Hollywood embarrassed itself in scandals both shocking and silly in 2021 as left-wing celebs paid the piper for their hubris, falling from public grace in incredible fashion.
Stars including Jussie Smollett, Alec Baldwin, Chrissy Teigen, and rapper Travis Scott face expert pity in ways that might completely damage their professions. Of course, redemption remains in the cards for any star who can parlay wokeness into a rehabilitation tale spun by a compliant home entertainment media.
Lawbreaker habits was never ever much of an obstacle to success in Hollywood. However contravene the woke or #MeToo mafia and you could lose everything, as some left-wing stars have actually found out the hard method.
Here are 7 of the most significant celeb scandals of 2021.
1. Jussie Smollett
It was all the method back in early 2019 when the Empire star executed what turned out to be a hate hoax attack, incorrectly informing Chicago law enforcement that he had been attacked by 2 Donald Trump fans who, he claimed, poured bleach on him, put a noose around his neck, and stated, “This is MAGA nation.”
(Maury Phillips/Getty Images for BET )As we understand now, Smollett staged the entire thing in a quote to amass sympathetic media coverage and hence boost his Hollywood career. This month, following a long and bizarre legal legend that saw charges inexplicably dropped then renewed, a Chicago jury discovered the star guilty on 5 counts of felony disorderly conduct for making incorrect reports to police. Justice for Juicy, at last.
Smollett, who is a buddy of and campaigned for the Obamas, continues to preserve his innocence and plans to appeal the decision. Political leaders who believed Smollett’s lie and defended the star include now-President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
2. Alec Baldwin
In the most stunning celebrity scandal of the year, Alec Baldwin inadvertently shot and killed the cinematographer on the set of the indie western movie Rust. Or, according to Baldwin’s version of the story, the weapon just went off in his hand all by itself. In any case, Baldwin is facing the most significant crisis of his Hollywood profession along with a most likely avalanche of suits.
(Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images for National Geographic )The terrible irony of one of Hollywood’s the majority of passionate anti-gun activists triggering the shooting death of an associate may sound too improbable for a screenplay. But such was the case with Baldwin, who was a strong anti-Second Change activist who consistently condemned the NRA.
Alec Baldwin when stated the Second Change needs to be “rethought.” He likewise accompanied Amy Schumer, Jimmy Kimmel, and more than 130 stars in 2018 to form the “No Rifle Association Initiative,” which aimed to remove the NRA.
3. Travis Scott
Rap Artist Travis Scott has declared he was uninformed of the gravity of the fatal stampede at his Astroworld Music Festival in Houton, Texas, saying he was performing on phase at the time. The terrible occasion led to ten individuals dead, including nine-year-old Ezra Blount.
(UZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP by means of Getty Images)Travis Scott’s music events have a history of rowdy audience habits and injuries, which recommends possible negligence on the rapper’s part as well as a relatively callous disregard for his fans’ well-being. The rap artist even reportedly attended a party the same night as the stampede.
The anti-Trump rapper is dealing with an exodus of organization partners and sponsors who no longer wish to be related to the star, including the Anheuser-Busch and Dior brands.
4. Chrissy Teigen
The pro-Biden celebrity made countless dollars on her bubbly, likeable public image. But that all came crashing down when it was exposed it was just a facade which she remained in reality a mean-spirited cyberbully who had mercilessly pestered and even wanted death upon her viewed competitors.
(Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Glamour)When her business partners started bailing, Teigen put out a public apology. “I’m mortified and unfortunate at who I used to be. I was an insecure, attention looking for giant. I am ashamed and completely embarrassed at my habits,” she said
Not everyone purchased it. Courtney Stodden, one of her bullying victims, dismissed it as “a public effort to conserve her collaborations with Target and other brands.”
5. Chris Noth
The Sex and the City star was riding high on the show’s just recently introduced HBO Max reboot, titled And Easily, when his profession all of a sudden imploded under a series of #MeToo allegations.
(Todd Williamson/Invision for Millennium/AP Images )Noth, who backed Joe Biden’s quote for the White Home, has actually rejected allegations of rape and sexual attack, stating his encounters with his accusers were consensual. However that hasn’t stopped Hollywood from running for cover. CBS dropped him from its drama series The Equalizer and his skill firm no longer represents him.
6. Chris Harrison of The Bachelor
The long-time host of ABC’s The Bachelor discovered the tough method that there’s no appeasing the left-wing cancel mob. The affable television character lost his task for simply revealing empathy for entrant Rachael Kirkconnell, who dealt with unfounded allegations that she is racist because she took part in an antebellum-themed fraternity occasion when she was in college.
(Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images) Harrison initially excused not condemning Kirkconnell, but that wasn’t enough therefore he went on hiatus. He attempted to pick up after seeing a “race teacher” but that never taken place, and he ultimately exited the show after 20 years as host.
7. Armie Hammer
He had all of it– looks, cash, fame. He was even woke, stating police in the U.S. to be “naturally racist” and openly bashing then-President Donald Trump. But his Hollywood career self-destructed following lurid allegations of sexual abuse and rape.
(Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
Hammer lost motion picture and theater roles and was visited his skill company, the powerful WME. As persona non grata in Hollywood, he even saw films he had shot prior to the scandal being shelved forever. (Among them, Death on the Nile, will lastly be launched next year).
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