We probably shouldn’t put celebrities on a pedestal. After all, they’re only human, and fame doesn’t make anyone perfect. Still, being in the public eye comes with a certain amount of influence, and many famous faces become role models for their fans.
When you’ve admired someone for years, followed their career, and supported their work, it’s natural to feel a little attached. So when they do something that goes against everything you believed about them, it can hit surprisingly hard.
One Redditor asked people to share which celebrity fall from grace disappointed them the most, and plenty had something to say. We’ve rounded up their answers below. Scroll down to read them, and don’t forget to share your thoughts in the comments.
#41
Tom Brady unraveling in real time right now is rough. Poetic perhaps, but still excruciating to watch.
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4points
#42
Louis CK, after all the time he spent talking about his daughters and his ex-wife and how hard it is for women I really thought he'd be a better person. Second place goes to Joss Whedon for similar reasons, when I was a teenage girl I actually looked up to him and believed he was a feminist.
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3points
#43
Stephen Collins. What is wrong with people? Do they get ‘conscience bypasses’?
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3points
#44
Al Franken. Not because what he did was even that bad, but because he let it take him out of congress where he was doing such good things.
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3points
#46
John Mulaney is a pretty tough one. Loved his acts. Related to him a lot. We're all human and his dirty laundry was of the standard-human-indiscretion variety but it's still bad.
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2points
#48
Kevin Spacey, because they weren’t finished with house of cards and its always really hard to get into something again after you’ve invested so much time with a certain character only for them to be removed.
2points
#50
John Lasseter, I know i'm being selfish but I really admired him, and in the end his behavior lost us Pixar and, in a way, 3D animation as an art.
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2points
#51
Bill Maher. His jokes nowadays just sound like a clueless, angry, old man screaming at the clouds.
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2points
#52
Horatio Sanz. Grew up loving him on SNL. Saw him from a distance once in real life and thought it was the coolest thing ever. I think everything’s still being litigated, so it’s just some accusations at this point, but it’s a bummer to think he could be a POS.
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1point
#53
Chris Benoit was one of my favorite wrestlers. Turns out he is a jerk.
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1point
#54
These are not disgraced, but I am disappointed in how they turned out.
Joe Rogan & Dave Chapelle
Money changes people.
Joe Rogan & Dave Chapelle
Money changes people.
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1point
#55
Morrissey, as a weird working class left wing outsider seeing him support for britain hurts the nme were right!
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0points
#56
Amanda Bynes. Really thought she would be a romantic comedy powerhouse into adulthood. She wasn't necessarily a great actress, but she almost gives Jim Carrey vibes with her expressive nature.
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-3points