Being a pretty big fan of his work, this one hurts, but… Brad Pitt. The man has been a high-functioning alcoholic for years, a lousy and abusive spouse, a chronic cheater and having allegedly smacked some of his own children around, every single one of them has since changed their last names, dropping “Pitt” from the “Jolie-Pitt”…
There are quite a lot of allegations against the man and they go beyond merely “nasty vindictive ex-wife starting rumors”, some of it’s pretty dark. Think, borderline domestic abuse levels bad. Now Brad Pitt has three things going for him — first of all, there’s the fact that he has employed an amazingly competent PR team. Secondly, there’s the fact that he is a phenomenal actor, the type of man where you know it’ll be a good watch when he’s on a film’s credits…
…and then there’s his looks. Brad Pitt is a handsome man. And you will get a lot more leeway and benefit of the doubt when you’re pretty, in this world. Paul Rubens of Peewee Herman fame got caught once jacking it in an adult theatre and his career was dead — wouldn’t have happened if he had a face like Pitt.