This is weirdly specific, but 2023 was a truly cursed year for famous men whose names start with the letter J — and these 11 celebrities prove it

At the start of each year, it’s almost impossible to predict which celebrities will end up dominating the headlines over the next 12 months.

But in 2023, it soon became clear that there was actually a bit of a trend to the famous men who would ultimately end up having a worse year than others — and it’s all to do with their first initial.

You see, either of their own making or just as an unfortunate side effect of being in the public eye, this year a disproportionate amount of J-name men have found themselves in the news cycle for the worst of reasons. Don’t believe us? Here are 11 examples.