A-list celebrities have been put on the Bugatti blacklist, meaning they will never be able to buy from the luxury car brand.

Having enough money to own and maintain a car is difficult enough, so if you can afford the car of your dreams, the last thing you want to hear is that you’re not allowed to.

But this is the case for a number of star names who have been told that they cannot buy a car from Bugatti, after a number of PR disasters, distasteful modifications, and a whole lot more.

Bugatti stands as one of the most sought-after luxury cars in the entire world, and not just anyone can own one.

There’s a long waiting list even for celebs, and the brand isn’t keen on people selling second hand cars, making the waiting list effectively irrelevant.

One celebrity who got put on the blacklist for doing this is boxing legend Floyd Mayweather.

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He faces bans from Bugatti and Ferrari, after reportedly selling a coveted spot on the waiting list.

Another star who cannot purchase the luxury vehicles is Simon Cowell.

While the exact reason for this remains unknown, speculation would say that this often happens if a celebrity has done something the brand doesn’t approve of, which tarnishes their image, or, like Mayweather, they sold a place on the waiting list.

And this isn’t the only exclusive car brand that has this policy in place.

Justin Bieber has been banned from buying Ferraris, after the company branded modifications he made to his 458 Italia ‘tasteless’.

Flo Rida is banned from Bugatti for a totally different reason.

In 2011, after purchasing the Bugatti Veyron, he was pulled over by the police and charged with drink driving after failing a breathalyser test.

Bugatti saw this as incredibly bad PR, and added his name to their seemingly lengthy blacklist.

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One of the most notorious bans was concerning movie megastar Tom Cruise, after a debacle on the red carpet of Mission Impossible III.

The actor arrived at the red carpet with his ex-wife Katie Holmes in his Bugatti Veyron, but when he walked around to open his lady’s door, it took several attempts.

Despite fans online speculating that the door was in fact locked from the inside and wasn’t a fault on the car itself, Bugatti couldn’t forgive Cruise for the blunder, and subsequently blacklisted him from their waiting list.

These celebs might actually be better off being blacklisted, however, as Bugatti owners not only need to spend $21,000 on yearly maintenance, but also must change their tires every 10,000 miles driven.

While a new Bugatti won’t be joining Cruise’s garage anytime soon, he has made sure to keep it full with other luxury cars, such as BMWs, Chevrolets, Mustangs, and his infamous Bugatti Veyron, over the years.

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It must be strange having millions of people thinking they know things about you – whether they’re based in truth or not – but, that’s the life of a celebrity, and something that Tom Cruise knows all too well.

In fact, the Mission Impossible actor has found himself at the centre of number of bizarre theories over the years, including some rumours related to the controversial Church of Scientology – of which Cruise is a member.

And it turns out celebrities aren’t completely oblivious to the strange things people are claiming about them either, with the 61-year-old telling Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning director, Chris McQuarrie, the ‘weirdest story’ he’d ever heard about himself.

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Speaking to The Times, McQuarrie said that Cruise told him that he’d once heard that people on set ‘were not allowed to look me in the eye’.

The actor’s co-star, Simon Pegg, then added: “I’ve been able to hack my way through all the bizarre mythology that surrounds him.

“On one side he’s Tom Cruise – this enigmatic film star everyone wants to know about. And on the other, he’s just a guy. I like being normal with him.”

So, at the end of the day, he’s still a normal, down-to-Earth bloke – at least according to Pegg and his other Mission Impossible co-star, Hayley Atwell.

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In a recent interview with The Independent, the Captain America star said: “I truly feel you could meet him and go: ‘He’s nice; he’s charming; he’s charismatic; he knows how to make people feel good about themselves.

“So that’s just a tactic for total manipulation, because he’s probably just an egocentric.’ Or whatever bulls*** people want to make up about people.

“But over time, you’re just watching him, going – he really works hard, he really cares, he’s really interested in people and wants to engage with them, and he believes in the power of cinema as much as he did when he was five years old.”

At least we’ve gotten to the bottom of one thing – if you ever find yourself on set with Tom Cruise, don’t be afraid to look him in the eye.

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It also seems like critics are loving Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning, as the film has given Cruise his highest Rotten Tomatoes score yet – and not just for the franchise as a whole.

Previously, his top-rated film on Rotten Tomatoes was 2018’s Mission: Impossible – Fallout, which has a 97 percent score on the site.

This is followed by Top Gun: Maverick, with 96 percent, Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation, with 94 percent, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, with 93 percent, and 80s classic Risky Business, which has 92 percent.