The Smallville curse? Tom Welling is just the latest star from beloved Superman show to fall from grace

When Smallville premiered connected the WB successful 2001, it instantly became 1 of the astir fashionable shows connected TV and transformed the formed into monolithic stars practically overnight.

The beloved superhero show, which switched to the CW aft its 5th season, followed the adventures of Clark Kent successful his hometown of Smallville earlier helium became the iconic Superman.

It went connected for a whopping 10 seasons earlier it came to an extremity successful 2011, and it received a slew of awards and accolades implicit the people of its 10-year run.

Now, 14 years on, the amusement has been thrust backmost into the spotlight aft it was revealed that main prima Tom Welling, 47, had been arrested successful transportation with driving nether the influence.

After his mugshot was released to the world, hoards of the show's diehard fans were near stunned implicit however antithetic helium looked.

Tom's shocking translation near galore wondering: what happened to Tom since the amusement concluded? And what ever came of the different Smallville stars?

It turns out, Tom was not the lone formed subordinate from the amusement to look ineligible problems since it concluded successful 2011.

In fact, many of the stars of the wildly palmy bid were unluckily plagued by aggregate controversies, galore failed marriages, and a slew of run-ins with the instrumentality successful the years that followed.

Allison Mack was famously arrested successful 2018 aft it was revealed that she had been a salient subordinate of Keith Raniere's enactment cult NXIVM. 

As the group's horrific acts were revealed to the world, her Smallville costar Kristin Kreuk besides confessed to being a portion of the cult, but she ne'er faced immoderate charges for her participation.

In addition, Sam Jones III was sensationally taken into custody successful 2009 successful narration to a cause trafficking lawsuit and yet pleaded blameworthy to conspiracy to merchantability much than 10,000 pills of Oxycodone.

John Schneider had his ain just stock of scandals, arsenic helium was jailed for failing to wage alimony to his ex-wife and raised eyebrows erstwhile helium made a bid of bizarre comments - including comparing Beyonce to a urinating canine and stating that President Joe Biden 'should beryllium publically hung.'

As Tom becomes the latest Smallville prima to go embroiled successful controversy, FEMAIL has revealed what happened to him and the remainder of the stars of the CW amusement since it ended.

In addition, FEMAIL rounded up the galore problems that the formed has endured since the amusement ended.

Tom Welling played Clark Kent: The histrion has enjoyed a quiescent beingness with his woman and sons successful caller years, but was arrested this week for a DUI

Tom was formed arsenic Clark Kent successful the beloved CW amusement erstwhile helium was conscionable starting retired astatine arsenic an actor, and it skyrocketed him into the spotlight immediately.

While starring successful the series, helium besides landed roles successful the fashionable household flicks Cheaper by the Dozen and Cheaper by the Dozen 2, arsenic good arsenic the fearfulness movie The Fog.

After Smallville came to an extremity successful 2011, helium continued to act, starring successful the humanities play Parkland, the sports movie Draft Day, and the rom-com The Choice.

He past portrayed Lieutenant Marcus Pierce successful the fashionable amusement Lucifer from 2017 until 2019.

After that, helium reprised his relation arsenic Clark Kent for 1 occurrence of the amusement Batwoman, and starred successful the 2020 bid Professionals. He besides had a little quality successful the 2022 CW amusement The Winchesters.

In 2022, helium and chap Smallville histrion Michael launched a podcast together, called Talkville, wherever they broke down each occurrence of the show. 

In addition, helium revealed successful 2021 that helium and Michael were moving connected an animated sequel bid to Smallville. 

However, successful November 2024, helium gave a heartbreaking update connected the show, telling Screen Rant, 'The honorable reply is we person not been capable to get Warner Bros to springiness america the thumbs-up. 

'We request their permission. We haven't adjacent gotten a response. It's the weirdest happening due to the fact that it is much of a fan-driven idea. 

'It's not going to beryllium a blockbuster. It's not going to beryllium a fiscal windfall for immoderate of us. 

'We each similar each other, we each similar moving together, and if we could bash it, it'd beryllium fun. 

'But Warner Bros - and I'm not hating connected them - they conscionable haven't gotten backmost to us. It's not a precedence for them.'

As for his emotion life, helium joined exemplary Jamie White backmost successful 2002, portion helium was starring successful Smallville, but they divided successful 2013.

He past moved connected with equestrian and Saddle Club founder Jessica Lee.

They wed successful 2019, and together, they welcomed 2 sons - Thomson calved successful 2019 and Rocklin calved successful 2021. 

Tom has stayed mostly retired of the spotlight successful caller years, opting for a much quiescent beingness successful Northern California with his woman and kids.

Earlier this week, helium recovered himself backmost successful the spotlight, however, aft it was revealed that helium had been arrested successful transportation with driving nether the influence.

He was taken into custody successful the parking batch of an Arby's edifice successful Yreka, California, soon aft midnight, TMZ reported connected Tuesday, citing constabulary records.

His humor intoxicant level was measured astatine oregon supra 0.08 percent, the outlet said.

The New York Post said helium was released from custody aft helium was cited for the violation.

Kristin Kreuk played Lana Lang: She made headlines successful 2018 aft it was revealed that she was a subordinate of Keith Raniere's enactment cult NXIVM

Kristin portrayed Clark's archetypal emotion Lana Lang successful Smallville for the archetypal 8 seasons, earlier she near the amusement successful 2008.

She did not dilatory down afterwards, landing roles successful The CW amusement Beauty & the Beast, the martial arts film Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, the fearfulness flick Vampire, the drama Space Milkshake, the ineligible drama Burden of Truth, and astir recently, the 2024 transgression drama Murder successful a Small Town.

She besides launched her ain accumulation institution called Parvati Creative Inc with Rosena Bhura, which has produced a fewer abbreviated films.

Kristin, present 42, took a interruption from acting successful 2018 to absorption connected her acquisition and got her bachelor's grade from Queen's University.

She besides near Hollywood astir that clip to alternatively reside successful Vancouver, Canada, wherever she is primitively from. 

'I ever struggled with Los Angeles. I didn't cognize however to acceptable there,' she told Reader's Digest in 2018. 

'It didn't consciousness grounding. Ultimately, I'd emotion to beryllium capable to unrecorded and enactment successful my ain state wherever I consciousness similar I'm reflected successful the assemblage and the assemblage reflects me. I don't consciousness that successful the States.'

In 2018, it was revealed that Kristin had spent 7 years arsenic a subordinate of Keith's enactment cult NXIVM.

Keith started NXIVM successful the 1990s successful Albany arsenic a purported self-improvement radical that past expanded crossed the country.

It archetypal became known for its 'Executive Success Program' courses, which purported to springiness students the quality to execute their goals successful beingness by overcoming intelligence blocks.

But Keith launched a concealed branch, known arsenic the DOS, successful 2015 that was conscionable for women.

Prosecutors aboriginal said the concealed nine was comprised of brainwashed pistillate 'slaves' who were blackmailed into having enactment with him, pursuing dangerously restrictive diets and being branded with his initials. 

Initially, it was reported that Kristin had recruited her costar Allison into the group, who went connected to go the queen bee of DOS. 

On Instagram, Kirstin denied 'recruiting' anyone and insisted that she 'never experienced immoderate amerciable oregon nefarious activity' during her clip successful the group.

She explained that she signed up for an 'executive occurrence program' with NXIVM astir 2005, which she 'understood to beryllium a self-help/personal maturation course' to assistance her grip her 'previous shyness.'

'I near astir 5 years agone and had minimal interaction with those who were inactive involved,' she wrote.

'The accusations that I was successful the "inner circle" oregon recruited women arsenic "sex slaves" are blatantly false.

'During my time, I ne'er experienced immoderate amerciable oregon nefarious activity. I americium horrified and disgusted by what has travel astir DOS.

'Thank you to each of the brave women who person travel guardant to stock their stories and exposure DOS. I can't ideate however hard this has been for you.'

She added that she was 'deeply disturbed and embarrassed to person been associated with NXIVM.' 

'I anticipation that the probe leads to justness for each of those affected,' she concluded. 

Michael Rosenbaum played Lex Luthor: Since the amusement ended, helium has joined a band, written a children's book, and is present moving connected a fearfulness world series

Michael Rosenbaum, present 52, starred arsenic Clark's champion person Lex Luthor successful Smallville up until the eighth season, and it was conscionable the opening for him.

He besides famously voiced The Flash successful the animated bid Justice League, Static Shock, and Justice League Unlimited, and Kid Flash successful Teen Titans. 

His different acting credits see the movie Hit and Run (which besides starred Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell), Fox sitcom Breaking In, TV Land's Impaster, thriller The Neighbor, and Marvel's Guardian's of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Vol. 3.

He besides directed and wrote the 2014 drama Back successful the Day arsenic good arsenic narrating the world bid Hunted.

In caller years, helium began focusing connected different endeavors extracurricular of acting. He released 2 albums with his band, Sun Spin, and wrote his ain children's book.

In addition, helium teamed up with Tom to motorboat their podcast unneurotic successful 2022, portion besides moving his ain palmy podcast, Inside of You, successful which helium interviews assorted celebrities.

He besides taped a world bid with his longtime person and chap histrion Jon Heder called Scared with Michael Rosenbaum and Jon Heder, but arsenic of now, there's nary merchandise day for it.

'I wanted to bash a world show. We emotion fearfulness movies truthful we spell to the scariest places connected Earth,' helium told Los Angeles Daily News successful 2023 of the show.

'[Jon] and I are conscionable bully friends and I could consciousness that radical would privation to ticker that.

'You person to bash things that marque you grin and bash things that springiness you energy. Yeah, radical person to enactment hard for a surviving and enactment astatine jobs they don't like, but if you tin bash thing connected the broadside that you like, whether it makes you wealth oregon not, bash it. Because it volition prevention your intelligence health.'

Sam Jones III played Pete Ross: The histrion pleaded blameworthy to conspiracy to merchantability much than 10,000 pills of Oxycodone successful 2009

Sam, present 41, portrayed Clark's different champion person Pete Ross successful Smallville during the archetypal 3 seasons.

Since then, helium has acted successful the aesculapian play amusement ER, the sitcom Blue Mountain State, the movie Glory Road, Lifetime movie For One Night (opposite Raven-Symone), Home of the Brave (alongside Samuel L. Jackson, Jessica Biel, and Christina Ricci), Hallmark movie Safe Harbor, the thriller All Light Will End, and Spike TV drama bid Blue Mountain State.

He became embroiled successful ungraded successful 2009 aft helium was arrested by members of the Drug Enforcement Agency successful narration to a cause trafficking case.

DEA agents said helium was a 'co-conspirator' successful respective large cause deals. 

He yet pleaded blameworthy to conspiracy to merchantability much than 10,000 pills of Oxycodone successful December 2010.

Sam was sentenced to 1 twelvemonth down bars and was released successful October 2012.

He besides made headlines successful 2010 aft a enactment portion that helium had filmed with exemplary woman Karissa Shannon leaked online. 

He hasn't acted since 2018, and based connected his Instagram, helium is present precise into moving retired arsenic helium often shares videos of himself successful the gym and photos showing disconnected his physique.

Allison Mack played Chloe Sullivan: She was sentenced to 3 years successful situation for her relation successful Keith's cult NXIVM

Allison starred arsenic Chloe Sullivan, different subordinate of Clark's interior circle, successful Smallville for the archetypal 9 seasons, and past returned for tiny appearances passim play 10 and 11.

Her quality was truthful fashionable she landed her ain spin-off miniseries called Smallville: Chloe Chronicles.

After her clip successful Smallville came to an end, she scored a relation successful the FX sitcom Wilfred, portraying the emotion involvement of Elijah Wood's character. She besides starred successful the 2011 transgression play Marilyn. 

She began attending NXIVM seminars portion surviving successful New York City successful 2011. Months later, she moved to Albany to beryllium person to NXIVM and Keith alternatively of pursuing an exertion to Yale Drama School. 

Allison was arrested successful 2018 by the FBI and charged with racketeering conspiracy, forced labour conspiracy, ligament fraud conspiracy, enactment trafficking conspiracy, enactment trafficking, and attempted enactment trafficking owed to her relation successful Keith's NXIVM cult.

She pleaded blameworthy successful 2019 to racketeering and racketeering conspiracy charges.

Allison admitted during the proceedings that astatine Keith's direction, she obtained compromising accusation and images of 2 unidentified women - called 'collateral' wrong the radical - that she threatened to marque nationalist if they didn't execute 'so-called acts of love.'

Prosecutors besides said she ordered victims 'to execute labor, instrumentality nude photographs, and successful immoderate cases, to prosecute successful enactment acts with Keith.' 

She wrote a missive to the justice up of her sentencing successful which she apologized for her relation successful NXIVM and said pursuing Keith was the biggest regret of her life.

'It is present of paramount value for maine to say, from the bottommost of my heart, I americium truthful sorry,' she said.

'I threw myself into the teachings of Keith Raniere with everything I had. I believed, whole-heartedly, that his mentorship was starring maine to a better, much enlightened mentation of myself. I devoted my loyalty, my resources, and, ultimately, my beingness to him.

'This was the biggest mistake and regret of my life.'

She also apologized to the victims she and Keith lured into the enactment cult, calling her erstwhile maestro a 'twisted man.'

'I americium atrocious to those of you that I brought into NXIVM,' Allison wrote. 'I americium atrocious I ever exposed you to the nefarious and emotionally abusive schemes of a twisted man. I americium atrocious that I encouraged you to usage your resources to enactment successful thing that was yet truthful ugly.

'I bash not instrumentality lightly the work I person successful the lives of those I emotion and I consciousness a dense value of guilt for having misused your trust, starring you down a antagonistic path.'

Allison, present 42, was sentenced to 3 years down bars but spent little than 2 years successful prison earlier she was released successful July 2023. 

She avoided a longer situation word by cooperating with national authorities successful their lawsuit against Keith, who was sentenced to 120 years successful situation aft being convicted connected sex-trafficking charges.

She helped prosecutors equine grounds showing however Keith created a concealed nine that included brainwashed women who were branded with his initials and forced to person enactment with him. 

It's unclear what she's up to now. 

In 2017, she wed chap NXIVM subordinate Nicki Clyne. It was aboriginal reported that the brace wed astatine the behest of Keith successful an effort to let Nicki, who is Canadian, to stay successful the US. She filed for divorcement successful 2020. 

Annette O'Toole played Martha Kent: She went connected to person booming acting and philharmonic careers... and is presently starring successful a fashionable Netflix series

Annette O'Toole was formed arsenic Clark's adoptive mother, Martha Kent, successful Smallville, 18 years aft she famously portrayed Lana Lang successful Superman III.

She continued the relation for six seasons earlier she yet near the show.

Afterwards, she went connected to prima successful the bid Halt and Catch Fire, drama thriller Women Who Kill, 2018 biopic A Futile and Stupid Gesture, The Punisher, The Good Doctor, and Blow the Man Down successful 2019.

She's presently appearing successful the the Netflix amusement Virgin River, which is precocious debuted its sixth season.

Annette has besides had a booming euphony career, teaming up with her composer, actor, and vocalist hubby Michael McKean to constitute a bid of songs for assorted movies.

They famously penned the Oscar-nominated track A Kiss astatine the End of the Rainbow for the movie A Mighty Wind.

She besides went connected circuit with her hubby connected galore occasions arsenic his backup singer. 

Annette, present 72, joined Michael successful 1999. She has 2 daughters from her erstwhile matrimony to histrion Bill Geisslinger. 

She is besides the stepmother to Michael's 2 sons from his past marriage. 

John Schneider played Jonathan Kent: The histrion was joined 4 times, made a bid of eyebrow-raising comments, and went to jailhouse for failing to wage alimony

Schneider played Clark's adoptive father, Jonathan Kent, successful Smallville for the archetypal 5 seasons.

By the clip helium was formed successful the CW series, helium was already beauteous good known acknowledgment to his erstwhile relation arsenic Bo Duke successful The Dukes of Hazzard and his occurrence arsenic a state artist.

After Smallville, his vocation continued to soar. He starred successful the Nip/Tuck, ABC Family amusement The Secret Life of the American Teenager, 90210, Desperate Housewives, and the soap opera The Haves and the Have Nots.

He owns his ain accumulation institution called John Schneider Studios, which was based retired of Louisiana, and helium has written and produced a slew of autarkic films.

In 2018, helium competed connected play 27 of Dancing With the Stars with Emma Slater, but they were eliminated sixth.

He has been joined 4 times. His archetypal matrimony was to erstwhile Miss America Tawny Elaine Godin from 1983 until 1986.

Schneider past tied the knot with a pistillate named Elvira 'Elly' Castle successful 1993, and together, they welcomed a daughter.

He besides adopted her 2 children from her erstwhile marriage. But successful 2014, it was revealed that they were divorcing.

Then, successful 2015, helium started dating his producing spouse Alicia Allain and they wed successful 2019. They were unneurotic up until her tragic decease from bosom crab successful 2023.

Schneider, present 64, went connected to wed Paul Sorvino's widow Dee Dee Sorvino successful July 2024.

He's faced his ain just stock of scandals implicit the years. In 2018, it was reported that helium had been sentenced to 3 days successful jailhouse for failing to wage $150,000 successful delinquent alimony to his ex Elly. 

He ultimately spent lone 5 hours down bars owed to 'overcrowding.'

At the time, the histrion stated to Fox News that helium had fallen connected hard times aft having to spent astir of his wealth repairing his movie workplace successful Louisiana aft it had been destroyed during a flood successful March 2016. 

In caller years, Schneider has faced scrutiny online aft helium made a bid of eyebrow-raising comments.

In December 2023, he said then-President Biden 'should beryllium publically hung' in a shocking station connected X, formerly Twitter.

'Mr. President, I judge you are blameworthy of treason and should beryllium publically hung,' the Smallville alum wrote. 'Your lad too. Your effect is...? Sincerely, John Schneider.' 

Afterwards, however, helium insisted that his station ne'er implied threats oregon unit successful a connection to TMZ.

'Despite headlines claiming otherwise, successful my post, I perfectly did not telephone for an enactment of unit oregon endanger a US President arsenic galore different celebrities person done successful the past,' helium said.

'I suggest you re-read my existent station and wage attraction to the words earlier believing this nonsense.

'It's my position, which I americium entitled to have, that immoderate of our nations leaders successful Washington person mislaid their way, and corruption runs rampant, some connected our nation's borders and abroad.

'Transparency and accountability indispensable hap successful bid for our law republic to survive. There is nary menace implied oregon different successful that statement.'

In February 2024, helium was besides slammed aft helium compared Beyoncé to a urinating canine pursuing the announcement of her state album. 

During an interrogation with blimpish web One American News, Schneider was asked astir his thoughts connected 'leftist' musicians, similar the singer, who task into antithetic genres. 

'The lefties successful the amusement manufacture conscionable won't permission immoderate country alone, right? They conscionable person to prehend power implicit each aspect, don't they?' the big asked him.

Schneider past replied, 'They've got to marque their mark, conscionable similar a canine successful a canine locomotion park. You know, each canine has to people each tree, right? So that's what's going connected here.'

Afterwards, immoderate fans labeled him arsenic 'racist,' but helium told DailyMail.com at the clip that it was 'absurd and conscionable ridiculous' arsenic a canine marking a histrion was 'an look he's utilized his full life.'

He said: 'I've utilized that look astir myself whenever I endeavor to spell retired and propulsion the envelope? I'm from New York. I've got a saying.

'I person said each canine needs to beryllium connected a histrion my full life, which means everyone has a close to their opinion. Everyone has a close to try, bash and accidental thing due to the fact that of state of speech.

'Everyone has a close to effort oregon bash thing that they wish, truthful it was ne'er intended to comparison her to a dog.

'And if you perceive to it oregon if you spot it, you'll spot the archetypal happening I said astir Beyoncé was that I deliberation Beyoncé is the top pistillate vocalist since Whitney Houston.

'I bash cognize a small thing astir state music, due to the fact that I've done it for truthful long. God bless her for having a fig 1 song.

'So present adjacent if I had said thing derogatory, which I did not, I person the close to.'

He claimed Beyoncé's fans had 'used' him to enactment a spotlight connected the singer's caller music, adding: 'They recovered thing that they could instrumentality retired of context, and they ran with it. I deliberation they ran with it. They looked astatine it arsenic escaped property for a caller album.

'I was conscionable utilized arsenic a unknowing, I won't accidental unwitting, but unknowing instrumentality to beforehand immoderate caller music.'

The instrumentalist besides revealed helium hopes to collaborate with Beyoncé, stating: 'Maybe 1 time there'll beryllium a Beyoncé, John Schneider duet - who knows? I cognize a small spot astir state music. I mean, I've had 4 fig ones.'

John Glover played Lionel Luthor: He precocious appeared successful the Sex and the City reboot and has recovered occurrence arsenic an audio publication narrator

John Glover had a impermanent relation arsenic Lex's father, Lionel Luthor, successful Smallville during its archetypal season, earlier helium joined arsenic a main formed subordinate from play 2 to eight.

And to galore fans' delight, helium returned for a fewer appearances successful the last play of the show.

His aboriginal roles see the fearfulness anthology movie Sanitarium, escapade play Sweet Talk, thriller We Go On, the bid Fear of the Walking Dead, the DC superhero flick Shazam!, and CBS' Evil.

Most recently, helium impermanent starred successful the Sex and the City reboot And Just Like That... successful 1 occurrence and lent his dependable to the animated 2024 bid Gremlins.

He's besides a palmy signifier histrion and has appeared successful galore Broadway shows, including Waiting for Godot and The Drowsy Chaperone.

Glover, present 80, has besides narrated galore audio books.

The actor, who is openly gay, joined a sculpture named Adam Kurtzman successful 2016.

Erica Durance played Lois Lane: She went connected to prima successful Saving Hope and Supergirl arsenic good arsenic a slew of Lifetime and Hallmark films

Erica Durance's breakout relation was arsenic Lois Lane successful Smallville starting successful play 4 until the amusement ended successful 2011.

She past went connected to prima successful the aesculapian play Saving Hope arsenic Dr. Alex Reid, as good arsenic the bid Supergirl and a slew of Lifetime and Hallmark films.

She was joined to a antheral named Wesley Parker from 1996 until 1999. 

Erica, present 46, past started dating histrion David Palffy successful 2001 and they tied the knot successful 2005.

Together, they welcomed 2 sons but divided successful 2023 aft 18 years of marriage.