Sometimes stars of film and TV lift us up, but in 2016 – not so much! Click on to see some of the worst, most shameful behavior of a very trying year.
Ryan Lochte
Thanks for disgracing the U.S. Olympics team with your tall tale of being robbed in Rio. You’re a champ.
Billy Bush
Lost his job at NBC’s “Today” after an old video emerged of Bush giggling like a hyena as Donald Trump bragged about groping women.
Amber Heard and Johnny Depp
Rotten celebrity divorce of the year, with claims of drug addiction and blackmail tossed around just after the couple issued a weird video apology for their “dog smuggling” activities.
Katt Williams
It’s been quite a year for the comic, who was sued for beating a houseguest and arrested on suspicion of assaulting a store employee. But nothing beats this headline from yet another Kat scrape: “Kat Williams Gets into Fight with 7th Grader and Loses.”
Dr. Phil
“Appallingly cruel” was how one critic summed up the daytime talk host’s interview with ’70s film star Shelley Duvall, who says she is mentally ill.
Dani Mathers
Memo to this Playboy Playmate: If you’re going to body-shame someone in your gym, don’t get caught. And try not to pick on a victim in her 70s.
Bill Cosby
The formerly beloved sitcom dad was ordered to stand trial in a criminal sexual assault case. He says he’s not guilty, but his once-stellar reputation is in tatters.
Noah Galvin
The openly gay “Real O’Neals” star ended up regretting a Vulture interview that bashed “Arrow” star Colton Haynes for his coming out and took shots at other celebs.
Tom Sizemore
The long-troubled actor was arrested over the summer in a domestic violence incident.
Chris Brown
Who else would be creative enough to wage an all-day standoff with the LAPD after he was accused of threatening a woman at his house?
Scott Baio
The former “Joanie Loves Chachi” star and fervent Donald Trump supporter revealed he likes to troll people on Twitter — like, say, Michelle Obama.
Nate Parker
“The Birth of a Nation” star was hit by allegations of rape when he was a student at Penn State — and it was revealed his accuser had committed suicide in 2012. He was acquitted, but the talk of the case engulfed his film.
Bill Simmons
The outspoken sports guru suffered an explosive exit from ESPN — and then his HBO talk show tanked.
Brad Pitt
He was ultimately cleared of alleged child abuse in a plane altercation. But his image still took an awful beating in his split from Angelina Jolie.
Donald Trump
Remember when we learned that the “Celebrity Apprentice” host boasted that he liked to grab women “by the p—-“? He’ll never work in this town again. Whatever happened to this guy?
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