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And today, we're counting down our picks for the top 30 times that a celebrity destroyed their career on live television.

We will also be including those whose careers eventually recuperated after the initial downfall.

It's apparent that the police believe it.

And that is Cowling's car, and that Simpson is in the driver's seat.

We've received a report of a gun in the car.

The car is heading north, which would be toward Los Angeles.

The country was left flabbergasted on June 17th, 1994, when the LAPD issued an all-points bulletin for the arrest of football legend O.J. Simpson.

What followed was the media event of the 20th century.

Simpson's legacy was certainly hurt by the murder charge, but it could have recovered should he be found innocent.

But it was ruined forever throughout the preceding live criminal trial, as it became increasingly clear that, yeah, he probably did it.

And while he was indeed found not guilty by the jury, the greater collective jury of the country disagreed and shunned Simpson for the rest of his life.

He was widely known as the celebrity who got away with murder, and remained as such until his death in 2024.

If O.J. can get away with murder, why can't Sonny have his kid?

They, they, they look very frightening, but they're really very nice.

Fear largely sabotaged their future prospects following a disastrous appearance on Saturday Night Live on October 31st, 1981.

John Belushi helped them get a gig on the show, but their performance was absolute bedlam.

A mosh pit broke out, the band shouted obscenities, and damage was caused to the set from the general ruckus.

Producers were understandably furious, and Fear was largely blacklisted from mainstream television.

Though punk fans celebrated the appearance as an act of rebellion, it tarnished the band's reputation beyond the underground scene, and their major label prospects vanished literally overnight.

Good or bad, like, those kind of moments are great, and I think that's what's great about Saturday Night Live.

I mean, we're still talking about that moment right now.

You know, there's been a thousand bands on other TV shows that we're not talking about, so that meant something to a lot of people.

And if you kick every Latino out of this country, then who is going to be cleaning your toilet, Donald Trump?

TV personality Kelly Osbourne was guest-starring on The View, with the topic of the day being Donald Trump's immigration policies.

It's then that Osbourne made one of the most openly racist remarks ever heard on live TV.

The comment was immediately met with backlash, with Osbourne's co-hosts reacting in shock and disbelief.

Osbourne thought she cooked with this one, but she immediately started backpedaling after witnessing the horrified reactions, which only added to the unbearable embarrassment.

She later told Rolling Stone that this was, quote, the most cringe moment of her entire life.

Her career was certainly hurt by it, we'll tell you that.

And as for that jaw-dropping remark of Kelly Osbourne, she apologized on Facebook, saying what she said was a poor choice of words, admitting she really messed up, but she expressed it a different way.

To be fair, Michael Richards was done for before his appearance on Letterman.

You just don't come back from a super racist tirade like that no matter how many times you apologize.

But if that rant was the death blow to Richards' career, his Letterman apology was the dirt that covered the coffin.

Many people consider this to be one of the most unintentionally hilarious moments on live TV, with Richards making further questionable remarks, the crowd giggling throughout, and Jerry Seinfeld telling the audience to stop laughing.

Needless to say, the so-called apology did not land.

In fact, it crashed and burned in magnificent manner.

Richards has never returned to the spotlight.

And, uh, uh, said some pretty, uh, nasty things to some Afro-Americans, a lot of trash talk, and, uh...

Girls from Rutgers, man, they got tattoos and some hardcore hoes, nothing, nothing.

Don Imus ran the nationally syndicated radio show

Imus in the Morning, which was also simulcast on MSNBC.

But that all came crashing down on April 4th, 2007.

Imus was discussing the NCAA women's basketball championship game when he made a racist and sexist remark towards the players.

The comment aired without immediate incident, but it was soon picked up and circulated widely on the internet, leading to enormous controversy.

Major sponsors pulled out, MSNBC canceled the simulcast, and CBS radio eventually fired Imus and canceled the show altogether.

He returned to radio in late 2007 and later moved to other platforms, but his influence was significantly reduced and he never regained the mainstream support he once had.

I thought it was important that I apologize to these young women and to that coach and to their parents and to you.

You people love you, they come here, whatever it is, you love our way of life, you love our milk and honey, at least you could pay a couple of bucks for a poppies or something like that.

Don Cherry is widely known for hosting Coach's Corner on Hockey Night in Canada between 1986 and 2019.

With his gruff voice, flamboyant suits, and colorful personality,

But on November 9th, 2019, he made some controversial statements regarding Canadian immigrants.

Specifically, he referred to them as, quote, you people, and criticized them for not wearing poppies on Remembrance Day.

A number of different organizations, including poppy distributor, the Royal Canadian Legion, condemned the remarks as hurtful and racist.

Public outrage was also swift and massive, and Cherry was ultimately fired.

He then refused to apologize, saying, quote,

I'll tell you, it was really funny to wake up non-employed.

It's the first time in 38 years that I've been, since I've been unemployed, as they say, but that's the way the cookie crumbles.

You're high, as you know, in this business.

Sometimes you're high, sometimes you're low.

A woman is considered to be in her prime in her 20s and 30s and maybe 40s.

Our third Don in a row is Don Lemon, a renowned journalist who worked for NBC and CNN.

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