40+ of the Biggest Public Celebrity Meltdowns Ever

A lot of people love to obsess over celebrities. Whether idolizing them or enjoying seeing them fail, we all get a little something out of watching these individuals go through their everyday lives. Sometimes, even though they try to keep a good public image, those mighty celebrities we all idolize so much have bad days. From Charlie Sheen to Kim Kardashian, we've compiled a list of the biggest celebrity meltdowns that went down in public.

Some celebrities develop a reputation around certain aspects of their characters. For Russell Crowe, it's very well known that he has a pretty explosive temper. Though it's been shown on several occasions, his biggest meltdown happened while he was filming Cinderella Man. After trying to call home to talk to his wife and being unable to get the line to connect, he got very angry and stormed up to the front desk. At this time, he became physically violent with the clerk - which he was charged for.

Amanda Bynes is another one of those young stars that have had so much pressure put on her, that it seems like she just snapped at one point. Over the past several years, she's had quite a few meltdowns. But the one where she threw a "vase" out of her Manhattan apartment is probably the one that is the most insane. She wound up getting taken in by the police for throwing the “vase” and was eventually released, only to have another meltdown almost immediately after traveling to a new coast. There, she thought starting a little fire might get her point across.

Sometimes, when you're an artist, you're passionate about certain things. Most of the time, these passionate artists are able to maintain their cool, but some fly off the handle like Christian Bale did when he cursed out the cinematographer on the set of Terminator Salvation. It seemed that he didn't like the guy walking onto the set to adjust the light, and because of this, he took several minutes to tell the individual exactly why he didn't like it and what needed to be done.

Celebrities are humans, too, and sometimes they have a bad day. It could be at this moment when even the friendliest person can set them off. That had to be the case with David O'Russell and Lily Tomlin when something happened on the set of I Heart Huckabees, and he began cursing at her when she had problems getting her lines right. It's okay because, according to Tomlin, they finally got past it.