July 12, 2024 | Sarah Ng

The Most Cringeworthy Celebrity Quotes


Regrets, They've Had A Few

Celebrities are human, just like the rest of us—and occasionally they might say something without thinking it through. These are the most cringeworthy celebrity quotes.

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Kate Moss

"Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels."
Kate mossWalterlan Mendanha, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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Arnold Schwarzenegger

"I think gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman."

Arnold SchwarzeneggerGage Skidmore, Flickr

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Brooke Shields

"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life."

Brooke Shieldslev radin, Shutterstock

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Gwyneth Paltrow

"I am who I am. I can´t pretend to be somebody who makes $25,000 a year."

Gwyneth PaltrowRon Adar, Shutterstock

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Alicia Silverstone

On her role in Clueless: "I think that the film was very deep. I think it was deep in the way that it was very light. I think lightness has to come from a very deep place if it's true lightness."

Alicia SilverstoneBrandon Nagy, Shutterstock

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Jennifer Hudson

"I'm prouder of my weight loss than my Oscar!"

Jennifer HudsonDavid Torcivia, Flickr

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David Beckham

"I definitely want Brooklyn to be christened, but I don’t know into what religion yet.”

David BeckhamYES Market Media, Shutterstock

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Kim Kardashian

"I spoke to a girl today who had cancer and we were talking about how this is such a hard thing for her, but it taught her a big lesson on who her friends are and so much about life. She's 18. And I was like, that's how I feel."

Kim Kardashian WestKathy Hutchins, Shutterstock

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Justin Bieber

“I have a swagger coach that helps me and teaches me different swaggerific things to do… He has helped me with my style and just putting different pieces together and being able to layer and stuff like that.”

Justin BieberDFree, Shutterstock

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Britney Spears

"I get to go to lots of overseas places, like Canada."

Britney Spearsrhysadams, Flickr

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Kanye West

“I actually don’t like thinking. I think people think I like to think a lot. And I don’t. I don’t like to think.”

Kanye WestTinseltown, Shutterstock

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Lena Dunham

“Now I can say that I still haven’t had an abortion, but I wish I had.”

Lena DunhamFortune Live Media, Flickr

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Karl Lagerfeld

While talking about Pippa Middleton, Lagerfeld said, "Kate Middleton has a nice silhouette and she is the right girl for that boy. I like that kind of woman, I like romantic beauties. On the other hand, her sister struggles. I don't like the sister's face. She should only show her back."

Karl LagerfeldSiebbi, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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Charlie Sheen

"I am on a drug. It's called Charlie Sheen. It's not available because if you try it once, you will die. Your face will melt off and your children will weep over your exploded body."

Charlie SheenNathan Congleton, Flickr

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Nicole Richie

"I've just gone through so much in my life that pulling my top up just doesn't seem like that big of a deal."

Nicole RichieEva Rinaldi, Flickr

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Madonna

“I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.”

Singer MadonnaDenis Makarenko, Shutterstock

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Cameron Diaz

“I’ve been noticing gravity since I was very young.”

Cameron DiazKathy Hutchins, Shutterstock

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Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey made a very strange video where he professed his love for Emmas Stone: "I just wanted to let you know that I think you're all the way beautiful. Not just pretty, but, you know, smart and kindhearted. And if I were a lot younger, I would marry you, and we would have chubby little freckled faced kids."

Jim CarreyJoe Seer, Shutterstock

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Christina Aguilera

"So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?"

Christina AguileraYayA Lee, Flickr

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Kelly Osbourne

"If you kick every Latino out of this country, then who is going to be cleaning your toilets, Donald Trump?"

Kelly OsbourneEva Rinaldi, Flickr

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Sarah Jessica Parker

"I love the smell of diapers; I even like when they´re wet and you smell them all warm liked a baked good. I love the smell of Balmex. Love it."

Sarah Jessica ParkerWEBN-TV, Flickr

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Sylvester Stallone

"The only happy artist is a dead artist, because only then you can't change. After I die, I'll probably come back as a paintbrush."

Sylvester StalloneGage Skidmore, Flickr

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Robert Downey Jr.

"I'm thinking of buying a monkey. Then I think, ´Why stop at one?´ I don't like being limited in that way. Therefore, I'm considering a platoon of monkeys. So that people will look at me and see how mellow and well-adjusted I am compared to these monkeys throwing feces around."

Robert Downey, Jr.Gage Skidmore, Flickr

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Shaquille O’Neal

A reporter asked O'Neal, “Did you visit the Parthenon during your trip to Greece?” 

He responded with, “I can’t really remember the names of the clubs we went to.”

Shaquille Ron Adar, Shutterstock

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Dalai Lama

“I mean, if a female Dalai Lama come, then she must be very attractive. Otherwise not much use.”

Dalai LamaYancho Sabev, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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Jaden Smith

“If everybody in the world dropped out of school, we would have a much more intelligent society.”

Jaden SmithDFree, Shutterstock

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Sienna Miller

Commenting on cigarettes, she said, "I love them. Love them. I think the more positive approach you have to smoking, the less harmful it is."

Sienna MillerJosefine S. (Protected by Pixsy), Flickr

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Paris Hilton

"No, no, I didn’t go to England, I went to London."

Paris HiltonTinseltown, Shutterstock

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Kellie Pickler

"I thought Europe was a country."

Kellie PicklerKathy Hutchins, Shutterstock

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Jessica Simpson

“Is this chicken or is this fish? I know it’s tuna but it says ‘Chicken of the Sea’.”

Jessica SimpsonWEZL Charleston's Best Country, Flickr

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Craig T. Nelson

"I've been on food stamps and welfare. Anybody help me out? No."

Craig T. NelsonJaguar PS, Shutterstock

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Madonna

"Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion."

Famous pop singer Madonnayakub88, Shutterstock

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Carl Everett

"God created the sun, the stars, the heavens and the earth, and then made Adam and Eve. The Bible never says anything about dinosaurs. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them. Somebody actually saw Adam and Eve eating apples. No one ever saw a Tyrannosaurus rex."

Carl EverettGalaksiafervojo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons


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