31 Celebrities Caught Acting Totally Out of Character
How could you, ShamWow guy?
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They say you should never meet your heroes, and they’re right. I met Jennifer Lawrence, and she spilled her mints, like a dunce. I met Dane Cook, and he stole my best material. I met Evel Knievel, and he beat me to a pulp with a baseball bat. I never did meet Henry Kissinger, but I shudder to think how that would have gone.
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![ROBIN WILLIAMS CRACKED.COM Richard Lewis and Robert Wuhl say Williams's sponge-like brain led to him spitting out other comics' jokes during his act. David Brenner threatened fisticuffs unless Williams knocked it off.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/9/1012389.jpg)
![DENIS LEARY CRACKED.COM Leary and comic's comic Bill Hicks were close friends until a good amount of Hicks's material showed up in Leary's No Cure for Cancer special. I stole his act, says Hicks. I camouflaged it with punch lines, and to really throw people off, I did it before he did.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/7/1012387.jpg)
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![MILTON BERLE CRACKED.COM Being the Thief of Bad Gag was part of Berle's schtick. Bob Hope claimed Berle never met a joke he didn't steal. Jack Benny often used Berle's wisecracks, forgivable because when you take a joke away from Milton Berle, it's not stealing, it's repossessing.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/9/2/1012392.jpg)
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![JAY MOHR CRACKED.COM No allegedly here -- Mohr admits to lifting comedian Rick Shapiro's Irish bartender routine in a desperate attempt for SNL airtime. The bit got laughs, but the stench of joke theft has followed Mohr ever since.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/5/1012385.jpg)
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![CRACKED.COM Infomercial star Vince Offer, or the 'ShamWow Guy' sold millions of his cleaning products in the 2000s with his natural charm. His career took a hit in 2009 when he got into a highly publicized fight with a prostitute in a hotel room. According to the police report, the woman bit his tongue and wouldn't let go.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/0/0/1012400.jpg)
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![CRACKED.COM In 2000 former child actor Brad Renfro was caught trying to steal a 45 foot yacht in Fort Lauderdale, Florida before shooting began on the film Bully. Renfro forgot to untie the boat before stealing it.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/9/9/1012399.jpg)
![MARTIN BASHIR In 2013, British journalist Martin Bashir (famous for his explosive interviews with Princess Diana and Michael Jackson) lost his hosting job on MSNBC after making comments which implied that Sarah Palin should be flogged and defecated-on. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/9/8/1012398.jpg)
![Eight-times world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao lost his Nike sponsorship over a homophobic comment he made during an interview. Не stated that homosexuals are worse than animals based on common sense that animals do not mate with the same sex. Although he later publicly apologized (but still defended his comment), Nike still decided to end their relationship with the boxer. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/9/6/1012396.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM After taking a photo of a naked 70-year-old woman in a gym and posting it to SnapChat, 2015 Playboy Playmate of the Year DANI MATHERS was roasted alive on social media for body-shaming - and convicted of a charge of invasion of privacy. - - Modeling work and other offers quickly evaporated, and at last report, Mathers was hiding out at her mother's house.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/9/4/1012394.jpg)
![LEGENDARY CHESS GRAND MASTER BOBBY FISCHER, CONSIDERED BY EXPERTS TO BE THE GREATEST PLAYER WHO EVER LIVED, DEVOLVED INTO A RECLUSIVE, PARANOID ANTI-SEMITE WHO PRAISED NAZI GERMANY AND THE 9/11 ATTACKS. НЕ OCCASIONALLY CAME OUT OF HIDING TO DELIVER RAMBLING INTERVIEWS ELABORATING ON PLOTS BY JEWS TO UNDERMINE HIM AND THE WORLD. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/0/2/1012402.jpg)
![GILBERT GOTTFRIED was swiftly booted as the voice of the Aflac duck for REPEATEDLY tweeting offensive jokes during Japan's deadly Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Japan is really advanced. They don't go to the beach. The beach comes to them. RealGilbert Gilbert Gottfried Japan called me. They said maybe those jokes are a hit in the US, but over here, they're all sinking. 12 Mar GRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/9/7/1012397.jpg)
![party of five actor Jeremy London CRACKED.COM claimed in 2010 that he was kidnapped at gunpoint and forced to go on a drug bender. whitebak Because of Jeremy's history with drug abuse, his story was doubted publicly by his twin brother, Jason. Additionally the man who was arrested for the kidnapping claimed that there was no gun, no kidnapping, and the drugs were done of Jeremy's own free will.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/0/3/1012403.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM EK Evel Knievel's career nosedived after he mercilessly beat an author with a baseball bat in 1977. Не was angry about an unflattering book the author had written about him. Knievel served time in jail and lost a ton of money in sponsorship and merchandising.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/9/5/1012395.jpg)
![BILL COSBY CRACKED.COM Mo Amer met comedy idol Cosby five weeks before seeing the disgraced stand-up performing a chess routine practically identical to his own. Cosby also admitted to the LA Times that he'd pilfered a line or two from George Carlin.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/9/3/1012393.jpg)
![RICHARD PRYOR CRACKED.COM On The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Pryor freely admitted to borrowing material from Dick Gregory and Bill Cosby. When Carson asked if the copying was accidental, Pryor responded, Oh, on purpose. I made a lot of money as Bill Cosby.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/9/1/1012391.jpg)
![THE WAYANS BROTHERS CRACKED.COM A former assistant pitched a you know you're a gold digger... joke book to the Wayans boys. The brothers rejected the pitch before publishing 101 Ways to Know You're A Gold Digger on their own. A lawsuit was settled out of court.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/9/0/1012390.jpg)
![RICKY GERVAIS CRACKED.COM Why do Ricky's TV shows seem so fresh? It comes out original because you've stolen different bits from everyone else and put them with other stolen bits.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/8/1012388.jpg)
![GEORGE CARLIN CRACKED.COM Homage or outright steal? Some of Carlin's bits can be traced directly to early routines by the Bowery Boys and Abbot and Costello. Of course, those gags may have been looted from earlier comedy ancestors.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/6/1012386.jpg)
![JOAN RIVERS CRACKED.COM According to her autobiography Enter Talking, the legendary comic got her start performing material she cribbed from acts she saw on television.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/9/1012379.jpg)
![DANE COOK CRACKED.COM Listen to Louis C.K.'s Live in Houston album, then give Cook's Retaliation a spin. Some of those itchy butt jokes sound familiar? The two comics hashed it out in an episode of Louie.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/3/1012383.jpg)
![CARLOS MENCIA DO EPIC SH*T CRACKED.COM Carlos Men-Steal-Ya is a joke-snatching Hall of Famer. Comics regularly complain about gag thieves, but at least two have actually confronted Mencia during live performances. Marc Maron devoted an episode of his podcast to Mencia's particular brand of larceny.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/1/1012381.jpg)
![WOODY ALLEN 75 NEC CRACKED.COM When it comes to Allen's comedy and the humor of Bob Hope? I'm practically a plagiarist.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/2/1012382.jpg)
![CONAN O'BRIEN GRACKED COM Conan seemed genuinely anguished over charges that he and his staff stole material. Не settled out of court to avoid a potentially farcical and expensive jury trial in federal court over five jokes that don't even make sense anymore.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/4/1012384.jpg)
![AMY SCHUMER CRACKED.COM Three comics took to Twitter to accuse Schumer of ripping off their routines. The beef was pretty specific - she purports to be a feminist and yet only steals from other female comedians -- but all three have since deleted their allegations.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/0/1012380.jpg)