Celebrities Who Got Rich and Then Lost It All

Stephen Baldwin

Baldwin was forced to file bankruptcy by the IRS in 2009. He was behind on taxes, mortgages, credit card payments, and personal debts that he couldn't even dream of paying back. Baldwin's house was forclosed in 2017, and he was arrested shortly afterward for failing to pay taxes. He served five years in prison and is still working on paying back the money he owes. 

Anna Nicole Smith

Anna Nicole Smith was able to flip her modeling career into a reality tv career, which eventually flipped against her. She married 86-year-old billionaire J. Howard Marshall just three months before he died, and he ended up leaving her nothing. She filed bankruptcy after a sexual harassment case against her won a former employee her last $800,000. 

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The More You Know

  • Jonah Hill had to go to the hospital for bronchitis while filming Wolf of Wall Street. For seven months, he was snorting vitamin D (almost) daily, pretending it was cocaine.
  • Cameron Diaz broke her nose in a surfing accident in Hawaii on her birthday in 2003.
  • Model Chrissy Teigen is pretty comfortable in her skin, but there’s one body part she refuses to show in photos: her feet.
  • Elvis Presley was a natural blonde.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.