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When Paris Hilton was busted with a bag of cocaine this weekend, she claimed she thought it was gum. The heiress has used illogical excuses in the past, but this one takes the cake! (And speaking of cake, remember when Paris' publicist claimed the white powder under her nose was "stray dessert"? We do.) From Paris' problematic powder to Tatum's drug-buying hoopla, to Jeremy Piven's fishy explanation, celebs have a knack for dubious excuses. If you have a tiny violin, please go fetch it and play along to these sad tales. Or just laugh. (AP/X17/AP)![Paris Hilton]()
Drugs, desert, or gum? So hard to tell. "I can tell you Paris does not use narcotics," the heiress' rep said in 2006, after a photo surfaced of Hilton with powder under her nose. "I would imagine it's something like whipped cream or a sugary substance from dessert." Sure it was. And now we have her latest drug arrest alibi. This past Friday in Las Vegas, Hilton was pulled over after cops spotted what appeared to be a cloud of marijuana smoke around her car. When a baggie containing .8 grams of cocaine fell from Paris's purse, she told officers she "thought it was gum." Paris now faces felony drug-possession charges. FOX411: Paris Hilton Arrested for Cocaine Possession Follow FOX411.com on Twitter. (AP)![Jeremy_London_dkjsk]()
Kidnapped and forced to use drugs at gunpoint! The press gave Jeremy London the side eye when he relayed his recent tale of woe. The actor and one-time addict told police in June that he was kidnapped, robbed and forced to smoke drugs in Palm Springs. The former "7th Heaven" star maintains that he was changing a tire when two men stopped to help him. When he offered to drive the strangers home, they began terrorizing him at gunpoint. "He told officers (during the kidnapping) that he was forced to smoke dope [crack cocaine or amphetamines] and then purchase booze and hand it out in a gang area of Palm Springs," a policeman told Radar. Luckily, Jeremy managed to escape about five hours after he was kidnapped. Follow FOX411.com on Twitter. (AP)![Mariah Carey]()
Critical case of the sleepies. “All I needed was, like five hours’ sleep,” Mariah claimed after she was hospitalized for "exhaustion" in 2001. Follow FOX411.com on Twitter. (AP)![Winona_Ryder_shoplift]()
Actors are legally allowed to steal. Right? When Winona was busted for shoplifting thousands of dollars worth of clothing from Saks Fifth Avenue in 2001, she reportedly told a security guard that she was just doing her job, saying "I was told that I should shoplift. The director said I should try it out.'' The prosecutor on the case said the actress had "more pain medication in her purse than would be given to someone with a terminal disease." Follow FOX411.com on Twitter. (AP)![Joe Giudice]()
Post-crash shots: Totally normal. "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" husband Joe Giudice (spouse to Teresa) was booked with DUI, reckless driving, careless driving, and failure to maintain the proper lane after a January crash. But he wasn't drunk! The Giudices claim that Joe merely "yawned" and flipped his truck into a telephone pole (and some trees). He then managed to walk to a friend's home nearby, where he downed shots because he was "shaken up" -- accounting for the blood tests showing him to be above the intoxication limit. "Juicy" Joe got another DUI in 2006. During the past 20 years, Giudice's license was reportedly suspended for 9.4 years and he had 39 points on his license at the time of his accident. Dang. Follow FOX411.com on Twitter. (Bravo)![Mischa_Barton_ksljd]()
Toothache leads to psychiatric hold. The starlet explained her July 2009 psychiatric hold (after a reported meltdown) on "The View" last fall. "I had a surgery for my wisdom teeth that went really badly," Barton told Barbara Walters. When co-host Joy Behar to inquired as to why she was taken to a psychiatric hospital if her pain was physical, Mischa responded thusly: "When they take you into the hospital for something when it goes really wrong if you're having a meltdown and you say something like 'I feel like I want to die' ... they start injecting you with things to calm down. Like I'm petrified of needles." So that explains it then. Follow FOX411.com on Twitter. For more pics of Mischa, visit x17online.com.![Lindsay_Lohan_ksjld]()
Unwitting victim of mystery drug pants! After Linds was found by police to have cocaine in her pants pockets in 2007, the troubled starlet had a perfectly good explanation: They weren't her pants! Classic. Click here for more wild LiLo excuses. Follow FOX411.com on Twitter. (AP)![Jeremy_Piven_kdsjaflkd]()
Broadway run thwarted by poison sushi. The "Entourage" actor pulled out of David Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow" saying that he had a case of mercury poisoning. No one bought it. Speaking to "Daily Variety," Mamet quipped, “My understanding is that he is leaving show business to pursue a career as a thermometer.” FOX411: Entourage Star Bashed for Being Diva Follow FOX411.com on Twitter. (AP)![Whitney_Houston_dsfd]()
"Crack is whack." The famous drug-abusing singer explained why she didn't admit to using crack: ''Crack is cheap. I make too much money to use crack. Crack is whack.'' Follow FOX411.com on Twitter. (AP)![Kim_Kardashian_sex_tape]()
Sex tape "shock." Kim and her family were propelled to reality star fame with the release of her sex tape, which she calls "humiliating." Porn star Jenna Jameson isn't buying the celebrity "leak" excuse. "Why do people do porno tapes, sell them, make boatloads of money, then LIE about being victimized," she Tweeted recently. Follow FOX411.com on Twitter. (REUTERS)![Eddie_Murphy_kejlkw]()
Just helping hookers. In 1997, police caught the married actor with a prostitute in his car. He later reportedly told his wife that he had had “stopped to help a person crying.” The person turned out to be a transsexual sex worker named Shalomar. Eddie says, "I was being a good Samaritan. It's not the first hooker I've helped out. I've seen hookers on corners... and I'll pull over... and they'll go, Oh you're Eddie Murphy, oh my God, and I'll empty my wallet out to help." "Saturday Night Live" quickly aired a sketch titled, "Good Samaritan Eddie Murphy," featuring Tim Meadows as the actor, taxiing transsexual hookers around L.A. Follow FOX411.com on Twitter. (AP)![Tatum O'Neal]()
Mourning her dog... with crack. The Oscar-winner was arrested trying to buy crack in NYC in 2008, but the actress swears she was sober! Tatum says the death of her dog sent her to Manhattan's Lower East Side, where she encountered a panhandler, who sold her drugs. She claims she didn't know she was buying crack, yet was in possession of a crack pipe. Curious. Follow FOX411.com on Twitter. (AP)![Amy Winehouse]()
Just horsing around. Among the wild photos taken of the troubled singer in St. Lucia are pictures that show her crawling around a hotel bar on all fours, snatching bottles of wine from tables. Amy was so out-of-control the hotel reportedly asked her to leave. But her dad has a logical explanation for the weird behavior. "She was just having fun, pretending to be a horse." Got it. Follow FOX411.com on Twitter. (AP)![Orlando_Brown_kldsjk]()
Youth activism at its finest. The Disney star ("That's So Raven") was pulled over in 2007 and police discovered pot in his car. Brown reportedly said, "I didn't know what was in the car. That's not what I do. I consider myself a youth activist." Get it straight: Brown is a youth activist, and his Acura Integra is a stoner. Follow FOX411.com on Twitter. (AP)![Nicole_Richie_ksldjkals]()
That time of the month. In 2006, the reality starlet was arrested after driving the wrong way on the freeway. She failed a sobriety test (shocking!) and was found to be under the influence of both marijuana and Vicodin. When asked why she was taking the painkillers, Richie reportedly told police that she had really bad menstrual cramps. Most women might pop a Pamprin or two. Follow FOX411.com on Twitter. (AP)![Ashlee Simpson-Wentz]()
Acid reflux flub. Jessica Simpson's little sis was revealed to be a lip-syncer when the wrong vocal track was played during a performance on "Saturday Night Live" in 2004. She did a hoedown jig of shame, then slunk off stage. She later claimed that the snafu was a result of acid reflux! Ok, Ash, whatever makes you feel better. Follow FOX411.com on Twitter. (AP)![Kevin_Spacey_dsfda]()
Sex stroll or dog walk? At 4:30am, police came to the actor's aid in a London park. Spacey claimed to have been mugged while out walking his pet pooch in the wee hours of the morning in 2004. He later retracted the mugging story, and said that the attack was the result of some sort of cell phone con, during which he tripped as he ran after a thief. Meanwhile, rumors circulated that the incident was the result of a park pick-up gone wrong. Follow FOX411.com on Twitter. (AP)![Lilly_Allen_fdsfds]()
Carried away. The hard-partying pop star was photographed being carried out of the Elle Magazine Style Awards in 2008, but claimed that her inebriated state was not of her doing. "I have been out so many times and got drunk and never ended up like that," Allen commented, claiming that her drink must have been spiked. "When I finally got home, I just passed out." Follow FOX411.com on Twitter. (AP)![Naomi_Campbell_dsfd]()
Abandonment issues and cell phones don't mix. The violence-prone model told Oprah that she keeps hitting the help because she has abandonment issues. "It comes from a deeper place than that with me," Naomi said. "It comes from another type of emotional disorder because it's not just if I don't get what I want I throw a fit... It comes from, I think, an abandonment issue ... if I feel a mistrust, then... all my cards go down." Follow FOX411.com on Twitter. (AP)![Britney_Spears_yyyyyyyyyyyyy]()
We're country, y'all! In February 2006, pictures surfaced of Brit driving with her baby, Sean Preston, on her lap instead of in a car seat. "That driving incident, I did it with my dad. I’d sit on his lap and I drive," the star told Matt Lauer in an interview, "We’re country." Follow FOX411.com on Twitter. (AP)Lamest Celebrity Excuses Ever
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