Top 10 'What Were They Thinking?' Celebrity Moments Of Madness (NSFW PICS, VIDEO)

Top 10 'What Were They Thinking?' Celeb Moments
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Liam Payne has been forced to issue an apology after a pic of the One Direction star posing on the ledge of his 34th floor balcony made its way online. But he's not the first celeb to do something really, REALLY stupid. Oh no.

From Michael Jackson dangling his baby son out of a third floor window to Cheryl Cole punching a nightclub toilet attendant in a row over lollipops, here's our Top 10 'what were they thinking' celeb moments of madness...

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2. Liam Payne posing on the ledge of his 34th floor balconyThe One Direction star thought it would be a good idea to stand on the edge of his balcony and pose for a photo 360ft up at his luxury London home. 1D fans less so, who expressed their disappointment on Twitter in their thousands. (credit:Twitter)
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5. Keith Chegwin presents 'Naked Jungle', um, nakedFor some reason Channel 5 thought a game show featuring naked contestants - and host - would be a great idea. No one else agreed - including Cheggers - who described the 2000 show as his 'worst ever career move'. You don't say.
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6. Kanye West storms the stage during Taylor Swift's MTV VMAs acceptance speechKanye West was so outraged that Taylor Swift had won the Best Female Video at the 2009 MTV VMAs over Beyoncé's 'Single Ladies' clip that he stormed the stage, snatched the mic from Ms. Swift and started ranting on about how she didn't deserve the gong. And as much as it pains us to say this, with hindsight, he had a point. Still rude, though. (credit:AP)
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8. Madonna's 'Sex' bookNever mind revealing all in an autobiography, back in 1992 Madge let it all hang out (and then some) in her very own soft-porn coffee table book called 'Sex'. Funnily enough, she also had an album, 'Erotica', to flog.
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10. Cheryl Cole punches a nightclub toilet attendantCheryl Cole - or Tweedy as she was known - ended up paying a £3000 fine and doing 120 hours of community service when she was found guilty of assaulting a nightclub toilet attendant after getting into an argument over lollipops back in 2003. That's some seriously expensive sweets. (credit:PA)