Here are some former celebrities listed below who all reached the same low and became homeless. Good news is that apart from being so unsuccessful many of the celebrities have entered recovery, they have started working again to get back what they have lost.

1 Alex Lambert

Alex Lambert is a former American Idol contestant. Lambert moved to Loss Angeles from Texas to pursue a musical career after scoring a spot on American Idol. He failed but didnt give up on his dream to become a working musician. He worked with 19 Entertainment songwriters and producer. He sung many beautiful songs and even performed for several charities but now this musician is currently homeless, living in his car. He has been quoted as saying that he would rather live in his car than to go back home and give up. He is a real struggle and wants to make a comeback.

2 Brett Butler

Brett Butler was an American actress, writer, and stand-up comedian, best known for playing the title role in the comedy series Grace under Fire of ABC television. During the show, she battled a recurring drug addiction and spent time in rehab. In February 1998, due to her erratic behavior stemming from substance abuse, she was dismissed from the show and ABC canceled the series. After this Brett moved out of Los Angeles to Georgia to a farm where she lived with 15 pets and she ran out of money and turned to a homeless shelter for cover.

3 Debbie Clark

There was a popular show called American Gladiators back in the late 80s and 90s. This show was a competition show that pitted contestants against athletic contenders in different games. A very famous contestant Debbie Clark performed on the show for three years until she suffered an injury that ended her career. After this in search of good job she changed her profession many times working as a personal trainer, chef, and even a country singer. Unfortunately, none of these jobs panned out for her. After years she didnt receive any royalty checks for the shows and fleeing from domestic violence. Now she is living in the streets of San Diego with her ten-year-old son.

4 Gary Glitter

Gary Glitter was an English former glam rock singer-song writer and musician who achieved great popular success between the early 1970s and mid 1980s. He sold over 20 million records, spent 168 weeks on the UK charts and had 21 hit singles placing him in the top 100 UK most successful chart acts. Later Glitter faced criminal charge in Vietnam for child sexual abuse; he was released and made his way back to England. Glitter tried to move into different areas but found that he was unwelcomed and hated by the neighbours. He is currently moving from place to place without being able to settle down due to complaints.

5 Houston McTear

Houston Mctear was an American Sprinter who emerged from desperate poverty in the Florida and moved to Los Angeles where he tried his hand in boxing under the coaching of Muhammad Ali and Harold Smith. At one time, McTear was known as the worlds fastest human and tied the world record, running a 100-yard dash in 9.0 seconds while still in high school. However, his meteoric rise was effectively ended by the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics which prevented his participation. From here he fell into drug use and was homeless sleeping on Santa Monica Beach for years before being rescued by an old woman. He made a comeback in the early 1990 and won the 60 meters at the Swedish Indoor Championships. McTear died of lung cancer on November 1, 2015, aged 58.

6 Iran Barkley

Iran Barkley is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1982 to 1999. He is a three-weight world champion. He was known as a Blade. In fact of his up-down career, he didnt give up. He retired in 1999 after losing a bout in Mississippi by sixth-round stoppage to Keith McKnight. In 2006 he made a comeback and won an unsanctioned bout by second-round stoppage in Aruba. Barkley has fallen down on some difficult times since his retirement from boxing. Penniless and unemployed, he became homeless in November 2010 after he evicted from his Bronx apartment. Through the support of the Bronx nonprofits Bronx Works and the ring 10 boxing charity, the former world champion found housing and receives assistance so he can become self-supporting.

7 John Drew Barrymore

John Drew Barrymore was the son of famous actor John Barrymore. Coming from the family of famous actors did not sit well with John. Throughout his life, he was compared with his father and grandfather. After the SAG suspension handed to him in 1967 was served, Barrymore only worked on-screen sporadically. His TV and film career ended permanently by 1976, although even before this point he became more and more reclusive. His lifestyle continued to worsen and his physical and mental health deteriorated. He was known to disappear for months at a time only to pop up in jail for drug abuse and public drunkenness. John Succumbed to cancer in 2004.

8 Margot Kidder

Margot kidder is a Canadian-American actress and activist. She rose to fame in 1978 for her role as Lois Lane in Superman, opposite to Christopher Reeve. Kidder has dated former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, director Brian De Palma, and actor Richard Pryor. After a highly publicized manic episode and the nervous breakdown in 1996, Kidders career began to slow. She battled schizophrenia and manic depression and even refused treatment at one time. She slept in cardboard boxes and backyards around Los Angeles with her front teeth missing and her hair hacked off. By the 2000s, however, she maintained steady work in independent films as well as guest starring roles. She is currently a political activist.

9 Natasha Lyonne

Natasha Lyonne is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Jessica in American Pie series and in films like Slums of Beverly Hills, Blade: Trinity and others. In April 2005, an arrest warrant was issued for Lyonne for failure to appear in the court. Police were unable to locate Loyyane until her hospitalization was reported in August. She suffered from hepatitis C, a heart infection, and a collapsed lung and was going methadone treatment. After that, she was found living on streets. She has since revitalized her acting career, appearing in the Netflix hit series Orange Is The New Black.