one day they're on top of the world
the next poof there's nothing like a
scandal to end a successful career in
the public eye nobody's nobody's perfect
nobody's perfect and I certainly wasn't
in and I understand it I'm not gonna
argue with it
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we're
counting down our picks for the top ten
career finishing scandals for this list
we're including various types of
performers politicians athletes and
other individuals in the spotlight
who've seen their careers derailed by
actions or events deemed morally or
legally wrong did you guys want me to
finish my answer every reason will you
do the questions I do the answers in
this jackass interrupts me how about
that as the noodle rule of the game
however we're excluding scandals
centering on lengthy trials such as
those of AJ Simpson or Bernie Madoff to
go to jail
number 10 Winona Ryder shoplifting
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a list performers not only make tons of
money they're often given expensive
gifts from clothing and jewelry
designers who then get free publicity
when stars wear their creations so it
seemed unlikely that such a celebrity
would steal these kinds of items from a
department store
it wasn't my do you know I just want to
do it but you did do it this was
apparently not the case for Ryder though
who was arrested on shoplifting charges
at the turn of the century and convicted
of three felonies seemingly unstoppable
during the 90s post arrest the
award-winning actress was practically
scrubbed from the trailer for mr. deeds
her 2002 film with Adam Sandler and her
career has been in the slow lane
ever since is that your long-term plan
to work in retail number nine Paula Deen
racist language Paula Deen was alleged
to have said the n-word multiple times
for years Paula Deen was the undisputed
queen of down-home southern cooking
ignoring prevailing health trends that
cautioned against the overuse of butter
sugar cream and deep fryers and offer my
sincere apology unfortunately Dean's
tendency to go against political
correctness extended beyond the kitchen
a former employee claimed in a lawsuit
that Dean had used racial slurs
off-camera according to the deposition
Dean was asked have you ever used the
n-word yourself to which she replies yes
of course when Dean admitted that she
had used the n-word in the past and
offered a tearful apology she lost her
popular Food Network TV show and the
support of several sponsors but it's too
late because the Food Network turned
around and said hey you know what Paula
you're terminated currently she's
attempting a comeback with her own
network well welcome to the Paula Deen
Network
you can throw out your TV now because
this is where you can find me number
eight
Milli Vanilli lip-synching in the era of
auto-tune and pre-recorded tracks for
live performances it could almost be
argued that fab morvan and Rob Pilatus
were just ahead of the curve but even
though many pop stars benefit from the
technological enhancement of their own
voices the voices of this late 80s duo
belonged to session singers when it
finally came to light that morva and
Pilatus could barely speak English let
alone sing in that language and that
other singers had done the vocals on
their album the deception destroyed what
once seemed a very promising career the
men were also stripped of their Grammy
Award ere was returning the Grammy
Awards they won for the best new artist
of 1989 but the Recording Academy had
already stripped them of the trophies
the day before
although morva eventually achieved
moderate success as a musician pilatus
succumbed to drugs in 1998 being punched
every day in the public eye leaves marks
number 7 Michael Richards racist rant
hello nice to meet you see you later as
Cosmo Kramer on Seinfeld Richards seemed
goofy and lovable and for many fans it
was impossible not to associate the
actor with a loopy but harmless
character take one I don't want I don't
want it just know that all changed in
2006 during a comedy club show when
Richards lashed out at hecklers in the
audience
while calling them out for their
rudeness and loudness was understandable
other comedians have similarly
challenged audience members the
situation took an unexpected and
career-ending turn when Richards
unleashed a barrage of racial slurs
though he attempted to publicly
apologize Richards officially retired
from performing stand-up comedy in 2007
every time I see this backdrop I think
about crema number 6 the Dixie Chicks
george w bush disc
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it was the dis heard round the world
when band member Natalie Maines
announced during a London show that the
group was ashamed of being from the same
stage as then president george w bush
the brits cheered just so you know we're
ashamed the president united states but
once the comment was reported in the
media many american fans sieved some
country music radio stations banned the
chick's music and Mane's even received
death threats and I didn't know that
kind of hatred existed and it was weird
to see it be taught to someone boycotts
caused the group's music to plummet in
the charts and hurt their sales
eventually though the fervor died down
enough for the group to win multiple
Grammy Awards in 2007 our core fans have
always stayed true to us and I want to
thank them for we're staying with us
number five Anthony Weiner sexting
Anthony Weiner's penis yes I I kept that
in as long as I could
it's normally a positive thing when a
politician shows openness regarding
modern technology and new methods of
communication such as social media for
me it just comes down to this which is
what is wrong with you
however in the case of this former
member of the US House of
Representatives there is such a thing as
being too comfortable
this is the picture that started the
controversy tweeted from the account of
one of Congress's brightest Democratic
stars and directed to the Twitter name
of this 21 year old college student
Weiner lived up to his name by
demonstrating a tendency to overshare
photos of his own attributes with women
other than his wife via Twitter so today
I am announcing my resignation from
Congress the sexting scandal caused him
to resign from Congress in 2011 however
in 2013 he was allegedly added again as
similar antics killed his mayoral
ambitions I want to again say have her
sorry them to anyone who was received
there was a seeming end to these
messages and the disruption that this
has caused number four Petros gambling
in 20-plus years as a baseball player
Petros was exceptional winning multiple
World Series championships numerous
awards including Most Valuable Player
and breaking several major league
records most notably Ty Cobb's hit
record kicks any fires Rose Way
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after retiring from playing Rose became
a manager his outstanding career
guaranteed induction into the Baseball
Hall of Fame until evidence surfaced
that he'd been betting on baseball games
during his stint managing the Cincinnati
Reds baseball commissioner Bart Giamatti
in New York ended six months of swirling
questions and banished Pete Rose
permanently from baseball as a result
Rose was declared permanently ineligible
for the Hall of Fame
you're 73 years old if I don't look at I
don't acted and I have a lot of bills I
mean you have to work hey
fortunately or unfortunately I'd rather
be working in baseball number three
Herman Cain sexual harassment and
adultery Cain has not talked about the
latest accusation but he did say earlier
this week that even if more women came
forward they were all making their
stories up in a crowded field of
Republicans seeking their party's
nomination for the 2012 u.s.
presidential elections Cain stood out
for several reasons unfortunately many
of the reasons weren't good
I know you dismiss the idea of a sexual
relationship with her yes but
nevertheless you you you did give her
money over the years and that raised
questions a basic one why first there
was an advertisement featuring Cain's
chief of staff Marc Bloch who apparently
got so excited talking about the
campaign that he couldn't finish the
commercial without a smoke break
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from there things went further downhill
as the aspiring presidential contender
was accused of sexual harassment and
adultery this eventually led to his
withdrawal from the race and politics so
you agree with Libya number two
Bill Cosby sexual assault allegations
The Cosby Show brought him into millions
of living rooms as perfect dad
cliff Huxtable long before the popular
sitcom debuted Cosby was building his
reputation as a family-friendly
entertainer playing a trainer on an
early TV series and creating the Fat
Albert and the Cosby kids cartoons
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so when accusations that he previously
drugged and sexually assaulted dozens of
women started surfacing in 2014 the
fallout caused Cosby to cancel some live
appearances and his fatherly reputation
is probably irreparably damaged the old
story was if you took a little drop it
was on the head of the pin it doesn't
make it and the girl would drink it and
she shallow what marriage before we
unveil our top pick here are some
honorable or in this case dishonorable
mentions the first of all I'm past libel
me like there's there's this whole thing
in America where like you're liable
proof right you've had so much crap said
about you right yeah it's totally awful
do I I might add it no when have I tried
it probably in one of my drunken stupors
probably approximately about a year ago
and the indecent exposure part of it I
maintained at the time it happened that
it didn't happen and I maintained that
Stewart Washington who played dr.
Preston Burke on the ABC Hospital
drama was fired from the show for using
homophobic slurs towards his castmate TR
night no I did not call it TR f number
one Mel Gibson anti-semitic and racist
rants what would you do if you were
stuck in one place and every day was
exactly the same and nothing that he did
mattered in the classic 1993 comedy
Groundhog Day the main character lives
the same day over and over and over
again unfortunately when it comes to
actor Mel Gibson and reports of his
anti-semitic vitriol it sometimes feels
like the public has been experiencing
their own version of Groundhog Day for
the past several years but if the
reported threats against oksana grigory
Ava that are bringing the most attention
Esther house in a letter says Gibson
told him I'm going to kill her I'm going
to have her killed previously known for
his acting talent leading men good looks
and ability to sell movie tickets the
american-born Australian actors career
has increasingly been overshadowed by
incidents highlighting his temper and
his vicious frequently alcohol-fueled
verbal outbursts and anti-semitic rants
edge of darkness opens today it's good
to see you back in the saddle and doing
what you do best
thanks a lot for joining us Mel take
care bye bye [ __ ]
do you agree with our list that's the
dumbest thing I ever heard what career
finishing scandal do you think is the
most memorable I don't have to ask
anybody not going to change your pants
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said yesterday he wants closure you want
closure
start with your zipper closures
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