History OvershadowedByControversy / RealLife

* Australian philosopher and professor Peter Singer is widely regarded as a leader in the animal rights and utilitarian movements, but his numerous viewpoints, as a result of taking is utilitarianism to the logical extreme, that conflict with conventional morality have gotten him resoundingly criticized by many other groups, and he has been called "the most dangerous man in philosophy" and similar epithets by many publications. He is particularly infamous in the disabled community for his advocation that the severely disabled should have fewer rights than other people and that medical money spent on treating them would be better spent on fixing temporary ailments of otherwise healthy people; he has frequently been labeled a eugenicist due to these beliefs. He has also campaigned for nonhuman animals being granted the same rights as humans (apart from in cases where the rights would be impossible for the animal to exercise, like voting), which has gotten him assailed by activists for civil rights, women's rights, and others who advocate that the well-being of marginalized human groups should take priority, and has even insinuated that he is uncomfortable with the existence of things such as music and art, finding them wasteful when many people around the world still lack necessities.

* Creator/LouisCK's longtime career as a comedian and actor took quite a toll in November 2017, when he got caught in the [=#MeToo=] movement after numerous women accused him of sexual misconduct, which he eventually admitted to. He tried to make a comeback afterward, but in December 2018, leaked audio from a Long Island stand-up set revealed him apparently making jokes at the expense of transgender people and the victims and survivors of the 2018 Parkland shooting. As a result, this killed off whatever respect the public (specifically his former fans) had left for him. He self-released his 2020 special ''Sincerely Louis C.K.'' to generally favorable reviews, but its eventual win for Best Comedy Album at the 2022 [[MediaNotes/GrammyAward Grammy Awards]] led to strong controversy[[note]]it occurring not long after Creator/WillSmith's altercation with Creator/ChrisRock at the UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s and its ensuing fallout didn't help matters either[[/note]], seemingly indicating that his reputation has yet to fully recover.

* [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood Golden Age]] actress Creator/HattieMcDaniel, the first African-American to win an Academy Award, was dogged for much of her life by accusations of [[StopBeingStereotypical selfishly perpetuating harmful stereotypes to advance her own career]], as she usually played submissive servant characters such as {{Mammy}} in ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'', the role that landed her a Best Supporting Actress Oscar. [=McDaniel=] for her part saw no shame in it, famously [[DeadpanSnarker quipping]] that if she wasn't ''playing'' a maid for $700 an hour she would probably be ''working as'' a maid for $7 an hour.

* Pound 2019 is most frequently remembered for the [[ProducePelting crab thrown at]] [[UsefulNotes/FGCAces Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma]] after he won the Melee Bracket with its biggest HighTierScrappy Jigglypuff.
* The [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3]] 2019 convention accidentally doxed over 2,000 journalists and gamers with their website leaving their personal information available with just a single link click. They didn't help themselves at all by calling it a "website flaw," as if it were only some arcane loopholes that let people access the page rather than a link openly displayed on the main page. A class-action lawsuit was quickly put together, and it was put in serious question whether E3 had been completely killed by the incident, as it seemed unlikely anyone would be willing to hand over their information again. They tried to regain trust, but a [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic COVID]]-related cancellation in 2020, a disastrous 2021 online-only event, and two lack-of-interest cancellations in a row prevented it.

* Fredric Wertham tends to be remembered less for his contribution to the US Civil Rights Movement, and more for being the author of the infamous 1954 book ''Seduction of the Innocent'', which produced a moral panic about comic books and led to the creation of UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode.

* The vuvuzela is a kind of horn that is deeply integrated in UsefulNotes/{{South Africa}}n culture, but it is ''extremely'' infamous internationally for the loud, monotonous drone it produces when blown, to the point that it can cause permanent hearing loss to unprotected ears. Vuvuzelas received intense backlash at the 2010 [[UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup World Cup]] that was hosted in South Africa, and there was even a case where a teenage boy's local neighbour became so frustrated with him blowing his vuvuzela during the Cup [[OffingTheAnnoyance that he decided to kill him]] by gunshot. As a result, many major sports leagues worldwide, as well as the Olympic Games and future World Cups, officially banned their use at their events afterwards.

* Willy Moon and his wife Teddy Sinclair [[note]] Also known as Natalia Kills [[/note]] are now more infamous for their repugnant attitude and abusive comments towards one of the contestants (even going so far as Kills accusing the contestant of copying her husband and comparing him to a serial killer) in the New Zealand version of ''Series/TheXFactor'' in 2015, resulting them getting quickly sacked from their judging duties and tarnishing their names forever.

* Willy Moon and his wife Natalia Kills are now more infamous for their repugnant attitude and abusive comments towards one of the contestants (even going so far as Kills accusing the contestant of copying her husband and comparing him to a serial killer) in the New Zealand version of ''Series/TheXFactors'', resulting them getting sacked from their judging duties.