Celeb scandals 2023: Kanye West, Bianca Censori, Michael Clarke, Jacqui Felgate

From the AFL’s Dikileaks scandal to Yeezy getting sleazy on a gondola with his Victorian wife, plenty of celebrity controversies got maximum exposure this year. See who else rocked the boat.

Celebrity scandals of 2023.

It was the year that kept on giving with celebrity controversies. See the famous faces who got themselves in hot water in 2023

Yeezy gets sleazy

It was the day Venice’s river of romance turned into a canal of carnal embarrassment.

The clueless clown show that is rapper Kanye West and his wife, Melbourne architect Bianca Censori, sailed into controversy with a scandalous display on the world-famous waterway.

The duo is a daily disaster, but a new low took place on a Venetian boat ride where West was photographed with his pants around his knees, and his bare butt exposed to onlookers.

Kanye West and Bianca Censori before they rocked the boat. Picture: Rachpoot/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

Meanwhile, Censori, wearing a trench coat, squatted below deck between West’s legs.

Some questioned what she was doing, but, sadly, most knew.

It’s been a steady spiral for Censori, who hails from the leafy streets of Alphington and who supposedly tied the knot with West in an unofficial wedding ceremony in January.

Days earlier, West was seen strolling the streets of Florence shoeless and clutching a bottle of bubbly.

His ex-wife Kim Kardashian, who shares four children with West, registered her bemusement via an insider.

“She’s embarrassed and worried for him — he’s wandering around barefoot with champagne in the street — something clearly isn’t right.”

No s---t, Sherlock.

Jack Ginnivan received a strike under the AFL’s illicit drugs policy. Picture: Michael Klein

Blurred lines

Former Magpies star Jack Ginnivan apologised to 44 of his “best mates” after copping punishment for doing illicit drugs in a dunny on the Surf Coast.

Ginnivan was filmed indulging in the act in a toilet cubicle at the Torquay Hotel following a Magpies training camp in Lorne.

“Utterly disappointed in myself, I feel like I’ve let 44 of my best mates down… the club, hundreds of thousands of people,” Ginnivan said.

“Obviously a few drinks, a lack of judgement at the time. I can’t really speak on why I did it.”

Ginnivan missed the opening games of the 2023 season.

He also received a strike under the AFL’s illicit drugs policy and a $5000 suspended fine.

Blurred lines II

Jamie Kah rode into controversy when she was secretly cutting white powder into lines. Picture: Supplied

Champion jockey Jamie Kah rode into controversy after she was secretly filmed cutting white powder into three lines on a plate.

A stablehand shot the footage, which erupted into a front page Herald Sun exclusive in June.

The Victorian Racing Tribunal investigation cleared Kah of any wrongdoing in the white powder controversy.

Judge John Bowman described the behaviour in the seriptiously-shot video as “immature, irresponsible and reckless”, but added: “It is not suggested that you used any of the white powder”.

The white powder was never recovered or tested.

Kah, in evidence before the tribunal, said she assumed it was an illegal substance.

After being cleared, Kah said: “It’s been the most challenging and testing year, but I’m so relieved that I can put it behind me and focus on racing and being happy.”

Dikileaks

An alleged file was distributed of 45 AFL players peckers.

It was the pecker gallery that allegedly showed the private parts of 45 current and past AFL players, including premiership stars.

The file, listed in alphabetical order by player names, showed photos, screenshots and videos claiming to be of past AFL legends and present stars — including Brownlow medallists — across various social networking and dating platforms.

The AFL and Victoria Police launched investigations into the shocking collection of images.

An AFL spokesman said there was “significant work involved in gathering the images and creating files for distribution.”

The explicit pictures were removed from the Google drive within a day.

Triple threat

Wayne Carey announced himself as a triple threat after some harmless online banter devolved into a pile-on about his affair with Kelli Stevens, the former wife of North Melbourne champion Anthony Stevens.

The former Roos star was deep into an X (formerly Twitter) chat about the footy trade period, when cheeky fans couldn’t resist winding Carey up, asking why he left the North Melbourne team back in 2002.

Former footballer Wayne Carey announced himself as a triple threat.

Lightheartedly, Carey replied “Really?”, but plenty of savage social media users piled on, posting about his infamous tryst with Stevens.

Carey has publicly labelled it as “the biggest regret of my life as an adult”.

When an account called Bloody Bulldogs pointed out Carey was traded after sleeping with a teammate’s wife, the footy legend responded with “3 times”.

It’s not clear if he was admitting to having slept with one person three times, or slept with three teammates’ partners.

However, later, Carey returned to X to say the “3 times” brag was him being “facetious” and he called for “perspective”.

3AW ... spruiking Melbourne

3AW radio host Jacqui Felgate. Picture: 3AW

She called it a “genuine oversight.”

But 15 paid partnerships, with each deal worth a minimum of $25,000 each, are not easily forgotten — especially if one of them commits an “genuine oversight” and fails to pay.

3AW radio host Jacqui Felgate was probed by radio regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority, for not declaring her sponsorship agreements with businesses including BMW, Maybelline, Smile Solutions, NAB AFL Auskick, Mel­bourne Racing Club, and Chemist Warehouse.

A prolific social media user, Felgate has 265,000 Instagram followers and regularly spruiks brands on her account.

Felgate said: “3AW were aware of these arrangements but due to a genuine oversight by the station as part of me transitioninginto the new role (as 3AW Drive host), the commercial disclosure register was not updated on its website’’.

Michael Clarke and Jade Yarbrough’s bust-up clip went viral. Picture: Getty Images

Fracas in Noosa

It was the hot girl summer that turned ice cold in an instant.

Stylist Jade Yarbrough and her then partner Michael Clarke were holidaying in paradise — well, the Sunshine Coast — when, one balmy night, she accused him of infidelity.

Most spats remain in-house, but Yarbrough and Clarke’s spilled on to the street, where it was dutifully filmed by an onlooker.

And, just when you thought the footage had enough in terms of star power, cameos by Yarbrough’s sister, shoe designer Jasmine, and her TV host husband Karl Stefanovic, attempted to intervene.

The viral clip was suddenly top-tier A-list.

Months later, Jade confided: “Relationships can be tough and complicated and most people don’t have theirs splashed on the front page of the paper or dissected on breakfast TV. I felt heartbroken, and deeply embarrassed. I just wanted to hide forever.”