19 Actors who failed to handle fame and destroyed their career

30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - Show - Source: Getty
30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - Show - Source: Getty

12) Jussie Smollett

"The Lost Holliday" Atlanta Premiere - Source: Getty
"The Lost Holliday" Atlanta Premiere - Source: Getty

Jussie Smollett's acting career went up in flames in 2019 after he was involved in a staged hate crime saga. The actor of the popular television series Empire had faked being attacked by two men, citing racial and homophobic sentiments as the reasons for being attacked in Chicago. An investigation showed that it was Smollett who had orchestrated the whole incident. The actor was arrested and found guilty of filing false police reports concerning the matter.

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Edited by Zainab Shaikh