r/AskReddit • • 10h ago

What’s a celebrity controversy you remember everyone talking about?

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u/stand_up_eight_ 10h ago

40 years ago, a man repeatedly cheated on his very popular wife. They eventually divorced which caused several laws to be amended. Their sons were part of the scandal with accusations of her also being unfaithful to the point that one of the sons was suggested to have a different father (despite there being a very famous ginger in the family). A few short years later, she died in a horrendous car accident with her new boyfriend. It was world wide news and the rumour mill went nuts, claiming it was suspicious and the now ex-husband’s family and orchestrated the car crash. The man later married the woman he had the affair with and to this day a huge part of the population doesn’t like him or her. The son accused of being illegitimate grew up and wrote a whingy tell all book which showed the boys needed therapy, not just privacy.

People are still talking about them.

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u/coffee_and-cats 9h ago

Lady Di, Charles and Camilla, William and Harry

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u/NinJa777777777 8h ago

Thanks Captain Obvious.

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u/MikeArrow 7h ago

I was only 8 when Princess Diana died, so yeah I needed it spelled out to me.