15 Of The Worst Celebrity Role Models

By Teresa Thomerson in Entertainment On 12th August 2015
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#15. Abby Lee Miller

Screaming, insulting, bullying and shaming young children and their parents; encouraging underhanded behavior and encouraging the parents of these young children to do the same..... Yeah, this is a bad role model and also the Director of Reign Dance Productions and the principal cast member of Lifetime's Dance Moms.

#14 Kim Kardashian

A sex tape and ties to Paris Hilton turned this lazy trust-fund debutante into a T.V. star. She never worked before her show. Her small roles on bad movies and her song "Jam" show how little talent she has. Being born with a generous behind and keeping it in shape isn't a talent. Living off of other's and mooching isn't something to be exemplified.

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#13 Miley Cyrus

She has appeared on stage wearing little left to the imagination, in a variety of odd costumes and she's danced suggestively including pole and lap dancing, in front of young audiences. There's more than just rumors of drug addiction, alcohol abuse and family issues. She has cancelled several tour dates disappointing fans and she's had a variety of flings and one serious relationship that didn't work out. The worst part though is that she knows she needs to get help and get her self together, but doesn't do it. She has the financial means, she has the talent to step back from limelight and come back into it, but she's not taking her opportunity to grow up and do right for herself.

#12 Kobe Bryant

Cheating on his wife, violating 19 year old girls and slurring many insults at the referees.... yeah.... let's NOT be like Kobe, kids.

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#11 Alex Rodriguez

CHEATER, not only on his wife but also from using drug enhancements to gain the edge on his fellow professional baseball league co-workers. Worst part is, he's a coward too. The man continued to lie even when he was caught.

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#10 Justin Bieber

Let's not even go for the standard joke about his music here, this kid has serious issues aside from all of the spitting and relieving himself in public. He's been involved in a hit and run accident; assaulting a bodyguard; abandoning his pet when the monkey was detained by German customs and never went back to pick the animal up. He's into graffiti, brothels and egging his neighbor's house and has been arrested and charged for driving while under the influence and resisting arrest. Someone needed to spank that kid a while ago.

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#9 Kanye West

Kanye West takes the award for the biggest sore loser. From the time at the American Music Awards in 2004, when he stormed out after not winning Best New Artist and told the Associated Press, "He was robbed," he has set a bad example for losing graciously. His bad behavior is not kept only to awards shows, in 2005 he delivered a huge rant on live TV during a fundraising event for victims of Hurricane Katrina. He stated that "George Bush doesn't care about black people." Even if he does win one award during a show it's never enough. After winning for best Hip-Hop Artist in 2006 at the MTV European Music Awards show, he lost for best video. His response? He interrupted the winner's speech with a lengthy and profane rant of anger. When all else fails and he doesn't get an award he falls back on the "throw a tantrum" method of getting attention as he did at the Video Music Awards in 2007 when he was nominated five times but failed to win any trophies. Of course, if that still isn't enough then he pulls out the "get physical" card as he did when he was arrested for damaging a photographer's camera at the Los Angeles Airport. Looks like West needs to learn a little more about self-control, until then he belongs on the list.

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#8 Michael Vick

Michael Vick was the number one draft pick for the Atlanta Falcons becoming their full-time starter in 2002. Unfortunately, he had found the time to start an illegal dog-fighting operation in 2001. From 2001-2007 he, and several others, founded and ran the "Bad Newz Kennels," hosting and participating in dog-fighting in several states. Vick even purchased a property in Surry County, VA for the good of the operation. Finally, in 2007 after a raid, Vick and others were charged with engaging in competitive dog fighting, purchasing and training pitbulls for the purpose of dogfighting and conducting their operations across state lines. He was sentenced to 23 months in federal prison. This doggy mess makes Vick an ideal candidate for the list.

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#7 Adam “Pacman” Jones

Adam "Pacman" Jones was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in 2005. Two weeks before he was scheduled to attend training camp he was arrested for assault charges although the charges were later dropped. In 2006, he was arrested again for possession of marijuana and after attacking a police officer, obstruction, unfortunately those charges were later dropped as well. In 2007 he was involved in a fight inside a gentlemen's club in Las Vegas involving the shooting of three people. In 2007, he was involved in yet another shooting incident outside an Atlanta strip club and the list goes on.

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#6 Bill Clinton

As a rising political star, Bill Clinton, then Governor, was involved in a shady real estate development deal, partnering to form the Whitewater Development Corporation and using his position to manipulate financial terms and appointing his banking partner and friend economic development aide. The wrongdoing on the part of Clinton is much too complicated to summarize in just a few sentences but suffice to say he acted illegally as well as unethically. On January 20, 1993, Clinton was sworn in as President of the United States of America. As past behavior seems to be the best predictor of future behavior, it's not surprising that scandal reared its ugly head again and again during Clinton's terms in office.

Though there were many questionable campaign donations made to the Democratic National Committee and half of Clinton's cabinet resigned in 1996, everything seemed to roll off Clinton, that is until 1997 when Clinton was sued for sexual harassment charges by Paula Jones. He had also groped Kathleen Willey as well during this time period, although she did not come forward with her allegations until later. Monica Lewinsky, a young intern at the White House was subpoenaed by lawyers in the Paula Jones case. Shortly thereafter the story broke of Lewinsky's own affair with the President, which Clinton completely denied over and over again publically. He even perjured himself under oath and impeachment proceedings were in place when he finally admitted it was true and that he had been involved in sexual acts with Lewinsky.

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#5 Lindsay Lohan

Since 2006, Lindsay Lohan has been in and out of trouble. She has spent 86% of her adult life (from age 18 to now) on probation. She has spent time in and out of rehab and been arrested for drunk driving. She's lost movie roles due to her inability to control herself and her excessive partying. She's also been arrested for drug possession as well, not to mention obstruction of justice, resisting arrest and reckless driving. She has little regard for herself or others, missing a mandatory court hearing date which landed her back in custody in 2010. She's been in and out of courtrooms and mostly in violation of her parole ever since then. Her attempts at reviving her movie career have failed miserably, with her movies either being scrapped or going directly to DVD. It's a sad commentary for someone that used to have some talent. Doubtful she will become anyone's idea of a role-model anytime soon, which earns her a spot on the list.

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#4 Charlie Sheen

Since 1990, after shooting his then wife Kelly Preston in the arm, Charlie Sheen has been in and out of rehabs, unfortunately none had any success helping him live with his drug and alcohol addictions. He's been linked to porn stars, prostitutes, and madams, having reportedly spent over $53,000 for some of Heidi Fleiss' ladies of the evening. He has assaulted ex-girlfriends and wives, threatening them further if they were to tell anyone. He's had multiple restraining orders issued against him and he's been married multiple times with children that he's lost custody of to former wives and girlfriends. Sheen has bad-mouthed producers of his show, Two and Half Men and been late or not shown up many times during filming. He's destroyed hotel rooms and shown no remorse for any of his actions and the list goes on and on.

#3 Chris Brown

Since assaulting his then girlfriend Rihanna in 2009, Chris Brown has had more than his share of troubles. The incident resulted in assault charges which he plead guilty to and received five years' probation and 180 days of community service. In 2011, he went crazy busting up furniture in his dressing room when during an interview he was asked about the assault charges. In 2012 Brown got into a fight with hip hop artist Drake, supposedly over Rihanna. This was followed by another fight with Frankie Ocean outside of a club in 2013. That same year he was accused of faking his community service by the District Attorney's office. Brown faced another felony assault charge later in the year for allegedly beating a man up outside of a nightclub in Washington D.C. assisted by his bodyguard. His two week stint in anger management rehab apparently has not worked and he's finally had to spend some actual time behind bars.

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#2 J.R. Smith

J.R. Smith has been plagued by trouble his entire NBA career. The New York Knicks guard just can't seem to exercise good judgement. He's been suspended for violating the NBA substance abuse policy and he's brawled on the court, which resulted in getting him a 10 game suspension. Unfortunately on June 9th, 2007 he was involved in an auto accident that resulted in the fatality of one of his passengers. Smith ran a stop sign and collided with another vehicle. His friend, Andre Bell sustained head injuries and died two days later. According to USA Today, "Smith amassed 27 points against his license from April 22, 2005, to Jan. 10, 2006, with eight violations on seven dates. Five of the citations were for speeding." Although his license was clear of any points at the time of the crash, it makes you wonder if speeding was not involved yet again. For that, Smith did a total of 24 days jail time and 500 hours of community service, oh and he was suspended for all of seven games. He then was involved in a fight outside a Denver nightclub, suspended for three more games. Still further down the road his discovery of social media got him into more trouble as some of his tweets caught attention due to gang-related formatting such as substituting a "K" for a "C."

#1 Aaron Hernandez

A troubled youth after his father's death, Hernandez was drafted in 2010 by the New England Patriots. Although he had remarkable talent, there was concern even then and he wasn't chosen until the fourth round due to his repeated use of marijuana and failed drug tests. Once on the team though, Hernandez became their star tight end teaming up with rookie tight end Rob Gronkowski to set an NFL record for most catches, touchdowns, and receiving yards by tight ends in one season. It seemed like Hernandez had the world at his feet with a $37.5 million dollar contract to play until 2018 and a lucrative endorsement deal with Puma shoes until June 26th, 2013 when this athlete was arrested for the murder of Odin Lloyd, a semi-pro football player. He is currently in jail awaiting the trial, now not only in a cell but wearing leg irons and chains as he beat a fellow prisoner in February of 2014. Is there anything left to say as to why this guy is number one on the list?