28 Celebrities Who Are Actually Awful People

Nathan Johnson Published 02/28/2024 in wtf

This is why you don't put celebrities on a pedestal. At the end of the day they're just like the rest of us, people who are fallible.

Sure, they might be exactly like us, but they're human and humans are complex and oftentimes terrible creatures. And when you have the wealth and ego of a celebrity, reality can blur and you can begin to see yourself as superior to others and we all know the pitfalls of that.

So in honor of keeping ourselves and the stars we follow on even playing fields, we've rounded up some celebs who did some very bad things.

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1.
Ellen Degeneres. It just really stinks that she’s such a hypocritical b***h
2.
Bill Nye. Was a huge fan growing up. My brother works for NASA at Goddard in Maryland and Mr Nye has been a guest speaker for a number of events. The dude is apparently, according to my brother and his colleagues, a total twat and gets a little creepy with the ladies. Anytime I've shared this, I get a fair amount of people disbelieving or say it's probably a misunderstanding. Look into it for yourself and I'm sure you'll find many anecdotes of him being an a*s.
3.
interviewed zachary quinto once. i could tell he was very talented and he would be going very far with his career in a more thespian-like manner. he wasn't a terrible person but he was unsurprisingly - how do i put this... um, well - conceited. obviously he can back it up; he's very talented but, c'mon - it's still just acting.
4.
Jared Leto, I've read all the stories and the guy is just awful.
5.
I lived in Oklahoma when Twister was filmed. Locals who worked/dealt with Helen Hunt, referred to her as Helen C**t.
6.
Bill Cosby? I've seen a bit of dis on Phil McGraw too.
7.
Surprised no one has mentioned Bill Murray. Then again maybe it's not that much of a surprise?
8.
Chevy Chase
9.
Will Smith. Loved him as a kid and was one my favorite actors since the fresh prince and and the movies up to Pursuit of HappynessThen all that cringe family drama and then him smacking Chris Rock was the deal breaker for me and I no longer like him
10.
My Dad worked as a chef in various restaurants over the years and got to meet quite a few celebrities that way. The one that always stuck out to me was when he told me he got to serve dinner to Richard Dreyfuss. I had always liked his movies and brand of humor. To me, he seemed like a nice guy. My Dad told me he was incredibly mean and entitled, demanding that the staff not speak to him at all. They comped his meal as a courtesy but never received a compliment or thank you. Like dude, next time, just go through a drive-thru if you don't want to interact with people.
11.
Many years ago I volunteered for a charity. We had an event where Jim Carey was a keynote speaker and guest. This was shortly after "Mask" was released.When Jim Carey showed up, he was a c**k to everyone.When the event started, we expected him to still be a c**k. Nope, it's like he flipped a switch and became "Jim Carey" and wowed the audience.Walked off stage and was a c**k again.
12.
Rolf Harris - a jerk would be putting what he did mildly but he was beloved in a sweet eccentric uncle way without giving off a false vibe like some other ‘nice guy’ celebs. When a few older celebrities in Britain got accused of crimes a lot of them were not considered that surprising, but Rolf was the person people felt a genuine sense of shock towards; it felt like a betrayal.
13.
Dhar Mann , bro built his whole career by making videos on kindness , helping others , compassion , empathy etc. Turns out he was an awful boss and didn't even pay his employees a wage they could live off of despite having millions of views on his youtube channel
14.
Khalid. I've been fortunate to have been a part of a lot of different events, festivals, and shows. I've met a bunch of singers and preformers throughout my time at these events...The most memorable what this guy, but not for anything good.. it was for his attitude towards hotel staff, my colleagues, and his own team. arrogant a*shat. I had to avoid him, I can keep my mouth shut when I have to but I can't contain my face.
15.
Jerry Lewis.Growing up as a kid in the 1970s, I watched his movies (both with and without Dean Martin) countless times on tv. I just LOVED his movies (still do). And he was hailed as a Saint for his charitable efforts regarding muscular dystrophy.As the years passed, little by little it was coming out how a godawful human being he really was. How he was a serial philanderer, cheating on his wife early on in their marriage, sexually harassing and abusing numerous actresses he worked with, secretly fathered a child (a daughter) in the 1950s with a fashion model and never acknowledged her existence or helped his biological daughter out, even when she went homeless decades later. Passed away, leaving all his sons and/or grandkids nothing in his will.Pretty shocked to learn what a jerk, a monster, he was in real life.
16.
It seems like Julia Roberts is not really that nice when not in front of a camera.I grew up watching her movies since my mom and aunt are big fans and I've always thought she was a sweet amazing beautiful lady.Turns out she's really not.
17.
Jonah Hill
18.
Adam Baldwin - I always generally enjoyed his work in movies and loved Jayne in Firefly. then I ran into Baldwin on witter many years ago and saw what he's like.
19.
As a Canadian. Shania Twain is a HUGE B***h.
20.
Tobey Maguire
21.
I run a recording studio and I get some celebrities now and again mostly doing voice overs.I had Danica Patrick doing voice over for a tv show she produced about racing.She thought the read was only a few lines, but they had like 10 pages for her.She lost her s**t when I handed her the script. She spent almost 40 minutes on the phone yelling at her assistant and other people about it...Instead of just f*****g doing the read.When she finally calmed down, she was a huge a*****e to the producers on the phone listening in. Its typical for them to ask the reader things like, "gives us one more take of that a little slower..." When they would, she would explode about how much time she is giving them already and she is only going to read each thing once.It was really cringe. I always wonder how much she was paid for that and was so just unaware of how lucky she is.
22.
The Weeknd. Unfollowed that guy everywhere smh
23.
Gary Burghoff, better known as Corporal Radar from M* A* S* H. Apparently he is not as much of a teddy bear as one would expect.
24.
Rachael Ray. She seems pretty outgoing and friendly but I've read on several different platforms that she's an ahole. It's a shame.
25.
I got into an internet argument with John Dimaggio (voice of Bender) when I was like 14 years old. This was over email using my hotbot account at the time (just to date myself), sometime before Futurama premiered..To be fair I'm not sure if he was the jerk or I was. Wish I still had those emails
26.
Michael Jordan
27.
Zoey Deschanel
28.
Bruce Willis. Not super surprised I suppose, but really disappointed.

1.
Ellen Degeneres. It just really stinks that she’s such a hypocritical b***h
2.
Bill Nye. Was a huge fan growing up. My brother works for NASA at Goddard in Maryland and Mr Nye has been a guest speaker for a number of events. The dude is apparently, according to my brother and his colleagues, a total twat and gets a little creepy with the ladies. Anytime I've shared this, I get a fair amount of people disbelieving or say it's probably a misunderstanding. Look into it for yourself and I'm sure you'll find many anecdotes of him being an a*s.
3.
interviewed zachary quinto once. i could tell he was very talented and he would be going very far with his career in a more thespian-like manner. he wasn't a terrible person but he was unsurprisingly - how do i put this... um, well - conceited. obviously he can back it up; he's very talented but, c'mon - it's still just acting.
4.
Jared Leto, I've read all the stories and the guy is just awful.
5.
I lived in Oklahoma when Twister was filmed. Locals who worked/dealt with Helen Hunt, referred to her as Helen C**t.
6.
Bill Cosby? I've seen a bit of dis on Phil McGraw too.
7.
Surprised no one has mentioned Bill Murray. Then again maybe it's not that much of a surprise?
8.
Chevy Chase
9.
Will Smith. Loved him as a kid and was one my favorite actors since the fresh prince and and the movies up to Pursuit of HappynessThen all that cringe family drama and then him smacking Chris Rock was the deal breaker for me and I no longer like him
10.
My Dad worked as a chef in various restaurants over the years and got to meet quite a few celebrities that way. The one that always stuck out to me was when he told me he got to serve dinner to Richard Dreyfuss. I had always liked his movies and brand of humor. To me, he seemed like a nice guy. My Dad told me he was incredibly mean and entitled, demanding that the staff not speak to him at all. They comped his meal as a courtesy but never received a compliment or thank you. Like dude, next time, just go through a drive-thru if you don't want to interact with people.
11.
Many years ago I volunteered for a charity. We had an event where Jim Carey was a keynote speaker and guest. This was shortly after "Mask" was released.When Jim Carey showed up, he was a c**k to everyone.When the event started, we expected him to still be a c**k. Nope, it's like he flipped a switch and became "Jim Carey" and wowed the audience.Walked off stage and was a c**k again.
12.
Rolf Harris - a jerk would be putting what he did mildly but he was beloved in a sweet eccentric uncle way without giving off a false vibe like some other ‘nice guy’ celebs. When a few older celebrities in Britain got accused of crimes a lot of them were not considered that surprising, but Rolf was the person people felt a genuine sense of shock towards; it felt like a betrayal.
13.
Dhar Mann , bro built his whole career by making videos on kindness , helping others , compassion , empathy etc. Turns out he was an awful boss and didn't even pay his employees a wage they could live off of despite having millions of views on his youtube channel
14.
Khalid. I've been fortunate to have been a part of a lot of different events, festivals, and shows. I've met a bunch of singers and preformers throughout my time at these events...The most memorable what this guy, but not for anything good.. it was for his attitude towards hotel staff, my colleagues, and his own team. arrogant a*shat. I had to avoid him, I can keep my mouth shut when I have to but I can't contain my face.
15.
Jerry Lewis.Growing up as a kid in the 1970s, I watched his movies (both with and without Dean Martin) countless times on tv. I just LOVED his movies (still do). And he was hailed as a Saint for his charitable efforts regarding muscular dystrophy.As the years passed, little by little it was coming out how a godawful human being he really was. How he was a serial philanderer, cheating on his wife early on in their marriage, sexually harassing and abusing numerous actresses he worked with, secretly fathered a child (a daughter) in the 1950s with a fashion model and never acknowledged her existence or helped his biological daughter out, even when she went homeless decades later. Passed away, leaving all his sons and/or grandkids nothing in his will.Pretty shocked to learn what a jerk, a monster, he was in real life.
16.
It seems like Julia Roberts is not really that nice when not in front of a camera.I grew up watching her movies since my mom and aunt are big fans and I've always thought she was a sweet amazing beautiful lady.Turns out she's really not.
17.
Jonah Hill
18.
Adam Baldwin - I always generally enjoyed his work in movies and loved Jayne in Firefly. then I ran into Baldwin on witter many years ago and saw what he's like.
19.
As a Canadian. Shania Twain is a HUGE B***h.
20.
Tobey Maguire
21.
I run a recording studio and I get some celebrities now and again mostly doing voice overs.I had Danica Patrick doing voice over for a tv show she produced about racing.She thought the read was only a few lines, but they had like 10 pages for her.She lost her s**t when I handed her the script. She spent almost 40 minutes on the phone yelling at her assistant and other people about it...Instead of just f*****g doing the read.When she finally calmed down, she was a huge a*****e to the producers on the phone listening in. Its typical for them to ask the reader things like, "gives us one more take of that a little slower..." When they would, she would explode about how much time she is giving them already and she is only going to read each thing once.It was really cringe. I always wonder how much she was paid for that and was so just unaware of how lucky she is.
22.
The Weeknd. Unfollowed that guy everywhere smh
23.
Gary Burghoff, better known as Corporal Radar from M* A* S* H. Apparently he is not as much of a teddy bear as one would expect.
24.
Rachael Ray. She seems pretty outgoing and friendly but I've read on several different platforms that she's an ahole. It's a shame.
25.
I got into an internet argument with John Dimaggio (voice of Bender) when I was like 14 years old. This was over email using my hotbot account at the time (just to date myself), sometime before Futurama premiered..To be fair I'm not sure if he was the jerk or I was. Wish I still had those emails
26.
Michael Jordan
27.
Zoey Deschanel
28.
Bruce Willis. Not super surprised I suppose, but really disappointed.