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From marriages gone bad to celebrities gone mad, whose reputations took a hit this past year?
Starring in a television sitcom is enough to tickle most people’s public fancies. But one actor took his act too far — tickling the tabloids’ fancies by dismantling a New York hotel room. Luckily, his ex-wife came to the rescue.
Movie stars go a different route. One actor landed in hot water after he serenaded his girlfriend with a chorus of F bombs. Only one child out of wedlock was wedged in the middle of this madness.
Itching to find out the names behind the neurosis? Head over to TIME.com for the full list of this year’s top 10 scandals.