11. Mel Gibson
Throughout the late 1980s and 90s, Mel Gibson was one of the most bankable stars in Hollywood, a good actor with a flair for everything from the Lethal Weapon movies to Maverick and more. His handsome looks made him a winner with female fans and he also enjoyed great critical success with Braveheartwinning him Oscars for Best Picture and Director. While there were stories of some rough bits on set, most still cited Gibson as a guy who could always win over audiences. However, in 2006, Gibson was arrested on a DUI with reports surfacing of him calling the female office “sugar t—s” and some slams against Jewish people. This fuelled talk of Gibson as an anti-Semite that had already come up with The Passion of the Christ and Gibson’s frank interviews. He may have come back from that but in 2010, tape surfaced of Gibson going into a tirade against his wife that used multiple racist slams and painted Gibson as basically a lunatic. His good will has faded, you don’t see him as much at award shows and his attempts at comeback vehicles have actually just gone straight to video. There might be time to turn it around but Gibson sadly showed an ugly side under “the Sexiest Man Alive” that has tarnished a lot of his past work and standing in Hollywood.
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