Six Celebrities who Tore Their Legacies in 2022

Celebrities want to be famous and have fortune.

Legacy.

It’s not just a few hit songs or a blockbuster film franchise. Consider a collection of work that is meaningful and says something to the culture.

Clint Eastwood, Whitney Houston, and Lucille Ball come to my mind.

The following stars entered 2022 with the same entry. Now? These legacies may be tarnished.

Will Smith

“The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.” “Gettin’ Jiggy with It.” “Bad Boys.” “Men in Black.” “Parents Just Don’t Understand.” “I, Robot.”

Funny. Handsome. Charming. Versatile. Smith was a versatile actor. “King Richard.”

Only minutes earlier, though, the actor torpedoed decades of goodwill by slapping presenter Chris Rock for a mild barb directed at Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

The Academy Awards’ most scandalous moment, Smith’s slap, made him a laughingstock. Smith is still recovering from the incident.

His most recent film was “Emancipation,” It received mediocre reviews, and generated little cultural buzz. It remains to be seen whether he can rebuild his career and leave a legacy.

He has the ability to do that, naturally. Americans are forgiving, as long as the troubled souls involved seem truly contrite.

Howard Stern

Once, the shock jock was known as “The King of All Media” and that title stuck. Why? He made terrestrial radio accessible to a new generation. His film biography from 1997 “Private Parts” It was the first film to be released at the U.S. Box Office on its debut weekend. $14.6 million haul More than most Oscar-bait movies earn today.

He was a walking, talking embodiment the First Amendment. If

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