When we see celebrities on camera, it’s usually because they are performing. And if they clash with another celeb, it’s all part of the script.
However, some celebrity clashes are unscripted. Sometimes, celebs snub each other, clash with each other, or just weird each other out.
What kind of clashes are we talking about? For better or for worse, cameras have caught some of the worst celebrity confrontations in history. Keep reading to discover celeb tiffs guaranteed to make you cringe!
Sean Penn and Charlize Theron
There is a certain etiquette and protocol to meeting other celebs on the red carpet. When two celebrities run into each other, it’s not uncommon for them to give each other a courtesy hug. Sometimes, though, their faces show how they really feel.
A great example of this comes from Sean Penn and Charlize Theron. The two starred in The Last Face together and ran into each other on the red carpet at the movie’s Cannes premiere. They hugged, but neither seemed to like it: Sean Penn looks like he is being touched by a lower life form, and Charlize Theron looks like she is counting the milliseconds until she can get away from him!
Lea Michele and Jessica Lange
Speaking of red carpet weirdness, this video captures the moment that Lea Michele tried to fangirl over Jessica Lange. And, honestly, who can blame her!
However, when Michele tried to speak to her fave icon, Lange just kept walking. And Michele was left with a perplexed face as if she couldn’t believe what just happened to her.
Ryan Reynolds and Kylie Jenner
It’s fair to say that Ryan Reynolds is one of the most charming and popular actors on the planet. And most of us would kill if it meant we got to sit next to the Deadpool star.
“Most of us,” though, clearly doesn’t include Kylie Jenner. In this photo, she looks like she’d rather be anywhere else. And this wasn’t just a bad angle: even when John Legend and Chrissy Teigen came over to chat, all Jenner did was play on her phone and look bored.
Harry Styles and Gigi Hadid
Sometimes, it’s tough to recognize one celeb snubbing another in the moment. For example, this video shows Gigi Hadid shaking hands with Harry Styles when they meet up. On paper, that doesn’t sound so bad.
However, she then proceeds to hug the rest of the members of One Direction, leaving many to wonder why Styles got snubbed (some fans speculated this is because she is tight with Taylor Swift and Kendall Jenner, both exes of Styles). Towards the end, Styles gently touches Hadid on the arm…and she proceeds to give what might be the most withering look ever caught on camera.
Jerry Seinfeld and Kesha
As a show, Seinfeld has made multiple generations of audiences cry with laughter. Understandably, many celebs are fans of Seinfeld himself, and when Kesha saw the comedian on the red carpet, she attempted to give him a hug. And that was when everything went sideways.
She makes not one but two different attempts to hug the famous funnyman. After the second attempt, Seinfeld gave her a brusque “no, thank you.” Honestly, this moment was meaner or colder than anything the Soup Nazi of the show ever did.
Jack Nicholson and Jennifer Lawrence
When is a celebrity confrontation not necessarily a confrontation? Simple: when nobody can tell what the hell is going on!
This video captures the Academy Awards moment when Jennifer Lawrence was talking about her Best Actress Oscar win. Suddenly, Jack Nicholson shows up wiping sweat from his head with a hanky, told Lawrence she looked like an old girlfriend of his, and then disappeared. He then reappeared, said “I’ll be waiting,” and vanished again.
Was this a prank? A confrontation? Or just a case of Nicholson being Nicholson? We may never know the real answer.
Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, and Amy Schumer
“Prank or confrontation” is a question we must always ask with comedians. And when it comes to this insane moment involving Amy Schumer, we’re still not sure what she thought she was doing.
The comedian saw Kanye West and Kim Kardashian (still married at the time) and decided to show her admiration…by literally falling down at their feet. Kardashian looked bemused and Kanye just looked angry as they walked away from Schumer, who was left crawling on the ground.
John Travolta and Scarlett Johansson
It can sometimes be difficult to discern truth from fiction when it comes to celebrity interactions. For example, Scarlett Johansson would later describe this moment with John Travolta as a sweet one that she was totally into.
But her face is certainly telling a different story as a creepy Travolta hugs her from behind and goes for a kiss. In fact, it looks like she is about to turn into her MCU character and show him how the Black Widow got her name!