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CELEBRITIE­S WHO WERE BULLIED AT WORK

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Daniel Franzese The Mean Girls (2004) actor was bullied by co-star Bijou Phillips on the sets on their independen­t film Bully (2001). Phillips tortured Franzese with homophobic bullying during the shoot. Phillips would joke about Franzese being gay and laugh at him throughout the shoot of the movie. Jim Carrey Tommy Lee Jones and Carrey starred in the movie Batman Forever (1995). And, reportedly, things between the two stars did not go well. The director of the movie, Joel Schumacher has revealed that one day on the sets of the movie, Jones decided to have a fight with Carrey. Later, Carrey told the press that Jones hated him. Reports say that Carrey chose to remain quiet rather than respond to him. John Leguizamo

Steven Seagal and John Leguizamo worked together in the movie Executive Decision (1996). According to reports, things didn’t go well between the duo and Seagal attacked Leguizamo. Seagal is said to have ‘slammed Leguizamo against a wall, and then tackled him on the floor when he laughed at something he said’. Cybill Shepherd Robert De Niro bullied actress Cybill Shepherd when they starred in the movie Taxi Driver (1976). De Niro, who played the role of a Vietnam veteran who takes a job of a taxi driver in thew movie, asked Shepherd out when she was in a relationsh­ip. But, she declined his offer. Reportedly, this did not go well with the legendary actor and he started criticisin­g her performanc­e.

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