Don't Try This at Home

My rant yesterday opened up the floodgates on what is acceptable in Hollywood. It’s a fickle town that breeds fickle people and that quality seems to trickle down to the general public. After all, we are influenced by pop culture.

Imagines of celebrities past and present who have been burned by the temperamental public instantly flooded my mind. Here are a few examples of what not to do in Hollywood?

Don’t pack extra junk in your trunk

Hollywood is the land of the bobble heads. With their razor-sharp clavicles and twig-like legs, they dominate the trendy scene and influence millions of young women who think it’s normal to be malnourished and underweight. The best example of this was Delta Burke. The stunning designing woman was literally stoned for gaining weight and not shedding it. She personified the woman that tried to suppress her body’s natural form. While she inspired everyday women to embrace their curves, it cost her a career. Besides a few Lifetime movies, she never fully recovered from the backlash.

Don’t mess with the tresses

One word. Felicity. Remember when Kerri Russell got the brilliant idea to chop her beautiful cascading curls. She was immediately met with resistance and trash talking. It seems America loved her hair more than they loved her. Ouch! She just recently started to get her career back. Faith Hill also got the bright idea to cut and peroxide her mane. Unfortunately, she resembled someone recovering from a bout with a serious unnamed illness.

Don’t appear in a sucky movie

I know this could apply to any actor but I have to add that this sucky movie can’t have raunchy sex scenes. Elizabeth Berkley murdered her career (and is still the butt of jokes) when she appeared in Showgirls. This movie was so extremely over hyped and tragic that it has become a cult classic. It’s the sexual aspect that kills careers. It makes you the girl or guy who is down for whatever and that ain’t good. See, you can be in a crappy movie like Dude, Where’s My Car? and have a hit TV show years later. Ask Jennifer Garner. On the flip side, if the sexually explicit movie is good it can launch your career. Ask Sharon Stone.

Don’t visit the schoolyards for dates

This may sound like common sense but it really isn’t. Jerry Lee Lewis was poised to be the next Elvis when he decided to marry his 13-year-old cousin. What’s more disturbing? That she was 13 or his kin. You decide. R. Kelly also has a penchant for young underage girls. The R & B crooner not only likes them young. He also likes to record his escapades.

What other acts are celebrity suicides?