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Hero To Headlines: Sports Stars Whose Drama Engulfed Their Public Lives

Darren - July 6, 2023

Lifestyle

Hero To Headlines: Sports Stars Whose Drama Engulfed Their Public Lives

Darren - July 6, 2023

Shaquille O’Neal

O’Neal was a force of nature during his time in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, his private antics affected his loved ones’ public eyes. That’s because he cheated on his ex-wife Shaunie and betrayed her trust. Later he admitted that it was a mistake but he didn’t take full responsibility for his actions.

At one time my ex-wife Shaunie and I were happy, but I admit it–I was a guy,” he wrote in his memoir (via Huff Post). “I was a guy with too many options. Choosing to be with some of those women, well, that’s on me. In my mind, I never did it disrespectfully, but obviously, I shouldn’t have done it all.”

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Deshaun Watson

Watson is one of the most talented quarterbacks in the NFL but he’s a vile person. This didn’t stop the Cleveland Browns from desperately throwing a record contract at him. Dozens of masseuses filed civil suits against the former Texans player after he allegedly sexually assaulted them (via New York Post).

Allegedly, he forced them to perform sex acts during the massages and warned them to stay silent. The NFL suspended him for most of the 2022/23 season because he breached their code of conduct. It’s one of the most shameful stories in recent years because they didn’t deserve to have him ruin their private and public lives.

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Tiger Woods

There was a time when Woods was one of the most marketable athletes on the planet. The amazingly-talented superstar became the face of golf because of his brilliant successes. It seemed like he was living the dream with many Major wins and a Swedish supermodel wife. But disgrace hit him in the face like a car smashing into a brick wall (via Reuters).

In 2009, Woods drunkenly crashed his car outside of his house and then his world turned upside down. Dozens of women, including strippers and porn stars, came out of the woodwork and revealed that they had affairs with the icon. His wife filed for divorce and custody of their children. Woods went to rehab as he looked to come to terms with his sex addiction.

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Nick Young

Iggy Azalea dated Lakers star Young and quickly fell in love with him. Young proposed to the rapper and she said yes. But this couple didn’t live happily ever after because he cheated on her. Their private affairs affected their public lives because he failed her. In the end, he broke Azalea’s heart with his irresponsible behavior.

Azealea wrote the following message on Instagram (via Billboard). She said: “Unfortunately although I love Nick and have tried and tried to rebuild my trust in him. It’s never easy to part ways with the person you planned your entire future with, but futures can be rewritten and as of today mine is a blank page.”

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Zach Wilson

The Jets thought that they finally had their franchise quarterback when they drafted Wilson out of Brigham Young in 2021. They made him the second-overall pick ahead of Justin Fields and Mac Jones. But the QB never lived up to expectations because he made horrible decisions on the field. He threw too many interceptions and acted immaturely (via New York Post).

Meanwhile, he affected his and his ex-girlfriend’s public lives after he allegedly cheated on her. Abbey Gile accused Wilson of sleeping with his mother’s best friend in a scandalous statement. Later, she deleted her social media because she received a torrent of online abuse. Wilson went quiet for a while and eventually lost his place as Gang Green’s starter.

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Tom Brady

Brady is the most successful quarterback in NFL history. Most people know about his divorce from Gisele Bundchen in 2022 but that’s not why he’s on this list. No, we’re more interested in his previous relationship with Bridget Moynihan. He married her and she became pregnant with their first child.

But then he met a certain Brazilian supermodel and changed their public lives forever. Brady left Moynihan for Bundchen as he coldly divorced his pregnant wife. The former Patriots star made some questionable decisions in his life but he threw himself into them. Nobody can say he doesn’t know what he wants (via Us Magazine).

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Floyd Mayweather

Mayweather was the richest athlete on the planet before he retired from competitive boxing. But money doesn’t mean that somebody has class. He treats women horribly and believes that they’re objects for him to exploit. Mayweather went to jail after he punched Melissa Brim, his ex-girlfriend in a mall.

Later, he opened a strip club in Las Vegas called Girl Collection. Mayweather never expressed genuine remorse for his actions and allegedly committed battery against another girlfriend. The aggressive boxer went to counseling after a judge ordered him to deal with his demons (via The Sun).

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Franck Ribery

We already mentioned how Karim Benzema solicited a 16-year-old prostitute. But he wasn’t the only one involved in this encounter. Former Bayern Munich star Ribery also went on trial during this sordid affair. The scar-faced winger denied knowing that the girl was underage at the time of the incident (via France 24).

Prostitution is legal in France but escorts must be over the age of 18. Dehar became a celebrity in France after the incident but her Algerian father refuses to connect with her. It was a humiliating case for Ribery and the other players because it tarnished their public lives. But they brought it on themselves because they didn’t have to approach a sex worker.

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Wayne Rooney

Rooney rose to superstardom at an early age after breaking into the Premier League at the age of 16. But this may have gone to his head because he had many scandals involving prostitutes. The worst part of this was that he was in a relationship with his childhood sweetheart, Coleen. Remarkably, she continues to live with him today.

The former Manchester United star visited a Liverpool brothel at least 10 times. He had an encounter with a rubber-suited 47-year-old granny amongst other women. 10 years later he had another threesome with some hookers and betrayed Coleen again. The Scouser allegedly has a big problem and needs to face it (via The Mirror).

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Jimmy Garoppolo

Jimmy G. is one of the most handsome NFL quarterbacks ever. The former Niners starter joined the Raiders in 2023 and has enjoyed a successful career. He also attracts some of the most beautiful women in the world. However, he raised eyebrows when he went on a public date with adult film actress Kiara Mia (via Daily Beast).

Some analysts said that he should show more class and better values as an NFL quarterback. They disparaged Mia and sneered at Garoppolo as they shamed the porn industry. Later, Mia claimed that Garoppolo was a gentleman and treated her very well. That’s better than many NFL stars who cheat on their partners or even physically abuse them.

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Brett Favre

There was a time when Favre was one of the most respected athletes in the U.S. But that’s no longer the case after multiple high-profile scandals that tarnished his reputation. The former Packers quarterback lost credibility after he allegedly sent unsolicited nudes to former Jets hostess Jenn Sterger. In the end, the NFL fined him because he didn’t cooperate with their investigation.

But an even bigger scandal emerged in 2023 after he allegedly ripped off the state of Mississippi. He allegedly received welfare money for multiple projects in one of the worst corruption cases in modern U.S. history. We expect athletes to live clean-cut public lives but that’s simply not Favre’s existence (via CBS Sports).

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Conor McGregor – Part II

Superstars face an uncomfortable reality because everything they do can leak into their public lives. One issue is that everybody has a camera phone and records all of the drama they see. McGregor experienced this when he punched an older man in a Dublin pub. The reason was that the man rejected a shot of the UFC fighter’s whiskey.

McGregor reacted badly to this in a moment of lunacy. Later he apologized but he didn’t care that much because he bought the pub and banned his victim from entering. This is one of the most petty revenges in the history of the world. In the end, McGregor moved on and it became a part of his notorious legend (via Sportskeeda).

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Deebo Samuel

Samuel was one of the best players in the NFL in 2021. However, the Pro Bowler joined the ranks of cheating athletes when a young woman shared a photo of him in her Instagram Close Friends story. One of the connections screen-shot the intimate image and shared it online (via Side Action).

The young woman said: “I was told he was single. I’m not a home wrecker and I was not aware, I would never post a taken man when I got cheated on for 4 years. I wasn’t even the one that recorded the video, I thought it was cute, I didn’t know half of what I found out today. It is what it is.”

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Ryan Giggs

Giggs is one of the most immoral soccer players in history because he betrayed two of the closest people in his life. That’s right, he betrayed his wife and his brother as he stooped to a new low. The Manchester United star had a long-running affair with his brother Rhodri’s wife, Natasha (via National World).

They secretly met regularly for eight years as they humiliated their partners. Unsurprisingly, Rhodri and Ryan became estranged after the latter ruined their public lives. But Giggs’ wife, Natasha, stayed with him until 2017 after he cheated on her again with multiple partners. Later, the Wales national team fired him after he allegedly committed domestic violence.

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Ja Morant

It’s unfortunate when athletes’ private antics affect their public lives. That became Morant’s reality in 2023 as he showed a penchant for waving firearms around. The NBA doesn’t like it when its stars flaunt guns because it puts its advertisers on edge. The Memphis star had multiple firearm-related incidents as he brandished his weapons online.

We should note that technically Morant didn’t break any laws in Tennessee where he filmed the videos. But he went against the NBA’s code of conduct and they don’t take kindly to this. Furthermore, many people became concerned about Morant’s mental health. It was a distressing state of affairs because he went through a difficult time (via TMZ).

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Zion Williamson

Everything looked rosy for Williamson and his pregnant girlfriend Ahkeema when they shared their baby’s gender reveal on Instagram. But then OnlyFans model Moriah Mills unleashed a napalm-like wave of sensational news. She alleged that she had an affair with the Pelicans’ star and said that her period was also late.

Mills wrote: “Zion Williamson looks like you been had a girlfriend and sleeping with other women behind my back. Better pray I’m not pregnant too because I’m definitely late.” It’s important to note that Williamson denied the allegations but this drama threatens to ruin his family’s public lives (via The Sports Rush).

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Hero To Headlines: Sports Stars Whose Drama Engulfed Their Public Lives

Hero To Headlines: Sports Stars Whose Drama Engulfed Their Public Lives

Shaquille O’Neal

Deshaun Watson

Tiger Woods

Nick Young

Zach Wilson

Tom Brady

Floyd Mayweather

Franck Ribery

Wayne Rooney

Jimmy Garoppolo

Brett Favre

Conor McGregor – Part II

Deebo Samuel

Ryan Giggs

Ja Morant

Zion Williamson

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