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I thought I could get away with whatever I wanted to.

Past perfect

I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me.

Welcome to watchmojo and today we're counting down our picks for the most notorious times.

Famous faces allegedly had affairs leading to the demise of their careers and reputations.

People ask me like, do you forgive Ned for what he did?

And I mean, the answer is no, absolutely not.

Number 10, Jesse James after a meeting When Sandra Bullock arranged for her godson to meet James on the set of his show Monster Garage, the duo hit it off and married by 2005.

He set her up for humiliation and he did it at the time of her greatest professional accomplishment, which was mean and suggests envy and a wish to tear her down.

While Bullock was promoting her soon to be Oscar winning work in the Blind side, reports emerged in 2010 that James had been having several affairs with various women.

Oh, you know, during the midst of all of it and when I was doing it, one, I knew it was horrible, it made me feel horrible and two, I knew I would get caught eventually and I think I wanted to get caught.

Well, he apologized publicly and went to rehab to deal with his issues.

Bullock soon filed for divorce to make it messier, if that's possible, the couple was in the process of adopting a child, which Bullock continued pursuing alone.

James enjoyed a brief stint of publicity, which soon declined as he's made sparring TV appearances ever since.

LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian There was this bar that everyone hung out at after set and I remember coming down the stairs and seeing the two of them shooting pool together.

I could just tell by the body language that everything had changed.

While TV films can be hit and miss, with the drama on screen seemingly the off set theatrics can be very juicy.

For example, for 2009's Northern Lights, Rhimes was married to Dean Sheremit and Cibrian to Brandi Glanville.

Yet during the production, the country music star and actor began an affair, causing both to get divorced and later marry each other.

However, the scandal caused a severe decline in Rimes album sales as she hasn't reached a higher position in Billboard 200 ranking since no.

32 in 2011, which has continued to fall since.

Cibrian had a similar experience in decline far from his heyday in Sunset Beach.

Instead of their professional work, the duo is best known now for the Affair and their public feud with Glanville.

Obviously you know we made decisions that were not necessarily the right ones, but

obviously brought us to a place where we are now and we're happy and we're married.

By 2005, Law was one of the best actors in the industry.

After all, he'd been nominated for two Oscars.

Yet his personal life would cause a steep downfall that took years for him to reverse.

At the time, he was engaged to Sienna Miller, whom he met on the set of Alfie.

However, when Law's affair with his children's nanny was discovered, he publicly apologized while they stayed together for over a year.

The English actor struggled to make an impact for several years, even returning to the theater and getting a mixed reaction.

However, in 2009, Law's career began to recover, which interestingly coincided with him and Miller romantically reuniting before they broke up again in 2011.

After over a decade in the music industry, Thicke finally hit the number one spot in Billboard's albums and singles charts with 2013's Blurred Lines.

Having met his teenage teenagers, actor Paula Patton had stood by Thicke's rise to success, including getting married in 2005.

Yet while the musician was enjoying his newfound fame, it all came apart when allegations that he'd had affairs went public.

This caused a messy custody battle over their son, resulting in Patton accusing Thicke of abuse, cheating on her, and

While the battle was eventually settled in 2017, Thicke's career didn't recover as his singles and albums failed to leave a lasting impression in the industry.

You talk about, hey, we are forever family, right?

I didn't want it to be all depressing because I didn't want her to listen to it and make her Sad.

Only number six, Amy Roback and T.J. holmes, for many news anchors, could be a pillar of integrity.

As such, it's not too surprising how Robach and Holmes careers came crashing down.

In 2020, the duo began hosting ABC's GMA 3 show together.

Yet two years later, reports emerged that the colleagues were having an affair, keeping the romance alive in any relationship.

Well, maybe it's a challenge these days just a little bit sometimes, right?

What made it scandalous was that on top of not telling ABC what was happening, both were married to other people.

After being taken off air, they were fired in 2023 as allegations popped up that Holmes may have had another affair with a colleague previously.

Regardless, Holmes and Robach split from their partners, who also reportedly began dating each other, ET confirmed in December.

The Melrose Place star and TJ's ex have been dating for months following their 2022 splits from their spouses.

With their reputations in tatters, the disgraced hosts created a podcast together in 2023 and love sometimes is a choice.

working with this kind of pressure over our heads is a whole other thing.

Number five Rupert Sanders following success as a director for commercials and music videos, Sanders was given his big break by helming the 2012 film Snow White and the Huntsman.

What should have been the start of his auteur legacy instead resulted in its destruction during production.

Photos emerged in the press that showed Sanders and the movie's star, Kristen Stewart, who was famously dating Robert Pattinson for having an affair.

They stepped out of their car, looking out over Hollywood, caressed each other, kissed each other.

Not only were the director's personal morals questioned due to his marriage to model Liberty Ross, but

While Sanders and Stewart apologized to their partners, neither survived as Sanders was divorced by 2014.

The work soon dried up for Sanders, who has worked on two films since, neither of which had much success.

A political, environmental and workers rights activist, Wilde, with her acting success and emerging directing pedigree, was beloved by most of the audience.

It also helped that the house star was in a relationship with Jason Sudeikis, who was also a fan favorite.

Yet when Wilde directed 2022's Don't Worry Darling, her reputation was tarnished in a production plagued by scandal.

One involved allegations she had an affair with the movie's star, Harry Styles.

That's the former One Direction singer strolling down the street in London with a 38 year old actress.

However, Sudeikis and Wilde split in 2020, denying that an affair was the cause, despite the former being unsure of the timeline in 2021.

In 2022, the couple's former nanny went public with allegations of the affair and claimed that's what caused the split, which the duo denied.

Extreme anxiety, trauma, bonding with Jason, Debilitating pressure, Physical pain.

The ex nanny lays out the alleged emotional toll of the couple's split in her new discrimination lawsuit.

Number three Ned Fulmer as the wife guy of the Try Guys, Fulmer was seemingly all in when it came to his spouse, Ariel and their two children.

After all, he talked about her many times on YouTube.

He even hosted shows and wrote books with her.

Yet in 2022, Fulmer destroyed his reputation and dented that of the Try Guys.

Allegations emerged that he was spotted publicly being intimate with the channel's producer, Alex Herring.

With the rumors getting traction, Fulmer was seemingly edited out of their videos.

Eventually, the team announced he was gone from the Try Guys for the inappropriate employer employee affair.

What we hope is that within this there's also the opportunity for positive growth and better videos ahead.

While Fulmer vanished from the media until returning in 2025 with a podcast, reports emerged shortly after that he and Ariel had split up.

People ask me, like, do you forgive Ned for what he did?

And, I mean, the answer is no, absolutely not.

With three Oscar nominations and one win in her career, Bergman was on track to be one of the most critically acclaimed performers of all time.