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Welcome to watch Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 spokespeople companies are ashamed of.

Do you understand what people are outraged?

I understand what it's becoming, what's known as an international locked mess.

I was just overwhelmed.

I was in a state of shock for this list.

We'll be looking at various spokespeople who have caused controversy throughout the years and drawn the ire of companies they represent.

Would you allow these people to continue representing your brand?

Let us know in the comments Number 10 Ellen degeneres if you're watching because you love me, thank you if you're watching because you don't love me.

Welcome.

While this comedians reputation has been tarnished in recent years, she's nevertheless left behind an incredible legacy which includes the famous Oscars selfie from the 2014 ceremony.

The event was hosted by Samsung and its Saudi generous wielding a galaxy note three.

In one instance, she got together with a group of famous actors and had Bradley cooper, take a selfie with the phone.

I didn't get the whole thing obviously and I was just sitting there and I just thought, let me take it to both of you remember because I thought oh they can't frame it.

It's odd that you kept getting out of the picture.

I was like no, you come back this selfie became the most retweeted post ever at the time but throughout the show degenerates.

His personal twitter account was being updated with an iphone.

it's possible that this was a p A posting on behalf of the host, but it still doesn't look very good for someone publicly promoting a different company.

Oh yeah, and they're going to give you all again number nine Ashton kutcher Back in 2012.

Ashton kutcher helped personally develop a $1.5 million advertisement for pop chips.

It saw the famous actor inhabiting various characters, including a biker, a hippie and controversially a Bollywood producer culture was equipped in brown face and spoke in a fake indian accent drawing widespread Ire many called the advertisement racist and tech entrepreneur Anil Dash criticized the commercial for placing the joke on Kushner's accent and appearance rather than any legitimate punchline.

The ad was quickly pulled and pop chips offered an apology stating, quote, it was never intended to stereotype or offend anyone.

You're waiting rooms like a freak show, Are we all in the same category.

# eight Ryan Lochte During the 2016 summer olympics, swimmer Ryan Lochte became embroiled in what is now known as Lochte Gate.

Lochte claimed that he'd been robbed at gunpoint while in Rio but it was later revealed that he had paid off security guards after vandalizing a gas station.

Police say the swimmers kicked down the door, then vandalized the bathroom inside.

Then those four swimmers continue down here back towards their taxi and at this point they allegedly ripped a poster off the wall before being confronted by those security guards.

A later usa today investigation painted a grayer version of events confirming that Lochte had exaggerated his claims but also casting doubt on Rio authorities.

The first version of the story you told Ryan was much more about the mean streets of Rio and the version we're hearing now is much more about a negotiated settlement to cover up some dumb behavior and that's why I'm taking full responsibility for it.

Regardless the damage had been done.

Four sponsors immediately dropped locked for his exaggerated claims, including Ralph Lauren Speedo, Usa Syneron, Candela and Air.

We've Forbes estimated that Lochte lost upwards of $10 million in the ordeal.

I take full responsibility.

I'm human.

I made a mistake, A very big mistake and it's something that I learned from and I know that that will never happen again.

# seven Michael Vick, I don't know how many times I got to say I got to say it.

I mean, it was wrong.

I feel, you know, I feel tremendous hurt behind what happened throughout the early 2000's Michael Vick revolutionized the quarterback position in football, set various records and was generally considered one of the best players of the modern era under pressure.

The whole The kid in a place where he can make a play.

That's what makes Michael Vick so incredibly special.

Unfortunately, his legacy was permanently tarnished.

In 2007 when authorities found evidence of an illegal dog fighting ring on his Virginia property collective picture was a very bad one.

There were tremendous concerns on my part about the severity of the crime, The effect on the animals.

As well as the attitude of the individuals involved in this operation.

Vic spent nearly two years in prison and lost millions in dropped sponsorships.

Numerous companies distance themselves from vic, including Nike who claimed, quote, we consider any cruelty to animals inhumane and Abhorrent.

Later.

Nike would stand by Tiger Woods during his infidelity scandal of late 2009 When Woods won the Masters 10 years later, the company gained $4 billion dollars in value.

Many doubted we'd ever see it.

But here it is.

The return to glory number six Paula Deen.

So I'll ask it to you bluntly, are you a racist?

No, No, I'm not.

In the summer of 2013 Paula Deen's empire crumbled when a former restaurant manager sued the celebrity chef for racial and sexual discrimination during the resulting deposition, Deen admitted to using racial slurs in the past.

When asked if she had ever used an especially offensive word.

Dean responded, quote.

Yes, of course.

But it's been a very long time.

Dean has since apologized for her words.

I beg for your forgiveness.

While the suit was dismissed with prejudice, Dean lost numerous sponsorships in the public controversy.

Book publishers and cooking programs dropped Dean, as did companies like wal mart, target Sears and JC Penney.

The list goes on and on and on, lost millions of dollars because she just failed to handle this in a savvy way.

She might have been able to survive this scandal with some of her empire intact if she really had been more contrite from the get go and it just didn't appear that way.

But controversy sells and two of Dean's cookbooks shot to the number one and number two spots on the amazon best sellers list Number five Oscar Pistorius, a disabled person running with able bodied athletes on the biggest stage in the world, incredible.

Oscar is really big in global terms.

One of the most famous olympians of the modern era.

Oscar Pistorius was born with a congenital defect and lost both of his feet at 11 months old.

He subsequently became a professional athlete and was the first double leg amputee to compete at the Olympic Games Sponsors, including Nike and Oakley wind up to work with Pistorius and he had accumulated $2 million 2012.

Anything else you want to tell me?

But just six months after competing at the 2012 London Games, he shot his girlfriend after allegedly mistaking her for an intruder.

He was originally sentenced to prison on charges of culpable homicide, but this has since been overturned to murder and Pistorius is serving a 15 year sentence in Anchorage, correctional center.

The accused has punished himself and will punish himself for the rest of his life far more than any court of law and punishing number 40.

J.

Simpson, Few athletes have suffered a greater fall from Grace.

Simpson was an incredibly popular and record setting football player throughout the 70s and he still holds the single season record for running yards per game with an average of 143.1.

ARN fell James Simpson had that shine, the sun hit him and there was this thing about him because he really was that great.

He also found enormous success with rental car company Hertz starring in a series of commercials that saw Simpson running through an airport.

This is widely regarded as one of the most successful celebrity endorsements of all time.

But of course Simpsons legacy was permanently tarnished once he was tried for the murders of Nicole Brown, Simpson and Ron Goldman.

Even though he was famously acquitted Simpson's career as a public figure was over, it was almost like an out of body experience.

I had a feeling of numbness.

Did this really happen?

Number three Lance Armstrong, everybody wants to know what I'm on, what am I on?

I'm on my bike busting my Ass six hours a day.

What do you want?

Arguably the most famous cyclists to ever live, Lance Armstrong became an internationally renowned figure while winning a record seven straight tour de France titles between 1999 and 2005, it was a true inspiration story, not only for the incredible feats of athleticism, but because armstrong was a cancer survivor, his story was the stuff of feel good sports movies, I had this sense of a guy who just wouldn't be beaten, Who through the force of his will and his personality became almost somebody different.

And while he faced doping allegations throughout much of his career, he continuously denied the use of performance enhancing drugs.

Unfortunately, his longtime use of drugs was finally confirmed in 2012 by the United States Anti Doping Agency.

Yes or no.

Did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance?

Yes or no, was one of those banned substances E.

P.

O.

He was subsequently stripped of all endorsements and titles and was banned from competing in professional sports.

Number two Jared fogle for nearly two decades, Jared fogle served as the spokesperson for Subway.

After attributing his dramatic weight loss to their sandwiches, he's looking good, show you the way Fogle once weighed 425 lb but lost over half that while studying at Indiana University, reportedly with the help of subway and good old fashioned exercise.

He quickly became an inspiration and a successful pitchman for the company Sharing how he dropped £245 on the subway diet Of two sandwiches a day shortly after Fogo was hired by subway and started over 300 commercials over the next 15 years.

This is real chicken with fresh veggies and freshly baked bread.

It tastes awesome too.

Now that's how chicken should be.

This all came crashing down in 2015 when he faced multiple charges involving minors.

He's currently serving 15 years in federal correctional institution Englewood.

Before we unveil our number one pick here are some not so honorable mentions vince offer.

The shamwow guy was arrested in 2000 and nine after a physical altercation with a sex worker.

Hi, it's vince with shamwow.

You'll be saying, wow!

Every time we use this towel, Gilbert Gottfried fired from Aflac after joking about the 2011 Japanese earthquake.

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Number one.

Bill Cosby, one of the first black spokespeople in entertainment.

Bill Cosby enjoyed a historic run with jello moms.

You know how the kids love jello pudding and you know, it's made with fresh milk so it's wholesome and you haven't made jello pudding for them since last night last what he began working with the company in 1974 and he stuck with them for multiple decades and generations By 2002, it had become the longest celebrity endorsement in history and in 2011, the advertising hall of Fame awarded him the president's award for contributions to advertising the boxes fat free, but my taste buds say it's too good to be fat free and I believe my taste buds, I've known them longer.

However, stocking Cosby's name dropped substantially in 2014 amidst the dozens of sexual misconduct and other allegations.

And in 2018 he was sentenced 3-10 years in prison.

He was released in 2021 amidst violations of his due process rights.

Yes, there will be no paper conviction But he will always have to live with the fact that 12 jurors looked him in the eye and said guilty, guilty, guilty regardless.

We think his partnership with Jello is over.

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