Really? The Dumbest Celebrity Excuses

Let’s face it: sometimes we all do stupid things. Really, really dumb things. Things that are, at the very least, ill-advised and immoral, if not outright criminal. The wise among us ’fess up to our misdeeds, but there’s always some who deny, deny, deny until the DNA test or the video footage proves otherwise. But somewhere in the middle are those who try to explain, rationalize, or justify their behavior away. And when it’s celebrities who are trying to explain away their particularly bad behavior, the result is some pretty creative, farfetched, and, frankly, stupid excuses. Related Stories: Liar, Liar, Coke Pants on Fire Ten Actors Who Tried – and Failed – to Be Pop Stars No Fish Ice! Weird Demands of Celebs on Tour

Tatum O’Neal: “I bought crack because my dog died.”

In June 2008, Oscar-winning actress and noted drug enthusiast Tatum O’Neal was arrested for trying to buy crack cocaine on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Since she claimed to have been sober for years, O’Neal told officers immediately after the bust that she was only buying drugs to research a film role. A few days after the arrest, she explained away the whole fracas by saying it was grief over losing her beloved dog to cancer that made her do it.

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