6 Celebrities Who Have Been Banned from Restaurants, Hotels and More
6 Celebrities Who Have Been Banned from Restaurants, Hotels and More
Zoey Lyttle, Samantha StutsmanSun, April 26, 2026 at 1:30 PM UTC
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James Corden; Ariana Grande; Miley Cyrus.Credit: Karwai Tang/WireImage; Monica Schipper/Getty; Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
A-list status doesn’t guarantee a warm welcome everywhere.
Over the years, several celebrities have been banned from various places — sometimes for headline-making antics, other times for behavior that didn’t sit well behind the scenes.
In 2014, Miley Cyrus was barred from bringing her provocative Bangerz tour to the Dominican Republic, while Ben Affleck was banned from playing blackjack at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas after being caught counting cards.
A year later, footage of Ariana Grande licking doughnuts on a tray (and not buying them) got her banned from a California shop. Then, in 2022, James Corden was temporarily banned from a New York City hotspot after allegedly mistreating staff on more than one occasion.
Here’s a look at six stars who’ve landed on the “not welcome” list — from restaurants to entire countries.
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James Corden: Banned from N.Y.C. Restaurant Balthazar
James CordenCredit: Terence Patrick/CBS via Getty
N.Y.C. restaurateur Keith McNally "86'd" the comedian from one of his top establishments, Balthazar, due to reported mistreatment of the staff. The restaurant owner announced the ban on Corden via Instagram, where he called the TV personality a "tiny cretin of a human" and detailed two incidents of Corden's "abusive" behavior as a customer.
The first account claimed that the talk show host "was extremely nasty" in his demands of Balthazar's manager, reportedly commanding the employee to "take care" of their drinks so that Corden would not "write any nasty reviews in Yelp or anything like that."
Another alleged outburst occurred when Corden was dissatisfied with his wife's omelette and, according to the Instagram post, "began yelling like crazy to the server: 'You can't do your job! You can't do your job! Maybe I should go into the kitchen and cook the omelette myself!' "
McNally later rescinded his ban on Corden, explaining on Instagram that the late-night star had called and "apologized profusely" to him and his staff.
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Ariana Grande: Banned from Wolfee Donuts in California
Ariana GrandeCredit: Kevin Mazur/Getty
Lake Elsinore, Calif., doughnut shop Wolfee Donuts forbade the singer from returning after leaked video surveillance showed her licking unattended doughnuts from a tray. The footage prompted state police and health officials to investigate further, which resulted in the demotion of Wolfee's health grade from an A to a B.
Wolfee Donuts' owner, Joe Marin, confirmed that Grande was banned for life on the radio show Roz & Mocha shortly after news of the incident broke.
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Lindsay Lohan: Banned from Chateau Marmont
Lindsay Lohan infamously ran up a huge bill at the Chateau.Credit: Stefanie Keenan/WireImage
Lindsay Lohan was said to be banned from Los Angeles' Chateau Marmont after her stay while filming Liz & Dick during the summer of 2012. TMZ obtained a letter from the hotel's management requesting Lohan pay the outstanding $46,350.04 bill that she accumulated over the course of her 47-day residency.
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Though the letter did not explicitly ban Lohan, Shawn Levy's chronicle of Chateau Marmont history claims "the word was that she was effectively banned from the premises—hotel, restaurant, bar: all of it."
The actress was seen at the West Hollywood hotel not too long after the edict was supposedly handed down; according to Levy's book, the Chateau Marmont's owner was able to work with Lohan's side to settle her debts.
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Miley Cyrus: Banned from the Dominican Republic
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In 2014, the Dominican Republic banned the "Wrecking Ball" singer from coming to the country while on her Bangerz tour. The country's government commission responsible for public performances concluded that Cyrus often "undertakes acts that go against morals and customs, which are punishable by Dominican law," per BBC.
Tickets for the Santo Domingo concert had been on sale for about two months at the time of Cyrus' proscription, ranging in price from $27 to $370.
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Madonna: Banned from Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Theaters
MadonnaCredit: Ethan Miller/Getty
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema banned Madonna from its theaters after she violated their no-texting policy during a screening of 12 Years A Slave at the 2013 New York Film Festival, per E! Online.
According to one viewer's eyewitness testimony (which film critic Charles Taylor shared in a Facebook post), the Grammy winner spent much of the movie typing on her Blackberry.
Drafthouse's CEO, Tim League, tweeted that, "Until she apologizes to movie fans, Madonna is banned from watching movies."
While another post on X claimed it was "really just a joke," The Hollywood Reporter stated that a few days later, League sent a letter requesting that Drafthouse theater managers prohibit Madonna from seeing films "until she apologizes for her actions and acknowledges that texting during a movie is rude and disrespectful to the filmmaker and audience."
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Ben Affleck: Banned from the Blackjack Table
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In 2014, the Gone Girl star's suspiciously lucky night ended when he was discovered counting cards while playing blackjack in Las Vegas. One source told PEOPLE that security approached Affleck at the table and said, "We have to stop you because you're too good." They then banned him from playing blackjack.
However, the actor was not banned from the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino entirely.
"The hotel was really nice. [They] told him he could play other games," said the source.
The establishment issued its own statement clarifying that Affleck isn't banned from the whole property, and that as a valued guest, he "is welcome back any time."
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