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  • Joe Simpson, father to singers Jessica and Ashlee, ruffled some feathers with his comments on Jessica's body:
  • Director Woody Allen began an affair with his adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Previn, when she was 20. The pair later married.
  • Singer Courtney Love has been estranged from daughter Frances Bean (father is rocker Kurt Cobain, who committed suicide in 1994) after losing custody several times since Frances was a newborn for drug use.
  • Actor David Hasselhoff's visitation rights with his two teenage daughters were suspended in 2007 after his daughter took a videotape of him in a drunken stupor trying to eat a cheeseburger off the floor. The actor, who has had problems with alcohol in the past, said the tape was shot to show him how his alcoholism was affecting him.
  • Though they have since reconciled, actor Alec Baldwin came under fire for an angry voicemail he left for daughter Ireland, on which he called her a
  • In 2007, Michael Jackson held his son, Prince Michael II
  • Michael Jackson's father Joe has been accused of physically and emotionally abusing his 10 children.
  • Actress Mackenzie Phillips alleged in her 2009 memoir that her father, singer John Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas, regularly plied her with drugs when she was growing up and started a sexual relationship with her when she was 19.
  • Michael Lohan, father of Lindsay, has a rap sheet almost as long as his daughter's -- he has been arrested multiple times since 1990 for charges including insider trading, DUI and attempted assault. He speaks often in the press about Lindsay's troubles, despite her repeated attempts to distance herself from him.
  • Dina Lohan, mother of Lindsay, is frequently photographed partying with her daughter, who has a history of drug and alcohol abuse. She has also come under scrutiny for making her younger daughter, Ali, the star of the reality show
  • Singer Britney Spears has come a long way since 2006, when she was photographed driving with her then-infant son Sean Preston on her lap rather than strapped in a car seat. Spears defended her actions, saying the paparazzi was chasing her.
  • Actress Joan Crawford, who adopted five children, had tumultuous relationships with the oldest two, Christina (left) and Christopher. After Crawford's death, Christina wrote the tell-all book
  • They were all smiles in 2011, but actor Ryan and actress Tatum O'Neal have a bumpy history. In her 2005 biography, Tatum accuses Ryan of allowing his drug dealer to molest her as a child, and alleges neglect and beatings. Ryan was also arrested for assaulting Tatum's brother, Griffin, and in 2008, Ryan and son Redmond were both arrested after methamphetamine was discovered in the home they shared.
 

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