13 celebrities who had a terrible 2016 (With Pictures)

4. Harambe

Killing animals to save people isn’t all that unusual. Frankly, killing animals at all is part of most of our daily lives, most likely in the form of meatball sandwiches at lunch or pot roasts at dinner. But when Harambe, a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo, was shot by a zoo worker after a child found his way into the ape’s enclosure, something ignited in American culture.

It now seems like some bizarre phenomenon. Who was actually angry? And with who? Whatever the answers to these questions, Harambe has become a household name, familiar enough to win a substantial (though disputed) number of votes in the contentious 2016 US presidential election.

So, why was it a bad year for the gorilla, you might ask. Well the obvious answer is that Harambe died. The next answer is that the only reason people know or care about Harambe is because he died. And lastly, he was dragged into one of the dirtiest elections involving some of the most hated candidates ever, which would be a stain on anyone’s 2016 resume.