Most fucked-up celebrity?

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Poll question: Most fucked-up celebrity?

If someone not listed, please reply. (I personally don't consider the current resident of the White House to be a "celebrity.")

[XemaSab]

1. Gotta go with MJ

Freakish amounts of plastic surgery + extreme child abuse/endangerment + making a public spectacle = WINNER! :o

[Clintonista2]

6. I agree

The image of his nose falling off will haunt me forever.

[lost-in-nj]

2. man

they are ALL to fucked up...

couldn't choose just one...


lost

[MrCoffee]

3. it's gotta be the Nuge.

a psycho with a bow and arrow is much scarier than MJ's face.

[Deja Q]

4. Other: Everyone listed in the poll.

:P

[Liberalynn]

5. Damn this was one of the harder polls to choose just one in!

but had to go with MJ all though Britney is neck and neck with him, IMHO.

[bluedigger]

7. MJ got my vote based on longevity!

He's been fucked up for a really long time!

[YDogg]

8. Michael Jackson is a celebrity?

:shrug:

[FloridaJudy]

9. Tolstoy had a point

While I don't agree with his assertion that all happy families are alike, I do concur that all effed-up ones have their own unique twists.

Each of these people has a distinct way of making me ask "What was he/she/(and in the case of Michael Jackson)it thinking?" The substance abusers like - Spears and Houston - have some sort of excuse, but the rest are just - well - weird! They're sort of like bad accidents: I know I shouldn't slow down to look, but I just can't help myself.

They do serve a purpose though. It proves to us hoi polloi that you can be young, rich, talented, gorgeous and/or famous and be even more messed up than we are.