An upskirt offense, childish "affection," and a water prank gone wrong. Sometimes Hollywood's
biggest nights are overshadowed by the drama on the red carpet.
The drama heated up at the 2021 VMAs when UFC fighter Conor McGregor and Machine Gun Kelly
almost got in a fight before the event began. The pair actually had to be separated as they
walked the red carpet, with McGregor seemingly throwing a punch in Machine Gun Kelly's direction.
A source alleged to Page Six that McGregor threw a drink over the "Emo Girl" singer,
and photos suggested that there was no love lost between the pair. In fact,
one eagle-eyed witness shared video footage of the tussle on Twitter, and it certainly looked
like the professional fighter was ready to engage in a full-on brawl with the musician.
Despite there being a slew of photographic and video evidence of the near-beat down,
McGregor's representative released a statement to Page Six saying,
"Conor only fights fighters."
"I certainly don't fight little vanilla boy rappers, you know. I don't even know the guy."
That may well be, but there was plenty of screaming between the pair on the red carpet,
with security guards trying to intervene to stop the altercation from escalating.
It remains unclear why McGregor and Machine Gun Kelly were beefing,
but hopefully they've both moved on from the awkward moment.
In 2023, model Ashley Graham hit the red carpet for ABC at the Academy Awards,
where she was given the task of interviewing some of Hollywood's biggest celebrities.
While this may sound like an enviable job, Graham got more than she bargained
for when she spoke to actor Hugh Grant, who was most definitely not in the mood to chat.
"What are you wearing tonight, then?"
"Just my suit."
When the model tried to draw more details out of the Notting
Hill actor regarding who actually made his suit, he shut her down.
"I can't remember. My tailor."
Basically, he wasn't playing ball.
Proving that she's not a quitter, Graham continued with her line of questioning,
much to Grant's obvious disdain. When Graham quizzed Grant about his surprising
role in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, he snidely replied,
"Well, I'm barely in it. I'm in it for about three seconds."
Viewers immediately came to Graham's defense, with many taking to Twitter to voice their
disgust at Grant's behavior. After all, Graham was just doing her job. Perhaps in the future
it would be best if Grant skipped the red carpet, or, even better, just stayed home. As for Graham,
she rose to the occasion, proving herself to be unfazed by even the most difficult of subjects.
When Will Smith slapped Chris Rock onstage at the Academy Awards in 2022,
people were reminded of a similar altercation that took place on the
red carpet in 1992. That year at the Cannes FIlm Festival, Jean-Claude Van Damme and
Dolph Lundgren ended up in a brawl which shocked people all over the globe. However,
Lundgren and Van Damme's unforgettable takedown wasn't all that it appeared to be.
The action stars' very public brawl was actually a publicity stunt to help promote their 1992
movie Universal Soldier. In the action flick, dead soldiers are brought back to life in a
futuristic military experiment, so it makes sense that the two stars would want to show off their
brawn on the red carpet. During a TV interview with Arsenio Hall, Van Damme confessed that
the fight was fake. He explained that Universal Soldier was shot, but not yet edited. But he and
Lundgren were at the Cannes Film Festival and didn't want to miss an opportunity.
"So I called his room and said, 'Dolph, we have a problem. We're
here. We have no movie to show up. So let's do something special.'"
According to Van Damme, Lundgren was completely onboard with the idea, and the rest is history.
"So we push around each other, and we made all the news in Cannes. Free publicity.
Yeah, yeah, I'm a businessman!"
Since reuniting in 2021, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have found themselves constantly in the
spotlight. But being under the microscope has resulted in some negative reporting,
and some suggest that there might be trouble in paradise. One such moment occurred in May 2023,
at the premiere of Netflix's The Mother when the celebrity couple
appeared to have a disagreement on the red carpet. Photographers caught Lopez
and Affleck engaging in a somewhat tense discussion, in which Affleck
gestured wildly with his hands. But was this so-called "argument" really what it seemed?
According to the Daily Mail, Affleck and Lopez weren't really fighting,
but were actually talking about how exactly to pose for the mass of photographers. As usual,
it seems that the general public has been reading way too much into Affleck's facial expressions.
The actor even addressed people's perceptions of him during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
"Listen, I have a very unhappy-looking resting face."
Perhaps it's time we all left Affleck and his facial expressions alone.
Every year, celebrities flock to the Met Gala dressed to the nines,
often wearing over-the-top outfits in keeping with the exclusive party's annual theme. On May 2,
2022, Nicki Minaj attended the Met Gala, at which the theme was "Gilded Glamour." She
wore an ensemble designed by Riccardo Tisci for Burberry. The jaw-dropping look included
a leather baseball cap, a strapless jumpsuit, and an extravagant train featuring a lot of feathers.
"I didn't wanna do the look if I couldn't do the hat. So he let me wear the hat."
However, Minaj's red carpet moment was marred by
a verbal altercation with a journalist on the sidelines.
A video clip of Minaj soon started circulating on TikTok in which the
rapper singled out someone on the red carpet, saying,
"Hey you. Are you the man that leaked that I was gonna be here?"
And she didn't stop there.
"It was you. About to come up to you and slap the s--- out of you. Come here."
While it's totally unclear whether Minaj was joking or not, her strong words
certainly caught the world's attention. The Met Gala may be one of the most prestigious
events in the fashion world, but that doesn't preclude anyone from starting an argument,
even while wearing an incredibly expensive showstopper of an outfit.
The Jackass Forever premiere was always going to be eventful, but no-one was prepared for a
fight to break out on the red carpet. WWE star Sami Zayn managed to get himself thrown out of
the event after antagonizing Johnny Knoxville, and he didn't leave quietly. The trouble began
a month earlier when Knoxville announced that he was entering the WWE's Royal Rumble and confirmed
his place in the competition by throwing Zayn over the top of the ropes during WWE Smackdown.
"My name's Johnny Knoxville. I come from the South. I like to talk smack and run my
mouth. All the girls say I'm something to see. I'm the new king of the WWE."
Fast forward to February 2023, and Zayn showed up
at the premiere of Jackass Forever to make his disgust for Knoxville known.
Zayn was forcibly removed from the event by security guards,
after giving an interview to Entertainment Tonight that didn't go well. He could be heard saying,
"What, you've got your goons here?" You're having me tossed out? Haha!"
Knoxville then brought out a cattle prod, to which Zayn allegedly responded,
"Put down the cattle prod and then we'll do something
about it. Big star Johnny Knoxville, huh?"
While there may very well be some friction between Knoxville and Zayn,
it seems more likely that the pair were just putting on a show for the cameras.
In a truly horrifying turn of events, America Ferrera was accosted by a complete stranger at
the premiere of How To Train Your Dragon 2 at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. A smartly
dressed man was seen crawling underneath Ferrera's dress while she posed on the red
carpet with her co-stars. Luckily, security guards noticed the creep and managed to pull
him out from under Ferrera's gown before too much damage had been done. Obviously,
it was a huge breach of the Ugly Betty star's personal space, and it's completely wild that
something so shocking could happen anywhere, but particularly at such a huge event.
Ukrainian reporter and prankster Vitalii Sediuk was the man underneath the dress,
and this wasn't his first offense. From attempting to kiss Will Smith to cuddling Bradley Cooper,
Sediuk has made a habit of harassing celebrities on red carpets. But when he crawled under
Ferrera's dress, he went too far. Hopefully, he's been banned from red carpet events for life.
Dakota Johnson took her famous mom Melanie Griffith as her date to
the 2015 Academy Awards. While both mother and daughter looked sublime,
they had a minor tiff during a red carpet interview, proving that celebs really are
just like us. Johnson apparently got annoyed with her mom when Griffith said she wouldn't
be watching her daughter's famous, but scandalous, movie Fifty Shades of Grey.
"You don't wanna see it?"
"Maybe one day."
"I don't think I can. I think it would be strange."
Johnson was visibly irritated by her mother's comment,
presumably because the film had only been released a week prior.
Luckily, this particular fight didn't last for too long, and Johnson was soon making fun of
her red carpet reaction. While previewing her appearance on Saturday Night Live,
cast member Taran Killam brought up the incident.
"So did you mom ever end up seeing Fifty Shades of Grey?"
"No, she didn't, I'm really upset about it."
"Oh, that's so not fair."
Lucky for her, Johnson has a sense of humor about herself, which is refreshing to watch.
In August 2019, it was announced that Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth had split up, after tying the
knot in December 2018. Since then, the public has been reflecting on the couple's tumultuous
relationship, and further evidence of discord between the pair has come to light. For instance,
in May 2021, a Twitter user uploaded a video clip of Hemsworth and Cyrus at the April 2019
premiere of Avengers: Endgame. In the clip, the singer pretends to lick her husband, which
Hemsworth doesn't look overly happy about, and the Twitter user suggested he may have been saying,
"Could you behave for once?"
As the Avengers: Endgame premiere took place just a few months before the couple confirmed
their split, it's extremely likely that there was some tension between the pair. MTV News reported
on an additional video clip from the event, which allegedly showed Hemsworth expressing
his disdain as Cyrus started twerking on the red carpet. If this particular joint
appearance is any indication, it's probably best that Hemsworth and Cyrus went their separate ways.
Migos hit the red carpet in June 2017 for the BET Awards, but the event wasn't all smooth sailing.
During a sit down interview with DJ Akademiks and Nadeska Alexis, it became clear that there was no
love lost between Migos and Joe Budden. Budden can be seen storming off at the end of the interview
after Migos receive praise from DJ Akademiks. It looks like a fight might be brewing between Budden
and Migos, and it's not long before security is summoned to stop things from escalating.
"They basically just started jumping out of the woodworks like wild hyenas."
In a since-deleted Instagram post, Budden mentioned the interview with Migos, saying,
"They was just a little too sassy for me that's
all. Y'all think everybody with a song u like can fight lol."
It appears as though Budden is not a fan of the group for whatever reason,
and a red carpet event isn't enough to stop him from voicing his opinion.
As one of the biggest movie stars in the world, Tom Cruise has attended countless
red carpet events. However, the Mission: Impossible star was left mortified when
he was squirted with water by a so-called journalist at the 2005 premiere of War of
the Worlds. As soon as it happened, Cruise was seen on camera grabbing the journalist's arm.
"Come here. Why would you do that?”
“You're a jerk!"
British broadcaster Channel 4 was later forced to issue an apology to Cruise,
for what appears to be a prank that simply wasn't funny. Channel
4 made it clear the incident was being taken seriously, telling The Guardian,
"The stunt was intended to be light-hearted rather than malicious and we would apologize
to Mr. Cruise for any offense that was caused. The tape is
with the police. [...] No decision has been made whether it will air."
Basically, you don't mess with Tom Cruise, and you should never,
ever squirt him in the face with water.