oh how the mighty have fallen
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
celebrities dropped by a sponsor
after controversy before we begin we
publish new videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking
exclusively at celebrities who’ve lost
endorsement deals due to scandal so
there are also high-profile figures
scandalous athletes like Tiger Woods
will not be considered because they
deserve their own list okay number 10
Lil Wayne why would we anyone oh we’re
not contain back in 2013 little Wayne
got into trouble with one of his
sponsors when he compared a sex act to
the death of Civil Rights icon Emmett
Till Till was a black teen living in
Mississippi in 1955 who was lynched
after he allegedly whistled at a white
woman in public that was it like yes
Wayne’s allusion to this tragic event
culminates in a single line of lyrics
that was in such poor taste that
Mountain Dew had no choice but to drop
him as a celebrity sponsor while Lil
Wayne eventually apologized for the
lyrics it did nothing to change his
former sponsors decision number 9 Paula
Deen remember what your mom used to say
whenever you called someone a bad name
if you don’t have something nice to say
don’t say anything at all well Paula
Deen has either never heard that old
idiom or failed to internalize it the
southern celebrity chef found herself in
hot water back in 2013 when she revealed
that she had used the n-word multiple
times in the past while honesty is
usually the best policy owning up to her
mistakes wasn’t enough to make up for
the fact that she used the racial slur
and so many of her sponsors including
Walmart Smithfield Foods Target and
fears ran for the hills
number 8 John Galliano Galliano a
fashion designer and creative director
for Dior was one of the most sought
after named in the industry prior to his
now infamous outburst in 2011 the yard
dismissed the British fashion icon after
he fired off a tirade of drunken
anti-semitic comments in a Parisian bar
I love it hey for like you would be dead
yes your bothers gas seeing is how hate
speech is illegal in France and that the
entire incident was caught on tape
Galliano was fined thousands of dollars
in addition to being let go it probably
didn’t help his image much that he tried
to countersue with a defamation suit
against his accusers number 7 Kate Moss
if someone asked you to name five world
famous models chances are Kate Moss
would be one of them from the beach to
the runway to the cover of Vogue
magazine mas has hit every base in the
modeling world she was in such high
demand in 2005 that she found herself
working three separate high-profile
campaigns for H&M Chanel and Burberry
unfortunately this was the same year
that a British tabloid published photos
of her using cocaine in a recording
studio it didn’t take long for her a per
mentioned campaign to drop her like a
bad habit number 6
gilbert godfree’s if you don’t recognize
his name we guarantee you’ll recognize
his voice actor and comedian Gilbert
Godfried has been making films since the
80s
famously lending his voice to the role
of Iago the parrot in Aladdin I can’t
believe it I just don’t believe it in
addition to its film work Gottfried also
voiced the Aflac duck in a slew of
mid-2000s commercials it’s very yummy
however in light of a number of
insensitive jokes he made on Twitter
following the 2011 tsunami disaster in
Japan the insurance company dropped him
oh geez Craig is gone not while some
found the firing to be a little
excessive others claimed that because
Aflac does a large amount of business in
Japan it was only common sense get out
of it we are you know I got caught
Jackie is only attention
number 5 Madonna
[Music]
in the 1980s Madonna was the hottest
female singer on the planet she was also
one of the most controversial thus when
she signed an endorsement deal with
Pepsi in 1989 the world collectively
held his breath and sure enough it
didn’t take long for panic to ensue
Madonna dropped some music video for her
hit song Like a Prayer which had already
featured in a Pepsi ad in the video she
performs in front of a field of burning
crosses get sexual with a Catholic saint
in much more religious groups everywhere
were up in arms and threatened to
boycott Pepsi so the soda giant dropped
the pop singer number for Chris Brown in
2009 the world watched in horror as R&B
singer Chris Brown was arrested for
assaulting his then girlfriend Rihanna
soon after photographs were released of
her battered face and it wasn’t long
before people everywhere were turning
their backs on the 19 year old Brown
radio stations refused to play his music
commercials featuring him were pulled
and sponsors like the gum company
Wrigley’s dropped the singer cold while
he apologized profusely in the aftermath
of the assault Brown continued to be
involved in violent altercations causing
many sponsors to stay away number 3
PewDiePie with over 50 million
subscribers Felix Kjellberg who goes by
the handle PewDiePie is one of the most
popular YouTube personalities in the
world however with great popularity
comes the opportunity for great
controversy the trouble began in 2017
when some of shell Berg’s videos began
to draw criticism due to a rash of
anti-semitic jokes I am sorry I didn’t
think they would actually do it these
off-color references and the ensuing
controversy ultimately resulted in him
being dropped by maker studios a Disney
owned multi-channel network that assists
youtubers in a number of areas like
programming and audience development as
far as divisive online personalities go
PewDiePie is at the top of the list I
understand that these things I’m calm
quences this video is not me trying to
justify that number to bill o’reilly in
april of 2017 longtime Fox News host and
political commentator Bill O’Reilly was
let go in the wake of numerous sexual
harassment accusations made by women who
either worked for or appeared on his
show The O’Reilly Factor and I said I
think the bar is this way and he said no
come on come back to my suite
while some of the allegations dated as
far back as 2002 the full scope of
O’Reilly’s wrongdoings weren’t made
public until 2017 when the New York
Times reported that an estimated 13
million dollars had been paid out over
the years in sexual harassment lawsuits
this caused the o’reilly factor to lose
more than half of its sponsors seemingly
overnight the moral of the story do not
sexually harass women it’s that simple I
can’t do it
number one Jared Fogle remember Jared
from Subway no not much of a celebrity
this former subway spokesperson
definitely takes the cake when it comes
to controversy for years Jared was the
focal point of Subway’s advertising
campaigns
he claimed that by eating subway
regularly in addition to exercising he
was able to lose roughly 200 pounds his
inspiring story catapulted him into the
spotlight with Subway featuring him
prominently in over 300 commercials
however this all came to a crashing halt
in 2015 when Fogle was convicted for
having child pornography and paying out
for sex with youth and ultimately
sentenced to 15 years in a federal
prison looks like it’s going to be a
long time before Jared gets to eat
another Subway sandwich do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe
for new videos every day
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
celebrities dropped by a sponsor
after controversy before we begin we
publish new videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking
exclusively at celebrities who’ve lost
endorsement deals due to scandal so
there are also high-profile figures
scandalous athletes like Tiger Woods
will not be considered because they
deserve their own list okay number 10
Lil Wayne why would we anyone oh we’re
not contain back in 2013 little Wayne
got into trouble with one of his
sponsors when he compared a sex act to
the death of Civil Rights icon Emmett
Till Till was a black teen living in
Mississippi in 1955 who was lynched
after he allegedly whistled at a white
woman in public that was it like yes
Wayne’s allusion to this tragic event
culminates in a single line of lyrics
that was in such poor taste that
Mountain Dew had no choice but to drop
him as a celebrity sponsor while Lil
Wayne eventually apologized for the
lyrics it did nothing to change his
former sponsors decision number 9 Paula
Deen remember what your mom used to say
whenever you called someone a bad name
if you don’t have something nice to say
don’t say anything at all well Paula
Deen has either never heard that old
idiom or failed to internalize it the
southern celebrity chef found herself in
hot water back in 2013 when she revealed
that she had used the n-word multiple
times in the past while honesty is
usually the best policy owning up to her
mistakes wasn’t enough to make up for
the fact that she used the racial slur
and so many of her sponsors including
Walmart Smithfield Foods Target and
fears ran for the hills
number 8 John Galliano Galliano a
fashion designer and creative director
for Dior was one of the most sought
after named in the industry prior to his
now infamous outburst in 2011 the yard
dismissed the British fashion icon after
he fired off a tirade of drunken
anti-semitic comments in a Parisian bar
I love it hey for like you would be dead
yes your bothers gas seeing is how hate
speech is illegal in France and that the
entire incident was caught on tape
Galliano was fined thousands of dollars
in addition to being let go it probably
didn’t help his image much that he tried
to countersue with a defamation suit
against his accusers number 7 Kate Moss
if someone asked you to name five world
famous models chances are Kate Moss
would be one of them from the beach to
the runway to the cover of Vogue
magazine mas has hit every base in the
modeling world she was in such high
demand in 2005 that she found herself
working three separate high-profile
campaigns for H&M Chanel and Burberry
unfortunately this was the same year
that a British tabloid published photos
of her using cocaine in a recording
studio it didn’t take long for her a per
mentioned campaign to drop her like a
bad habit number 6
gilbert godfree’s if you don’t recognize
his name we guarantee you’ll recognize
his voice actor and comedian Gilbert
Godfried has been making films since the
80s
famously lending his voice to the role
of Iago the parrot in Aladdin I can’t
believe it I just don’t believe it in
addition to its film work Gottfried also
voiced the Aflac duck in a slew of
mid-2000s commercials it’s very yummy
however in light of a number of
insensitive jokes he made on Twitter
following the 2011 tsunami disaster in
Japan the insurance company dropped him
oh geez Craig is gone not while some
found the firing to be a little
excessive others claimed that because
Aflac does a large amount of business in
Japan it was only common sense get out
of it we are you know I got caught
Jackie is only attention
number 5 Madonna
[Music]
in the 1980s Madonna was the hottest
female singer on the planet she was also
one of the most controversial thus when
she signed an endorsement deal with
Pepsi in 1989 the world collectively
held his breath and sure enough it
didn’t take long for panic to ensue
Madonna dropped some music video for her
hit song Like a Prayer which had already
featured in a Pepsi ad in the video she
performs in front of a field of burning
crosses get sexual with a Catholic saint
in much more religious groups everywhere
were up in arms and threatened to
boycott Pepsi so the soda giant dropped
the pop singer number for Chris Brown in
2009 the world watched in horror as R&B
singer Chris Brown was arrested for
assaulting his then girlfriend Rihanna
soon after photographs were released of
her battered face and it wasn’t long
before people everywhere were turning
their backs on the 19 year old Brown
radio stations refused to play his music
commercials featuring him were pulled
and sponsors like the gum company
Wrigley’s dropped the singer cold while
he apologized profusely in the aftermath
of the assault Brown continued to be
involved in violent altercations causing
many sponsors to stay away number 3
PewDiePie with over 50 million
subscribers Felix Kjellberg who goes by
the handle PewDiePie is one of the most
popular YouTube personalities in the
world however with great popularity
comes the opportunity for great
controversy the trouble began in 2017
when some of shell Berg’s videos began
to draw criticism due to a rash of
anti-semitic jokes I am sorry I didn’t
think they would actually do it these
off-color references and the ensuing
controversy ultimately resulted in him
being dropped by maker studios a Disney
owned multi-channel network that assists
youtubers in a number of areas like
programming and audience development as
far as divisive online personalities go
PewDiePie is at the top of the list I
understand that these things I’m calm
quences this video is not me trying to
justify that number to bill o’reilly in
april of 2017 longtime Fox News host and
political commentator Bill O’Reilly was
let go in the wake of numerous sexual
harassment accusations made by women who
either worked for or appeared on his
show The O’Reilly Factor and I said I
think the bar is this way and he said no
come on come back to my suite
while some of the allegations dated as
far back as 2002 the full scope of
O’Reilly’s wrongdoings weren’t made
public until 2017 when the New York
Times reported that an estimated 13
million dollars had been paid out over
the years in sexual harassment lawsuits
this caused the o’reilly factor to lose
more than half of its sponsors seemingly
overnight the moral of the story do not
sexually harass women it’s that simple I
can’t do it
number one Jared Fogle remember Jared
from Subway no not much of a celebrity
this former subway spokesperson
definitely takes the cake when it comes
to controversy for years Jared was the
focal point of Subway’s advertising
campaigns
he claimed that by eating subway
regularly in addition to exercising he
was able to lose roughly 200 pounds his
inspiring story catapulted him into the
spotlight with Subway featuring him
prominently in over 300 commercials
however this all came to a crashing halt
in 2015 when Fogle was convicted for
having child pornography and paying out
for sex with youth and ultimately
sentenced to 15 years in a federal
prison looks like it’s going to be a
long time before Jared gets to eat
another Subway sandwich do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe
for new videos every day
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