Being a star has its perks and its pains.  You have enough money that you don’t have to worry about the economy or retirement and you can pretty much buy whatever you want; but, on the downside you give up your freedom of privacy.  For some stars losing their privacy made them lose their minds.  Here is my list of 5 stars who couldn’t handle the pressures of being a celebrity.

5. Katie Holmes

Everyone is blaming Tom Cruise for Katie’s down in the dumps look.  You hardly ever see her smile, she’s become so skinny it’s scary, and frankly she looks like she is about to reach her breaking point.  I believe that her stardom not her husband is to blame.  She married one of Hollywood’s biggest actors and with it came the constant media attention.  She can’t even take her daughter shopping without being photographed and every tabloid in the nation is saying that she is under Tom’s constant control.  It’s hard to be happy when everyone is rooting for your marriage to fail.

4. Drew Barrymore

Drew Barrymore is just one of the many child stars who lost their way.  After her role in E.T., Drew became the most well known child actress of her time and with it came the attention.  As a teen, Drew made all the tabloid headlines for her partying and drug use.  At the young age of 13 she entered rehab.  In all she went to rehab twice during her teenage years, but fortunately she was able to turn herself around and successfully make the transition from child star to adult actress.

3. Martin Lawrence

How could I not include Martin Lawrence on my list of 5 stars who cracked?  Everyone remembers when Martin Lawrence snapped:  during the filming of A Thin Line Between Love and Hate.  It was then that Lawrence had his first violent outburst and began using drugs, but his most famous outburst was when he ran up and down Ventura Boulevard in Los Angeles with a pistol in his hand screaming at tourist.  If that doesn’t scream meltdown, I don’t know what does.

2. Britney Spears

Britney Spears gets more media attention than any other celebrity on the planet.  Everywhere she goes she is swarmed by paparazzi, but I don’t know if it was the media or her ex K-fed that made Britney snap.  She went from sexy to…well, gross!  She gained a ton of weight, shaved her head, and then donned a pink wig and British accent.  Lucky for her, her family stepped in and took control.  This downward spiral could have ended with another celebrity drug overdose death.  Now she’s on the road to recovery and is becoming hailed as the Comeback Queen.

1. Michael Jackson

The pop icon from the 80s who got his start as the cutest and most talented member of the Jackson Five is my vote for number 1 craziest celebrity.  Granted the media has put him through hell and he bleached his skin has a skin disease, which made many think he was trying to be white; but, Michael Jackson has done some crazy crazy things.  He covers his children’s faces with masks, has dangled his new born child over the balcony of a hotel, and he bankrupted himself by spending millions on meaningless merchandise.  The sad thing about Michael Jackson is that most of the crazy rumors we’ve heard about him, he actually started himself.  I guess that’s the reason behind his nickname “Wacko Jacko.”

Who do you think would have made your list of Stars Who Crack from the Pressures of Stardom? Leave a comment and let us know.