The Most Cringe-Worthy Moments That Have Happened At Red Carpet Events

Published on May 2, 2023
We often place celebrities on a pedestal, thinking of them as above human sometimes. Well, the fact remains that celebrities are all mere mortals like the rest of us, and that means that they can have embarrassing moments and mishaps like the rest of us too. We’d argue that their embarrassing moments can be even worse since they are in the spotlight. This is especially true when these awkward moments happen at a red carpet event. Here are some of those exact cringe-inducing moments.

Jason Derulo Takes A Tumble?

In 2015, Jason Derulo experienced and embarrassing moment at the Met Gala when he fell down the stairs. Not only did he fall, but it was a very dramatic fall as well, as he nosedived all the way down, and this moment went totally viral, with just one problem…that wasn’t actually Jason Derulo! In fact, it was a random person who fell down, but the Twitter had decided that it was Derulo, so that’s what circulated around the web.

Jason Derulo Takes A Tumble

Jason Derulo Takes A Tumble? Image via Twitter @Pubity

Katy Slips On Cake

This time, this was actually a celebrity who fell down. While performing at the 2008 MTV Latin America Music Awards, Katy Perry jumped into a huge cake, leaving her covered in frosting. When Perry tried to leave the stage, she kept slipping, which was quite amusing once it was clear that she was not hurt.

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Katy Slips On A Cake

Katy Slips On Cake (Kevin Winter via Getty Images)

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Kristen’s Butter Fingers

In 2009, Kristen Stewart was awarded the Golden Popcorn Award for Best Female Performance at the MTV Music Awards for her role in Twlight. After she accepted the award, she actually dropped it on the spot, with the award breaking upon impact. We understand if the award was buttered popcorn!

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Kristen's Butter Fingers

Kristen’s Butter Fingers (Kevin Mazur/WireImage)

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Melissa’s Makeup Mishap

Melissa Joan Hart has captivated audiences since the 90’s, with roles in shows like Sabrina the Teenage Witch. However, while attending the Frozen premiere, she had a bit of a makeup mishap. It seems as though her makeup artist didn’t properly blend in her face powder, and it ended up being prominently featured in many of her photos from the event.

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Melissa's Makeup Mishap (David Livingston:Getty)

Melissa’s Makeup Mishap (David Livingston/Getty)

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Cara’s Chaos

Model slash actress Cara Delevigne turned heads at the 2014 GQ Men of the Year Awards, but perhaps not for the best reason. She almost spilled her drink over other prominent attendees and later even completely fell over, knocking over Jonathan Saunders along the way. At least the two seemed to have a laugh about it.

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Cara's Chaos (David M. Bennet Via Getty)

Cara’s Chaos (David M. Bennet Via Getty Images)

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A Jennifer On The Loose

While attending the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscars party, she experienced embarrassing moment where she tripped and nearly fell completely over while wearing a beautiful long Gucci gown. She lost her balance thanks to her high heels and long dress, but she was able to keep her composure and not completely lose balance.

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A Jennifer On The Loose

A Jennifer On The Loose (Reuters)

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His Wife’s Bodyguard

Here we see Adam Levine with his wife Behati Prinsloo at the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party making a big show of protecting her after her dress slipped down a bit while she was posing for a photo. Well, at least everyone is laughing about the embarrassing situation!

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His Wife's Bodyguard (Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic)

His Wife’s Bodyguard (Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic)

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Tre Not So Cool?

Tre Cool is the drummer for Green Day, but he had a moment where he completely lost his cool was at the Europe Music Awards in 2019. After he got out of the car to get on the red carpet, he fell over. While he tried to keep his composure, he couldn’t keep it together. Luckily it seems like he’s been able to move past it though.

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Tre Not So Cool? (Image FilmMagic)

Tre Not So Cool? (Image: FilmMagic)

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Super Excited

We can’t blame Rami Malek for his Oscar win for Best Actor for his role in Bohemian Rhapsody. It is very understandable that he was overwhelmed with emotion, and that likely explains how he missed one of the steps to get off stage, which led him to fall over. Luckily he was surrounding by a whole lot of people who were able to help pick him up off the ground.

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You’re In The Way!

Jason Segel is truly a funny guy, even when he’s in the middle of a faux pas. Here we see him getting in the way of the cleaning staff on the red carpet, and he’s making hilarious facial expressions like only he can. To be fair, you’d think that the cleaning staff would be done before the guests arrive!

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You're In The Way! (Michael Buckner Via Getty Images)

You’re In The Way! (Michael Buckner Via Getty Images)

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She Took A Spill

Ashley Graham is a model and TV personality that has truly accomplished a whole lot. While she was attending the Time 100 Gala in 2017, she had a moment that she likely wants to put behind her. She accidentally tripped over her dress, twisting her ankle a bit, but luckily not falling over completely. We hope she didn’t hurt herself!

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She Took A Spill (Erik Pendzich:REX:Shutterstock)

She Took A Spill (Erik Pendzich/REX/Shutterstock)

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Bambi Falling

In 2014, Crown Princess of Denmark, Princess Mary attended the Bambi Media Awards in Germany. After she was awarded one for her work in charity, she was so excited that she almost fell over after losing her balance. Luckily she didn’t drop her new award! She already has eyes on her all the time, she didn’t need to fall over and have that on camera.

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Bambi Falling

Bambi Falling (Reuters)

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Christoph’s Waltz

Actor Christoph Waltz has had quite the impressive career, between starring in Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained and many more films. While at the 2018 Cannes Festival, he walked around with a strange limp, and it was unclear whether this was an act or not as well. From the look of the woman behind him, it seems like a joke, but if not, it’s awkward for all involved.

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Christoph's Waltz

Christoph’s Waltz (Gisela Schober/Getty)

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Getting Handsy

While on the red carpet premiere for their 2014 film The Other Woman, Leslie Mann showed the world that she gets along with her co-star Cameron Diaz. In fact, they get along so well that Mann showed how comfortable she is with Diaz, who doesn’t seem so concerned about it, so hopefully it’s okay with her and that this is just a bit of fun between friends.

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Getting Handsy (Karwai Tang:Getty)

Getting Handsy (Karwai Tang/Getty)

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A Firm Wrist Shake

Though this is not the worst faux pas ever, it’s still a bit embarrassing if not pre-planned. While at this Oscars red carpet, actresses Reese Witherspoon and Felicity Jones greeted one another not with a handshake but rather with a wrist-shake, which is just odd since it’s not really a thing. Did they just miss the handshake? Luckily they’re both smiling.

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A Firm Wrist Shake (Kevork Djansezian:Getty)

A Firm Wrist Shake (Kevork Djansezian/Getty)

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Falling At Their Feet

Amy Schumer is known for her unusual antics, which was the case at the 2015 TIME 100 red carpet. While there, she decided to pretend to fall while Kim Kardashian and Kanye West arrived on the red carpet. Perhaps she was trying to get a reaction from them, but that clearly didn’t work, and they just kept walking. That must have been awkward for her!

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Falling At Their Feet (Taylor Hill)

Falling At Their Feet (Taylor Hill)

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Marion’s Fall

Listen, it happens to all of us. From time to time, we all fall down. However, not all of us fall down while at a red carpet event, like poor Marion Cotillard, who fell down at the Cannes Film Festival in 2018. This was a double whammy, since one of her earrings fell, and while she bent down to pick it up, she went down thanks to her extremely tall heels. Luckily he friend was able to hang on to her.

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Marion’s Fall (AFP/Wenn/Getty)

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Fighting Over Katniss

While at the London red carpet event for the premiere of their movie Catching Fire, co-stars Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson pretended to fight over Jennifer Lawrence, just like their on-screen characters Gale and Peeta fight over her character Katniss. While not embarrassing in the moment, we wonder if they look back at their shenanigans nowadays.

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Fighting Over Katniss (Jon Furniss:Invision:AP)

Fighting Over Katniss (Jon Furniss/Invision/AP)

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No Trust Fall

Heidi Klum served as the host of the Emmy Awards in 2008 alongside Tom Bergeron. During their presentation, Klum decided to do some improvised comedy and pretended to jump and leap into his arms and faint. While initially catching her, Bergeron accidentally dropped Klum, leading her to actually fall onto the ground and hurt herself. While she ended up with a big bruise, she was not mad at him and they even took a photo together with her big bruise afterwards.

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No Trust Fall (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

No Trust Fall (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Hayden’s Hover

Nashville lead actress Hayden Panettiere had quite a moment while attending the red carpet of the 2014 Met Gala. She decided to wear a glamorous Tom Ford gown that featured a very large skirt which was very fashionable, however, left her a bit unable to maneuver around easily. She tripped and fell while going up the stairs, but luckily she got people to help her up and she was a good sport about it.

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Hayden's Hover

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She Was Shocked

Vitalii Sediuk is a Ukranian journalist and prankster that’s known for his hijinks involving scaring celebrities. This time, he stunned actress America Ferrera during the red carpet premier of How to Train Your Dragon. He tried to crawl under her dress, and understandably she was startled and not very happy about it. Luckily security guards nearby were quick to tackle him and move him away from her.

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She Was Shocked (Pascal Le Segretain via WireImage)

She Was Shocked (Pascal Le Segretain/WireImage/Getty Images)

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Acceptance Fall

In 2013, Jennifer Lawrence had quite the year. She starred in Silver Linings Playbook, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award. When it was announced that she won, she headed to the stage but quickly tripped and fell on the stairs on the way up from her sheer excitement. Hey, we don’t blame her! However, we can see how embarrassed she was.

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Acceptance Fall (Kevin Winter:Getty Images)

Acceptance Fall (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Needs A Stunt Double

Sometimes, taking a chance pays off, while other times, things can just get embarrassing, like this moment for Jon Hamm. While he went on stage at the 2015 Emmy Awards to collect his award for Best Actor in a Drama Series, he tried to jump on stage, but he didn’t quite make it and he ended up falling. He crawled up to the stage, and he certainly was not channeling the cool that Don Draper is.

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Needs A Stunt Double (Phil McCarten/Invision For The Television Academy/AP)

Needs A Stunt Double (Phil McCarten/Invision For The Television Academy/AP)

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Helen’s Graceful Fall

While at a red carpet event in Berlin, Dame Helen Mirren got her heels caught in her elegant green gown, causing her to fall over on the stairs. Luckily Mirren is so graceful that she even made this fall look good! She later joked that the heels only cost $39 and she’s worn them so many times without falling that it’s still worth it.

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Helen's Graceful Fall (Target Presse Agentur Gmbh/Getty Images)

Helen’s Graceful Fall (Target Presse Agentur Gmbh/Getty Images)

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No More Heels

Listen, anyone who has worn heels before knows just how uncomfortable they get. That’s why we really don’t blame Kristen Stewart at all for taking off her Louboutin shoes right there on the red carpet. She walked the rest of the time completely barefoot, and honestly we would probably do the same if the shoes were so uncomfortable.

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Emma Falling Over

Actress Emma Thompson had an unfortunate moment in 2013 while she was at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. While she had her handprint added to the cement in honor of her accomplishments, she fell over while she was kneeling over on the ground. Luckily, she was a good sport and laughed at herself and made light o f the situation.

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Adele Dazeem

At the 2015 Oscars ceremony, there was an infamous incident involving John Travolta and Idina Menzel, where upon introducing her, he called her “Adele Dazeem.” Not only that, when she got on stage, Travolta grabbed her chin. Well, we hope Menzel didn’t feel too awkward during the whole ordeal. Luckily, later she said that it was totally fine by her and she had no problem with any of it.

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Adele Dazeem (John Shearer:Invision:AP)

Adele Dazeem (John Shearer/Invision/AP)

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Redesigning The Dress

While at the 2014 Met Gala, Rihanna was chatting with fashion designer Stella McCartney when the designer accidentally stepped on Rihanna’s dress, which then ripped. Well, you could say that if your dress is going to rip, you at the very least would want a literal fashion designer to be the one who does it, as maybe she could even fix it. Maybe she just meant to re-design it in the first place.

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Redesigning The Dress (Neilson Barnard via Getty Images)

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Suddenly Strapless Dress

While at the 2010 ShoWest convention, Katherine Heigel’s dress decided to act up on her, as the sleeve just completely fell down and caused a total wardrobe malfunction. Luckily she didn’t seem to bothered by it and she just laughed off the embarrassing moment.

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Suddenly Strapless Dress (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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Skirt Scuffle

While at the 2019 Grammy Awards, Camila Cabello had an unfortunate situation when her skirt got caught up on her waist, revealing her undergarments and embarrassing her. She quickly fixed it but her horrified face showed that she was truly taken aback by the whole situation. Worse still, it was all caught on film.

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Skirt Scuffle (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Feeling Friendly

We love to see co-stars getting along, and although it seems like Emma Thompson is tackling Hayley Atwell while at the red carpet event for The Children Act 2017 film, it’s all in jest. Of course, Atwell looks surprised, but she looks happy to see that it is Thompson by her side.

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Nicki’s Dress Woes

While performing their hit song “Bang Bang” at the VMAs, Nicki Minaj, Jessie J., and Ariana Grande put on an unforgettable performance. For Minaj, the show was a little too unforgettable, as her dress split in the middle, causing her to hold it up with her hands. We can imagine that she was feeling mortified, but the performance was so good that we still would call it a success.

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Nicki's Dress Woes (Michael Buckner:Getty Images)

Nicki’s Dress Woes (Michael Buckner/Getty Images)

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A Slip Of The Tongue

Upon receiving a prestigious award like an Oscar, many actors get so emotional, it leaves them flustered. That was the case for actress Melissa Leo, who won the award for Best Supporting Actress in 2011 for her role in The Figher. In her acceptance speech, she accidentally dropped the “f-bomb” before realizing what she had said. Kirk Douglas announced her win, and he was very graceful after her slip of the tongue.

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Fallen Earring

While Victoria’s Secret models are known for their dramatic poses, elegance, and grace, we can see that they too are mere mortals sometimes. Model Elsa Hosk noticed that her earring fell right on to the red carpet while at the 2019 Venice Film Festival. She had to crouch down to pick it up, but she did so with the grace of a Victoria’s Secret model, of course.

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Fallen Earring (Pascal Le Segretain:Getty Images)

Fallen Earring (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

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Ariana’s Marilyn Moment

Way back at the 2012 Teen Choice Awards, a young Ariana Grande attended while wearing an adorable French macaron-adorned dress with a puffy tulle skirt. Many actresses consider Marilyn Monroe as an inspiration, and in this moment we think that Grande was truly channeling that blonde bombshell, as her dress blew upwards from the wind, just like in Monroe’s famous pose.

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Ariana's Marilyn Moment

Ariana’s Marilyn Moment (Sipa US/Alamy Stock Photo)

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A Misstep

In 2015, the film Birdman performed exceptionally well and was awarded the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. To accept the award, many of the film’s stars headed on stage, including Emma Stone, Edward Norton, Zach Gilfianakis, and Naomi Watts. When Watts reached the microphone, she nearly fell over, but somehow managed to stay upright and keep her composure, but her expression is still priceless.

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A Misstep

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Sacha’s Tricks

We call all pretty much agree that Sacha Baron Cohen is the main Hollywood prankster and troll. At this point, we’ve seen him embody so many hilarious characters that totally make fun of everyone around them. That include Ryan Seacrest while on the 2012 Oscars red carpet. This time, he showed up dressed as the main character from his film The Dictator, carrying ashes that he scattered all around, even getting some on Seacrest, who was not amused at first, but later laughed along with everyone else.

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Sacha's Tricks (Photo Via E!)

Sacha’s Tricks (Photo Via E!)

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Cape Got Her

Model Karolina Kurkova was having a grand ol’ time at the 2012 New York City Ballet Gala in this stunning red gown that featured a billowing cape. That was until someone accidentally stepped on her cape, nearly knocking her over, but of course, Kurkova handled the situation with such grace that she smiled her way through it.

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Cape Got Her

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Bad Timing?

Okay so, what likely happened here was that Woody Allen was moving his gaze and this photo was snapped just in time to capture this moment, making it look like he was caught staring at Scarlet Johansson’s chest. In fact, ScarJo and Allen are known to be friends, having worked together on the 2008 film Vicky Cristina Barcelona, whose red carpet event this photo was taken at.

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Bad Timing? (Steve Granitz/WireImage)

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More Bad Timing For Scarlett

Looks like ScarJo can’t catch a break with these kinds of ill-timed photos. This time, John Travolta leaned in to give her a friendly peck on the cheek while at the 2015 Oscar red carpet, but this picture makes it seem like she is not very thrilled about it. She later clarified that she didn’t actually have a problem with this, and she was simply caught off guard at first.

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More Bad Timing For Scarlett (Kevin Mazur:Getty Images)

More Bad Timing For Scarlett (Kevin Mazur:Getty Images)

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