Celebrity Controversies Trivia Quiz

Answer: Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift won "Best Female Video" at the awards and went on stage to accept the honor. Kanye West was unhappy with the winner of the award and interrupted the speech claiming that "Beyonce had one of the best music videos of all time". Beyonce was visibly uncomfortable at Kanye's interruption and the entire audience booed his unacceptable interruption.

Answer: Mariah Carey

Eminem implied that he and Mariah Carey shared an intimate relationship in his song "Superman", a fact that she downplayed and refuted. After she released a song "Obsessed", that strongly implied she was mocking Eminem, he released "The Warning", a song directly aimed and Mariah and her then-husband, Nick Cannon.

The song was incredibly graphic about their relationship, and he warned that he would release more information if she would not let the issue go.

Answer: Matt Damon

Jimmy Kimmel and Matt Damon are actually good friends; the faux-feud started when Jimmy Kimmel pretended that they ran out of time for Matt Damon at the end of one of his shows. Kimmel would later state that it was ridiculous that a show like his would ever bump an A-list actor such as Damon. Matt had a great sense of humor about the whole thing, playing into the feud, creating narratives both on and off Jimmy's show for the next decade.

Answer: Shaquille O'Neal

Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant won three championships together as members of the Los Angeles Lakers. Kobe's serious work ethic and determined personality clashed with Shaquille O'Neal's playful one and the two would have several spats during training sessions, even coming close to blows (as confirmed by NBA player Olden Polynice) and make fun at each other with the media before Shaq left.

However, a few years later, the two would reconcile and Shaq would tearfully honor Kobe at the former's funeral following his death by helicopter crash.

Answer: Charlie Sheen

Charlie Sheen played "Charlie Harper" on "Two and a Half Men", a highly successful American sitcom. In 2011, after a well publicized public meltdown, Sheen made disparaging comments about the show's producer, Chuck Lorre. Lorre fired Sheen from the program, killed off his character, and continued the sitcom by including Ashton Kutcher in the new leading role.

Answer: Johnny Depp

Amber Heard claimed that Johnny Depp was emotionally and physically abusive towards her, which lead to him being heavily criticized by the media. Depp maintained his innocence and sued her for defamation, resulting in a highly publicized seven week 2022 trial in which Depp won a seven-figure settlement that he promised to donate to charity.

Answer: Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber's coupling was particularly famous with younger music fans, and many were disappointed to know the two had broken up, following rumors that Bieber had been unfaithful. They would exchange nasty messages on Instagram and the vitriol continued well into Bieber's marriage to Hailey Baldwin in 2018, with his new wife getting harassed and insulted on social media by Selena Gomez fans.

Answer: Brad Pitt

The couple were dubbed "Brangelina" by the media. Angelina and Brad shared six children: three biological children and three adopted children. They met on the set of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" and declared their relationship shortly after. They were married in 2014, but their marriage only lasted two years before Angelina filed for divorce.

A California judge ruled in 2019 that they were both officially single. Angelina would claim that Brad was physically and emotionally abusive during their relationship. Brad, through his lawyers, dismissed her claims as lies.

Answer: Meghan Markle

Meghan and Harry sat down with Oprah for an 85 minute television special where she discussed motherhood and her experience with the British Royal family, accusing a senior member of the royal family of asking a question about her unborn child's skin color.

The interview and subsequent books and statements by Meghan and Harry have led to strained relationships between the Duke of Sussex and his father and brother.

Answer: Rosie O'Donnell

Rosie O'Donnell first criticized Donald Trump on "The View" in 2006, calling him a "snake oil salesman" and implying that he was not as rich as he claimed. He fired back with several interviews, notably with Anderson Cooper, David Letterman, "People" magazine, and others.

They continued trading jabs well after his nomination as the representative of the Republican Party for the 2016 Presidential election. Trump would go on to win the presidency, and Rosie, to her credit, has not backed down from any confrontation with the billionaire.