These celebrities need to check their privilege. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most infamous moments when celebrities flaunted their wealth, privilege, or connections, and faced backlash for it.
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00:00 Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most infamous moments
00:07 when celebrities flaunted their wealth, privilege or connections and faced backlash for it.
00:16 10.
00:19 Not Human Parenting - Justin Timberlake
00:28 Parenting isn't always easy, and it got even more challenging during lockdown.
00:32 Most people can understand that.
00:34 However, Justin Timberlake did himself no favours with his comments.
00:39 Interviewed on SiriusXM's Hits 1, the singer was asked how he was coping with parenting
00:44 alongside his wife, Jessica Biel, during the ordeal.
00:48 Timberlake replied, "24-hour parenting is just not human."
00:58 Well, human or not, most parents are parents 24/7.
01:03 Social media erupted, calling the artist tone-deaf and making known just how much the average
01:08 person has to juggle on top of raising youngsters without the finances Timberlake and Biel
01:13 have.
01:18 9.
01:22 Not the Porsche - Gordon Ramsay So-called "financial experts" often tell
01:28 younger folk that to afford to own a property, they need to cut out buying Starbucks and
01:34 other small luxuries.
01:35 Apparently, there's a simpler way.
01:38 In 2023, Gordon Ramsay was interviewed on the podcast High Performance.
01:43 He detailed the time he needed an additional £20,000 for a deposit on a flat and turned
01:49 to his father-in-law, Chris Hutchinson, for the loan, which he promised he'd pay back
01:54 in a year.
02:05 Hutchinson advised Ramsay to sell his Porsche 911 first.
02:10 Somehow, this was a lightbulb moment for the chef at the time, and he did just that.
02:21 Viewers however, immediately mocked how unrelatable Ramsay's struggle was.
02:26 After selling the luxury car, fear not, Ramsay bought it back a decade later.
02:36 8.
02:38 Scary Bash - Rita Ora When the lockdown was in effect in 2020, many
02:44 were scared, but still followed the rules to keep others safe.
02:48 So when Rita Ora broke the guidelines, folks were mad.
02:53 After returning to London from a private gig in Egypt, the singer was supposed to quarantine
02:57 for two weeks.
02:59 Instead, the following day, Ora bribed a restaurant £5,000 to host her 30th birthday.
03:08 At the time, there was a ban on different households mixing indoors.
03:16 Ora's team allegedly also requested the facility turn off the CCTV.
03:29 Ora was labelled selfish for her actions, and for throwing money to get what she wanted.
03:35 The singer apologised for her actions and was fined £10,000 for her shindig.
03:49 7.
03:51 Climate Criminal - Kylie Jenner Some fans even called out the couple for
03:55 posting about their extravagant lifestyle when global warming is rising and the cost
04:00 of living continues to go up across the US.
04:03 The battle against climate change is something many of us care about.
04:07 People have adapted their everyday routines in an effort to reduce carbon emissions and
04:12 generally help the environment.
04:14 But then there's Kylie Jenner.
04:16 In 2022, she uploaded an image of her and Travis Scott embracing between two planes
04:22 with the caption "You wanna take mine or yours?"
04:25 The public deemed her a climate criminal, not only for using a private jet for short
04:31 trips but also for seemingly gloating about it.
04:41 Speaking of the Kardashian-Jenner clan, during the pandemic, there was a toilet paper shortage
04:46 as people panicked and hoarded it.
04:49 Well, Khloe Kardashian decided to TP her sister Kourtney's property as a joke, which frustrated
04:56 people who were struggling to find the stuff in the first place.
05:08 6.
05:10 Imagine - Gal Gadot And many, many others.
05:23 On occasion, celebrities like to spread awareness about catastrophes or write encouraging messages
05:28 on socials.
05:29 When done right, it's often appreciated.
05:32 And when it's not, well, it's not.
05:34 In 2020, Gal Gadot and Kristen Wiig led a project with the intention of boosting morale
05:40 during the pandemic by releasing a cover of John Lennon's "Imagine," sung by various
05:45 celebs.
05:46 Instead of lifting the world, though, it made many people angry.
05:51 "No possessions" from people with a lot of possessions is maybe a little hypocritical.
05:58 The video was called "cringe" and out of touch by people all over social media.
06:15 Others criticized the celebrities for taking the time to make the video instead of donating
06:20 to useful causes.
06:25 5.
06:28 Monkey Business - Justin Bieber After arriving in Germany during his 2013
06:33 tour, Justin Bieber's pet Capuchin monkey, O.G.
06:36 Mally, was seized by officials.
06:51 This came as a result of the singer not being able to provide correct paperwork for Mally
06:56 and even after being given a deadline to submit the paperwork, Bieber failed to do so.
07:01 It was said that he no longer wanted Mally, so he was rehomed.
07:13 People including animal experts were livid at Bieber for treating Mally like an accessory.
07:29 This of course isn't the only time he has felt the public's wrath.
07:32 On Instagram Live in 2020, Bieber and his wife Hailey spoke to Kendall Jenner, with
07:38 Bieber trying for some empathy for those struggling during the pandemic, but largely failing.
07:45 4.
07:46 Million Dollar Acceptance - Dr. Dre Sometimes, celebrities try to hide their
07:52 nepotism.
07:53 However, in the modern day, doing so will quickly get you called out.
07:58 During 2019, Dr. Dre put on social media that his daughter, Truly Young, had been accepted
08:04 into the University of Southern California.
08:06 He took a jab at people like Felicity Huffman for her bribery scandal, stating that Young
08:12 did it all herself.
08:20 But Dre fails to mention that in 2013, he and Jimmy Iovine gave USC $70 million to build
08:28 the Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation.
08:46 The backlash got so bad that Dre deleted the post on Instagram.
09:01 3.
09:03 Working Class Luxury - Victoria Beckham It's not often the spouse of a famous face
09:09 would be the first to call out their entitlement.
09:18 But that's exactly what happened in the 2023 documentary series, Beckham.
09:23 At one point, Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham is chatting about growing up working class.
09:29 Well, David wasn't having that.
09:32 Popping his head into the room, he pressed his wife to be honest and asked what kind
09:37 of car her father drove during her childhood.
09:40 Eventually, after trying to skirt around the demand, Victoria stated it was a Rolls Royce.
09:59 With that, the former footballer's work was done.
10:02 While David was praised online, some were still livid at Victoria for trying to alter
10:07 her image by rewriting her history.
10:13 2.
10:19 Superyacht Isolation - David Geffen The pandemic seemingly was an event that
10:25 brought the entitlement of some celebrities to the forefront.
10:29 In 2020, with lockdown in effect in many nations, billionaire music and film producer David
10:34 Geffen decided to rub his wealth in people's faces.
10:45 In a tone-deaf post on Instagram, alongside a sunset photo of his expensive superyacht,
10:50 Geffen stated he was isolating on the boat in the Grenadines in the Caribbean.
10:59 The downside?
11:00 The New York Times reports the fuel from Geffen's boat releases more than 16,000 tons of emissions
11:05 every year.
11:06 He finished the caption by mentioning he hoped that everyone else was safe.
11:11 Instead, people were furious for his boast and called on Geffen to donate supplies to
11:16 medical centers.
11:18 The backlash was so bad that the billionaire turned his Instagram private.
11:22 And at the time of writing, it remains that way.
11:33 1.
11:50 Karen Corden - James Corden There's a well-known expression that you
12:00 can find out who a person is by how they treat those who serve them.
12:04 Well, in 2022, news came out that actor and TV host James Corden was banned from the New
12:10 York restaurant Balthazar after allegedly yelling at staff over an omelette his wife
12:16 had ordered.
12:21 In another incident, he reportedly demanded his table's drinks be comped after finding
12:26 a hair in his food.
12:28 This sounds reasonable until you hear that, apparently, he finished the food that had
12:34 the hair in it.
12:35 After the dirty laundry was aired publicly, Corden called the incident so silly and maintains
12:41 that he did nothing wrong.
12:43 Regardless, social media was filled with accounts trashing Corden's Karen behavior of belittling
12:49 staff.
13:03 Changing gears, who do you think is the humblest celebrity around?
13:07 Let us know in the comments.
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