20 Celebrities That Ruined Their Careers with One Interview

you continue to trash her okay I'm done with this sorry welcome to watch Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for famous folks who severely damaged their reputations for a time after scandalous behavior in a single interview even if they have since bounced back yes or no did you ever take baned substances to enhance your cycling performance yes number 20 Wen Phoenix today wiin Phoenix is a multi time Oscar nominee and winner but in 2009 his career was in a very different realm after appearing on The Late Show with David Letterman is there something

wrong I can't be the first one to make you feel weird about it no I guess not wearing sunglasses and a big bushy beard Phoenix mumbled awkwardly through the discussion causing the host to take verbal shots at him what uh what can you tell us about your days with the unibomber while this turned out to be a spook for his mockumentary I'm still here the media genuinely believed Phoenix was having a breakdown and producers stayed away from him but you you are you're not going to act anymore no huh why is that I don't know

the actor admitted in a later interview that the quality of script sent to entice him had vastly dropped after the stunt it took several critically acclaimed projects to put Phoenix's career back on track thank you for letting me come on the show we we've been dying to have you back a year and a half number 19 Belle Gibson are you prepared to tell the truth today the whole truth no half absolutely truth no gobbley go the truth no I've been really transparent in 2013 Australian Bell Gibson was one of the hottest new Wellness influencers on

the market after launching her mobile app the whole Pantry after releasing various cookbooks life seemed to be going great for her but then Gibson told the world she had contracted several cancers but was managing the progression with her healthy lifestyle now you've just admitted that you didn't say it was at your home and it wasn't with a real doctor because you thought appointed in you no I believed he was a real doctor yet in 2015 rumors emerged that Gibson was lying about having the disease and her donations to charity I've been openly conveying and speaking

about what was my reality and what is my reality today well you accept that your reality does not actually match reality with the pressure mounting she spoke with the magazine the Australian women's weekly where she admitted she'd been lying and blamed her behavior on her upbringing this tanked her career in an instant in 2017 Gibson was fined $410,000 for her deceptions despite being given a four month deadline you're still alive yeah was that an indicator to you that you didn't have brain cancer it wasn't an indicator number 18 Alex peder if you're a blossoming actor

in Hollywood it's not a great idea to slam the city where you make a living but that's what England's Alex peder did in 2011 after making his name in I Am Number Four and Stormbreaker the actor's career appeared to be going swell then peder spoke to vman for an article within it he slated Los Angeles in an exploitive filled interview among many many insults he called the city a quote Insidious pool and socially quote disgusting slated the women living there and described an acting career like being in prison yikes this on top of a reputation

as being difficult to work with caused peder's career to stagnate as big budget Productions looked Elsewhere for talent number 17 Tom Cruz 2005 was a dark mark in the career of Tom Cruz firstly there was his bizarre behavior on the Oprah Winfrey show I've never seen you like that I've never seen that I know Cruz followed that by publicly criticizing Brook Shields for admitting she used anti-depressants after developing postpartum depression the actor then went on to the today program to speak with Matt low about his opinions and it was rough I'm just living my life

and and I'm doing the best that I can and doing it in a way that I feel is is Right an erratic Cru doubled down on his anti Psychiatry views calling it a quote pseudo science and I know that uh Psychiatry is is a pseudo science his very patronizing approach did Cruise no favors as he combed Low's questions with all the Scandal Paramount Pictures cut ties with the actor in 2006 after 14 years but eventually that relationship recovered Steven Spielberg also denounced Cruz's actions in 2005 however the duo reconciled in 2023 we've never seen you

behave this way before I know have you ever felt this way before number 16 Pierce Morgan by 2014 thanks to poor ratings Pierce Morgan's Reign on CNN was ending in his final days he interviewed comedian Chelsea Handler and she wrecked him Handler slated his lack of attention and called him a quote terrible interviewer I mean you can't even pay attention for 60 seconds you're a terrible interviewer well you just weren't keeping my attention that's not my problem while Morgan attempted to save face by claiming the guest had to be interesting Handler pointed out that it

was his job to do that this is your show you have to pay attention to the guests that you invited on your show interesting enough yeah they are listen it doesn't matter how interesting I am you signed up for this job well maybe that's why your job is coming to an end with his us reputation in shambles Morgan returned to the UK and joined Good Morning Britain this is a 2-hour trash Aon of our royal family but after he went off on a rant about Megan Markle disclosing her mental health struggles he was called out

by fellow presenter Alex barisford causing Morgan to walk off but yet you continue to trash her okay I'm done with this sorry oh do you know what that's track not my see later later he resigned from the show and has struggled for relevance since absolutely diabolical Behavior Number 15 Liam niss this interview had social media bursting at the seams with comments for and against the Irish actor while promoting one of his movies Nissan opened up in an interview about the time one of his close friends was sexually assaulted by a black man to to get

rid of this I'm I'm not racist I I I this was nearly 40 years ago but because I was brought up and maybe I'm rabbiting on Robin forgive me I was brought up in the north of Ireland and and brought up in the troubles he said that after finding out he walked the streets looking for trouble hoping to kill a black man before realizing that what he was doing was wrong and feeling ashamed of himself many branded him a racist While others defended his honesty including celebrities such as Trevor Noah and whoopy Goldberg because I

believe that Liam n deserves a medal and I'll tell you why it may not have destroyed his career but it certainly put a fork in the road of his likability number 14 John Mayer at one point John Mayer had the reputation of a quality musician who was seemingly going to reach legendary status one day but then he spoke to Playboy magazine in 2010 and destroyed that possibility he is giving this interview to Playboy magazine he wants to be provocative and he tried a little too hard on top of being gross about his past relationships with

Jessica Simpson and Jennifer Aniston sexually it was crazy mayor compared quote little John to white supremacist David Duke and threw in racial slurs a couple of times yikes while mayor apologized on social media in other interviews and at gigs he never reached those lofty Heights again none of his released singles have reached the top 25 on the US Billboard Chart since 2010's half of my heart with Taylor Swift oh half of my heart got a grip on the situation half my heart Tak time number 13 Chris Harrison for 19 years Chris Harrison was an American

icon with his work on The Bachelor and its spin-off The Bachelorette and many more but then in 2021 he was interviewed by Rachel Lindsay a former Bachelorette for extra this is when his career fell off Harrison discussed the actions of alumni Rachel Kirk Connell after photos of of her at College attending a plantation themed party came out and liked racial posts on social media is it a good look in 2018 or is it not a good look in 2021 because a big difference ever it's hard to defend that but Harrison did his best even throwing

in the term woke police and saying people shouldn't judge ew the public backlash was massive Lindsay quit the franchise due to her disgust at Harrison he was suspended and later fired by The Bachelor Anabell and parties are not okay past present future number 12 Pauline I'm so happy to be showing y'all my new stone wear specializing in southern cooking Pauline seemed like a nice and kind person during her cooking show Paula's best dishes but when a lawsuit came her way in 2013 her deposition threw that assumption in the bin when she stated she used racial

slurs several times and had considered a plantation themed wedding yikes as the backlash grew Dean was interviewed on The Today Show to discuss the controversy and it was weird if there's anyone out there that has never said something they they wish they could take back painting herself as a victim of slander she stated she wouldn't have fired herself for the Fallout but most notable was the lack of sorry from Dean except for referring to an apology ology video she'd made afterward more companies cut ties with Dean as she fell Into Obscurity number 11 Michael Jackson

interviewed by Martin Basher for a year and broadcast to the world in 2003 the documentary living with Michael Jackson shocked viewers with a couple of massive Revelations from the singer these we bought yes and these yes this table these these firstly Jack spoke about the abuse he sustained at his father's hands when he grew up but then the Thriller performer stated that he had had sleepovers with children in his bedroom but he emphasized that nothing unto happened when Gavin was there he talked about the fact that he shares your bedroom yes can you understand why

people would worry about that cuz they're ignorant the backlash was massive from the public this brought to life the infamous trial of the people versus Jackson in 2004 five while Jackson was acquitted on all counts the Damage Done to his reputation was permanent on top of that he faced bankruptcy from other lawsuits before he passed away in 2009 black people were called colored people because we come in all colors from very white as white as my hand to very dark number 10 Lance Armstrong seen as a hero for facing cancer and becoming a dominant force

in professional cycling Lance Armstrong was beloved and one of the best athletes ever but then the rumors that he had had all his success on the back of doping began to emerge in 2012 the United States anti-doping agency stripped him of all his wins since 1998 while he denied it Armstrong was then interviewed by Oprah Winfrey in 2013 yes or no did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance yes here the former Legend told the truth and admitted his cheating but denied allegations he had forced teammates to dope and bribed officials to

hide his test results did you ever blood dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance yes afterward Brands such as Nike canel contracts with him reportedly costing armst strong millions of dollars did you ever use any other baned substances like testosterone uh cortisone or human growth hormone yes number nine Billy Bush while not an official interview person say we're going to allow this Access Hollywood footage due to how notorious and career ruining it became it was actually captured before presenter Billy Bush and Donald Trump were able to cruise into a TV studio to

do some filming and while they were unaware that their microphones were on I moved on her actually you know she was down on Palm Beach I moved on her and I failed I'll admit it I did try she was married s while on the bus they riff about Trump's sexual escapades which in include groping women and discuss how power can give you free reign to do whatever you want I better use some Tic Tacs just in case they start kissing her you know I'm automatically attracted to beautiful I just start kissing them it's like a

magnet you just kiss I don't even way and when you're a star they let you do it you can do anything whatever you want grab them by the we even hear them talking about how attractive they think Days of Our Lives actress Arian Zucker is before meeting her when they get off the bus Bush was suspended from his job on the Today Show following a ratings drop and subsequently resigned he since had to repeatedly defend himself in interviews the moment that is on that tape I understand people's reaction I agree I also felt that way

number eight 5 Seconds of Summer if you're a ban being interviewed by Rolling Stone magazine is a big big deal so much so that it can be easy to get carried away with trying to sound overtly rock and roll and that's exactly what happened with the band 5 Seconds of Summer in a 2015 interview the band did everything from compare themselves to The Beatles to dismissing or insulting the American Music Awards Justin Bieber and their female fan base also known as most of their fan base they were criticized for their comments and for generally sounding

like narcissistic Pradas it probably didn't help that they appeared naked on the front cover either number seven Paula Abdul what do Idol fans have to look forward to this season and what are you looking forward to seeing well is that what it is I was wondering what is that you know when you're under the influence but you don't think you sound like you are well there's a good chance that Paula Abdul knows what that feels like at least in hindsight in this 2007 interview she's promoting the latest series of American Idol while she would later

dismiss the idea as lies many viewers wondered if she'd had a few drinks or partaken in another type of stimuli delayed responses bouts of laughter this one has it all you know what they said listen any publicity is good publicity you got to learn to eat it up and and embrace it and say Seattle had the best delusional people the interview went viral becoming an inescapable part of Abdul's career 2 years later she left American Idol as a judge due to a dispute over wages and dropped out of the public eye for a while number

six the chain smokers next up we have another misguided attempt at sounding hardcore in a magazine interview this time courtesy of the musical Duo the chain smokers who let it all hang out with billboard everyone was making the same thing and after a few years it got really stale and only a few people started breaking off from that and experimenting when asked about their manic musical romps they were all too eager to brag about their wild frat boy image and pensent for sleeping with as many girls as possible even though they both had girlfriends the

two were heavily criticized and briefly became became the talk of the musical world for all the wrong reasons but we shouldn't hate on them too much right like they said quote we're just frat Boro dudes you know what I mean loving ladies and stuff that's an actual quote word for word number five prince Andrew deemed a car crash by many this interview ultimately resulted in prince Andrew stepping down from public duties for the royal family today you've chosen to speak out for the first time why have you decided to talk now when BBC's Emily matless

questioned him about his close ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein the prince's answer raised many an eyebrow for starters prince Andrew straight up denied ever meeting his accuser Virginia Roberts I have no recollection of ever meeting this lady none whatsoever despite photographic evidence to the contrary there were other shocking answers littered throughout like saying he didn't regret his friendship with Epstein as it presented him with useful opportunities the interviewer is clearly impressed with his answers much like pretty much everyone else who watched it he has quite obviously conducted himself in a manner Unbecoming yes

Unbecoming he was a sex offender yeah I'm sorry I'm being polite number four Katherine hagall higel has long had a reputation for being difficult to work with but a 2008 interview with Vanity Fair proved particularly damning when she criticized the movie Knocked Up which she just start in she branded the movie quote a little sexist and critiqued the the way in which it portrays women which frustrated people considering that she decided to be in the movie A year later she starred in the movie The Ugly Truth which was widely panned as misogynistic who's this delightful

creature I'm your producer hey I like it when on top as a result of the entire episode already hesitant directors were given yet another reason to be cautious about working with her I'm going to be really honest right now I'm not I know I'm not I don't have to think about it I'm not a rude person I'm not an unkind or mean person number three Megan Fox as a general rule it's probably not a good idea to compare the director you're working with to Hitler but that's what Transformers star Megan Fox did in an interview

with British magazine Wonderland talking about Michael Ba's conduct on set Fox compared the director to the Nazi leader which was soon all over the media wa nice headers you've got a high-rise double pump carburetor that's pretty impressive soon double Pump It ultimately resulted in her being fired from the Transformers franchise but not by ba according to ba it was the franchise's executive producer a certain Steven Spielberg who insisted she be fired she's since worked with ba again on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films which the latter produced but Fox's notable roles have otherwise been few

and far between since giving this interview hi guys this is April O'Neal from Channel 6 news and I am here in beautiful New York City on the first day of spring and you know what that means it is time to shed that pesky winter weight number two Charlie Sheen this guy has said and done some seriously shocking and controversial things in his career but the reason he's on today's list may surprise you the interview in question is his 2015 appearance on the Today Show where he announced that he was HIV positive they walked in the

room and said boom here's what's going on it's it's it's it's it's a hard um three letters to absorb you know it's a it's it's it's it's a turning in in in one's life while some praised his bravery many criticized the fact that it had taken him 4 years to go public with it stating that it could have endangered his sexual partners were these people that you had had sexual contact with and were claiming that you had transmitted the virus to them or were these people who simply found out about your status and were threatening

to tell the world people also took aim at Sheen's surprisingly calm demeanor as he told of his diagnosis and battle with people blackmailing him for some the interview humanized Sheen more than ever before for others it further solidified his reputation as being Reckless particularly with the lives of others have you had unprotected sex on any occasion since you're diagnosis yes but but the two people that that that I did that with um were under the care of my doctor and and they were completely warned ahead of time before we continue be sure to subscribe to

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ensured that Kelly's mudded reputation would not be forgotten when asked about whether he liked teenage girls Kelly replied with this when you say Teenage how are we talking viewers and clearly the interviewer T ray were shocked at Kelly's reaction and it went on to further support the claims that he was in fact guilty the infamous response became a critical moment in the press's depiction of him in the years to follow which controversial celebrity chat stopped you from being their fan anymore let us know in the comments I made a mistake and I own that did

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