7 celebrities who got into unpleasant stories of humiliation and violence

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

It is extremely sad when famous media personalities allow themselves to treat other people with disdain. The opinion of many of the celebrities is authoritative and respected, but they themselves often find themselves in the center of scandals that erupted because of their own thoughtless phrases or jokes said on the air, and sometimes - admitted harassment and violence directly in the workplace.

Renata Litvinova

The director, being a member of the jury of the "Minute of Glory" competition in 2017, spoke very tactlessly towards one of the participants. Dancer Evgeny Smirnov, who lost one leg in a car accident, continued to dance and took part in the show with Alena Shcheneva.

The audience gave a standing ovation to the duet, but the members of the jury accepted the dance number without much enthusiasm. Renata Litvinova was quite categorical and advised Yevgeny Smirnov to still wear a prosthesis so as not to exploit the topic of disabilities. She said that it is difficult for an amputee to live in the country. After the criticism in her address, Renata Litvinova personally apologized to the participant, he accepted the apology, but refused to participate in the show further. But the employee who allowed the broadcast of the recording of the program with the director's statement was fired.

Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres is a famous American presenter and comedian who has been putting out her own show for 15 years. In July 2020, BuzzFeed News published articles in which employees who worked alongside Ellen DeGeneres on her show accused the host of creating an unacceptable atmosphere at work. Its executive producers indulged in harassment, and on the sidelines, racist jokes and derogatory remarks about people with dark complexions were repeatedly heard.

Thereafter, WarnerMedia conducted an internal investigation into the work environment of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. As a result, three executives were fired, and the TV presenter published a letter of apology to all of her employees, both current and former, promising to take action to change the workplace environment. During the opening of the show's eighteenth season, the host again apologized.

Maria Aronova

In 2012, on the air of one of the popular programs, the famous actress inadvertently spoke out about children with Down syndrome, saying that this disease is a monstrous grief, which she personally would not have been able to cope with. But the following words that such children do not understand anything, and in the future may well kill a loved one, caused a wide public outcry. Evelina Bledans, raising a "sunny" son, turned to Roskomnadzor.

The supervisory authority saw an insult in Maria Aronova's words and called on the TV channel, on the air of which the program was broadcast, to comply with the laws. Maria Aronova herself received numerous threats, and the public apologies brought by the actress did not satisfy Evelina Bledans. In a personal conversation with Maria Aronova, she did not hear words of regret about the insult of all the parents of children with Down syndrome.

Oprah Winfrey

Singer Seal accused one of the most influential media figures Oprah Winfrey in 2018 for not intervening in Harvey Weinstein's crimes of harassment and violence. The performer mentioned the TV presenter's friendship with a film producer convicted of sexual assault, and expressed his personal opinion that Oprah Winfrey is now just pretending to be offended innocence. The TV presenter did not react to the attack, but the readers of the Sila blog warmly supported him and his position.

Sergey Prostakov

The chief editor of MBKh-Media, founded by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, was forced to quit his job after a flurry of accusations of harassment and violence. In one of the social networks, the girls began to massively talk about cases of harassment and violence by the editor-in-chief. The most serious was the charge of gang rape, which took place directly in the house of the editor-in-chief. Sergey Prostakov made a public apology to all the girls whom he offended with his behavior, and expressed his hope that all men would change for the better.

Elena Malysheva

The presenter has repeatedly become the heroine of news feeds thanks to her ridiculous statements or very strange props used during the filming. In 2019, her statement about people with mental retardation caused a wide public outcry. Discussions about the nature of mental retardation were accompanied by the question: "Where do the cretins come from?" An unethical phrase was captured in the background of the baby's photo.

Elena Malysheva herself called cretinism a medical diagnosis that characterizes the degree of mental retardation. However, members of the public chamber, created by the parents of children with problems, considered the words of the presenter an insult, and also pointed to their obvious negative connotation and the inadmissibility of using the outdated term. Moreover, during the broadcast, Elena Malysheva made several more dismissive statements about people with mental retardation.

Pavel Lobkov

The journalist, who underwent an internship at the Dozhd TV channel, did not indicate his real name, but published on one of the websites his experience of harassment by journalist and TV presenter Pavel Lobkov. Allegedly, he behaved very frivolously, allowed himself unambiguous touches and even tried to kiss, hinting that it would be nice for the trainee to change his orientation. The "hero" himself at first refused any comments, but after that he was forced to explain his behavior by the user on a page on a social network.

Pavel Lobkov apologized to everyone he had managed to offend with his frivolous behavior, and admitted: he did not understand how the boundaries of bodily integrity had changed. And what was the norm 20 years ago has now become unacceptable and unacceptable. Previously, this harassment was considered a cute game, but now it is elevated to the level of violence. He himself never meant anything like that.

Time passes, fashion, tastes, music, newspapers and people change. And even if it seems that time has no power over those whom we see every day, including on the TV screen, this is not so. You have a unique opportunity to see what the media personalities were like at the beginning of their careers in the 1990s.