From Britney Spears to Justin Bieber, Us Weekly has rounded up the biggest celebrity meltdowns ever — click through for the most shocking star outbursts!
From Britney Spears to Justin Bieber, Us Weekly has rounded up the biggest celebrity meltdowns ever — click through for the most shocking star outbursts!
On February 16, 2007, the "Gimme More" singer infamously shaved her head at Esther's Hair Salon in Tarzana, California. Days later, she shocked the world by furiously attacking a paparazzo's car with an umbrella. That following July, the pop star offered up a bizarre explanation for her violent behavior. "I was preparing my character for a role in a movie where the husband never plays his part so they switch places accidentally," she wrote on her website. "I take all my roles very seriously and got a little carried away. Unfortunately I didn't get the part."
In December 2011, the 30 Rock alum was kicked off an American Airlines flight when he refused to turn off his iPhone. At the time, the actor tweeted about the incident. “Flight attendant on American [Airlines] reamed me out 4 playing WORDS W FRIENDS while we sat at the gate, not moving," he wrote. He went on to mock the ordeal in a Saturday Night Live sketch.
In July 2010, the Jersey Shore alum was arrested in Seaside Heights, NJ, for disorderly conduct. The former MTV reality star was released the same day. During her shot time behind bars, Polizzi's BFF Jenni "JWoww" Farley tweeted: "Going to bail @Sn00ki out of jail... The things I do for this girl, I swear."
On the season 1 finale of Real Housewives of New Jersey, which aired in 2009, the Bravolebrity lost her cool at a dinner party when former costar Danielle Staub picked a fight with the NJ gals. "Prostitution whore!" Giudice screamed before uprooting the piece of furniture.
The "Dirrty" singer was arrested on suspicion of being drunk in public in Los Angeles in March 2011. The pop star's then-beau Matthew Rutler (now-fiancé and father to her 18-month-old daughter, Summer Rain) was taken into custody for driving under the influence and was later released on a $5,000 bail.
In March 2011, the "Loyal" crooner became visibly agitated during an interview with Good Morning America's Robin Roberts when asked about the 2009 assault of his ex-girlfriend, Rihanna. Following the interview, the singer stormed off stage, ripped his shirt off and threw a chair at a studio window.
Following months of erratic behavior, the former child star was arrested in NYC in May 2013 after she threw a bong out the window of her high-rise Manhattan apartment. Two months later, she was placed in a 5150 hold after she set fire on the driveway of a stranger. The hold was extended and Bynes’ mother assumed conservatorship over her daughter.
After Us Weekly exclusively broke news of the actress cheating on ex-boyfriend Robert Pattinson with her Snow White and the Huntsman director, Rupert Sanders, in July 2012, the Twilight alum issued an awkward statement begging for forgiveness.
"I'm deeply sorry for the hurt and embarrassment I've caused to those close to me and everyone this has affected," she said at the time. "This momentary indiscretion has jeopardized the most important thing in my life, the person I love and respect the most, Rob. I love him, I love him, I'm so sorry."
On the Wednesday, January 23, episode of American Idol, the former show judges got into a curse word-filled squabble. Minaj criticized Carey for being too harsh on a contestant which the "Vision of Love" singer responded by saying, “I’m sorry, it’s just that that’s what I do, Nicki."
The "Anaconda" rapper immediately fired back. “Oh, you’re right. I’m sorry I can’t help her," she said, tossing her seat behind her. "Maybe I should just get off the f**king panel! Let me get off the panel”After leaving the room, Minaj was overheard shouting, “Shut the f**k up — finish the show — I’m done!”
To promote her film Glitter, the Grammy winning songstress stopped by MTV's TRL on July 19, 2001. She arrived unannounced and proceeded to strip off her shirt and pass out ice cream. “If you don’t have ice cream in your life, sometimes you just might go a little bit crazy," she told a very surprised Carson Daly. The show host couldn't help but quip at the time: “That’s a metaphor for a lot more, I’m sure.”
Audio of the rapper's backstage tantrum at Saturday Night Live was leaked on Wednesday, February 17, 2016, and in it, he made a crazy dig at Taylor Swift. "Look at that s--t, they took my f--kin' stage off SNL without asking me," he fumed. "Now I'm bummed. That and Taylor Swift. Fake ass. Now we're gonna do this. We're breaking the motherf--king Internet."
After stars such as Chloe Grace Moretz and Bette Midler criticized the nude selfie Kim Kardashian posted on March 7, the normally tight-lipped reality star uncharacteristically lashed out on Twitter. "hey @BetteMidler," she tweeted to the Hollywood veteran. "I really didn't want to bring up how you sent me a gift awhile back trying to be a fake friend then come at me #dejavu."
To Moretz, she threw shade by writing: "Let's all welcome @ChloeGMoretz to twitter, since no one knows who she is. your nylon cover is cute boo."
During a New Zealand stop on her Rebel Heart Tour on March 4, 2016, the pop powerhouse broke down on stage as she dedicated a song to her son Rocco amid a bitter custody battle with ex Guy Ritchie.“That is my son, who I mentioned earlier,” she told the audience through tears. “He is actually 15, and it’s true, there is no love stronger than a mother for her son.”
In October 2015, the former NBA star overdosed on cocaine and other drugs before he was found unconscious at a Nevada brothel. Khloe Kardashian's estranged husband almost died, but has since made strides in his recovery.
"He’s doing really good. His long-term memory is great," Kardashian told Ellen DeGeneres in January 2016. "His short-term memory isn’t so good, but, I mean, if I met someone earlier today I probably wouldn’t remember either, so that’s understandable!"
After receiving major backlash following the 2014 release of her debut album, The New Classic — and igniting feuds with a slew of celebrities — the Australian-born rapper revealed she had suicidal thoughts during a radio interview with Los Angeles' Power 106 in March 2016. “Sometimes I did [feel suicidal]," she emotionally told DJ J Cruz. "Sometimes I would drive through the canyons to get to my horses and I would be like, ‘What if I just kept driving off the canyon?’ Sometimes I would feel like that.”
On March 22, 2016, the pop star took to Instagram to break Beliebers' hearts with the announcement that he'd be canceling all future Purpose tour meet-and-greets. “Love u guys.. I'm going to be canceling my meet and greets. I enjoy meeting such incredible people but I end up feeling so drained and filled with so much of other people's spiritual energy that I end up so drained and unhappy..,” he wrote alongside a snap of himself pressed cheek-to-cheek with a young fan.
The distraught "Love Yourself" singer added: “Want to make people smile and happy but not at my expense and I always leave feeling mentally and emotionally exhausted to the point of depression .. The pressure of meeting people's expectations of what I'm supposed to be is so much for me to handle and a lot on my shoulders."
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