My Jaw Is Actually Open Reading About These 18 Famous People Who Got Publicly Called Out For Lying

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Sometimes, you just have to learn a lesson the hard way! There's a reason why parents tell their kids not to lie, and here are 18 celebrities who may have learned that lesson a little too late...

2. Hilaria Baldwin came under fire in 2020 when fans discovered that her true ethnicity had been largely misrepresented for years. The yoga instructor had changed her name from Hillary and had been feigning a Spanish upbringing and accent for over a decade until fans discovered that she was actually born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. In response, Baldwin apologized to her fans on Instagram and said that she should've been more "clear" about her upbringing.

"I’ve spent the last month listening, reflecting, and asking myself how I can learn and grow," she said. "My parents raised my brother and me with two cultures, American and Spanish, and I feel a true sense of belonging to both."

3. In my opinion, Steve Rannazzisi probably told one of the biggest lies of all time. The comedian lied about surviving the terrorist attacks on 9/11. He said he was there when the Twin Towers fell, when in reality, he was nowhere near the area. The New York Times investigated his claims and broke news of his lie, which he later admitted to.

"I know what I did was terrible. I know that I hurt a lot of people — people that lost people, people that helped people survive. And those are the people that I am truly sorry. I feel awful," he told Howard Stern in 2015.

5. Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus, were a pop duo known as Milli Vanilli, who took the '80s by storm when they released their hit track, "Girl You Know It's True." After winning a Grammy in 1990, it was revealed that they never sang a note in "Girl You Know It's True" or their multi-platinum album of the same name. Rumors started when they were caught up in a lip-syncing fraud — the group experienced an audio glitch when they were performing during an MTV concert in Bristol, Connecticut. Their hit record kept skipping and repeating the same phrase over and over again. Milli Vanilli later returned their Grammy after the Recording Academy revoked their win.

6. In 2017, Bow Wow was caught "fake flexing" when he posted a picture of a private jet on Instagram and suggested that he took that plane to do a "travel day" in New York City. However, shortly after he shared the snap online, someone outed him for lying. A user on X posted a photo of the rapper flying commercial and said, "So this guy lil Bow Wow is on my flight to NY but on Instagram he posted a picture of a private jet captioned 'traveling to NY today.'" While looking back at that moment, Bow Wow told Shannon Sharpe that he was indeed "fake flexing" when he posted that picture on Instagram.

7. Justin Bieber was also caught with his hands in the cookie jar. In 2014, he posted a photo of himself standing in a private jet and insinuated that he received the luxury item for "Christmas." However, the ruse was shortly uncovered when TMZ did a little bit of investigation. As it turns out, Bieber had simply chartered the plane for an evening, instead of buying it outright. Though the "Baby" singer didn't completely lie, he wasn't exactly telling the whole truth either.

8. No, SZA does not have a degree in marine biology. For years, fans thought she did after Vice posted an exclusive interview with the singer, which claimed she had the degree. However, in a 2023 interview with ELLE, SZA made it clear that she never graduated from Delaware State University, having dropped out to pursue a career in music.

9. Hulk Hogan told a lot of lies during his 71 years on earth — and one of them involved Elvis. Specifically, he claimed that Elvis had been a fan of his and came to some of his matches in Memphis. But when you actually look at the timeline, you'll see that Elvis died in 1977, which is 2 years before Hogan started wrestling in Memphis.

10. It seems like Jussie Smollett learned about lying the hard way. In 2019, the Empire star claimed he'd been the victim of a hate crime in Chicago, but when authorities looked into it, they learned that Smollett was telling a very tall tale. As it turns out, the two men who attacked him claimed that Smollett had paid them to do it. However, Smollett has always maintained his innocence, even after he went to jail for six days.

11. Before Taylor Swift's fifth studio album, 1989, was released, someone leaked the track list online. In an interview, Swift was asked about one of the supposed leaks and whether it was real or not. After taking a long look at the paper, Swift said no. However, when her album finally dropped, fans realized that she might've been lying (at least partially), because the leak was very close to reality. In fact, it was 99% right. A cheeky lie from Ms. Swift!

12. In 2011, Robert Pattinson outed himself as a liar. During an appearance on the Today show, he said that he once saw a clown die while performing a trick at the circus. Though the story was very alarming, it was all made up. Pattinson confirmed he lied in an interview with The New York Times Style Magazine.

"I said those things. But I actually made the whole thing up. It's coming back to haunt me," he said, according to The Cut. "I said it on some show. It was really early in the morning the day after the New York premiere. Someone asked me what my experience with the circus was, and I was like, I have nothing interesting to say. I don't know why I said that!"

13. The White Stripes probably told one of the biggest lies of all time. When they entered the music scene, they told everyone that they were brother and sister, when in reality, they were a married couple. The lie unraveled in 2001 when the Detroit Free Press uncovered and published their marriage certificate, showing that they had gotten divorced in 2000. When asked why they lied, Jack White told Rolling Stone that they did it so people could focus on the music and not on their relationship.

“How would we have been perceived, right off the bat? When you see a band that is two pieces, husband and wife, boyfriend and girlfriend, you think. ‘Oh, I see…’ When they’re brother and sister, you go, ‘Oh, that’s interesting,’” he said.

14. Miley Cyrus lied to her ex-husband, Liam Hemsworth, about her virginity. On the Call Her Daddy podcast, she revealed she lost her virginity to him and never told him until years later.

"I lied and said that he wasn't the first so I didn't seem like a loser," she recalled, per Entertainment Tonight. "He said, 'Oh, who have you had sex with,' and I couldn't think of anyone, so I just made somebody up that I knew but we had never actually had sex before."

15. In 2014, Sam Smith tweeted that they were feeling too sick to greet their fans after a show in Nashville. A few hours later, fans learned that they were lying when they posted that they went to a karaoke bar and had the "best night EVER" after the concert.

16. I suffered second-hand embarrassment for Ashlee Simpson when she was caught lip-syncing during a Saturday Night Live performance in 2004. The track she'd just performed started to play again, and Simpson did an awkward dance on stage before walking off. On the Broad Ideas with Rachel Bilson & Olivia Allen podcast, Simpson revealed why she didn't sing her music live on SNL, saying it was because she had lost her voice.

17. Finally, Khloé Kardashian was caught up in quite the scandal in 2015. The reality TV star posted a photo of some pies on her Instagram account and suggested that she made them herself. But fans did some digging, noticing that some of them looked familiar. Then they learned the truth: Jane Lockhart, the owner of Sweet Lady Jane bakery, revealed that she had actually made those pies for Kardashian.

"The nerve. When I saw the pies on her table I thought, 'She has to be kidding me…I want to say, 'Good job. You want a job here?'" Lockhart told the New York Daily News.

Everybody fibs, which means celebrities really are just like us after all. Which celebrity lie shocked you the most? Any additions to this list? Let's chat in the comments below!

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