Related Clues:

• Put on a show
• Chewed the scenery
• Hammed it up
• Did a no-no / Comics pest
• Gushed
• Acted hammily
• Overplayed
• Overplayed one's feelings
• Wept wildly, maybe
• Had opportunities to repent
• Overacted
• Transgressed
• Went astray
• Did wrong
• Strayed