Charlie Puth , please never announce " I ’m hungies ! " again .
Celebs — they’re just like us! Which means they have some pretty embarrassing, awkward, and overall cringy moments. Except since they’re celebs…well, they’re usually a LOT bigger. Here are 24 times celebs made me make this face:
1.In one of the most recent examples, Madonna reportedlychastiseda fan for sitting during her concert in Los Angeles this month, saying, “What are you doing sitting down over there?” Walking forward and apparently realizing the person was in a wheelchair, Madonna said, “Oh, okay. Politically incorrect. Sorry about that. I’m glad you’re here.”
2.Another Madonna one for ya — back in 2015, sheposteda photo that seemed to be of herself to promote her albumRebel Heart, writing, “I look Kewl………❤️#rebelheart.” Later, TikTok user@ameliamgoldieclaimed that the photo was actually of her — and that Madonna had photoshopped her own head on top.
3.Ben Affleckmadeheadlines in 2021 after a woman named Nivine Jay posted aTikTokclaiming she had matched with Affleck on Raya but unmatched him because she thought his profile was fake. She then alleged that Affleck had reached out to her on Instagram, sending her a video in which he said, “Nivine, why did you unmatch me? It’s me!” This might all seem a little far-fetched…except she posted the video Affleck sent.
4.Jennifer Lopeznot being recognized in the Bronx still lives rent-free in my mind. Shooting a clip forAmerican Idol, she took a camera crew to the neighborhood she grew up in, pointing out her old home. A man standing outside, confused at her presence, asked who she was. When she answered that she was Jennifer Lopez, he seemed either unimpressed or unaware of who that was.
Watch the awkward moment for yourself here.
5.Another celeb clip that alwayssss makes me cringe is this Complex feature withBella Hadid. While talking about sneakerturn-offs, Hadid awkwardly calls men courting her “homeboy,” uses a bunch of ’90s slang, and trails off when saying “homeboy’s gonna like….get it.” The last phrase in particular became ahuge memeonline.
It’s kind of hard to understand quite how awkward this moment is without watching the clip, so go ahead and do so here.
7.One celeb interview clip I can hardly even force myself to watch, it’s so awkward, is Iggy Azalea’s infamous freestyle. The clip is from back in 2013 when Iggy Azalea was asked to freestyle on the radio showSway in the Morning.Iggy awkwardly “raps” with no beat, using somewhat stilted lyrics she’d later put in her song “New Bitch,” completely switching to a blaccent when she started the verse. The freestylewasrelentlessly mocked and memed online when it resurfaced in 2014, with even Iggylatercalling the verse “trash.”
Watch the clip here (the rap starts at 2:21).
8.Another questionable interview moment that went viral comes from Liam Payne’sinterviewwith Logan Paul. Speaking about his first solo single, “Strip That Down,” Payne claimed, “I think it outsold everybody within the band, and I was the last to go [solo]. And I never expected that.” Fans were quick to prove him wrong, posting receipts that showed both Harry Styles and Zayn Malik’s debut solo songs (“Sign of the Times” and “Pillowtalk,” respectively), along with other songs they’ve released, were far more successful. He was also mocked for hisclaimsthat the band formed around him as the star.
9.In another somewhat embarrassing interview, Payne talked about how he wouldn’t know what to say to Harry Styles if he saw him now, then said their music was incredibly different,adding, “I’m like the antichrist version of what Harry is.”
10.When Bow Wowflexedhis luxurious travel plans on Instagram, it seemed like a pretty regular celeb post, complete with a photo of a private jet and the caption, “Travel day. NYC press run for Growing Up Hip Hop. Lets gooo." However, he was embarrassingly exposed when a Twitter user posted a photo of Bow Wow flying commercial, writing, “So this guy lil Bow Wow is on my flight to NY but on Instagram he posted a picture of a private jet captioned ‘traveling to NY today.'"
11.In one of the most embarrassing social media fails to me, Mia Farrow onceposteda happy birthday message to her daughter Quincy, accompanied by a photo. Innocent enough, right? Except she forgot to crop the photo and posted it with the search bar visible. To find the photo, she’d searched “Mia Farrow and her black children.”
12.In another online fail, back in 2014, Rita Oratweetedthat she’d release new music if she got 100,000 retweets. It only got 2,000 retweets, and Ora deleted the tweet. She then tweeted, “By the way my Twitter got hacked somebody is threatening to release new music I’ve worked really hard on. Nothing comes out until I’m ready.”
13.I also always laugh at the time Kim Kardashianpostedan old bikini photo of herself on Instagram, thenclaimedher daughter North (then two years old) had posted it, writing, “North posted this while playing games on my phone. Not sure why or how she chose it but I’m not complaining! LOL I deleted it so now reposting it myself!”
14.One more Instagram example – when Kardashian hanger-on Jonathan Chebanposteda story on Instagram asking “Should I go live later?” and the answer was, overwhelmingly, “no.”
15.In yet another embarrassing social media snafu, Charli D’Ameliospotted#HereForCharli trending on Twitter in 2021 and tweeted, “Oh my goodness, you are all so sweet to me. You have no idea how much your kind words warm my heart i am so lucky to have you all by my side!! I love you bebs.” However, she quickly deleted the tweet when fans pointed out the hashtag was actually for Charli XCX, whose friend, the musician and producer, Sophie, died suddenly.
16.Jim Carrey’s two-minute-longvideodeclaringhis love for Emma Stone is definitely one of the more bizarre things I’ve seen a celebrity do, and whether or not he was joking, it had everyone cringing. In the video, Carrey says, “If I were a lot younger, I would marry you, and we would have chubby little freckle-faced kids. We’d laugh all day long and go camping, play Yahtzee, tell ghost stories by the fire. And the sex…” He trailed off, clearly thinking about sex with Emma Stone.
Watch the video here.
17.Ariana Grande has a ton of tattoos, and it was no surprise when she got one as an homage to her song “7 Rings.” She posted the tattoo — written in Japanese characters — online, and fansquickly pointed outher tattoo actually translated to a charcoal grill. Which is especially awkward considering Ari is vegan.
18.In 2009, Scott MacIntyrebecamethe first blind person onAmerican Idol, leading to a hilariously awkward moment with Ryan Seacrest. After MacIntyre performed and received a golden ticket in the first round, he came out of the audition room, where Seacrest was waiting. Seacrest then attempted to high-five him, before remembering MacIntyre wouldn’t be able to see his hand and slowly lowering it.
19.There’s little more embarrassing than a failed PR stunt, and Garth Brooks is perhaps one of the best examples of that. In 1999, Garth Brooks, then a successful country artist, decided to launch an alter ego — Chris Gaines — in preparation for a planned movie about the murder of Gaines to be calledThe Lamb.
The fictional Gaineswasa rock artist, and Garth, as Gaines, appeared as a musical guest onSNLand in a mockumentary forBehind the Music.Garth also released an album as Gaines ahead ofThe Lambfilm titled,Garth Brooks in…the Life of Chris Gaines.People were pretty confused about the whole thing, and when the album didn’t sell as well as expected,The Lambwas dropped entirely. The whole thing was super awkward, especially the pseudo-emo photos that came out of it.
20.CeeLo Green also attempted a disastrous reinvention, where he tried torebrandhimself as “Gnarly Davidson” back in late 2016, releasing the song “Fuck Me, I’m Famous” as his alter ego. He then attended the 2017 Grammys as Gnarly, dressed in all-gold. Helaterclaimed he wasn’t at the Grammys, telling TMZ, “That’s somebody else altogether, man,” really committing to the bit. After releasing a second song about wanting to be with Beyoncé, Green apparently abandoned the Gnarly Davidson persona.
21.I still can’t believe the infamous Best Picture mix-up of 2017 happened, and this list wouldn’t be complete without it. Back in 2017, Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty presented the award, with Beatty expressing visible confusion after reading the card (later, he would explain that it was the card for the Best Actress award, which went to Emma Stone for her role inLa La Landand had already been announced). Simply seeingLa La Land, Dunaway announced that they had won Best Picture. TheLa La Landproducers even made their speeches before there was an awkward commotion onstage, and it was eventually revealed thatMoonlighthad actually won Best Picture.
22.This isn’t the first time something similar happened at a major awards show. In 2015, Steve Harvey also announced the wrong winner in the Miss Universe pageant, and it was super, super awkward.
If you want to cringe, watch the clip here.
23.But perhaps the most infamous celeb-messing-up-on-live-TV moments? Ashlee Sympson’s lip-synching scandal onSaturday Night Live. When the wrong trackbegan to play(the same one she’d already performed), Simpson did not sing and instead did a strange jig as the band played around her. The moment would go down inSNLhistory and significantly affect Simpson’s career.
Watch the clip here:
24.Finally, Charlie Puth’s wholeBillboard interviewis a bit cringeworthy, but I will forever be haunted by him saying, “I’m hungies!” and making his driver take him out to eat. Please, Charlie, for all of our sakes, never say that again.
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