These shocking headlines had us doing a double take. For this list, we’ll be looking at the most outlandish, bizarre, puzzling, or fascinating stories involving famous people that would stop you in your tracks at the newspaper stand.
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00:00 "Justin Bieber said that he hoped Anne Frank would have been a Belieber. Yeah, that's right,
00:07 I didn't make that up. I couldn't have made that up."
00:11 Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the Top 10 Celebrity Headlines
00:16 That Left Us Speechless.
00:18 "Well now, 'Making Out With A Ghost' came up a bit earlier than perhaps I was expecting."
00:22 For this list, we'll be looking at the most outlandish, bizarre, puzzling, or just fascinating
00:27 stories involving famous people that would stop you in your tracks at the newspaper stand.
00:32 What's the wildest celebrity story you've heard? Let us know below.
00:37 10. Message of Doom
00:39 "Like, definitely like she shouldn't have, based on the reaction on, like, Twitter."
00:43 As the world struggled through the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were celebrities
00:48 trying to help by making things a little brighter. But Vanessa Hudgens, going nihilistic, didn't
00:53 exactly cheer everyone up. In March 2020, the actor and singer spoke on Instagram Live,
00:58 essentially saying we should accept that some won't survive the event.
01:02 "Like, yeah, people are gonna die. Which is terrible, but like, inevitable? I don't know,
01:11 maybe I shouldn't be doing this right now."
01:14 After she was criticized for her insensitive statement, Hudgens first claimed the comment
01:18 was taken out of context, before apologizing for how inappropriate it was. That was generally
01:23 a rough time for relations between the public and celebs, as around the same time, famous
01:28 folk released their ill-fated cover of John Lennon's Imagine.
01:32 "Imagine there's no heaven."
01:36 9. Interesting Koala Encounter
01:39 During the height of their popularity, One Direction seemed unstoppable, and had the
01:43 fanbase to prove it. Their appeal was so strong that even the possibility that some members
01:47 might have contracted a sexually transmitted disease didn't dent it too much. In 2012,
01:53 the boy band toured Australia and stopped to see some cute, cuddly koalas. However,
01:58 fun fact, many of the fuzzy creatures have chlamydia. As the lads interacted with "Cat
02:03 the Koala," Liam Payne and Harry Styles both reportedly got peed on by the animal, thus
02:07 sparking concern that they'd been infected with the disease.
02:10 "Stories that have been in the papers about him over the years."
02:13 "This could be fun."
02:14 When the incident was brought up in 2017 on The Graham Norton Show, Styles denied that
02:20 he got the disease from Cat, but it's still a wild story.
02:24 "I'd like to confirm that's not true, by the way."
02:28 8. Slur Spill
02:30 Sometimes a story will leak that exposes a celebrity's iffy behavior, but rarely does
02:34 the famous face provide a damaging expose without any real prompting. Yet, that's what
02:39 Matt Damon did in 2021.
02:41 "I got something for you."
02:43 Promoting his film Stillwater with an interview with The Sunday Times, the actor confessed
02:48 that he uttered a homophobic slur during a joke at his family table only a few months
02:53 prior.
02:54 "Damon maintained it was a joke and pointed out that he says it in his 2003 movie Stuck
02:58 on You."
02:59 His daughter then left to pen what he called a "treatise," explaining why his grim word
03:04 is terrible. As such, Damon said he "retired" the slur. He also came out and claimed he
03:10 didn't ever actually use the term in his personal life, and that his talk with his
03:14 kid was about "contextualizing progress."
03:17 "The fact that he said it so recently, and also the fact that he had to have his daughter
03:22 be the one to check him, these are kind of the two main components of this story that
03:27 are really, really shocking people."
03:28 7. Baloney
03:30 Are you a racist?
03:31 "No, I'm not."
03:32 In 2012, wrestling fans were stunned when an explicit tape featuring Hulk Hogan was
03:38 leaked. On top of that, further details released in 2015 revealed that Hogan had gone on a
03:42 racist rant when speaking about a black man that his daughter, Brooke, was involved with
03:47 at the time.
03:48 "Hogan's rep tells ET that he resigned on Thursday after learning the transcript was
03:53 going to be published by the National Enquirer, but the WWE says it actually terminated his
03:58 contract."
03:59 In the aftermath, Brooke defended her father by publishing a poem, but it was her claims
04:03 about experiencing racism that really raised eyebrows. Brooke stated that someone told
04:08 her that "white people smell like baloney." She said she laughed the comment off and wasn't
04:13 upset by it, but many pointed out that this was not remotely similar to what Hulk Hogan
04:18 said.
04:19 6. Sword Injury
04:21 Ah, the lives of the famous, who go to parties with royalty and host mock nightings. Well,
04:26 that's what happened in 2016 during a soiree featuring Princess Beatrice at the Royal Lodge
04:32 in Windsor, England. During the merriment, James Blunt reportedly joked that he wanted
04:36 to be a sir. So, Beatrice grabbed a sword to do an unofficial ceremony. However, she
04:42 seemingly didn't look behind her as she lifted the sharp weapon and struck Ed Sheeran in
04:47 the face, sending him to the hospital for care.
04:49 "How did it end up in the papers?"
04:51 "I don't know, there wasn't a lot of people there that night."
04:55 A few months after the story leaked, Blunt claimed it was made up, as Sheeran was intoxicated
05:00 and messed around. Yet, in 2020, Sheeran's manager confirmed the original story was true.
05:06 5. Really Young Love
05:08 "She's just a beautiful person and so intelligent."
05:13 Sometimes, really bizarre coincidences occur in celebrity relationships that probably don't
05:17 happen to us normal folk. Take the late singer Tony Bennett and his marriage with Susan Crowe.
05:23 "Susan met Tony at one of his concerts in 1985. She says their connection was instant.
05:29 He went as a fan of his music and left, having met her perfect match."
05:33 After dating in the '80s, the two married in 2007. They had a significant, roughly 40-year
05:39 age gap between them, and Bennett's memoir revealed in 2016 that he had met her before
05:44 she was even in the world. Well, sort of.
05:47 After performing a show in 1966, Marion and Dale Crowe met the famous singer backstage
05:53 and took a photo with him. These two happened to be Susan's parents, and at that time, Marion
05:58 was pregnant with Bennett's future wife.
06:02 4. Dazed and Confusing
06:04 First reportedly revealed in a 2008 book by Kay McConaughey, The Mother of Matthew, and
06:10 later confirmed by the actor in 2020 on Mark Maron's podcast, this story made waves.
06:17 "Alright, alright, alright."
06:20 As it goes, in 1992, as McConaughey was filming his role in Dazed and Confused, his mum told
06:25 him that his father had sadly passed away. Turns out it happened when Kay and her husband
06:30 James were being intimate. He had apparently predicted to his sons this was the way he
06:35 was going out. But when the paramedics arrived, Kay allegedly kept removing the sheet covering
06:39 James' modesty, because she wanted people to know why he was nicknamed "Big Jim."
06:46 3. Inappropriate Belieber
06:48 The story of Anne Frank is sad. She and her family left Germany for Amsterdam in the '30s.
06:54 In 1942, they began hiding from Nazi officials in an attic during World War II. During this
07:00 time, she wrote her diary before being captured in 1944 and dying in a concentration camp
07:05 the following year.
07:06 "She wrote with a wit and an awareness well beyond her years."
07:10 In 2013, Justin Bieber visited the Anne Frank house and wrote a message in the museum's
07:15 guestbook. He started with something nice, confirming the visit was truly inspiring.
07:20 But then the Canadian singer finished by hoping Frank would have been a Belieber, a name for
07:25 his fans.
07:26 "Now a lot of people are criticizing it, saying that it was so self-centered of him to just
07:31 think of himself. On Twitter there are posts mocking him."
07:35 Bieber received plenty of backlash, though the museum defended him, affirming he was
07:39 there for an hour. Still, they did admit the statement wasn't very sensible.
07:44 "Many described it as disrespectful and disgusting."
07:48 2. Kesha and Ghost
07:50 "I'm talking more the magic that we experience in life. Whether it's love or a drunken evening,
08:03 dancing till the sun rises, making out with a ghost."
08:09 In 2012, Kesha appeared on Ryan Seacrest's Kiss FM radio show to promote her album Warrior
08:16 and spoke about the time she got frisky with a ghost, but she said she didn't get his name
08:20 since he was a phantom. Not long after, she was asked about this tale on Conan and confirmed
08:26 "sexy time" happened, but also said they didn't go all the way.
08:30 "Oh, this story's getting better."
08:32 In 2022, as a musician was promoting her paranormal TV show, Conjuring Kesha, she claimed the
08:38 story didn't unfold the way she initially said. Instead, the ghost was apparently a
08:42 woman spirit who woke her up in a "sensual way." But things didn't get more intimate
08:48 than that.
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09:05 1. Wagatha Christie
09:07 In 2019, Colleen Rooney, wife of soccer star Wayne, dropped a bombshell on social media.
09:13 The sleuth had set up a trap to prove that Rebecca Vardy, wife of a soccer player and
09:19 Wayne's former England teammate Jamie, had been leaking stories about her to the press.
09:25 "Stories about her desire for a baby girl, a possible return to television, and her house
09:30 flooding."
09:31 Once her intricate plan concluded, it confirmed her suspicions. This sparked the term "Wagatha
09:36 Christie," a mix between mystery author Agatha Christie and the term "Wag," a nickname for
09:42 wives and girlfriends of pro players.
09:44 "The private lives of many connected to the pair were dragged into proceedings, including
09:49 Vardy's previous relationship with Peter Andre, detailed in court."
09:53 The British public was hooked on this gripping scandal. This drama and the fallout caused
09:58 Vardy to sue Rooney for libel, which she lost in 2022.
10:02 Regardless, TV shows, and even a play, were made about this fascinating tale. A script
10:09 writer would have struggled to dream this up.
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