15 Actors Who Used To Be Huge But Everyone Hates Now, And For Good Reason
Jun. 25, 2024

 

Many individuals believe that celebrities are the most loved and admired group of people. They enrich people's lives in a variety of ways and make their fans happy.

 

Even though this is the case, there have been instances where these people have been despised for unknown reasons.

 

 

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Hollywood's celebrities occasionally take actions that have a detrimental effect on how the public perceives them. This might be a dud project or simply an incident in their personal life that fans can't overlook any longer.

 

Whatever the reason, some actors experience a downward spiral in their reputations and careers over time or suddenly, and there’s not much they can do about it. Nowadays, once you’re cancelled, you are done for.

 

Here’s a list of Actors that were once Hollywood icons but are now hated for one reason or another.

 

1.   Lea Michele

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In the summer of 2020, allegations of racism and bullying against the Glee star caused Lea Michele's reputation to suffer. The actress is accused of being a diva on set from giving the crew a hard time to having feuds with her fellow stars.

 

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Recently the starlets Glee Co-star Samantha Ware accused the actress of making her life a living hell and almost making her quit acting.

Lea allegedly said to another cast member that she wanted to “s-t” in Samantha's wig, among other “traumatic microaggressions,” according to Samantha.

 

2. Shia LaBeouf

 

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Despite a long history of violent misdemeanours that have been made public, Shia LaBeouf's career and star power have continued to grow.

 

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Although LaBeouf became so despised for his ostentatious antics—like the time he wore a paper bag over his head on the red carpet to prove his point and his outspoken opinions that one man who resembled him was even attacked for it.

 

3. Amber Heard

 

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Amber Heard bagged a position in the list of the most hated people in the world ranking higher than Vladimir Putin. The Actress was dragged after she was proven to be guilty of domestic abuse against husband/actor Johnny Depp.

 

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The actress was later stripped of all major projects and endorsements after the verdict of the trial. And has not been active ever since.

 

4. James Franco

 

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James Franco’s career remained unscathed even after some major offences and misconducts. Including pi**ing in-front of a journalist and other misdemeanours.

 

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But it finally went down hill when the true flurry of allegations against the actor began in 2018. Women accused Franco of acting in ways that ranged from generally creepy to seemingly exploitative to sexually abusive, first online, then in the Los Angeles Times, and then in a lawsuit.

The actor was also caught messaging a seventeen-year-old underage girl, asking her if they could meet at a hotel.

 

5. Ezra Miller

 

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Ezra Miller, famous for playing flash, were walking on thin ice after being slammed with disorderly conduct and harassment charges in Hawaii along with multiple lawsuits.

 

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Their career has now finally been destroyed by the numerous charges of abuse and harassment that have been made against them over the past year, but most recently, the biggest one of them all, grooming of underage girls.

The actor was also arrested for other misconducts.

 

6.   Charlie Sheen

 

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The actor Charlie Sheen has a long history of abusing women, including more than 20 years of sex assaults, battery, drug abuse, and threats. He has had a long history of being extremely problematic.

 

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His career officially ended when he was removed from the famous tv show “Two and a half men” for being self-destructive and a liability after he was having to deal with lawsuits one after another along with his drug abuse and sex addiction.

 

7.    Amy Schumer

 

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We all know Amy Schumer is the kind of person who doesn’t know when to stop, and that sometimes she’s just straight up inappropriate or insensitive without seeing where or when to tell her jokes.

 

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Her downfall began when she made a joke about Ryan Dunn dying in a vehicle accident while making fun of his close friend Steve O. The pun implied how much funnier it would have been if Dunn had perished in the collision rather than Steve O.

It’s safe to say, no one laughed. The actress later had to face a lot of backlash, even after Steve O publicly forgave her.

 

8.    Will Smith

 

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Will Smith put in a lot of effort and successfully established himself as an A grade actor in Hollywood.

But in more recent times, he has made headlines for plenty of unsavoury reasons. The actor has also been the centre of attention due to his wife coming in to the spotlight for cheating on him with her son's close friend, August Alsina.

 

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The day he won an Oscar was the day he was bound to be doomed. The Actor got up on the stage at the Oscar’s and slapped his fellow Co star across the face. The loving Will Smith is now a broken shell according to fans, and they blame his wife for it.

 

9.    Faye Dunaway

 

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The "Mommy Dearest" actress, now 81, was accused of creating a "hostile" and "dangerous" environment while working on a play in Boston, including striking a member of the crew, according to a July 2019 article in The Post.

 

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She has also been accused of being homophobic and demeaning according to her former personal assistant who later sued her for the damages.

 

10.    Lindsay Lohan

 

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Lindsay Lohan has made an effort to maintain a low profile ever since leaving Hollywood, but she has been in the news for a slew of controversies. The former child star has had a problematic past which includes a long problem of drug abuse.

 

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Some things that triggered the end of her acting career included getting arrested multiple times and frequently going on drug binges.

Also Supporting Harvey Weinstein after he was convicted of sexual assault of countless women and underage girls, calling women who support the ‘MeToo’ movement weak and also defending Donald Trump.

 

11.    Kristen Stewart

 

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The starlet who was one loved for being Robert Pattinsons girlfriend is not in a very likeable position anymore after cheating on her Twilight Co-star with the Director or her new movie Snow White and the Huntsman leaving her ex boyfriend Robert Pattinson heartbroken.

 

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Rupert Sanders, the director of Snow White and the Huntsman, was caught having an affair with Kristen Stewart. The accusations started after a photo of Stewart kissing Sanders in Los Angeles surfaced.

Sanders was at the time married to model Liberty Ross, with whom he has two children, and Stewart was in a relationship with Robert Pattinson. Fans were quick to bash the actress for being a cheater and ended up boycotting her.

 

12.    Ashton Kutcher

 

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Many may disagree, but Ashton Kutcher generally seems like a really likeable guy. When Kutcher ended his marriage to fellow Hollywood actress Demi Moore in 2011, the animosity toward him first surfaced.

 

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In the eyes of many, Kutcher's addition to the cast of CBS' Two and a Half Men did not help to win him any admirers. Instead he received a lot of back lash.

 

13.    Jennifer Lawrence

 

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Jennifer Lawrence has previously been called out for trying to hard to be relatable and in turn always ended up making an inappropriate or insensitive joke. People accuse her of being fake and putting up a fake show of being a sweetheart.

 

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In interviews, Lawrence often used terms like "dyke." In a 2012 interview with Ellen Degeneres, some of her followers thought she was making fun of transgender people.

 

14.    Leonardo DiCaprio

 

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Leonardo DiCaprio who was once the Titanic movie's heartthrob is now being bashed for using his powerful position to manipulate younger women into dating him.

 

People have recently started to notice that the Hollywood King only dates women who are younger than twenty five. And breaks up with them as soon as they hit the mark. He has been accused of hopping from one girl to another.

 

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Along with this, he is famously known as being a philanthropist and a staunch supporter of working against climate change whereas lately, which includes multiple natural disasters in countries around the world, he has been accused of being completely silent all while only being interested in women.

 

 

15.    Bill Cosby

 

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American actor, Bill Cosby, who was once the face of comedy and fun was convicted for Sexual assault of multiple women.

 

He had been accused by approximately 60 women of rape, drug-facilitated sexual assault, sexual battery, child sexual abuse, and sexual misconduct.

 

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That brings this list to an end.

 

Which celebrity do you hate the most?