It’s that special time of year when we engage in thoughtful reflection, taking stock of the past 12 months and asking ourselves the important questions: What have we learned? How have we grown? Which celebrities were embroiled in the silliest scandals? Remember spitgate? Seems like only yesterday …

Here, in semi-chronological order, are some of the wildest, weirdest, and most wonderfully terrible celebrity antics from this year.

2022 was the year celebrities desperately wanted us to learn about this monkey. Despite our best attempts, conversations about crypto and NFTs were unavoidable. Matt Damon implied that cryptocurrency is brave. Madonna hawked her own NFT, which featured fully nude artwork of the singer and a 3-D model of her vagina. Then, things got messier — yes, messier than a digital rendering of Madonna giving birth to some butterflies. Kim Kardashian was made to pay $1.26 million after illegally promoting cryptocurrency on Instagram. Celebrities including Larry David, Gisele Bündchen, Tom Brady, and Shaquille O’Neal were named in a lawsuit regarding the FTX crash. If anything, this is validation for those of us who still cannot be bothered to learn what a blockchain even is.

In March, a clip of Kim offering “advice” for women in…