We grew up listening to or watching most of them and were taken in by their prodigious talent, cuteness and charm. And then they grew up! Fame, money, sex, drugs, peer pressure, got the better of them and made them worse for it. They once used to be role models, but now are notorious for the nastiest reasons. Here's looking at the apples turned bad...
Miley Cyrus
Calling Card: Hannah Montana (2006)
What went wrong: Desperate to shed her Miss Goody-Two-Shoes image, she began openly using and speaking about marijuana and cannabis in 2010. She reached a new low, when she twerked with Robin Thicke at the VMA in 2013 to her hit We Can't Stop and Thicke's Blurred Lines. The jaws of Will Smith and family, seated front row at the event, collectively dropped to the floor. And Wrecking Ball. Her SNL parady on herself. And her rumoured relationship with enabler and producer Mike Will Made-It.. Cursing, dissing, spitting and fondling inanimate objects have now become her thing.
Lindsay Lohan
Calling Card: Parent Trap (1998)
What went wrong: The freckled charmer returned as the girl-next-door in 2004 with Mean Girls. She did a slew of family-friendly films but somewhere during the years that followed, appeared in court 20 times (or more!), has had a string of arrests and rehab stints and was also being accused of theft multuiple times! Currently, Lilo is making repeated attempts to stay sober, get employed and stay out of trouble. Good luck with that, LiLo!
Justin Bieber
Calling Card: Baby (2010) and everything since
What went wrong: This Usher discovery may have his army of Beliebers, but had a fair share of haters throughout. In 2012, he was busted for reckless driving and was accused of vandalism in Brazil last year. Earlier this year, he was arrested in Miami under suspicion of DUI, confessing that he drank, smoked marijuana and popped Xanax. Also in January 2014, Bieber turned himself in to Toronto police for allegedly assaulting a limo driver. Oh... and he has been caught smoking in hotel rooms and tour buses, indulged in drunken cursing, got into club brawls and has had run-ins with the paparazzi. And some women even claimed him as her baby daddy!
Amanda Bynes
Calling Card: All That (1996) and The Amanda Show (1999)
What went wrong: Somebody help Ms Bynes! In 2012, Amanda faced several DUI and hit-and-run incidents. In 2013, she posted an objectionable tweet about rapper Drake. In May 2013, she was arrested for possession of marijuana, attempt to tamper evidence and reckless endangerment when she threw a bong out her New York apartment window. In July 2013, she lit a fire in a stranger’s driveway and was placed in psychiatric hold. Later she was placed in temporary conservatorship and received psychiatric care from UCLA Medical Center and was transferred to a private facility.
Shia LaBeouf
Calling Card: Even Stevens (2000)
What went wrong: In 2007, he was arrested for refusing to leave a drug store in Chicago at 2 am while allegedly being intoxicated. In 2008, he was hospitalised after crashing his car, subsequently charged with a DUI and had his licensed suspended for a year. In 2011, the Transformers star was arrested for assaulting a man in a bar. This year, he wore a paper bag on his head with the words the words ‘I’m not famous anymore' to the premiere of Nymphomaniac at Berlin Film Festival. And can anybody forget the totally WTF video he did in the nude for Sigur Ros?
Zac Efron
Calling Card: High School Musical (2006)
What went wrong: Fell prey to alcohol and drug abuse, and sought treatment in early 2013. ZJoined Alcoholics Anonymous and also sought therapy. Today, the 27-year-old hunk is trying to stay sober saying, It's a never-ending struggle on battling addictions.
Haley Joel Osment
Calling Card: The Sixth Sense (1999)
What went wrong: He used to be able to see dead people, has more to worry about alcoholism and drug abuse in real life than ghosts. In 2006, Haley Joel Osment was arrested for DUI and marijuana possession.
Macaulay Culkin
Calling Card: Home Alone 1 & 2 (1990) and (1992)
What went wrong; In real life, child star Macaulay Culkin had bigger problems growing up. In 2004, Culkin was arrested for possession of drugs and prescription pills. After his split with girlfriend of 10 years Mila Kunis, in 2011, pics of a troubled Culkin surfaced online fueling rumors of a heroine and prescription pill addiction.
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