19 Celebs Who Told A Lie And Then Got Exposed

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1.When Shay Mitchell pretended to use these makeup wipes for a sponcon post:

2.And when Millie Bobby Brown pretended to apply her skincare products:

3.When Olivia Jade posed for fake rowing pictures, as part of her and her mother Lori Loughlin's involvement in the now-infamous college admissions scandal:

H/T: Maryjoe13

4.When Kylie Jenner infamously kept lying about her lips being natural, which sparked a huge pop culture moment and led to the creation of her now-iconic lip kit.

An interviewer asking "What's your secret?" to which Kylie replies, "A lot of colors"

5.When Bill Clinton lied about his affair with Monica Lewinsky and, well, we all know how big that was:

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Clinton was impeached for lying under oath.

6.When James Frey lied to Oprah — and readers — about his memoir A Million Little Pieces.

Oprah saying "I have to say it is difficult for me to talk to you because I feel really duped. But more importantly, I feel that you betrayed millions of readers"

7.When the entire phone call between Kanye West and Taylor Swift leaked, proving that Kanye and Kim Kardashian lied about Taylor approving the "Famous" lyric that referred to her as a "bitch."

8.When comedian Steve Rannazzisi lied about surviving the 9/11 attacks. He later admitted it was a lie.

Steve Rannazzisi on Sirius XM

9.When Milli Vanilli was exposed for lip-synching to all their songs. It was actually these singers, who detailed it all in an Oprah interview:

10.When Bow Wow got caught lying about flying on a private jet, which sparked the #BowWowChallenge:

11.When Brian Williams lied about being in an aircraft "hit by RPG fire" in Iraq when he was really in a different helicopter:

"I want to apologize. I said I was traveling in an aircraft that was hit by RPG fire. I was instead in a following aircraft"
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12.When Paris Hilton told Larry King she had never done drugs — only ADD medication — but was arrested for possession of cocaine:

Paris said, "[Just] Adderall. Anyone who has ADD takes it"
CNN

13.When Jack White got caught lying about bandmate Meg White, who he used to call his "sister," when she was actually his ex-WIFE:

Jack and Meg White posing at an event together

14.When Lance Armstrong lied about using performance-enhancing drugs:

Lance told Larry King, "I have never doped. That's crazy"

15.When the Washington Post published a list of 30,000+ lies that Donald Trump told during his presidency:

"Trump's false or misleading claims total 30,573 over 4 years"
washingtonpost.com

16.When Martha Stewart lied to authorities about insider trading and iconically went to prison for five months:

Martha Stewart shown on a TV screen with the caption: "prison bound"

17.When pop group Tatu pretended to be a lesbian couple for publicity. You probably know their song "All The Things She Said":

18.When Elizabeth Holmes said her blood-testing machine could accurately run thousands of tests from just a single drop of blood, knowing it couldn't. This was exposed by journalist John Carreyrou, who wrote a scathing piece on her company Theranos.

H/T: mkatherinekelly
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19.And lastly, when Hilaria Baldwin pretended she was Spanish:

Did we miss any celeb lies? Let me know in the comments below!