Celebrity Addictionary: There Oughta Be a Word

What do you call one person in a famous couple who is the media scapegoat?

By Ted Casablanca Jul 08, 2009 12:08 AMTags
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What's the word for one member of a celebrity couple who gets totally crucified by the public, while the other gets off scot-free?

Say, for example, Angelina Jolie—the man-eating be-yotch who stole Brad Pitt away from Jennifer Aniston. What, Brad had no part in that? Doesn't it take two to hook up and do the Mr. & Mrs. Smith tango?

Or Robert Pattinson who is the wholly innocent Twilight golden child, while Kristen Stewart receives the fan backlash—for reasons stunningly and mysteriously unknown to us. Uh, didn't Rob still have the hots for K even when she was with a BF?

We think the perf word for this is humilify. Can you top it?