Top 10 Stars Who Destroyed Their Careers on Live TV

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Well, that didn’t go as planned. Many celebs’ careers have been destroyed by mistakes on live TV. From Fergie’s questionable performance of the national anthem to Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction, these stars’ embarrassing moments will go down in history. Join WatchMojo as we count down our picks for the top 10 celebs who killed their careers on live TV. Which of these moments did you find most cringeworthy? Let us know in the comments!
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[@WatchMojo]

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[@WhyNotTruth]

Please stop promoting horrible music

[@gunslinger2566]

That was awful.

[@OldAsianGamer]

Shitty music

[@bryanchua9539]

The song sucks.

[@OldAsianGamer]

Stop this awful music promo

[@chrismcadam8413]

The fact that Natalia thinks her husband invented wearing a suit and having a comb over hairstyle is hilarious, has she been outside ever

[@embersarts]

"Have you ever been outside the studio, Natalia?" Thanks for the likes! This is probably the most I have ever gotten

[@jimmythecacodemon2397]

Most celebrities don't 😂

[@jenprice2596]

Right???

[@001Mackica]

Being a judge gave her a big head and she thought she could do what she wants. Trash.

[@rs2705]

seriously. i never even knew who they were until i watched this video lmao.

[@SketchySkullKnight]

Imagine thinking someone is "copying your husband" for having the most bland white guy look imaginable.

[@owynrobinson7790]

Mr-ScarySketchy She’s a douchebag

[@moshicute2201]

I also think having someone copied your style is common... if you're an artist Like Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley... I don't know why both of them said such a harsh thing like that

[@beastofbussycreek]

@@TheLexiconDevils I was thinking of a low-budget Bobby Darin

[@lilnateyy206]

I’m ur 1000th liker

[@Yahshuaismyeverything]

LMFAOO

[@andrewblayne6460]

The judge who bullied that contestant looks like a bootleg Dora the explorer

[@srushtimunjal950]

Underated comment!

[@miniatureben3558]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@duncan3998]

Dora The Pimp Explorer

[@maikeliRAIWALUI]

And ripping off elizabeth taylor by copying her signature makeup

[@user-lu2ow2yi3z]

@@duncan3998 lol

[@DarKKnightt07]

Natalia Kills, literally killed her career and no one even knew who she was.

[@justlee-ann5124]

Who is she? Nevermind. I don't care

[@juliaheck655]

@kąlsjzj for horrible reasons. she’s literally hated by thousands

[@gurglequeen433]

This is literally the only thing I know about her.

[@grossartus]

Seriously ive never heard of her, lol she ruined her career that never took off on the first place

[@jessica33313]

I only know her from Party rock anthem days lol

[@carmellasofo8337]

Wife: “You look like my husband” Husband: “you look like a serial killer”

[@taroken8846]

Lol

[@robertporter9953]

The victim You look like fake justen beaber

[@miaurahara1848]

So...he admits to being a serial killer?

[@master-n-teachvirgo8557]

👫🤾 ⛹️⛹️⛹️⛹️⛹️

[@djjess9553]

Good one!!!

[@knk4ever83]

It's funny that Natalia Kills yells at someone for being her husband's doppelganger.. yet noone yells at her for being Lord Farquod's.

[@swaroop7021]

Lol i thought she looked like willy wonka.

[@missep8633]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@buggart]

I mean, can you blame her? Lord Farquad's fashion sense is all the rage!

[@T0wby]

The dude she insulted actually replied „didn‘t you copy cleopatra?“

[@madamefeast4824]

That was the only one of all these I really thought they were pathetic. What a loser. Everyone should spit in her and his face Everytime they recognize who they are

[@PeanutsAssorted]

Natalia: Attacks someone for looking unoriginal Also Natalia: Literally copies a look from Jessie J

[@duncan3998]

Gawd-damn irony.

[@earljovhancameros2342]

The i r o n y

[@jenniferalvarez4994]

only reason i clicked on the video was because i thought she was jessie j. i was like “omg wth did jessie j do???” 😂😂😂

[@haeuneun_]

Janet doesn’t deserves that. It’s literally blaming the victim

[@jerrygil1965]

Amen

[@kadennelms8419]

I think the press just had so much pent up Jackson hate that they thought, good enough

[@martinportelance138]

Victim my arse. She had her *BEEP* elaborately clampered just for the occasion, with the removeable outfit part etc - who are you trying to fool, yourself maybe? The real problem is with the MSM's hypocritical prudeness, that's all. Most of the people on this list have done nothing wrong, really. (Well, except that bitchy couple from hell at the Ozzie show)

[@johnnysacrimoni2404]

“Victim” is a bit of a stretch

[@DirtySteve426]

don't be a moron. She is not a victim. It was all planned! She just loves the attention this "victim" card is giving her

[@michaelkeehan8094]

Timberlake was the one that tore off Jackson's shirt. Why did Jackson get all the blame. Heck, even Timberlake said he deserved more blame than Jackson.

[@stevenmorales7814]

Exactly! It’s not her fault. She doesn’t deserve the blame!

[@justjkhad9575]

Robe malfunction bruh it was nobody's fault

[@marieremelie6716]

Just JKhaD no one said that but aight

[@blanco57]

it was part of the show. not his fault

[@ezgi8256]

yeah but also justin was such a cop out

[@thepluto1711]

The sadness in the guy eyes when she called him disgusting, my heart broke

[@wvcricker5683]

kayla Fidhdhah Me too.. 😞😞. It broke my heart for him.. I mean, I teared up.. the look on his face... they crushed his soul.. those two assholes deserve everything they got! I hope the guy did well later on... Why do people feel they need to be mean?

[@raspberrycrowns9494]

He looked like he was going to cry

[@shubhsiddhartha5237]

And the joy in my eyes when the world hated those 2 idiots

[@wvcricker5683]

Shubh Siddhartha Exactly! Those two assholes got what they deserved. I sincerely hope they are nobodies now. How anyone could be so mean and hurtful to someone is beyond me.

[@evelynneclipse2069]

Ikr. I can imagine being in his situation. I would cry even more.

[@akirajoestar641]

The man was literally wearing a SUIT . I'm glad those judges got fired

[@eyerissdee]

for real lmfao like it’s a basic simple suit

[@SleepyKwee]

"You're copying my husband" Girl, who even is your husband?? 😂 Literally never heard of him until seeing this video.

[@guinnevereschronicles2225]

The only time I’ve heard of her husband besides the show was an iPod commercial where his song “yeah” was used

[@rhetrochips9471]

Never heard of Natalia kills but the fact that she thinks that look was conceived by her husband shows a level of arrogance I cant fathom

[@santana-dr7hp]

Rhetro Chips Especially when her husband dresses like every other jazz-pop star

[@JoJoTheOtter]

HOW DARE YOU PUT ON A SUIT AND TIE AND COMB YOUR HAIR!

[@keithandrei19]

She literally looks like an off-brand Cardi B

[@nicholasmaude6906]

Her surname is apt as she killed her career with that disgraceful performance.

[@Eloise007]

They’re both threatened and jealous about how the contestant can look and sing better that her husband!

[@rinr7516]

That thing with the Natalia girl really, really made me mad, literally all the guy did was dress formal. Not everything is about her. You could see the pain in that poor guy's eyes!

[@theYouTuberfr]

didn’t he cry after as well?? or was that click bait lol

[@rinr7516]

@@theKZbinrfr no I think he did cry

[@brittanyjensen6358]

that was so rude and the guy was being so polite and they just continued to bash him

[@kyra2161]

Honestly that made me so mad! Like that guy didn’t deserve it, I feel so bad for him.

[@ConyMoya.]

Also, don’t forget this is reality tv with most of the things scripted and planned ahead, so it was probably not even the guy’s idea to dress like that, he probably had a stylist assigned and stuff

[@JohnOrrTheArsonist]

I actually enjoy how Howard Dean took an extremely embarrassing moment in his life and still used it as a throwback joke. You go man. You go.

[@Shogundoxie1414]

I remember an episode of Gilmore Girls where Sean Gunn's character parodied it

[@ellsylala]

As a New Zealander, we do not claim Natalia Kills and Willy Moon.

[@duncan3998]

Yes you do. But you have my sincere sympathy.

[@NotIfWhen]

As the rest of the world... yes you do cus were def not.

[@jameswhite4382]

I’m so confused about how that was Janet Jackson’s fault

[@robertbelyea5767]

The way the needle moves in that world is like a pissed off old grandparent. Judgemental as hell and never wrong.

[@ArizonaWillful]

Being a woman is her fault evidently.

[@whatever3132]

If I recall correctly at the time, there were a few reasons people believed it was either staged or her fault. Right after the incident, MTV CEO Tom Freston stated in an interview that it was staged by Jackson as a stunt. It was later elaborated that MTV staff come up with the idea and that Jackson was supposed to be wearing a red-lace bra underneath. The story goes that her bra "collapsed" during the performance and her breast was exposed. Jackson also gave a statement that said "My decision to change the Super Bowl performance was made after the final rehearsal. MTV, CBS, [and] the NFL had no knowledge of this whatsoever and unfortunately, the whole thing went wrong in the end. I am really sorry if I offended anyone, that was truly not my intention." It made it sound like she saying that it was her decision to change the show without telling anyone, and was her mistake. That's part of the reason people didn't blame Timberlake as much. As for why she got more blame, first, when her top was ripped off, she was wearing what appeared to be pasties over her nipples. People argued that why was she wearing those if there was supposed to be bra on and they weren't meant to be seen? Second, when her new album came out, she was topless on the cover (albeit with her back turned). I remember some newscasters at the time stating that they believed it was an accident until that came out, because it looked like she did this to drum up interest for her album. Third, she went on the David Letterman show a little after the incident, wore something very revealing, and when Letterman started pressing her about the incident she eventually cursed and had to be censored, which people took to mean that she didn't have a good answer, meaning it was set up. I'm not saying it wasn't also due to misogyny or racism. I'm just saying it wasn't as clear cut and dry as people looking back on it today make it look. Now, we hardly care, saying what damage did seeing her breast do to anyone? At the time, the country was more conservative than it is now.

[@BmoreAkuma]

Karen's made it her fault

[@ianwestc]

For the same reason as when a woman gets raped, to some people it's still her fault. Historically among a.. conservative set, women are held to a much higher moral standard. Men are expect to "sow their oats," but an unmarried woman having sex -- horrors.

[@bicuriousdirtbikeboi2594]

Natalia Kills literally berated someone for wearing a suit and having brown hair. That’s like if I blasted Shawn Mendes because we both wear skinny jeans.

[@mikrokosmos9290]

Shawn Mendes copied you and doesn't have any value or respect for originality! 👌😩😩😩

[@glasfield3868]

@@mikrokosmos9290 💀

[@larazanz]

He stole her husband’s pigmentation! Have you no respect for originality!

[@nameslesss]

You have a human face! You have no respect for originality!

[@godzilla4005]

HOW DARE HE

[@starrinight6114]

"hollywood takes swearing and nudity very seriously" girl-

[@HLJRMAI1]

Ya apparently this video was before this year's grammys

[@nonametay.4159]

@Laura Mai lol

[@sundaygirl1246]

Imagine losing your career for being on the right side of history. Sinead O'Connor was very brave.

[@thisisme3977]

She then converted to islam.Hypocrite!!

[@monsterhanna6691]

Janet Jackson got blamed for a mistake that wasn't anybody's fault, and O'Connor got blamed for being against a child offender? What world am I living in?

[@wrestlinganime4life288]

@Arnold Schwarzenegger Oh its even worse

[@wrestlinganime4life288]

@Оксана Рихтер Yeah we know

[@sammcmahan3129]

@Кареглазая 22 Shut up. The patriarchy doesn't exist, and feminism doesn't mean anything anymore. It's turned from an actual movement for equal rights, to a man hating culture. Don't try and enforce it on anyone. No one needs it.

[@loganj.8905]

@@sammcmahan3129 Anyone who tells you feminism is about man-hating is either ignorant or lying

[@sammcmahan3129]

@@loganj.8905 Statistics: 34% of women classify as a feminist, 58% classify as non-feminist, but still advocate for equal rights, and 8% agree with traditional gender roles. The 58% of women who reject feminism, but advocate for equal rights understand that feminism doesn't mean what it used to. Like I said in my earlier comment, feminism has turned into a man hating culture.

[@qugudan9201]

The shit with Natalia, the other judges were so done, as well as the audience. I feel so bad for the guy.

[@zoom5817]

I remember it live

[@user-yh8jr8tk9z]

I love how her husband proceeded to agree that the contestant looked disgusting and like he was going to kill everyone in the audience after his wife said everything on him looked just like her husband.

[@corneliussnow8215]

I'm rather happy that they were fired. I had no clue who they were and wondered what they could have said to have gotten sacked. The moment she started talking, I was taken a back. Like Jesus Christ lady, calm the fuck down, the guy's look is one of the most basic, not your fault that your hubby is dressed so basically.

[@sarahantonietti4867]

Omg I’m almost cried watching the guy’s face fall :(.

[@josf9616]

That one broke my heart

[@flymasterty9408]

8:37 it looks like he was about to breakdown and start crying. Nobody deserves to be treated like this

[@guywithbigwhitecock709]

Hollywood take swearing and nudity seriously So they just gonna let *WAP* slide like that now?

[@Jheavenly95]

Janet got blackballed, while JT was forgiven and invited back to perform at the Superbowl (even though he was the one who ripped it off)

[@audreylaurel]

Yeah. The whole situation highlights the intersection of racism and sexism in the entertainment industry

[@SilkyLew]

@@audreylaurel you know it was old karens complaining about a good looking woman showing a breast, which i don't know why people get so butt hurt about nudity. "Oh, no. My son saw a titty. " it's fucking hilarious lol

[@SilkyLew]

@@Salma-in2ny but why is it a big deal? In that case, we shouldn't be showing our arms and legs and necks. They're all body parts. The only reason to wear clothes was to protect our bodies. It's crazy we can see gore all over television, but nudity is blurred out. I guess the inside of your body is less disturbing than a nipple lol

[@knxvh2193]

white privilege

[@otzjango9066]

Yea but i think it was part of the choreography so its actually nobodys fault just an accident that can happen (its still wrong that she got hated like this tho) just sayin that theres nobody to blame except Hollywood and the society, u know what im sayin?

[@flyawaytodie]

I wouldn't classify Natalia Kills and Willy Moon as stars...nobody had ever heard of either when they were hired.

[@TheMAORIRULE]

flyawaytodie I still haven't bothered to find out who they are. Personally I would have said I copied blue eye's look I really don't know who you are, what are you famous for again?

[@Finxx91]

From Natalia i only know "Zombie" thanks to Shazam, and Willy Moon thanks to one of ACBlack Flag's trailer

[@savannahthefangirlyt3048]

Finxx I only know devils don’t fly

[@SIKE01]

D-list C~Word and Douchebag

[@birkinsmith88]

@@TheMAORIRULE They are literally famous for being 'those jerks'

[@emiliamut9192]

so people were pissed off at Sinèad O'Connor for fighting against phedophilia within the catholic church....it's sad that the society doesn't speak about this desaster more often. i understand that ripping apart a picture of the pope can come off as "against cristianity" for some people but they were SO missing the point.

[@quinn3660]

Will Smith is gonna be added to the next one lmfao

[@jacobd1080]

I feel bad for Howard Dean, the media literally destroyed his career for being enthusiastic.

[@chayden153]

Honestly I loved his enthusiasm, that man should've gotten the nomination for president

[@samueliam745]

too bad. howard dean is a moron.

[@xaviermckillop2765]

@@samueliam745 someone likes trump

[@larrydawson7038]

@@xaviermckillop2765 Many millions do moron, he is our president

[@gillianlemke1546]

Right? Bummer

[@Soulmaka2]

How can Natalia talk about originality when she's literally a bootleg Lady Gags.

[@diegomedina9637]

I feel like they were both projecting into the poor dude. I wish he would at least throw 1 jab at them to take them down a peg, like when the husband said "You look like a serial killer" he would respond with something like "Wait, I thought your wife said I was trying to imitate you" or something like that.

[@firefly5874]

Lol, Lady Gags is my drag name now

[@dom1941]

I thought more of Gothic Dora the Explorer

[@gunawanputera6443]

She a bully, you know, she did that because she doesn't have anything special so she slamming other people

[@arthurdsouza10]

More like a bootleg Lord Farquad from Shrek.

[@laursieloise]

the janet jackson thing literally makes me sooo angry like she didn’t even do anything at all

[@emilysanders4807]

No She Didn't.

[@elhamfeizollahy8126]

Exactly

[@maddiep9525]

Watch mojo talking about the Janet Jackson incident: "You all know the story.." Me mouth full of taco bell: "No I don't"

[@maddiep9525]

@@RajniHatwal idk I don't now much about the 90s.

[@maynardperalta3188]

@@maddiep9525 didn’t happen in the 90’s.

[@moniquevanheerden4172]

'Do yoy have no respect for origanality?' Girl who are you to talk you clearly try to copy cleopatra.

[@lune78]

Cleopatra? More like Lord Farquaad.

[@IlyasMdAmin]

She wAs INsPirED

[@moniquevanheerden4172]

@@IlyasMdAmin no she copy her. She was wants to be cleopatra

[@moniquevanheerden4172]

@@lune78 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@moniquevanheerden4172]

@@IlyasMdAmin the guy was 'coping'millions of men around the world not her husband cause her husband had to many plastic surgeries that no would try to copy him

[@famousmadlad6361]

Imagine your political career being destroyed for being very enthusiastic

[@raysmith1583]

💪👊YAAAAaaaaah

[@halfhazard7405]

Imagine him doing that today and winning the presidency because he became a meme

[@ron234halt]

Amazing what people find unforgivable, no?

[@tidus001]

Dave Chappell has me rolling with his take on it

[@JarthenGreenmeadow]

tbh BYAAHH was a meme before memes even existed. He'd be a massive success now a days. Anyone remember the old youtube poops that used his BYAAHH as a sound bite?

[@kobejames5379]

bruh O’Connor should’ve kept her fame and should’ve been respected what she did. It was right, but the world would rather forget about the residential schools in Canada?🤔

[@egbelanh]

I agree, but O'connor is an iridh woman. The republic of ireland is still a Catholic country, the religion still has a hold on the country it even controls the education system of the country. So it was deeper than you may feel it is as you have be raised in Ireland to understand. I dont belive she deserved what she got, but I'm also not surprised.

[@christophervalleserna6408]

Even though its true about what O'Connor said, she still ripped a photo of a Catholic Pope and it's disrespectful to religion if she really wanted to show sexual abuse isn't okay she should have used someone who isn't part of religion, cause she basically said 'fight the real enemy' which can come across as 'Fight the rapists or Fight the Catholics' It can come across as offensive for us who are actually Catholic at the time. She could have said it differently at that time too. But it's all been done.. She got cancelled and that's why she's a nobody now.

[@inactiveaccount2703]

i feel so bad for that guy, who had to deal with the judges.

[@davidlawrence8711]

pansexual pandacakes if it helps you feel better, practically the entirety of New Zealand’s 4 million people piled on Natalia and her suit wearing husband. (He didn’t win tho)

[@inactiveaccount2703]

fidgitnz i suppose it does make me feel better. i just feel bad. he must’ve been so upset, and so embarrassed. ://

[@cbakker99]

I feel horrible for that guy too. Just awful.

[@vickieclark5931]

Yeah, those judges were very unprofessional. They acted like they were in junior high. I do feel bad for him also.

[@kimhunter6733]

Im from the nz and its literally no one knew who she was beforehand but yes we did indeed dog pile on her it was great

[@MrDjmcconnell]

If Sinead O’Connor did that today she’d be the queen of Twitter. She was just ahead of its time.

[@TwentyFourSlevin]

Compared to the others on this list. She is the only one able to look herself in the mirrow. But I guess alot of Catholic people think otherwise.

[@YvieT81]

Well she's someone who obviously has some serious mental health issues, but in this particular case she kinda was ahead of her time..

[@grendlsma]

@flip inheck Yeah...but she was exactly right....

[@no-hk9pt]

flip inheck so changing beliefs over time = nut job and society shouldn’t progress

[@doddsmountain]

@flip inheck you lose all credibility when you continually refer to her as 'skinhead'

[@deaconsmom2000]

Nipple-gate really wasn't that big a deal. I don't know why everyone was losing their minds. Interesting that Janet took all the blame when she wasn't alone on that stage.

[@caro2233]

yup... that's because they were on national tv... now on national tv you can listen to WAP song, and watch some... women (???) showing their massive butt and miming sexual acts......

[@zoeashby7683]

Natalie kills is basically a one hit wonder and her husband can’t even be called that. He wrote a song that was featured in an Apple iPhone ad, that it

[@alonoir1908]

How bout a top 10 worst songs watchmojo have ever promoted 🤔

[@vukgladanac2850]

Lmaooooo

[@edmilsonlennon2866]

This would actually be their most viewed video of 2019

[@RaggedKnowledge96]

Mil e uma Receitas de Miojo they didn’t change. We got old :P

[@crazypolite]

Lol i legit thought the promo song was gonna be one of the people in the list. As I was listening I was like "Well idk who this is but I'm glad THIS ended before it began" 😅🤷🏼‍♂️

[@Giarcnek]

@@crazypolite LOL, me too.

[@purpleglitterize]

Fergie’s national anthem made me cringe HARD!

[@j.dino.supreme953]

Ok sure 😏

[@j.dino.supreme953]

@ not bad😏

[@deepankarsaurav6130]

I was like what the hell!

[@j.dino.supreme953]

@@deepankarsaurav6130 sure

[@310smoker]

It was one of the top 5 worst for sure

[@zanerush9676]

Janet Jackson is a legend. Her career will never be ruined.

[@tommysheehan2136]

Matt Lauer trying to morally grandstand Paula Deen is actually hilarious

[@felixoloo1]

WatchMojo: "It wasn't Jackson's fault... but *Hollywood* acted like it was" Also WatchMojo: Lets put her on a list of people who destroyed their OWN careers

[@oinkshine]

Lol 😂

[@rdudipartawijaya2746]

lol😄😅😅

[@ferret0317]

LOL 😂

[@bricelee5498]

She agreed for it to happen so it was her fault

[@littlemisfortune9982]

@@bricelee5498 Timberlake admitted it was his fault

[@sagmangoes]

Natalia Kills: YOU HAVE NO IDENTITY! Also Natalia Kills: has 5 different aliases and disguises self with make-up and wigs

[@YamiFoxx]

Natalia kills: You have no identity Yet tries to look like Cleopatra

[@roflmows]

Natalia Kills: some D-list fake celebrity whose only talent is talking shit on TV. yeah, SHE'S someone to judge other people's talent :P

[@nftlproductions6047]

Lord farquaad

[@funnywelshman6380]

Team rocket would be proud 😂

[@Kanoog]

It’s pretty crazy to think just how fragile your reputation is, one mess up or slip and your life’s work is tarnished forever.

[@cScottD]

The crazy thing about the Milli Vanilli "scandal" is that I remember when their first song came out, I saw a report on some TV entertainment show (possibly "Entertainment Tonight", but I don't remember for sure which show it was) about the fact that the guys on the album cover and in the video weren't the ones actually performing the song and that they'd just been hired by the record label to give the band a "better image". Then fast-forward a few years, when the lip-sync thing happened and it was like everyone had completely forgotten that it had already been publicly stated, years earlier, that they weren't the ones doing the singing.

[@careyunknown3449]

Video starts 1:00 . There I saved you from the worst vocals I've ever heard

[@kathleentatman330]

Thank you that band/song was a nuclear explosion of cringe.

[@smiless0999]

Wish I saw this before I sat through that terrible mess😓

[@Leechiraku]

🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢 one time that auto tune prob could improve a voice (but prob not)

[@TheGhostofMrArthurs]

You are not a hero, you are a goddamned national treasure

[@edmilsonlennon2866]

Uau Im glad I'm not the only one who thought of that, I feel less bad about it

[@Loveneverdies12]

80s-90s: lip syncing is career ruining mistake that is extremely frowned upon 2019-2020: people get rich and famous from lip syncing on tick tock

[@vickieclark5931]

LOL. Your right. Especially since nowadays people get famous for having absolutely no talent.

[@TheNitroM1]

Well people aren't paying money to see tik tok live in a Stadium lol

[@blddyvel1506]

Lol the way u wrote it made me see you say it in a mocking tone🤣

[@Realchocolate_noodle]

Also Tik tok is toxic everyday because of influencers not knowing better. Not all Tik Tok influencers

[@xmoomoodoodlydoo62]

Ok but w tiktok you're SUPPOSED to lipsync.

[@rafi-7382]

Sinead O‘Connor deserved even more hype for that, change my mind

[@christophervalleserna6408]

Even though its true about what O'Connor said, she still ripped a photo of a Catholic Pope and it's disrespectful to religion if she really wanted to show sexual abuse isn't okay she should have used someone who isn't part of religion, cause she basically said 'fight the real enemy' which can come across as 'Fight the rapists or Fight the Catholics' It can come across as offensive for us who are actually Catholic at the time. She could have said it differently at that time too. But it's all been done.. She got cancelled and that's why she's a nobody now.

[@hotjuices2]

@@christophervalleserna6408 the problem was the pope, if ur offended that she ripped up the picture of the pope then...

[@Cartman11111]

@@hotjuices2(I'm Christopher btw) I am actually not that offended but like I said, at the time he was the Pope it can be misunderstood, it can be interpreted as 'Fight the real enemy (Pope or The Catholics)' so it can come across as disrespectful and Ofc she could have been talking about Sexual Abuse but the Pope is pope and in my religion we respect them. Plus the Pope was hiding the sexual abuse because he didn't want our faith to be a fraud. He wanted to keep the Catholic faith flowing so he had to hide other Father's disgusting truths. To yall our religion might seem like a fraud but the least yall could do is not talk about it..

[@ghostwolf4681]

DUDE. I've been listenong this song all day thx to you guys. Amazing band and good vibes in the music.

[@phantomrequim]

Natalia Kills was just vicious towards Joe Irvine, and she's got a lot of nerve accusing someone of copying somebody else when she tries so hard to look like Cleopatra.

[@availanila]

Cleopatra!?! Lol, she sucks though. What a bully

[@JDUCSUDMU38948]

It was a pr stunt.... on a reality tv show lmaooo

[@missmoxie9188]

She has NO TALENT

[@mehlessmidori602]

I honestly thought she Cardi B for a second.

[@Zero_0ne]

Dibble! I thank you for bringing me here!!

[@anuj1061]

Thank you for recommending the song 🙏🏻

[@fatdogz5777]

8:45 I hate when judges become bullies. You supposed to judge their performance not their appearance or personality. Also don’t be mean.

[@LincolnsDementure]

“This is arguably the biggest career ending controversy in live tv history” *Puts it at no. 10*

[@dantetorres9644]

Tactical Spice I’m so glad someone said this!!

[@wanland]

Oh YoU aRe?? Jkjk😂

[@groovymovie3213]

Janet Jackson shouldn’t even be on this list. Justin Timberlake is the one who should’ve taken the fall.

[@derrickennemer5050]

Horseshit, they both planned it, and I watched that superbowl and taped it, and until the fcc talked about it, it cut away and went black so fast, you didnt even notice it. Neither one of tgem shouldve gotten in trouble. It didnt show any nudity. She had a butterfly pastie on that covered almost her whole breast.

[@Bombastiquarian]

Come on, now. It's safe to say a woman doesn't wear a tear-away top and pasties unless she's planning to lose her top. And, before and since, Justin Timberlake is not known for randomly ripping off woman's tops during a performance (I can't speak to his private time). It was and is, obviously, part of the show that they didn't get cleared, first. The attempted cover-up (absolutely no pun intended) by both singers and their camps was pathetic and showed just how little they think of the general population's intelligence. I agree with Derric, though, that it was BS that everyone made such a big deal about it. It was a nothing part of the show.

[@ajpod770]

roxasxiii380 - 😂😂😂 That’s the dumbest explanation I’ve ever heard.

[@jms1963]

Ajpod 7--I think roxasxiii380 was being sarcastic. At least, I hope that's the case. No one can really be that stupid.

[@jms1963]

roxasxiii380--good, I'm glad. Unfortunately, we both know there are people out there who would read that and say, "you go, girl." You are 100% correct.

[@xanderduffy6461]

Haha - “Hollywood takes swearing and nudity seriously…” Aye right…

[@michaelnye9203]

"Hollywood takes swearing and nudity very seriously", except when it comes to the molestation of young actors, comedians who rape unconscious women, womanizing/raping producers and so on...right. But some comedian who drops the, oh my, "F-Bomb" gets canned.

[@hinatababe97]

Right!! Wtf it’s right here right now!!can’t take the elite people seriously because you will NEVER satisfy them!

[@cold_chili3356]

I can't believe Howard Dean's career was ended by that scream. That was nothing.

[@AndroidDork]

To be fair...neither was his career, really.

[@willicymbalic4681]

No if I remember correctly it was someone in his family that was sick or something so he had to drop outta presidency but I could be wrong though

[@iamdoctorcat6347]

His scream make Republic have cancer

[@Kohana006]

I don't think his scream actually ended his career. His presidential bid may have been a little effected, but he was already slumping in the polls before the scream. He went on to be the Chair of the Democratic National Committee for 4 years after that election, so his career most definitely was not ended.

[@alsween218]

He was campaigning as one of the Democratic presidential candidates and was so behind on votes that he pretty much lost the race by the time he made that speech (which is why he made it.) Nonetheless, that scream REALLY didn't help matters. Aside from sounding absolutely ridiculous it made him look VERY desperate😶

[@AntonioG2001]

how the hell that " yeah" ended his presidential career??? Thats how his natural voice sounds

[@lamardogmatic3864]

it was lame

[@gamerhero9559]

I guess making an speech like that is unprofessional and just too silly to take seriously back then.

[@SilkyLew]

@@gamerhero9559 But people are supposed to be "snowflakes" today lol.

[@gamerhero9559]

@@SilkyLew Which is why no one take things seriously now lol

[@TiffanyVillalvazo]

The biased media took it and ran with it. Although it was as simple as "hehe that was silly", the media used it and exhausted it to the point that it was all his campaign was remembered for.

[@terrywrist9204]

Good to see so much love for Sinead here! She's a boss!!

[@robertmofford]

Kills is the greatest pro-conjugal violence argument I've ever seen. She and her hubby truly deserve each other. Thoroughly disgusting

[@bent6293]

Sinead O'Connor was just a couple decades ahead of the curve.

[@ron234halt]

Unfortunately, yes. I'm thinking she deserves an apology.

[@justinkilmer427]

Of course she was completely accurate and the blind with Faith ignored the fact that their children were being molested

[@paraic9163]

@@ryanmac2309 not many left under 55

[@ryanmac2309]

@@paraic9163 not many what?

[@paraic9163]

@@ryanmac2309 irish Catholics.. maybe technically there are because they were baptised against their will as babies but certainly very few identifying and practising Catholics.

[@leejaztine]

love this list

[@twstf8905]

It's atrocious what happened to Janet Jackson, especially since absolutely no consequences for the other person involved, Justin Timberlake.

[@NSLUploader]

"Hollywood Takes Swearing and Nudity Very Seriously" Hollywood Now: *Uno Reverse Card*

[@MarvelMTs]

Northstar Kole If nudity is taken seriously, how was the 50 Shades of Grey series made into movies?

[@darthstarkiller6605]

Christopher Allen r/whoosh

[@xvjk5007x]

I think most people here are missing the sarcasm.

[@bishop51807]

TV Hollywood is up tight because, of the FCC. Movie Hollywood dont give a f*@$!, I mean fuck!

[@quangminhtran2916]

@@MarvelMTs nudity only strict on TV shows, on big screen movies though, yeah they don't give a damn, they might covered or censored some "parts" but it's still have lots of nudity here and there.

[@OvSpP]

In my mind Janet Jackson never stopped being famous.

[@aaronvod]

Jade Nguyen yes they didn’t include how people started going after Justin Timberlake because he technically caused it and still had a thriving career . People ignore the fact his ass was on stage . Smh

[@daveross1638]

You cant stop being famous once famous you are always famous. Just the amount of fans you have reduces

[@metalgrinch]

In a LOT of people's minds. The media tried to force a narrative down all our throats, but in actual reality, people still loved Janet.

[@langtonmwanza6689]

then get your mind out of the gutter

[@OvSpP]

Stephen Bidgood no one asked you, prick.

[@nyxvaliant9624]

When he said "could have handled it better", I about died laughing 😂

[@philipbannor3281]

Sinead O'Connor is LONG overdue an apology, knowing what we do now about the catholic church!!

[@kibagami25]

i'm sorry but that intro band was god damn horrible.

[@Keynote_]

Thought that was just me 🤣🤣🤣

[@barryallen8488]

I genuinely thought it was part of the video, realised it wasnt and skipped right past it

[@MagicalAuroraDream]

Jubei Kibagami I actually thought it was rather pleasant ... ... ... Until that guy started singing!!! 👨‍🎤🤦‍♀️ 😱 I don't intend to be mean ... God knows I can't carry a tune myself ... but his voice is just NOT pleasant to listen to!

[@j.garcia548]

No need to apologize, you're good...

[@producedbykhireyakeem4340]

Yeah they were big terrible lmfao

[@nickschwarz92]

Anyone else notice this pattern with SNL destroying people's careers "on accident" lol

[@ShadowSkyX]

Well if you don't like someone but can't legally fire them, you make legal reasons; accidents that sabotage, and overwork them to make them look incompetent on paper.

[@monicad.615]

It's BY accident.

[@okpo2596]

SNL was the main TV show were artists promote their music back then

[@DiatomicAnemone]

Yeah... unless your Kanye West. When his auto-tune broke during Love Lockdown, I hope that would be the end of him, but nope...

[@brittanyhrischuk]

Because it's live lol. There's no "take 2" if you mess up.

[@legendarythepoet8483]

I'm STILL laughing Fergies performance of the anthem. That was rough to watch.

[@johnmcmanus2447]

"I made a mistake in remembering the incident." Strange. One would think being in a helicopter struck by an RPG or not being in that helicopter would stick with a person... "Did you get shot?" "Yes" "No you didn't" "Oh, sorry, forgot, yeah i didn't get shot"

[@ManinTidyWhities]

Lip syncing then: A big no-no Lip syncing now: An industry standard to compensate for bad vocal chords

[@LicoriceLain]

It was then, too. Outside of certain bands/genres, lip syncing happens on the regular.

[@cnett486]

We just call it auto tune now

[@nicholasmaude6906]

I thought they used autotune to correct that.

[@cnett486]

@@nicholasmaude6906 Many people make the assumption that auto tune means that you can't sing which is was I referring to. It's not necessarily true (the way I understand it) though, I think you HAVE to sing off key to make it work and get the effect

[@austinswanson]

@@cnett486 No you definitely don't. That sound comes from making the pitch 100% perfect and in the process taking out any vibrato or pitch wavering at the end of notes. Since no one sings 100% perfectly on tune, thats more than enough for Auto-Tune to work; you can sing completely normally and get that auto-tune effect with programs like Antares Auto-Tune and Waves Tune. I think what you guys are attributing to Auto-Tune you ACTUALLY mean to attribute to pitch correction, which is the individual movement of notes into the correct pitch through use of a program like Melodyne. The distinction is that Auto-Tune is a algorithm and done broadly to a whole vocal recording where pitch correction is done to each individual note... so when using Auto-Tune you have to be within range of the tonal center of the note you want, but with pitch correction you could sing everything completely wrong and still move the notes to the right places (kinda).

[@banewade9579]

Her: you look like my husband! Her husband: you look like you’re going to wear someones skin and kill everybody

[@ashleyparkhurst4848]

Right

[@ashleyparkhurst4848]

Poor man though...

[@DinsRune]

"You look like my husband!" "Yeah, he has a very generic look to him."

[@icohen1627]

That husband shouldn't have said anything. Because he was insulting himself

[@martinportelance138]

The poor guy will be more recognized as a victim than as a singer... I wish him a second chance.

[@michaelobrien9825]

Worth a watch.

[@jus0402]

Damn that Fergie’s rendition of Star Spangled Banner was iconic but in a very comedic way

[@jpnehemia7813]

Sinead O'Connor was ahead of her time.

[@shooterdalton5014]

coming from a Dublin man,sinead o,Connor was a fukin nutcase

[@shooterdalton5014]

@Trius well that was the pull,I remember when she was first live on TV on the late late show and it was the shaved head that had people watching...Bottom line is ":Nothing Compares to you"" was...and still is a classic even though it was written by Prince and he wanted it sang differently but as an Irish Roman Catholic I can tell you she was never forgiven for ripping up the picture of Pope John Paul the 2nd,and one of the main reasons was he came to Dublin and over a million people turned out to see him in the phoenix park just afew years before and he was probably the last great pope

[@shooterdalton5014]

@Trius if you don't mind me asking,where are you from,not town just country?

[@shooterdalton5014]

@Trius I don't know why,I read it and there was nothing offensive in it,thats ridiculous...they give us a platform for our opinion and then won't let u express urself

[@shooterdalton5014]

@Trius IS!

[@amarynthine8925]

*TF NATALIA COPIED MY HAIR COLOR NO RESPECT FOR ORIGINALITY!*

[@sugouuu6525]

SHE COPIED MY BREATHING

[@deez6883]

WTH SHE COPIED MY SPECIES

[@metalixtheunknown9677]

*SHE COPIED MY BLINKING!*

[@littlemisfortune9982]

@@deez6883 damn I was about to say that and when I did I saw urs :

[@noclue6554]

She copied me talking!

[@specialk7663]

Love that Matt Lauer was interviewing Paula Deen! Ironic!

[@natalieschannel7675]

I never knew what the fuss was all about the Dean Scream

[@ashleybrown4754]

The Jephries destroyed their career on this video.

[@RosePersephone]

@Vixxxen Fox I've never heard of them either, but i don't need to hear more

[@YukonCorneliusMJH]

I'm fucking dying 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I was thinking the same thing as I scrolled down except you said it way better!

[@dhenderson1810]

I sing better in the shower.

[@pieternaude1469]

Haha yeah I don't think WatchMojo did them any favours by placing them at the start of THIS particular video

[@foskeight8]

The font used in their name on the bass drum reminds me of The Monkees. Maybe that's what they're ripping off here...

[@camecex]

Why are we still blaming Janet Jackson ?

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

She's black and she's a woman, no one is going to touch darling Justin.

[@DDRUTOU]

@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley very well said

[@blugreen123]

Because she"s a woman with breasts. 😒

[@IDHLEB]

@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley it was a wardrobe malfunction

[@thepolishnz]

cause boobs

[@Snowfang00andco]

I’m surprised nobody is talking about Ashlee Simpson. The look on her face when she awkwardly walks off the stage is priceless, she knows she screwed up big time.

[@officialjaminglobal6146]

The contestant bullied has my respect for his patience. I’d have man handled those two idiots, they’d regret getting together in the first place

[@Jay-dy9ql]

The only thing Natalia Kills is her own career

[@VoidMaid]

Who?

[@michelleblank1434]

Ooooh pun intendedddddd

[@GelssPen]

Yeah she did

[@Mofuggabox]

I love WatchMojo, but the song in the beginning was really unneccessary.

[@starberrysheep35]

It was fine, they had just played it for a bit too long.

[@grlygirl1264]

I just skipped it.

[@_nso_12]

Yeah because you can’t skip it

[@jalyc8515]

@@_nso_12 Of course you can skip it. Just click the line farther down, like at 2 minutes.

[@lukepollard6498]

It's how ads work, the band would have paid for a certain amount of time at the beginning and tbh it sounded pretty good

[@blinktambo255]

I still can't believe until this day I saw fergie singing the national anthem on live 😂

[@ruminatingreptilian5907]

Couldn't have been recommended at a better time.

[@Gunfighter150]

The sad thing with the Natalie Kills and Willy Moon situation is that I remember the guy who got humiliated by them admit in an interview a year after that happen he was still bother by what happened and thought of it nearly everyday. I think he had also admitted to being bothered by his contracts and success because he wasn’t sure if it was out of pity or because he was that skilled. All I got say about those two is fuck them and it’s good they lost their fame. People like them get too huge egos with just a little bit of fame.

[@VictorPerez-hg2ed]

Yup nobody likes a bully and I'm gald that those two are fire.

[@andreasmeelie1889]

Did he ever wind up being okay and becoming big? :(

[@Gunfighter150]

Andrea Smeelie I don’t know. I haven’t heard updates and I don’t listen to the music of that country.

[@ianspike3284]

So fucking what if they're neighbors with a corrupt politician, those two are despicable people in their own right.

[@staceyrox360]

They got kicked out of and I’m pretty sure they’re banned from our Country because of this. We don’t tolerate bullies here.

[@ericsellers2828]

Sinead wasn’t wrong, they were protecting monsters as always.

[@WinstonKillDeath]

Here’s the problem (and I 100% support what she was trying to do): she didn’t explain what she was doing at all. The sex abuse scandal through the church was basically unknown to the wider world at that point, so to the audience it looked like she just ripped up a photo of a, at the time, beloved pope.

[@laura-fw6gm]

@WarriorCrimson You do realise that in some US states Child marriage ain't really illegal either? Last time I checked, america wasn't a muslim country and the muslims aren't the majority in the US as well.

[@yurihime8351]

@WarriorCrimson plus in Islam, to get married both parties need to attain puberty so it doesn't mean that once you hit 10 you can get married. Stop spreading distorting views. Muslims are suffering enough already bc all of the lies that were made against them. It is just so sad when people keep talking what they believe when it's not the actual truth

[@joesven1151]

Yuri Hime So did Mohammad not marry a 9 year old ? Sounds like pedophilia to me mate

[@onyx7273]

WarriorCrimson right? She protests Catholicism but then joins a religion that is 1000 times worse in its sex abuse. She’s just an idiot.

[@waterwater8911]

Sinead o' Conner was 100% right

[@1398go]

It’s interesting how this is a list of stars that destroyed their careers on live TV, then came: Janet Jackson, NOT, Justin Timberlake who destroyed Janet Jackson’s career!

[@nAmE7056]

How dare she protest sexual abuse of childern

[@turtlekush4206]

Because they will destroyed her on every social media

[@__________Troll__________]

*Is this woman still alive, I want to hear her story*

[@RinaMasuda]

@@__________Troll__________ i hear shes now a hobo on the streets of New Jersey and she became a muslim🤷

[@cameronlambert5185]

Ripping up a picture of the Pope isn’t acceptable. I’m atheist and I accept there are many Catholic Priests who have abused kids, but ripping up a picture of the Pope is a no-go

[@calvotama6460]

@@cameronlambert5185 Lol why? It's just a photo

[@jovanrunyon3194]

Timberlake got off free though smh. no backlash at all

[@helloyouthere8133]

Jovan Runyon maybe a mess in 2014 instead of 2004

[@lynnevetter]

Neither of them should have had backlash for an accident. :(

[@destinyaretrue2614]

@@lynnevetter true dat

[@ihearttoronto]

she knew damn well what she was doing. hence the nipple pasties

[@123MorningGlory123]

@@ihearttoronto And? Either way original points still stand.

[@kinqqii]

2020 version: *Number 1, SHANE DAWSON*

[@HDitzzDH]

Attacking/bullying someone so viciously for simply wearing a suit and rocking perhaps the most generic guy-haircut there is just blown my mind, I bet there were at least 20 other people in the audience who also wore a suit and had that haircut, the two suits were completely different anyways lmao. Them being fired is the least they deserve.

[@oliverstillings3276]

Fergie’s career was over way before the national anthem incident

[@veronicanevarez22]

Her career might be over but she still cashing some checks. Big bank💰

[@08Blame]

its almost like noone ever listened to her live.

[@Grassrope123]

The whole time I was listening to her sing all I could think of was that one video of a dog listening to her singing and hissing and growling at the phone playing it.

[@jakkbatt4711]

She really never could sing, all autotune

[@lynnevetter]

That's what they said. :)

[@OGitGirlJess]

Janet Jackson’s career is definitely not over lol. She makes millions of dollars touring every year. She just did a multi-million dollar world tour.

[@jastaykotuce2249]

She was definitely cancelled back then and she disnt deserve it.

[@OGitGirlJess]

Jasta Ykotuce Well she’s back doing her thing now. She’s currently on a sold out world tour. But no she absolutely did not deserve that BS. She was blackballed for a while I think is a better way to put it. I don’t think Janet could ever actually be cancelled. 👸🏽👸🏽👸🏽💙💙💙🙌🙌🙌

[@confidentmystic]

it messed her up back in the day but she has recovered.

[@jalen.austin]

Ikr

[@lorenzoriley3567]

They did say they were including people who made subsequent comebacks after their scandals so..