Time and time again, we witness cherished celebrities fall from the height of their careers. In some cases, it's self-inflicted, as we've seen with folks like Ye, who lost a billion dollars after a string of anti-semitic comments.
Or, in a more extreme case, That 70's Show star Danny Masterson, who was convicted of rape and sentenced to 30 years to life in prison.
On the other hand, people find themselves canceled for ridiculous reasons, leading their careers to plummet entirely. Colin Kaepernick, for instance, has been exiled from the NFL after taking a knee in protest of police brutality and racial inequality.
I came across a Reddit thread from u/ThisIsExxciting who asked the r/AskReddit sub, "Which celebrity had everything but then lost it all?"
The number of celebrities who've fallen off of the face of the Earth is astounding, but in a lot of cases, it's actually very dark. Below is a list of 24 celebrities who fell from grace for various reasons.
Note: Some entries have been edited and condensed for clarity and pulled from this Reddit thread and this Reddit thread.
1. "Matt Lauer. This guy was NBC royalty. Hosting the Olympics, he was there on 9/11...he was a fixture of the network. Then his sex pervert abuser secrets got out, and he just f**king vanished."
2. "Oscar Pistorius. He was an international inspiration to people with disabilities. Then, he was a murderer."
3. "Allison Mack"
4. "I'm surprised not to have seen Rudy Giuliani on here already. America's Mayor after 9/11; put the New York crime families behind bars. Not only did he file for bankruptcy, but he was charged in Georgia under the same RICO laws he himself developed to prosecute the mafia in New York."
5. "Robert Downey Jr. was a popular and talented actor, with a major substance abuse problem."
6. "Josh Duggar."
7. "Jonathan Majors had the best possible kickoff for a career in such a short span of time."
8. "Jared Fogle, aka Subway Jared."
9. "Corey Haim had millions but bad spending habits, a drug habit, and terrible decision-making and contract agreements (he chose to get paid in lump sums rather than get royalties) that left him destitute and living with his mother at the end of his short life. When he died, he only had about $5,000 to his name."
10. "My girlfriend and I were just remarking today how we admire Corey Feldman for standing up against abuse in Hollywood and getting blacklisted. I can’t even imagine the horrors that guy witnessed, and he never backed down. You look at every celebrity or producer that’s been Me Too’d and Feldman’s been calling each of them out for decades."
11. "Ellen DeGeneres. 'Be kind to one another' unless you work for me. Then, all bets are off."
12. "Gina Carano"
13. "Lindsay Lohan is another famous person who seemed to have everything going for her but faced a series of personal and professional setbacks due to her struggles with addiction and legal issues."
14. "Judy Garland. Basically, everyone important in her life screwed her over towards the end of her life, leaving her destitute, broke, and in poor health. There was even a song dedicated to Judy Garland called 'Don't Cry Out Loud.'"
15. "Chevy Chase hosted the entire first season of SNL, had National Lampoon, Three Amigos, etc., and was on course to be one of the biggest American comedians in history."
16. "Scott Adams had one of the most successful comics in the world. His family could’ve lived off that gravy train for generations. But he went full fascist/MAGA idiot supporting Trump, portraying himself as the fount of some magical persuasion genius. It all went south earlier this year after he published a video in which he referred to Black people as a 'hate group' and advised white people to 'get the hell away from Black people.'
17. "Scott Storch, one of the great music producers of his time. He produced hits like 50 Cent's 'Candy Shop,' 'Still Dre' by Dr. Dre, and 'Lean Back' by Fat Joe, to name a few. He also dated Hollywood's hottest, from Kim Kardashian to Paris Hilton. He was worth around $100 million and squandered it in a matter of a year after getting addicted to coke. He is making a comeback, though."
18. "MC Hammer. To this day, he’s still used as a warning to up-and-coming musicians."
19. "Debatable if you'd say he was super famous, but Armie Hammer before he couldn't hide his cannibalistic side is up there."
20. "Jackie Coogan. The first Hollywood child star. He made the equivalent of around $50 million during his career, and almost all of it was squandered on the high life by his mother and stepfather."
21. "John Wilkes Booth. He was a famous and highly-regarded actor with a very successful career before he murdered President Lincoln."
22. "Henry Ruggs III, a first-round pick in the NFL. Racing his Corvette through Vegas at 3 in the morning, he crashed at 160 mph and killed a woman and her dog. He was one of the top prospects in the game. He's 24 years old now, and he’s going to spend 3-10 years in jail and lose out on any and all NFL hopes and dreams. He only made it two seasons in the league before essentially ruining his life."
23. "Suge Knight. He literally had a $400 million hip hop empire in Death Row, which was the hottest label in rap during the early-mid 1990s, with some of the hottest stars like Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac, but threw it all away."
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