It seems like so many celebrities are monsters these days. *sigh* Sometimes, though, they make silly mistakes that prove their humanity in all of its flawed glory. On Reddit, u/soapymeatwater provided an outlet for people to point and laugh at these moments by asking the internet, “[What’s your] favorite low-stakes celebrity ‘scandal’?” They started the thread off strong:
1. “Mine is Ariana Grande licking donuts and saying, ‘I hate Americans.'”
Here are some of the other responses, and let’s just say it gets a bittttt controversial:
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2. “Justin Bieber saying Anne Frank would be a Belieber.”
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3. “Has to be the Will Smith slap heard around the world.”
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4. “Angelina Jolie kissing her brother in a way people thought was icky.”
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5. “Demi Lovato tweeting this on 9/11.”
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6. Another Demi hit: “Demi Lovato putting a frozen yogurt shop on blast for offering sugar-free options, accusing them of promoting diet culture as if people with diabetes don’t exist.”
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7. “Dina Lohan getting her lifetime free ice cream card from Carvel revoked because she was abusing it.”
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8. “When Chad Michael Murray brought Hilary Duff to the Freaky Friday premiere.”
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9. “Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens being asked by a fan for a photo at a sex shop.”
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10. “Hudson Williams’s [alleged] Letterboxd reviews being uncovered. Felt like it boiled down to ‘person made pretentious and questionable film reviews on an app designed for pretentious and questionable film reviews.'”
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11. “Winona Ryder getting caught shoplifting was easily my favorite.”
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12. “Matthew McConaughey got arrested in 1999 playing the bongos naked at 3:00 a.m. His neighbor complained about the noise.”
13. “When Matt Stone and Trey Parker (South Park creators) were high on LSD at the 2000 (72nd) Academy Awards.”
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14. “This iconic moment in Twitterdom.”
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15. “When Tyler, the Creator tweeted that the solution to cyberbullying was closing your eyes lol.”
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16. “The fact that 21 Savage built his whole identity around making profound music about growing up struggling in Atlanta, then got arrested for being a British citizen that overstayed his visa!! The weirdest scandal in hip-hop history, lmaooo.”
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17. “This is an oldie, but when John Lennon said the Beatles were ‘more popular than Jesus,’ and Southern USA went crazy, banning their music from radio stations and burning their records.”
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Lastly:
18. “Absolutely hate to bring the Cheeto in charge up, but I still occasionally think about how invested in Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson he was.”
Do you have a favorite celeb scandal? Let us know in the comments.
Note: Comments have been edited for clarity.
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