that's a crime. Between those charges and others related to money laundering, Jones ended up having to serve six months in prison in 2008. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Everybody dropped Lindsay Lohan when her life imploded. Not even obscure companies wanted her. A clothing company called Odaingerous decided that even they were too good for Lohan after her DUI. Its CEO, Odain Watson, said that they had decided to move forward and will soon announce the name of the Odaingerous face and continue the world of living Odaingerously. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Eugenie Bouchard was sponsored by a bunch of companies. Colgate ENAMEL They deserted her after she suffered a concussion. Several companies, including Colgate and Aviva, sponsored tennis player Eugenie Bouchard. In 2014, she slipped in the locker room and hit her head, suffering a concussion. Her rankings plummeted over the next year, so her sponsors turned tail. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Rachael Ray was in a Dunkin' Donuts ad in 2008. It was pulled because of her terrorist scarf. The ad seemed as uncontroversial as you can get. But many conservative commentators claimed that Ray's scarf was a keffiyeh, an Arab garment. Which, they said, promoted terrorism. Dunkin' Donuts tried to dismiss the issue as nonsense, but in the end, they pulled the ad. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Kate Moss was the face of H&M, Chanel, and Burberry. Apparently, they didn't know she had been in rehab. In 2005, when pictures surfaced of Moss appearing to snort cocaine, she was promptly dropped by all three clotheries. They were shocked - shocked! - that a model who had popularized the fashion trend known as heroin chic would do drugs. CRACKED.COM — Source

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LADY GAGA SHELL TOP Do we all secretly want to be a mermaid at a rave? Of course. Would Lady Gaga's store be the first place I'd look for that costume? Probably not. CRACKED.COM — Source

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SOULJA BOY GAME CONSOLE X Y A в *Linux 3.0 os *Pre-Installed Soo Classic Games *Support PSt+Arcade Game(CPS/CPS2/NeoGee)-GBA Games Series. *Ultre-Large Capacity. Support TF Card,Max to juca. Soulja Boy sold knock-off game consoles made by Anbernic, rebranded with a higher price. Не quickly pulled them from his store to avoid lawsuits. CRACKED.COM — Source

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HANNAH MONTANA PANINI PRESS POP STINGR Star DIVISIO DIOIN US S The panini press doesn't even have the best of both worlds on both sides. They're both for the pop star, which is contrary to the premise of the show. GRACKED.COM — Source

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TAYLOR SWIFT GIFT WRAP OPETAMES replan reift del of gold tied me to you + END single thread of gold ried me to you . ace in recenty lifetimes ONCE in twenty lifetimes once in twenty marroreall i'm a mirrorball i'm ministrati and Support musicians, but... this gift wrap set (priced at $40) includes 3 sheets of wrapping paper, ribbons with song lyrics, and a pack of gift labels. CRACKED.COM — Source

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JARED LETO'S BAND SHIRTS AMERICA ER KEN $22 M GISELE BUNDCHEN $17.5 MILLION CHRISSY TEIGE $13.5 MILLION ADRIANA LIMA $10.5 MILLION GIGI HADID $9.5 MILLION FME HIGHEST PAID MODEL SALARIES If this is supposed to be social commentary on how people shouldn't be rich for their looks, then Leto certainly isn't the right person to make it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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THE SITUATION'S LOLLIPOP MIKE THE SITUATION SIGNATURE SERIES THE SITUATION POP Unceilino The Jersey Shore reality star released a $25 lollipop, with fake jewels and in the colors of the Italian flag, of course. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ozzy Osbourne I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT BUTTER CRACKED.COM The Prince of Darkness is shocked that he can't tell the difference between butter and fake butter. It's not entirely clear whether that's a reference to the time he couldn't tell the difference between a real bat and a fake bat. — Source

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Tom Hiddleston MULTIVITAMINS CRACKED.COM If your fetish is prolonged eye contact with Loki as he makes you a nice breakfast, reminds you to take your meds, then apologizes for being a workaholic... then have we got a Chinese commercial for you! — Source

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Eminem BRISK CRACKED.COM Curious what it'd be like to be murdered by Eminem in Halloween Town? Wonder no more! — Source

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John Cena CROCS CRACKED.COM If anyone could make Crocs cool, it's the guy who wears cargo shorts to work and actually beats other people up. — Source

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Malcolm McDowell LUNCHABLES CHI CRACKED.COM The cherry on top of his dignified 50-year career is an ad for Lunchables Uploaded, a charcuterie board for f*bois in training. — Source

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Keanu Reeves CORNFLAKES TIN I CORN FLAKES اليوم CORN FLAKES In this 1987 ad, Keanu sets an endless breakfast table before sneaking one paranoid slurp of cereal, all while an unseen chorus demands he gimme that crispy. That Mr. Kellogg was one sick freak. — Source

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David Beckham HEALTHY FISH STICKS ish Fingers Making your farmen better for you 100% Aloska pollock Fortified with extra Omega-3 GO 3 HEALTHER TASTY EASY feedied with № 300ge extra Omega-3 OMEGA-3 any finance والتعليم two EAK GRACKED.COM After catching flack for hawking sodas and chips, Mr. Victoria Beckham became a fish oil salesman for GO3, a company that promoted foods rich in Omega-3 fatty acids. — Source

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Ashton Kutcher POPCHIPS CRACKED.COM Kutcher put on brownface and his most offensive accent to play this Love Guru-esque Bollywood producer trying to shove styrofoam wafers down our throats. — Source

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