Larry Busacca/Getty Images; INFphoto; AP Photo/ Denis Poroy; Hunter MArtin/Getty Images Mysterious A-list deaths! Sports-star harems! Strippers, beauty queens and a fame-eating reality stars! With so many scumbags and so much juicy stuff, 2009 has been a giant-size feast of scandal.
So after a year of Jon Gosselin and Tiger Woods, of Chris Brown and Michael Jackson, of Octomom and Balloon Boy, we're going to let you decide the biggest story.
Kicking off our Best of 2009 extravaganza, here's the 20 biggest scandals of the year. Vote for your fave—and then maybe wash your hands:
Best of 2009: Scandals!
What was the biggest scandal of 2009?
- Gosselin's split, Jon becomes giant douche
- Reality show hopefuls pull Balloon Boy hoax
- Michael Jackson dies while heavily sedated
- David Letterman schtups staffers
- Paula Abdul dumped from American Idol
- Kanye West interrupts Taylor Swift at VMAs
- Miss California pisses off gay people, loses crown
- Noxema girl and some Grey's Anatomy guy taped in naked threesome
- Mackenzie Phillips says her dad raped her
- Tiger Woods turns out to be something of a ladies man
- Miley Cyrus dances on a stripper pole
- Adam Lambert kisses a dude on live TV
- Chris Brown beats up girlfriend Rihanna on Grammy night
- Eddie Cibrian and LeAnn Rimes hook up
- Josh Duhamel and Fergie caught in Strippergate!
- Reality-show hopeful gives birth to eight kids and the term Octomom
- Christian Bale taped yelling at some poor guy on the Terminator set
- Rachelle Lefevre dumped from Twilight Saga movies
- Jamie Foxx says terrible things about Miley Cyrus on the radio
- Reality-show hopefuls crash White House state dinner
