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Celebrities say stupid things all the time, but some stars—Alec Baldwin, for instance—are repeat offenders. They seem to be aiming for that rarefied air of idiocy that forces you to stop and say, ‘Wait, what?’
This year was a banner year for famous people doing a whole lot of talking and no thinking, and one sorority girl who got her fifteen minutes by making Mean Girls look like Disney holiday classic. Ranging from pure delusion, laughable ignorance, dizzying arrogance, to downright stupid, these are honorary dunce caps for those without filters (but a lot of fame). These are the Most Stupiderest Things Celebrities Said in 2013.
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"All these beautiful women in the world and guys wanna mess with other guys SMH. I'm not bashing anybody, don't have anything against anyone, I just don't understand it."
Who said it? Mike Wallace, in response to Jason Collins coming out.
Said when/where: On April 29 on Twitter
"Douchebag? I don't even know. What is it? What's the definition of it."
Who said it? Ryan Lochte
Said when/where: On the April 21st episode of What Would Ryan Lochte Do?
"School Is The Tool To Brainwash The Youth."
Who said it? Jaden Smith
Said when/where: On September 12 on Twitter
"Look what they tried to do to, you know, conservatives. They try to make us look stupid. And [Yale Professor] Stu just showed yesterday a research paper that came out of Yale that shows the Tea Party have a better grasp of scientific knowledge than the average person does."
Who said it? Glenn Beck
Said when/where: On the October 18th episode of the The Glenn Beck Program
"The middle class. Since when in America do we have classes? That's Marxism talk."
Who said it? Rick Santorum
Said when/where: On an August 8th GOP Fundraiser
"There's much more to life than all of these possessions and everything. And if you want those things, you're going to have to work yourself, just like I did."
Who said it? Paris Hilton
Said when/where: On June 14, in an interview with Elle
"I would rather have 40 girls that are fun, talk to boys, and not fucking awkward than 80 that are fucking f****ts."
Who said it? Rebecca Martinson
Said when/where: On April 18th, in an e-mail to the University of Maryland's Delta Gamma sorority
"I use organic products, but I get lasers. It's what makes life interesting, finding the balance between cigarettes and tofu. I would be scared to go under the knife, but you know, talk to me when I'm 50. I'll try anything. Except I won't do Botox again, because I looked crazy."
Who said it? Gwyneth Paltrow
Said when/where: On April 23 in an interview with Harper's Bazaar
"We made and spent at least 10 million dollars. The thing is, we heard that the planet was going to end in 2012. We thought, 'We have got to spend this money before the asteroid hits.'"
Who said it? Spencer Pratt
Said when/where: On January 29th, during an interview with Britain's OK! Magazine
"I don't know if it's fair to call their Russian dressing Russian dressing—it should be called something sexy, like liquid Moscow."
Who said it? Guy Fieri
Said when/where: In his book Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives: The Funky Finds in Flavortown
"I never said I hated anyone, but just because I feel sympathy, compassion, and forgiveness for others such as Hitler means I am now a monster? All for trying to open your eyes to the truth that Hitler was NOT as bad as he was painted out to be?"
Who said it? Tila Tequila
Said when/where: A December 9th Facebook status update
"A little fat girl who looks like Jonah Hill and keeps taking her clothes off... But hey, what can I tell you. Good for her. Ya know. It's hard for little fat chicks to get any kind of thing going."
Who said it? Howard Stern, talking about Lena Dunham
Said when/where: During the January 7th episode of The Howard Stern Show
"For all you kids watching at home, Santa just is white... Just because it makes you uncomfortable doesn't mean it has to change. Jesus was a white man, too."
Who said it? Megyn Kelly, in response to Slate's "Santa Claus Should Not Be a White Man Anymore"
Said when/where: During the December 11th episode of The Kelly File
"No homo."
Who said it? Roy Hibbert, in response to a question defending LeBron James
Said when/where: During the June 2nd, Game 6 Eastern Conference Finals post-game interview
"I'm pretty feminine. I think so... What does that mean, you're a lesbian or something?"
Who said it? Farrah Abraham, after being asked if she's a feminist
Said when/where: During an September 3rd interview with Cultist
—it says that I wanted to eat her p***y. I've never said that in my life to her, I would never do that. I'm happily married. I've got more than enough to eat at home."
Who said it? Rob Ford
Said when/where: During a November 14th press interview
"It's just what they are—they're jokes.... Most jokes are about Jewish people, rednecks, black folks.... I can't determine what offends another person."
Who said it? Paula Deen
Said when/where: During her deposition on May 17th
"C*cksucking f*g."
Who said it? Alec Baldwin
Said when/where: During a November 14th altercation with the paparazzi
"I will fight every n****r here."
Who said it? Riley Cooper (Philadelphia Eagles)
Said when/where: During a July 31st Kenny Chesney concert
"President Obama can't wait to get Americans addicted to the crack cocaine of dependency."
Who said it? Michelle Bachmann
Said when/where: On September 30th, in an interview with World Net Daily
"I think we disproportionately stop whites too much and minorities too little."
Who said it? Michael Bloomberg
Said when/where: During his June 28th radio broadcast about stop-and-frisk
"I'm so obsessed with you I want to skin you and wear you like Versace."
Who said it? Katy Perry, discussing Japanese people
Said when/where: During a June 25th appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
"I'm an American citizen!"
Who said it? Reese Witherspoon, while being arrested
Said when/where: On April 19th, during her arrest in Atlanta for disorderly conduct
"Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber."
Who said it? Justin Bieber
Said when/where: During his April 1th visist to the Anne Frank House
"I wanna make sure this is clear: Woman is the most precious gift known to man. It was a misunderstanding with a lyric, a misinterpretation where the term 'rape' wasn't used, and I would never use the term 'rape' in my records. Hip-hop don't condone that. The streets don't condone that. Nobody condones that."
Who said it? Rick Ross
Said when/where: During a March 28th interview with New Orleans radio station Q93
"Chris Brown beat you because you're not pretty enough."
Who said it? Amanda Bynes, on Rihanna
Said when/where: On May 26th, on Twitter
"[Lil Wayne] did bring light, in a positive way, to what happened. Even though they might have thought it was negative, he brought positive energy to the situation because a lot of people don't know. My dad didn't even know who Emmett [Till] was. He's thinking I'm talking about Emmitt Smith."
Who said it? Future, defending Lil Wayne's lyric, "Beat that pussy up like Emmett Till," on the "Karate Chop" remix
Said when/where: During a May 14th visit to Big Boy's Neighborhood on Power 106 in L.A.
“Shut up, go make some rice!”
Who said it? Aaryn, to Asian American contestant Helen
Said when/where: During Big Brother's 15th season