Stars Who Haven't Figured Out That No One Likes Them Anymore

Like the saying goes, you either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain. A celebrity may burst onto the scene and gain popularity with a stellar performance. But after years of fans getting to know them, the initial image of that star that people loved so much may shed away to reveal their true selves. A celebrity's true thoughts, beliefs, and actions can either endear people to them, or completely alienate their fan base.

We know that not every celebrity is, well, celebrated. In fact, there are some celebrities that many are downright sick of hearing about and are grating on the nerves of everyone on the planet — and they're not necessarily who you may think. Based on public backlash — as well as box office numbers, sales, and other popularity indicators — these are the stars the public may have loved at one point, only to now become someone people can't stand anymore.

Jared Leto somehow seems professionally bulletproof, despite a slew of heavily criticized performances and a litany of disturbing allegations against him. As a method actor, Leto's on-set behavior has annoyed and disgusted some of his costars, something which peaked when Leto portrayed The Joker for the 2016 film, "Suicide Squad," and sent his co-stars anal beads, used condoms, and a pig's corpse.

Leto must be somehow charming, otherwise he wouldn't have a cult following — literally. Leto and his band, 30 Seconds to Mars, have often joked about starting a cult, something they seemed to have actually done. Adorned in white robes and sandals like some suspicious Jesus, Leto brought his fans (deemed "the Echelon") to a creepy cult-like event in Croatia in 2019, which only fueled rumors that Leto was grooming his fans.

Reports of Jared Leto's suspicious behavior have trickled out over the past two decades, beginning with a 2005 New York Post report that he was hitting on underage girls at a hotel and collecting their phone numbers. "He's a serial texter. He is constantly texting these 16- and 17-year-old girls. It's really kind of creepy," a source claimed to the Post. Since then, nine women in total have accused Leto of allegedly pedophilic behavior, according to a 2025 Air Mail investigation that recounts his behavior in disturbing detail. Women were interviewed who recalled Leto's grooming and harassment when they were just 16 or 17. This has seemingly been an open secret in Hollywood for years, but as the news becomes increasingly public, fewer people are willing to tolerate Leto's awful behavior, cult or no cult.

Gal Gadot was on top of the world before the 2020s, going from "Fast & Furious" stardom to leading the acclaimed and successful DC movie "Wonder Woman" in 2017. However, her reputation began a steep decline beginning with the pandemic, when she became the butt of endless jokes after her infamous rendition of John Lennon's "Imagine." The Instagram video, which featured her and a cavalcade of celebrities singing lines of the song, was criticized for being out of touch with its performative activism (and for sounding awful).

Her calls for peace and a better world have also been seen as hypocritical considering her continued support of Israel and the IDF, the Israeli army Gadot served in, as it waged what the United Nations has called a genocide in Gaza. Gadot has nonetheless been outspoken about Israel, even hosting a screening of footage from the October 7, 2023, attack, with an IDF official and Israel's ambassador to the UN in attendance. The event led to a brawl in the streets outside the screening room, which was at the Museum of Tolerance.

Aside from politics and cringe, the public has lambasted Gadot for something wholly without ideology — her bad acting. Videos like Film Cooper's "Gal Gadot is the WORST Actress of ALL TIME" and Watch Mojo's "Gal Gadot's Worst Line Deliveries" have garnered millions of views online. Additionally, her star power has seemingly faded, with many of Gadot's films becoming box office bombs, from 2020's "Wonder Woman 1984" to 2025's "Snow White," indicating that this actor has lost her wonder.

Jonah Hill has gone from the beloved comedy sidekick of movies like "Superbad" and "Knocked Up" to being criticized for toxic masculinity and taking himself too seriously after his success in dramatic movies. Things came to a head in July 2023 when Hill's ex-girlfriend, surfer Sarah Brady, released what she claimed were private messages between them as alleged evidence that the actor was emotionally abusive. Hill was criticized for using so-called "therapy speak" in the messages, chastising Brady for associating with certain people and demanding she remove photos of herself in a bathing suit from her Instagram. "I've made my boundaries clear. You refuse to let go of some of them and you've made that clear and I hope it makes you happy," Hill allegedly wrote in the messages, which were shared on X. After their release, people quit ignoring Hill's other shady moments.

"Zoey 101" star Alexa Nikolas accused Hill of assaulting her in 2008, when she was 16 and he was 25, writing on X, "[He] slammed me to the door and shoved his tongue down my throat. I was so appalled I pushed him off of me and ran inside." Nikolas also wrote, "He was sleeping [with] *aka assaulting a minor* a friend of mine that was also 16 or 17." Hill's lawyer, Marty Singer, told Deadline that Nikolas' statements were "a complete fabrication" and called her "a serial accuser who has made assorted accusations against multiple men in the entertainment industry."

Skinnygirl founder and "Real Housewives of New York" star Bethenny Frankel took to TikTok, recalling Hill's mean behavior when they were both guests on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" in 2012. Hill's longtime cinematic collaborator, Seth Rogen, also threw shade at Hill. When asked by Sean Evans of "Hot Ones" in 2019 which actor has been the most difficult to work with, immediately naming Jonah. Even Hill's friend doesn't seem to like him anymore.

Roseanne Barr has courted controversy all her life — it's kind of her brand. While people used to find her antics funny, it's clear that the public has long grown tired of Barr. Despite the many shady things Barr has done (from dressing up as Adolf Hitler in 2009 to mocking the U.S. national anthem in 1990), her hit TV show "Roseanne" was revived in 2018 to great success.

The reboot was a short-lived hit, though, quickly being canceled after Barr tweeted a racist attempt at a joke about a senior adviser to Barack Obama. Her career has further fallen apart since, as Barr increasingly delved deeper into MAGA and the far right, some of the only people who seem to be fans of her anymore.

Taking to X — the site that helped destroy her career — and the podcast scene, Barr has spread wild conspiracy theories that have alienated her from former fans. She has devised bizarre rumors about COVID-19 and the 2020 election (which she falsely believes Donald Trump won). Barr joined fellow conspiracy theorist Tucker Carlson on his show in 2024 and claimed that Democrats were eating babies, saying (via The New Republic), "They are full-on vampires, and everybody still thinks I'm crazy. But I'm not crazy. They're full-on vampires. They love the taste of human flesh, and they drink human blood. They do."

Former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Rob Schneider has become a kind of mascot for failed comedians, setting the template: somewhat popular decades ago, still behaving like it's the '90s, blaming his downfall on "woke" culture. Schneider has always been critically reviled (with Roger Ebert memorably bashing Schneider when the actor threw a temper tantrum over bad reviews), but comedies like 1999's "The Animal" and "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo" were commercially successful. This is no longer the case for him, with movies like 2013's "Inappropriate Comedy" and 2022's "Daddy Daughter Trip" utterly bombing. Schneider had to self-produce his own sitcom, 2015's "Real Rob," a derided copycat of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" which practically nobody has seen or heard of.

If anyone remembers Schneider's name these days, it's probably because of his vocal politics. The actor has erroneously linked vaccines to autism, referred to transgender people in offensive ways, and turned his stand-up routine into angry, anti-"woke" ranting that once resulted in him being cut off and removed from the stage.

Schneider's daughter from the first of three marriages, singer Elle King, spoke out about her father and his politics on the "Dumb Blonde" podcast in 2024. King recalled that in 2015, when she was doing press for her debut album, Schneider allegedly called her to say, "Don't f***ing talk about me in the press." Mostly raised by her mother, King dreaded time with her father, who seemed obsessed with her weight. She stated on the podcast, "I got in trouble one year because I sprained my ankle and didn't lose any weight ... It got to the point where I didn't want to spend the summer with him." Audiences don't seem to want to, either.

Ezra Miller was one of the brightest young actors of the late 2000s and early 2010s, thanks to acclaimed roles in "Afterschool" and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower." Their star continued to rise with the 2014 announcement that Miller would be portraying The Flash in the DC franchise. Everything began to collapse in 2020, though, when they spent some time in Reykjavik, Iceland, initiating what would become Miller's complete and utter downfall. While there, Miller's mental health issues became apparent, with the actor not bathing, wearing the same clothes, and walking around barefoot. They reportedly started a cult of sorts, allegedly grooming teenagers and claiming to have supernatural powers. Their behavior grew increasingly aggressive, leading to a leaked video from April 2020 of Miller choking a female fan and throwing her to the ground coming to light in 2022.

Miller was later arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and harassment in 2022 after their aggressive behavior at a karaoke bar in Hawaii. They were bailed out by a couple they previously met, who then alleged that Miller stole from and threatened them, prompting a temporary restraining order. That wasn't the only restraining order against Miller, either. Also in 2022, the actor began allegedly stalking a 12-year-old, leading to a judge granting the child's mother a temporary protective order against Miller. "[The temporary order of protection] was issued without advance notice because the Court determined that there is a substantial likelihood of immediate danger of harassment," the court order read (via NBC News).

Later that year, Miller was charged with felony burglary, eventually entering into a plea deal. These are just a few of the many incidents involving Miller, so it's no wonder most people don't want anything to do with them these days.

Blake Lively's personal and legal beef with her "It Ends with Us" co-star and director Justin Baldoni blew up the internet in 2024. Fans took sides, and considering our post-MeToo culture, it's slightly surprising just how many people have taken Baldoni's side and attacked Lively. That's just one of many indicators that less people like Lively than she may think.

The Lively-Baldoni feud has led many to come out with their own horror stories about Lively's rumored diva behavior. There's even a Reddit thread documenting more than 20 years of her alleged bullying and manipulation. One assistant producer recounted his time as a runner on Lively's TV show, "Gossip Girl," contributing to the many stories littered throughout the internet of Lively's behavior. Comparing her to a toddler, the producer told The Daily Mail in 2025, "She came across as a bully ... If she was not having what she wanted she would start making a scene. Just being disrespectful and rude."

An assistant director on 2018's "A Simple Favor" alleged that Lively drove her to tears multiple times, as has a guest star on "Gossip Girl," two of many anecdotes chronicled by the Daily Mail in 2025. Entertainment journalist Kjersti Flaa provided her own evidence of Lively's purported bullying with a YouTube video of an awkward interview from 2016, during which the actor ostracized Flaa for mentioning her pregnancy. The stories go on and on, and the public's sympathy for Lively continues to diminish.

Shade might be contagious, because Blake Lively's husband Ryan Reynolds has also displayed shady behavior. It's natural that he would side with his wife throughout the Justin Baldoni incident, but he's damaged his public reputation in the process. It has come out that Reynolds allegedly worked with Lively behind the scenes to take control of "It Ends with Us" away from Baldoni and has been added to the lawsuit against Lively as a result. This seems to be typical behavior for Reynolds, whose need to control everything reportedly led to the departure of "Deadpool 2" director Tim Miller.

Reynolds has apparently become more and more like his sarcastic "Deadpool" character, which has become outdated and tiresome to many. His snarky behavior has begun to get called out by audiences, as indicated by the response to Reynolds' treatment of a child reporter. "Hi Ryan, nice to meet you," the child said, greeting Reynolds on the red carpet in a clip shared on X. The actor responded, "Let's skip to the question," prompting many online to call out his behavior as rude or condescending.

Reynolds' red carpet behavior has elsewhere been called out for being performative and fake, especially when he's with wife Blake Lively. In fact, some think the couple's attempt to make their marriage seem perfect is downright cringe, when in reality they're probably just like the rest of us — flawed.

Who would've thought the singer behind songs with titles like "Shakin' It 4 Daddy" and "When I Get You Alone" would actually be problematic? It wasn't until Robin Thicke released "Blurred Lines" in 2013, though, that people would really start questioning the musician's work and its objectification of women and perpetuation of myths about rape culture and consent.

In 2015, Thicke and "Blurred Lines" collaborator Pharrell Williams were ordered to pay millions of dollars to the estate of Marvin Gaye for reportedly copying too closely to his song "Got to Give It Up" when they made "Blurred Lines." Thicke lost a ton of credibility when his deposition about the song was released, in which he admitted (via The Hollywood Reporter), "I was high on Vicodin and alcohol when I showed up at the studio ... It became a huge hit and I wanted credit ... Pharrell had the beat and he wrote almost every single part of the song." Additionally, model Emily Ratajkowski later alleged that Thicke groped her while making the song's music video.

Thicke found a career in the same place many has-been pop stars find refuge — as a panelist on a music competition show, in this case, "The Masked Singer." Reddit threads (like the one titled "Robin hate") feature viewers critiquing Thicke's presence on the show, with one Redditor writing, "Honestly ... I thought that dude was done."

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Gwen Stefani seems to have fallen out of the public's grace so hard, it's almost as if she slipped on a banana (b-a-n-a ... you get it). The majority of her success came from the band No Doubt, which hasn't released an album since 2012. Aside from a poorly received Christmas album, Stefani has only put out two solo albums since 2006, including 2024's "Bouquet," which charted at 95 on the Billboard 200.

Even Stefani's successful music from the past eventually came under fire. The singer has been accused of cultural appropriation throughout the years, most noticeably for her Japanese phase in the early 2000s, when Stefani hired backup dancers from Japan and dressed them up in schoolgirl outfits. "My God, I'm Japanese and I didn't know it," Stefani recalled thinking when she first visited Japan, something she disclosed (without any self-awareness) in an infamous 2023 interview with Allure.

Finally, many of her remaining fans have grown tired of her bizarre work ethic. It's hard to keep track of her tenure on the music reality show "The Voice"; she joined in Season 7 (and then quit), doing the same with Season 9. She continued this frustrating pattern, returning and then quitting for Seasons 12, 17, 19, 22, 24, and 26. There's no doubt viewers are over Stefani.

Amy Schumer began her career with a lot of good will, but she only became less liked the bigger she got. This is mainly due to her stand-up act and her support of Israel. Around 2016, people began noticing that Schumer seemed to be directly lifting jokes from other comedians. A channel, named The Tangerine Show, created a detailed YouTube video account of this, presenting side-by-side examples of Schumer allegedly stealing from people like Daniel Tosh, Kevin Nealon, John Mulaney, Patrice O'Neal, and literally dozens more. The video received more than 9.4 million views.

Schumer has also been criticized for her aggressive support of Israel throughout what the United Nations has called a genocide in Gaza. Schumer became hated on social media for her arguments about this, even getting into it with Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter. Before long, Schumer's January 2025 flick "Kinda Pregnant" was being boycotted.

Does Iggy Azalea have any fans left? And if so, what are they fans of? Meme coins? Because that's what Azalea's career has turned to. The Australian rapper reached fame in 2014 with her song "Fancy" and a feature on Ariana Grande's track, "Problem." It was pretty much downhill from there, with the music industry and press immediately admonishing her for cultural appropriation.

"There is no triumph and no celebration when we embrace a white girl who deliberately attempts to sound like a Black girl, in a culture where Black girls can't get no love," wrote Brittney Cooper for Salon. Azalea's industry peers chastised her, with the similarly despised Azealia Banks hilariously tweeting, "Iggy Azalea is Satan in the form of mayonnaise," and Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest sending her a 40-message long thread on the history of hip-hop.

It took five years after "Fancy" for Azalea to make another album, which only garnered more controversy as people eventually accused her of "blackfishing," which is when one darkens their skin to seemingly appropriate Black fashion, appearance, and culture. Azalea destroyed her music career with a variety of bad decisions and retired from the industry completely, reemerging only to hawk a cryptocurrency in August 2025.