Favorite forgotten celebrity scandals?

David Niven getting the Duchess of Argyle pregnant.

Chuck Berry's pee tapes.

I think even some of Hilary's publicists dropped her. over the incident.

Who was the dictator? Trump??

Boika Tradashakan

Which one was the shoplifter?

Winona Ryder.

Ahhh that's right, thanks.

Matthew Broderick's 1987 alcohol-fueled murder spree in Ireland. With accomplice Jennifer Grey.

Dictators don't get banned from Twitter. They do the banning.

A number of singers have performed for dictators - then apologized when they got caught. There's no way they didn't know. Greed is an ugly thing.

Sharon Stone, Kevin Costner, Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell attended a charity concert in Russia with Putin being one of the performers. The money was supposed to go to hospitals, but they didn't receive a dime.

Rick Schroder and Jason Bateman not being married to each other is a scandal in and of itself.

[quote]The money was supposed to go to hospitals, but they didn't receive a dime.

What a shame.

Betty White getting tipped off by her husband on the passwords on Password.

Any number of American performers continued to perform in segregated South Africa, until they were called out on it around 1985.

"Sun City" was an enormous scandal at the time.

[quote]Pop stars have long had a lucrative sideline playing gigs for Russia's rich and famous, as well as corporate Christmas parties in the country. Everyone from Snoop Dogg to Amy Winehouse - who reportedly made almost £1 million for a 40-minute show in 2010 - have played for Russian businessmen.

Here's a link courtesy of the BBC. This is just the tip of the iceberg.

Gary Morton not talking Lucy out of LucyMAME.

[quote]Greed is an ugly thing.

And so are you, R11, in anything backless!

Brenda Richie beating her husband Lionel's ass after catching him with his mistress. (IIRC, she beat up the other woman, too.)

Some singers/bands don't even apologize for doing gigs for dictators - they say stuff like "it's for my fans" or they're "saving that country."

Dana Plato robs video store.

More political than celebrity, but there’s two fun ones that are now mostly forgotten. First bening Jim McGreevey and his gay sex exploits, and the second being Anthony Wiener sending dick pics.

Ben Affleck twisting Henry Louis Gates Jr's arm to conceal the fact that his ancestors owned a bunch of slaves. Gates is an ADOS. The show was taken off the air for awhile over it all.

The kid from School of Rock who got a DUI. The Survivor: Outback dude who got accused of rape multiple times.

That crazy irrepressible Fatty Arbuckle raping that sweet girl with a wine bottle and then letting her die. Not acceptable Fatty!

Adult Bruce Willis fucking Lindsey Lohan and Aaron Carter (not together that we know of) when they were both kids.

Michelle Rodriguez arrested in Hawaii for DUI during the Lost series.

Tom Neal vs. Franchot Tone (over Barbara Payton). THE scandal of 1951! And it pretty much ended everyone's career in major projects.

R27 you’d think that one was fresh hot news if you frequent DL with any regularity. We’re taking it to Hell with us.

^^^ugh, I meant R28

Robert Downey Jr. pulling a Goldilocks and being found sleeping in a neighbor's child's bed.

Julia Roberts leaving Kiefer Sutherland at the altar.

Meg Ryan's affair with Russell Crowe which killed her America's Sweetheart persona

Larry Craig's bathroom tap dance routine.

Beiber and Selena buying meth in the hood

Claudine Longet killing Spider Sabich.

Gay hustler Jeff Gannon getting access to the White House briefing room. Never explained and he's since vanished.

JFK fucking Mafia gangster Sam Giancana's moll and bringing her into the White House, where he lived with his wife and two children as president.

Kim Delaney drunkenly answering the door in a bikini or revealing clothing to delivery men in Malibu on a regular basis in the early 2000s

Bob Hope calling someone a "fag" on The Tonight Show. He did apologize later in a PSA.

The death of Thomas Ince aboard the steam yacht Oneida. You just know Charlie Chaplin made a play for Marion and Randolph thought it was homo Ince and shot him dead. Died of a stomach ache my ass.

Halle Berry hit-and-run incident. Separately, I think she also once drove her car into a liquor store.

Actor Max Wright, who played the father on the tv show Alf, got caught smoking crack and having sex with homeless men. The Nation Enquirer broke the story, I believe it was in the early nineties.

Diane's had a couple of run-ins with the law.

Diana's Heathrow incident.

There was a tabloid story around 02 where a woman claimed she had a one-night-stand threesome with Drew Barrymore after meeting her at the Troubadour. There were pictures of Drew wearing the same clothes the night before and the day after.

The real scandal R40 is I honestly find fat, smug, douche Brett Ratner really sexy in that photo.

R20, I remember feverishly reading about that in my grandma's Enquirer magazine as a kid!

In 1951, producer Walter Wanger discovered that his wife, Joan Bennett, was having an affair with the agent Jennings Lang. Their encounters were brief and frequent. When Lang and Bennett weren't meeting clandestinely at vacation spots like New Orleans and the West Indies, they were back in L.A. enjoying weekday quickies at a Beverly Hills apartment otherwise occupied by one of Lang's underlings at the agency. When Wanger found proof of the affair, he did what any crazed cuckold would do: he shot Lang in the balls. - from Wikipedia

Heidi Fleiss.

Professional homophibe George Rekers caught hiring a male prostitute to "carry his luggage" on vacation

Nancy Reagan's once a week appointment to blow a studio head.

A young Scott Caan and his "friend" getting into a fistfight at Firehouse, a WeHo gay bar, in 1998. They were both arrested and spent the night in jail.

[quote]Shortly before 2 a.m., Sher allegedly tried to put the moves on Caan's pal by asking him to dance. Caan then approached Sher, who was sitting at a table, and began yelling, police say. One witness claims Caan shouted, This is my lover - what are you doing?

Paul McCartney's time in jail in Japan on drug charges

That Hilary Swank at the birthday party of the dictator was so bizarre. Even the pictures of her smiling just showed how stupid she was. She was obviously doing it for the money. I believe Seal was also at the same party.

Not a big celebrity but I remember when Apollonia from Purple Rain was arrested for purchasing marijuana and said she was doing research for a film project. LOL

I had no idea until a few months ago that Luther Vandross ended up killing a person in a car accident.

That infamous photo of Marlon Brando sucking on the snickerdoodle of his best friend..., that was later dismissed as a carrot. I still don't know if it was legit or not but it had got me all excited anyhow. That, and all the S&M he supposedly had had with James Dean.

R56 it wasn't dismissed as a carrot. His ex-wife acknowledged it was Wally Cox in the divorce papers.

Not Hollywood, but sports. The whole Manti T'eo thing where he had a girlfriend who died, who it turned out he had never met in person and who turned out wasn't real. T'eo, who identifies as having a strong religious faith, married a female last year.

At R22, looks like Jenny McCarthy really manhandled Justin Bieber, grabbing him, kissing him, grabbing his ass. As time progresses, I am convinced that Bieber is a molestation victim starting from his father, to the pastor. Not sure about Usher.

And then at R35, Bieber & Selena Gomez in Hollywood (seedy), for sure looking to buy drugs. Really sad, both of them. Surprising he doesn't have "people" to score drugs for him.

I heard that his wife, Hailey Baldwin, is more like a babysitter.

Mickey Rooney letting Lana Turner use Ava Gardner’s douche after they fucked. Show some decorum, Mick!

What about entertainers and TV stars plugging Dubai? Arabs hate us but we keep up the sham of it being a “luxury destination”.

I think Hillary forgetting to thank Chad during the Oscars when she won is her big scandal.

Bruce Jenner killing a woman

What about Bruce killing the man he was scandal?

Louis Gossett Jr gave drugs to his child. Morgan Freeman dating his step grandchild. Woody Allen taking nudes of his then girlfriends daughter and marrying her.

You can also add another forgotten scandal for Hilary Swank when she went through customs in NZ, failed to declare that she had fruit with her (you are not allowed to bring most foods into either Australia & NZ, they must be either thrown into bins provided or declared at customs who then determine if you can or cannot bring the food with you), threw a tantrum and got then got a fine.

The Black Eyed Peas song "Let Get It Started" was originally called "Let's Get Retarded." Needless to say, they changed the lyrics before promoting it and making it an official single.

Mike Tyson served time for rape then got a Broadway show.

Teddy Pendergast put himself in a wheelchair after partying with a drag queen and crashing his Rolls on Kelley Dr. in Philly

Lucy Lawless having a boob slip while singing the National Anthem.

How did Jo Van Fleet die? The wiki says “undisclosed causes?”

Trump’s water sports dossier.

“Lana Turner’s daughter, Cheryl” stabbing Lana’s abusive boyfriend, Johnny Stompanato, to death.

It's a shame that Jessica Chastain-Matthew Newton scandal from a few years ago was quickly buried. I really want to know whether Jessica is a massive hypocrite or massively incompetent. I can believe she herself is that gullible, but her whole team as well as everyone associated with that Eve/Ava project? Especially when Newton's crimes are so easy to find just by googling? Unless there's some kind of weird Hollywood law or unspoken rule where you're not allowed to google employees or co-workers

The fact that Jessica's production company still ended up paying Newton for his screenplay proves she's a hypocrite.

Hugh Grant arrested for getting a blowjob from Divine Brown while married to Elizabeth Hurley in the 90s.

Anne Heche’s ecstasy- fueled trip knocking on someone’s door for water and making herself cozy in the late 90s or early 2000s.

R74 "she herself"

Oh, dear

Julio Iglesias performed for the horrific Equatorial Guinea dictator. He played it off by saying something like, "I don't ask about their politics" or an equally stupid response.

Julia Roberts running away from Jason Patric.

Oscar de la Hoya's photoshoot in drag in a Las Vegas suite

Mark Wahlberg's hideous record of prejudice and hate crimes. He served a month and a half in the slammer for attacking a Vietnamese man.

Wahlberg stabbed that poor guy in the eye with a hook shouting racist slurs. The guy lost his eye.

Jarred Fogel and his love for chicken subway sandwiches.

R67: did you know the original title for "War and Peace" was "War--What Is It Good For?" It's true, his mistress didn't like the title and insisted he change it to "War and Peace".

Mayor of chicago smoking crack on undercover film

Dana Plato robbing a local video rental store. After she robbed the store a female employee called 911 saying "the girl from Diff'rent Strokes just robbed us".

Libby Holman/Smith Reynolds. Murder or suicide?

tammy wynette getting kidnapped in the late 70s.

stephen collins having sex with kids.

Whitney being molested by Deedee Warwick

R87 Hi, Monty.

Nell Carter getting coked up and heading out to Shakey's buffet for the evening. She got pissed off that the mashed potatoes were cold and single-handedly dismantled the buffet table and threw the steam trays at employees while cussing them out.

I don't know if this quite counts as a scandal, but I remember the tremors throughout the glitterati January 1973 when The Rolling Stones were scheduled to play five sold out shows at Budokan in Tokyo and Mick Jagger's Visa application was turned down due to an arrest for marijuana in 1969. The irony of it is that the grass belonged to Marianne Faithfull and Mickette took the rap.

The Tokyo shows were the heart of their Australasian tour, scheduled for February 1973. All the tix had been sold, everything was a go. As a result of this when Sony wanted to film the January 21st show in Honolulu, the Stones mgt told them to fuck off.

It has been said the reason for The Rolling Stones playing a benefit for the Nicaragua earthquake victims on 18th January 1973 wasn't so much that Mick's wife Bianca was Nicaraguan as it was an effort to show the Japanese officials a humanitarian olive branch.

Arigato Nyet, I'm afraid.

Dionne Warwick's appearance in a pornographic movie in 1977 as a clothed bystander.

Solange beating Jay-Z up in an elevator.

The beloved Fred Willard getting popped for yanking it in the scuzziest porn theater in Hollywood.

Robert Downey Jr. high on heroin (I think), breaking into a family's home & falling asleep on either a couch or a child's bed.

Margot Kidder having a bipolar episode & losing her teeth in someone's front yard.

r96 Nick Stahl also got arrested for jerking off in the same theater.

Christian Bale's rant on the set of Terminator Salvation.

Pee Wee Herman & the infamous arrest, he never lived it down. I remember 1991 mostly for all the jokes about it, it was even mentioned in the newsletter at the amusement park I worked for, & someone wanted a copy of the VHS tape that he got busted for watching in the theater (I'll never forget it was Nurse Nancy, but it was listed in the newsletter as Nancy Nurse). Poor Pee-Wee. And will he ever come out?

Carly Simon beating the shit out of Chrissy Hinde at a concert because she wouldn’t shut up.

[quote]Carly Simon beating the shit out of Chrissy Hinde at a concert because she wouldn’t shut up.

It was a Joni Mitchell concert and Chrissie was cheering. Carly told her to be quiet and Chrissie lunged at her.

The whole mishigas over Casey Kasem's decline & eventual death, with hoe wife Jean blocking his kids from seeing him until it was too late.

Mario Lopez raped a girl.

Noxema gal and sometime toothy actress Rebecca Gayheart killing a kid in a hit and run. She was fired from the show Dead Like Me soon after for obvious reasons.

She then had a drug-fuelled threesome sex tape scandal with then husband Eric “McSteamy” Dane and a former beauty queen.

After Heath Ledger died, one of the entertainment shows (iirc it was Access Hollywood) claimed that they had a tape of a bunch of young actors, including Ledger, doing cocaine, and were going to air it. Scarlett Johannsson is the only other person I remember that was supposed on the tape. It was a big scandal for a couple, but the show never aired anything and it was never spoken of again. Later, I heard that studios put pressure on the show to not air the tape. If they did, no actor would ever appear on the show again when they had a project to promote. I've mentioned this story to other people, but nobody remembers it.

Beyoncé and Kobe Bryant dated and he gave an interview where he talked about how "bad" she was in bed. Their relationship seems to have been scrubbed from the internet and everyone else's memory.

A GREAT one from back in the day ...

When Kathie Lee Gifford was at her Christian frau height in the 1990s, the National Enquirer published a story about Frank either propositioning or having an affair with a flight attendant. Tres scandale!

But the best part was when they reported the reason why: He wanted to do anal and Kathie Lee wouldn't let him.

supposedly*

couple of days*

I'm on my Kindle, which is a pain to type on.

Speaking of KLG, the child sweatshop labor scandal over her clothing line! Couldn't happen to a nicer person...

R105 I watched their hot tub tape. At one point, the girl with Gayheart and Dane calls her "manager" and gives them a credit card number.

R107 I remember the affair, but I never heard about the anal part. I DO remember that right before he cheated Kathie Lee bragged about what a (I swear this is a direct quote) "love machine" Frank was.

R28 I remember it came out in some kind of legal document that Willis gave Carter expensive presents.

Did Bruce ever give an explanation?

Beyonce was paid 2 million to perform for Gaddafi, you know, brutal dictator Gaddafi? But not only were Gaddafi’s family and friends invited to the shindig, he also extended invitations to big named celebrities like Jay-Z, Lindsay Lohan, and Usher, who were all apparently in attendance the year Beyoncé performed.

There is the infamous McBongo incident where McConaughey was found naked with a nother man higg as a kite playing bongos...among other things.

When Dr. Laura's old boyfriend, tired of her preaching and hypocrisy, released the nude photos with full bush he had taken.

She simultaneously claimed it wasn't her AND that she was going to sue for invasion of privacy.

Then there was the time that it was discovered her mother had been lying dead for a month in her house without Laura checking on her. That got adapted into a funny episode of Frasier.

George Maharis caught in flagrante delicto with another man in a public men's room. Twice.

R85, Are you sure you are not thinking of Marion Berry, the former mayor of Washington, D.C. ?

Remember how Britney harassed that girl who co-starred with her sister on that Nickelodeon show? What a bitch.

r116 she has since apologized. There is the string of actresses who suddenly had nothing to do with Harvey Weinstein when it came out how he was a perv. Gweneth comes to mind. Speaking of Gweneth, when she won her oscar she gave this emotional speech about her parents, cut to Blythe Danner mouthing "what the fuck is she talking about" clear as day.

R117, Britney apologized? Good for her. Just hope she remembers it and was lucid when she did it.

Farah Fawcett shitting on a Hollywood lawn.

r118 yeah she did when she got into it with her sister.

[quote]Farah Fawcett shitting on a Hollywood lawn.

What'sh wrong with that? I loved to shit on the lawn ash a child.

Is that related to Farrah dying of anal cancer? Maybe she picked up some insecticide off the lawn onto her ass.

Madonna and Janet Jackson had a hilarious feud that Janet kind of won.Madonna didn't think much of Janet at all and thought she was inferior in every way (just watch her reaction to the Rhythm Nation comment made in Truth or Dare). She also told people Janet smelled like some kind of chip product (damnit, I forgot the name!). At some awards show, Madonna and Janet both performed. Madonna and her dancers were making fun of Janet in her dressing room. One of the dancers heard this and told Janet about it. And then at the Academy Awards (the one Madonna and Michael attended together), Madonna advised Michael that he shouldn't work with Janet because that would be beneath him. But Janet got her revenge. When everyone was piling on Madonna during the Sex book era, Janet was asked about Madonna in an interview. She said something like "I could walk naked down the highway too but would that make me an artist?". She also said that her music had "a little more class to it" than Madonna's. And then, best of all---"her album didn't even sell that much. They sold it and then they shipped it back." LOL. And Janet even told Ebony magazine (about Madonna) "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it. If I did hate her, I'd have good reason to." They made up at Michael's memorial though.

Mark Salling was accused of rape a couple of years before he got busted for child porn. There was gossip at the time that FOX made the story go away.

Matthew Gray Gubler (Reid on Criminal Minds) dated an underage girl. He took her to some event and the brass at CBS got really upset and it was briefly a scandal. I've always suspected that like with FOX and Salling, CBS squashed the scandal.

Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis also started dating when she was underage. They've both been inconsistent in their stories about how/when they met and when they started dating.

Ben Harper's wife and Laura Dern, whom he was cheating on his wife with, were pregnant at the same time. He eventually left his wife and married Dern, and they tried to play it off as his relationship with his wife was over before he started banging Dern, but the math never worked out. He and Dern later got divorced too.

Bill Bob Thornton cheated on his wife with Dern as well. Then he cheated on Dern with Angelina Jolie. Whom he married without breaking up with Dern first.

Matt Damon basically dumped Minnie Driver on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah asked about their relationship and he said that they were no longer together and it was Driver's first time hearing it. A couple of months later when he won the Oscar for writing Good Will Hunting, Driver sat in the crowd completely stone-faced.

In the early-2000s a bunch of young actors (including Damon) lost money investing with a guy named Dana Giacchetto. Giacchetto befriended them and convinced them to invest and stole their money. Winona Ryder, who was dating Damon at the time, lost quite a bit of money and dumped him as a result. It was a big story that was written-up in Vanity Fair and New York Magazine, but it died down quickly. I forgot about it myself until I read the Candace Bushnell book Trading Up a few years later which has a subplot obviously inspired by the scandal. One character mocks actors for being stupid and says that's why they fell for it.

Someday I'm going to dig up and scan my old tabloids.

When she was still married to Lyle Lovett, Julia Robert was caught dirty dancing with Ethan Hawke in a bar. It made the cover of the National Enquirer.

The first time I ever heard of Kate Hudson was when she was spotting making out with Matt LaBlanc at a club when she was 15. It was in one of the tabloids and they called her "Katie." Also, prior to that, I had assumed that LaBlanc was gay.

R125 Interesting stories, even though I need a translator to read that ramble

Roxanne Pulitzer.

Vanessa Williams and her "scandalous" nude photos

129 responses and no "Don Johnson's Gay Sex Toys Adventure"? Come on, people!!!

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Miss Sherri from Romper Room and the abortion

Whoopi's suspension was a mini scandallette. Nobody talks about it a month or so later.

When she was invited on the Dinah Shore show, aspiring singer Loretta Haggers killed her career by noting that the staff had been kind to her, and added, “they’s all Jewish, I couldn’t believe that this is the people what killed our Lord.”

Rosie O'Donnell and Elizabeth Hassel beck and the infamous split screen epic feud on the View.

Colin Farrell's sex tape.

John Frusciante being the one who handed River Phoenix the speedball that killed him.

Phil Hartman murdered by his coked up wife, who committed suicide when the police arrived at her house. Their two small children were in the house throughout it all.

John Belushi overdose at the Chateau Marmont Chateau Marmont, Bungalow 3. Catherine Evelyn Smith (25 April 1947 – 16 August 2020) was a Canadian occasional backup singer, rock groupie, drug dealer, and legal secretary, who served 15 months in the California state prison system for injecting original Saturday Night Live cast member John Belushi with a fatal dose of heroin and cocaine in 1982.

Courtney Love letting a homeless man suck on her tit in public. There are pictures of that all over the Internet. 🤮so gross

Mike Tyson: Why He Bit Evander Holyfield's Ear

Robert Downey Jr.'s time in the slammer. He gave an interview where he pretty much admitted being raped.

-Has he been sexually assaulted in prison? He evades the question by talking about the prison-yard “gals.” “There’s five gals on the yard,” he says. “Five clearly identifiable gals who really make the best of their state blues.” He explains how they cut their long underwear to look like Capri pants and knot their shirts at the midriff. “They do the laundry,” he says. “The funny thing is that they’re highly respected.”

-During another visit, I ask again. “What I hear is that if you’re on a lifer yard,” he says, meaning a yard where many inmates are in for life sentences, “then it’s perfectly respectable, to some, to partner up with another inmate.”

-In February, during a night-time phone interview, I bring up the question of sexual assault once again. He responds: “I can neither confirm it nor deny it.”

-In a May interview Downey emphatically denies that he has been sexually assaulted in prison.

.... -I ask him, then, what’s the worst thing that has happened to him in prison. “I would never tell you the worst things that have happened to me,” he says.

No one ever brings it up. even though it's right there in a popular magazine. No one ever mentions that he himself has told a reporter these things. I feel like the experience of being gang raped by a bunch of dudes in prison is one of those things that really leaves an indelible mark on you, and I think it's kind of weird that we all decided at some point that this really life-altering, horrible thing was not going to be part of his narrative, because it's too dark or whatever, and he's now the face of a family-friendly franchise.

R139- Omg, that was nauseating.

I wouldn't say that Phil Hartman's murder has exactly been forgotten, R137.

Jay-Z's oldest son!

Goop on cruises! Yay!

Lady Gaga's stupid decision to release that video for that song "Do What You Want" with R Kelly. Only apologizing years later, decades after everyone knew R Kelly peed on underage girls.

Long forgotten but there was a very legitimate rumor that Patrick Swayze died of AIDS complications. He was a notoriously closeted man who like unprotected anal (bottom).

[quote]That crazy irrepressible Fatty Arbuckle raping that sweet girl with a wine bottle and then letting her die. Not acceptable Fatty!

It was allegedly a Coke bottle, not a wine bottle. He had a public trial and the jury rightly acquitted him. The case against him had been based on lies.

Nonetheless his performing career was ruined. He became a successful director of comedy films under the pseudonym "Will B. Good."

"Arbuckle changed his name to William B. Goodrich (Will B. Good) and worked behind the scenes, directing films for friends who remained loyal to him and barely earning a living in the only business he knew. A little more than ten years later, on June 29, 1933, he had a heart attack and died in his hotel room."

Arbuckle had three trials. In the first two, the jury deadlocked with the majority of the jurors in favor of acquittal, yet the prosecutor insisted on a third trial. This time the defense introduced additional evidence and the jury acquitted him in five minutes, issuing a statement that he should never have been charged. The Smithsonian article linked above is a pretty fair summation of what happened.

"No. But she was ruined just the same!"

Olive Thomas swallowing Jack Pickford’s syphilis medication.

Jack Pickford suffering chronic syphilis.

Olive Thomas ALLEGEDLY swallowing Jack Pickford's mercury based syphilis medication BY ACCIDENT.

The rumors still swirl!

Dina Lohan getting black card from Carvelle ice cream and over-abusing the privilege so much she got banned.

R154's post reminds me--Dina and Lindsay Lohan lying about Dina being a Rockette and being publicly called out for it.

Janet Jakson announcing on Oprah that she would give herself coffee enemas.

How can they be forgotten scandals if DLers mention all of the above 3-4x a year?

Kristen Stewart cheating with a married director.

R157, forgotten to the general public, not DL.

Rob Lowe gang banging a minor.

John Hinckley's father was a Texas oil tycoon who'd donated to George HW Bush's presidential primary campaign. Neil Bush, and Hinckley’s brother, were friends, as Neil's wife confirmed to a newspaper shortly after the shooting. Maybe the closeness of the two families is just a bizarre coincidence, but it's all been memory-holed, never investigated by any mainstream jourmalist. Hinckley is now remember merely as a lone nutjob obsessed with Jodie Foster.

R141: The story on Downey Jr. used to be that he got attacked (not raped) while working in the prison kitchen and was then put into protective custody. However “allegedly” what really happened to him was that he was raped by four inmates after being beaten up.

[quote] Long forgotten but there was a very legitimate rumor that Patrick Swayze died of AIDS complications. He was a notoriously closeted man who like unprotected anal (bottom).

Swayze also crashed a plane he was piloting. 3 men got charged (misdemeanors) for lying about removing evidence (30-pack of beer & empty wine bottle) from the plane. Swayze made himself scarce for 12 hours and was sobered up by the time he got questioned.

Typical Hollywood justice. 3 flunkies get criminally charged and Swayze survives to drink another day.

Didn't the Hinckley parents and the senior Bushes have dinner together the night before Reagan's assassination attempt?

And people wonder why Nancy could barely conceal her hatred for Bar.

A fashion scandal I remember from the early 2010s is that a coat Balenciaga let Vogue Paris borrow for an editorial ended up in the design studio of Max Mara. Thus, Vogue Paris was blacklisted from using Balenciaga.

Zach Galligan stealing a Deep Purple CD from Tower Records

38-year-old Jerry Seinfeld dating 17-year-old Shoshanna Lonstein.

Trump pee pee girls

Jerry Seinfeld then went on to poach his current wife, a newlywed, off of her then-husband. Jessica (wife of Jerry) and first husband both married and divorced in the same year, 1998. Jessica married Jerry in 1999.

LadyG shoplifting

Pompeos swinging with the Stones

Reagan - George H. W. Bush meeting secretly with Iranians not to release hostages until after 1980 election & defeat of Carter.

South Carolina

Andre Bauer driving scandals

Mark Sanford AWOL sandal

Nikki Haley funny business

^scandal

R67 TIL

His sandal was found at his mistress’s house.

All the pre-teen groupies that those 70s rock stars fucked.

R160, that plus it being on tape and disseminated AND his disastrous Oscars performance with "Snow White." It's amazing that he survived both to have the career he has, he is only rarely asked about either, and always gets away with joking about them.

Rob Low, prince Harry and Jeb Bush's son naked romps...

Simon Rex - solo butt play in commercial porn. it's odd how many have rewritten the past - it comes up now and people act like it wasn't a big deal back then when it resurfaced.. and the amount of work he lost because of it.

At Least I'm Not Fat Anymore ex-Disney's kids cam show.

Neville Longbottom's that's absolutely not me as if i'd admit it if it were.

Colin's sex tape "leak" after dodging gay rumours for years and immediately after one questionable public incident.

Too many with Madge to count of those dismissed casually now as just shock value or beyond the statue of limitations.

the level of Lucy Liu's cuntiness. . . everyone was aware she was a cunt but not just how much.

Alexis Arquette detransitioning - back in the day, if you ever told anyone he merely transitioned because he thought it would get him more roles. Somebody would drag out a rope.

All the drama behind the Jim Rose Circus that had brief push into the celebrity mainstream.

Dueling crotches and sex tapes among child actresses and trust fund babies.

the near constant fued between hollywood's male tv kid actors vs kid film actor fights - leo and fellow pansies being at the center of it but heavily overshadowed by River's death. Along with all the shit surrounding River's death - albeit, it does pop up every few years before slinking below the sludge.

Johnny Depp's Playgirl spread - I don't think other actors in PG got as much grief. albeit, but being the bad boy teen idol, it caught fire even though this was more the gay bait to further his career.

Punky Brewster's Big Fat Breast Reduction. -- not really a scandal but it was just such a weird reaction from the public at the time. Like Chad Allen's coming out.

Jonathan Brandis' suicide

Danny Pintauro's meth porn adventure...

Pee Wee's big public masturbation misadventure.

David Strickland going on a bender with Andy Dick and killing himself in Las Vegas.

Hunter Biden's meth fueled sex romps, his millions in corrupt payments from the Ukrainian government and the hundreds of thousands of dollars his amateur paintings sell for.

Galliano's anti-Semitic rant. I guess his career never really recovered, so it's not really forgotten, but still...

R181 = Donny Trump Jr, still thinking he's the son of the current president and all other sons must be corrupt.

R181 No one gives a fuck and he has a nice dick, unlike your two incher!

Hunter Biden's meth fueled sex romps, his millions in corrupt payments from the Ukrainian government and the hundreds of thousands of dollars his amateur paintings sell for.

And Ed Buck.

[quote] Hunter Biden's meth fueled sex romps, his millions in corrupt payments from the Ukrainian government and the hundreds of thousands of dollars his amateur paintings sell for.

How can we forget when you Russian/Trumpian trolls keep posting this everywhere?

Hunter Biden's meth fueled sex romps, his millions in corrupt payments from the Ukrainian government and the hundreds of thousands of dollars his amateur paintings sell for.

And Ed Buck.

And Anthony Weiner sexting underage teenage girls.

Trump basically having public sex with Ivanka in all of their pictures together.

Trump's fondness for muscular blond twinks when he lived in New York. Despite his germaphobia everyone in New York knew about it. And about Melania's affair with the head of security for Tiffany, next door to Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue.

[quote] The first time I ever heard of Kate Hudson was when she was spotting making out with Matt LaBlanc at a club when she was 15. It was in one of the tabloids and they called her "Katie." Also, prior to that, I had assumed that LaBlanc was gay.

Gee, ya think maybe that's why they placed that story?

Zac Efron getting attacked late at night on Skid Row

Everyone always mentions Downey Jr being found asleep in a neighbor's bed. Yet no one seems to recall that amongst items discovered in his stash was a Wonder Woman costume!

Seriously, that was my favorite part of the entire story. More than twenty years later, I remember that craziness quite clearly.

R155 I called that before she was exposed! Dina Lohan gave an interview in Harper's Bazaar where she claimed to be a Rockette and a chorus girl on Broadway. She mentioned that she "used to see Demi Moore at auditions" for Broadway shows. I knew that couldn't possibly be true because, as a longtime General Hospital fan, I knew that Moore a cast member on General Hospital (filmed in LA) at that time.

R190 I don't think anybody plants fake stories about dating sophomores in high school to cover up their homosexuality.

It seems more likely that LaBlanc swings both ways. In one of those "You'll Never Make Love in This Town Again" books, a hooker claimed that he used to hire her to have sex with men in front of him.

R193, it's funny how Lindsay also took part in it, telling all sorts of media personalities about her mom, the "Rockette".

R179 I grew up in Florida and Jeb's kids were always in the news when Jeb was involved in politics. One of the boys got busted multiple times for public sex, and his daughter was a notorious drug addict.

Oh, and I heard about Marco Rubio's bisexual before he was famous nationally. He got busted picking up a guy in a park known for gay hookups when he was in his 20s. He also has a second family (with a woman!) that's basically an open secret in Florida.

R195 In all fairness, I think that LiLo genuinely believed it.

R2, Chuckles liked more than the pee, honey.

Chuck Nasty.

Not really a direct scandal, but I remember Crispin Glover posted a bizarre essay about Steven Spielberg years ago.

[quote]The whole mishigas over Casey Kasem's decline & eventual death, with hoe wife Jean blocking his kids from seeing him until it was too late.

Jean is nuts but Casey's daughter is a Scientologist and a lot of stuff that ended up in the news about this were lies that she told, because she and the church wanted Casey's money. Now it seems like his daughter's only job is to post online daily about how Jean has screwed the family out of everything.

Kelsey Grammer doing time in 1990 after being convicted of two different crimes: while he was in jail for a DUI conviction, he was also convicted of drug possession and had to spend another 90 days under house arrest.

Kelsey Grammer caught having sex with the underaged babysitter, but was on "Frasier" by then and the grand jury didn't indict.

Kelsey Grammer stealing someone else's script and passing it off as his own (Swing Vote, 2010). Kevin Costner and Disney were also sued but their suits were dismissed, but not Grammer's, which the judge ruled had enough merit to go to trial. Grammer had to settle, though it was only for $10.

Grammer getting sued by a group of plaintiffs for helping to run a Ponzi scheme back in 2012.

Madonna’s Sex book

"Oprah asked about their relationship and he said that they were no longer together and it was Driver's first time hearing it"

Minnie Driver's father was s notorious con man. I admittedly have no proof,, but I believe she knew about it and put that "first time hearing it" story out for publicity.

Now, this story just seems to have disappeared or been buried. Does anyone else recall that Grant Shaud of Murphy Brown left the show under rather mysterious circumstances? While I was able to confirm he is a lifelong bachelor, I swear I recall some other reason. I searched and found nothing though.

There was a persistent rumor that Shaud brought his current underage or barely-18 boyfriend to the set on a night they were taping, and he was let go for it.

Yes r204!! I knew it was something like that - wow but has that been scrubbed from the internet. All one reads about is his "relationship" with his roommate, a pre-Frasier Jane Leeves.....who also was cast as his girlfriend on Murphy Brown!

It's been years but we had a lengthy thread about Grant Shaud and at the time there were links to sites talking about it, but nothing anymore.

The old Usenet threads are still up, though.

Paula Poundstone, if a man had been accused he would never work again.

AnnE Hathaway dating and enjoying the spoils of a con man, Raffaello Follieri. I think she sold him out to the FBI, quote from linked article:

In 2008, Hathaway dumped Follieri. Ten days later, the FBI dragged Follieri out of the Trump Tower penthouse he had gifted to his parents (of course!), where he was sleeping in a spare bed since losing the lease on his own place.

Of course, butter wouldn't melt in her prim little mouth after that. She had an Oscar waiting for her.

If social media were around in the 80s/90s, I bet there would be 1000 more crazy tales of Julia Roberts’s antics.

the link to AGC about Grant Shaud- that was a blast from the past. Back when there was good gossip, or at least first person stories, on the internet.

I loved those newsgroups- they brought me to DL.

With the "Frasier" reboot in the works I keep expecting Twitter to re-litigate the statutory rape allegation mentioned at R201 and sink the project. The girl was 15 at the time and came forward at 17. He was an enormous mess for many years with his addictions and frequently had skirmishes with the law, but when his defense in the rape inquiry was to yell "extortion" the grand jury sided with him.

He also left his stripper wife, Leigh-Anne Csuhany, when she was pregnant. A popular version of the story is that she attempted suicide and subsequently miscarried. But at the time she publicly claimed she had an abortion to win him back but he wouldn't reunite with her.

Wow, that's a hard 23, the stripper wife:

Reese Witherspoon being stopped for Drunk Driving and pulling the do you know who I am? On tape

Laura Bush killed a man with her car.

Kelly McGillis and Jody Foster fighting over Whitney Houston.

R203 In one of the gossip threads on here, someone said that Shaud liked teenage boys and kept bringing them to the set of Murphy Brown.

For some reason, comments 204-213 did not load for me until after I posted. I believe the Shraud story. Right after he left Murphy Brown, he started a "relationship" with Christa Miller, who was really thirsty for publicity at the time, which makes me believe it.

R211 I know Fraiser is popular on here, but I loathe Grammer and hate how he's someone gotten a pass for all of his disgusting behavior and hope that he finally gets "cancelled."

Has the Ted Danson blackface scandal been mentioned?

That got brought up a bunch during Whoopi's recent brouhaha, r216, so it's not forgotten. People are still mad!

R209 Someone on here once said that if we had the type of social media back then that we have now, Julia Roberts never would've held on to her "America's Sweetheart" title.

The Ted Danson and Whoopi Goldberg scandal was one of those scandals that would be forgotten or ignored for periods of time, but when similar scandals would come up, it would be mentioned. When Julianne Hough went dressed as Uzo Aduba's character from OINTB in blackface for Halloween, Ted's scandal was brought up in articles and it was one of those, "Oh, yeah I remember that" type thing.

Steve Garvey was a handsome recently retired baseball star who was planning the next chapter of his life, which was to run for office as a Republican.

Then the messy details of his divorce from his first wife (who was nutty herself) started to leak out and it just snowballed from there. Garvey was engaged to be married and a woman who hooked up with him went public with being pregnant with his child. The fiancée stuck with him then found out she was pregnant as well. Garvey then dumps her and marries another woman. Along with Garveys teen daughters saying they hated him and didn’t want to see him.

His reputation as a clean cut all American man along with his political future was destroyed, and for a time he was a national laughingstock.

The golden girls made reference to the scandal when Sophia said she might be pregnant with steve garveys baby.

Wasn't Steve Garvey's wife a witness in the O.J. trial? I think I recall him being in court; maybe even with Kris and Bruce?

While driving drunk William Holden in 1966 killed an Italian man near Rome. Holden drove his Ferrari aggressively honking at the man in a Fiat 500 to move over Holden passed the car, clipped it sending it off the road and down a hill.

He was given 8 months probation. He should have been locked up for years.

Courtney Love and the homelessness man. 😝

Obviously that should have read homeless man.

R220, was the woman Garvey married the other woman pregnant with his child? Or was this a THIRD woman?

John Stamos telling what he considered to be a cute story but was actually admitting he set a girl up to be unknowingly raped. He (and Rob Lowe) has always given me the creeps but that gave me an actual reason.

R226, Demi Lovato did something similar to a male friend of hers in (I think) Vegas. She thought it was hilarious and got defensive when others called her out on it on social media.

R221 yes Steve’s wife Candace was a witness in the OJ trial. They were in the OJ/Kardashian crowd of friends.

R225 it was a third woman.

R67, I had the misfortune of seeing them in concert before that song was released, before they became really popular, and they played Let's Get Retarded live!! I always wondered if there was anyone else on earth that knew this.

William Hurt beating up Marlee Matlin

R230 Hurt never got cancelled due to that scandal. I'm sure Marlee is pissed right now because she'll be at the Oscars in a couple of weeks and will have to see Hurt's face for the memorial part of the show.

It would be amazing if when they announced Hurt’s name, Matlin could hold up a middle finger.

*announce

I’m sure Marlee has seen some real, military-grade shit in the industry given how she’s had to struggle over time.

R226, was this the story Stamos told on Stern about him leaving a woman in a dark room with a friend? Stamos allowed the fan to believe he had sex with the girl, but instead, he left. Stamos allowed his friend to have sex with her instead.

I've always hated him since he told that story. I've tried to find it on Youtube. I'm sure if it resurfaced, it would get his smug ass canceled.

yes r235, that's the one

[quote] Hurt never got cancelled due to that scandal.

Ironically, he's dead now.

Behold...

I actually stand corrected, it was an interview in Jane magazine

How are we supposed to remember if they're forgotten?

The mention of Howard Stern reminded me of a scandal of his. Right after the Columbine shooting, he made a comment about how some of the girls in the school were "hot" and said something like the shooters "should've raped them first."

Even his audience got angry at him for that one!

Not a celebrity, but that American kid who did some crime in Singapore and was going to get caned. The tabloid TV shows were all over it every night for weeks. WHET him?

Kim Kardashian's sex tape. Tiger Wood's infidelity. Angelina Jolie taking Brad Pitt from Jennifer Aniston.

Paris HIlton saying gay men are disgusting and all have AIDS. And also throwing around the N word.

Almost 250 responses and no mention of "Good Samaritan" Eddie Murphy picking up a tranny hooker on the streets of Hollywood at 3am. According to Eddie, it wasn't for sex, he "just wanted to make sure she got home safe". Unfortunately, we never got the hooker's side of the story since she turned up dead shortly after that. Someone pushed her off of a building......

And then there was the brief Eddie Murphy/Mel B union, in which he left her when he found out she was pregnant. The kid ended up being his but I have no idea what that whole thing was about. Mel must have been paid a substantial amount in order to sign a NDA.

I hope everyone at this AIDS fundraiser gets AIDS & dies!

And speaking of Mel B........anyone remember when Paps caught her having a lesbo tryst in the park? With a woman who it turned out was a longtime girlfriend.

Mel B's life has been one scandal after another. UK Queens, will you please explain to the rest of us what a Louis Walsh is and what made him think this shit was appropriate? Was there backlash & was he reprimanded?

Not so much forgotten, but only known to gays. Every gay seems to know that Ian McKellen is (or at least was) friends with Bryan Singer and was a regular at his infamous "parties." Straight people don't seem to know it though.

Some of Johnny Carson's scandals were ignored/forgotten like the one involving him refusing to acknowledge his biracial granddaughter.

R250 Weren't there also some harassment/assault stories about him too?

Here's actor Robert Mitchum smirking in court, after being arrested for possessing marijuana. He got 60 days in jail and it didn't ruin his career, because his image was that of a hard-drinking man of the world.

He looks hammered.

Billy Crudup left 7 months pregnant Mary Louise Parker for Claire Danes.

Dionne planning her Saturday yard sale rounds while TMZ listens in

r241 you are mixing up your Howard Stern scandals. It was after Selena got murdered he played gunshots over her music.

R255 Didn't he also make a comment around that time about "Latin people being awful singers"?

I also remember David Spade said on SNL's Weekend Update that he wished Michael Bolton's fan club president would off him like the Selena's fan club president did to her.

In recent years, some of Selena's fans are quite protective of her and they had some meltdown where they bitched about Kylie or Kendall Jenner (can't remember which one) wearing a Selena t-shirt and they made comments about how the Jenner girl isn't Hispanic and had no business wearing that shirt.

Now that Angelina Jolie has six kids, most people seem to have forgotten her old habit of screwing married men and breaking up marriages. Brad Pitt was the last in a long string, and now we don't hear anything about her love life.

Of course there are rumors of a LTR with a married British politician, but as there's been no scandalous divorce I guess she's slowed down a little.

R225

April 21, 1999, the day after the Columbine High School massacre; commenting on the mass murders, Stern said on his show, 'There were some really good-looking girls running with their hands over their heads. Did those kids try to have sex with any of those good-looking girls? They didn't even do that? At least if you're going to kill yourself and kill the kids, why wouldn't you have some sex? If I was going to kill some people, I'd take them out with sex.'

R225. I remember the bumper sticker: "Honk if you are having Steve Garvey's love child"

Justin Beiber, after a visit to the Anne Frank Museum, wrote in the guestbook "“Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber.”

Bjork beating the shit out of a reporter for simply saying "Welcome to Bangkok". Did Bjork ever explain herself?

R261, she thought the reporter was a ladyboy.

The last time that was brought up, r261, I looked it up and it appeared that the reporter had followed her to Bangkok after Bjork had specifically cancelled an interview with her, and that the "Welcome to Bangkok" was said to Bjork's 10-year-old kid, which caused Bjork to snap.

Martin Lawrence running around the streets of LA with a loaded gun.

This thread makes me miss real gossip and when there were real celebrities to care about.

Anyway, mine is the Halle Berry’s custody battle. There were a few rounds, but the last one she accused GA of an incestuous relationship with a relative. She also accused an ex of partially deafening her when he punched her in the ear.

Eddie Murphy’s trans scandal is another one.

[quote] Julia Roberts leaving Kiefer Sutherland at the altar.

R33, you left out the juiciest part. Kiefer got caught with a hooker right before the wedding! And said hooker was all over the trashy (pre- TMZ) news shows of the day (Entertainment Tonight, Hard Copy, Inside Edition, etc) singing like a canary.

"A low Vera"

Frances Farmer caught by a cop with her car lights in a dim-out zone in LA during World War 2.

What about Richard Gere and the gerbil? Urban legend?

Joan Crawford dressing down the 23 year old wife of (then) 70 year old Senator William O. Douglas at a White House Luncheon in 1967.

No doubt that young Mrs. Douglas was a bitter reminder for Joan of her own days as a young woman, having to sit on the laps of filthy, rich & powerful men to get ahead.

Joan's had a few - like her comments about Marilyn Monroe, and Joanne woodward.

More details about the Joan Crawford - Cathy Douglas run in at R270.

R271, Mamie Van Doren, Joan Collins, Arlene Dahl & Marie Windsor also claimed to have been sliced to bits by Joan's razor-sharp barbs at Hollywood functions/parties.

Joan to young starlet Mamie Van Doren: (while throwing back her gin & tonic) "You must have diligently fucked quite a few men to get that studio contract!"

William Talman , who played the DA on Perry Mason (and lost every case to him!) was at a party where there was allegedly drugs and nudity. Talman was fired from the show. Raymond Burr saw that the other DAs filling in were not a hit with the public, and lobbied for Talman's return. He was eventually brought back. BTW, who ever thought it would be a good idea to name a character Ham(ilton) Burger?

Roalynn Carter caught a lot of flack for her friendship with serial killer John Wayne Gacy.

Has anyone mentioned the two hustler brothers who killed silent movie star Ramon Novarro?

R255 I was a big Stern listener back then. He's awful now, but anyway I remember the Selena thing as the first time he ever made a formal apology about ANYTHING. And he did it in Spanish! He must have been seriously rattled by the backlash.

Who remembers Mariah Carey's totally batshit TRL appearance?

And while I'm on the subject of celebrity meltdowns/questionable behavior, I'll mention Dave Chappelle's decision to quit his highly successful show and move to Africa.

Rosalynn Carter wasn’t friends with John Wayne gacy. She posed for a photo with him at a Democratic Party fundraiser, something she probably did with hundreds of other people that evening.

Actor Ray Sharkey getting sued by by his lover, Elena Monica, for hiding his HIV positive status. He died of AIDS in 1993, remaining in denial about his illness until his death. According to a “Details” magazine article published shortly after Sharkey died, she was not the only woman he infected with HIV. Elena Monica survived and went on to become an AIDS activist, and even started a foundation at one point. I believe she is still alive.

In 2015, his only child was arrested for killing her boyfriend’s mother. She’s currently in a mental health facility.

[quote] Bill Bob Thornton cheated on his wife with Dern as well. Then he cheated on Dern with Angelina Jolie. Whom he married without breaking up with Dern first.

[quote] Angelina Jolie taking Brad Pitt from Jennifer Aniston.

[quote] Now that Angelina Jolie has six kids, most people seem to have forgotten her old habit of screwing married men and breaking up marriages. Brad Pitt was the last in a long string, and now we don't hear anything about her love life.

Now that Angie's remade herself as a so-called humanitarian, people forget what a tramp and shameless attention whore she was on her up the ranks. The cheating scandals were tame compared to how her and her brother were fond of french kissing each other whenever there were cameras rolling. She knew damn well that it would only spark talk of an incestuous relationship and keep her name in the press. It worked!

Fatty Arbuckle and the death of actress Virginia Rappe.

Of course it's fake, R269, but kudos to the person who made it up. He's very imaginative (and sick).

The Jenny Jones Show Murder. Fucked up on so many levels. And today's young people will never know how popular those countless, trashy talk shows were in the 80s & 90s.

Speaking of Angelina Jolie, I am reminded of the “Octomom” controversy. In 2009 Nadia Suleman gave birth to octuplets. The successful delivery of eight babies gained worldwide attention, and Suleman (naturally) signed with a PR firm to cash in on her newfound celebrity. It was eventually discovered that Suleman was obsessed with having children and wanted lots of them, just like her idol, Angelina Jolie. Suleman already had six children through prior fertility treatments, despite being unemployed and on disability since 2002. It was also discovered that her fertility doctor, who had been treating her since she was 21, had implanted 12 embryos achieve the octuplet births, far more than were consider safe. He lost his medical license in 2011. Suleman filed for bankruptcy in 2012. In 2014, the state of California sued her for welfare fraud.

Ross Butler and Courtney Love conspiring to murder Frances Bean Cobain’s ex-husband.

R269 yes, urban legend. I know 3 people who second-hand “knew” doctors/nurses in the supposed operating room.

Eartha Kitt sharing her real opinion at a White House luncheon in 1968:

[quote]Kitt was asked her opinion and she stated that it was not an issue of “delinquency,” instead young Americans were: angry because their parents are angry . . . because there is a war going on that they don’t understand . . . You send the best of this country off to be shot and maimed. They rebel in the street.

R283 Last year, HLN's How It Really Happened? covered an episode on that case.

I actually think that case would be good material for a true crime limited/miniseries for a streaming service or cable network.

Elizabeth Hurley breaking into her ex-boyfriend's Steve Bing's house to rummage through his bathroom wastebasket and retrieve dental floss to bring to a lab proving paternity of her son

R288 There was also an episode about the case on Netflix's Trial By Media which was quite good, iirc.

What do we think about the latest little known right now? 'scandal" of tom cruise and allegations against him by some guy named rover harrington??

According to AJ Benza, it was Sly Stallone that made up the Richard Gere rumor about the gerbil, can’t remember why.

r291 Let's hear what you know.

[quote] Elizabeth Hurley breaking into her ex-boyfriend's Steve Bing's house to rummage through his bathroom wastebasket and retrieve dental floss to bring to a lab proving paternity of her son

That wasn't Hurley, it was another paternity mess Bing was in that involved Lisa Bonder, a woman who married to billionaire Kirk Kerkorian. Kerkorian didn't believe he was the father of Bonder's daughter and had suspicions. He hired Anthony Pellicano who got access to Bing's dental floss.

[quote]Martin Lawrence running around the streets of LA with a loaded gun.

What I remember about this is that he claimed he was dehydrated to the point of being delirious, and then something like 2-3 years later he was out jogging in a heavy sweatshirt in 100F degree weather and got so dehydrated AGAIN that he ended up in the hospital in critical condition.

Something was real wrong with Martin Lawrence there for a few years.

Correction-It was Kerkorian's lawyers who hired Pellicano.

If you read articles about Bing, his life was fueled with dumb ass antics and scandals.

A coked-out Whitney Houston being kicked off of the 2000 Oscars telecast by Burt Bacharach for showing up to rehearsals inebriated.

Martina Navratilova being sued by her gold-digging ex Judy Nelson for "galimony" in the Early 90s. Talk of this was all over the place back then.

Not a "celebrity" scandal per se, but every few years I think about balloon boy.

[quote] Minnie Driver's father was s notorious con man. I admittedly have no proof,, but I believe she knew about it and put that "first time hearing it" story out for publicity.

I remember seeing Matt Damon on Oprah. He, himself, admitted that Minnie Driver didn't know that he was done with the relationship.

Andrew Sullivan's "I TAKE MILKY LOADS I GIVE MILKY LOADS" sex ad back when he was advocating for mongamous gay marriage and insisting he only could have acquired HIV through a blowjob.

John Palermo, after his break-up with Hugh Jackman, went loco in a full-on DL fashion.

[quote] And in response to an article about Anderson Cooper attending the opening of his boyfriend’s gay bar, he simply typed: “#SmellsLikeLubeAndHIV.”

It was mentioned recently on a LHOTP thread, but there was scandal when Michael Landon left his wife and kids to marry a much younger “make-up artist” during one of the show’s seasons. It upset my mee-maw a great deal.

Google shows Steve Garvey having fathered NINE kids!

"According to AJ Benza, it was Sly Stallone that made up the Richard Gere rumor about the gerbil, can’t remember why."

Professional and personal jealousy.

When Marla Maples was married to the Orange Turd, she was busted with either a limo / car driver or a security guard on the beach at night. Supposedly, she had to urinate, so they pulled over on the beach. Anyway, shortly thereafter, she and Turd divorced.

That Paula Poundstone story was crazy. Allegedly being lewd with one of her foster or adopted kids. IIRC, she ultimately admitted to driving around drunk with her kids in the car. I don't think she ever admitted to being lewd with children.

My coworker was a huge PP fan & insisted she was asexual & would never have sexual thoughts or feelings for anyone.

In her memoir, the Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin wrote about an alleged violent rape suffered at the hands of her then-boyfriend, fellow Oscar winner William Hurt. Oh wait, he just died, so we won't speak ill of the dead. This IS DL, after all.

At least Marlee’s not speaking about it.

People forget that the aforementioned Ted Danson blackface incident prompted Jack Nicholson, in a characteristically insane and poorly considered act of "support," to come out in blackface and an oversized afro wig a short time later. Every image of it seems to have been scrubbed from the internet so at some point he and his team realized what a staggeringly stupid and ignorant thing it was for him to do, but I'll never forget his idiotic face painted black with that giant grin of his and wearing that ridiculous wig. It was truly offensive racially and in its utter cluelessness. You can see in moments like this that White people in America were never, until very recently, EVER forced by this country to think about their actions. They placed hundreds of restrictions on Blacks but none on themselves and it still leads them to say and do the most despicable things.

r307, at the time, a bunch of her friends told the press that one of the kids lied about the molestation because Paula wouldn't let her go to a party.

Yesterday when I was looking it up, I found an article that said it wasn't just that Paula said no, but that she was drunk as a skunk at the time and screaming over the phone at the girl. Paula was apparently IN rehab at the time but had sneaked in booze, and was drunk AS she was calling from the rehab center.

I feel like, after 20 years, if she'd really molested a kid, we'd have heard about it. They're all well into adulthood by now.

Well there was a rumour that he once wore said costume while getting gang-banged in some sleazy motel room during a bender. R192

That French beard Cl00ney had during his ER days sued him when their contract expired. She used that famed palimony attorney Marvin Mitchelson and got 1M and a house. This would be in addition to what her contract already paid her so nice bonus!

She must have had some serious dirt on him if she wasn't satisfied with the terms of the original contract.

My guess is it had something to do with Markey Mark as it was around the time of their alleged torrid affair.

There was a bit of press coverage at the time and his PR have since scrubbed most of it. He issued a statement at the time saying he was sorry he didn't spend enough time with her. She did an interview after the settlement and said something to the effect of that having sex with him was like there was an earthquake in the room, he was that good. LOL, obviously her statement was required of her as part of the settlement to make him appear not only hetero, but seismic hetero.

Eric Roberts' car crash because he was high on cocaine.

R311, jack Nicholson never did that.

George Clooney, well known for gay sex romps in Italy with young guys. Apparently there was a dungeon and one tried to escape, fell off a cliff and is paralysed for life. Rande Gerber, Cindy Crawford's husband was also involved.

One of the Sex Pistols attacked a fan from the stage with a chain, and she lost an eye.

Bill Wyman, Rolling Stones bassist, dated his wife at age 13 and married her when she was 18 and he was 54.

Jerry Hall was one of Madame Claude's high class whores in Paris.

Chuck Berry got women to shit in buckets and filmed them in the toilets at his nightclub.

Jerry Lee Lewis married his cousin when she was 13.

Bianca Jagger competed against gay guys at Studio 54 at blow job prowess.

Speaking of LHOTP, Allison Angrim's book, Confessions of a Prairie Bitch, is full of gossip. Including the fact that her brother, who was a child star, too, molested her.

R318 again- Allison Angrim was Nellie Olson.

Yeah, that never happened, r311. He "came out" in blackface where, exactly? You said you'd never forget it, but you seem to have forgotten where you saw it, which seems odd.

There would be some mention of it somewhere if it had happened, in newspaper articles the next day if nothing else.

George C. really is brazen.

He is producing a docu-series about Gym Jordan and the abuse of the male wrestlers at Ohio Univ. Don't get me wrong, Gym Jordan is scum but the audacity of GC to insert himself without any fear of repercussion into this subject matter given what he did to that kid in Italy is astounding. Proof positive that the rich and famous are emboldened by what they get away with legally.

Jodie Foster merely detained and fined for cocaine possession as she came back from Paris through Logan Airport her senior year of college.

I can’t believe that Clooney story gets cited as fact here all the time. It was a product of CDAN and likely completely made up like most of the blinds on that site.

R317 Fun fact: Wyman's son ended up marring his then-wife's mother.

[quote]I can’t believe that Clooney story gets cited as fact here all the time. It was a product of CDAN and likely completely made up like most of the blinds on that site.

No the story is not a product of a blind, the blind is superfluous and was published in 2016 three years after the incident happened.

The story originated with his neighbors in 2013 who would know what goes on there. Just as my neighbors would know what goes on around my home and if the police paid me any extended visits.

The incident happened right before the very public (why so public??) courtship/engagement/marriage to the woman he has no chemistry with. What a coincidence that she is a lawyer and her family is a dangerous arms dealing family. That would certainly dissuade anyone from trying to further extort him, lawyer in the family and dangerous powerful in-laws.

Oh and before you start screeching about Qanon, that doesn't apply here. AGAIN, the incident happened in 2013 and Qanon didn't even come into existence 2017. Timeline doesn't fit and totally unrelated.

The rumor has long been that the reason the blind is so detailed is that one of the kid's friends and/or co-workers called in a tip. If your buddy told you he was going to a party at a famous guy's house and then your buddy never returned to school or work after that, wouldn't you go looking for him? If you then found your friend incapacitated wouldn't you question it and maybe even gossip about it?

Anyone on a Gay Forum defending someone who likely harmed a Gay teen and got away with it is either a self loathing sycophant or PR or both. It was an egregious abuse of power between a then 52 yr old and a 16 yr old. The power imbalance is staggering. If he had done this to a 16 yr old straight girl he would be in prison.

Van Johnson caught with a sailor in the 1940s. Inspiration for a scene in the Hollywoodland film. And then let's not forget George Reeves' suspicious suicide.

[quote]The story originated with his neighbors in 2013 who would know what goes on there.

Ridiculous. You'd be able to point to the neighbors' comments somewhere if this was true. There's NEVER any link to anything when people bring this up, just "my friends from Italy totally swear it's true" or something along those lines.

If this really did come from a legitimate source, you'd have a name of a neighbor or the paralyzed guy or both.

Besides, his neighbors very publicly hated him in 2005 (see article) and other neighbors sued him over his security system in 2015, and if they'd had dirt on him like you claim, they would have mentioned it.

Also, every forum that brings this Clooney gossip up always has someone say it originated on Datalounge.

It did, and we all know who made it up, and we all know who keeps pushing it as if it were true, so let's not pretend otherwise, okay?

Van Johnson was not the first.

R291

R293.... R291 here....

the allegation is on a youtube video... allegedly, this effeminate wannabe star rovier carrington claims he's been a passed around boy in hollywood for a few years, while trying to "make it".. anyway, according to him being interviewed (no lawsuit, no media of any kind that will or wants to hear his story according to him, so he only does these youtube "interviews")....

he claims a few short years back, he was at some hollywood industry party where tom cruise was being honored for something and when he was married to katie holmes and brought his family (i.e. suri, his grown son Connor)... this carrington guy was there with former CEO and Chairman of Paramount Brad Grey who he claims had regularly raped him.... Grey and Cruise were friends according to this guy since both worked at Paramount....

Allegedly when the 3 were together and cruise was introduced to this Carrington guy, cruise in a 3 man huddle said to him "i want want Gray's been getting" and then said cruise said to him "i want both our dicks in your holes at the same time!"....Grey has since passed away. This Carrington guy also mentioned that grey was married but both he and his wife are/were gay. The one truth of this story is that the widow is now with a woman in real life, maybe gay, maybe she's bisexual? who knows....

AND that was that, nothing was said or done after, and that is the story that this Rovier Carrington is passing around online, among other allegations like mark wahlberg is into young kids, lance bass loved to go to sex parties and watch and so on and so on.....

Personally, I call b.s. on this flamboyant fop who sounds psychotic.... STILL wants to "make it hollywood" and keeps going back for more abuse?...

R325 outlets "reporting" the story are sourcing CDAN...somyes, it's fake and the product of Enty's pandering to the Qanon set.

Burt Lancaster and Rock Hudson were busted by FBI at a gay orgy in a millionaire's mansion along with an admiral and 250 marines in 1960.

The Ben Savage appearance at Marc Collins-Rect0r’s house, as shown in that OPEN SECRET documentary.

Whenever I go to visit family and my little niblings have GIRL MEETS WORLD playing on Disney Channel, I think sadly about that.

Katie Holmes and her divorce from Tom Cruise. More like her escape from Scientology and taking her daughter Suri with her. Someone posted a new photo of Suri on another thread and reminded me of the whole thing. Thanks for that!

Who was the guy drop dead on a yacht with a group of young models, who couldn't figure out how to sail it so they just floated for days with his stiff before finally getting rescued?

I felt badly for Fred Willard because his wife was sick with cancer either at the time or was diagnosed soon after the arrest, and you could tell that he was never the same after the arrest and while his wife was ill.

R147 Rafael Alencar claims to be hired by him, as well as John Trovolta, Tom Cruise and Calvin Klein.

Fred Willard was wonderful. I would’ve happily sucked his dick as a thank you for making me laugh.

John Edwards, who was running for President, had a wife who had cancer, and was caught banging (and having a child with) someone who was videographer for his campaign. See also Gary hart, who bowed out of the Presidential race due to infidelity.

[quote] Alexis Arquette detransitioning - back in the day, if you ever told anyone he merely transitioned because he thought it would get him more roles. Somebody would drag out a rope.

Alexis also outed RDJ on a talk show. There’s a book by a former “dealer to the stars” where he talks about RDJ hooking up with men while high. I think it’s called Hollywood Connection. Long out of print.

John Travolta fucking an 18 yr old in the ass in a Hollywood restroom while George Michael watches and whacks off.

Long forgotten but there was a rumor/scandal that Katie Homes was Pregnant by Chris Klein who was a mess and hooked on drugs. It was perfect for Tom to fight the gay rumors, so they contracted Katie to be his wife and claim Suri was his. Chris was promised a full rehab stint and a healthy payout to just go away from Katie's life and sign away his parental rights. This was why SHe got Suri out when they started to indoctrinate her into the church and why Tom has not seen her since Katie left. She was never his.

She looks a lot like him, though. I have a hard time believing there's no biological tie.

r344 that was why they picked Holmes, she has dark hair and dark features and as well as Chris. I think the resemblance is she has a handsome face and dark features. She does not have Cruise's old or new nose, nor his crooked dental work.

Billie Jean King's love affair.

Director Nicholas Ray once came home early and found his wife Gloria Graham in bed with his teenage son from his previous marriage. He divorced her. Years later, after each having married/remarried other people and divorcing, Gloria and her former stepson married and later divorced.

Similarly, Vanessa Redgrave was once released early from a film set in London and went home to find her husband, bisexual director Sir Tony Richardson, naked in bed with her father, bisexual actor Sir Michael Redgrave. They asked her to join in. Instead, she left the apartment and sued for divorce shortly after.

The story circulated for years before appearing in a biography of Sir Michael which was serialized in The Daily Mail. The Redgrave family gave a press conference to deny the incident ever occurred but no one ever sued the biographer, his publisher or the DM.

Lady G saga

R348 Lady G wins the thread hands down.

[quote] The Ben Savage appearance at Marc Collins-Rect0r’s house, as shown in that OPEN SECRET documentary.

I remember that. Someone slapped Ben's ass, IIRC. MCR was known for his pool parties, boys only, naked when the clock struck ___. Conflicting b/c, was Ben a victim at some point? He seemed to be voluntarily there at the party. So, had he turned into a predator?

Liza catching Peter Allen in bed with Judy's fourth husband Mark Herron.

Morgan Freeman fucking his step granddaughter whom he had helped raise

Christian Slater getting beaten up by his wife

Kirk Douglas being a rapist and possibly being involved in the disappearance of an actress named Jean Spangler

Ina Garten telling a Make a Wish kid to fuck off when he asked to meet her

Vanessa Williams forced to relinquish Miss America crown after Penthouse published nude photos.

Kellyanne Conway & daughter Claudia had a public struggle.

[quote]That Paula Poundstone story was crazy.

And then it got even crazier when she appeared in court, braless with rock hard nipples!

The sad tale of Susan Cabot...

Didn't Paul Lynde throw a rent boy out a window to his death?

Diana Jenkins, alleged madame and sex trafficker...I remember rumors that she had pimped out Hayden Panettiere among others.

This thread really derailed. It went from publicized scandals to blind item gossip. I don’t believe for a minute the ones about Clooney, Swayze or Suri Cruise/Chris Klein. She was dating Josh Hartnett at the time and she and Klein had been broken up for months. Just shows how gossip turns into fact, even ones that don’t make sense timeline wise.

In 1982, Alfred Bloomingdale’s mistress, Vickie Morgan, sued him for palimony in a very ugly, very public split. His wife, Betsy Bloomingdale, was a good friend of Nancy Reagan. Vickie was murdered in 1983.

Very interesting story—Wikipedia covers the highlights.

R356 wait no isn’t that the story about James Caan defenestrating his son Scott’s boyfriend?

Both stories are true, r360. Both were relatively but not completely hushed up. Caan's account of how he happened to be in a friend's apartment the night the guy went out the window was particularly sketchy..

R357. of all the 2000s starlets, I feel sorriest for Pannetiere. Something very bad happened to her, probably lots of bad things. Dating Milo Ventimiglia before she was 18 isn't what I mean.

[quote] Dating Milo Ventimiglia before she was 18 isn't what I mean.

Milo seemed sweet as a kid.

Back when Heroes was on the air, there was a lot of gossip about Pannetiere's dad and his weird behavior. In the stories, he sounded like a jealous lover.

I heard her mother pimped her out. Probably on alt.gossip. celebrities

Where I read it, not where mama did the selling.

Lainie Kazan's arrest for trying to steal $180 worth of groceries from a CA supermarket a few years ago.

Wasn't Thierry Mugler allegedly "married" to an American woman (a former model?) who "killed" herself while he was in the same apartment. Am I making it up? Getting my designers confused? Help, DL, you're my only hope!

There was that Indian movie star, the Queen of Bollywood, who allegedly committed suicide in a hotel suite when she was alone with her Svengali-like producer husband. No serious investigation, the husband is very rich and powerful and what he said was accepted.

Cristiano Ronaldo and his Moroccan kickboxer boyfriend

Lorenzo Lamas's ex-wife, Shauna Sand, slept with her oldest stepson.

My goddamn maid used a dumbbell to prop open a window in my apartment and the thing fell out and killed some nobody tourist. And I had to give the widow a settlement. I'm glad my maid didn't kill anyone else. It's a drain on the bank account.

Justin Trudeau's blackface photos

When Ted Danson did blackface, it was at a celebrity roast for Whoopi. They were a couple at the time and she was the one who suggested, in act insisted, he do it.

Not scandals, but I am fascinated by the way bearding relationships that were at one time hyped are today completely ignored. It's as if Robert Pattinson-Kristen Stewart and Alexander Skarsgard (sp)-Ellen Page never happened.

Well, in reality, they never did.

Speaking of Ted Danson and Whoopi Goldberg…they met in 1988 while Ted was still married to his second wife, Casey. In 1979,, while giving birth to their daughter, Casey suffered a stroke and was confined to a wheelchair. Ted helped her recuperate and they later adopted a second child. Ted’s affair with Whoopi was cited as a factor in their 1993 divorce, the same year Ted pulled that blackface stunt. Not sure how his career survived two big scandals in one year (three if you count the bad wig), but he continues to work. Go figure.

I think Ted Danson sort of rehabbed his image when he got together and married Mary Steenburgen. Ted and Mary seemed to push the whole "two divorced middle aged people found love again" story.

R316, He most certainly DID do that. You don't know what you're talking about.

R316 He most certainly DID do that.

R320 I never said I didn't remember where he did it. It was reported on Entertainment Tonight at the time. Idiots like you and R316 don't know what you're talking about. Nicholson did it. FACT.

In what universe is that considered FORGOTTEN, R346?? They made a fucking movie about it starring Emma Stone & Steve Carell, just five years ago -- which YOU sited!

Jack Nicholson never came out in public in blackface.

Just stop.

Elvis Presley was 24 years old and was making out (and probably screwing) Priscilla when she was only 14 at the time. Yuck.

R382, HE. DID.

R375 I think that Robert Pattinson-Kristen Stewart had a real relationship, but more fuck buddies than romantic. While they were together, there were a ton of blinds about them having threeways with women, which I totally believe.

Neely O'Hara and her addiction to booze and dope. Oh, then there was that time she married a fag.

R336 that sounds hilarious. I hope someone can identify who was involved. I had never heard that story before.

Many of these aren't so much forgotten, as the fact that the news cycle is so much quicker these days. The fact that--as someone else mentioned--the Whoopie thing blew over is baffling. Everything should blow over so quickly, instead of taking x150 days.

R368 You're thinking of the forgotten French designer Claude Montana, not Thierry Mugler!

[quote]High-fashion muse and model Wallis Franken Montana plunged from the kitchen window of her Rue de Lille apartment in May, leaving the Paris couture world in a state of shock. Maureen Orth investigates Montana’s tormented relationship with her husband, designer Claude Montana, the abusive “dark angel” who friends and family believe played a part in the American beauty’s death.

When he was married to Madonna, Sean Penn tied her to a chair and beat her up.

R305 Stallone hated Gere since his attempted in-character method acting obnoxiousness in The Lords of Flatbush pissed him off so much he had him sacked and they brought in (the dull) Perry King. Gere obviously would have stolen the film and everyone’s careers. The film is mostly remembered for films it inspired or ripped off…

Halle Berry hit and run then pretending she was in a fugue state or something of taking responsibility.

*instead of

Vice President Nelson Rockefeller dropping dead of a heart attack while alone in a town home with his 25-year-old "aide" Megan Marshack. The news initially said he died at his desk in Rockefeller Center and they had to correct it soon after, because too many people knew where he really was when he died.

R390. All Madonna’s hetero affairs are bearding/contracts or turkey basting. She’s been in a very long term relationship with mob princess Ingrid Casares (who also bearded/partnered Miami gangster Chris Paciello) since 1992. This also explains Madonna’s inexplicable career. I mean, Warren Beatty? Guy Ritchie?

Louise Lasser in 1976 having a fit about not being able to buy a dollhouse because her card was expired, and the store had to call the cops on her, then the cops found cocaine in her purse. It caused a huge scandal and when she was on SNL a few weeks later they had a skit where she references it, but apparently she was such a mess on SNL that they never re-ran the show and Lasser was ultimately banned from reappearing.

Not exactly a scandal, but Shirley MacLaine exhibiting her known sensitivity for social justice (or fondness for creme brulee) during the L.A. riots.

R335, R387 that was actor Steve Corcoran. From Wikipedia:

“On June 15, 1965, at the age of 48, Cochran died on his yacht off the coast of Guatemala, reportedly owing to an acute lung infection. His body, along with three Mexican females aged 14, 19 and 25,[23] remained aboard for 10 days since the girls did not know how to operate the boat. It drifted to shore in Port Champerico, Guatemala, and was found by authorities.[24] A newspaper reported that, according to the witnesses, "Cochran became ill on June 14 and died two days later".[25] There were various rumors of foul play and poisoning, but no evidence was found.[26] Cochran's widow was given half of his estate of $25,000. She shared it with his daughter by another marriage.[27]”

I meant “Cochran” … oh dear….

And my on Steve Cochran post was meant for R336….

Oh dear again…

R394 good one!

Nelson Rockefeller’s son, Michael, disappeared in 1961 during an expedition to New Guinea. Rumors swirled that he was attacked and eaten by cannibals.

R336: R387: R400: Crazy UK Indie singer and DL fave (Steven) Morrissey claimed he was named after the actor. He likes Mexican hookers too.

R370 d’ya knaow soomfin—oi dunnow if Ronaldoah iz ackchully into lads?

Coz wen City lasst pliayed Yunited, oi troid cracking onto him and he weren’t even intrusstid?? First toime that’s evah happened to mey, it wuz!

The rest of hiz team wuz well up foor it in tha showahs afta thaogh, sow it din’t mattah🤤🥅🐷

I remember that news story years back of a guy who filed for divorce from his wife and he cited that she was having an affair with Bruce Springsteen.

^Huh. I read somewhere that Springsteen started lifting weights after an irate husband whipped his ass.

Apparently Springsteen and the wife were having a torrid affair.

R398-R400, thank you! I know I can count on my fellow DLers for celebrity scandals.

And R394 reminded me of another VP: Spiro Agnew's son, a personal trainer, left his wife and daughter to live with a male hairdresser. There was actually a thread about this not along ago.

And another of my faves, probably not really a scandal but a personal humiliation, that Gore Vidal was banned from the White House after a run-in with JFK's gay BFF Lem Billings.

I don't know how it never became a full-fledged scandal, but Nixon's best friend was the very gay Bebe Rebozo, handsome Mafia man.

Thomas Kiernan was working on a biography of Bebe that was close to being finished when someone broke into his home in 1975 and stole all the manuscripts, interviews and research materials.

Remember that woman who was "stalking" Alec Baldwin?

[quote] All Madonna’s hetero affairs are bearding/contracts or turkey basting. She’s been in a very long term relationship with mob princess Ingrid Casares (who also bearded/partnered Miami gangster Chris Paciello) since 1992.

Madonna seems fauxmosexual. Maybe bisexual. Ingrid maybe worships M and works around M's schedule. Madonna seems like she'd act sexual with a woman for shock value or to try to turn on ... a man.

Drake Bell receiving bigger teen star Vanessa Hedges n00ds, on some now-ancient but then-hightech flipphone camera no less. This was ofc back in the days that high schoolers/college-age students were somewhat appropriate sexual prospects for Drake.

He used to like picking up non-famous highschool boys on Disney Grad Nites, too, but that was never widely-known or circulated gossip like the hetero pic leaks.

Oh, and later on there was also the Youtuber girlfriend of his who first called him out for being a bi closer-case and for abuse/misogyny, and then killed herself a few years after they broke up.

And the way Josh was fucking him for years and only Nickelodeon kids knew.

But that’s none of our business!

R409 but Warren Beatty? A-Rod, Tony Ward, Mickey J and David Blaine?

IDK what kind of weapons-grade scandal Teflon Nicholson has, but it's foolproof. Even after a lifetime of shady behavior, he's never been canceled.

Pete Townsend form The Who was caught accessing kiddie porn online, and tearfully claimed he was doing research for a book. He got away with a caution and was on the Sex Offenders list for five years.

I don't believe P. Townsend was only researching. He better not be adopting underprivileged kids.

Re - Nicholson - he was a regular at the Playboy mansion and if you watch the series, especially episode 9, you will see the multitude of scandalous abuses that occurred there.

Nicholson also destroyed Lara Flynn Boyle by breaking her down emotionally and then passing her around like a party favor.

Roman Polanski drugging and raping a 13 year old girl.

At Nicholson's house!

Alec Baldwin killing a woman on a movie set.

Alec Baldwin having to put out to get his first start in the business..,

Weren't there also allegations that Alec Baldwin physically abused Kim Basinger, or am I thinking of someone else?

Sort of a scandal. Andy Cohen. He was fired from Bravo as an executive but they let him frame his exit any way he wanted ala Star Jones. Did he leave gracefully? No, he threatened to tank their biggest franchise unless he got executive producer credit on all and future housewives franchises. He would get to keep hosting WWHL with the agreement that he would find and approve his replacement. He basically blackmailed Bravo into keeping his on-camera shows and exec prod credits in case anything ever won an Emmy again (like Top Chef, Cohen got an Emmy because he was listed as a producer). If you go back a few years after Cohen was ousted, there was a slew of show announcements that summer at the Bravo up fronts. One was called teach me your talent, where Andy taught various celebs how to host WWHL with the goal being to eventually find a replacement. Then it all just went away.

People were (rightfully) so distracted by Mackenzie Phillips' admission that she had an incestuous affair with her father, that they overlooked her claim that Mick Jagger took her virginity when she was underaged. She later (most likely after being contacted by Mick's lawyers) attempted to clean things up and claimed that she was 18. I call BS.

That crack head girl who died of an overdose from family affair her last name was Jones

I still wholeheartedly believe Shirley Jones' claim in her book that in the 1960s Joan Collins & (then husband) Anthony Newley offered Shirley & (then husband) Jack Cassidy an "Anything Goes" romp. Joan & her lawyers demanded & won a retraction from Shirley.

Joan denied that the orgy ever happened, but she never denied Shirley's primary point that the offer was put forth!

Tape of Alex B. Yelling at his daughter and calling her a pig.

Elke Sommer successfully suing Zsa Zsa Gabor & winning $2 million dollars because Zsa Zsa claimed in print that Elke was broke, living in squalor and hanging out in sleazy bars every day.

Who the hell was Zsa Zsa's legal counsel in the 80s & 90s? The Law Offices of Hanna - Barbera?! Between the slapping incident & the Elke Sommer ordeal, they got her out of nothing. My God! She lost millions left & right!

Elaine Chao, married to Mitch McConnell, alleged to have abused her office as Transportation Secretary to enrich a family business.

Clarence Thomas (SCOTUS). I totally believed Anita Hill during those Senate hearings. In retrospect, Christine Blasey Ford (Kavanaugh hearings) was not a great witness, esp. compared to Anita Hill. There was one weird allegation that I did believe (Hill). She said that CT started talking about pubic hair on his Coke can and talked about Long Dong Silver (porn movie of that time).

Nobody, now, says that Hill was full of shit, yet here we are.

Bill Murray, wife beater.

Most people remember Mel Gibson for "sugar tits," but I'll never forget this...

Abe Lincoln beat the shit out of Mary Todd. The last thing she ever said to him was “You’ll never lay another fucking hand on me again, you son of a bitch you”!

r432

Shemar Moore photographed naked at a gay nude beach and then denying he's gay (of course).

Baby gurl! I mean, GIRL!

Mary Todd was steaming mad at dirt when she and wife beating president husband went to the Ford Theater.

A great film could be made of silent film director William Desmond Taylor's murder.

Hedy lamarr arrested for shoplifting TWICE!

R430 I'm surprised that (and other stuff about Murray) didn't become a big deal during #metoo

The Nicholson stuff has never been proven - LFB was an alcoholic mess with a crazy stage mom before she met Nicholson. He didn’t “ruin her,” you blathering queens. Also it’s stupid to think everyone who went to the Playboy mansion engaged in rape and sexual abuse, it was a mixed bag. He has shifty and creeper friends, but so does everyone in Hollywood. Nicholson’s are just very high profile.

Also the thread is FORGOTTEN celebrity scandals. Nobody has forgotten about Polanski.

Christina Applegate’s lesbian “marriage.”

Bill Clinton, the man that would get feminists to declare boys will be boys and that women want a president that's alive from the waist down.

r443 why things never change when republicans are only concerned about democrats and democrats are only concerned with republicans, and both enjoy dicking the people:

R443 r444

Hillary kills yet again.

When it comes to D listers, SNL cast member Melissa Villasenor's racist tweet scandal is pretty much forgotten. Something seems phony with her.

Bill Clinton is another person I'm surprised escaped #metoo relatively unscathed.

That reminds me of other political scandals nobody talks about anymore:

When he was running in 2000, a woman accused George W. Bush of drugging and raping. It got absolutely no mainstream media coverage, but was talked about on gossip and lefty sites. She filed a lawsuit after he was elected then "committed suicide" a few months later. I was a teen just getting interested in politics at the time and remember discussing it a lot online.

An ex girlfriend of his also claimed that he convinced her to have an abortion and even paid for it.

George H.W. Bush was accused of groping multiple women. His health took a downturn not long after and the story went away. He also kept a mistress and even gave her an ambassadorship. It was an open secret when he was president.

Barbara Bush made some awful comment about how the Hurricane Katrina survivors being housed in the Astrodome were "underprivileged anyway" so things had "worked out well for them."

Also in 2000, there was a rumor that Ralph Nader was gay. My mom said, "Nobody who would vote for Ralph Nader in the would care."

Tom & Roseanne "marry" Kim Silva

Roseanne Barr, at one time, claimed that either her father or her mother (someone in her immediate family) molested her. She almost immediately tried to "take it back." Who knows what the truth is with her.

Didn't Roseanne sister say the accusations against the parents were bullshit?

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The body language at R453: totally in sync. Both even petting the same dog with the same hand.

The Clinton scandal is not forgotten. If we want to go grade c list - Kim Zolciak having a lesbain relationship with a female DJ.

Yes, R452. Roseanne's recovered memories of sexual abuse went all the way back to infancy. It was absurd and her lesbian sister/former BFF (the reason Roseanne made Jackie a lesbian in the notorious original series finale) disowned her because of it. Roseanne later walked back most (but not all) of it and they reconciled.

Ted Nugent (DL non-fave) got legal guardianship over an under-18 girl that he was fucking so that they could fuck in peace.

R457 A deplorable being a deplorable is scandalous?

R457 So did Steven Tyler.

Incredibly handsome young actor James Stacy had it all for awhile. He was on every TV drama in the Sixties, had his own show (lancer), was married to actress Kim Darby (and another actress whose name slips my mind), etc. Then he was in a motorcycle accident, lost an arm and a leg, got hooked on drugs and was arrested for peeping tom allegations. Very sad.

R460 Connie Stevens was his first wife. He was also convicted of molesting an 11 year old girl.

Actor Max Wright ("Alf") caught on tape in 2001 smoking crack & having a gay orgy with 2 homeless bums.

Deservedly forgotten, but Robert Merloz, some twink Pierre Bergé hired to eventually replace Yves Saint Laurent (who was a complete mess at the time, of course) in the early 1990s. IIRC Bergé funded two or three seasons of dismal collections from Merloz. I remember they got scathing reviews from fashion journalists. You can see a bit of Merloz and the collection in this YSL documentary.

Oops, wrong thread!! Forgive!

There were stories about Nixon beating his wife Pat. Sounds plausible to me.

Paul Krugman said his computer was hacked to download kiddie porn.

R431 Everything about that coked-up Ozzie dwarf is crazy. But he’s “Catholic ” so that’s OK. Just like that other dwarf Marky Mark…

Pity; he was such a hot leather bottom in Mad Max…

Let me get this straight...

Bruce Wilis had sex with an underage Aaron Carter? And this story somehow didn't get ANY legitimate coverage except for on DL? Aaron Carter, who's currently a raging methhead with a Rhianna tattoo on his face, gave dick shows online for money, and who would probably sell his own baby for another hit, has never publically admitted it OR cashed in on it?

GOTCHA.

R431: The rumour about his arrest is that he was more or less stalked by the Jewish cop who caught him. Apparently he did drink, but when he did, it was more or less when he slipped up - basically not an everyday thing. However, after he made the Passion, there were allegations that he was set up, because as awful as that film was he managed to get it distributed outside the mainstream system to great financial success.

R465 Have you forgotten Washington? 🎂

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Is r469 really trying to say Mel Gibson was the victim of a lying, stalking Jew cop, and was set up? Unbelievable.

R471: other tedious football closet is Frank Lampard with his nauseating beard Christine Bleakley. The 2000 group sex tape was a hopeless ruse.

Ireland supplies beards like South America…

R473 yes exactly!!! How anyone buys that Frank is a straight Neanderthal is beyond me. He sticks out like a sore thumb amid the grunting chavs of the Prem.

TBT the time several years ago when Anton Hysen (openly gay son of legendary footballer Glen Hysen) guested on a Swedish podcast, and told a story about how he once was making out with Frank Lampard in a random nightclub. Anton said it was more than one quick drunk snog; more like a full-on session of groping and grinding and tonguing, that lasted ages.

To this day I wonder if that is actually a true story (not just a case of mistaken identity or false memory cooked up while high), and if it is true then why British media never picked it up and nobody else ever mentioned it again, besides a scant few football fan forum users and a Swedish gossip blogger. Literally no-one else I currently know of in football fandom has heard of this story, either, so it never had wide circulation.

Lampsy really always has struck me as a former pro-player who’s gay or bi. He’s incredibly touchy or sensitive about certain cultural things that don’t bother other players, remains quite guarded and serious about his personal life & beliefs, and from second-hand reports we know that he was always a bit reticent and ambivalent about the cleat-chaser culture and groupies throwing themselves at him (he was screamingly high and felt pressured by his mates doing the notorious sex tape—not an exoneration of his behaviour, just context). His ex-footballer and former heartthrob cousin Jamie ‘Redders’ Redknapp used to despair of his hopelessness with women.

Then there’s his relationship with Gerrard, which is tortured and homoromantic to put it mildly. They literally went to America to be together in privacy/peace and give their relationship another shot, and straight football fans reacted like “RIVALRY CONTINUES”. It’s sad that their relationship hasn’t ever worked out.

Another forgotten football scandal I love is the 2016 incident where England captain Jordan Henderson—churchgoing charity-working teetotaller father-figure—gets papped at a strip-club with his then-hush boyfriend (now ex) and teammate Adam Lallana. It was the last thing anyone expected of these two. A madness.

Hendo’s really got a dark kinky side under all that ostensible do-gooding. Figures, since he’s currently fucking the most prolific and sleazy whore in the Premier League (sorry, Jack, but it’s true sweetheart)...

Generally speaking, which industry is the most fucked up? A) hollywood B) washington C) the sports world D) combination of a,b, c?...

R476, actually I'd go with real estate.

Lens Dunham sticking pebbles inside her little sister

[quote]Generally speaking, which industry is the most fucked up? A) hollywood B) washington C) the sports world D) combination of a,b, c?...

Well, remember that politics is show business for ugly people.

Angie Bowie claiming she caught David Bowie in bed with Mick Jagger.

R476 Washington times a million. The venal and stupid behavior of celebutantes usually hurts no one but themselves. And sports is a niche thing. D.C. sociopaths destroy entire countries.

David Carradine found hanging naked in his hotel room closet, dead from autoerotic asphyxiation after allegedly hiring two Thai trannies for the night..,

Steven Spielberg and his Bodybuilder/Trainer "stalker" who claimed he was actually in a relationship with him and Speilberg 'LIberace'd" him - getting him arrested.

Videos of Scott Stapp performing laying flat on his back as he was too stoned to stand up. As far as I can tell, all videos have been scrubbed.

R479 and R481.... good points... washington has "power" over the public, unlike hollywood and the sports world..(although hollywood and the sports world have power in terms of media brainwashing)....

R473; R475 there was a rumour about two West Ham players caught fucking each other in the early 90s

And then famously Kevin Keegan mysteriously being beaten up in a random attack in a gas station - rumour has it he was fiddling with someone’s son …

I don’t want to flatter him by calling him a “celebrity,” but Yashar Ali vanished after he was exposed as a grifter. Anyone know if he is still alive?

The Suri Cruise thread reminded me of this.

In the 90s. Scientology did a big push to get accepted by the mainstream. The were always trotting out their celebrities, who credited their success to Scientology. I read an interview with Travolta who claimed Scientology was responsible for his comeback. They also got cozy with politicians, including Bill Clinton. Clinton is said to have helped the "church" gain tax exempt status. It was a huge story for a minute, then went away.

[quote] Travolta who claimed Scientology was responsible for his comeback. They also got cozy with politicians, including Bill Clinton. Clinton is said to have helped the "church" gain tax exempt status. It was a huge story for a minute, then went away.

In exchange for help to the church Travolta traded toning down the novel's portrayal of Bill in the movie Primary Colors.

And along the lines of Bill, there was Tony Blair's affair with supporter Rupert Murcoch's wife. Blair's attorneys got court orders forbidding the UK media from reporting this, but that didn't stop the world's press. At least she was hotter than Susan McDougal.

R6, Lainie Kazan

Director Lee Tamahori getting arrested for trying to sell himself for sex to an undecover cop dressed as a lady whore.

Kate Middleton’s brother being a drunk cross dresser.

Aaron Carter.

"The Boy Band Con" is a documentary about Lou Pearlman, who created NSYNC and Back Street Boys.

Sentenced to 25 years in prison for money laundering, etc., but not for being a pedophile.

However, from this doc, it seems accepted that he was, at least, sexually interested in boys.

Aaron Carter is interviewed (sorry, I didn't time stamp) in the doc and is vehemently denies Pearlman did anything wrong. Carter defends Pearlman.

Carter is still stuck in denial and probably would never admit Bruce Willis & he had a relationship when he was a boy.

Hilary and Haley Duff mean Girling everyone from Lindsay Lohan to Paris and Nicole.

Decent amount of hits if you Google "aaron carter bruce willis."

The singer caught lip-synching on Saturday Night Live. I don't even remember her name. Jessica Simpson's sister, I think.

R489 Speaking of Blair, Bill Clinton lobbed for him to overturn a ruling refusing Scientology’s charity status in the UK.

drunk David Hasselhoff eating a hamburger with video taken by his daughter.

R498, I felt bad for him over this. Who hasn't had a messy drunken moment we wish hadn't been recorded? He was hurting nobody.

In 1972 a black actress named Barbara McNair was arrested for possession of heroin. It was a big deal at the time. Her husband was charged. She had no knowledge of it.

For months DL gossiped that Marcia Cross would be coming out publicly. Once her PR team got wind of the internet rumors, she promptly married a man and gave birth to twins.

More political scandals!

Ronald Reagan was accused of rape by actress Selene Walters.

Also, when he was governor of California, Reagan had a new Governor's Mansion built. He cited "safety concerns," but rumor has it that Nancy didn't think the then-current mansion was grand enough for them.

Jane Wyman was pregnant when her and Reagan married. The day they claim they got married is a couple of months earlier than the actual date.

Walter Mondale's daughter, Eleanor, was a total slut. (I'm surprised that she's not a DL icon.)

When she was studying at Oxford, Chelsea Clinton whined about how "mean" the students against the then-impending Iraq war were and interrupted an anti-war demonstration chanting "USA!" with a bunch of other obnoxious rich kids. The latter got quite a bit of press at the time.

Mitt Romney also got press when it came out that he participated in a pro-war demonstration during Vietnam. He, of course, got deferments so he wouldn't have to fight....

[quote] when her and Reagan married

No, no, no, no, no, no...

Remember when the Romneys went on vacation and drove hundreds of miles with their dog strapped on the roof of their car? Mitt insisted the dog loved it.

^ And not in a cage on the roof of the car but dog itself strapped down flat on the roof.

When Mitt Romney was asked why none of his kids served in the military, he said that they were serving the country by helping him get elected. I grew up in a military family, so I know a lot of military people, and even the hardcore Republicans (which is most of them) were offended by that comment.

When all the big evangelicals endorsed Romney they had to have their websites scrubbed because they all gave speeches or wrote pieces where they said awful things about Mormons.

Romney was so sure that he was going to win that his presidential website actually went online when the polls closed. It went offline quickly, but someone got screenshot and people made fun of it at the time, but nobody talks about it anymore.

Romney's "47%" comment. Nobody talks about it anymore either, even though it did more damage to his campaign than anything else.

In 2000, there were rumors that John McCain had had a secret biracial daughter, that was obviously started by the Bush campaign. There were a bunch of other false rumors and stories too, that I don't really remember anymore. (Can anyone help me out?) I never liked McCain, but the Bush people ran such a disgusting campaign against him in 2000, that I felt some sympathy for him.

John McCain cancelling his appearance on David Letterman's show at the last moment to "save the economy" or some shit, but was actually giving another interview right now the street while Letterman was taping. Letterman made jokes about this for weeks afterwards.

Anybody remember what trashy drunk messes Dubya's daughters were? Ashton Kutcher gave an interview (I think in Rolling Stone) where he all but admitted to banging one of them.

Hillary Clinton claiming that she dodged bullets when she arrived in Bosnia, but the footage of her arrival showed her being greeted by a little girl with flowers. (David Letterman used to play that clip a lot.)

I think Jessica Chastain had to have been aware of Matthew Newton's troubled fairly recent past (it makes no sense otherwise) but I don't think she would have hired him if she knew just how bad it was and the fact that he used his privilege to avoid any serious repercussions. So there's still a level of hypocrisy and incompetence there.

TIna Fey and Amy Pohler played the Bush twins on SNL "Jenna..Jeanna." :wut" "I GOT THE SPINS"

Porn star of straight and gay films Paul Baressi gave a story to the National Enquirer , alleging that he and John Travolta had sex. Apparently, Travolta paid him $400 each time. He did provide photos of the two sitting on a sofa together.

Remember that time Vice President Cheney shot someone in the face?

[quote]Whittington said that despite having to undergo surgery, suffering a minor heart attack, and still carrying a few pellets within his body from the accident, he has “no hard feelings toward the vice president.”

Jerry Seinfeld dating Shoshanna when she was in high school and he was 38.

Jerry Seinfeld's wife leaving her newly married husband for him.

Jerry Seinfeld's wife plagiarizing her cook book and then Jerry putting the woman down on talk shows.

r487 Yashar has posted recently

Now that Yashit is out of rehab, I wonder if the long awaited Part 2 of the magazine story that blew the cover off of all his bullshit will come out.

[quote] Porn star of straight and gay films Paul Baressi gave a story to the National Enquirer , alleging that he and John Travolta had sex. Apparently, Travolta paid him $400 each time. He did provide photos of the two sitting on a sofa together.

His rate seems reasonable. Too reasonable to keep his mouth shut.

Not a fave, but forgotten: Paula Poundstone neglecting (abusing?) her foster kids. I’ve also forgotten how the scandal resolved.

Solange, Jay-z, Beyoncé elevator fight.

I really wish people would read threads, including the full subject header before posting.

So many dupes, So many not understanding the concept of "forgotten". Frustrating.

[quote] One that comes to mind for me is Hilary Swank speaking at the birthday party of a dictator. She is either evil or her team was mind-bogglingly incompetent.

I can tell you which option is correct.

The messy Jane Pauley "Today Show" Exit & her much younger replacement Deborah Norville was a huge story in 1989/1990. The whole thing was framed as if mature, intelligent Jane Pauley was being ousted out of her career for a young blonde bimbo (Deborah Norville). And Jane gleefully lapped up EVERY DROP of sympathy & publicity! For quite some time Deborah was the most hated woman in America.

I was a child at the time but was Team Jane all the way. Looking back at the situation now through adult eyes, I realize that Deborah Norville got screwed over because of poor decisions that "Today" producers made. "Today" suits were IDIOTS to bring her to the show in such a manner without thinking of the optics and the wrath of faithful & scorned Jane Pauley fans.

Katie Couric should thank her lucky stars EVERY DAY that "Today" suits were such imbeciles. With both Jane Pauley out of the way and Deborah Norville's head on a platter, Katie couldn't lose! Viewers were willing to latch on to ANYONE, just as long as it wasn't that "scheming, cock-sucking, talentless, blonde bitch who stole Jane Pauley's job"!

Hugh Grant arrested for paying a tranny to give him head in his car.

Jane Pauley's hair was always weird. The top / bangs part looked like there were 5 uncontrollable cowlicks competing at the scalp. Then it was long like a mullet.

Frank Gifford being set up by a stewardess and Globe Magazine, who photographed their hotel tryst and published the photos, humiliating Kathie Lee.

R520, I was not and am not a tranny!

Kathie Lee was insufferable, bragging about her marriage and her children.

Dita Von Teese was married to Marilyn Manson.

She seems like a cool lady, but MM seems like a waste of human life. Something's got to be wrong with Dita.

R520 Liz honey, you gave birth to a big potato faced tranny.

Lindsey Graham being into baby domination porn. This is from the horses mouth (I can’t divulge the exact source), but the gist is he sees a guy who specialises in this type of thing. Basically, Lindsey is dressed up in a bib, bonnet and giant diaper, while the gay dominatrix acts like as his mommy - changing his diaper, feeding him etc. Apparently one of the guys other clients saw Miss Lindsey sitting in a giant crib sucking on a pacifier, while wearing a shitty diaper and was utterly shocked at the sight…,

Also, according to what others have seen, Miss Lindsey spends entire weekends living this way, and also likes the guy to fuck him up the ass while he talcums and changes his diaper.

You're very lame r527

R 527 CSI Miami alluded to this in the episode “King Baby”.

That was regular CSI dear, and the baby man was some casino magnate, not a politician.

I’m afraid it’s the truth, r528. Lindsey Graham actually does do this. He used to be into dressing up as a cowboy on an isolated piece of property he and some other closeted types owned. While there Lindsey would also doll himself up in a pioneer dress and sun bonnet. However, like a lot of these closeted freaks, he’s had to go to more extremes over the years to satisfy whatever fucked up urges he suffers from.

This is a thing. I saw it on some talk sow, adult men decked out in rompers, sunbonnets, and nappies, sucking on bottles and pacifiers.

Jesus Fucking Christ.

R530 I’m not your dear

R509 - Travolta also gave Paul Baressi a bit part in the movie Perfect.

What about the Republican vice-presidential candidate who got caught at an all male orgy that the cops raided. He was an aid to Reagan at the time Reagan was governor of California.

That got hushed up.

But when he ran on the presidential ticket with Bob Dole, the rumors came back to haunt them.

The moral of the story is: If you only have one hand and you lose your presidential bid, make a commercial for erectile dysfunction.

If you're no longer an old whore in Congress, be one on TV.

I'll be here all week. Remember to tip the wait staff.

They will slash your tires the next time if you don't.

John Fedders resigns from his job as SEC chief of enforcement during the Reagan era when it’s revealed he physically abused his wife.

I vaguely remember a TV movie of the week about this, starring Lindsay Wagner and Chris Sarandon.

R519 I remember this. They introduced Deborah by having her sit with the others for their chats which was a sign that Jane was being shoved aside.

Then there was Bryant Gumbal's memo leaked to the press which said Willard Scott "holds the show hostage to his assortment of whims, wishes, birthdays and bad taste ... this guy is killing us and no one's even trying to rein him in". And Gene Shalit's movie reviews "are often late and his interviews aren't very good."

R141: The other story about the rape is that Mel Gibson (of all people) was the only to step in and really help him. Apparently Downey Jr. had been badly beaten as well as raped, and it was Gibson who used his pull to get him proper treatment as well as transferred to a secure prison wing.

Mel even quietly visited him in the prison infirmary, finding Downey Jr. in such bad conviction that he couldn’t even go to the bathroom without his prolapsed anus turning inside out like a used rubber condom.

It was due to Mel’s help that Downey Jr. managed to have surgery, and later, after his release, Gibson stood by him and helped him get his career back on track.

Janet Jackson using her chef's name/identity to score prescription drugs.

Namely her herpes medication.

R539 but what was in that for Mel? Is he going to collect on that favour one day?

The David Beckham knighthood scandal never stops being funny to me.

Yanited have only ever produced cunty sports personalities, and Becks epitomises this.

R539 I heard that at one point, when Downey Jr. was unemployable, Gibson paid his rent and even bought him groceries.

A lot of people side-eye his loyalty to Gibson, but I get it.

R543: Yes. And he needed surgery for his prolapsed anus.

Gibson provided a lawyer and fixer to provide the help Downey Jr. needed while in prison, and he also payed for top of the line surgery to repair the damage to his anus.

R535... at least Kemp was a handsome mature man....

Downey stood by Gibson during the latter's own scandal. If the stories above are accurate, I absolutely understand why Downey would do that, and fuck anyone who didn't approve.

Geez, where did the story of RDJ’s prolapsed anus come from? I know he was raped, and he was beaten so badly that he needed plastic surgery, and out of prison he was vouched by Mel Gibson so he could get jobs. All of them were reported by legit media.

But did Gibson really “find” RDJ’s prolapsed anus and had it fixed?

Maybe not a scandal but most distasteful. Elton J performing for the Rush Limbaugh wedding. Very disappointed with the Rocket Man for that.

The RDJr prolapsed anus thing is entirely the invention of gossip blogs. It should also be noted that the rape wasn't reported by the legitimate media, it's just what people believe was implied in the interview already mentioned earlier in this thread. I believe he was attacked viciously and probably raped, but we don't know that for sure, and I think it's important for people to keep what we know and what we don't know separate.

Yes it’s true, r547. Downey Jr.’s anus had already seen some major traffic before he made it to the big house, so all it took was one horrendous gang bang for it to finally blow out.

R550 ^ I love you

In the mid-70s, Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz inexplicably got fired when he said, "All the niggers want is loose shoes, tight pussies and a warm place to shit."

Go figure.

My Robert Downey Jr. story.

I worked in an upscale hotel, in the bar on the ground floor. RDJ came in with an all-male entourage and it did not look like a business meeting. RDJ was loud and rude, IMO. One of the males in his entourage separated out and started talking to the bartender (at the bar). (RDJ & entourage were at a table.) I would say RDJ's taste is more twink than bear.

Mel Gibson is an alcoholic as well and understands the struggle.

Continuing with the Today Show alumni, Al Roker had a little scandal over epilepsy. "Remember that controversial Olympic logo for the 2012 Olympics in London? Some folks have complained that the campaign actually sent them into epileptic seizures. Well, we asked you to weigh in on our website in an informal poll; those of you who could get up off the floor after shaking around were able to actually log in". — Al Roker, June 7, 2007, describing the reaction to the logo for 2012 Summer Olympics.

The following day Roker stated, "I started joking about [the logo]. I want to make this clear—I was not joking about epilepsy or anyone who suffers from epilepsy. We understand and know that this is a serious affliction and would never joke about that. We were joking about the logo—not about epilepsy. If anybody was offended, I heartily and really humbly apologize."

[quote] I would say RDJ's taste is more twink than bear.

Ah. So that really was how come Corey Haim moved in with him that time.

Robert Downey Jr. used to be openly bisexual. He admitted it publicly in interviews. The general public has amnesia about that though.

Does anyone remember when Jessica Chastain was outed for lying about her age? Someone who went to high school with her posted pics from a yearbook on social media, and if she was the age she claimed there's no way that Chastain would've been in high school at the time.

It's the worst kept secret in Hollywood that daytime star Deirdre Hall is actually ten years younger than her given age. Apparently when she was trying to get work as a young teen, she looked too old to get parts her own age so her agent suggested she add ten years to her age and be eligible for adult parts and also not be subject to work restrictions for minors.

I'm not sure if it's true, but I heard that Sandra Dee's psycho stage mom added a couple of years to her age to put her to work early.

I remember the Fatty Arbuckle scandal as though it was yesterday.

My bisexualtiy was MANUFACTURED by the mainstream media! R556

Fatty Arbuckle was discussed in detail way back in the thread, r559. He was framed but eventually acquitted after three trials. He was ruined just the same.

R560 Funny how he only started saying that he wasn't into guys after getting cast in a big movie that the studio was hoping would (and did!) turn into a franchise. Must be a coincidence.

R561, He later worked under an alias.

Gene Shalit scandal - apart from his mustache. Shalit was criticized by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) for his review of Brokeback Mountain in which he referred to Jake Gyllenhaal's character as a "sexual predator": GLAAD said Shalit's "baseless branding of Jack as a 'sexual predator' merely because he is romantically interested in someone of the same sex is defamatory, ignorant, and irresponsible" and that he "used the occasion to promote defamatory antigay prejudice to a national audience." His son Peter, who is gay, wrote a letter to GLAAD defending his father and said the organization had defamed him by "falsely accusing him of a repellent form of bigotry."

Keeping with the Today show. Let's not forget Ann Curray, who took over for Katie and when the ratings dropped - Matt blamed it on Ann and her lack of "sexual chemistry." aka no one wants to fuck her. Then Matt got ousted for sexual harassment and possible rape. I remember after Anne was ousted they were all on the couch and someone said something about appreciating co-workers and AL said "really? I thought we threw them under the bus."

R565 When Kate Couric's book came out there was talk that both she and Matt Lauer treated her really badly.

I had forgotten about Hunter Biden's laptop scandal until today!

The Joan Collins/Peter Holm very-ugly divorce proceedings. At one point, his bubbleheaded mistress, "Passion Flower" took the stand and would dramatically "faint" whenever the cross-examination became too hot for her. The whole thing was straight out of "Dynasty"!

R568, At one point, Peter was picketing Joan's home with signs demanding alimony, much to the delight of the tabloid media.

Shirley Bassey married her gay manager Kenneth Hume in hopes of converting him, but he sued for divorce when she was knocked up by Peter Finch. Hume soon died of OD and the daughter of Bassey and Finch drowned at the age of 21.

R570, I recall reading an interview with Shirley Bassey in the 1970s and she commented how repulsed she was by the scene in "Sunday, Bloody Sunday" that featured Peter Finch passionately kissing his younger male lover.

The Gloria and Emilio Estefan boating accident involving the death of a guy on wave runner.

[quote] I had forgotten about Hunter Biden's laptop scandal until today!

Thank you. That was one of our more successful coverups

r572 Good one! I truly had forgotten about that, and it was quite a big deal at the time.

They had quite a few rumors floating around them both at the height of their fame.

Last I heard she never got off of the pain pills after her bus accident.

Some of these are “scandals” that only a handful of people know about (or gossip about) so they don’t really fit this thread of the public didn’t know to begin with……

These should all be searchable and public information at the time of the scandal.

R539, R544, no offense but WHAT THE F***!?! Where do you hear that kind of insider information? Or are you just good at fabrication?

George Looney’s beard Amal’s family is from an atrocious family of convicted Lebanese and Bulgarian mobsters, arms dealers and Hamas activists. AND her uncle flips burgers at the Golden Arches.

G - you could have “married” Rita Ora or Dua Lipa if you wanted gangland protection!

…Begs the question what DOES wifey’s family (and Quran) say about all those bathhouse visits?

It’s well known in certain circles what happened to him, r576. A lot of people who have to interact with Downey really dislike him because he’s become such an arrogant scumbag and sellout. The reason why he ended up serving real time in in the first place was because he was given so many chances. Eventually everyone was done with him, and he ended up in prison with no resources.

One of the biggest favours Gibson did for him was to hire a well-known celebrity fixer. This guy (with Mel’s money) managed to arrange a lot of things while keeping the most salacious aspects of what happened away from the mainstream press.

Today Show Megyn Kelly blackface scandal.

During the episode of October 23, 2018, Megyn Kelly participated in a panel discussion on the appropriateness of blackface in Halloween costume on her morning show Megyn Kelly Today. During the segment, Kelly recollected that "when I was a kid, that was okay as long as you were dressing up as like a character", and added that "[Luann de Lesseps] wants to look like Diana Ross for one day, and I don't know how that got racist on Halloween." Her comments were widely criticized for being interpreted as defense of the practice, which is generally considered to be a derogatory caricature of African-Americans. Critics likened Kelly's remarks to a previous incident during her tenure at Fox News Channel, where Kelly asserted that Jesus and Santa Claus were white.

Later that day, Kelly issued an internal email apologizing for the remarks, stating that "I realize now that such behavior is indeed wrong, and I am sorry", and that "I've never been a 'pc' kind of person — but I understand that we do need to be more sensitive in this day and age. Particularly on race and ethnicity issues which, far from being healed, have been exacerbated in our politics over the past year. This is a time for more understanding, love, sensitivity and honor, and I want to be part of that. I look forward to continuing that discussion."

Kelly opened the October 24 episode with a public apology, as well as a follow-up discussion with African-American commentators Amy Holmes and Roland Martin on why blackface is considered controversial. The same day, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Kelly had left the Creative Artists Agency, and had hired an attorney. It was also reported that, prior to the incident, Kelly and NBC had been discussing cancelling the program so she could focus more on serving as a correspondent, but that the comments may have an impact on her future at the network. The week's remaining episodes were replaced by encores.

On October 26, 2018, NBC News confirmed the cancellation of Megyn Kelly Today and announced that the show's existing anchors would temporarily fill the third hour.

R578 Who's the "well-known celebrity fixer?" And where did you read "the most salacious aspects" that the fixer managed to keep away from the mainstream press?

Not that RDJ doesn't enjoy anal sex, but I feel his prolapsed anus surgery is just another gerbil story.

Being raped and beaten was bad enough, with or without the prolapsed anus. As RDJ himself said, "you can't go from a $2000-dollar-a-night suite at La Mirage to a penitentiary and really understand the experience and still come out a liberal." If his experiences in prison were as bad as reported, I'm not surprised he has mixed emotions about social justice.

This thread is about to max out, & no one has commented on HILLARY'S EMAILS?!?

[quote] As RDJ himself said, "you can't go from a $2000-dollar-a-night suite at La Mirage to a penitentiary and really understand the experience and still come out a liberal."

I'm the one who posted about RDJ walking into the hotel bar (where I worked), acting obnoxious and rude. He was barking out orders before he even sat down.

He was an asshole. Several famous people came through that hotel and he was the worst, IME. (I worked there for a year.)

R528 R531. You're referring to Baby G.

There are versions in SC.

Sherri Shepherd having a son via surrogacy then challenging the contract and seeking to remove her name from his birth certificate.

R585 I DID forget about that. Wasn't her husband secretly in a relationship with the surrogate, or something similar?

Has anyone mentioned Milli Vanilli?

They were forced to give back their Grammy.

Paul McCartney's disastrous marriage to Heather Mills. The media milked that one dry.

R587 Rob ended his own life in the late 90s. I don’t think he could ever live down the shame, which is really sad. Vh1 had been making their episode on Milli Vanilli and interviewed them both and he ended his life somewhere around the time before the episode came out so they integrated his death into the episode.

Poor guy.

Oops I meant to say VH1’s Behind the Music. And I guess he didn’t kill himself but died of alcohol and pills…although certainly you could argue either way when people go that way.

Yes, r589, I think they were just two young inexperienced guys who had no idea what they were getting into when they signed their contracts. It was their producer who should have born the shame but he skated while they bore the blame for being there out in front.

R588 remember when Heather went on DWTS? She danced with Jonathan Roberts, who had been married to Anna Trebunskaya (green card marriage?) but he was so over the top gay. The tabloids said Heather demanded a gay dance partner, lest she be accused of getting it on with him.

I seem to recall she danced to KC & the Sunshine Band’s song “Boogie Shoes,” & I wished the session singers changed the lyrics to: I wanna put on/ Mah-mah-mah-mah-mah boogie shoe.”

r455

[quote] The Clinton scandal is not forgotten.

But what is forgotten is the reaction from quite a number of high profiled feminists and feminist organizations that dismissed it all. There's Hillary's infamous daughter of willie horton speech and the allegations she was once the one that directed state and federal resources to tar accusers.

Some even going as far to state exactly why they didn't support any of their accusers, like that they thought the Clarence Thomas scandal wasn't a big deal but the only difference being that they wanted Clarence out of there and they wanted to keep Clinton in.

or if you prefer, r455

CNN'S Richard Quest arrested for possession of meth in Central Park.

[quote]Not only did Quest have drugs, he also had a "rope around his neck that was tied to his genitals, and a sex toy in his boot."

Speaking of scandals, whet to john edwards? Scumbag and phony, but damn he was fine.... Always fantasized him having a big muscle physique to go with his looks...

r596 he is a personal injury lawyer in Pitt County North Carolina now.

R597... thanks for the info, from presidential candidate to back to being a personal injury lawyer in North Carolina, well, I guess it's work....

Former teen idol Leif Garrett’s drunk driving accident that left his friend a paraplegic:

Garrett admitted that he started using drugs when he was 14.[13] On November 3, 1979, five days before his 18th birthday, he crashed a Porsche 914 that was being leased to his mother[22] after a midnight party while he was driving to buy more cocaine. His blood alcohol level was three times over today's legal limit,[23] and he was high on quaaludes.[24] The accident left his passenger and friend, Roland Winkler, a paraplegic.[25] Garrett had only met Winkler about a month earlier.[26] Neither Garrett nor Winkler was wearing a seatbelt. Garrett was later tried as a juvenile on drunk-driving charges; his driver's license was suspended for a year and he was placed on a year's probation.[27] Winkler sued in January 1980, claiming Garrett was at fault in the accident.[28]

John Edwards is actually a great lawyer.