In the past decade and beyond, numerous celebrities have been canceled due to both current and
past behaviors.
While many of these celebrities, such as Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby, have seen their
entire enterprises essentially go up in flames, other figures have proven more resilient.
Join Trender as we take a look at celebrities who got canceled and came back even stronger.
Mel Gibson Mel Gibson is certainly a controversial figure
both inside and outside his home of Hollywood.
In Hollywood, Mel is a rare conservative that doesn’t fit in with his peers on the best
of occasions.
Even to his ardent fans, Mel has caught some negative attention due to numerous recorded
rants that have contained some pretty hateful speech.
One of these rants was directed towards a police officer that was tasked with arresting
the star for a DUI in 2006.
The rant contained anti-Semitic speech and drew plenty of negative attention towards
the venerated figure.
Mel had just recently released The Passion of the Christ, and it appears that he wasn’t
acting very Christ-like!
In 2010, the mother of Mel’s daughter released some threatening voice messages that the star
had left on her phone, further turning the star’s fans off.
Despite the staggering amount of negative attention that has come Mel Gibson's way as
a result of the previously mentioned racially charged rants and his overall conservative
attitudes, the star continues to draw massive crowds and is slowly being welcomed back into
the spotlight.
Mel continues to find success both in front of and behind the camera, with his directorial
effort Hacksaw Ridge gaining massive critical and commercial acclaim in the 2010s.
There’s even talks of a sequel to The Passion of the Christ in the works!
Mel has been able to eschew cancelation for numerous reasons.
For one thing, his crimes were non-physical in nature.
Although the strange and disturbing things that Mel was recorded saying certainly indicated
some troubling personality traits, he didn’t actually attack anyone like Harvey Weinstein
and Bill Cosby did.
Both of the rants could also be largely chalked up to the actor’s alcoholism, though consuming
alcohol is never an excuse to be anti-Semitic!
Finally, Mel continues to draw crowds because many in the audience like the fact that the
actor stands against his Hollywood peers.
Stars like James Franco have asked for forgiveness among their Hollywood friends and have been
turned down, while Mel has stood his ground and let his work speak for itself.
So long as Mel keeps turning in work that his demographic of fans enjoys, he’ll likely
remain uncanceled.
Mark Whalberg One of Mel Gibson's significant steps back
into the mainstream after his fall from grace in the wake of his hateful rants was his appearance
alongside Mark Whalberg in the film Daddy’s Home 2.
A family-friendly comedy, the film was the perfect vehicle to remind audiences that Mel
Gibson was still around.
Mel was tasked with playing the on-screen father of Mark Whalberg’s character, which
could be seen as a clever in-joke from the film's producer, given that Mark Whalberg
has proven equally averse to cancelation.
Unlike Mel, the things that Mark has received controversy for occurred before he was famous.
Similar to Mel, they involved some pretty hateful speech.
However, Mark took things a little bit further by actually physically attacking his victims.
Apparently, Mark could be pretty violent and racist in the 1980s.
On one occasion, Mark and his friends accosted a group of African-American schoolchildren
and began calling them racial slurs.
On another occasion, Mark assaulted a Vietnamese store owner while calling him similar slurs,
and ended up blinding him for life.
The star later came to prominence as a pop singer before rising to success as an actor
thanks to roles in films such as 1997’s Boogie Nights.
Mark has always been apologetic when asked about his past crimes, and he has proven to
be the rare star whose celebrity status has only risen throughout his decades-spanning
career.
It looks like Mark Whalberg effortlessly survived the #metoo era and is going to continue to
be here for some time!
Fans seem to assume that the star is a changed man.
The actor certainly hasn’t committed any more hate crimes that the public has been
made aware of, so perhaps there is some truth to this notion.
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Casey Affleck Several years ago, it appeared as if Ben Affleck’s
brother Casey was about to be the next person whose career came to a halt because of the
#metoo movement.
Numerous women came out with allegations of sexual misconduct against the Hollywood figure.
In the wake of these allegations, actress Brie Larson was famously caught on camera
refusing to clap as Casey accepted an Academy Award.
Casey won the award for his performance in the film Manchester by the Sea.
Although Brie’s gesture of silence certainly got some attention, it appears that Casey
remains uncanceled all these years later.
The star has numerous projects in the works that will be coming soon.
Sarah Silverman As a vocal supporter of cancel culture in
general, Sarah Silverman drew some criticism for her supposed controversy when it was pointed
out that she had worn blackface on her Comedy Central series The Sarah Silverman Program.
Sarah quickly apologized for the incident and resumed acting like it never happened,
which seems to have worked well for her as she has received several minor roles in movies
in the past couple of years, including Space Jam: A New Legacy and the upcoming Marry Me
alongside Jennifer Lopez.
This year, Sarah was attached to yet another controversy when her HBO Max series Santa
Inc. got review-bombed by people angry at the show’s feminist premise, leading to
costar Seth Rogen declaring them white supremacists.
Arnold Schwarzenegger Like Mel Gibson, Arnold Schwarzenegger is
a rare conservative in otherwise liberal entertainment industry.
Also like Mel Gibson, Arnold has faced some controversy for his past behaviors.
In 2017, Arnold canceled a public appearance after numerous allegations came out about
supposed sexual misconduct the beloved actor had engaged in back in the 2000s.
Six women claimed that the star had done things such as groping them, though nothing much
came of these claims, and the star remains as popular as ever, at least when he decides
to make a media appearance.
Kevin Spacey Kevin Spacy was one of the first celebrities
to be called out in the wake of the #metoo movement.
The accusations against Kevin came from a fellow actor by the name of Anthony Rapp.
According to Anthony’s allegations, Kevin had acted incredibly inappropriately towards
him when he was just a minor.
It seemed like Kevin Spacey’s career was over, as he was fired from his hit Netflix
series, House of Cards, and wasn’t seen for several years.
However, the star has recently filmed an Italian feature alongside beloved actress Vanessa
Redgrave, and this seems to indicate that Hollywood is ready to forgive him for his
crimes.
Liam Neeson Liam Neeson is a beloved dramatic actor that
has seen a career renaissance as an action star in the past decade thanks to his appearances
in films such as Taken and its numerous sequels.
The franchise is about a man seeking revenge against those who wronged his family, and
it seems that Liam takes some of the virtues espoused by the films to heart.
According to a strange confession the star made in an interview, there was a moment where
a close friend of his was sexually assaulted, and the revelation of this sexual assault
inspired Liam to stalk the streets aimlessly looking for a random African-American person
to beat up.
Many were understandably taken aback by this strange confession, though it appears as if
Liam inevitably decided not to go through with his random act of violence.
Kevin Hart After years of working his way up in the entertainment
industry, stand-up comedian Kevin Hart became one of the biggest stars in the world during
the 2010s.
This all came crashing down for the star after he made some homophobic jokes that resulted
in the star getting fired from an upcoming gig hosting the Academy Awards.
It has apparently been the star’s dream ever since he was a kid to host the ceremony,
though he ended up losing out.
Still, Kevin has seen a little bit of a comeback in the days since his cancelation, and it
looks as if he still has a future in Hollywood!
Chris Pratt Like Mel Gibson and Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Chris Pratt has often rubbed people the wrong way for being too conservative in overly liberal
entertainment industry.
In fact, Chris is married to Arnold’s daughter!
While Mel and Arnold tend to receive a free pass for their conservative views, Chris appears
in films that tend to cater to a more liberal demographic, such as the films in the Marvel
Cinematic Universe.
Although many fans of the franchise might not like the star’s political beliefs, he
remains popular.
Gina Carano While Disney has turned a blind eye to Chris
Pratt’s conservative beliefs, they presumably thought Gina Carano’s conservative beliefs
were too much.
Gina was fired from her role on the Disney+ series The Mandalorian after sharing a decidedly
conservative social media post.
In the wake of her firing, she received a great deal of support from conservative social
media users and has subsequently been hired by conservative pundit Ben Shapiro to make
original content for his very own conservative streaming service.
Though many celebrities have seen their careers go up in flames after being canceled, all
of these celebrities seem to be doing okay!
Now it’s time to hear from you: did you know that numerous women allege that Arnold
Schwarzenegger groped them during his days as a politician, and did you know that comedian
Sarah Silverman wore blackface on her cult comedy series The Sarah Silverman Program?
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