Andre Agassi recently revealed that he played tennis on meth in his about-to-hit-shelves book "Open." With his book and other stars' reveals, any celebrity working on their memoirs might as well just hang up their pens right now. That is unless they've been abducted by aliens, made their own meth lab or had sex with their dad because audiences are just going to yawn and say "been there done that."
The latest celebrity tell-alls to hit the shelves have really told all and sometimes not in a good way, more in an uncomfortable make you want to cry and call your mom kind of way. After the jump, we assign PopEater scandal points to Agassi's spill-all and other celebrity memoirs gracing our shelves to try to suss out who is really giving readers the bang for their buck in the bookstore.
The tennis pro reveals some shocking details in his memoir hitting shelves on Nov. 9. But can the tennis pros personal scandal match up to Hollywood's scandalicious stars?
Total Scandal Points: 17
Jodie Sweetin, "Unsweetined"
The girl formerly known as Stephanie Tanner's memoir is hitting shelves on November 3, but enough details have already been revealed for this memoir to start racking up the points.
-Plus 5 for being a former child star.
-Plus 5 for admitting to doing drugs while you were a child star. Sweetin got drunk and passed out in the restroom at co-star Candace Cameron's 1994 wedding
-Plus 5 for doing crystal meth in the proximity of Olsens. Jodi admits she snorted meth in a bathroom stall the Olsen twins "New York Minute" movie premiere in 2004.
-Plus 5 for preaching about sobriety while high as a kite. Jodi admits she took a "few key bumps" before getting in front of a lecture hall to talk about how she got clean.
Total Scandal Points: 20
Mackenzie Phillips, "High on Arrival" Actress, singer and celebuspawn Mackenzie Phillips took over the airwaves this fall with her shocking memoir. Her over-sharing has made for cocktail party convo gold for star watchers this season.
-Plus 5 for being a former child star (um...pattern!)
-Plus 5 for having an affair with Mick Jagger at 18.
-Plus 5 for getting busted with bags and balloons of cocaine and heroin at LAX.
-Plus 20 for admitting to sleeping with her dad for a decade.
Total Scandal Points: 35
Anne Heche, "Call Me Crazy" The blonde actress became famous for her lesbian romp with Ellen (and return to heterosexuality) and her memoir is filled not just with scandal but with balls to the wall craziness.
-Plus 5 for admitting her dad gave her herpes that went uncured because her mother believed in treatment by God alone instead of modern medicine.
-Plus 10 for believing she was abducted by aliens.
-Plus 5 for declaring herself to be the second coming of Christ during a nervous breakdown.
Total Scandal Points: 20
Dave Navarro, "Don't Try This at Home" You probably thought you knew everything about the Jane's Addiction and Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist from tuning into the trashy reality 'Newlyweds' copycat, "Til Death Do Us Part' but no there was so much more to learn about Dave.
-Plus 5 for not one but two visits to rehab.
-Plus 10 for using a heroin needle to write in blood on the wall of the Playboy mansion.
-Plus 5 for writing the first leg of his memoir holed up in his Hollywood Hills mans with a co-writer, strippers, hookers, drug dealers and a photo booth.
-Plus 5 for listing ten household items (including a computer mouse, condom and Twiggy Ramirez' dreadlocks) for tying off an appendage to shoot heroin.
Total Scandal Points: 25
Maureen McCormick, "Here's the Story" Marsha, Marsha, Marsha Brady revealed she wasn't exactly Little Miss Perfect from the 'Brady Bunch.'
-Plus 5 for being a former child star.
-Plus 10 for revealing her "confusing" romantic experiences with co-star Eve Plumb who her played her television sister Jan Brady.
-Plus 5 for admitting a family history of syphilis.
-Plus 5 for copping to not one, not two but three abortions once a year when she was 18,19 and 20.
-Plus 5 for getting so high on cocaine she bombed an audition for Steven Spielberg for 'Raiders of the Lost Ark.'
Total Scandal Points: 30
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Wednesday 28 October
By Pamela
I'm so sick and tired of SPAM on the blogs that I am just about ready to forget about reading the articles on AOL. I love other peoples comments about the articles and that's what I want to read -- NOT SOME DUMB ADVERTISEMENT.
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Wednesday 28 October
By marie
couldn't agree more!!