28 Trivia Tidbits About Celebrities Behaving Badly
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We get that attaining celebrity status doesn’t suddenly turn someone into a goody-goody. If they happened to be a racist lawbreaker with a penchant for violence before the fame, becoming popular will not be the intervention they need. If anything, it’ll just give their bad behavior a much wider audience. Like these shocking instances right here…
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![CRACKED MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ'S MULTIPLE DUIS. In 2007, she was sentenced to 6 months in jail for failing to complete her community service obligations, stemming from a string of 3 drunk driving offenses in 2004.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/0/1061950.jpg)
![CRACKED VANILLA ICE THREATENED A HOMELESS MAN. In 1991, he was arrested and charged with battery after threatening a homeless man with a gun.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/9/1061949.jpg)
![CRACKED SNOOP DOGG'S MURDER TRIAL BOOSTED HIS STREET CRED. In 1993, Snoop was on trial for first degree murder after his associate shot a rival gang member while in Snoop's car. The publicity helped his 1993 debut album Doggystyle debut at #1 on Billboard.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/8/1061948.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/9/4/7/1061947.jpg)
![CRACKED BILL GATES WAS ARRESTED TWICE. The Microsoft co-founder was arrested once in 1975 for driving without a license and speeding. Не was then arrested in 1977 for again driving without a license, and failing to stop at a stop sign.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/6/1061946.jpg)
![CRACKED VINCE NEIL OF MÖTLEY CRÜE WAS CHARGED WITH VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER. Vince Neil and Hanoi Rocks drummer Razzle drove out to grab more beer for Neil's party while both were heavily intoxicated. Neil struck a car, severely injuring 2 people, and killing Razzle. Не spent less than 20 days in prison. Politica](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/5/1061945.jpg)
![CRACKED ALLISON МАСК RECRUITED GIRLS FOR HER CULT LEADER. The Smallville actor recruited women who would be severely mistreated by NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere. She faced sex trafficking charges but negotiated a plea deal for the lesser charge of racketeering. She served 2 years in prison, and Raniere got 120 years.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/4/1061944.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/9/4/3/1061943.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/9/4/2/1061942.jpg)
![CRACKED THE RED RANGER KILLED HIS ROOMMATE WITH A SWORD. Ricardo Medina Jr., best known for his role as the Red Ranger in the Power Rangers Wild Force series, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter of his roommate Joshua Sutter in 2015. ER RANGERS BA POWER MORPHIC DAI 20 N POWER MO POWER ريج MIIA-](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/1/1061941.jpg)
![Within three months of being crowned Miss Puerto Rico 2015, Destiny Velez had an anti-Muslim rant on Twitter. Mini Apperica 2011 MISS 7 What Muslims have done is provided oil & terrorize this country & many others!!!!!! The Miss Puerto Rico Organization released her apology statement alongside the announcement of her indefinite suspension, and all her social media accounts were shut down. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/0/1061940.jpg)
![In 2013, Alec Baldwin chased down a TMZ paparazzo and called him homophobic slurs. HARRI HARR de INSTON AMERICA So MSNBC first suspended his talk show Up Late with Alec Baldwin for two weeks, then cancelled it. Funding for his radio show dried up, AT&T cancelled a paid speech of his, and his bank didn't renew their contract with his charity foundation. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/9/1061939.jpg)
![Celebrity Big Brother dropped Tila Tequila for being a Nazi. Cult In 2013, she wrote a blog post titled Why I Sympathize With Hitler Part 1: True History Unveiled, calling Hitler a man of compassion. Almost two years later, when she was on the show, the production company found out about it and booted her. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/8/1061938.jpg)
![Danish film director Lars von Trier made some intolerable statements about Hitler at the 2011 Cannes film festival. I understand Hitler... I sympathize with him... And he was immediately banned from the festival by the Cannes board of directors; the ban lasted SEVEN YEARS. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/7/1061937.jpg)
![In 2017, Gigi Hadid was pulled from a Victoria's Secret fashion show in China due to a video of her making slant-eyes while holding a Buddha cookie. T GRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/6/1061936.jpg)
![MARIO BALOTELLI OCTOBER 2011 CRACKED.COM The Italian footballer decided to light off a bunch of fireworks in his own bathroom. This resulted in no lights going off in the sky but did cause £400,000 of damage.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/4/1061934.jpg)
![DAVE NAVARRO 1998 CRACKED.COM After shooting UP some heroin at a Playboy Mansion orgy, the Jane's Addiction musician tried to use the syringe to write his name on the wall in blood. This earned him a lifetime ban from the house.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/5/1061935.jpg)
![BILLY IDOL OCTOBER 1989 CRACKED.COM A drunk Billy Idol had to pay $11,200 after smashing the TV in a Bangkok hotel. Не eventually had to be escorted out of the country on a stretcher by Thai military.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/3/1061933.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/9/2/9/1061929.jpg)
![You used to be cool ZACH BRAFF beat up a kid on Punk'd. Friend and Scrubs costar Donald Braison helped punk the lovable Zach Braff by having kids fake-spray paint his new car. Zach got a hold of a 12-year- old boy and (in his words) just started pummeling him. The segment was cut from the episode. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/0/1061930.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/9/3/2/1061932.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/9/2/8/1061928.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/9/2/7/1061927.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/9/3/1/1061931.jpg)
![You used to be cool MICHAEL JORDAN demanded money from a huge fan (Chamillionaire). PIOZ NAVO an REV 2014 Not only did he publicly trash his own kids, he denied Chamillionaire a picture after he purchased a $7,000 jersey. Hating rap music, Jordan replied, I ain't taking pictures with no n***as. I tell you what, you pay $15,000 right now for a jersey from me, and I'll take a picture with you. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/6/1061926.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/9/2/5/1061925.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/9/2/3/1061923.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/9/2/4/1061924.jpg)