12 celebrities who got cancelled in 2021: from Chris Noth’s downfall and J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter reunion snub, to Aaron Rodgers’ NFL vaccination lie and Ellen DeGeneres’ toxic workplace

Dec 24 , 2021

Armie Hammer, J.K. Rowling, Chris Noth, Chrissy Teigen and Justin Timberlake were among the celebrities who received backlash in this 2021.
Photos: AFP, Reuters, TNS, Getty Images, AP — Armie Hammer, J.K. Rowling, Chris Noth, Chrissy Teigen and Justin Timberlake were among the celebrities who received backlash in this 2021. Photos: AFP, Reuters, TNS, Getty Images, AP

Sex and The City’s Chris Noth was dropped from Peloton recently following sexual assault claims, while Twitter troll Chrissy Teigen was accused of cyberbullying by TV personality Courtney Stodden

Marilyn Manson, Matt Damon and DaBaby also fell from grace, while Justin Timberlake faced backlash from the #freebritney movement following documentary Framing Britney Spears

Sexual assault allegations, toxic tweets – and a cannibalism fetish? Here are some of the most shocking and outrageous celebrity cancellations of 2021.

1. Chris Noth

Former Sex in the City star Chris Noth was accused of sexual assault by three woman. Photo: Getty Images

And just like that … Mr. Big is dead to the Sex and the City fandom. Turns out, Carrie Bradshaw was right not to call 911 when the heart attack hit. Last week, two women accused the actor of sexual assault in a report published by The Hollywood Reporter on December 16. Just a day later, a third woman also came forward with sexual assault allegations against the 67-year-old actor, in a report published by The Daily Beast. Noth has denied the allegations.

Exercise equipment company Peloton has pulled out an ad campaign with the actor and he’s also been dropped from the film The Equalizer.

2. Chrissy Teigen

Chrissy Teigen was “cancelled” this year after allegations of cyberbullying surfaced. Photo: Getty Images.

The queen of Twitter fell hard this year, after some of her earliest tweets came to light in July. They showed that in 2011, Chrissy Teigen cyberbullied TV personality Courtney Stodden – at the time just 16 – for marrying 50-year-old actor Doug Hutchison. Stodden, who announced her divorce from Hutchison in 2020, pointed to multiple tweets Teigen sent to them at the time.

“My Friday fantasy: you. dirt nap. mmm baby,” Teigen tweeted at Stodden in 2011, according to Vox. Stodden also revealed in an interview with The Daily Beast that the 36-year-old model and social media darling had also direct-messaged them offensive remarks at the time.

The toxic tweets led to Teigan, All of Me singer John Legend’s wife, losing lucrative deals with Target, Bloomingdale’s and Macy’s.