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Fame is fleeting, but these falls from grace were truly shocking! Join us as we examine the celebrity downfalls that caught everyone off guard in 2025. Our countdown includes Katy Perry's space controversy, Mickey Rourke's reality TV disaster, Sydney Sweeney's marketing misstep, and more! Which celebrity's dramatic tumble from public favor surprised you the most?
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00:00Genes are passed down from parents to offspring, often determining traits like hair color,
00:05personality. Welcome to WatchMojo. And today we're looking at celebrity downfalls that caught
00:11us off guard in 2025. While their careers might not be over per se, it could be a long climb back
00:18to their former heights. A lot of times it was dark on set because we were shooting nights.
00:23If you watch the season, a lot of me and Millie are in the upside down in the nighttime. And so
00:29Katy Perry. Last year, Katy Perry's album 143 came under fire due to the involvement of Dr. Luke,
00:38who was previously accused of sexual abuse. Perry didn't exactly bring her image back down to earth
00:44in 2025. She joined five other female passengers aboard Blue Origin NS-31.
00:50One, two, three, taking up space!
00:58While the all-female space voyage was supposed to send a pro-feminism message, many found it tone
01:04deaf given Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's right-wing ties. Perry in particular was accused of using
01:11the flight to promote her upcoming Lifetime tour, making it feel more like an overblown publicity
01:16stunt than a declaration of sisterhood. We were hearing that perhaps Katy Perry was going to sing.
01:21Let's listen in.
01:22It's a landing spot just two miles north of where it's taken off from. At the top of the rocket,
01:28you see a couple of fins that have popped out. Those are to stabilize the rocket as it comes in to land.
01:34Perry's presence also seemed to eclipse fellow passengers like Amanda Nguyen,
01:38who actually comes from a background at NASA and has been an activist for victims of assault.
01:43And, um, I got to honor her today. And I'm so grateful to the thousands of people,
01:53the engineers, the scientists, just everyone.
01:57Mickey Rourke.
01:58I'm gonna vote the lesbian out real quick.
02:01Joe, Joe.
02:02That's homophobic.
02:03Mickey Rourke's career rebounded in 2008 with his Oscar-nominated performance in The Wrestler.
02:08Whatever momentum was left in Rourke's comeback was seemingly depleted in 2025,
02:14with his appearance on the UK's celebrity Big Brother.
02:17Big Brother putting Mickey on notice at the time. Shape up or ship out.
02:21Mickey, Big Brother thinks your language was offensive and unacceptable.
02:26Finding work in reality TV isn't what earns Rourke a spot on this list. It was his actions on the show.
02:32Rourke was troublesome from his debut episode, getting uncomfortably close to co-host A.J. Adudu.
02:39Boy, did I get chewed out.
02:41You got your slippers.
02:42I want to apologize.
02:43I just got a short, bad habit of having a short fuse.
02:47During his stay, Rourke made derogatory comments towards fellow housemates Jojo Siwa, Chris Hughes, and Ella Rae Wise.
02:55Within less than a week, Rourke was ejected from the house.
02:58Rourke expressed a desire to sue ITV for 50,000 pounds, but if Big Brother won't take him, will anyone else?
03:06You can bet Big Brother steps in.
03:09Winnie Harlow.
03:10It would be nice to go just one Halloween where a celebrity doesn't spark online outrage with an ill-advised costume.
03:17In 2025, it was fashion model Winnie Harlow, who dressed as the late Whitney Houston.
03:22The model that did the Whitney Houston, it was funny, but it was kind of cringe to watch.
03:29Why, though?
03:30Like, you talk about Winnie Harlow, but why?
03:34I mean, because she was, it was cute, but, like, awkward to witness.
03:40She drew inspiration from the singer's appearance at the 2001 BET Awards, where she was recognized for lifetime achievement.
03:47Harlow aimed to honor Houston, calling her, quote, radiant, funny, confident, and captivating on Instagram.
03:54Yet, many social media users took offense to Harlow's costume, as well as her impression of Houston.
04:00Winnie addressed the backlash on her Instagram story, clarifying that her intention was to celebrate Whitney, not mock her.
04:08She explained that the clip has always been one of her favorites, because Whitney was radiant, funny, confident, and captivating during that moment.
04:162001 was an especially difficult time for Houston, who showed significant weight loss due to substance use.
04:23Houston died almost a decade later.
04:25For some, this intended tribute to Houston just opened up old wounds, hurting Harlow's image in the process.
04:32Dean Cain
04:33Best known for his work on Lois and Clark, The New Adventures of Superman,
04:38Dean Cain's career was far from controversy-free before 2025.
04:42If people still had any respect for the actor, though, it was gone after he criticized James Gunn's Superman.
04:48It's being portrayed as a real negative thing that we want people to follow our immigration laws, which is insane to me.
04:57He also compares it to the changes made to Snow White, and that's why it didn't do as well, because of just the controversy surrounding it.
05:07Cain said via TMZ that it was a mistake for Gunn to call Superman a, quote, immigrant, even though that's been a staple of the character's origin story going back to the original comics.
05:19Nevertheless, Cain questioned how, quote, woke Hollywood would make Superman.
05:24It was also less than heroic when Cain announced that he was joining the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency.
05:30I felt it was important to join with our first responders to help secure the safety of all Americans, not just talk about it.
05:38So I joined up.
05:39The Department of Homeland Security noted that Cain would be an honorary ICE officer.
05:44It sounds more like Ultraman than Superman.
05:47On the proff side, no need for that guy to wear a mask because the chances of anyone recognizing him are zero.
05:54David Harbour
05:55David Harbour won audiences over as Jim Hopper on Stranger Things.
06:00He was particularly praised for his chemistry on and off set with co-star Millie Bobby Brown.
06:05Although Harbour seemed like a second father to Brown in interviews, 2025 painted a different perception of their dynamic.
06:12But now one shocking report claims before season five began shooting, the 21-year-old complained about being bullied and harassed by David on the set and filed pages and pages of allegations.
06:23The Daily Mail reported that Brown had made, quote, pages and pages of accusations directed at Harbour.
06:30Nothing sexual, but Brown reportedly claimed, quote, harassment, leading to an investigation.
06:35Producer Sean Levy called the report, quote, inaccurate on a Stranger Things red carpet, where Brown and Harbour appeared to be on good terms.
06:43Brown even said her bond with Harbour meant, quote, so much to her.
06:47Yet Harbour also received bad press for his divorce from Lily Allen, who accused him of cheating.
06:53The tunnels are too slow.
06:55Holly was in danger.
06:56Yeah, and now so are you.
06:58Because if those military guys haven't already caught you on camera, they will.
07:01And when they do, they'll be coming for you with everything they got.
07:04Mike Smith
07:05Well, I didn't really want to come to the cheeseburger picnic, to be honest.
07:08I wanted to just stay back at my shed at home there where it's safe, but Julian wanted to come down, so I came.
07:15With or without the glasses, fans of Trailer Park Boys will recognize Mike Smith as Bubbles.
07:20The bubble might have been popped in October 2025, when the Halifax Regional Police charged Smith with sexual assault for an altercation that allegedly transpired in 2017.
07:31The single count of alleged sexual assault dates back to December 30th, 2017 in Dartmouth.
07:38Smith was charged by Halifax Police last month.
07:41It is actually quite common for charges of sexual violence to come out later on in two years following the alleged incident.
07:50Smith's arrest occurred several months after it was announced that Trailer Park Boys Season 13 was coming.
07:56While the season finished shooting and is being eyed for a 2026 release, Smith's future with the franchise has been called into question.
08:04For now, Smith won't just be stepping away from Bubbles, but also his role as Trailer Park Boys Incorporated's managing director.
08:12Smith did release a written statement after that, in where he denied the allegations.
08:18After that charge was made public, one of his former co-stars announced that she was leaving the Trailer Park Boys.
08:28This wasn't Smith's first run-in with the law, having been arrested under domestic battery suspicions in 2016, although those charges were dismissed.
08:37Carla Sofia Gascon.
08:38Whether you loved, hated, or really hated Emilia Perez, at least people could agree that Carla Sofia Gascon's Best Actress nominated performance was a win for representation, right?
09:03Well, shortly after Gascon became the first openly trans person to receive an acting Oscar nomination, people found that she was anything but a role model.
09:12Carla's the first openly trans actor nominated for an Oscar, but some wonder whether her nods in jeopardy after this 2021 tweet, where she bashed the ceremony for resembling, quote, a Black Lives Matter demonstration.
09:24A deep dive into her social media history made this painfully evident.
09:28These resurfaced comments expressed hate speech towards multiple marginalized groups.
09:33Gascon's attempt to paint herself as the victim didn't help, making her apology an afterthought.
09:39Carla deactivated her ex-account January 30th, but the controversy did not end there.
09:45On January 31st, a viral image of a tweet published by the Latin Times, appearing to have been shared by Carla's account in 2022, suggested the Oscar nominee insulted her Emilia Perez co-star Selena Gomez.
09:57This not only took a toll on Gascon's blossoming career, it might have tanked Emilia Perez's Oscar odds.
10:04Of its 13 nominations, the film only won two, neither of which was for Gascon.
10:10Jeremy Renner
10:11Come on!
10:17You're a Hawkeye!
10:18An Oscar-nominated actor who gained an even wider following as Clint Barton in the MCU, Jeremy Renner took a hiatus after a snowplow accident nearly claimed his life in 2023.
10:30I was further away from death, that's for sure.
10:36A lot less swelling, a lot less inflammation.
10:39By the next year, a recuperating Renner appeared in a Super Bowl commercial with more projects lined up.
10:45A scandal that broke in November 2025 would overshadow his inspirational comeback, however.
10:51Chinese director Yi Zhou accused Renner of sexual misconduct, which allegedly included inappropriate photos and domestic violence.
10:59Zhou also claimed that Renner threatened to, quote,
11:02Renner's attorney, Marty Singer, claims that his client only had a, quote,
11:08brief consensual encounter with Zhou.
11:11According to one of Renner's representatives, Zhou's allegations are, quote,
11:14totally inaccurate and untrue, leading to a cease and desist letter.
11:20It's a nice place you got here.
11:23It's not creepy at all.
11:25Sydney Sweeney
11:26From euphoria to anyone but you,
11:36Sydney Sweeney seemed poised to reign as the next big thing in Hollywood.
11:40Yeah, there was Madam Web, but that wasn't her fault.
11:432025 is really when people started second-guessing Sydney's star power,
11:47failing to draw audiences to Eden, Americana, or Christie.
11:51While Sweeney got solid reviews for her performance in the later film,
11:54it wasn't her most talked-about on-screen appearance in 2025.
11:59That would be her American Eagle Outfitters ad campaign.
12:02Or that they make your butt look amazing.
12:07Why would I need to do that?
12:09But if you said that you want to buy the jeans,
12:13I'm not going to stop you.
12:15But just so we're clear, this is not me telling you to buy American Eagle jeans.
12:19Sweeney promoted the retailer's jeans while alluding to her jeans as in genetics.
12:23It seemed like an innocent pun until somebody online said,
12:28eugenics.
12:29While claims that the ads promoted white supremacy might have been a stretch,
12:32it still sparked a media firestorm with Sweeney at the center.
12:36My jeans are blue.
12:37Sydney Sweeney has great jeans.
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12:55Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
12:58This royal's reputation has spiraled since his 2019 Newsnight interview,
13:03unpacking his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
13:07Despite consistently denying any wrongdoing,
13:10Elizabeth and Philip's second son was stripped of multiple honors
13:13and reached a settlement with accuser,
13:15Virginia Giuffre, in a 2022 civil lawsuit.
13:19He has been told to surrender his lease on the Royal Lodge,
13:23adding that these measures are, quote, deemed necessary.
13:26Despite that, Andrew, quote, continues to deny the allegations against him.
13:31With the Epstein case re-entering the zeitgeist and Giuffre taking her life
13:35before the release of her revealing memoir in 2025, Andrew's dissent continued.
13:41His brother, King Charles III, not only called for his removal from the Royal Mansion,
13:46arrangements were made for his remaining titles to be revoked, including prince.
13:51And so clearly, the palace now has taken these steps.
13:55It seems, feeling that the pressure against him has grown too much
13:59and is too embarrassing for the royal family not to take what are, frankly,
14:04historic moves against a member of the royal family.
14:07He may no longer be Prince Andrew, although in the line of succession,
14:11he could still theoretically become King Andrew someday.
14:14Of course, that's a very theoretical path.
14:18Which celebrity downfall surprised you the most in 2025?
14:21Let us know in the comments.
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