It’s a cold, hard fact of life that famous people and people with a lot of money get away with all kinds of things when it comes to crime and scandal.
Also, sometimes the general public just kind of seems to “forget” about really bad things celebrities do because they’re, well, celebrities and people are obsessed with fame.
What celebrities do you think have been let off the hook for bad things because of their fame?
AskReddit users shared their thoughts on the subject.
1. Rock n’ roll bad boy.
“Vince Neil of Motley Creue drove drunk and killed one of his very good friends and gave the 2 people in the other car very bad injuries and brain damage.
He also had other DUIs after this.
But hey everybody loves a good party song and now he has a famous liquor brand.”
2. A lot of talk about this guy.
“R Kelly married Aaliyah when she was 15 years old in the mid 90’s and yet it took like two decades for people to start boycotting him as a sexual predator.
He was still making songs with beyonce and lady gaga etc for a looooong time.”
3. I’m Rick James, bitch!
“Rick James kidnapped TWO women with his wife while on separate crack binges.”
4. From the old days of wrestling.
“Jimmy Superfly Snuka killed his girlfriend and got inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.”
5. This guy…
“Ted Nugent shit his pants to dodge the draft and has a song called “jailbait” which ends with him pleading with an officer not to arrest him and instead share a 13 year old.
That’s not even his worst offense as also he adopted his 16 year old girlfriend because the government refused to marry them.”
6. The Man in Black.
“Johnny Cash walked out on his wife and kids saying that his career was more important to him than they were.
Then went on to eventually settle down with June Carter and start a whole new family while still ignoring the kids he already had.”
7. Interesting…
“Boy George
He beat a guy with a metal chain after cuffing him to a radiator. Should make for an interesting sequence in his forthcoming biopic…”
8. Classy!
“Steven Tyler became the guardian for a 16 year old he was dating when he was 25 so he could bring her on tour…knocked her up too.”
9. The King.
“Elvis Presley and Pricilla age 14. Right out in the public, no one batted an eye. Her parents allowed her to go on a trip under The condition that Elvis pay for a first-class round trip and arrange for her to be chaperoned at all times, and that she write home every day.
Elvis agreed to all these demands, and Priscilla flew to Los Angeles. Elvis told her they were going to Las Vegas, and to throw her parents off the scent, he had Priscilla pre-write a postcard for every day they’d be away to be mailed from Los Angeles by a member of his staff.”
10. Hmmmm…weird…
“Gwyneth Paltrow
She’s a con artist and manages a MLM, as well as recommending women treat their illness by putting rocks up their Vagina and steaming their privates causing harm to people.
You can say she’s an idiot.
Or just that she’s a sociopath that loves making money off hurting other people.
She admitted on Jimmy Kimmel that she has no idea if anything really works.”
11. Dr. Dre.
“Dr Dre beat a reporter, Dee Barnes, savagely for writing a negative story on him. Or one he perceived as negative, I don’t know.
He picked her up by her hair and “began slamming her head and the right side of her body repeatedly against a brick wall near the stairway” as his bodyguard held off the crowd with a gun. After Dr. Dre tried to throw her down the stairs and failed, he began kicking her in the ribs and hands. She escaped and ran into the women’s rest room. Dr. Dre followed her and “grabbed her from behind by the hair again and proceeded to punch her in the back of the head.”
12. Have you ever noticed…?
“Jerry Seinfeld dated a 17 year old girl in high school, when he was 39 years old.
I know it isn’t illegal. He had money, fame, and was at the height of his show. And he chooses to date a 17 year old who is still in high school ? It might not be illegal and as bad as murder/rape/kidnapping/etc. , but it’s still pretty scummy.”
13. From the 1970s…
“Roman Polanski’s still getting awards and standing ovations for his films.”
14. Sticking up for “family values.”
“Newt Gingrich.
Republican politician Married his high school geometry teacher when he was 19 and she was 26. Had multiple affairs and while she was in the hospital undergoing treatment for cancer he came into her hospital room and told her he was divorcing her.
Friends of Gingrich report that Newt told them that “she wasn’t pretty enough to be the wife of a president”, which he planned to be. He proceeds to divorce her, and then doesn’t pay child support and first wife has to get help form the church to make ends meet. I say first wife because he gets his divorce and in 6 months marries his second wife.
But while with second wife has an affair with his staffer. During this affair, the massive hypocrite leads the impeachment proceedings of Bill Clinton for lying about an affair. Gets divorced and four months later marries his latest wife.
He also blamed past infidelities on his “passion for this country”. Oh, and he is credited with driving a wedge between the parties in politics and being a leader in “Christian Family Values”. You can currently find him as a popular pundit on news programs.”
15. Okay, here’s a long list.
“Jimmy Page was 26 when he started calling 14 year old Lori Maddox his girlfriend.
Mick Jagger had a few rounds with Maddox around the same time.
Also of the rolling Stones, Bill Wyman started dating 13 year old Mandy Smith when he was 47. He got her mother’s permission.
Jerry Lee Lewis of course married his 13 year old cousin – she still believed in Santa on their honeymoon.
Chuck Berry was arrested for crossing state lines with a 14 year old prostitute. He was also recording women in the washroom of the restaurant he owned.
Marvin Gaye knocked up his wife’s 15 year old niece.
Don Henley (the Eagles) was charged after paramedics found him with two naked girls, aged 15 and 16.”
16. A boxing great.
“Floyd Mayweather beats his wife with hands that are registered as lethal weapons in front of his children.
But because he wins nobody cares.
I’ll have to look into some of those stories…
What do you think?
Which celebrities do you think have gotten away with dastardly deeds because they’re famous?
Sound off in the comments!
