I’ve seen people talk about actors and artists that had a terrible time.
My own would be Anne Rice. She wrote Interview with the Vampire after her young daughter died of Leukemia. Then her husband suddenly died of a brain hemorrhage. I suspect her Christian, anti-fanfic phase was a result of mental illness and manipulation from the publishers, although I don’t think she ever apologized.
Stephenie Meyer.
People treated her like she single-handedly destroyed civilization. I knew her cousin, and things were pretty horrible for her. She couldn’t leave the house. She tried wigs, but they didn’t always work. People always expected her to sign their books. Not to mention the fact that she was so viciously HATED. Like damn.