These celebs were collateral damage. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the Top 10 Celebs whose public image or career took a big hit due to their association with someone caught in a scandal.
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00:00Nobody reacted harsher and more gutturally than I did.
00:04It really, really just killed me.
00:07Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 celebs
00:12whose public image or career took a big hit due to their association with someone caught in a scandal.
00:17Would O.J. Simpson have done this for you?
00:20No, I don't believe he would, Barbara.
00:23Number 10, Vanessa Bryant.
00:25Just two years into his marriage, Kobe Bryant found himself at the center of a scandal that nearly tore his life apart.
00:31A 19-year-old woman accused him of sexual assault, and while Kobe initially denied any involvement, the evidence told a different story.
00:37Dark times for the basketball star, right?
00:39But you know who else felt the weight of the scandal?
00:41Vanessa Bryant.
00:42Someone who'd always kept a low profile was suddenly thrust into the spotlight in the wake of it all.
00:47And to make things worse, the couple had just welcomed their first child a few months earlier.
00:51Yet, despite all the ugliness, Vanessa stood by her husband, even joining him at press conferences.
00:56Yeah, I said it here before you guys.
01:00Embarrassed.
01:01Number 9, Vanessa Lachey.
01:03I know nobody gets this opportunity to work with their partner on a show about love.
01:06I get to hear from him, even talking to you, how much he loves our love.
01:11Love can be pretty messy, especially under the public eye.
01:14Before Netflix's Love Is Blind hosts got married in 2011,
01:17Nick Lachey had a highly publicized marriage with Jessica Simpson that ended in 2006.
01:21But when Nick moved quickly to Vanessa, she got caught in the middle,
01:24constantly compared to Nick's ex-wife, and sometimes unfairly criticized for things beyond her control.
01:29He interviewed Jessica Simpson for her book, Open Book, and she talked about how she has her life with her husband and her children,
01:35and she was really, really happy for y'all.
01:37She kept saying, like, they sent me something beautiful when I got, you know, when we had our children, etc., etc.
01:43In one awkward interview, Vanessa and Nick were asked about sending Simpson a gift after her baby's birth.
01:48Vanessa quickly denied the claim, and the backlash that followed was swift, with many accusing her of shading Simpson.
01:54Though it's been decades since Nick and Simpson split, Vanessa can't seem to catch a break.
01:58I feel bad. I'm sorry. You said somebody sent her.
02:00We, I, because now, it's like, did we, it wasn't us, but thank you for sending it from us.
02:05Number 8, Mia Farrow.
02:07If I couldn't trust Woody after 12 years, how would I? I would never take another risk with anybody else.
02:15Celebrity relationships don't get more disturbing than this.
02:18For 12 years, Rosemary's Baby star Mia Farrow and actor-director Woody Allen enjoyed a romantic relationship that saw her cast in many of his films.
02:27Together, they raised adopted and biological children from Mia Farrow's previous marriage and their own partnership.
02:32But in 1992, things took a dark turn when Allen was accused of inappropriate behavior toward their adopted daughter, Dylan.
02:38No punishment of Woody would be worth punishing Dylan. We just needed it to be peaceful again.
02:46Though never legally charged, the same year, Allen announced his relationship with another of Farrow's adopted daughters, Soon-Yi Previn.
02:53They eventually married, further straining their relationship with Farrow.
02:56In truth, the scandal likely left lasting scars on all involved, including Farrow, whose personal and family life remained haunted by this dark chapter.
03:04I thought this was how fathers doted on their daughters.
03:12But what he did to me in the attic felt different.
03:15Number 7, Sienna Miller.
03:17Thank the Lord.
03:19What's coming now?
03:21A Christmas miracle.
03:23It's one thing to have a cheating partner, but it's another when their affair goes viral and flips your life upside down.
03:29After they started dating in 2003, actress Sienna Miller and Jude Law got engaged the following year.
03:34But their relationship quickly became tabloid fodder when Law's affair with his children's nanny was exposed.
03:39Suddenly, Miller's life was under intense media scrutiny that persisted for years, even to the point of overshadowing her career.
03:46Don't worry. I'm already gone.
03:51She called off their engagement, but continued seeing Law until they finally split in 2006.
03:55In a recent interview, the actress opened up about the chaos of being thrust into the spotlight, proving that heartbreak hits even harder when it's everybody's business.
04:03And also, English boys, I think, are quite nice.
04:09Number 6, Selma Blair.
04:11If we start an emotional relationship and it goes south, and I have counseled enough couples to know that whenever you get two people together, it never works.
04:19When Cruel Intentions star Selma Blair started working with Charlie Sheen on Anger Management, she probably had no idea how bad things would get.
04:25Not long after Sheen's dramatic exit from Two and a Half Men, he began starring on FX's Anger Management, where Blair played his therapist and love interest, Kate.
04:33And then we'll all hold hands and wish away hunger and war and meanness between people. And then I'll see you for sex on Friday.
04:41But just a year into the show, things went south.
04:44Turns out, Blair had reportedly complained about Sheen's work ethic, and because of this, he wanted her gone.
04:49So, she was fired from the show.
04:51To make matters worse, he allegedly dismissed her via text, with some insults thrown in.
04:55And ever since, it seems Blair's career hasn't really gotten back on track.
05:11Number 5, Robert Kardashian.
05:14When I wake up in the middle of the night, I'm so conflicted because of that blood evidence.
05:21Most people know of O.J. Simpson's televised 1994 murder trial, but not everybody knows how it shook the Kardashian family.
05:27To win his case, football star Simpson had a team of high-profile lawyers, including Robert Kardashian.
05:34Believing so strongly in Simpson's innocence, Rob came out of legal retirement to support him, which thrust him into the national spotlight.
05:41There has never been, in American history, more prominent defense lawyers on a single trial than in the O.J. Simpson case.
05:50This decision caused a rift in his family, as his ex-wife, Kris Jenner, was friends with Nicole Simpson, and also made him a target of public outrage.
05:58Strangers threw negative comments his way, his engagement to Denise Halicki fell apart, and even his business partners cut ties.
06:05In the end, the friendship he defended so staunchly crumbled after the trial.
06:09The relationship is not the same as it once was, nor will it ever be.
06:14Why not?
06:15Because I have doubts.
06:29The Friends star and Hollywood heartthrob Brad Pitt seemed like the perfect couple, so when their five-year marriage ended, fans were stunned.
06:36Their divorce dominated headlines, much like their golden marriage had.
06:39But soon after, Pitt began dating Angelina Jolie, sparking rumors of infidelity during his marriage to Aniston.
06:49As if that wasn't enough, gossip sites began spinning false narratives, which painted her as a career-obsessed woman, or victim to Jolie's charm.
06:56The media frenzy felt endless, with Aniston facing intense scrutiny and judgment, caught in the crossfire of a high-profile breakup.
07:03Nowadays, looking at it objectively, it's clear reducing Aniston's life to just the Pitt-Jolie-Aniston triangle was destructive and unfair.
07:34During the 2016 U.S. presidential election campaign, candidate Donald Trump found himself embroiled in a controversy when a tape from a 2005 interview resurfaced.
07:43In this interview, hosted by Access Hollywood co-anchor Billy Bush, Trump can be heard making offensive comments about women, while Bush laughed along.
07:55Trump faced his share of backlash for this, but Bush wasn't left out.
07:59Blashed online by the public, his image suffered as calls for his dismissal grew louder.
08:03In the end, Trump walked into the Oval Office, and Bush was suspended and eventually resigned from NBC.
08:08Despite acknowledging his own faults, it seems the entertainment journalist's reputation is forever tainted by this incident.
08:30The Kardashian-Jenner clan seems to thrive on controversy.
08:35Still, there's only so much one can endure, and Khloe has had more than her fair share of toxic relationship scandals.
08:41Back in 2009, Khloe married former NBA star Lamar Odom, but that marriage crumbled after a few years due to allegations of cheating and substance abuse.
09:00Then, when she started dating Tristan Thompson, another NBA player, she found herself in more cheating controversies.
09:08A major one involved family friend Jordan Woods, who reportedly kissed Thompson at a party.
09:13Instead of placing the blame squarely on Thompson, many blamed Khloe for Thompson's actions, and Woods was dragged through the mud by both the Kardashian family and the public.
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09:44Number 1. Huma Abedin
09:54Former congressman Anthony Weiner's string of controversies didn't just ruin his career, it damaged his ex-wives as well.
10:00In 2016, just before the U.S. presidential election, Hillary Clinton's longtime aide, Huma Abedin, was dragged into a disgraceful situation not of her own making.
10:10Her then-husband, Weiner, was caught in a sexting scandal, and when his laptop was seized, emails from Clinton's private email server were discovered.
10:25This led to the FBI opening an investigation on Clinton just 11 days before the election.
10:29Though nothing was found in the emails, and no charges were filed against Clinton, the fallout rocked her campaign.
10:34To mitigate the damage and avoid further negative publicity for Clinton, Abedin stepped away from key positions in the campaign.
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