Hollywood's dark side exposed! We're diving into the world of celebrities who've been caught in scandalous situations but continue to deny any wrongdoing. From sexual misconduct to abuse allegations, these stars refuse to take responsibility for their actions.
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00:00I know and I accept the fact that people are going to feel whatever way they're going to feel.
00:04Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're covering 10 celebrities who have fallen from grace,
00:08yet adamantly deny any wrongdoings.
00:10Y'all quit playing. Quit playing.
00:14Kevin Spacey
00:15Spacey used to be a widely acclaimed actor, with many accolades and achievements under his belt.
00:20That was until 2017, when numerous allegations of predatory behavior surfaced.
00:25He did what he did because he knew he'd get away with it.
00:28According to more than 15 men, Spacey had behaved inappropriately towards them,
00:32while many of them were underage.
00:34Once the first allegation was made,
00:36Spacey decided to come out as a gay man during his rather disingenuous apology.
00:40I have loved and had romantic encounters with men throughout my life,
00:44and I choose now to live as a gay man.
00:46Tons of criticism followed for trying to shift attention from the accusation,
00:50and also for suggesting a correlation between being gay and abusing minors.
00:54He still denies every allegation, but Hollywood isn't too keen on hiring him anymore.
00:58But I very, very, very much am so grateful that I am alive and I got through this,
01:04and I'm coming out the other side of it.
01:06Ellen DeGeneres
01:07Ellen was successful at making herself appear friendly and charming,
01:10but in 2020, cracks appeared in her reputation.
01:13Toxic, phony, hypocrite, liar. That's what she is.
01:16She was accused of using racism, fear,
01:19and intimidation to create a toxic atmosphere for her talk show.
01:22She's been accused of a whole bunch of unpleasantries,
01:24such as firing an employee for using GoFundMe to cover his medical bills,
01:28when their health insurance was insufficient.
01:30If you're watching because you love me, thank you.
01:32If you're watching because you don't love me, welcome.
01:34When the COVID pandemic just began, she also replaced lots of her staff with non-union workers.
01:39She eventually retired from the business, but doesn't show much remorse, once saying,
01:43Would a mean person dance up steps? Apparently, Ellen, they would.
01:50Charlie Sheen
01:52Sheen has been a popular actor since the 80s,
01:54achieving his height of fame as Charlie Harper on Two and a Half Men.
01:57Uh, Charlie, could you and Jake, uh, yeah, come on, kid,
02:00we'll have breakfast down on the deck.
02:02I already had breakfast.
02:04Okay, we'll have lunch.
02:05Not lunchtime.
02:08During the 2000s, he committed a whole bunch of nefarious escapades,
02:12many fueled by drugs and alcohol. One of these was domestic abuse in 2009,
02:16for which he was sentenced to 30 days in a rehab clinic,
02:1930 days of probation, and 36 hours of anger management.
02:22This whole country struggles with substance use disorders,
02:25and Charlie Sheen is just one of many millions of Americans who,
02:30on a daily basis, have to confront these struggles.
02:33He was also fired from Two and a Half Men in 2011,
02:36and his acting roles have decreased dramatically. Instead of apologizing,
02:39he famously had a meltdown, claiming to be a warlock with tiger blood,
02:43and insisting that he was winning despite the scandals.
02:46I expose people to magic. I expose them to something they're never
02:48otherwise going to see in their boring, normal lives, and I gave that to them.
02:52I may forget about them tomorrow, but they'll live with that memory
02:54for the rest of their lives, and that's a gift, man.
02:56Chris Brown
02:57Chris Brown is a musician who should have left the public spotlight
03:00way back in 2009 after assaulting fellow musician Rihanna.
03:03That's embarrassing. That's embarrassing that that's the type of person
03:09that I fell in love with.
03:10That wasn't the end for Brown, though. He keeps somehow coming back,
03:13then doing something else horrendous. In 2011, he got mad on Good Morning America
03:18and started smashing the green room.
03:19At one point, a cooler was thrown, and this window was broken in his dressing room.
03:24Most recently, in July 2024, he was sued for $50 million by concertgoers
03:29he supposedly attacked after his show.
03:30At one point, the lawsuit states a chair was thrown at someone's head
03:34while others were hit in the face, the ribs, and the chest.
03:37He also has connections to Sean Combs, with a woman he met through Combs in 2020
03:42accusing him of assault. It's peculiar that he still has a fan base after all
03:45that has come to light about him.
03:47F-A-M-E.
03:48Yeah.
03:49What does that stand for?
03:50Fame, forgiving all my enemies, and definitely fans of my everything.
03:54Mike Tyson
03:55Once one of the greatest boxers, Tyson is for some reason still a celebrity.
04:00Getting the whole world to pay attention isn't easy.
04:03He recently returned to boxing, fighting a man more than 30 years younger than him,
04:07showing he's still a popular figure. This is bizarre if you know about his controversies.
04:11Grand jury selection begins one week from tomorrow in the case of boxer Mike Tyson.
04:15His most famous was back in 1991, when he was arrested for indecent assault of an 18-year-old
04:20woman. Tyson was convicted for the atrocity, but spent only three years in prison.
04:25Seldom can a prisoner have emerged from here into a stretched limousine.
04:29Tyson's newfound humility, it seems, has its limits.
04:32His career has included other controversies, like him biting Evander Holyfield's ears in 1997,
04:37numerous violent outbursts, and just generally being unpleasant.
04:40It turns out that being a registered sex offender isn't enough to end a career.
04:44What I've done in the past is a history, and what I'm gonna do in the future is a mystery.
04:49Dan Schneider
04:50Anyone who grew up in the 2000s will be familiar with the works of Dan Schneider,
04:53one of Nickelodeon's most famous showrunners, creating shows like Drake and Josh,
04:57Zoey 101, and iCarly, among others.
05:00I got it. I know how we're gonna get a ton more people to watch our webcast.
05:03Does it involve dental floss?
05:04No, why?
05:06I think that piece of corn had a friend.
05:08Well, it turns out he created a pretty despicable work environment,
05:11and has been accused many times of inappropriate behavior toward minors.
05:15For Dan, it was about power at that point. And when you are someone who wants more and more power,
05:23eventually you're gonna fly too close to the sun.
05:25Janette McCurdy openly discusses her experiences in her 2022 memoir,
05:29I'm Glad My Mom Died, where she only ever refers to him as
05:33the creator. Nickelodeon offered to pay her thousands of dollars not to open up about it,
05:37but that didn't stop her. Despite overwhelming evidence, Schneider denies the allegations.
05:41I hate that anybody worked for me and didn't have a good time.
05:45Bill Cosby. Cosby was once considered America's dad until 2014,
05:49when allegations arose, claiming that he had inappropriately abused numerous women.
05:54Couldn't tell anybody. I felt dirty.
05:56This decimated his legacy and completely ended his career, and he eventually spent three years
06:00in prison before his conviction was overturned due to questions concerning admissibility of evidence.
06:05This is a very rare event to have your entire conviction vacated like this or overturned.
06:10After being released, he still maintained his innocence, claiming the sentence was unjust,
06:14despite the evidence to the contrary. One such piece is court papers from 2005,
06:19where he admitted to giving women sedatives. Numerous awards he received have been revoked,
06:23and a statue of Cosby in Florida was removed, leaving behind a legacy that no one will look up
06:28to. I've never seen anything like this. And reality is the situation.
06:34Harvey Weinstein. Weinstein used to be at the top of Hollywood, co-founder of Miramax,
06:39the successful production company. Weinstein was at the top of the Hollywood establishment,
06:45but a reporter with sources in the movie industry was investigating a disturbing rumor about him.
06:51This all changed in 2017, when allegations of abuse came into the public eye, dating back
06:56decades. More than 80 women claim to be victims of him, many of them celebrities. Despite the
07:00enormous quantity of allegations, he denies all of them and claims he is completely innocent.
07:05Soon after the news broke, Weinstein was fired from his company and went into therapy.
07:10Either that's a total lie, or no one taught him the difference between yes and no.
07:14He was found guilty in 2020 and sentenced to 23 years in prison.
07:29This was eventually overturned, but he was later given 16 years, and further trials are ongoing.
07:34R. Kelly. Kelly rose to fame in the 90s,
07:37making numerous pop hits and working with giants like Michael Jackson.
07:45He has been quite unpleasant throughout his long career,
07:47being the target of constant accusations of indecent abuse since 1991.
07:52His bodyguard handed me his phone number and said R. Kelly would like you to call him.
07:56He was first taken to court for this in 1996, and most recently in 2021,
08:00when he was convicted for numerous heinous crimes.
08:03The fact that it took 20 years, you know, to convict him is problematic.
08:08Currently, he's serving 31 years in prison, but still doesn't believe he's done anything wrong.
08:13So much so, that in 2018, he released the song ironically titled,
08:17I Admit. It's 19 minutes long, and he denies all allegations,
08:20instead discussing his personal issues, like being dyslexic and not attending church.
08:25At least he's finally been locked away, even if it took 30 years of allegations.
08:29I just don't want to believe the truth! You don't want to believe it!
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08:49O.J. Simpson
08:50Simpson's trial might be one of the most famous in history.
08:53The face of O.J. Simpson has often filled the televisions of Rochester's sports bars,
08:59but never like this.
09:00I was shocked because he's a man who I respected both professionally and personally.
09:05In 1994, he allegedly murdered his ex-wife and her friend. There was overwhelming forensic
09:10evidence supporting this fact, and he even attempted to escape to Mexico.
09:14News helicopters followed this mesmerizing slow-speed chase,
09:17and roughly 95 million Americans watched it live.
09:20He's on the off-ramp now, coming up the off-ramp at sunset.
09:24He was acquitted in criminal court in 1995, but a civil case found him liable in 1997.
09:29He was later convicted for armed robbery in 2007 and sentenced to 33 years in the
09:34slammer before being paroled in 2017.
09:37Count 8, robbery with use of a deadly weapon, a minimum term of 60 months,
09:40a max term of 180 months in the Nevada Department of Corrections.
09:43Simpson even wrote a book called If I Did It,
09:45a supposedly fictional account of the murders intended to earn him some much-needed money.
09:49And in the book, you describe taking off your shoes,
09:52your pants, and your shirt and dropping it in a bundle. Do you remember that?
09:58Yes.
09:58Which disgraced celebrity do you think should finally grow up and admit to their wrongdoings?
10:02Let us know in the comments section.
10:04Admit fully that my judgment was probably colored by my tendency to be too honorable.
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