Most Controversial Celebrities of 2019
We’re only three months into 2019, yet a lot of the drama from last year has carried into now. Which celebrities made headlines for strange, terrible, or distasteful things? Good or bad, here are the stars that have racked up the most controversy in the past year.
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8. Blac Chyna
Just three years ago, Tyga left the mother of his child, Blac Chyna, to be with Kylie Jenner, who was only 17 years old at the time. It seemed like Blac Chyna got the last laugh in that scenario after she began dating Kylie’s older brother, Rob Kardashian. The Kardashian and Blac Chyna had a child together. When they broke up, it was a huge drama storm. This February, her own mother suggested Chyna was unfit to raise the child and that the toddler should live with Kardashian. Kardashian posted on Twitter that he and Blac Chyna were co-parenting the child. Have the two agreed to let bygones be bygones? Perhaps. Blac Chyna wished Kardashian a happy birthday on her Instagram story complete with a smiling face with hearts emoji.
7. Piers Morgan
This past fall, Piers Morgan went out of his way to criticize Daniel Craig on Twitter because Craig is carrying his infant child in an “emasculating papoose.” The next month, he took to Twitter again to call Ellen Degeneres hypocritical for celebrating shirtless men. For a man who’s also clashed with people such as Chrissy Teigen, Emily Ratajkowski (rat-a-kowski) `, and JK Rowling, let’s say not many fellow humans are big fans of this British journalist.
6. Jussie Smollett
By now, you’ve heard of the uproar Jussie Smollett caused this year. Just in case you haven’t, here’s a little recap. On January 29th, actor Jussie Smollett claimed people beat him up outside of Loews Hotel in Chicago. Smollett described his attacker as two white men in ski masks who yelled offensive phrases at him. Smollett also insinuated these people were using “MAGA” rhetoric while physically abusing him and throwing bleach on him. Right away, the internet overran with support for him. All those voices that championed him soon turned into gasps when news outlets revealed Smollett made the whole thing up and hired his personal trainer and that person’s brother to hurt him. It’s safe to say his career is probably over.
5. Quincy Jones
When you get to a certain age, there’s a point when you stop caring about what people think. For Quincy Jones, that age is 86. In the later years of his life, Jones has revealed information that was once secret. Last year, he said he dated Ivanka Trump when he was 72, and she was 24. He also insinuated that Marlon Brando was in a relationship with Richard Pryor and Marvin Gaye. Jones even accused Michael Jackson of stealing his songs.
4. Megyn Kelly
The verdict on whether or not the public likes Megyn Kelly goes back and forth. Depending on your political leanings, maybe you think she’s smart, and maybe you don’t. When Kelly accused Fox News CEO of harassing her, people were on her side. Fast forward a year later to her defending the use of “blackface” while on the Today Show, and she’s back to people not liking her. By January of this year, just three months after her blackface comments, she left NBC.
3. Logan Paul
Even if you’ve never watched any of his videos, you know about the Logan Paul incident at Mount Fuji. Ever since then, Paul has not been on anyone’s “good” list. YouTube didn’t help matters by not doing anything about Paul or his channel until much later. Paul apologized and took a hiatus from posting videos. Now, he’s back on the YouTube game. He released a trailer for his upcoming documentary series about flat-earthers, which many people criticized for being too similar in style to Shane Dawson’s documentaries. Does Paul himself believe the Earth is flat? Yes, he does, and he’s going to conduct an expedition across Antarctica to prove he’s right.
2. Jake Paul
If there’s another YouTuber more controversial than Logan Paul, it’s his younger brother Jake Paul. He is an actor and internet personality. Additionally, other YouTubers have created videos about how Paul manipulates his audience. The largest demographic that makes up Paul’s viewers are young children. People accuse him of sneaking in subliminal and not so subliminal messages to push his subscribers to buy his merchandise. Critics say he milked the drama of his break up with former girlfriend Erika Costell and that he’s a racist for using an unsavory word in one of his rapping videos. Paul promoted Mystery Brand, a website where you pay various amounts of money to open boxes full of prizes, and many saw that as urging his young viewers to gamble. Not a good look, Jake!
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