The year 2022 has resembled a dumpster fire at times in many places around the world - and even more so in the big wide world of entertainment.
In no particular order, here are the worst moments from the showbiz world of the past 12 months.
The slap heard around the world
The 2022 Oscars had been going well - ie, I mean everything had been on track in the first Academy Awards since the COVID-19 pandemic sucked the life out of the box office and the air out of awards shows.
But it only took nine words and one swing of an arm to derail the whole event and show how volatile and toxic Hollywood still was.
Those nine words? "Keep my wife's name out of your f**king mouth!"
They were spoken by Will Smith after he strode onto the stage and slapped host Chris Rock over making a joke about Smith's wife Jada Pinkett-Smith.
As the world watched on stunned, the Oscars were forever changed.
Moments later, Smith was on stage with tears streaming down his face. He wasn't apologising, but rather accepting the award for Best Actor for his role in King Richard.
Days of investigations followed and Smith resigned from the Academy in the wake of the furore. The Academy eventually barred him from attending again for a decade, but it was too late - the damage had been done.
Bob Saget's death
Full House star Bob Saget was declared dead in his Florida hotel room on January 9 in news that shocked the showbiz world
Saget had just got back to his comedy roots and had said he was "happily addicted again" to performing live after a show in Jacksonville.
He'd done a two hour set that reportedly stunned audiences and he had clearly been hoping to relaunch his stand-up career after a successful run as Danny Tanner in Full House and the subsequent Netflix reboot.
Sadly he was found dead in his Ritz-Carlton hotel room after security discovered him.
"Detectives found no signs of foul play or drug use in this case," Orange County Sheriff's Office tweeted out.
The official cause of death was believed to be head trauma.
Spitgate / Don't Worry Darling Press tour from hell
Olivia Wilde's film Don't Worry Darling was released on October 6, but you'd be excused if you didn't know that because hardly anyone was talking about the film itself.
Instead,its release was blessed with one of the most disastrous and chaotic press tours ever.
From allegations of spats between its star Florence Pugh and director Wilde to the revelations star Harry Styles and Wilde reportedly began their affair while on set, pay disparity between its leads and Wilde being served papers by her ex Jason Sudeikis on stage, it was all on.
Then at the glitzy premiere at the Venice Film Festival, Styles was thought to have spat on his co-star Chris Pine as they sat down together.
Allegations swirled quicker than anyone could spill the tea and before Don't Worry Darling even made it to New Zealand cinemas, it had seemingly been sunk by a boatload of dramas that polarised its potential audience and ensured there was more drama off camera than there was on the screen.
Anything Kanye West said in 2022
Honestly, it's hard to know where to begin with Ye.
As the end of the year nears, he's recently confirmed publicly his love of Hitler and Nazism, as well as releasing a song that tries to negate the backlash he received after months of anti-Semitic comments.
"Everyone's a Karen, Claimin' that they care and, Wasn't given a fair hand," he raps.
At the end of the song, he references the controversy more explicitly by twice repeating the line: "Tweeted deathcon, Now we past three."
The controversial entertainer announced he's standing for US President and even asked former US President Donald Trump to be his running mate.
It's hard to see where the delusion even remotely stops in Kanye's mind, but it's even more troubling to see that his every hurtful word is reported on, repeated and the slurs re-referenced.
It's not just anti-Semitism. West also bullied Pete Davidson because he was dating his ex-wife Kim Kardashian in 2022, all while claiming he just wants her back. It's staggering to behold, and depressing to witness.
Even worse is the fact 2023 will see him no doubt continue his own narrative.
Johnny Depp's 'win' against ex-wife Amber Heard
Nobody emerged well from this protracted libel case.
Launched by Depp after he claimed his former wife Amber Heard besmirched him in a Washington Post op-ed which stated she was a former victim of domestic violence, not even those watching the case emerged from its ashes looking anything but dirty.
Videos of the two fighting emerged, claims about cut fingers being used to paint after fights, abusive texts - honestly, the list was endless once the dam was broken.
And with Depp playing a series of gigs in the UK with Jeff Beck while awaiting the verdict, the world couldn't believe what it was seeing.
There was a victory at the end for Depp, but it couldn't be described as anything but hollow.
"Sixty 60 or whatever"
The ugly face of racism reared its head again as one of New Zealand's top bands headed out on a summer jaunt to a country determined to have fun after COVID-19 largely quashed parties for the past two years.
As part of their Six60 Saturdays jaunt around the motu, the band put out a colourful tour poster in te reo Māori - which caused heartache and severe contempt for Australian Sky News broadcaster Rowan Dean.
He launched an attack on the use of it, and the trans-Tasman accord imploded as the band was targeted for no discernible reason in a rant about the use of free speech.
Choosing to take the high moral ground, the band shared footage of Dean's rant on his show which talked of a "big push to be more inclusive of the Māori, the Māori language, the so-called 'iwi' at the moment".
It was a defining moment for Matiu Walters and the boys, who capitalised on their ethos of "Six60 is all about bringing people together, no matter the language."
They made limited edition tour T-shirts of 'Sixty 60 or whatever' as Dean referred to them and offered fans $60.60 ticket prices.
The Topp Twins
Much like Six60, The Topp Twins have made the best of the adversity thrown their way and as a result, have emerged as heroes and inspiration to many.
In March this year, they announced they were both fighting breast cancer and had to fight it apart due to COVID-19.
Jools was first diagnosed with breast cancer back in 2006 at the age of 48 but overcame it after her left breast was removed along with undergoing weeks of chemotherapy.
But Jools told TVNZ she began to feel unwell again last year before shortly after Lynda found out she also had breast cancer.
In September, it was revealed Lynda Topp had been forced to stop chemotherapy due to a "nerve-damaging side effect".
An update on the Topp Twins Facebook at the time revealed that they're trying to "stay positive every day".
"Lynda has had to stop her chemo treatment due to chemo-induced peripheral neuropathy which is a nerve damaging side effect of the weekly chemo she was receiving," the statement said.
But they've not let any of that hold them back.
In November, they appeared on stage as part of The Topp Twins' 40th Anniversary Tribute Concert at a packed out Auckland's Civic Theatre - and proved to all of Aotearoa what inspiration looks like.
