Biggest Celebrity Mistakes in 2009
The Biggest Celebrity Mistakes of 2009
2009 is not over yet, but the behavior of some American celebrities has given us all plenty to laugh and gasp at. These are the antics that just made you shake your head – these are the top celebrity gaffes of 2009.
2009 Celebrity Mistakes
• Joaquin Phoenix, the Academy Award Nominated Actor who portrayed Johnny Cash in I Walk the Line, told the world in January that he was serious about pursuing a rap career. Videos of bizarre performances, as well as even more bizarre appearances on talk shows, including the by now notorious Letterman Show interview where Phoenix’s disheveled appearance and unsteady demeanor, shocked many.
However, it may be just a prank, a scheme concocted with fellow actor and filmmaker, Casey Affleck. If it is a joke, it is one many of Phoenix’s fans just don’t get.
•Jessica Alba amused historians worldwide when she cautioned a reporter to “Be Sweden… Be neutral.” When people corrected her all over the blogosphere, suggesting that perhaps she meant “Switzerland,” Alba made things worse by posting a video that explained Sweden’s neutrality in recent conflicts.
• On March 23, King of Pranks Ashton Kutcher put online a picture of his wife, Demi Moore, in a less than flattering shot while clad only in her underwear. While Demi Moore took the picture in stride, the resulting traffic caused a Twitter meltdown. Those who regularly use the site reported the microblogging site slowed to a crawl for hours.
• In May, Kieffer Sutherland was arrested for head-butting fashion designer Jack McCollough at a New York event. Sutherland said McCollough physically bumped into Brooke Shields and that he was defending the actress. The New York District Attorney decided not to press charges.
• When Taylor Swift won the Best Female Video VMA on September 13, the last thing she or anyone else expected was for Kanye West to hijack her first acceptance speech ever. Snatching the microphone away from the stunned singer, West announced that Beyonce Knowles should have won the award, causing the audience in attendance to boo at him. Later, Beyonce brought Swift back out in order to deliver her acceptance speech but the cat was out of the bag. Within hours, macros and spoofs of West’s behavior were all over the Internet and even the President condemned him as foolish.
• On September 23, Fox commentator Glenn Beck helped out those who insinuate he may not be playing with a full deck by tossing a live frog into a pot of boiling water on live television. He later revealed that he did not, in fact, kill a frog and those who work on the show backed his story, but even right wing sites that generally applaud Beck, found the whole idea distasteful.
• In late September, Randy Quaid and his wife were arrested in Texas for skipping out on a $10,000 hotel bill in California. Both were released on bail.
• In late September, early October, a blackmailer forced David Letterman to reveal he had engaged in the sort of sexual behavior on the job that he has made a career of mocking. His late night rivals made him the butt of on-the-job sexual jokes and pundits are still discussing whether or not his behavior constituted sexual harassment and infidelity towards his long-time girlfriend, now wife.
