04-05-2025
24 'Nice' Celebrities Who Have Actually Done Some Pretty Awful Things
The devil works hard, but perhaps, publicists work a touch harder. That's not a shot at the hardworking folks in the business who are trying to help their clients' image. However, they certainly hold the lion's share of responsibility whenever a scandal needs to be covered up.
Let's be honest here: despite how nice celebrities might come across on camera, a lot of them have managed to suppress their dark pasts or horrible behavior from the public. Even then, people still hold their despicable actions over their heads.
A viral post on the r/AskReddit sub asked users to list the celebrities who come across as "nice" but are actually horrible. Plenty of responses came in, listing everyone from current social pariahs like Chrissy Teigen to late Hollywood heartthrobs like Paul Walker. Below are 25 beloved celebs who've committed some awful acts.
Note: These responses have been edited and condensed for clarity.
1. "Dr. Dre beat his girlfriend so badly that she had to get plastic surgery."
2. "A surprising number of people think Mark Wahlberg is a good guy, and he very much is not."
3. "Paul Walker was dating a 15-year-old. But the entire world talked about Tyga dating Kylie Jenner when she was 16."
4. " John Stamos is generally perceived as a nice guy who elicits a sense of nostalgia in millennials. He once joked about orchestrating the sexual assault of a woman. She had agreed to sexual activity with him. They began with the lights off, and he says he left and sent a friend into the room to take his place. That's a story he told on a podcast, not sure if he thought it was funny or something?"
5. "The truth about Neil Gaiman is positively haunting. He deserves the absolute worst to happen to him."
6. "Stephen Collins. He played a family man preacher on 7th Heaven, and then it came out in 2014 that he had molested pre-pubescent girls. Hollywood Demons on HBO Max did their first episode on him. Weirdly enough, he wrote an erotic thriller that incorporated a similar story to what he did, and he starred in that made-for-TV movie The Babysitter's Seduction. Maybe acting out a fantasy?"
7. "Actor Anthony Anderson from Black-ish."
From his Wikipedia page:
'Anderson was accused of raping a 25-year-old extra in a trailer on the film set of Hustle & Flow on July 27, 2004. The alleged victim accused Anderson and assistant director Wayne Witherspoon of forcibly removing her clothing, photographing her naked body, and sexually assaulting her. A witness claimed to have heard the alleged victim's screams and to have seen her run naked from the trailer, and she was treated at St. Francis Hospital. The charges were dropped on October 6, 2004, because the judge ruled that there was no probable cause to try the case.
Anderson was sued for sexual assault in September 2004 by another woman who claimed that Anderson made sexually suggestive remarks and then assaulted her in his dressing room on the set of All About the Andersons.
On July 20, 2018, it was revealed that he was being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department for another sexual assault allegation. Due to lack of evidence on September 4, the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office decided not to press charges against Anderson.'
– u/RealHousewiveology
8. "Kobe raped a woman but no one likes to talk about that, or the fact that he had cheated on Vanessa with a ridiculous amount of women and she stayed for the money."
9. "Marlon Brando forced Rita Moreno to have an abortion in the 1960s. The procedure was botched, she went home with the fetus DYING INSIDE OF HER BODY, and she had to return to the hospital for a surgical removal. She almost died."
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"And then there's the brutal sodomy scene in Last Tango in Paris. Maria Schneider was not informed of the scene until it was being shot. It was an incredibly traumatic experience for her. She was only 19 years old.
Brando was a talented actor, and he deserves to be credited as such, but I believe it's necessary that we cast light on his horrific treatment of women. Talented people are capable of monstrous things. We need to condemn those actions, not enable them."
– u/tralfamadorianism
10. "Although some parts of social media might not like her, Oprah would fit the bill. She promoted some awful people like 'Dr.' Phil and Dr Oz. Plus, her friendships with Diddy, Weinstein, and Cosby surely don't look good. Granted, nothing major has come out regarding her like Ellen, but it's just a matter of time."
11. "Snoop Dogg has admitted to being a pimp (human trafficking)."
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14. "A lot of people still love Mike Tyson and think that because he talks kind of funny, he must be a nice guy. People think he's a nice guy who had a rough life growing up. He is a convicted rapist, he has admitted to beating women, and has been accused of SA by multiple other women. Dude's a piece of shit."
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17. "I loved Shaq, but the stories of what he's done to rookies (hazing) painted him in an entirely different light. It was a massive heartbreak."
18. "Jon Hamm did horrific things in college during fraternity hazing, including dragging a pledge around by his testicles in the claw end of a hammer. That is not normal under any circumstances."
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"I'm not sure if anyone viewed him as 'nice,' but Steven Seagal is a much, much worse human than you'd imagine. He's not just your regular male actor with a few SA accusations; he's had credible cases against him for human trafficking, and so many female actors accused him of assault, he was pushed out of Hollywood."
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– u/kit_kaboodles
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– u/SecretAd8928
21. "NEIL PATRICK HARRIS and the absolutely fucking vile cake or meat platter he made of Amy Winehouse shortly after her death. DON'T LOOK IT UP. It is so beyond disturbing. I'm upset I ever saw it. And for that reason, I always answer this question when it comes up on Reddit. Everyone should know what a despicable, sick f*ck NPH is."
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22. "Cristiano Ronaldo. That guy raped a girl in a hotel room in LA, then swept it under the rug out of court."
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23. "Jackie Chan had an affair back in the '90s with a woman who was 19 years younger than him, which resulted in a daughter. Allegedly, he has never supported her and they've been estranged her whole life. He also has had an off-and-on estranged relationship with his son."
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– u/ColorfulConspiracy
25. What are your thoughts on these celebs? Share in the comments.
