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26Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey

Carrey believes that MMR vaccine causes autism, which is contrary to scientific consensus. In 2009, he wrote an article questioning the merits of vaccination and vaccine research for The Huffington Post. With former partner Jenny McCarthy, Carrey led a “Green Our Vaccines” march in Washington, D.C., to advocate for the removal of toxic substances from children's vaccines, out of a belief that children had received "too many vaccines, too soon, many of which are toxic".


27. In a 1998 documentary on VH1 Behind the Music, singer Ted Nugent openly admitted having affairs with several underage girls. He said “I was addicted to girls. It was hopeless. It was beautiful.” He legally adopted an underage girl, who legally became his daughter. He later had a relationship with her and admits to having sex with her. He gave her STDs and even released a song titled “Jailbait” which is about his love of underage girls as young as 12 and 13. Singer Courtney Love claims that she was raped by Ted Nugent at the age of 12.


28. In 1963, wife of President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, at the age of 17th ran a stop sign and struck another car, resulting in the death of a boy. The boy was her ex-boyfriend and a high school star athlete. She was known for her recklessness behind the wheel.


29. Country Singer Rodney Atkins was arrested in November 2011 for allegedly trying to smother his wife with a pillow, while his 10-year-old son watched. After a heavy night of drinking, he smothered her with a pillow, grabbed her face and threw her down a hallway. He was released on $2,500 bail three hours after the arrest and was ordered by the county court to take an anger assessment, which found no need for any further action.


30. In 1967, boxing promoter Don King was convicted was found guilty of curb stomping an employee to death, who owed him $600.


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31Jon Hamm

Jon Hamm

Actor Jon Hamm best known for playing advertising executive Don Draper in Mad Men was arrested for participating in a violent hazing incident in November 1990. Mark Sanders was beaten with a paddle and a broom by other fraternity members, while Hamm was leading him with a hammer claw around Sander's testicles around the fraternity house. Sanders' clothes were also set afire. The incident resulted in the fraternity being shut down on campus. Hamm made a plea deal and completed probation under the terms of a deferred adjudication; the charges were dismissed during August 1995.


32. In 2001, actress Winona Ryder was arrested on shoplifting charges in Beverly Hills, California. She was accused of stealing $5,500 worth of designer clothes and accessories from a department store.

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