Ya Heard? The 10 Most Embarrassing Celebrity Recordings

Last week, Radar Online produced disturbing audio of actor/director Mel Gibson berating his former girlfriend, Russian pop singer Oksana Grigorieva, for dressing like a "Vegas whore." That would have been horrible enough if the anti-Semitic Aussie (remember The Passion of the Christ and him drunkenly blaming all the world's wars on the "fucking Jews"?) hadn't also dropped two bombs on blacks and Latinos, referring to the latter as "wetbacks" and saying that Oksana's dress would be to blame were she raped by a "pack of niggers." As it turns out, Gibson's lethal weapon is actually the mouth that's connected to his Stone Age brain—and it's sure to kill his career. Or it would if he weren't so rich that he can continue to finance his own films.



The recording of Gibson, which Grigorieva made in case he struck her, is only one of many in which celebrities—who are so often confused with good, likable people—have shown their true colors. From borderline child abuse to the infamous drunk dial, check out the most embarrassing celebrity recordings...

MEL GIBSON, ACTOR & DIRECTOR

WHEN: 2010

RECORDING: Vitriolic tirade directed at Oksana Gregorieva, the mother of his eight-month-old daughter Lucia

WHY IT'S EMBARRASSING: First Gibson exposed himself as a drunk and anti-Semite during an arrest, then he reportedly punched his girlfriend and knocked out a couple of her teeth, and now he

YOUNG BUCK, RAPPER & FORMER G-UNIT MEMBER

WHEN: 2008

RECORDING: Phone conversation between Buck and 50 Cent

WHY IT'S EMBARRASSING: This isn't the only time a rapper has been played out by a phone call, but it's definitely the worst instance of it. After dissing his former G-Unit boss at a concert, a sobbing Buck called Fif to apologize. He explained that all his money problems had him confused, vowed to never make another dis track directed at 50, and even begged for reinstatement into the crew. Nice guy that he is, Curtis recorded the whole conversation and leaked it to the world. The beef may not have been squashed, but Buck certainly was.

TIGER WOODS, PROFESSIONAL GOLFER

WHEN: 2009

RECORDING: Incriminating voicemail to his side piece, Jaimee Grubbs

WHY IT'S EMBARRASSING: This swinging dick shanked it horribly when he left a panicked voice message for his 24-year-old cocktail waitress jumpoff. Not only did he beg Grubbs to take her name off her voicemail in case his suspicious wife, Elin Nordegren, who

DUANE "DOG" CHAPMAN, STAR OF A&E

CHRISTIAN BALE, ACTOR

WHEN: 2008

RECORDING: Angry tirade at Shane Hurlbut, Terminator Salvation

SCOTT VAN PELT, ESPN SPORTSCENTER ANCHOR

WHEN: 2006

RECORDING: Sappy voicemail for a chick he met at Dewey Beach, Delaware

WHY IT'S EMBARRASSING: Going out like a self-effacing Jon Favreau in Swingers by desperately calling a chick too soon (repeatedly) and begging for a date in is infinitely more embarrassing when you're a public figure and she plays you out by posting the audio online. We're not sure why she wasn't dripping with excitement when he said he should be lucky to bag any chick who doesn't have a club foot and Bell's palsy. We can't even count how many times that pitch has helped us smash a chick with cerebral palsy.

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CHARLIE SHEEN, ACTOR

WHEN: 2005

RECORDING: Angry, comically racist voicemail left for ex-wife Denise Richards

WHY IT'S EMBARRASSING: Divorces and custody battles tend to be messy, and there's bound to be some name calling, but Sheen threw everyone for a loop when he called his former blonde Barbie doll not just a "cunt" but also "a coward and a liar and a fucking nigger." WTF! We haven't been this shocked since found out Wentworth Miller was black!

ALEC BALDWIN, ACTOR

WHEN: 2007

RECORDING: Voicemail for 11-year-old daughter Ireland

WHY IT'S EMBARRASSING: Baldwin, who was engaged in a messy custody battle with his ex-wife Kim Basinger, flipped on his daughter, whose age he didn't know, and called her a "rude, thoughtless little pig" who doesn't have the same "brains or the decency as a human being" because she repeatedly failed to answer her cell phone when he called her at a prearranged time. We sure he was fighting for custody?

BENZINO, RAPPER AND FORMER CO-OWNER OF THE SOURCE
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RECORDING:Ozone Magazine
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