The most controversial celebs of 2010!

Being a celebrity in 2010 was certainly one tough job. Imagine the politicians and never-heard-of lobbyists taking away from you what was rightfully yours -- the media attention!

Then again, imagine being in the news for beating up your wife, smoking up, getting caught with your pants down and putting your foot in the mouth!

The photograph appeared on the cover of Men's Vogue, Japan and got animal rights activists up in arms.

Author Chetan Bhagat, who raised a stink about credits for 3 Idiots put his foot in his mouth while introducing lyricist-poet Gulzar at an event.

Bhagat reportedly said that he liked the song Kajra Re (from Bunty Aur Babli) and said it was 'a very good piece of poetry.'

It seems the Oscar-winning lyricist did not like the sound of Bhagat's words and with a straight face asked him the meaning of a few lines from the song.

Chetan Bhagat, of course, was stumped, but Gulzar wasn't finished.

After chiding him, he simply asked the author to refrain from passing 'expert comments' on his poetry.

The actress, model and bikini designer was caught with her pants down when The News of the World revealed that she had an affair with cricket legend Shane Warne while married to Indian millionaire Arun Nayar.

News of the World claimed Liz spent two nights with Warnie in his hotel suite in London and the two were captured on video 'in a series of sizzling public clinches'.

For her part, Hurley tweeted: 'Not a great day. For the record, my husband Arun & I separated a few months ago. Our close family & friends were aware of this.'

The legendary golfer's marriage crumbled as his numerous sexual liaisons came tumbling out of the closet.

According to reports, Woods' wife Elin first learnt about his extramarital affair with mistress Rachel Uchitel when she sent her text messages pretending to be him.

From there, the controversy snowballed into an international media storm, with several women stepping forward to claim they had bedded the sportsman.

Rooney reportedly cheated on pregnant wife Coleen with a prostitute and the story broke earlier this year. Fortunately for him, his understanding wife accepted his apologies and forgave his transgression.

The hotel heiress was charged with smoking marijuana in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, during The Netherlands-Brazil game.

She was let off as it turned out that the substance was in possession of Hilton's friend Playmate Jennifer Rovero, who was apparently covering the World Cup as a freelance photographer.

But Paris can never do with just one controversy in 12 months -- she was also sued in August by a hair extension company that claimed they signed her on for millions of dollars to endorse their product, but that she had extensions from competitors put into her hair.

This year the British supermodel found herself in a spot as she was dragged into a war crimes trial against former Liberian president Charles Taylor.

It was alleged that Campbell received 'blood diamonds' while she was in South Africa in 1997 for a charity function to honour Nelson Mandela.

Blood diamonds are diamonds mined in a war zone and used to fund insurgencies and illegal war activities.

After initially refusing to appear at the trial, the dusky stunner had to testify. She confessed that she was indeed given 'dirty-looking' stones, but didn't know they were diamonds till she was told so.

The wedding that took place in Hyderabad may not have seen a lot of high-profile guests, but the media from across the two countries came along to get their share of sound bytes.

What made the shaadi all-so-messy was Shoaib Mailk's alleged 'first' marriage to a certain Ayesha Siddiqui -- daughter of a wealthy Hyderabadi family.

Initially, Shoaib vehemently denied that such a wedding had ever taken place, but he ended up signing divorce papers all the same.

The 24-year-old Pakistani wicket-keeper fled to London midway through a series against South Africa in the UAE, after receiving death threats for refusing to fix matches.

Soon enough, he even announced his retirement from international cricket. Of course team captain Shahid Afridi dismissed Haider's move as childish, saying he would gain nothing.

Yana Gupta, who has been tottering on the edges of celebrity for quite some time now, got more attention than she bargained for when a tabloid published pictures of her in a little black dress and absolutely nothing underneath.

Till not very long ago, the 28-year-old model, Lea T was just a backroom assistant at the French fashion house till Givenchy designer Riccardo Tisci cast her in the fall/winter ad campaign for the brand.

Since then Lea T has gone on to model for the Italian Vanity Fair and has also posed naked for French Vogue.

The Brazilian was born Leandro Cerezo and has confessed that her transition from being a man to a woman has not gone down too well with her Catholic family.

Since her first appearance in the Givenchy campaign, Lea T's agency has received over 400 interview requests. She is also set to be featured on Oprah.