Celebs Who Got Fired From the Industry

facts first presents celebs who got fired from the industry being a celebrity is a risky business it's because audiences and critics can be fickle and you're stark and fall as quickly as it can rise there are many Hollywood actors who were great and it seems like they appeared in every movie for a while but then one day they just well they were gone celebrities leave Hollywood for a lot of different reasons and here are a few who left Hollywood on their own terms because they failed others who got fired from the industry before we get into our list how about you do us a favor and click that like button also be sure to subscribe and click the notification bell so you don't miss our future videos amanda Bynes she had a fall from grace and she landed really hard for a while she was on top of the world after great success in her own series The Amanda Show she started landing roles on the big screen sadly though she began struggling with addiction and getting into trouble with the law she cut off all her hair and claimed to be retiring from acting she was even caught in some pretty strange situations today she is no longer acting she claims to be working on a career in fashion since we haven't seen a clothing line yet we're not really sure if that's true or not Phoebe Cates was the it girl of the 80s she was best known for her role in Fast Times at Ridgemont High in boys lusted after her after that pool scene you know the one I'm talking about guys she went on to star in the gremlins and the gremlins the new batch when the 80s ended Phoebe quit acting very suddenly she decided that she wanted to focus more on her family and well that's what she did today she's caring for her family and doing a lot of charity work she was fortunate enough to leave Hollywood on a high note on her own terms Peter Ostrom was 12 years old when he was cast as Charlie Bucket in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory audiences and critics loved him and the sky was the limit for the young boy however Peter decided Hollywood wasn't his thing he loved animals and when his family got a horse he decided he'd rather be a veterinarian than an actor he went to one of the top veterinary schools in the country and today he has a very successful veterinary practice Jessica Sierra was the tenth place finalist on the fourth season of American Idol she made a debut album and released her first and only song enough in October of 2010 sadly her career did not go as well as she hoped it would and she realized that she wasn't making enough money to pay the bills by singing she ended up leaving her dreams behind and getting a job at Hooters believe it or not sadly she did not leave the music business on her own terms when Vanilla Ice started his career in the late 80s the sky was the limit he had plenty of big hits including Ice Ice Baby but soon his career began to die down after being sued by another music group for stealing their beats he pretty much disappeared today he is not in the music business but he is still successful he is a real estate investor and a home renovator and he has his own reality show based on that work he also teaches new investors how to make a profit in selling houses you can also see him starring with Adam Sandler in the 2012 film that's my boy MC Hammer was a huge name in music starting in the late 80s around the same time that Vanilla Ice made his mark in music he was making a lot of money but unfortunately he wasn't managing it properly he spent everything he had on himself and his entourage when he accumulated 13 million dollars in debt well he filed for bankruptcy today he's actually doing okay he officiates weddings develops ipad apps and stars in commercials for 3m when he's not busy with all of those things he's lecturing about new media at Ivy League universities and I'm also guessing he's doing a lot of work not spending money Jeff Cohen played the lovable yet annoying chunk in the 80s hit the Goonies when the movie came out and it was a hit Jeff received rave reviews at this point he could have gone all the way in Halle but he chose to focus more on his education he went to law school and today he's an entertainment lawyer living in Los Angeles he might not be acting but he is representing those who do Charlie chorus Moe starred alongside the late great Robin Williams in the 1990s film hook later he starred in the hit teen movie can't hardly wait he decided though that acting just wasn't his passion his true passion was physics he was accepted to MIT where he earned his degree in science after graduating he worked for a few years as a lawyer later he joined the Faculty of Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland Ohio where he works as a law professor he says he has no regrets about leaving acting behind in the 80s Tiffany was one of the most popular pop stars her 1987 song I think we're alone now helped start a pretty great music career for her soon she ended up getting film roles as Tiffany got older her records stopped selling in 2002 as kind of a last-ditch effort for fame she posed for Playboy today she's living a simple life and she loves it she runs a vintage shop called Tiffany's boutique off highway 76 in Whitehouse Tennessee Tara Noah Smith played Marc the youngest son on home improvement when the show ended he planned to take some time off man spend some of that money he'd made unfortunately when he was 17 years old he found out that his parents spent a giant chunk of his money on a mansion for themselves and he didn't know it he sued his parents for that money that they took and he won the case he didn't go back to acting though instead he got married to a vegan woman who was old enough to be his mother he used the money that he received in the lawsuit to invest in a vegan dairy farm and catering service Freddie Prinze jr. was the it actor of the 90s teen film scene he starred in she's all that I know what you did last summer and many more when he starred in scooby-doo he met his wife Sarah Michelle Gellar after the two married he gave up acting and started working as a director and producer for the WWE in 2016 he released his first cookbook called back to the kitchen which has over 75 delicious recipes Josh Saviano starred in the 80s hit TV series The Wonder Years when the show ended Josh stopped acting his sudden disappearance in Hollywood started sparking rumours that he was really Marilyn Manson these rumors were not true and he actually left Hollywood to go to law school today he works as a corporate lawyer and he takes some roles and TV shows from time to time most recently he had a role in Law & Order SVU dylan sprouse got his start in hollywood alongside his twin brother cole they starred with Adam Sandler in Big Daddy and also as Ross Geller's son Ben on friends later he and his brother starred in the Disney show suite life of zack & cody when the show ended people wondered what happened to the talented boys many years after the show ended a photo of dillon working at a restaurant surfaced and it turned out that he was working there part-time while attending New York University Kevin Jonas was a member of the Jonas Brothers which was a very successful band when he met his wife Danielle the two got their own reality show that chronicled their life together when the reality show ended kevin created a food searching app called you´d it's a location-based app where you can find the location and phone number two restaurants in your area recently the Jonas Brothers got back together though and they're making music again their first new album is a big hit danny lloyd starred in the shining when he was just five years old when the movie was released he quit acting today he works as a biology teacher in Kentucky recently he admitted that when he filmed the shining he had no idea that it was a horror movie in fact he didn't know for years until he saw the film for himself if you grew up watching Nickelodeon in the 90s you might remember a show The Adventures of Pete and Pete Michael Moroni starred as one of the Pete's when the show ended in 1996 Michael took on a few small roles on TV and film but today he's no longer acting he works as an electrician on film sets and he says that he loves that Steven Seagal was in high demand in action films due to his martial arts skills he played in plenty of action movies over the years such as under siege and exit wounds years ago Steven decided to leave Hollywood behind today he is still fighting crime but not on the big screen he's doing it all as a real-life deputy sheriff in New Mexico Britney Ashton Holmes got her big break when she was cast to play Darla in The Little Rascals when she was only 5 years old after the film's release she landed a few minor roles today she's pursuing a degree in political science and she is working at Starbucks lark Voorhies is famous for her role as Lisa turtle in the TV show Saved by the Bell when the show ended she landed a few roles in TV and movies but eventually faded away today it's believed that she has mental health issues she denies these rumors and says that she's been working as a writer Kirk Cameron was an 80s heartthrob he starred as Mike Seaver and growing pains and he had a bright future ahead of him rather than continuing with his acting career he and his wife found God they became very involved with the church and today Kirk writes Christian books he does once in a while star in Christian movies and TV shows though Tom Selleck had an amazing acting career for decades he starred in TV and film and he was very successful when he retired from acting he bought a 60 acre ranch where he tends to his 20 acre avocado farm he says farming has allowed him to find balance after his stressful acting career he does still take on small roles obviously he's in bluebloods but he doesn't really do much long-term Nikki Blonsky starred in the hit movie hairspray after the 2007 movie came out she struggled to find roles eventually giving up today she's working as a hairstylist in Great Neck New York Tony Danza is famous for his roles in taxi and who's the boss when who's the boss said that he left acting behind and went to school to be a teacher today he's an English teacher at Philadelphia Northeast High School Chris Owen starred as Sherman in the American Pie movies despite the success of these films he had trouble landing acting roles outside of that series he had a bit role in can't hardly wait but the offers eventually stopped coming in entirely today he is a waiter at a sushi restaurant and he has less than a hundred followers on Twitter Jack Gleeson starred in Game of Thrones and became one of the most hated people on TV when he left the show he decided to put his focus on school rather than acting today he studying philosophy and theology at Trinity College in Dublin Taran Noah Smith is not the only cast member from Home Improvement who retired from acting Jonathan Taylor Thomas played Randy the middle son on home improvement he was also the voice of young Simba in the Disney film The Lion King the animated one that is the first one he decided to retire from acting shortly after home improvement ended and he graduated from Harvard he does still take on a few roles here and there nowadays but overall acting is part of his past Angus T Jones starred in Two and a Half Men when he was a really young boy he remained on the series until its finale but later bashed the show for the values that it presented he found religion after becoming a member of the seventh-day Adventist Church today he earns a living working for Tony which is a multimedia company founded by P Diddy karyn Parsons played the ditzy Hilary banks on Fresh Prince of bel-air after the show ended she decided to leave acting behind today she owns a company called sweet blackberry which funds animated films about black heroes when Peter Billingsley was a child he won the hearts of millions when he played Ralphie on a Christmas story he decided to give up acting shortly after and he's now working behind the camera most recently he's been working in the production of many films including the Iron Man franchise if he missed seeing him as Ralphie well you can watch 24 hours straight of a Christmas story on TBS and TNT every holiday season are there any actors or actresses that you miss and you wonder why they left the business tell us in the comments and subscribe for more you

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Length: 13min 52sec (832 seconds)

Published: Sun Dec 01 2019