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From Hollywood to the newsroom, these affairs came with a steep professional price tag! Join us as we count down the most notorious infidelity scandals that sent careers spiraling downward. Our list features celebrities whose wandering eyes cost them more than just their marriages - it cost them their reputations and livelihoods too!
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00:00I thought I could get away with whatever I wanted to.
00:04I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me.
00:11Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most notorious times famous faces allegedly had affairs,
00:18leading to the demise of their careers and reputations.
00:21People ask me, like, do you forgive Ned for what he did?
00:30And, I mean, the answer is no. Absolutely not.
00:36Number 10, Jesse James.
00:39After a meeting when Sandra Bullock arranged for her godson to meet James on the set of his show, Monster Garage,
00:44the duo hit it off and married by 2005.
00:46Yet five years later, it was all over.
00:49Time of the Oscars, he set her up for humiliation, and he did it at the time of her greatest professional accomplishment,
00:55which was mean and suggests envy and a wish to tear her down.
00:59While Bullock was promoting her soon-to-be Oscar-winning work in The Blind Side,
01:02reports emerged in 2010 that James had been having several affairs with various women.
01:07Oh, you know, during the midst of all of it and when I was doing it, one, I knew it was horrible.
01:12It made me feel horrible.
01:15And two, I knew I would get caught eventually, and I think I wanted to get caught.
01:19While he apologized publicly and went to rehab to deal with his issues, Bullock soon filed for divorce.
01:25To make it messier, if that's possible, the couple was in the process of adopting a child, which Bullock continued pursuing alone.
01:32After the drama, James enjoyed a brief stint of publicity, which soon declined as he's made sparring TV appearances ever since.
01:38While TV films can be hit and miss with the drama on screen, seemingly, the offset theatres can be very juicy.
01:57For example, for 2009's Northern Lights, Rhymes was married to Dean Sheremet and Cibrian to Brandi Glanville.
02:04Yet during the production, the country music star and actor began an affair, causing both to get divorced and later marry each other.
02:11However, the scandal caused a severe decline in Rhymes' album sales as she hasn't reached a higher position in Billboard 200 rankings since number 32 in 2011, which has continued to fall.
02:22Cibrian had a similar experience in Decline, far from his heyday in Sunset Beach.
02:26Instead of their professional work, the duo is best known now for the affair and their public feud with Glanville.
02:32Obviously, you know, we made decisions that were not necessarily the right ones, but obviously brought us to a place where we are now, and we're happy, and we're married.
02:42Number 8, Jude Law.
02:44By 2005, Law was one of the best actors in the industry.
02:48After all, he'd been nominated for two Oscars, yet his personal life would cause a steep downfall that took years for him to reverse.
02:55At the time, he was engaged to Sienna Miller, whom he met on the set of Alfie.
03:00You're English.
03:02I love English.
03:04What's your name?
03:06Alfie.
03:06However, when Law's affair with his children's nanny was discovered, he publicly apologized.
03:12While they stayed together for over a year, they split up in 2006.
03:15The English actors struggled to make an impact for several years, even returning to the theater and getting a mixed reaction.
03:21However, in 2009, Law's career began to recover, which interestingly coincided with him and Miller romantically reuniting, before they broke up again in 2011.
03:30Number 7, Robin Thicke.
03:32After over a decade in the music industry, Thicke finally hit the number one spot in Billboard's albums and singles charts with 2013's Blurred Lines.
03:40Having met as teenagers, after Paula Patton had stood by Thicke's rise to success, including getting married in 2005.
03:53Yet, while the musician was enjoying his newfound fame, it all came apart when allegations that he'd had affairs went public.
04:00In 2014, Patton filed for divorce.
04:03This caused a messy custody battle over their son, resulting in Patton accusing Thicke of abuse, cheating on her, and having substance issues.
04:11While the battle was eventually settled in 2017, Thicke's career didn't recover, as his singles and albums failed to leave a lasting impression in the industry.
04:19It's very adult. You talk about, hey, we are forever family.
04:24Right.
04:25Was that, was that...
04:26Well, I think, the album, I didn't want it to be all depressing, because I didn't want her to listen to it and make her sad only.
04:32Number 6, Amy Roback and T.J. Holmes.
04:35For many, news anchors could be a pillar of integrity.
04:39As such, it's not too surprising how Roback and Holmes' careers came crashing down.
04:44In 2020, the duo began hosting ABC's GMA3 show together, yet two years later, reports emerged that the colleagues were having an affair.
04:52Keeping the romance alive in any relationship, well, maybe it's the challenge these days.
04:56Just a little bit sometimes, right?
04:58What made it scandalous was that, on top of not telling ABC what was happening, both were married to other people.
05:04After being taken off air, they were fired in 2023, as allegations popped up that Holmes may have had another affair with a colleague previously.
05:11Regardless, Holmes and Roback split from their partners, who also reportedly began dating each other.
05:17E.T. confirmed in December the Melrose Place star and T.J.'s ex have been dating for months following their 2022 splits from their spouses.
05:26With their reputations in tatters, the disgraced host created a podcast together in 2023.
05:31And love sometimes is a choice when it's hard. It's not just a feeling.
05:35We've always worked together, but working with this kind of pressure over our heads is a whole other thing.
05:40Number 5. Rupert Sanders
05:42Following success as a director for commercials and music videos, Sanders was given his big break by helming the 2012 film, Snow White and the Huntsman.
05:51What should have been the start of his auteur legacy, instead resulted in his destruction.
05:55During production, photos emerged in the press that showed Sanders and the movie star Kristen Stewart, who was famously dating Robert Pattinson, for having an affair.
06:04They stepped out of their car, looking out over Hollywood, caressed each other, kissed each other.
06:09Not only were the director's personal morals questioned due to his marriage to model Liberty Ross, but also his professionalism was damaged.
06:16While Sanders and Stewart apologized to their partners, neither survived, as Sanders was divorced by 2014.
06:23The work soon dried up for Sanders, who has worked on two films since, neither of which had much success.
06:28Number 4. Olivia Wilde
06:30A political, environmental, and workers' rights activist, Wilde, with her acting success and emerging directing pedigree, was beloved by most of the audience.
06:40It also helped that the House star was in a relationship with Jason Sudeikis, who was also a fan favorite.
06:45Yet, when Wilde directed 2022's Don't Worry Darling, her reputation was tarnished.
06:51In a production plagued by scandal, one involved allegation she had an affair with the movie's star, Harry Styles.
06:57That's the former One Direction singer strolling down the street in London with a 38-year-old actress.
07:03However, Sudeikis and Wilde split in 2020, denying that an affair was the cause, despite the former being unsure of the timeline in 2021.
07:11In 2022, the couple's former nanny went public with allegations of the affair, and claimed that's what caused the split, which the duo denied.
07:18Extreme anxiety, trauma bonding with Jason, debilitating pressure, physical pain.
07:24The ex-nanny lays out the alleged emotional toll of the couple's split in her new discrimination lawsuit.
07:30Number 3. Ned Fulmer
07:31As the wife guy of the Try Guys, Fulmer was seemingly all-in when it came to his spouse, Ariel, and their two children.
07:38After all, he talked about her many times on YouTube.
07:41And this is the kitchen.
07:43We love the aisle.
07:45He even hosted shows and wrote books with her.
07:47Yet in 2022, Fulmer destroyed his reputation and dented that of the Try Guys.
07:53Allegations emerged that he was spotted publicly being intimate with the channel's producer, Alex Herring.
07:58With the rumors getting traction, Fulmer was seemingly edited out of their videos.
08:02Eventually, the team announced he was gone from the Try Guys for the inappropriate employer-employee affair.
08:08Things will change here.
08:09What we hope is that within this, there's also the opportunity for positive growth and better videos ahead.
08:16But it's going to be hard.
08:18While Fulmer vanished from the media until returning in 2025 with a podcast, reports emerged shortly after that he and Ariel had split up.
08:25People ask me, like, do you forgive Ned for what he did?
08:33And, I mean, the answer is no.
08:37Absolutely not.
08:38Number two, Ingrid Bergman.
08:40With three Oscar nominations and one win in her career, Bergman was on track to be one of the most critically acclaimed performers of all time.
08:48Yet while shooting 1950's Stromboli, disaster struck.
08:51A long-term admirer of director Roberto Rossellini, the duo had an affair, resulting in Bergman falling pregnant, despite both being married to other people.
09:00In that letter, you said to him, quite innocently, uh, I'm afraid the only Italian I know is Te Amos that I love you.
09:07Yes, but I...
09:08Perhaps if you'd known the phrase for be careful or something.
09:10As well as the scandal engulfing Hollywood, even the U.S. Senate was outraged.
09:15After all, Edwin C. Johnson called Bergman a powerful influence for evil.
09:20Bergman was effectively blacklisted from Hollywood, forcing her to make films in Europe with her new husband.
09:24My voice was taken off all the radio programs that asked for money, you know, charity, Salvation Army, whatever.
09:32Even my voice over the radio was supposed to be dangerous.
09:36It was only upon separating from Rossellini in 1956 that Bergman re-entered Hollywood and was able to carve out a legacy that could have been much more.
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10:02At one point, not only was he one of the most respected golfers around, but one of the most highly thought of athletes ever.
10:09Yet when 2009 came around, it was a vastly different story.
10:12I thought I could get away with whatever I wanted to.
10:16I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me.
10:24I felt I was entitled.
10:27Shortly after allegations emerged that he cheated on his wife, Ellen Nordegren, Woods crashed his car, causing him to miss a charity event.
10:34For a lot of people, the spark of those bad things is November 27th.
10:39Early that day, what happened?
10:42Well, it's all in a police report.
10:43You know, beyond that, everything's between Elan and myself, and that's private.
10:48Shortly after, additional evidence and women came forward to detail their affairs with Woods.
10:53After apologizing multiple times, the legendary performer took a hiatus from golf.
10:57As such, several companies pulled their endorsements from Woods, which allegedly cost the shareholders of those businesses up to $12 billion.
11:05While the golfer stated he underwent intensive therapy to help with his issues, Nordegren and he were divorced in 2010.
11:11What other infamous affair incident that destroyed careers did we miss from our list?
11:15Let us know below.
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