Ten Famous Celebrity Rants

The 30 Rock star must have wished his daughters answering machine hadnt been working in 2007. A toxic message left for his then-11-year-old daughter Ireland was mysteriously leaked to the press (Baldwin was involved in a custody battle with ex-wife Kim Basinger). During the more than two-minute message, the angered actor called the young girl a thoughtless little pig (see Mel Gibson).

On-air skirmishes between liberal ODonnell and conservative Hasselbeck were a mainstay of The View in 2007. But on May 23, the tone reached new heights, with all but blows exchanged in an extended shouting match that had each accusing the other of cowardly behavior.

Hes hardly a shrinking violet on Fox Newss The OReilly Factor. But his anger was off the charts when he lit into staffers back in the 1990s while anchoring Inside Edition. When technical difficulties forced extra takes while closing the show, OReilly lost his temper and dropped the F-bomb on his crew.

Heaven help anyone who tries to steal a photo of LuPone in the middle of a performance. During the 2009 revival of Gypsy on Broadway, an audience member snapped away, prompting an infuriated LuPone to stop the show right in the middle of her big number. In the tirade that followed, she shrieked, How dare you! Get them out!

Kramer, the beloved bumbler Richards played on the TV hit Sienfeld, would have blushed. Richards flew off the handle in 2006 when audience members were allegedly disrupting his act at a Los Angeles nightclub. His shrieks took a particularly ugly turn when he sprinkled them with unabashed use of the n word.

An amiable 2005 interview on Today soured when Cruise let loose an extended lecture in response to a question by co-host Matt Lauer. Asked about comments Scientologist Cruise had made regarding the drug Ritalin, the actor became defensive, saying: Matt. Matt, Matt, you don't evenyou're glib. If you start talking about chemical imbalance, you have to evaluate and read the research papers on how they came up with these theories, Matt, okay? That's what I've done. Class dismissed.

For years, the mild-mannered disc jockey counted down Americas Top 40, throwing in sugary dedications requested by listeners. But the sweetness was nowhere to be found when he dressed down staff over an up-tempo song that preceded a dedication to a dead dog. The tirade that made broadcasting rounds was generously laced with G.D.s and a few F-bombs.

The 2004 Democratic presidential candidate might have sealed his fate the night of the Iowa caucuses. After coming in third, Dean made a concession speech that came across as a football coach reprimanding his losing team. An attempt to rally his base with meandering shoutssome say to be heard over crowd noiseraised questions about his style. Within days, Dean dropped out of the race.