Nothing gets the tabloids going like a juicy sex scandal, particularly when it involves a big star or other public figure. Here are a few of the biggest, most scandalous romps in celebrity history. Let’s start with one of the oldest – Vanessa Williams. After being crowned the first black Miss America in 1984, 10 months into her reign, Penthouse magazine published photos they’d unearthed from a shoot she did in 1982. Not only were the photos nude, but they also depicted Williams and another female model engaging in sex acts. Williams was forced to resign but went on to a career in music and film. Perhaps the biggest political and sexual scandal ever was that of Bill Clinton, who engaged in an affair with Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern, while he was in office. When he proclaimed at a news conference in 1998 that he hadn’t had “sexual relations with that woman,” he was partially right – the two never engaged in intercourse. However, as the infamous stained blue dress can tell us, the two did have a pretty good time.

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George Michael was another randy guy who was having sexual relations around that time – only it was with another man in a Beverly Hills bathroom. In April 1998, the “Faith” singer – who had not yet come out as gay – was busted for “engaging in a lewd act” after an undercover cop joined him for a self-described game of “I’ll show you mine, you show me yours” in the bathroom. The incident forced Michael’s outing, and the rest is history. Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee ushered in the trend of celebrity sex tapes when a graphic video of their honeymoon was stolen and leaked to an Internet distribution company. Lee and Anderson later settled with the group and now profit from copies of the tape, much like other celebrities whose tapes were leaked. Last but not least, we have Tiger Woods, who rocked the sports world when he and wife Elin Nordegren had an epic fight about Woods’ dalliances after the National Enquirer published information about Woods’ and Rachel Uchitel’s affair. The scandal snowballed when a dozen women came out of the woodwork to claim they’d had affairs with the golf pro. As a result, he lost sponsors and entered rehab for sex addiction. Woods and Nordegren divorced in April 2010. 

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