The 10 All-Time Craziest, Most Insane Celebrities
by Brady Sullivan, posted Dec 3, 2008 1:22 PM

Hollywood is filled with colorful characters and quirky personalities. Then there are those who cross the line and go from being simply eccentric to downright crazy-pants. Here are ten of the most memorable cases of stars who totally lost it.

10. Winona Ryder

Winona Ryder

Winona has always been, well, strange as far as Hollywood actresses go. Why else would a guy like Johnny Depp date her for years? However, Winona pushed her nuttiness to a new level when she was caught stealing clothing worth hundreds of dollars from a store in Beverly Hills. As if being convicted of shoplifting wasn't enough, she recently "lost" jewelry on loan for a party. Price tag? $125,000. Come on, Winona, we know you don’t need that five finger discount.



9. Andy Dick

Andy Dick

There was a time, many years ago, when Andy Dick was a rising comedy star known for his antics onscreen rather than off. However, the good reputation he gained on The Ben Stiller Show and NewsRadio soon began to dwindle as he turned into a drug abusing, attention-obsessed madman. These days you hear little about Andy’s comedy and far more about who he last exposed his last name to. When you are so crazy annoying that even Jon Lovitz feels the need to slam your head against a bar, you know you must be pretty intolerable. If only we could go back to the days when Andy made us laugh intentionally, instead of through a constant game of “What sexual orientation and narcotic has Andy chosen this week?”



8. Britney Spears

Britney Spears

Poor Britney. After years as a teen star suppressing her white trash nature, the paparazzi and stress of show business finally got to her and unleashed her inner hillbilly. A 24 hour marriage. Another marriage to K-Fed. Another divorce. Losing custody of her kids. Chain smoking and drinking heavily. Flashing her vagina to the world. A few stays in mental hospitals. And so on. If it weren't for the millions and millions of dollars and incredible fame, there really isn’t much that separates Britney from an average Maury Povich guest at this point. How far this Mousketeer has come.



7. Danny Bonaduce

Danny Bonaduce

Like many child stars, Danny Bonaduce turned to drugs and alcohol to deal with his fleeting fame after The Partridge Family. However, what makes him different is that he is so screwed up he wears his craziness as a badge of honor, even flaunting it shamelessly for ratings on Breaking Bonaduce (not enough ratings though, sorry Danny!). Danny's also special because he isn’t just an alcoholic or drug addict, but also a steroid-fueled five feet of violence. It’s amazing how many people in the world can say they had the crap beaten out of them by that drunk redheaded kid from The Partridge Family.



6. Kirk Cameron

Kirk Cameron

Kirk Cameron has always been an extremely religious person, and would even protest when he thought storylines or dialogue in the scripts for Growing Pains were too obscene (who can forget all those Seaver family orgies and opium den visits?). He became a full-on religious fanatic after leaving the show, appearing in films based on the Left Behind series, which focuses on what happens at the end of the world to sinners who have not accepted Jesus into their hearts (side note: every television set plays Growing Pains marathons). He then went a step further, co-creating a DVD and book series called The Way of the Master, which teaches you how to be a dick to other people in the name of Jesus. One lesson shows how to approach strangers and politely ask questions about their lives, then call them adulterous thieving liars and tell them they’re going to Hell. Where of course the television sets only play marathons of his failed solo show Kirk.



5. Michael Richards

Michael Richards

The cast and crew of Seinfeld loved to talk about how Michael Richards was an out of control lunatic onscreen, but in real life was a deeply serious and thoughtful guy. All that thoughtfulness went in an unfortunate direction, though, when he decided to throw racial slurs at a few black gentleman at a comedy show. Of course, although racism is always crazy, that alone doesn’t qualify him for his list. No, it was his statement that 50 years ago we would have hung the black men upside down with forks in their asses that qualifies him as truly insane. What a crazy cracker.



4. Gary Busey

Gary Busey

Gary’s insanity is a perfect example of the chicken or the egg question: did his craziness lead him to a life of drug abuse, or did his drug abuse lead to a life of craziness? Either way, he's become the poster boy for the drug-addled, completely insane actor. Whether he's telling stories about sniffing cocaine off his dog or spouting pseudo-spiritual advice in the form of abnormally long acronyms, Gary always amazes with just how bizarre he can be. Who else in Hollywood could threaten to pull a reporter's endocrine system out of her body and convince us that he actually thinks he can do it?



3. Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson provided his crazy credentials to the world when he made The Passion of the Christ, a super gory depiction of Jesus’s torture and crucifixion. It was basically like Saw, except we all knew the twist ending was coming. The film’s success caused controversy over Gibson's and his father’s anti-Semitism as well as Gibson’s own belief in the teachings of “traditional Catholicism”, which basically means that for him the mainstream Catholic church is way too progressive. However, he gave us his greatest crazy moment when he was arrested for drunk driving and blamed it (as well as all the wars in the world) on the Jews. Then he called a female officer “sugar tits” just to remind us that he’s sexist too.



2. Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Once one of the greatest black pop stars in America, Michael Jackson left it all behind to become the most famous white pedophile in the world. First he had a bunch of plastic surgery that transformed him into a weird porcelain doll of a vampire. Next? A private fantasy theme park called Neverland Ranch. And then a kid named Blanket. Michael, you were right. It doesn’t matter if you’re black or white. But it does matter that you’re a crazy person. It matters a lot.



1. Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise was a heartthrob for an entire generation of women, using his good looks, boyish charm and mediocre acting ability to become one of the most in-demand movie stars. However, a sinister plot was unfolding behind the scenes. He had joined the Church of Scientology and was climbing the ranks by giving them a ton of money becoming more and more involved in the church. Eventually, along with his creepy relationship with Katie Holmes, Tom’s true insanity rose to the surface and exploded onto the airwaves. He jumped on couches, argued about prescription drugs, laughed manically and preached Scientology to the world. Thank Xenu, the truth is out there. We've finally realized what a nut Tom Cruise is.


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