As humans, making mistakes is an important part of life, but the dumbest celebrities seem to make them more egregiously and frequently than the rest of us. While some celebrities, like Jessica Simpson and Britney Spears, may have been mislabeled as less-than-intelligent over the years, there’s no shortage of truly idiotic famous people.
If you want to feel a little better about the slight slip-ups you make in everyday life, check out the dumbest celebrity mistakes in the world, according to this forum.
1. Jussie Smollett
As mocked by fellow actor, Tracy Morgan, “Yeah, they gave me a role on Empire. Contractually, they gave me millions of dollars. Contractually, all I gotta do is not fake a (crime).”
2. Kanye West
When asked “What is the dumbest thing a celebrity has done?” one individual simply replied, “A Kanye West life story.”
Between his very public insult-slinging at ex-wife Kim Kardashian and her family, to his temper tantrums of discrimination, Kanye West is cementing his legacy as one of the dumbest celebrities in Hollywood.
3. Justin Bieber
It isn’t just Justin Bieber’s high jinks as a teenager that lands him a spot here. As described by one user, recently, “Justin Bieber bought an NFT of a Bored Ape for $1.29M and now it’s only worth $69,000.”
4. OJ Simpson
According to one responder, “Making a book called ‘If I did it’ after being acquitted,” is reason enough for this former football player to be listed as one of the dumbest celebrities. Over 10,000 other users agreed.
5. Christina Aguilera
While Christina Aguilera is arguably one of the greatest pop divas of our time, she isn’t without a few spacey moments of her own. “Where’s the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?” the New York-born singer once famously asked.
6. Antonio Brown
The former Tampa Bay Bucaneers wide receiver has made so many dumb mistakes that one commenter was able to create a 60-item list of his ridiculous behavior aptly titled the “Antonio Brown Circus Timeline.”
Unfortunately, we don’t have the time to dive into the full history, but to sum it up in the succinct words of one user, “Hard to pick one, but maybe rage quitting the NFL in the middle of a game is at the top?” Of the dumbest celebrities on this list, Antonio Brown may be the worst.
7. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Sometimes life gives us difficult in-laws, but in this case, Arnold Schwarzenegger sabotaged himself. Expressing remorse in his docuseries, Arnold, the retired actor and bodybuilder described a “stupid” comment he made to future wife Maria Shriver’s late mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver.
“My daughter is really fond of you,” Eunice remarked, to which Arnold retorted, ’’Well, your daughter has a really nice (butt). I have to tell you that’’
8. Jaden Smith
All teenagers say things they’ll regret later in life, but unfortunately, when your parents are among the biggest actors and actresses in Hollywood, those comments reach a much bigger audience than just your friends in high school.
While it wouldn’t be fair to label Jaden Smith one of the dumbest celebrities out there now, his teenage tweets may have earned him the label back in the early 2010s. Among the actor’s famously non-sensical tweets are “Currently Going Through Customs Even Though I Was Born On This Planet” and “The More Time You Spend Awake The More Time You Spend Asleep” (yes, title case included).
Hopefully, the young actor finds these funny now.
Elise Armitage is an entrepreneur and founder of What The Fab, a travel + lifestyle blog based in California. At the beginning of 2019, Elise left her corporate job at Google to chase her dreams: being an entrepreneur and helping women find fabulous in the everyday. Since then, she’s launched her SEO course Six-Figure SEO, where she teaches bloggers how to create a passive revenue stream from their website using SEO. Featured in publications like Forbes, Elle, HerMoney, and Real Simple, Elise is a firm believer that you can be of both substance and style.
