“I’m So In Love With My Brother”: 20 Celebrity Scandals You Totally Forgot About
#12 Matthew Mcconaughey’s Midnight Bongo Scandal
In 1999, Matthew McConaughey was arrested and charged with resisting transportation after police responded to a noise complaint at his home.
The actor had reportedly decided to unwind by getting naked, opening the windows, and smoking mari*uana.
He began listening to “the beautiful African melodic beats of Henri Dikongué,” as he described, and playing along on bongo drums. The time was 2:30 a.m.
“What I didn’t know was that while I was banging away in my bliss, two Austin policemen also thought it was time to barge into my house unannounced, wrestle me to the ground with nightsticks, handcuff me, and pin me to the floor.”
The actor would eventually only have to pay a $50 fine.
#13 Russell Crowe’s Arrest After Assaulting A Hotel Employee
The Hollywood actor was arrested at a SoHo hotel in 2005 after throwing a telephone at a hotel clerk when he couldn’t get a call through to his wife in Australia.
The criminal complaint stated that Russell “admitted that he picked up the phone and threw it at an informant because he was angry,” as per the New York Times.
He was charged with second-degree assault but later pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor, allowing him to avoid prison time.
#14 Kristen Stewart Cheating On Robert Pattinson
Few people remember that Kristen Stewart cheated on her Twilight co-star Robert Pattinson with director Rupert Sanders, who was married at the time.
In an interview with Howard Stern, Kristen opened up about the scandal and the paparazzi photos showing her kissing Sanders during the filming of Snow White and the Huntsman in 2012.
“I did not f**k him,” she clarified to Howard, adding that when “you make out with a dude in public, it definitely looks like you did.”
Kristen believes the scandal is the reason she wasn’t cast in the Snow White sequel, The Huntsman: Winter’s War.
“They didn’t put me in that movie because I went through such a highly publicized scandal, and so they were scared of touching that.”
#15 Orlando Bloom And Justin Bieber’s Feud
In 2014, Justin Bieber and Orlando Bloom got into a heated altercation at a restaurant in Ibiza, Spain. Justin allegedly approached Orlando and shouted, “What’s up, b*tch?” prompting the actor to throw a punch.
Justin quickly fled the scene.
The tension reportedly stemmed from Justin getting close to Orlando’s then-wife, model Miranda Kerr, after the 2012 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.
Following the fight, the Canadian star threw gasoline on the fire by posting—and then quickly deleting—a photo of Miranda, as per TMZ.
#16 Christian Slater’s Arrest For Harassing A Woman
Christian spent 100 days in rehab, followed by three months in prison, for assaulting his then-girlfriend and a police officer, as per Complex.
Christian Slater was sentenced to 10 days in prison in the 1980s for driving under the influence and assault. In the 1990s, he served 90 days in jail, completed three months of rehab, and spent a year in a treatment program after assaulting his girlfriend.
In 2005, he was arrested again for harassment after allegedly groping a woman while intoxicated.
When asked about his past behavior during the Me Too era, he lashed out at a reporter, calling him a “salacious c*nt” and added, “The question of regret is hard for me to reckon with.”
#17 Owen Wilson’s Being Absent From His Daughter’s Life
Owen Wilson’s ex-girlfriend, Varunie Vongsvirates, called it “ironic” that the 56-year-old actor frequently plays father roles in movies, saying, “He’s playing a father in his new movie, and he’s never met his own daughter.”
An insider told Us Weekly that Owen “does not want to visit and does not want custody of her.”
In addition to Lyla, born in 2018, Owen Wilson has two sons: Robert, with ex-partner Jade Duell, and Finn, with Caroline Lindqvist.
Speaking with Esquire in 2021, he said that he has the boys on a “single-dad schedule.”
In 2019, Varunie Vongsvirates revealed that Owen “helps financially, but it’s never been about that,” emphasizing that “Lyla needs a father.” She and Owen reportedly dated for five years before their split.
#18 Winona Ryder’s Shoplifting Incident
In 2001, Winona Ryder was accused of shoplifting $5,500 worth of designer clothes and accessories from Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills.
“I didn’t have this tremendous sense of guilt, because I hadn’t hurt anyone,” said the Golden Globe winner, who was convicted of grand theft and shoplifting.
“Had I physically harmed someone or caused harm to a human being, I think it would have been an entirely different experience.”
Winona said the painkillers she was taking at the time left her in a state of confusion.
The Age of Innocence star shared that incident “in a very weird way, was a blessing, because I couldn’t do that [painkiller] anymore.”
After resolving her legal troubles, Winona Ryder relocated to San Francisco to be closer to her parents and took a four-year break from acting.
#19 Mariah Carey’s 2001 Public Breakdown
Mariah Carey made a surprise appearance on MTV’s Total Request Live, rolling in with an ice cream cart to promote her single Loverboy.
Wearing a long t-shirt with the song’s name, she shocked host Carson Daly—who seemed genuinely confused—as she stripped it off mid-show to reveal gold shorts and a green tank top. “What are you doing?” he exclaimed, clearly caught off guard.
“Mariah Carey is stripping on TRL right now,” Carson declared. “Is it my birthday, and I didn’t know about it?”
In 2001, the star’s publicist confirmed she had an “emotional and physical breakdown” after her TRL appearance. (Mariah later attributed the stress to her “relentless” schedule.)
The clip recently resurfaced and went viral on social media, with many viewers questioning why Mariah Carey was portrayed as “unhinged.” Some accused Carson Daly of setting her up, claiming he pretended she was crashing the show—when, in fact, her appearance had reportedly been scheduled in advance.
#20 Ben Affleck’s Slave-Owning Ancestor
Ben asked PBS to remove his relative, Benjamin Cole, from a TV program exploring his family tree. Cole was his great-great-great grandfather, who owned at least two dozen slaves in the mid-19th century.
“I didn’t want any television show about my family to include a guy who owned slaves,” the Argo star wrote in a Facebook post in 2015. “I was embarrassed. The very thought left a bad taste in my mouth.”
He continued: “We deserve neither credit nor blame for our ancestors, and the degree of interest in this story suggests that we are, as a nation, still grappling with the terrible legacy of slavery.”
In 2022, Ben Affleck sparked fresh controversy when he married Jennifer Lopez at his $8.9 million Georgia mansion—an estate built in 2000 and designed to resemble a Southern plantation.