Every family has drama, no matter how famous they are. Celebrities are not immune from having drama with their parents. Some of the most celebrated and award-winning stars have had their parents’ cause drama, only the stakes are much higher.


Usually the drama comes when business and family are mixed, but sometimes parents can become jealous and get a little bit too involved in the lives of their children. From family feuds and addition to court cases and arrests, these families have caused plenty of drama to embarrass their famous kids.

Here are some of the biggest dramas that happen when fame and family mix and even the most famous stars have to deal with embarrassing and dramatic.

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12/12 Britney Spears’ Dad Put Her Under Conservatorship

One of the most high profile cases of family drama in recent years, Britney Spear‘s father,Jamie, had his pop star daughter placed in conservatorship for over 13 years.

Britney claims that her dad, Jamie Spears, stripped her of her freedom, controlling her life from the people she dated to her reproductive rights. This conservatorship was legally overturned in 2021.

Neither of her parents were present when she married Sam Asghari in 2022. She has frequently taken to social media to denounce her family.

In a July 2022 Instagram post, she wrote of her mother Lynne: “you abused me … yes I will say it and it blows my mind that you still play the prayer loving mom.”

“He loved the control he had over me, 100 percent,” the singer testified ina 2021 court hearing, adding, “I’ve lied and told the whole world I’m OK and I’m happy. If I said that enough, maybe I’d become happy. … I’m in shock. I’m traumatized. … I’m so angry it’s insane.”

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11/12 Leighton Meester Sued Her Mother

Gossip Girl actress Leighton Meester and her mother, Constance Meester, have been estranged for many years. Leighton sued her mother in 2011 for misusing the money sent for her brother’s healthcare. in the ’80s, Constance was convicted of helping a drug ring import narcotics, and she gave birth to Leighton while in a Texas halfway house.

Her mother then counter-sued the actress for $3 million if she didn’t raise the monthly allowance to $10,000, claiming Leighton owed her fees for working as her manager and helping her jump-start her career. The judge ruled the case in Leighton’s favor.

10/12 Alec Baldwin’s Controversial Voicemail

Although it appears they have made up, and he has changed his ways, Alec Baldwin makes this list for a famous incident.

Some years ago Baldwin left a voicemail message to his then wife Kim Basinger, when he called his then 11-year-old daughter, Ireland, “a rude, thoughtless little pig,” going on to tell her, “you don’t have the brains or the decency as a human being.” The voicemail was leaked by Basinger herself.

In 2017’s Comedy Central Roast Ireland Baldwin made light of the situations. “It’s good to be here,” she said after introducing herself to her own father. “I almost didn’t even know about it because I haven’t checked my voice mails from my dad from the last 12 years or something?”

9/12 Meghan Markle’s Talkative Father

Meghan Markle and her dad, Thomas Markle, have had a pretty public falling out. Thomas has used any opportunity to bad mouth his daughter in the press.

As soon as her engagement to Prince Harry was announced, the former lighting director took to the British press to say his side of the story. In 2018 it was revealed he was staging photos for the press.

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Last minute he declined the invitation to her wedding, citing his heath as the reason. “I have always cared for my father and hope he can be given the space he needs to focus on his health,” she wrote in an official statement before her big day.

He then spent the following months doing live interviews, photoshoots and press. Thomas Sr. spoke to the Daily Mail for nearly nine hours over the course of three days in July, voicing incendiary opinions about the royal family as well as about Meghan herself. He described his actress daughter as “cold” and even suggested that “it would be easier for Meghan if I died.”

In a CBS interview, Markle said she felt betrayed and shocked at his behavior. She also said it’s difficult for her to “reconcile” her father’s actions because she “genuinely can’t imagine doing anything to intentionally cause pain” to her son, Archie.

8/12 Ariel Winters Became Emancipated From Mother

Modern Family actress Ariel Winter became emancipated from her mother at 17. She had moved in with her sister at 14, claiming her mother had acted physically and emotionally abusive.

The actress even said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporterthat she was prepared to go to foster care to escape her mother’s abuse, until her older sister Shanelle Gray agreed to take her in. Her sister became her guardian.

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The actress claimed that her mother, Crystal, would withhold food, force her to attend parties and build famous communications, and would dress her provocatively. Her mom still denies these allegations and continues to speak to the press about her famous daughter.

Rihanna accused her father, Ronald Fenty, of misusing her name to benefit his own entertainment company, and sued him in 2019 for false advertising and invasion of privacy. She would later drop the case.

She had a rocky relationship with her addicted father growing up. She has spoken about his abusive attitudes to her mother. He left her family at a young age, forcing their mother to work more and fo Rihanna to raise her siblings.

The pair stopped talking to each other for two years after the We Found Love singer sent him home for being drunk during her 2008’s North American tour.