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29 celebrity business ventures that flopped

Superstar ventures that went wrong
Kim Basinger's Braselton tourism development
Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger & Bruce Willis' Planet Hollywood
Steven Spielberg's Dive! restaurant
Hulk Hogan's Pastamania restaurant
Vince McMahon's XXL football league
Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, Christy Turlington's & Elle McPherson's Fashion Café
Britney Spears' Nyla restaurant
Jim McMahon's McMahon's restaurant and McMahon's Prime Steakhouse
Ronnie Wood's clubs
Kevin Costner's The Clubhouse restaurant
Nicky Hilton's Nicky O Hotels
Paris Hilton's clothing collection
Jennifer Lopez's Madre's restaurant and Sweetface fashion line
Natalie Portman's Té Casan shoe line
Jermaine Dupri's Café Dupri
The Kardashian sisters' Kardashian Kard debit card
Jay-Z's J Hotel
Flavor Flav's Flav's Fried Chicken restaurant
Curt Schilling's 38 Studios gaming company
Lily Allen's Lucy In Disguise vintage clothing hire service
Pete Wentz's Angels & Kings NYC nightclub
Eva Longoria's Beso and SHe restaurants
Beyoncé's House of Deréon clothing line
Pharrell Williams' Qream with a Q liqueur
Kim Kardashian's Belle Noel jewellery line
Blake Lively's Preserve lifestyle website
Neil Young's PonoPlayer music player and streaming service
Rihanna's Fenty fashion label
Fernando Alonso's Kimoa clothing line
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Superstar ventures that went wrong

Celebrity business ventures can turn out to be money-making juggernauts like Kim Kardashian's SKIMS or Rihanna's Fenty Beauty. But for every roaring success, there are plenty of epic failures.

From flopped fashion lines to doomed restaurant ventures, read on to discover 29 celebrity schemes that totally missed the mark. 

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Alice Cattley

27 March 2025

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