Best 2022 celebrity scandals

ALBAWBA - From Chris Rock-Will Smith slap to Rihanna becoming a mom for the first time, this year has been full of surprises for us.

Scroll down as Albawaba takes a trip down 2022 to go through some of the best celebrity moments this year.

1. Chris Rock slap

During this year's oscars ceremony, actor Will Smith walked onstage and slapped comedian Chris Rock across the face in front of the audience after Rock made a joke about Smith's wife Jada's shaved head, which she had been shaving since 2021 due to alopecia areata.

Eventually,  the academy came to the decision to ban the actor for ten years from attending the ceremony as part of his punishment. 

2. Depp Vs. Heard

In 2018, actress Amber Heard wrote an op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post, in which she claims she was physically abused by her then husband Johnny Depp.

And this year, a trial was held when Depp accused Heard of defaming him in the op-ed , the jury awarded Depp $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million dollars in punitive damages.

3. Kane West is the antisemite of the year

In October this year, Kanye West wore a shirt that read: ''White Lives Matter'' and according to The Southern Poverty Law Center, the term is associated with a Neo-Nazi group with that same name.

The Neo-Nazi group was founded as a racist response to the civil rights movement ''Black Lives Matter''

Soon after, West tweeted: ''death con 3 on Jewish people,'' West then falsely claims that George Floyd died because of fentanyl, and that he was not killed by police officers who knelt on his neck for nine minutes till he was out of breath. 

According to CNN, West had an obsession with Adolf Hitler, adding that the rapper wanted to name an album after him. And this year, Kanye tweeted: ''starting to think anti-Semitic means [the N word],'' the tweet was eventually removed by Twitter. 

During an appearance on theorist Alex Jones' broadcast West said: ''I love Jewish people,'' and ''I like Nazis'' and can see “good things about Hitler.''

4. Love is in the air

This year was full of magic and love between our beloved celebrities, as many people said their I do's while others found their perfect match. 

In 2022, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck tied the knot, and this is special news as the duo were previously engaged almost a decade ago, their wedding was set for September of 2003, but the pair cancelled their wedding just two days prior to saying their I do's  and announced their official breakup in January 2004.

Actress Megan Fox and rapper Machine Gun Kelly tied the knot on May. 15, 2022, Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker also said their I do's in Italy during a romantic ceremony. 

Nicola Peltz and Brooklyn Beckham said their I do's in a lavish Jewish wedding ceremony. 

Beckham and Peltz's wedding took place over three days, with 500 guests attending, and reportedly cost a little over $4 million.

5. Everyone is convinced that Harry Styles spit on Chris Pine

During The Don't Worry Darling movie premiere, the cast of the film were sitting including actor Chris Pine, and in a video circulating all over social media, Harry Styles can be seen approaching Pine, slowly kneeling down, before allegedly spitting on the actor.

6.  Balenciaga's alleged child porn campaign 

 Balenciaga pulled a campaign that showed pictures of children, holding teddy bears in sexually evocative costumes, when Twitter users zoomed in on the campaign photos, “virtual child porn” court document were spotted. 

Kim Kardashian, who is also Balenciaga's brand ambassador, broke her silence over the latest campaign, saying that she is re-evaluating her professional relationship with the brand.