Top 10 Worst Celebrity Business Ventures

Donald Trump's premium mail-order steak brand launched at The Sharper Image electronics stores, a distribution strategy so baffling that the entire venture collapsed within two months and became a permanent punchline.

The action star's "Asian Experience" energy drink in flavors like Cherry Charge and Asian Experience managed to insult multiple cultures simultaneously while tasting, by all accounts, absolutely terrible.

Ye's private Christian school in Simi Valley abruptly closed amid his antisemitism controversy, leaving families scrambling after the institution operated with no accreditation and required parents to sign NDAs.

The A-list-backed restaurant chain burned through $250 million in investor money, filed for bankruptcy twice, and proved that hanging movie props on walls is not a sustainable business model no matter how famous the owners are.

While Simpson later built a billion-dollar fashion empire, her edible beauty line of candy-flavored cosmetics designed to be licked off skin was a cringe-worthy misfire that confused consumers and disgusted beauty editors.

The self-proclaimed mogul's ghost kitchen restaurant chain launched in partnership with delivery apps during the pandemic bubble and quietly folded within a year, joining the graveyard of celebrity ghost kitchen failures.

The Hulkster opened a pasta restaurant in the Mall of America that served dishes like "Hulk-U's" and "Hulk-A-Roos," lasting roughly one year before closing and cementing itself as the gold standard of celebrity restaurant failures.

Madonna's global gym franchise overpromised and underdelivered, with locations closing across multiple continents amid lawsuits, unpaid employees, and membership holders unable to get refunds from the Material Girl's fitness empire.

The YouTuber's blockchain game promised players could buy, breed, and trade exotic animal NFTs for profit, but the project stalled after launch with millions collected and little delivered, triggering investigations and class-action threats.

Donald Trump's premium mail-order steak brand launched at The Sharper Image electronics stores, a distribution strategy so baffling that the entire venture collapsed within two months and became a permanent punchline.

The action star's "Asian Experience" energy drink in flavors like Cherry Charge and Asian Experience managed to insult multiple cultures simultaneously while tasting, by all accounts, absolutely terrible.

Ye's private Christian school in Simi Valley abruptly closed amid his antisemitism controversy, leaving families scrambling after the institution operated with no accreditation and required parents to sign NDAs.

The A-list-backed restaurant chain burned through $250 million in investor money, filed for bankruptcy twice, and proved that hanging movie props on walls is not a sustainable business model no matter how famous the owners are.

While Simpson later built a billion-dollar fashion empire, her edible beauty line of candy-flavored cosmetics designed to be licked off skin was a cringe-worthy misfire that confused consumers and disgusted beauty editors.

The self-proclaimed mogul's ghost kitchen restaurant chain launched in partnership with delivery apps during the pandemic bubble and quietly folded within a year, joining the graveyard of celebrity ghost kitchen failures.

The Hulkster opened a pasta restaurant in the Mall of America that served dishes like "Hulk-U's" and "Hulk-A-Roos," lasting roughly one year before closing and cementing itself as the gold standard of celebrity restaurant failures.

Madonna's global gym franchise overpromised and underdelivered, with locations closing across multiple continents amid lawsuits, unpaid employees, and membership holders unable to get refunds from the Material Girl's fitness empire.

The YouTuber's blockchain game promised players could buy, breed, and trade exotic animal NFTs for profit, but the project stalled after launch with millions collected and little delivered, triggering investigations and class-action threats.