Most celebrities would rather play nice for the cameras than hash out their differences in front of fans and the press. Simply put, A-listers stars can't afford to risk their reputation and brand for a petty fight, and no level-headed celeb wants to give the tabloids a reason to publish dirt about their life. Trash talking is rarely a good look. Of course, some stars are better at hiding their drama than others, and the careless ones often learn about the power of bad publicity the hard way. We're talking about leaked audio and video tapes. It's hard to deny recordings of your own words and actions.


And while it might be hard to believe, there are some residents of Tinseltown who want to get caught feuding with a fellow celeb. Mariah Carey versus Nicki Minaj, anyone? Those two didn't do a darn thing to hide the bad blood between them, and there is a ton of footage documenting that strife. Yikes.

Without further ado, here are the most explosive celebrity arguments caught on tape.

Alec Baldwin calls daughter a 'thoughtless little pig'

Alec Baldwin enjoyed renewed professional success when he landed a role on 30 Rock in 2006, but just when the actor was returning to the top of his game, TMZ obtained a disturbing voicemail he left his then 11-year-old daughter, Ireland Baldwin.

The 2007 voicemail — used as a piece of evidence in Baldwin's three-year custody battle with ex-wife Kim Basinger — was a rant in response to Ireland not answering her dad's scheduled call. "You are a rude, thoughtless little pig. You don't have the brains or the decency as a human being," Alec says on the tape (via the Daily Mail). "I don't give a damn that you're 12 years old, or 11 years old, or that you're a child, or that your mother is a thoughtless pain in the a** … Once again I have made an a** of myself trying to get to a phone. You have humiliated me for the last time with this phone."

Alec released a public apology following the leak and blamed his anger on alleged "parental alienation." During an appearance on Good Morning America years later, he referred to the voicemail as a "scab that never heals." Luckily, Ireland can make light of the scandal. "If I Were A Pig… I would be Rude and Thoughtless of course," she captioned a 2015 shot of her and her dad "reading" a book titled If I Were a Pig.

Mel Gibson's disturbing calls to Oksana Grigorieva

It's common knowledge that Mel Gibson has skeletons in his closet, and his romance with singer-songwriter Oksana Grigorieva was one of them. After Gibson and his wife of 28 years, Robyn Gibson, separated in 2006, the Braveheart star struck up a relationship with Grigorieva. The new couple welcomed daughter Lucia Gibson in 2009, and everything seemed great at first — until we all got to hear the secret recordings of Gibson's furious phone calls to Grigorieva.

In one recording, released in July 2010, Gibson berates Grigorieva's looks.  "… you go out in public and it's a f***ing embarrassment to me. You look like a f***ing b***h in heat, and if you get raped by a pack of n***ers it'll be your fault," he screams (via Radar Online). The tapes take an especially frightening turn when Gibson threatens physical harm against her. "…You need a f***ing bat in the side of the head… You need a f***ing brain transplant…"

As for Gibson, he claimed the disturbing tapes were edited.

Christian Bale cuts a crew member down

Actor Christian Bale took a professional hit when he was overheard berating a crew member on the set of Terminator Salvation. Apparently, Bale lost it when the film's director of photography, Shane Hurlbut, walked in his line of vision during filming.

"I want you off the f***ing set, you pr**k …," Bale tells Hurlbut in a recording released by TMZ in February 2009. Hurlbut tries to apologize, but Bale is on a roll: "No, don't just be sorry. Think for one f***ing second. What the f**k are you doing? Are you a professional or not? Am I going to walk around and rip your f***ing lights down, in the middle of a scene?" Bale goes on and on.

To Bale's credit, he later took responsibility for his actions. "I was out of order beyond belief. I acted like a punk," he told the Kevin & Bean show (via Today). "There is nobody who heard the tape who is hit harder than me. I make no excuses for it. It is inexcusable."

Lily Tomlin and David O. Russell let it rip

Creative differences are common in Hollywood, especially between directors and actors. What's less common is for these disagreements to erupt into explosions the caliber of this one between actress Lily Tomlin and director David O. Russell on the set of 2004's I Heart Huckabees.

During a particularly tense day of filming, Tomlin reportedly got into a fight with Russell about frequent changes in the script. The argument began with Tomlin tossing out some f-bombs to express her annoyance, and it ended with a ballistic Russell hurling the c-word and more at the actress. The whole mess was caught on video tape.

"F**k you! I'm just trying to f***ing help you, do you understand me?" Russell screams as he throws set pieces (via Cosmopolitan). "I'm being a f***ing collaborator and figure out the f***ing picture, okay b***h? I'm not here to be f***ing yelled at! I worked on this f***ing thing for three f***ing years not to have some c**t fucking yell at me in front of the f***ing crew, while I'm trying to help you, b***h!…" But wait — that's not all. During another scene, Tomlin slams Russell for supposedly bothering her. "Leave me the f**k alone," she yells (via TMZ) "Do you know what the f**k is going on, period? F**k you! F**k you, motherf***er!"

Something tell us these two don't heart these memories.

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