Good Boys Gone Bad
From butter wouldn't melt to sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll
PA ImagesChace Crawford
As Gossip Girl’s Nate Archibald, easy-on-the-eye Chace was named People’s Hottest Bachelor and became the face of young people’s charity, Do Something.
PA ImagesThen in June 2010, Chace’s mugshot made headlines the world over when he was arrested in Texas for drug offences and ultimately charged for possession of marijuana.
PA ImagesMark Owen
Always thought of as the cute one from Take That, baby-faced Mark was the very epitome of husband-material, shunning the celebrity party circuit for quiet nights with his wife Emma and their two children.
PASo you can imagine our shock when in March 2010 Mark admitted to having “maybe 10” affairs. "I don't know how many girls there were in all. I denied to her [his wife, Emma] that I was having an affair when things were going on. I want to do the right thing now to be with her for the rest of my life.” Who’d have thought it?
Rex FeaturesZac Efron
As High School Musical’s velvet-toned Troy Bolton, Zac became Disney’s poster boy for all things wholesome and subsequently was adored by ‘tweens’, teens and their grandmothers alike.
PA ImagesThat was, until, Zac grew up and developed an, ahem, healthy interest in the opposite sex. As well as receiving saucy nude picture texts from his girlfriend, fellow teen queen Vanessa Hudgens (shock horror), Zac hit the headlines earlier this year when he allegedly spent four hours - not to mention $2,000 - on lap-dances at NYC gentlemen’s club, Flashdancers.
Rex FeaturesJustin Timberlake
Clean-living, fresh-faced and god-fearing, Justin Randall Timberlake was the kind of boybander every girl could take home to their mamas in the early Noughties. He was even dating the world’s most famous virgin (Britney) – boys don’t come more asexual than that.
PA ImagesSans Britney, Justin brought Sexy Back – he ditched his asexual image for one of rampant prowess. He even wrote an entire album about sex. Is it hot in here…?
Rex FeaturesJohnny Depp
Back in the late 80s/very early 90s, he of heavenly cheekbones was a teen idol and clean-cut pin-up thanks to his role in crime drama, 21 Jump Street.
Rex FeaturesBut by the mid Nineties, Johnny had been dubbed a fully-fledged Hollywood hell-raiser by the press. As well as indulging heavily in drink, drugs and tattoos, Johnny was infamously arrested for trashing a hotel room in 1994, after police found no evidence of the “armadillo” that a drunken Johnny blamed the damage on. Of course, JD has now gone full circle, living in the French countryside – armadillo-free – with his wife and two children.
Rex FeaturesJesse Metcalfe
With his perfect face and baby-smooth chest, Jesse won the hearts of a million women (including good girl Nadine Coyle) as teen gardener, John, in Desperate Housewives. Insert your own saucy ‘gardener’ euphemisms – we’re not going there.
But post-Housewives, Jesse ‘butched’ up, flaunting chest hair and tattoos before brawling and boozing all over Hollywood. He entered rehab in 2007 to combat his drink demons.
Rex FeaturesHugh Grant
Back in the early 90s, bumbling British ‘nice guy’ Hugh charmed a legion of grandmothers with his polite pleasantries and non-threatening floppy hair.
PA ImagesSo imagine their distress when Hugh hit the headlines in 1995 after being arrested for receiving oral “services” from prostitute Divine Brown on Hollywood Boulevard – a long way from the red carpet. The scandal!
PA ImagesNick Carter
Blonde-haired, blue-eyed cherubic popstar became a pin-up for teens the world over with his curtained locks and non-threatening (skinny) frame.
PA ImagesSans The Backstreet Boys, Nick went off the rails, battling drink and drug addiction while break-up rumours circulated him and then-girlfriend Paris Hilton. Nick has since sobered up and turned his life around, crediting a healthy lifestyle as the source of his new-found happiness.
Rex FeaturesVernon Kay
A household name in the game-show arena, Vernon was fast-becoming your nan’s favourite TV star, with his family values, choir-boy good looks and clean-cut image.
Rex FeaturesSo it all came as a bit of a shock when he admitted to sending racy texts (AKA ‘sexting’) to a page three girl after meeting her in a nightclub. Wife of seven years and fellow TV presenter Tess Daly wasn’t best pleased either
PA ImagesRobbie Williams
Robbie joined Britain’s answer to New Kids On The Block, Take That, as a fresh-faced, innocent 16-year-old in 1990, soon hitting the walls of many a’ screaming teen the world over.
Rex FeaturesBut living the dream proved too much for young Rob and, after bleaching his shaved head (five years before Eminem, no less) he dabbled in drink and drugs, and was unceremoniously kicked out of Take That following a rather shambolic, surprise appearance dancing on stage at Glastonbury in 1995. Robbie battled with addiction for years before finally exorcising the last of his demons in 2007.
Rex FeaturesJude Law
Despite his overt hotness, Jude wasn’t interested in the fairer sex! He was a committed family man – utterly devoted to his three children, on great terms with his ex-wife Sadie Frost, and the proud fiancé of one gorgeous Sienna Miller.
PA ImagesBut Jude made headlines for all the wrong reasons in 2005 when it emerged he’d been sleeping with his children’s nanny. Perhaps worse, rumours then began circulating that the affair ‘came out’ after one his children caught them in bed and told Sadie. Shame on you.
Rex FeaturesColin Farrell
Back in the day, Colin was a good Catholic boy, auditioning for boyband Boyzone (really) and acting his little righteous socks off in Irish drama, Ballykissangel.
PA ImagesBut once Hollywood came a’ calling, little Colin went wild – telling all who’d listen of his drug-fuelled dalliances. Uninformed quotes – “Heroin is fine in moderation” being the most notorious – addiction and sex tapes followed, before Colin cleared up his ways for the sake of his children. Thankfully, going good didn’t get rid of that naughty twinkle in his Irish eyes.
PA ImagesDaniel Radcliffe
Daniel captured the hearts of everyone as cutesy, teeny, bespectacled boy-wizard, Harry Potter. Too cute!
PA ImagesSo who didn’t start to look at Daniel a little differently when he ditched his wizardry robes and stripped naked for edgy stage play, Equus.
PA ImagesJared Leto
Remember when Jared was a fresh-faced teen pin-up? An actor?
PA ImagesToday, Jared’s more guy-liner, man-scara and male polish than he is a quick touch-up under the studio lights. The star ditched his pretty boy image to make the move firmly into rock with band, 30 Seconds To Mars. Jordan of My So-Called Life is loooong gone, peeps.
PA ImagesMel Gibson
Back in the day, Mel was Hollywood’s sweetheart – not only one of the highest paid actors AND a critically-acclaimed director, but capable of charming women the world over with his cheeky glint, feathered mullet and infectious laugh.
PA ImagesToday, Hollywood isn’t so friendly after the allegations of homophobia, racism and domestic violence surrounding Mel.
Rex FeaturesTiger Woods
Golf’s golden boy, a patron of many charities and youth projects, the signatory to over $500million worth of product endorsements and, most importantly, devoted husband and father…Tiger sure had a lot to smile about.
Rex FeaturesAfter labouring under the ‘nicest guy in sport’ tag for more than a decade, Tiger’s charade came crashing down in late 2009 when it emerged the golfer had engaged in extramarital affairs with up to 13 women.
Rex FeaturesRonan Keating
Vowing to remain a virgin until he wed – “To be true to what I am and what I believe. I saved myself and I'm happy to have done that” – good Catholic boy Ronan Keating laboured under the ‘nicest guy in pop’ tag for more than a decade.
Rex FeaturesBut that all changed in May 2010 when it emerged Ronan had reportedly engaged in a seven-month affair behind his wife of 12-years’ back.
Rex FeaturesMacaulay Culkin
Probably the most famous child star of all time, you couldn’t swing a VHS recorder in the late 80s/early 90s without hitting yet another adorable Macaulay Culkin comedy. With his baby blonde locks and loveable grin, everyone wanted a bite of little Mac back then.
Rex FeaturesSadly, little Mac had to grow up, and soon the star was making headlines for all the wrong reasons. ‘Washed up’ at 14, a failed marriage at 18, drink and drug abuse, arrests, the list goes on. Thankfully, Macaulay seems to have cleaned up his act now, and is in a happy relationship with gorgeous actress Mila Kunis.
Rex FeaturesAlec Baldwin
Hollywood’s brooding golden boy, Alec was adored by the critics, his peers and pretty much every woman on the planet during the 80s and 90s.
Rex FeaturesBut it was the Noughties when Alec got naughty. We witnessed his Hollywood halo slip once he became involved in a very public, very messy divorce with Kim Basinger – which led to the now notorious expletive-laden recording of him telling his 11-year-old daughter what a “thoughtless little pig” she was. Ouch.
Rex FeaturesChristian Bale
Welsh wonder Christian, with his chiselled-jaw and penetrating eyes, was the archetypal Hollywood heartthrob and yet, the boy could actually act!
Rex FeaturesIn 2008, who wasn’t shocked when we heard that recording? Christian, in his strange Welsh/American brogue, proceeded to scream profanities (including dropping the F-bomb a record 40 times!) at Terminator Salvation’s Director of Photography, who dared to enter his eye-line during filming. Not such a nice guy, after all?
