The Most Offensive Celebrity Moments
Michelle Williams
Michelle Williams was the most recent celebrity to find herself in hot water after posing as what appeared to be
a Native American on the cover of British magazine, AnOther. Many
believe stereotypical portrayals of Native Americans, or Redface is just
as offensive as Blackface.
Michael Jackson
In a message left on his former advisor’s
answering machine, Michael Jackson made nasty comments about Jewish
people, saying, “They’re like leeches…I’m so tired of it…They start out
the most popular person in the world, make a lot of money, big house,
cars and everything. End up penniless. It is a conspiracy. The Jews do
it on purpose.”
Michael Richards
In a well publicized outburst, Seinfeld star
Michael Richards went on a racist rant in response to hecklers at a
2006 stand-up show and violently hurled the n-word. “Fifty years ago,
we’d have you upside down with a [bleep] fork up your [bleep]."
John Mayer
In a 2010 Playboy interview,
John Mayer made a laundry list of tasteless comments including claiming
his penis was a white supremacist and stating, “If you really had a
hood pass, you could call it a [explicit] pass.”
Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton had to do some serious damage control after a cab driver recorded a
her homophobic rant in 2012, in which she called gay people,
"disgusting." She went on to add, "Dude, most of them probably have
AIDS."
That wasn’t the heiress’ first offensive statement to spur a media
frenzy, however. There is also a video of her and her sister that was
released in 2007, in which she said, “We’re like two n*****s!”
VS Fashion Show 2012
Victoria's Secret apologized
for putting a Native American-style headdress on a model for its annual
fashion show, after the outfit was criticized as a display of ignorance
toward tribal culture and history.
Mel Gibson
When the actor was stopped by the police for drunk driving in 2006 he went on a notorious anti-Semitic tirade
toward the police. Some choice words from his rant were, “[Explicit]
Jews… Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world. ...Are you a
Jew?”
Fuzzy Zoeller
In 1997, Tiger Woods became the first African American to win the Masters’ Tournament. Then came Zoeller’s comments
on the win, “That little boy is driving well and he’s putting well.
He’s doing everything it takes to win. So, you know what you guys do
when he gets in there? You pat him on the back and say congratulations
and enjoy it and tell him not to serve fried chicken next year. Got
it?…Or collard greens or whatever the hell they serve.”
Jesse Jackson
Who knows what Jesse Jackson was thinking
when he used the term “Hymietown” in the early '80s and insulted the
entire Jewish religion and the 7 million people of New York City. New
Yorkers, didn’t take kindly to his insult and his relationship with the
Jewish community remained strained throughout the '90s.
Ted Danson
In 1993 during a failed attempt at a joke, Danson wore blackface while roasting his wife Whoopi Golberg. Some believe this may have been a contributing factor in the couple's divorce.
Shaq
During a December 2002 interview on Fox Sports Radio, Shaquille O’Neal said: “You tell Yao Ming, ‘Ching chong yang, wah, ah soh.” His bizarre attempt at speaking Mandarine was viewed by many to be ignorant and racially incentive.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
After drinking vodka shots at JFK airport lounge before 7 a.m., airport staff refused to allow the Irish actor on to his flight to L.A. In a drunken tirade he cursed at airport employees and used racial slurs.
Rush Limbaugh
This radio host has said so many racist,
sexist and homophobic things that it's hard to keep a running tally.
Here are some of the worst:
“Look, let me put it to you this way: the NFL all too often
looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons.
There, I said it.”
“The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies.”
John Wayne
In a 1971 interview with Playboy
magazine, John Wayne revealed some very controversial views concerning
race relations. On the treatment of Native Americans, he stated: “Our so
called stealing of this country was just a question of survival. There
were great numbers of people who needed new land, the Indians were
selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.”
He would further the embarrassment by talking about African-American
civil rights: “I believe in white supremacy until blacks are educated to
a point of responsibility. I don’t believe in giving authority and
positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people.”
French Vogue
French Vogue raised much controversy when they decided to shoot supermodel, Lara Stone, in blackface. In fact, they painted the model’s entire body to portray a darker skin tone.
