Celebrity Sex Scandals - Not the Way to Become Famous

Allie @ Gone Hollywood | Tuesday, November 13, 2007

We all know “sex sells.” But for some celebrities, it’s not just an act for the camera.

These stars are famous for more than just their paid-for Hollywood performances. We take a look at the public faces whose bedroom behavior has trouble staying behind closed doors.

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Hugh Grant

When Grant cheated on super-sexy girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley with street prostitute Divine Brown, men everywhere went “Huh??” However, he became a hero to single bachelors across the U.S. when the now-47 year old crashed an all-girl college party this October and cozy photographs circulated online.

Charlie Sheen

He’s a self-centered bachelor who has an easy way with the ladies on ‘Two and a Half Men,’ but in real life, things have not been that simple. In the ‘95 Heidi Fleiss trial, he admitted spending $50K for the services of 27 different prostitutes. Currently, his ex-wife (Denise Richards) claims Sheen exhibits “inappropriate behavior … and conduct.”

Pamela Anderson

Where to begin with this salacious star? There was the sex tape with Bret Michaels … and one with then-husband Tommy Lee. Most recently, she wed Rick Salomon (you know, the one who appeared in the Paris Hilton sex tape) and she has reportedly said the two fell in love as Anderson paid off a high-stakes strip poker debt with sexual favors. There’s lost more, but we’ve only got so much room.

Colin Farrell

A womanizer? Player? Lovable lothario? Whatever you want to call him, this Irish party boy has had his fair share of media attention over his alleged dalliances. His rumored conquests include Britney Spears and Angelina Jolie. In 2005, 70-year old actress Dame Eileen Atkins claimed Farrell spent nearly three hours in her hotel room begging her to sleep with him, but she turned down his advances.

David Copperfield

Yup, that’s right. The famous illusionist has made our list, albeit in a creepy way. In addition to charges of sexual assault, it turns out the magician used his shows to profile and solicit a little lovin’. Armed with clipboards, Copperfield’s assistants were given detailed instructions on how to rope in attractive women for David to meet, and keep their boyfriends and husbands at bay.

Paris Hilton

The infamous footage of Paris and Rick Salomon having sex hit the Net in 2003. Salomon then sold it to an adult film production company. The film went on to become the biggest celebrity sex tape of all time. There are rumors, that Hilton denies, that she receives profits from the tape. Hilton also starred in a racy Carl’s Jr. commercial, called “soft-core porn” by some.

Nick Lachey & Vanessa Minnillo

First dicey photos of Linday Lohan with a knife to Vanessa Minnilo’s neck hit the Web, then a month later TMZ reported that lawyer were working hard to keep hardcore sex photos of Nick and Vanessa off of the internet and out of the weekly mags. When a brave reporter asked Nick about the photos during a satellite interview, Lachey’s camera immediately when dead. Hmmm.

Rob Lowe

Today, Lowe is a married family man, but almost 20 years ago, the Brat Pack heartthrob was involved in a sex scandal that almost destroyed his career. The scandal involved a videotape of himself having sex with two females, one of whom was sixteen, although he didn’t know it. Another part of the same tape showed Lowe having a menage-a-trois in a Paris hotel room, and became one of the first “celebrity sex tapes.”

Britney Spears

From stripping down to her bra and panties in order to take a public dip at the beach to being photographed without her panties, it seems poor Britney is looking for attention in all of the wrong places. There are also reports of a sex tape that exists of Spears having sex with a stranger she met on vacation in Hawaii last June. Britney also reportedly confessed to lusting after Kim Kardashian, Carmen Electra, Halle Berry, and more.