For this list, we’ll be looking at Karen’s according to the strict definition of the term, and anyone exhibiting Karen-like behavior. However, we won’t be limiting it by gender and will consider any irrational, entitled, and rude folk who’s terrible actions resulted in karma in one form or another. Have you ever had a Karen or Ken moment and regretted it, let us know below.
Number 20. Low battery meltdown
Getting a low phone battery is annoying. Sure. But launching into a racist tirade against someone that has nothing to do with it? Well, that’s bonkers. In November 2022, a video emerged of an Uber driver getting a load of abuse from a customer. With footage taken from the worker and by a witness, we can see the entitled woman yelling at the guy about her battery and wanting a charger. To make her behavior worse, she uttered multiple racial slurs at the driver. sparking gas from the witness. The police interviewed the driver. However, he didn’t issue a formal complaint. Uber then announced the woman was banned from the platform. Delightful.
Number 19. No cruise control.
It might not come as a surprise to anyone, but even politicians can be complete parents. In March 2022, Texas senator Ted Cruz was running late and ended up missing his flight from Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport in Montana. Instead of handling it like an adult, He argued with the staff for his poor timekeeping, even reportedly whipping out the, do you know who I am card? In the end, the police had to be called to calm Cruise down. Another US politician who hates being told what to do is Amanda Chase, After refusing to wear a mask during the Virginia senate sessions in February 2021, she had to sit in a plexiglass box of shame. Pretty humiliating.
Number 18. New Jersey slurs
When Tamika Bordeaux walked out of her Bayonne New Jersey home in January 2022, she was quickly greeted by the sight of a male carrier being chastised by Claudia Emmanuel, who was complaining about some late post, reportedly attempting to be a good Samaritan she went to help. But as soon as she walked over, Emmanuel erupted with a litany of racial slurs at her. Bordeaux tried to simmer down the situation, but that didn’t work. Even walking away had no effect as Emmanuel followed and kept using abusive words. Emanuele only stopped with the abuse when Bordeaux went into a store and after 2 other people had intervened, Bordeaux ultimately handed the video to the cops who arrested Emmanuel.
Number 17. The anti influencer
Even if you’re walking down the sidewalk apparently, that’s enough to summon a Karen from the shadow realm to torment you. In December 2022, Tiktoker Bianca Figueroa said she was doing just that when Sandra Jean Allen walked in the other direction. So the influencer attempted to get out of her way. After she did that, Alan had to escalate the situation with racist insults. When confronted, Figuora claimed Alan got physical with her, which in turn caused her to defend herself and her family. Allan proceeded to scream for help for some reason, then threatened to call ICE on Figueroa. Yikes. After throwing in cringy phrases like are you triggered, the altercation got police called to the scene.
They were eventually shown the footage leading Allen to be later arrested for her behavior.
Number 16. Escalation Karen
Enjoying the warm weather in March 2022 in Bristol England, Faye Johnson entered 3 children and decided to paddle board on a river. However, a group of teens was enjoying their own entertainment, albeit inappropriate and reckless as they launched rocks and mud balls at folk on the water. Johnson erupted with rage when she and her kids had items lobbed at them. She grabbed her paddle and struck Antoine Forest on the head leaving a nasty injury. After the police originally failed to react which caused much public outrage, they eventually arrested Johnson for her assault. In January 2023, she was handed a 4 month suspended sentence and told to give Forest £500 in compensation.
Number 15. Walmart Ken
Usually, we see Karen’s as customers launching a tirade of rational abuse against employees. Well, not this time, instead, it’s reversed. In November 2022, an unnamed customer was trying to leave Walmart with a cart of paid items. Instead, he was blocked by an unidentified employee. For context, the worker was white and the customer was black. The employee demanded to see the receipt before spitting racial insults and slurs.the worker then began taking items from the cart. This caused the 2 to get into a ruckus over the products. Afterward, the customer issued a formal complaint with Walmart who later announced the racist employee was no longer working for them.
Number 14. South African Karen
In 2016 in Johannesburg, South Africa estate agent Vicky Momburg’s car was broken into. When the police arrived, instead of them being able to help solve this crime, they became victims of another. Momburg launched into a racist tirade against the officers and emergency service dispatchers even throwing in a heart tight era slurs forty eight times. So she was arrested for Cremen In Curia, which concerns impairing another’s dignity. In 2018, Momburg became the 1st South African to be sentenced to jail for such a crime. She was originally handed a sentence of 3 years with 1 suspended.
She appealed the decision but failed. In December 2019, Momburg was released from prison and hopefully learned from the experience.
Number 13. Pizza is the problem
It’s really bizarre how some Karens are so triggered by hearing languages other than their own. In February 2023, this was certainly the case when Rita Bellieu went into Amy’s pizzeria in Hatboro, Pennsylvania. she lost her marbles upon hearing the TV behind the counter speak in Spanish. Bellieu Use skewed a litany of racial insults toward the employees and owners of the restaurant. She then demanded a refund as she was handing her cast to an illegal immigrant in her view. She then claims that people who called her racist were racist themselves. Right. Afterward, Bellieu was charged with hate crimes. And to make her more annoyed, hopefully, the pizza shop has reportedly seen an increase in business since her racist rant.
Number 12. Dorbelle Degenerete
For over a year, the Suarez family in Saint Louis, Missouri was harassed by Judy Klein. But seemingly, it wasn’t until her ring recorded exploits went viral that anything was done by the authorities. She often turned up at their property and issued racially charged and violent threats, claiming it was her house, but that’s not all. At one point, she even broke into the building and threatened one member of the family with a hammer. According to reports, Klein’s family had owned the property decades ago but sold it. For some reason, she decided this meant she could still control what someone else does with their home. In February 2023, Klein was arrested and charged for her barrage of crimes against the Suarez family.
Number 11. Hot, beautiful, and unemployed
The unearned confidence of a white Karen is truly a sight to behold. In October 2018, 2 unidentified black women were in the parking lot of a block of apartments in Charlotte, North Carolina. As they awaited help with a car problem. All of a sudden, a seemingly intoxicated Susan Westwood descends on the duo, proclaiming she is hot, and beautiful. She then rants with tones of racism as she questions why the 2 are there with plenty of cursing. Even after being asked to leave, Westwood continued harassing them, so the woman called the cops. Afterward, Westwood lost her job with cable company Spectrum. Then in 2019, she was sentenced to 12 months of probation for her various charges.
Number 10. Collier Karen
Educators are often seen as one of the noble and most trustworthy groups. But then there’s Patricia Smith, who smudges that reputation and then some. In August 2021, She was an exceptional student education specialist at an elementary school in Naples, Florida. According to an unidentified mother, she and her children were walking on the pavement down a road. Smith, who was driving, beat her horn before she rolled down her window as she thought that the 2 were trespassing. She embarked into a curse filled, racist, and ablest rant, screaming multiple slurs at them. With all the negative publicity, the Collier County School District initially put Smith on leave before they fired her for her disgusting behavior.
Number 9. Teaching them poorly
In February 2022, footage of Sandra Miller and her husband, Roger Miller, took the Internet by storm. The teacher at Lynnfield Christian School in Temecula and the Coronado City official were recorded going off on a racist rant at a shopping center, telling other people to go back to China, even though they have no connection to the country. According to the person that recorded it, The couple also accused them of spreading the pandemic. Once the video went viral, Lynnfield school publicly fired Miller from her role. while her husband was put on leave from his employment. By the following month, he was forced to resign from his job.
Number 8. Sheep in the bank.
Once again, we have someone who has a tantrum over being asked to wear a face mask inside a business. In March 2021 in Galveston, Texas, Terry Lynn Wright refused to comply at a bank. So they asked her to leave. which she declined. With no other option, the staff called the cops to have the right removed. When the police arrived, Wright tried to tell the officer about the law. After getting physical with the cops, Wright was arrested. In the process, she tried claiming it was police brutality, but multiple witnesses hilariously disagreed prompting her to call them sheep. A week later, to the surprise of no one Wright had a similar incident at another location.
Number 7. Key Fob Kelly
Even just trying to get home apparently ruffles Karen’s feathers. In October 2018, Darian Toles was trying to enter the apartment complex where he lived in St. Louis, Missouri. In his way was a white woman. Hillary Brook Mueller armed with a tiny dog who had a problem with the black man trying to get to his residence. Acting as though she owns the building, she demanded proof that he lives there, dabbling in some racial profiling. 30 minutes after this incident, a police officer sent by Mueller spoke to tolls in his apartment When the video went viral, Mueller’s employers weren’t too happy. The real estate company, Tribeca STL, fired her publicly for her stunt.
Number 6. Radio Karen
Oh boy. Another incident of a white American snapping when hearing a non English language spoken. In July, 2020, a group of landscapers was working in the street in National, New Hampshire. Suddenly, they were accosted by conservative Donald Trump loving radio host Diana Plause who recorded the incident. She laid into them for speaking Spanish then accused some of the workers of being in the states illegally. A passerby stepped in to confront flaws, but she only made more racial statements and called him a social justice warrior for wearing a face mask. According to George Russell who owns the radio station WSMN broadcasting, He received thousands of complaints about Plause’ actions, so he dropped her show from their slate.
Number 5. Cocktail catastrophe
Many of us have had the joy slash trauma of having too much to drink on a night out. but not many of us will descend into a racist rant. Then again, we’re not Justine Morrison. And admittedly, We don’t know how much she drank, but reports did say she threw a drink in January 2023. In fact, She was removed from a cocktail bar in Halifax England after causing a scene outside Morrison decided being ejected wasn’t enough. She decided to go on a racist rant at the doorman, Dally Wiley, spitting her disgust at him as her tirade was recorded. Not only was she cautioned by the police for her hate crime and got permanently banned from the bar, but Morrison was also fired from her part time accounting job for the Shine Theater Arts.
Number 4. Parking lot Karen
In August 2022, 4 Indian American women had left a restaurant and were about to leave a parking lot in West Plano, Texas. Before they could go home after a nice evening, Esmeralda Upton appeared. She launched into a racist tirade against the 4, saying that she hates Indians, fearing for their safety, the group began recording the incident on their phones which caused them to attack them and threaten their lives. The police eventually arrived and upped and left. The following day, the Texas Karen was arrested on numerous charges. But to make it worse for Upton, she was then issued not 1, but 2 lawsuits by the victims of that eventful night.
Number 3. Airplane assault
It’s strange the trajectory some minor celebrities can go through in their lives. Take Patricia Cornwall. She was an NFL Chia leader and did a little acting in the past. Then in December 2021, she was videoed attacking an older man on a plane. Cornwall was apparently enraged that Russell Miller wasn’t wearing a face mask as he was eating and drinking. While he didn’t help calm down the situation, instead calling her some choice phrases, Cornwall’s unhindered reaction was something else. She struck, scratched, and spat on Miller. Thankfully, the flight staff managed to separate the 2. However, Cornwall was arrested by the FBI after landing and charged with several crimes for her bizarre behavior.
Number 2. Smoothie tirade
Hospitality employees have it, what? They’re not paid enough and have to serve the public all day. Nightmare. but it got worse for teenage workers at Robeks in Fairfield, Connecticut in January 2022 when James Iannazzo walked in. Apparently, he had bought his son a smoothie from there, resulting in an allergic reaction which required medical treatment. However, according to the staff, Iannazzo didn’t mention the peanut allergy when he ordered. He erupted with a racist tirade at the employees even throwing the beverage at them. Ianazo was fired by Merrill Lynch and was arrested. He was given a year of probation and had to donate $500 to a charity. Then, he settled the lawsuit from one of the employees for a reported $7500.
Number 1. Socal Karen
In 2020, Torrance, California, and the surrounding area were haunted by a figure that harassed folk with Asian heritage. Lina Hernandez, who used to be a social worker, was involved in several incidents where she launched into grim racist grants at people for seemingly little to no reason. At one point, She put on a mock Asian accent to belittle one victim. But in July 2020, she was finally arrested for attacking Catelyn Salman at the Del Amo Mall the previous year. In October 2020, Hernandez pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery. As such, she received 45 days in jail, 3 years of probation with a year of anger management and was barred from being near Salman and in the mall.
