Biggest celebrity scandals of 2019: college admissions, 'Surviving R. Kelly,' Taylor Swift feud and so many more

In 2019, the drama that happened offscreen in Hollywood rivaled that of what happened in even the most preposterous TV and movie plots.

This was the year of not only the college admissions scandal, which even had a TV-ready name, Operation Varsity Blues, but of Empire star Jussie Smollett’s alleged attack, the TV series Surviving R. Kelly, those Free Britney protests and so much more.

Check out our list of the biggest celebrity scandals of the year, then vote each entry up or down to help rank them.

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