We love to talk about celebrities, and these celebrities know we love to listen. Many celebrities have been known to write memoirs, reflecting on their lives, childhood, and career. Many celebrities have been known to use these memoirs are opportunities to drop huge bombshells, knowing that people will happily read them.
Many of these memoirs have caused controversy, but at the end of the day, it's what celebrities want as the more people talk. the more likely they are to read. We learn a lot about celebrities through their own words, and memoirs are the best way for them to say what they've been wanting to say.
10 Caitlyn Jenner - The Secrets Of My Life
When Caitlyn Jenner released her memoir, The Secrets Of My Life, there was a lot of chatter about the Kardashian family, and Caitlyn spilled a lot of tea about the family. The memoir discusses Caitlyn's struggle with her gender identity and when she finally came to the conclusion that she would be happier as Caitlyn. Throughout the memoir, Caitlyn didn't paint Kris Jenner or the Kardashian side of the family in a great light, which angered Kris.
Caitlyn also placed a lot of blame for things in her life like her struggle with coming out and coming to terms with her gender identity, as well as Kris controlling her and the fact that she never made any money from Keeping Up With the Kardashians. There's a lot of blame on Kris for the struggles that Caitlyn went through, which exposed the family and Kris for their true colors and angered the matriarch of the Kardashian Family.
9 Brandi Glanville - Drinking & Dating P.S. Social Media Is Ruining Romance
When Brandi Glanville released her memoir Drinking & Dating P.S. Social Media Is Ruining Romance, a follow-up to her first memoir, she wasn't afraid to share even more secrets. In her first memoir, she discussed the scandal with his ex-husband Eddie Cibrian who cheated with LeAnn Rimes, whom he's now married to. She shared in her memoir that she used to be obsessed with Twitter, following both Eddie and LeAnn to the point where it was unhealthy. She also discussed that she hooked up with actor Gerard Butler, along with all of her ex-husband's former hookups.
8 Lena Dunham - Not That Kind Of Girl
When actress Lena Dunham released her memoir, Not That Kind of Girl, she caused quite a controversy. In the memoir, she tells a very awkward story about when she and her sister were children. At the time, Lena was seven, and her sister was only a year old. She had been asking her mom about some birds and the bees type questions, and she was curious enough that she decided to look at her sister's private areas.
Many claimed that this was child abuse and child molestation and that Lena was in the wrong. On the other hand, many defended her saying that she was only a curious child herself and it was nothing but innocence. Of course, Lena came to her own defense, saying that she meant no harm by it. It caused quite the storm of debates back and forth at the time of its release.
7 Drew Barrymore - Little Girl Lost
Drew Barrymore had a rather wild childhood, and she shared all of her secrets in her memoir, Little Girl Lost. She shared some shocking secrets about her childhood that got many people talking. For starters, she revealed in her memoir that she was just seven years old when she tried alcohol for the first time, and she got drunk for the first time at nine years old at Rob Lowe's birthday party. Drew wasn't even ten yet and she was partying at clubs and spending time at the infamous Studio 54. She also shared her struggle with drugs and the fact that she wasn't even a teenager and she was smoking cigarettes and weed and even turned to heavier drugs.
6 Shania Twain - From This Moment On
Shania Twain is notoriously private, and in her memoir From This Moment On, she shared quite a few secrets about her life. One of the saddest things she talked about was when she found out that her husband was cheating on her. She talked about the emotional toll that it took on her and how devastated she was. Shania wasn't afraid to share her feelings, and how awful she felt afterward. She also discussed how she was able to move on after experiencing something so devastating and that she thought she'd never been able to move on.
5 Corey Feldman - Coreyography
Child star Corey Feldman wrote a terribly sad and tragic memoir, Coreyography. He talks about a lot of subjects that are hard to discuss, like child abuse and pedophilia. He also discusses life as a child star and how it was hard on him and he turned to drugs to cope. He tried everything from marijuana to heroin, and was arrested for drugs three times, and was forced to go to rehab in the early '90s. On a lighter note, though, he talked a lot about his close relationship with Michael Jackson, and how hanging out with MJ made him feel better. He insisted that nothing inappropriate happened between the two, and that they were two very close friends and that MJ helped him through some tough times.
4 Leah Remini - Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
Leah Remini had a very controversial memoir as she talked about Scientology and things that went on when she was a Scientologist. In her memoir, Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology, she dropped quite a few bombs, one of being that Suri Cruise was left crying on the floor of a bathroom during Tom and Katie's wedding. Children in Scientology weren't taken care of and were often left at a "Nursery" where they cried all day and no one tended to them or their needs while their parents worked. There's plenty of more drama where that came from, trust us.
3 Ashley Judd - All That Is Bitter & Sweet
Ashley Judd is another celebrity with a rather sad memoir. In All That Is Bitter & Sweet, Ashley discusses quite a few tough topics. She talks a lot about her childhood, and how she was often left alone when her mom Naomi Judd and her sister Winona Judd were off touring and recording music. She recounts awful stories about being sexually abused and molested as a child, and when she tried to tell someone about it, no one believed her. She had a lot to deal with at such a young age, and even though she has grown, it's something that she will always carry with her.
2 Anthony Kiedis - Scar Tissue
Anthony Kiedis of The Red Hot Chili Peppers has his own shocking memoir, Scar Tissue. In the memoir, Anthony discussed his childhood, and how his father introduced him to drinking, drugs, and the partying lifestyle. When he was just six years old, he was going to clubs with his father, and trying drugs for the first time. The memoir gets very deep and very dark as he talks a lot about the lowest points in his life, about how he would do anything to get his hands on drugs, along with his many rehab stints. The memoir is very honest, very dark, and very raw. You learn a lot about what he went through growing up, and how he got to where he is today.
1 Tori Spelling - Stori Telling
In Tori Spelling's memoir, Stori Telling, she talks about a lot of secrets and drama that have gone on throughout her life. One of the biggest tell-all moments was when Tori accuses her mother Candy of infidelity during the last days of her father Aaron Spelling's life. She discussed a lot of what happened after her father died, and how even though he was worth half a billion, he only left her $800,000 which caused an even bigger rift within the family.
