17 Famous People Exposed For Doing Awful Things In Their Past

Being a celebrity of unimaginable fame is like walking a tight rope. Once you reach it, you have to constantly watch yourself, making one believe fame may not be all it's cracked up to be. All things considered, it might just be better to be anonymous.

The following peeps are examples of the downside of notoriety. While most of them walked away unscathed and never were quite scrutinized to the extent they could've been, you have to think these crimes and misdemeanors weighed heavily on their minds. We present a bunch of awful things (mostly) beloved famous people did.

Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss cheated on his dying wife and married his mistress after she killed herself.

Chuck Berry

Chuck Berry installed toilet cams in a restaurant he owned.

Karl Malone

NBA legend Karl Malone impregnated a 13-year-old during college.

Matthew Broderick

Matthew Broderick killed two people in a car accident.

Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich, that asshole, cheated on and divorced two of his ex-wives as they were sick with cancer and multiple sclerosis.

James Lipton

James Lipton was a pimp when he lived in Paris in the 1950's.

Al Sharpton

During the Tawana Brawley trial, Al Sharpton accused a New York prosecutor of raping and abducting the black teenager, without reason, and destroyed his career. (He still hasn't owned up to anything.)

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin was a serial pedophile, and on one occasion impregnated a 15-year-old, whom he firmly suggested should get an abortion.

Bono

Bono's anti-poverty charity, One, only gives 1 percent to charity. Hilarious.

Mother Teresa

Researchers agree with Christopher Hitchens's assertion that Mother Teresa was "...not a friend of the poor. She was a friend of poverty. She said that suffering was a gift from God..." Essentially, Mother Teresa was a fraud.

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton once called one of Bill Clinton's aides a "f*cking Jew bastard."

Gandhi

By today's standards, Gandhi was a gigantic, Klan-level racist. Especially against "kaffirs."

Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy knocked up Scary Spice and denied being the father. He wanted nothing to do with the child until only recently.

Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison used to torture cats, dogs, horses, and elephants in front of an audience to advance knowledge of electricity.

Lena Dunham

Lena Dunham got a little too frisky with her younger 6-year-old sister. A lot.

Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby, well, we all know what's happening here.

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks once rolled through a red light at an intersection when no cars were around. Probably.