We tend to act like cancel culture is a new development. When in reality, celebs have been subjected to cancel culture and blacklisting for years.
Thanks to AskReddit, we've compiled a list of celebrities who were unfairly cancelled for their actions.
1
Fatty Arbuckle. He was a comedian from like the 1930s or 40s that he got accused of r*ping an actress. In truth, she had like an overdose and had a bunch of health problems due to backalley abortions; even though he was proven innocent, his career never recovered from this. -MisterVictor13
2
The Chicks (formally known as the Dixie Chicks). They never returned to where they were before they called out Bush, and they’re wonderful. -hollyofhyrule
3
Al Franken. He got cancelled for posing in a picture like he was honking someone's chest, no actual touching. And some chick at the State Fair who asked to take a picture with him was freaked out that he put his hand on her waist. -CashPrizesz
4
Eartha Kitt told a president's wife about the unfair reality of POC being pushed to the front lines like fodder and that lead to her basically bring exiled like seriously exiled from the U.S for a very long time. -Trai-Harder
5
I’m surprised nobody has said this, but Richard Gere. The man was really popular as an actor until he mentioned the poor treatment of Tibet by the Chinese government. -Lol25Talks
6
Courtney Love was blacklisted and “cancelled” in Hollywood for publicly warning other female celebrities about Harvey Weinstein in the early 2000s. -Cheri-baby
7
Aziz Ansari. Here’s my understanding: He went on a date, when then girl went back to his place he asked for a BJ. She said no. He said OK and they watched TV. Then he asked again. She said yes. And that's it.
But he should have been more accepting of her reluctance and she should have stood up for herself sooner. -FYoCouchEddie
8
Corey Feldman literally warned about child abuse in their business and was speaking from experience and was shut down. -kitjen
9
Johnny Depp. -Dadshipseries
10
Colin Kaepernick. Dude was just kneeling to call attention to something he thought was important. -KingBetterBard
11
Janet Jackson after the Super Bowl. Wardrobe malfunctions happen. -Affectionate-Big-566
12
Jenna Marbles. In all fairness I think she cancelled herself. People went digging and got offended at what they found. She apologized for the fake tan thing, stopped doing YT, and just went on living her best life. -hellokiri
13
Sinead O'Conner for ripping up the picture of the pope on Saturday Night live to protest child abuse in the church. -frazing
14
Paul Reubens. Although he has been somewhat un-cancelled since. -jermleeds
15
Monica Lewinsky comes to mind. -averyhipopotomus
16
Rebecca Black: Puts out bad song on YouTube = death threats. -AquamarineCheetah
17
Rachel Nichols, a female sports reporter on a great run on ESPN was spied on from a camera being left on saying that ESPN's policies for minority representation should not supersede her contractual obligated work (hosting the NBA finals.)
She did not say anything bad about Maria Taylor (the person ESPN wanted to switch her with) and any other minorities. Other than the policies themselves were a result from ESPN's poor diversity choices. -typesett
18
Yoko Ono. Yeah she’s weird, but she didn’t break up the Beatles. Paul McCartney has said multiple times that the Beatles broke up because John Lennon was difficult to work with, not because of Yoko, but because of his inflated ego. -Gmschaafs
