20 Celebrities That Ruined Their Careers with One Interview
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@@infamouswickedjokestar😆🤣😆🤣 interesting how common these self sabatoge moments are glad these actors endure it ...& never knew charlie sheen was diagnosed with h.i.v.
Cruise calling psychiatry a "psuedo-science" while simultaneously being a Scientologist is just peak comedy.
It's pure irony yet still true which is also another duality of irony. It's an inception of irony. It's irony squared. It truly is peak comedy.
It's what scientology teaches
yeah and quite sides occurred through their practices@@xxthatsnotmexx
He still wasn't wrong about psychiatry though. You have men pretending to be women and women pretending to be men. We're slowly going down a toilet bowl. And no I'm not a Scientologist nor would I ever endorse it.
@@WaterspoutsOfTheDeepso psychiatry is "pseudoscience"?
Liam Neeson spoke honestly about a feeling he had that he knew was wrong. He was honest and candid. It's not our thoughts and feelings that make us good or bad people, but the choices we make.
Right, he explained the context that created the generalization in his mind in a moment of hurt, anger and fear. It was honest and people should've used that to have a real constructive conversation. I say I'm all for "cancel culture" when it's deserved, well I think this was not one of those cases.
@@everythingiseverything9920l think you guys maybe are missing the point on this whole Liam situation. In response to his friend CLAIMING she was r@ped by a BLK man, his response wasn't to find the alleged culprit, no. His response was to grab a weapon, go to an area with BLK ppl in it and hope one attacks him so he can have the right to KILL ONE OF THEM. That's not just racist, that's PSYCHOTIC. And I'm sure if he mentioned any other group of ppl OTHER than BLK ppl, you wouldn't be making excuses for him now. Imagine if he said he wanted to hunt down a random jew. You wouldn't even be here right now.
only a fool supports cancel culture@@everythingiseverything9920
@@KoolKeithProductions (sorry, this is long) Well I'm Black, I don't have more compassion for White people, Jews, or any other. You're missing my point as explicit as it was, and yet you're ready to discuss the matter as I think we, as a society, should have. It's not up to me or you to put a psychiatric diagnosis on Neeson, but we can all relate to desiring revenge. I wish the path to violence were more discussed in the media, and in a comprehensive manner, by professionals such as trained therapists. (That's one thing I think about) I heard recently that, in the US, some "Republicans" were outraged because of a certain program to teach kids to talk about their emotions, claiming it's not the role of teachers; I don't know the details, it sounds quite ridiculous to me to fight against such a program because I do see an interest in having these conversations about how different people cope with negative emotions and rely on various coping mechanisms, or give in to their worst impulses.
Yuppp, he even realized he was wrong & felt disgusted about it. I don’t dislike him for it
Liam Neeson was simply being honest. Shows how people can evolve. It shows maturity and character.
Society doesn't deserve honesty... which is also what is dooming us...
He wasn't just being honest, he was being truthful. THAT's why their reaction was so defensive.
The attacks on Liam Neeson were idiotic and cruel, a deliberate misrepresentation of his honesty. His confession of youthful anger has probably saved at least one life.
To be fair I respect his honesty and to be honest pretty powerful moment for him. I can forgive him. Even tho I say WTF but once I listen to why I said this dude is genuinely sorry and feel horrible for that thinking. And he did change.
His speech was actually one of the best anti-racism speeches. Showing that out of anger he blamed the wrong people. But he got aware he was wrong and corrected his behaviour. That's the best testimony to help people in that same situation understand their own wrong thinking and correcting it. The bad reactions he got are actually a huge setback telling those people that redemption is forbidden for them however sincere their change of mind is.
@@christianbarnay2499 This is why cancel culture is dangerous in general. People lose jobs over shit they said six years ago, even when they haven't said anything remotely similar since. Censoring people who made mistakes is the opposite of how you change things. It's the people who made mistakes and changed their point of view who should be heard the most. They're the ones who can speak to those who are still misled. Silencing them in pursuit of creating an echo chamber doesn't really accomplish anything.
I'm gay
I think Alex Pettyfer described Hollywood correctly!
I am actually of the opinion that the honesty Liam Neeson portrayed is what we need in the world we live in. he is human and he had a reaction of misplaced hatred to a traumati event. an emotional reaction on which he did not act. I find him brave for talking about it so openly
Wokeism is horrible mental illness that makes people not having empathy and logical thinking. What he said is probably normal. When we are hurt we try to do something about it. He was consumed by rage. Yet woke crowd cannot understand that people have flaws.
I absolutely agree. As a middle-aged white woman, I have received incredible support from the black community when I talk frankly about my journey out of this or that racist mindset. It's white people who give me flak because it makes them uncomfortable to have certain things called into question.
Rule number one, if you are a movie star, NEVER EVER talk about politics or race.
Absolutely agree. We're from certain families and grow up in particular neighborhoods and hopefully evolve. But our past can often follow us and haunt us. The most important thing is to talk about conflicting experiences with an honesty. Unfortunately people are quick to jump on a catch phrase and speculate.
Yeah, I sort of feel like he's really overtly highlighting that he was ignorant, misdirected, traumatized and confused, and I think he was being really clear that the experience of his friend made him want to be a bad person who did bad things. I don't ALWAYS feel that these kinds of comments in interviews are justified or useful, but in Neeson's case I think he highlighted something truthful. And I'm not even his biggest fan.
I can't believe people would not like Liam Neeson for him realizing he was doing something wrong, coming to terms with it, admitting it and apologizing! WTF are people on man
They're on a narcissistic level of self righteousness.
It's human nature when something scares you or gives you intense emotion...things that resemble what gave you that emotion, will give you that emotion....for example....that picture of a guys armpit close up....but it looks like a vag
Luxury
I'm not sure it's really black and white either way. Setting out to kill a random innocent guy is a little concerning even if you catch yourself in time.
@@jaegybomb Emotional responses don't follow much logic.
Interviewer: Do you like little girls? R. Kelly: How little are we talking you mean little girls or little little girls
I heard "teens: not "little girls".
@@macformeoh totally fine then 50 yo w 14 yo, good looks
Lol, was that really what he said? Because as the comment below you suggests, nineteen or eighteen year old girls are fully legal most places in the world
@@YuckFouTubeX I think the only people who should be dating teenagers are other teenagers and if, at any point in your life, you are describing the girls you're attracted to as 'fully legal' then you perhaps should rethink your life choices.
@@michael1 I am 33 and my wife is 19, your point does not compute, goodbye
Liam Neeson didn’t deserve his “cancellation”. I actually respected him for opening up about that as it’s a feeing most probably would have given the experience he talks about but has reflected on it and realized the wrongness in that thinking. More people need to do that.
Yeah. People are idiots.
Agreed, they do.
@@CatLady-be9tnwhat people? He’s not cancelled and no one thinks he’s racist
Paramount and Steven Spielberg cut ties with Tom Cruise, until they realised how much money his movies bring in and they forgave him.
Yeah that sounds about right.
Funny how that works huh? Everybody's morals has a price my grandpa used to say. I've only begin to understand that in the last several years.
@@MR_KILL777 Well, morals doesn't pay the bills, put a roof over your head or food on the table.
@@dhenderson1810Spielberg doesn’t need help with food or accommodation though.
@@MR_KILL777morality is a luxury. Some people can pay for it and some cannot. And some think it is a waste of money.
It's messed up to say the interviews by Prince Andrew and Lance Armstrong, among others, was what ruined their careers rather than their actions.
It's clickbait content. They say whatever they think will attract viewers.
Alex Pettyfer wasn't lying when he bashed Hollywood.
That may be true, but not a good look to bite the hand that feeds you. If he hates it so much what is he doing there. Find another career
The one who should be careful not to bite the hand that feeds is hollywood itself. We hold the power over them not the other way around. If all of us vote with our wallets they lose everything.
The truth is hard to hear.😂
I would bash Germany too xD growing up somewhere makes you actually know the place and being able to look beyond the fancy surface... well as long as you're not ignorant towards it
The Paula Abdul interview was very sad... why anyone didn't stop her from going on the air baffles me. Celebrities have people that are hired to be there for them. I just don't get it.
It's crazy how Billy Bush was the only one who was punished for that whole situation.
Billy Bush got punished while Trump became president. We live in a messed up world.
And Trump became president. Just crazy how unjust it is.
Why isn’t Jussie Smollett on this list for faking an assault by white men that were supposedly wearing MAGA hats and putting a rope around his neck??? The African men he paid to do this later admitted to it.
Ikr
i know, it was selective immunity for trump, WTF
Hilarious that two men are in the “Access Hollywood” video. One states he sexually assaults women and justifies it with him being a celebrity. The other guy laughs. The guy who laughed had their career ruined and the one bragging of assault was elected President. America is wild.
And Americans are paying for it. Some worship him and treat him like a dictator
Trump ruins anyone in a foot radius of him.
@@danwhitesall3521 Exactly and the scariest part is that they would support his presidency even more if he lifted term limits. We know they would because they loved it when he suggested it. They’ve been so brainwashed into a state of fear/anger, that they have no problem with him being a long term king/dictator figure. We elect people based on whether they support our principles/uphold the constitution - not based on the person themselves. This point was made very clear by both Washington and the US constitution. Ugh.
@@danwhitesall3521 The former president is paying for it now with his lawsuits against him.
@@rebecca8525 hopefully. We'll see when he finally gets held accountable for his manifold crimes. So far Michael Cohen and Allen Weissleberg seem to have gone to prison for doing his bidding and carrying out his crimes of paying a porn star hush money and cheating on taxes in his business. Strange world.
I have respect for people who tells their truth as opposed to plastic people who give bold-face lies.
True that! I suppose not everybody does want to hear the truth but it doesn't change the fact that it's the right thing to do.
Almost hilariously Tom Cruise was slamming psychology when really he probably needed a psychologist the most at that time
I think he is doing pretty well too.
mans calling it sudo science while being in scientology
He didn't mention psychology. He mentioned psychiatry. The first is a science because it has a methodology, the second is a pseudo-science because it does not. They are completely different disciplines. Though the fact that he was accurate about psychiatry doesn't stop him from seeming like a bit of a space cadet.
@@True_Heretic Load of bullshit. Psychiatry uses RCTs, the gold standard of scientific methodology.
@@Manuka_888 You may be right. I saw a psychiatrist once, when I was low and needed help, in darker days of mental hospitals. Before I went on to get a degree in psychology. The guy told me to basically fuck off. He was later was on a TV documentary where he stated that he did not care if a specific patient lived or died. Mistake on his part. He reinforced his reputation as a cunt. Few months later the apparent mind solver killed himself. Few of his colleagues attended his funeral. My best mate, who had serious mental problems found the same hospital oppressive and woefully unhelpful when he needed help. I mean, they REALLY let a hurting kid down. Psychiatry has a pretty poor reputation. (One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest etc) historically. Zapping women for their nymphomania, zapping gays for their gayness. Zapping males for not slapping their women. The fascism of it all really ought to raise a red flag with anyone who gives a shit. Of course, the "industry" has tried to clean up its act by inventing extra bullshit that might validate it. But that's a bit like putting a plaster on a severed arm. Too, too, too iittle and too fucking late. If you happened across my other comments on psychiatry you would see that I still see the discipline as potentially useful. Which is ironic considering how much of a FACTORY OF DESSTRUCTION it has been for most of its history. But I do recognise that it attracts some often brilliant minds who might otherwise contribute less if they did so in psychology or other areas. I'd like response from you. I don't consider this discussion resolved by you or me.
I mean if we can't allow people to grow and change then what are we as a society? This is in reference to Liam Neeson. We expect people to be perfect from birth until death if we are to like them, when we ourselves are not that way. It's easy to judge others instead of look at ourselves.
I agree 100%. It’s as if the people judging him have never made a mistake. Apparently we’re not allowed to do that anymore.
I’m glad things turned around for him but yeah, I would hope most people agree with that level of honesty no matter who you are. There’s nothing wrong with taking responsibility for having an unhealthy mindset. For some reason, other comments have made this political and about “wokeness”, but that wasn’t an ongoing situation (as much) back then.
@@landonmiles97If I point people to others' errors, they'll be too busy to look at mine.
@@jackcurl2005 I believe those are the words of naïveté.
I think those that judge others harshly are those who want to appear like they are a saint to others.
I have a family member that died from cancer, and to hear somebody lie about that absolutely infuriated me.
I too had a family member that died from cancer as well along with a former coworker and for someone that does that is disgusting.
Same, I lost my bio mom to cancer, Belle Gibson is a POS
😢😢 agreed
Me too. My mom died of cancer when I was a teenager.
Infuriating doesn't begin to describe what I feel about someone faking cancer!! I lost my mother, my father and 27 friends and family to cancer! I am a cancer survivor of 19 years. The last year I have been taking care of my stepdad as a 24/7 caregiver who has 2nd bout of lung cancer and was told he won't make it until Xmas. I haven't left my home in a year taking care of him and it's getting harder and harder. For someone to fake cancer is beyond pathetic as I've seen so many suffer and know first hand from what I went through! I wonder what makes someone try to fake cancer?? Serious issues to say the least for someone who would fake cancer! I pray everyday for those with cancer! For those that fake, zero tolerance!
I have never seen a person more brave (in the way she handles her showbiz career) as Chelsea Handler. She speaks to networks like we would talk to naughty children. She is fearless. I love her.
The sad nature of celebrities or anyone in a position of power, is that suddenly people hang on your every word. There aren't any more 'mistakes' or 'slip ups'. It can take years to build up your career. Only takes a few seconds to see it crash.
That R Kelly interview on Gayle King was a ruin cause he exploded so heavy when Gayle asked him so heavy that Gayle had to calm him down . True sign of guilt
Also the Toure interview when he asked "do you like teenage girls?" and R replies "how old we talking?" That to me said enough🤦🏿♂️🤮
@brandonf.8360yea! like it needed to be clarified if they were talking about 18 and 19. He knew damn well what he meant when he said "teen".
@@bobthedopeman7327 precisely. As much that was revealed, it's surprising his first case was dropped.
He thought she was the “jail king”
Boooohooooo stop crying clown
How do you not have Matt Lauer on the list, but have him interviewing many of these celebrities 😂
Lauer's career was not affected from something he said in an interview. Lauer's contract was terminated by NBC in November 2017, after the network reported receiving "a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace" and added that the network had "reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident".
right. the moralist interviewing the sinners 😂
Roseanne Barr
Natalie Portman; when she supported Roman Polanski and felt he deserved an Oscar, even though he had fled the country to avoid prosecution for sexually abusing a 13 year old.
Now that's shocking because she's such a staunch "feminist."
Let me add Matt Laur. He was in this frequently but you didn't add his interview with actress Anne Hathaway. Instead of asking her about TDKR all he could go on about was paparazzi images of her getting out of a car with her private showing. It was right before his scandalous fall in the #MeToo movement but laid the foundation of his damaged reputation.
Billy Bush getting punished and Trump got to be president. What a world..
Right?? But the worst part is he could be the president again!! And that is definitely F*cked Up!!
Just thinking the same thing. He got fired. Donald? Smiled and moved on. Ridiculous.
Every scandal needs a scapegoat
Thank God! Trump 2024!!
Weird country indeed.
Dude's a scientologist and dares to call psychology a pseudoscience, Tom Cruise is such a joke of a person 😂😂😂
Ironically to the whole situation and his place as a scientologist and all the pseudo science that goes along with it he is correct haha. Psychology is largely a field of pseudoscience as represented by the fact virtually any study in the field replicated can never give identical results. Furthermore medication to treat depression is largely pseudoscience. We've known for awhile the SSRI's are a joke and akin to bloodletting. So he was right there and is right about psychology. As hilariously ironic that is. Keep in mind neuroscience which is far newer than psychology is in it's infancy. We have no clue what the mind even is still. Even the field of biology itself you realize it's 2023 and we literally don't even know how biology itself knows "how to function". Consider those words specifically. DNA/RNA are like blueprints but it doesn't run biology. Think of DNA/RNA as software, we've never found the operating system yet. That is how stone age our grasp of biology still is. An easy real world example of this is we don't know how a zygote knows how to differentiate into an organism. It's like workers building a house, the blueprint is RNA/DNA, but how do the workers know how to do everything to execute those blueprints. We don't know how biology knows how to work. Let that sink in lol. It's as profound as it is absurd how infinitesimal our knowledge is despite how it's presented.
@@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep What you wrote is utterly wrong. Just read books in neuroscience and neuropsychology and don't get your informations only from internet. P.s. If you think "We don't know how biology knows how to work" then don't ever go to doctors.
@@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep you wrote so much wrong misguided stuff i won't even adress you again.
It's just the irony cause they same can be said about scientology. He recognizes one, but not the other.
@@dannymoneywell lmao you making a fool of yourself bro. You were better off saying nothing haha.
Did anybody else see the irony of so many on this list being interviewed by Matt Lauer?
It seems people are just looking to cancel people. We ALL sometimes say stupid things.
People love to hate. I guess hate completes their being.
Well there's stupidity and rampant stupidity that goes into the core of someone's being. I have no doubt Piers Morgan is as stupid and ignorant as he sounds.
I understand all of these except Liam Neeson, Chris Harrison and 5SOS. Clearly they made mistakes, but not career-ending mistakes?? They need to be educated by their managers. Liam Neeson was brave and acknowledged what he said in the past was wrong. Also if Megan Fox changed her wording she would've been fine.
I hope Liam Neeson knows that some of us who watch his movies have been in her shoes.. I'm glad he isn't angry at anyone who remotely reminds him of the guys who did it anymore, but his outrage about what was done to someone he cares about is heartening. This is also a good example of how prejudice can sneak into a person's worldview, even if they didn't use to be bigoted, and that it takes awareness to let go of that. I'm sorry it apparently hit his career so hard, but I admire him for the warmth of his heart and the ability to change his mind when he starts painting people with too wide a brush.. ❤️
exactly, he was being honest and was very self-aware of his own bias, but people prefer to judge and destroy a person's career.
Really weird to say that women who spoke out against sexism and got black listed by men who run Hollywood are somehow to blame for their own careers being tanked, and not the sexist men who intentionally tanked these women's careers
Sexist = acknowledging the scientific and biological differences between male and female
Networking has a cost, especially in hollywood. Not supporting it in anyway (hell we already have enough division in this world), but the cinema business existed for a little over 100 years, and it was male-dominated for a good portion of it. I expect that to change in the coming generations
@@noahboat580i don't think that the fans care if you are a man or a woman as long as you act good and have a decent personality.
It was male dominated because we werent ALLOWED TO BE THERE.
I think the criticism of Catherine Heigl was that she bit the hand that fed her. If she was appalled at the sexism in a film she starred in, why not bring her concerns to the producers of the film rather than running to the press to complain?
It's rather typical that Megan Fox got "blackballed" for calling out Bay's abusive behavior while Bay continued making millions by exploiting more young women. There is very good evidence that he effectively tortured her and committed a variety of acts that would be inappropriate at the very least and possibly considered se*ual As*ault. Have you heard of how Hitchcock treated Tippi Hedron when shooting "the Birds"? Because she didn't return his affections, he used the excuse of shooting scenes as an opportunity to have her injured and se* ually humiliate her. She quit acting after this one movie even though it her first "big break" because she was so traumatized and suffered from PTSD the rest of her life. Look into it - it was a literal horror show (for Tippi). And Bay did similar things to Fox, from all reports, but was too much of a cash cow for the industry for them to do anything about this 42 year old guy using his position to harass a a 21 year old young woman. And it was HER career that got destroyed?
I have had 2 or 3 panic attacks every week since i was about 5 years old, I have seen many psychatrists about it and my "experienced" opinion is thus: Most people in the psychiatry field think their job is to let you tell them the problem and address that problem BUT most of us dont know what our problem actually is. (i was 30 when I discovered they were panic attacks) It is their job to investigate and figure out what that problem is and that is where most of them fail, they think of their profession as a surgeon who finds and fixes problems rather than a diagnostician who investigates...
Turns out, My problem requires medication ( took about 30 different drugs over 3 years to find one that worked) so at least the drugs themselves can work...I know it works for some people but it didnt work for me and i think i know why, so i will summarize my findings...
1. IF you are an introspective person (like me) and you have not found a way to cope, you will need medication to correct the problem. 2. IF you are not, then a psychiatrist can help you find a way to cope... 3.IF you try medication remember to be aware of the placebo effect and take precautions, tell yourself the medication will probably not work and be keenly aware of how you feel on it,(if it feels like its not working at all move on to something else instead of increasing dosage) that way when you find something that actually works it will support you even at your lowest... 4. Remember some doctors get kickbacks for prescribing certain medications so when they have an choice they will start with that, it don't mean it won't work but if it don't feel like it's trying to work at first they will often try uping the dosage instead of moving on to something else, which is a waste of your money and more importantly your time...
@@emptycradle1304 My panic attacks started when I was seven years old and I never took any medication because I thought it was cognitive and maybe I could conquer it. Well, 45 years later, I never conquered it! I was living my life around fear or should I say hardly living my life, so I finally caved & decided to try medication because my panic attacks were escalating like never before. I was getting them every day several times a day, even when I was in the bed at night! My doctor encouraged me to try Zoloft, and I am so glad I did, it cut the panic attacks out almost entirely! I was thinking how many years I have wasted always having to deal with these panic attacks & trying to hide it from other people so they wouldn’t judge me. I’m so happy you found the right medication that worked for you! I agree everyone is different & you just have to keep trying until you find the one that clicks with your body’s chemistry.
I visited one who basically had NO time for me once I told them I also had an issue with codeine addiction. He blamed my mental health issues on my drug use, LAUGHED when I said I quit before and I can do it again, and said every addict is a deceitful one.
An oldie that wasn’t on here that got me was Sean Connery admitting he has and would again hit a woman not shutting up after being told to do so. That one floored me when I saw it, especially since it was over a decade later. The industry knew how much money Sean Connery made them for every movie, so very few people ever saw it at the time. Keep in mind it was the early 90’s I think, maybe even the 80’s. A time without social media, streaming services, and the internet was in it’s infancy.
Yes, me too. He seemed like a gentleman, but turned out to be a brute.
I'd be completely fine with "a little slap" from Sean Connery
I think it was all in the delivery in the interview, mixed with the time period, where any slip up at all didn't end your entire career. Everyone saw it. It was a Barbara Walters special, and all of her specials were well watched. They didn't hide it. Connery was teflon, because he was 100% straight forward, and honest about how he feels about Men and Woman in relationships, and the boundries he is very clear with when it comes to his partner. He didn't say he believes all women should agree with him, or that's the way things should be on a societal level. He was saying that's what HE believes and delivered it with honesty and conviction. If you watch that interview, Walters didn't dislike him at all. I think she was somewhat charmed by his blunt honesty, while treating her with the utmost respect. He was a total gentleman in that interview and went right at her tough questions without any hesitation. People just respect that quality in someone, and I think that's why he continued to be liked. You would never not know where you stood with him.
i must admit i have never hit a woman but my wife has hit me and i have had restrain but i was thinking it lol i am 6'2/195 ,she is 5; 130 and a real firecracker lol
@@scottshorten9962 I can understand hitting a woman if they attack you or someone you care about. I have a friend who married an evil woman who would attack him, then hurt herself and threaten to call the cops on him. Luckily some of the family got her on video bragging about it and turned her in.
Paula's apology actually had me laughing out loud over how fake it was. Trying desperately to squeeze out those tears that just weren't coming.
And yet she's kind of right. The reality is that a lot of the people who think someone never deserves to work again if you don't like something they said should be thankful no one gives a crap that they exist. I suspect a lot of them would not want to be held to that same standard.
the aligator was constipated
I hear what you are saying, but, she is also right in that we ALL have mis spoke at some point.
Liam Neeson was being totally honest most people would at the time would feel the same. He is a decent man.
The global majority probably wouldn't have felt the way Liam Neeson did. The interesting question is how much hate would Neeson have felt towards a 'white bastard,' committing the crime? White people commit heinous crimes every day of our lives...is it because they are white?
You can’t ruin Charlie Sheen’s career. That dude is Hollywood bulletproof, because Charlie has done some disgusting shit, and Hollywood is disgusting
😏😏
@@johnmcnulty9070 Wow. What if he's a pedophile? A sociopath whose way of life directly or indirectly affects society? Just use your damn head, it won't cost you anything.
I don't believe Liam Neeson belongs on this list: He admitted to his wrong ways of thinking (we were all idiots once, at least I know I was), explained the background (The Troubles and all) and explained it was an emotional twang upon which he thankfully never acted.
What's wrong in his way of thinking?
It still hurt his career and that's why he's on the list. I'm glad most people seem sympathetic to him though. And glad he came to his senses before he really injured someone.
Tbh I think it was the right sentiment but the wrong forum / audience. Most people will just hear what they want to hear regardless of the full context. I think Liam is genuine but a little naive to have shared his story and not be prepared for the backlash.
Piers Morgan storming out of the set was my favorite screen saver that year.😂
And he’s doing just fine!
@@colleenobrien8212 and he was right. Most people hate Megan now :D
@@magicpants3822 I haven’t liked either on of them for a long time. When they first started dating, I thought, “Cool”. But then they just started to get odd. I couldn’t put my finger on it but my spidey sense was dinging alarms like crazy.
I dont really care for Piers but I hated the way his colleague confronted him. It was pathetic and he looked pathetic doing so.
@@magicpants3822 For what though? Megan hasn’t done anything wrong whatsoever.
AAwww my late brother in law was one of the salesmen MJ was with at that art gallery. He's since passed away and I was caught off guard randombly seeing him here on youtube. We miss him so much. May he rest in peace RIP Joey😢
😢where?
I find it odd that, out of all the people featured, you didn't talk about Matt Lauer's spectacular fall from grace. He was shown 3 times as an interviewer, but not one mention of him being a sexual predator who lost his career, his wife and his fortune.
I thought that was odd, too, but then realized it didn't fit the narrative. We found out about it after he was fired. He didn't lose his reputation over an interview. I think it would have been best to not show him at all.
Hi Hollis, I did a double take when I saw your familiar name here! I'm patiently waiting 3 more days for AM to post again, am completely caught up on all Monkey Hill channels after a long time so maybe I'll be able to comment with everyone else now. Good seeing you here and you are right about Matt Lauer.
@@leslie6938 and just like that, our wait is over.
@@hollisblinn7910 Yes it is! Unfortunately we got sad news but we knew it was touch-and-go for Teensy. I'm relieved knowing she's not suffering. I picture her happy, healthy and romping around heaven with Kailey, Charlotte and the many other sweet babies we got to know for only a short while. See you over there soon!
Yes! And I’m sure they could have found an interview to shoehorn into this narrative.
Im no expert but I dont think Tom Cruise has his career ruined
Nope, isn't he like on his 7th mission impossible? Sometimes this channel can be nonsense and biased.
Tom is worth 600 million. His movies have grossed 10 billion dollars. His last two movies made 2 billion dollars. He is doing better than ok.
They did do a disclaimer of the video saying “Even if their careers have recovered now”. In other words, they did suffer consequences at the moment, even if their careers have now recovered.
@@simplyrowen Even Tom Cruise?. Has his career ever been ruined? even if temporary
@@AL_goTrader All of Tom's movies made over $12.1 billion worldwide. Tom is the world's biggest movie star and its not even close. Whoever made this clickbait is an idiot.
I agree with some of these for sure... but not all of them. Katherine Heigl interview, yes that hurt her. Prince Andrew, yes that was a big backfire. Megan Fox, I would say moderate damage. The Tom Cruise thing wasn't really that damaging. The Liam Neeson interview did virtually no damage. Joaquin Phoenix, that wasn't really all that bad as he was plugging his weird documentary... The Lance Armstrong thing, he was already "cancelled" before that interview. This particular Charlie Sheen interview didn't cause any real damage.
Piers Morgan told the world he did not believe one word that came out of Meghan Markle's mouth but in the end he was right and is making £50million for a 3 year contract.
@@bigange6867 The only thing he was ever right about was that he didn't believe anything coming out Meghan's mouth and that's just because she "stole" the former Prince from the royal family and she's American. Piers has been hot garbage his entire life, however you're right that his career isn't over and he's still making big $$$$. It just saddens me to see so many uneducated idiots on the internet actually supporting Piers Morgan when he talks shit about the former Prince and his wife because they're just trying to make a living, especially now that the royal family has cut all ties with him (which is extremely ironic and hypocritical considering the fact that the current King is married to his own cousin). I don't understand the hate for Meghan anyway, I never saw her on TV or anything and the only time i ever hear her name is when people are spouting off rants from Piers Morgan about how she's trash because she's American and took the former Prince from Piers (which is also weird).
You forgot the Australian girl who lied
@@bigange6867 is this you, Piers?! ^^
Well Megan Fox hasnt been in anything for almost 20 years
Chris Harrison: Actually gained lots of support after that. Bachelor's ratings and viewership (the TV show he hosted) has fallen significantly since he left. Piers Morgan: 100% still relevant. Not sure why we think he's not? Liam Neeson: I don't think most people even heard of this. He's still very successful and I'm not even sure that hurt his career at all. Tom Cruise: Clearly didn't dent him in the slightest.
I agree with all of these except Cruise. Money and movies, yeah he survived it, but I don’t think anyone will ever forget the cringe and all the weird Scientology stuff that came out soon after this interview.
Off topic but I miss River Phoenix!! 😢 I didn't brand Liam as a racist..he told the stone cold truth and said that he was wrong.
Amber Heard trial should count as an extended interview. So many careers affected before and after the case. Especially hers.
Because Johnny worked hard to crucify her
@@JSMITHSTONES Well… elaborate then on how he did that if you’re not just another troll. It’s okay to have a crush on Amber and also admit she’s an insane person. It doesn’t have to be one or the other.
@@JSMITHSTONEShe didn’t have to work hard to do that, she did a good enough job digging her own hole filled with lies.
Honestly I don't believe she was affected, even after we all saw how she lied she still kept his job in acuaman2 while Jhonny was fired from different contracts, totally unfair.
@JSMITHSTONES-he didn’t have to do ANY work-once you take a revenge shit in a man’s bed, you lose. She fucked around and found out
Would love to see a video of award speeches that ruined celebrities’s careers
Ahhhhh like Will Smith?
Most if those speeches are pure cringe anyways 😂
@@zukostryder Well that was not a speech, but it hasn’t hurt his career either. Jada and him tour across the country where she gets to talk about all the men she’s f’ed since she’s been with Will and how much she despises his very existence. So, I’d say he’s doing pretty good, especially if he has a humiliation fetish.
Fiona Apple’s speech at the 1997 VMA’s world fall under that category. However, her career was recovered nearly two decades later by the fact that her album “Fetch the Bolt Cutters” was released shortly after the COVID lockdown began.
@@zukostryderI still can't believe they didn't immediately kick him out.
Not sure "beloved" is the best way to describe Armstrong. People cared about him because he won, period. He was ruthless, mean, vindictive, and treated everyone in his inner circle badly. The truth would have come out a lot sooner, if not for the pressure and threats. He never apologized to the people he hurt or acknowledged the damage he did to the sport, still claiming he was just doing what everyone else did, just a little better. He's not a good person, and I have no respect for him.
He had received a lot of sympathy (and a boost in popularity) when he was diagnosed with cancer, so it was a pretty big reversal.
He was insanely chauvenistic to Cheryl Crow too
He may never have counted as a celebrity, but Al Campanis was the general manager of the LA Dodgers for 19 years. He built a team which went to 4 World Series and won it all in 1981. Then in 1987, he gave the interview which ended it all.
For me, the biggest shock in my life was when Nobel peace prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi refused to condemn the genocide of Myanmar's Rohingya minority. She had been a hero and inspiration to me all my life, and with a single interview became, in my eyes, one of the most despicable and inhumane racists in the world. It was like a stone crushing my heart and dreams for humanity.
I don't think that's how being racist works
@@OneMwataK How does being a racist works?
I fully agree and I felt the same. Although one must consider that she is under the military's control, so they might have restricted what she could say.
It's hard to take the Nobel Peace Prize seriously anymore. These are the five categories: physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace. They don't include Math or Engineering but they have literature and peace? The categories are antiquated and need to be updated. Chemistry? Really? That's hilarious.
@@user-rr3fo6hy9q Physics is maths, physics is engineering...your ignorance is hilarious...
Lance Armstrong was already done, that interview just made everything official
also, unlike most of the other interviews, presumably Lance Armstrong knew the interview would blow things up
It’s a miracle that he was still alive after having metastatic cancer.
@@maggiegarber246 makes me wonder...was it a deal diagnosis or a sympathy ploy?
If you're going to hold him accountable go ahead and hold every other professional cyclist accountable for cheating.....so pretty much all of them at the time since cheating was rampant back then. What he did was wrong but he was one cheater amongst a sea of cheaters.
Matt Lauer interviewing so many is a nice and juicy sub plot to this video
Interesting that Hegiel and Fox are on this list. They were blacklisted for being honest about their treatment while other people on this list were actually horrible people. Interesting how some people can be the worst and still got work. While others were like, this wasn’t the best and were punished.
Totally agree. Basically Heigl so called 'bit the hand that feeds her', the oh so powerful show runner Shondra Rhimes. Hollywood is all about balance of power. Only the powerful ones recover from stuff like this, unless they actually did something really awful, like Harvey Weinstein.
Honestly Dr. Phil should have been on this list. Due to the exposure of The Trouble Teen Industries that he sends teens to. Or advertised on his show and website. Turn About Ranch was exposed by Bhad Bhabie and Hannah Archuleta. I feel like it’s the reason why his show was canceled.
His show wasn’t cancelled he retired
@@arrondecker5586 Like what Hitler did after WWII
@@arrondecker5586 so he wouldn't be cancelled.
You leave that good man alone!
Was he interviewed about those allegations? This list is about one interview that ruined careers.
I can’t believe Kelly said “when we say teenagers how old are we talking.” Like what. 😮
18-19 = legal adult. 13-17 = minor
@@Bennysol At 18-19 years old, you're no longer a teenager, but a young adult.
@@TheKML777 and 13-17 can be charged as an adult for certain crimes. 13-19 = teenage years. Not that hard to understand. 13-15 can't work or drive. 16-19 can work and drive. 18-19 can't drink but can vote. Not that difficult to comprehend
@@Bennysol the easy answer at 40 years of age is “heck no”. Answering a question with a question can be easily looked at as deflecting as if there’s something to hide. It’s especially weird given he works with teenagers that he potentially groomed between ages 13-17. If I’m not mistaken he met Aaliyah in the 13-17 age range then married her around 18.
I'm pretty sure he knows the age of consent of what state he's in. So I think it's safe to call him out of it.
Alex Pettyfer's description of LA or Hollywood is absolutely accurate. I guess the Truth hurt their feelings, and they took it out on him for it.
He's a dime a dozen.
All Liam did was admit he was socially conditioned by his surroundings and that he realized he was wrong when he finally broke that conditioning.
Paula was never sorry. She was just upset because of the backlash. No tears. No apology
Deen or Abdul?
Was just about to ask the same thing lol
Yeh she was clearly off her face 😂
How did Joaquin Phoenix ruin his career with that interview if he won Oscars afterwards?
he did not. this was all a stunt for a movie project called i'm still here
The irony being that Alex Petyfir was 💯 accurate
And 💯 replaceable.
Piers Morgan ruins everything he’s a part of. And Paula Deen’s “apology” is still hilarious. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
*a part = an amount or section which, when combined with others, makes up a whole. apart = to be away from someone.
@@Hellwyck Typo. My bad.
All in favor of punishing Piers Morgan for his diabolical behavior towards everyone, say aye!
@@ameliajones9827 Aye!!
True. They could do a top 10 shows piers Morgan quit or fired from
Crazy how easy one interview can change a career.
I’ll tell you what I’ve learned from this. If you’ve ever done anything wrong, you better not tell anybody.
Piers Morgan refused to apologize for not believing a word out of MM's mouth, Princess Pinocchio, and all that jazz. GMB had, for the first time ever, made top billings on that day he walked out. Piers refused to apologize, and then yes, he was fired, which by his own admission was the inevitable outcome from standing his ground. He very quickly and subsequently goes on to have his own show, l believe it is with the Fox network and naturally with a considerable higher pay check. Anyone can tune in today to view him, and it's a similar formate as before. FACT. GMB, since his departure has tanked in their ratings for ITV FACT.
Piers Morgan stood his ground and I respect that. The people who buy the lies that MeGain and Harry tell SHOULD be called out. He did that and lost his job. Meanwhile, we all know that the Whinger and the Ginger will do whatever it takes to stay in the spotlight while claiming to want privacy.
So Joaquin Phoenix and Tom Cruise didn't ruin their careers?
To be fair they didn't say their career forever
I kinda feel sorry for Megan Fox. She had every reason to criticize Michael Bay. He is a total jerk, and I would not want to work with people like him.
Absolutely. She was painted as difficult to work with after that interview, when she was totally justified in what she said about Bay. Fwiw, I think she's a very underrated comic actress. She was amazing on SNL, hope she gets more opportunities in the future.
@@hihowareyouthenYes, she was just telling the truth. She’s been vilified and dismissed just because of the way she looks. She’s very funny, but people would spin her words around. She was absolutely hilarious on SNL, and when they had one of their most talented casts. I think that’s why she was hired to be in the movie I think called “Friends With Kids” that starred mainly SNL cast and also written and produced by SNL members. She was great in Jennifer’s Body. It’s a shame she doesn’t get more parts. I think many men in Hollywood can’t handle a beautiful woman who speaks her mind and reveals truths.
@@phoenixgirl70 Couldn't agree more. And, yeah, to hold your own alongside *that* SNL cast was really something (God, I miss that cast! 😭)
As if ANYbody is innocent enough to be judging people’s careers away . Hypocrisy should be a sin.
That conversation between Trump and Billy is so hypocritical that people were offended. That's what half the comedy shows talk about. Most successful comedy movies are like that and that's most of the conversations between men
To this day I'm convinced Tom Cruise really thought he was looking cool and cute jumping on that couch. Wow! I wasn't aware of Chelsea Handler handing Piers Morgan's ass to him on a plate. Good for her!
Cool and cute, yuck 😅🤮
@@brandyrose9997 😖🤮😝😆
I think he's the only one who doesn't realise his gay. Which in the 21st century no one cares about. It's not like I'm the 1930's.
@@albertelnen9144Ha! SO many actors and musicians/singers are in the closet today
Tom Cruise is gay. He doesn't really know how to express love for a woman he's not really in love with.
Joaquin Phoenix prepping us to think he was crazy in real life was Genius move for Oscar season, got nominated for "The Master" and won best actor for "Joker" . He could have won without the Letterman Circus but it definitely puts members of the Academy in the desired mindset.🤔
Letterman is one of the most condescending, unfunny, boring TV personalities. He also has some skeletons in his (creep) closet.
@@citizenoftheearth6that interview was Joaquin doing his character from his movie with Casey affleck
"Ruined" for a few years...
@@citizenoftheearth6He was brilliant on his 80s talkshow
"20 Celebrities That Ruined Their Careers with One Interview" Narrator: It may not have ruined their career but hurt their popularity 🤦
The Oprah jump made Tom even more famous LMAO. Tom was the most googled actor in May 2005.
John Mayer had his run at musical stardom and that ended, as it does for most.
When someone says 'My reality', you 100% know they are lying. Los Angeles DOES suck.
Tom Cruise’s comments on psychiatry are in line with Scientology.
Of course but psychiatry in and of itself may as well be classed as a cult, it's largely pseudoscience across the board. Every study in the field ever can't be replicated. End of story. May as well put a doctors coat on your mom and let her give her opinion on what's wrong with anyone lmao.
They are still his own beliefs and he said it even if they gave them to him.
I love Liam Neeson, and don’t judge him for what he does off camera. I will see any movie in which he stars.
I agree!
Same
The Chainsmokers only admitted to doing what most bands actually do.
r kelly is definitely the kind of guy who when you call him a pedophile he goes "i am NOT! i am an EPHEBOPHILE!"
there is a difference. its hebephile.. postpubescent vs prepubescent. 17 vs 8, do u not see a difference?
@@_RobBanksare you an ephebophile too
Still a pedo minor is a minor
We all know that the only way to ruin your career in Hollywood is to not go to their human trafficking drug parties.
Yea that and if they have morals then no director wants them.
LOL - oh wait, you were being serious?
Tom Cruise has pretty much always been a bit of an oddball, but seems to be doing rather well career wise.
Apparently in the 04-06 period he had fired his PR people of decades and was being represented by his sister. Since she got fired he's back in the hands of professionals (lol)
Tom Cruise ruined his career.....um... really? The guy seems to be doing quite well to me.
You, along with so many, have no idea how crooked Tom Cruise actually is.
Video makes it clear that not all were irreparably damaged.
All of Tom's movies made over $12.1 billion worldwide. Tom is the world's biggest movie star and its not even close. Whoever made this clickbait is an idiot.
All of Tom's movies made over $12.1 billion worldwide. Tom is the world's biggest movie star and its not even close. Whoever made this clickbait is an idiot.
Liam is a genuinely good person and he clearly has changed for the best
"Except that your reality...doesn't match...reality." BAHAHA!!!
The Andrew interview was not a "car crash", because in an automobile accident, you don't have the initial impact, then back up several hundred metres, strap a nitrous oxide fuel injector onto the system, and gun it towards the wreckage you created earlier.
You called the bachelor dude an American icon and I honestly didn’t know who he was until you said it
The word icon has lost it's common meaning. It's attached to everything now. I don't know who he is either.
@@subterraneanhomesickalien666 should refer to the upper most echelon. Beyond superstar, transcendent talent for their time
Chris Harrison got the shaft. All he was saying is we should get proof before we jump to conclusions, he wasn't agreeing with what she did or making excuses. I don't think he even had all the facts at the time of that interview - in fact nobody did - so he was just saying before we burn this person at the stake how about we get ALL the facts first. ABC paid him 20 million dollars to walk away so he got the last laugh.
@@user-rr3fo6hy9q what I the luv of god are you talking about?
Joaquin Phoenix whatever happened to that guy? That interview really did ruin his career 🤦🏻♂️
The Joker/ Napoleon are one of many he's done recently
Contracted cancer? That's a very weird way of putting it. You don't really "contract" cancer,it's not contagious.
First I never saw an interview with Micheal Jackson before (I'm not a fan at all btw) ... but yikes. His demeanor is making me uncomfortable af. And secondly kudos to Liam Neeson. He did something incredibly brave, so many people wouldn't even think of doing - being honest about the fact that everyone makes "big" mistakes in life, the question is whether you learn from it or not and he did ... so I double respect him for that.
paula deen cried without tears like a crocodile that she likes to cook
People going after other people for being transparent about their mental health seem to be the people who are clearing in denial about their or mental health issues that destroy their relationships and careers....
R-Kelly be like: “age ain’t nothin but a number but I can’t say that”. So instead he says: “how old is a teenager”? 13-19 genius. None of which are remotely in your age group.
Joaquin Phoenix is an unparallelled talent
interesting how that interview ruined Billy Bush's career, but not T***p's.
For those that aren't from Australia, although Belle Gibson was fined $410,000 she still to this day hasn't paid a cent of it.
It's okay, Amber Heard was supposed to pay millions of dollars to Charity and she never did. She's supposed to pay Johnny Depp and she probably won't because she has no money.
I don't even know who she is
Katherine Heigl trying to publicly refuse an Emmy nomination for her show's writers because "They don't deserve it." was the nail in the coffin. Having said that Megan Fox and other woman like the Dixie Chicks have be cancelled for speaking their opinions.
Prince Andrew was pure cringeworthy.
most of these people are not sorry because of change of heart but because it impacted how much money they were making.
Cannot believe that Prince Andrew was not #1 tbh
He's never met that woman before in his life. Never mind about photographic proof. This is a prefect example of gaslighting. The level of narcissism and elitism it takes to think you can get away with something when there is such clear proof is off the charts. He's a sociopath.
I think canceling people for being stupid is just as stupid. Why don't we have the freedom to choose who we want to watch? Why do a few get to make the choice for us?
i had wondered for years what happened to alot of these people on this countdown because i never seen them again....interesting
“…And it was weird.” What a good way of describing it.