The show business is brutal. One day you’re a star, the next you’re struggling to find a gig and desperately trying to stay relevant. And there are so many examples of the industry chewing up its talents!To refresh their memory, Reddit userConjobbedrecently made aposton the platform, asking others, “Which actor [and] actress had the most depressing fall from grace?” People immediately started listing names.Some of the mentioned celebrities lost their battles with addiction. Others committed despicable acts and have only themselves to blame. What’s clear, though, is that there are plenty of ways for a career to end in Hollywood.This post may includeaffiliate links.
The show business is brutal. One day you’re a star, the next you’re struggling to find a gig and desperately trying to stay relevant. And there are so many examples of the industry chewing up its talents!
To refresh their memory, Reddit userConjobbedrecently made aposton the platform, asking others, “Which actor [and] actress had the most depressing fall from grace?” People immediately started listing names.
Some of the mentioned celebrities lost their battles with addiction. Others committed despicable acts and have only themselves to blame. What’s clear, though, is that there are plenty of ways for a career to end in Hollywood.
This post may includeaffiliate links.
Jake Lloyd. No one deserves that, much less a kid.
O.J. Simpson. He wasn’t primarily an actor certainly, but he did act (most notably in the Naked Gun movies and Roots). It’s genuinely hard to explain to people who weren’t alive at the height of his fame what a huge deal O.J. Simpson was, and how beloved he was, and how absolutely shocking it was when Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were murdered and then he went on the lam in the Bronco. It was wild to live through it. The older I get, the more I realize just how young Nicole and Ron were, and how much life they had left to live.
Mel Gibson spouting anti-semitic bile when he was arrested for a DUI
Ellen DeGeneres. The infamous Queen of Nice. And a really great observational relatable comedian turning out to be not so nice, but rather cruel, manipulative, and just downright mean. Such a huge disappointment…
Amanda Bynes’s story breaks my heart. I loved All That, The Amanda Show, and What I Like About You growing up. She had such a natural sense of humor. It’s sad seeing her struggle with her sobriety and mental health.
Alison Mack. From teen star to weird abusive sex cult.
Amy Winehouse :(
Kevin Spacey. He was considered the elite actor of his generation for years, then his bad behavior (and subsequent meltdown) made him a pariah.
Lindsay Lohan. She seems to be doing better now but her career could have been way better.
Shia LaBeouf.
A lot of child stars. But when you look into it, you’ll see why. Just read Jennette McCurdy’s book.
It was before my time, but after watching a few documentaries, I can’t believe the utter tragedy that was Elvis Presley’s life.
Ezra Miller.
I’m going to date myself, but Winona Ryder had a really rough period. Glad she came out of it though.
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Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Eighteen years clean, all ruined in seconds.
Michael Richards. Kramer from Seinfeld.It was just unfortunate.
Whitney Houston
Stephen Collins. Pretty spectacular downfall. I feel bad for his victims first and his castmates second. That show was the high point for almost all of their careers, and a child molester tarnished it.
Judy Garland… Rest her talented, tortured soul…
Louis CK really disappointed me. I know other stars have done worse, but the scandal really affected me for some reason
Will Smith
Shelley Duvall.She was a great actress and the series she created about fairytales was wonderful. Dr Phil exploited her mental illness.
Britney Spears
Charlie Chaplin. Greatest Actor of his time. The question of power is what you do when you have it. Chaplin choose to get political, to spread a message to the people. Those in power didn’t like that. FBI got called in and he was forced into exile for being too political after being branded a communist at the height of the red scare. Hollywood let it happen and did nothing to defend him.He received an honorary award at the Oscars in 1972, but it was to quiet Hollywood’s guilt, instead of celebrate his art. All Entertainers exist to placate the masses. Bread and Circuses has been known since ancient Rome. If they go too far off script, the industry will disown them.If you make it big, he’s the example your managers and producers will put in front of you if you think about trying to do anything to change the status quo.
Sinéad O’Connor. The Catholic Church cult ruined her career.
Avicii had a classic Icarus story. He got too big, too fast. He basically worked himself to death because he was so scared of disappointing people, didn’t know how to turn down gigs or drugs, and probably knew the end was coming. He was 28 when he died
Aaron Carter. I remember the years leading up to his death his behavior was super erratic and was falling out of favor with the public. Then he got the weird face tattoo and it did him 0 favors as I think people used it as “proof” that he was “unwell”. Feel bad for the kid, he didn’t deserve to die so young and especially not the way he did. No one does.
Anne Heche. Mental health crashing. Ran into a house in her car, left there, ran into another house, burned it down, died because the fire was so fierce, they couldn’t get her out.
Brendan Fraser (better now)
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