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Oh, how we hate excessively overzealous "fans" who think that their overtly loud cheering will make up for the fact that they can't name the coach, the team's ace, the sixth man off the bench or the squad's starting halfback. To the true diehard, there's nothing more frustrating than a bandwagon fan who's just there for the glory but is nowhere to be found when they're stacking No. 1 overall picks.
When celebrities do it we raise an even bigger eyebrow (what the hell does that mean?) because so many stars seem to have every move calculated to further their careers, it can't hurt to be seen cheering a winner. To them, it may be all well and good but it's more satisfying to stand by your (wo)man through the crappy times. When the Kansas City Royals make the playoffs again (which they haven't done since 1985) only the truly faithful will be able to shed tears without drawing our pessimistic scorn and collective eye rolls.
It's better to honorably pick and stick then ride a winning squad because somewhere deep down you know you're a phony. We compiled this list to catalog the faces of some famous offenders caught in the act. Everyone from John Cena to LeBron James to Rihanna made the cut. Check out the Biggest Bandwagon Celebrity Sports Fans.
John Cena
Team: Los Angeles Lakers
We'd tell him what a douche move this is, except that he's well, huge.
Robin Williams
Team: New York Mets
Can't pull off the Clark Kent disguise. Although, with how shitty the Mets have been lately, maybe it was a tryout.
Hayden Panettiere
Team: San Francisco 49ers
Here's a Complex tip (on the house) to get into a women's pants. Get right up in their face and then scream at them about the importance of picking ONE team and sticking with them through the good and the bad. (Yes, we're aware her boyfriend was "on the Jets.")
Jake Gyllenhaal
Team: Boston Red Sox or New York Yankees
At the end of the day it's a pretty big deal, isn't it?
John Cusack
Team: Chicago White Sox
Come on bro, don't jump ship due to a 105 year title drought. When the Cubs finally do pull off a championship, it'll be all the rage to be a Cubs "fan."
Michael Bloomberg
Team: NY Baseball
Politicians often try to take the middle road to not piss off the easily pissoffable. But Mr. Mayor, don't you get that for some of us peons who aren't worth $27 billion, sports is all we have!?
Jessica Alba
Team: Golden State Warriors or Los Angeles Clippers (She's been snapped at a bunch of Lakers' games too, just never in Lakers gear).
Same state, so it's okay? Guess it's possible she just likes basketball.
Tim Tebow and D-Wade
Team: New Yankees Yankees
We can't for sure prove they're not Yanks fans. But Tim's from Florida and Dwyane's from the Chi. And yet when they find a big league ball club we're not at all surprised it isn't the Arizona Diamondbacks. Yet another reason to bash the Yankees, they win and celebs show up at the ballpark.
Keri Hilson
Team: Los Angeles Lakers
From Georgia, pulls for the Lakers. Looks good in their gear though.
Lil Wayne
Team: Green Bay Packers
Weezy's sure has a way of backing winners. One moment he's claiming to get tossed from a Heat game because he's loudly cheering "his" Lakers. The next he's publicly declaring he boshed Chris Bosh's wife (because, you know...why not?), and the next he's donning a Cheesehead for the Green and Yellow.
Ashton Kutcher
Team: Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Red Sox
Pulls for the Red Sox (a trendy team to back), the Lakers (they've won a championship or two) and the Monsters of the Midway? We're calling bullshit.
Adam Sandler
Team: All teams New York, Pittsburgh Steelers
Man did not put two teams in the same city for this type of fence straddling heresy! (Although we wouldn't turn down the opportunity to swing a Louisville in BP if we had the chance). According to our friends at Bleacher Report, Sandler is known to swing a terrible towel from time to time as well.
Penny Marshall
Team: Los Angeles Clippers
The LA theme continues. Something seems different about these pictures. #Notsurewhat
Snoop Lion
Team: Uh, Baltimore Ravens, New England Patriots, Oakland Raiders, Pittsburgh Steelers, Arizona Cardinals, Teams that play well, jerseys that look cool.
The Don dons a lot of jerseys.
LeBron James
Team: New York Yankees/Dallas Cowboys
Even athletes can't escape the draw of a winner. LeBron chooses all out of state teams, except for "the" Ohio State? Sketchy, bro.
Justin Bieber
Team: Los Angeles Lakers
One moment, he looks like a little kid ogling a Laker girl, the next he looks like a little kid two seconds before airing a jumper. Also, he could probably bang any girl you know.
Hillary Clinton
Team: New York Yankees or Chicago Cubs?
When Hilary Clinton ran for Senate in New York in 2000 she disowned her native Cubbies and became a Yankee fan (she did wear a Yankees hat as far back as 1992, which then makes her fair weather for the Cubs? Mind blown.) This (probably) disgusted people, who probably should not have been participating in the electoral process enough to change their vote.
George Clooney
Team: New York Yankees
Clooney's supposed to be a HUGE Reds fan so we have to ask: How could you lie right to the Captain's face!?
Justin Timberlake
Team: Green Bay Packers
We bet Timberlake's a cool guy (check pic No. 2 for a reason why), but that's our point; JT's already the man who has everything: a hot wife, tons of money, fame, a sweet job, so can't he root for like, the fucking Jaguars or something?
Rihanna
Team: Miami Heat
Over/under Rihanna can name more than two players on the Heat? Besides, sports are like significant others you have to stick with them no matter how big a piece of shit they are. Actually, that's only true with sports.