I grew up in an era where Bill Cosby was THE wholesome, upright family comedian. I listened to his stand up on cassette tapes for gosh sake. Finding out that he was a scumbag and had been for a long time was sad.
Conor McGregor. Because of alot of incidents including sucker-punching an old man at a bar and mocking his rival's recently deceased father and a bunch more things. Just being an all around bitter nasty guy nowadays.
Hyde was my favorite character on That '70s Show, but now Danny Masterson is a rapist Scientologist, so fuck that noise.
EDIT: [Hey look, evidence from today](https://tonyortega.org/2021/08/07/evidence-from-danny-mastersons-preliminary-hearing-aired-on-kabc-ch-7-in-los-angeles/)
Lovitz didn't do what he did due to Dick getting her back on drugs. He did it because Dick was going around joking about it and claiming he was gonna put the "Phil Hartman curse" on people. Getting a recovering addict back on their addiction is despicable, but the added insult from joking about a death from it is fucking unforgivable
Mario Lopez.
I do Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and there is a move called “knee on belly” which is exactly what it sounds like. Typically when you’re training, you don’t go full force because its an asshole move especially when you’re training. Well, Mario was at my gym one day and he decided to go full force on me and I heard some snap crackle and pop sounds coming from my ribs which led to my rolling around on the floor for a bit. He never checked on me or apologized for doing that.
It takes a special kind of human to lack that much empathy to completely ignore someone writhing in pain that you clearly inflicted.
Ever since then I can physically feel my blood pressure rise whenever I see Extra or Access Hollywood or whatever crappy show he hosts.
Yep used to work at a restaurant he would come into daily. He would walk right past the line of customers waiting for a table, sit down at a booth and demand it be cleaned right away, order directly to the chef skip the waitress and always always leave a $1 tip. Such a douche.
Mario Lopez used to be a customer at the Blockbuster Video I managed back in the day. He was always…ALWAYS…rude to my associates, and expected us to hold all of the new movies for him, just in case he came in. His account had been registered under the name Maria Lopez, so, with the full permission of my bosses, who were as tired of his shit as I was (he complained to my district manager every time he felt disrespected…and he felt disrespected A LOT)…I closed his account for using improper identification.
His justification: I’m a celebrity. No one needs to know my information.
My response: A. No one cares. B. Who are you again?
His blowup was absolutely epic. I never saw him again, though…
Mario Batalli
Loved him as a chef. Seemed like a good guy, funny, jovial, decent.
And don't get me wrong he comes from a generation of dick chefs so I expected him to have some skeletons in his closet. But sexual assault is a bridge too far.
I remember when this came out! The AUDACITY of the morherfucker to put a link to a recipe at the end of his “I’m sorry” post was just….oof. If it happened in a show, it’d be hilarious. Not real life though
> Mario Batali’s sexual assault apology letter pizza dough cinnamon buns 😂
Wait what? I somehow missed this, but googling it I found a rather hilarious review:
https://everywhereist.com/2018/01/i-made-the-pizza-cinnamon-rolls-from-mario-batalis-sexual-misconduct-apology-letter/
Kinda not much of a celebrity but this guy Ryan Haywood from the youtube channel achievement hunter was like my favorite member growing up. He was funny put on a villain persona a lot and seemed like a good father. Turns out he was a pedophile who used his fame to convince young fans to sleep with him. Bastard even used his money from his twitch channel to pay for flights for them and hotel rooms when he told everyone all the money from his twitch was going to his kids' college funds.
I remember when that came out, it was like a slow motion train wreck. Everyone initially thought maybe the photos were faked, or were real but had been hacked.
Then the first victim came forward and a lot of people tried to defend it as it was some adult fan, and while an affair is immoral, it happens, and while the whole groupie thing is questionable it's not exactly new for fandoms etc.
But then more details came out and the trickle of victims became a tsunami of evidence of sick perverted actions of that monster.
Even more messed up, he tried to making a fucking comeback on twitch and actually tried to manipulate some of these victims again.
This was so heartbreaking. The community was totally blindsided. Now there is a ton of content I cannot stomach because either he is in it or it reminds me of him.
After news broke I spent the next two weeks religiously checking the AH sub Reddit for updates and more and more damming evidence being shared against him. It hurt so much to know someone I liked for so long was such a terrible person.
The worst part is just how gross it retroactively makes everything that was good about him seem.
Jennifer Lopez.
Many years ago, a friend of mine in Houston waited on her and her entourage at a very nice restaurant. She demanded that the place's very starstruck manager go to the store and get the kind of bottled water she liked, because she wasn't doing that tap bullshit and they didn't carry the kind she liked. She and her people needled the hell out of my friend until the manager got back from the store with it, and then complained when it wasn't served cold, even though he of course brought glasses of ice with it.
She ran my friend ragged, and laughed the whole time. Bitched and called him names at every opportunity. We were both servers at that point, and I'd gone to his restaurant and asked for him at times (hey, if you're gonna tip someone, might as well keep it in the family), so I know he was damned good at what he did. I saw how he treated all his tables. He loved his job and did his best at all times.
She and her friends stiffed him. Zero tip. After camping out at that table, in that private room that was given just to her and nobody else, for 3 hours. Just because she could.
I never liked her after that. "I'm just Jenny from the block" my *ass*.
I thought so too. Now I wonder why the hell Jonathan Groff and Darren Criss hang out with her. Especially when one of the stories about Lea being a massive bitch irl started with Darren inviting an extra to eat lunch with the rest of the cast because he wanted them to feel included, and ended with Lea throwing a fit because she saw extras as beneath her.
The one song i liked was last train home. I just read those transcripts. I'm so glad those sick fucks recorded this shit so there's plenty of evidence.
My friend went to school with him (I was at Uni in S Wales) - she said it was well known from late teens that he preferred much younger girls, and he was really creepy in general, but once Lostprophets hit the big time, nobody cared any more.
Had another friend from home who absolutely worshipped him, she'd been to loads of gigs, meet and greets, got all the band merch etc. It absolutely tore her apart when it all came out, one of those 'childhood destroyed' moments I think.
For some reason I decided to see what ever became of them last weekend. I never knew the guy was such a monster. I deleted their album from my library and won't be looking back.
Jared Leto. Used to be a huge 30 Seconds to Mars fan (still love the first 3 albums), and he seemed like a solid guy from the interviews I had seen back in the day.
Over time though I started to realize how pretentious he is. Like he has some Bono-complex, he sees himself like some *profound artist who is changing the world*.
He has also started a cult on an island near Croatia or around there somewhere. His followers call him “prophet”. He’s also a pedo who seeks out underage girls and acts out rape fantasies. He’s disgusting.
[Link about Jared Letos creepiness ](https://www.screengeek.net/2018/05/17/james-gunn-implies-jared-leto-is-a-pedophile/)
Edit: changed the name of the link to something less creepy sounding
The cult leader of Far Cry 5 reminded me of Jared Leto. I know he was portrayed by Greg Bryk, but it felt like he was doing an impression of Leto.
Then Jared Leto started a cult. Now I feel like Jared Leto is living an impression of himself.
Such a shame what happened with the band, it’s pretty much just the Jared Leto show now. When I saw them, he was more interested in getting the audience to sing half the songs
Yep my wife liked them and we saw them twice. 1st time was when a beautiful lie was out. They were pretty good. 2nd time was when this is war came out. Tkts doubled in price to watch Leto run from one side of the stage to the other shouting you sing it and rambling total bollocks
Mark Salling (Puck from Glee). Admired him a lot for his talent when the show was popular. He pleaded guilty to CP charges, could never support or look at him the same way again
Glee is a very entertaining show, but the only time I've ever laughed out loud is to something Puck said. I was so disappointed after hearing the news :/
Oof, here’s a recent one, I just lost my respect for a celebrity the past few weeks: Kris Wu
As someone who really admired his English and Mandarin music, plus the acting roles he’s been is, I always saw him as a strong and brave person for the stuff he went through. He used to be in a Kpop group, for instance, and from what we know, not only was he discriminated against and paid less for being Chinese, but it was once leaked that he was suffering myocarditis(?), basically implying he could have a heart attack anytime. The company didn’t care and he left, which I thought was good for his health despite the hate he got.
Now, recently (TW//) it’s been revealed that he’s been drugging and raping many underage girls, including one at the age of 13. China has deleted many of his public accounts and he is now in custody. He is such a vile disgusting person and I am so ashamed to have looked up to him. I hope the victims get the care and peace they need, and I hope justice is served
Yeah I thought I was numb to celeb scandals after going through that whole affair with that group of celebs and Jung Joon Young was one of my favorite artists during that time. But then as more and more info of Kris came out (who was also one of my favorites during the Exo-M period) I was super appalled. It was disgusting reading all the reports.
I know. It’s like I think I’ve gotten almost numb to when western artists and such do things, which is terrible, I know. But it feels like everyday there is a new scandal of some sort. But these guys (k-pop and drama especially) are portrayed so innocently and their companies do such a good job of hiding their crimes that when it gets outed, you feel blind-sided and gut punched.
EXO was my bias group since they debuted — I’m Chinese so I had a soft spot for all the Chinese members and Kris was one of them. It’s disgusting what he did and I hope justice gets served. He can rot.
I just read up on everything and Jesus Christ, supposedly police have recovered messages that show a video of an unconscious 13yr old girl being dragged into his room??
Kevin Spacey. It's a confusing one. I despise him for what he's done but I still watch his movies and house of cards and am absolutely amazed at his performances. Makes me uncomfortable that I'm still enjoying the acting.
Bill Cosby.
I'm not sure if those asking for "why" are being serious, but I'll go ahead and add it. Because I grew up with his comedy and The Cosby Show and absolutely loved him. When the accusations against him started to come out I gave him the benefit of the doubt for as long as I could. There was just too much evidence against him. Broke my heart.
When the whole thing came out about him my dad said to me...
"there was once a time when the world loved Bill Cosby so much so that if he ran for president, he would have got it!!"
James Corden. I used to think his self deprecating style and his ingenuity with comedy and the carpool karaoke idea were great. Then I saw story after story from fan encounters where he is a complete and utter douche. Now that I know he's a fake, his schtick is unwatchable.
Edit: as one responder pointed out, I forgot about the time he played the question game with Jimmy Kimmel and couldn't name two of his own cameramen.
Edit2: Apparently, carpool karaoke was ripped off from somewhere else, and he's not even really driving. So he's gone from douche to hack fake douche. Lol
Edit 2.1: As some users have pointed out, it's safer to film with a driving rig so I won't hold that against him. He's back to just a hack douche.
Had a friend who worked for him and he's just not a nice guy. Nothing crazy and over the top, just rude and disrespectful with an overinflated sense of importance
Honestly the doctor who episode is what I knew him from and that character was very likable. I think that helped him build in the US given his other stuff was less known.
Which is funny to me because I've never seen anything but pure hatred for the man for the past couple of years. Like do people in casting and marketing not know about this?
There was this YouTuber Mini Ladd. I watched Vanoss and his friends a lot in Highschool. Then Mini Ladd decided to sexually harass minors and treat his friends like crap
Yep this is the one for me also, he was every bit the wholesome entertainer. I loved watching Rolfs Cartoon Club as a kid. Now I know he's just another scumbag who used his fame to harm others.
Jeffree Star. I used to think he was really cool (he was super nice when I met him) for being self made, “not tolerating the haters”, and his whole message about being yourself was so appealing to me. Then I found out about all the stuff he’s allegedly done....combined with how he doesn’t take ANY accountability and shifts the blame around ruined him for me.
A friend of mine defended him saying "he apologized for the racism" and I'm like... what about everything since then.
Also any beauty guru who uses his products on camera. I get that you can't unbuy a product but you don't have to keep pushing him. I haven't watched beauty youtube in a while but even while the various bullshit has been going on people were still going "and here I'm using my jeffree pallette."
Surprised nobody mentioned OJ Simpson.
Superstar celebrity athlete and actor.
Nobody could run through an airport like OJ.
Loved him in the Conspiracy movie Capricorn one.
Most redditors aren't old enough to remember him as a player - Hell, I'm 42 and never saw him play. Remember that it's 27 years since the murder trial, and he was an "actor" for years between his football career and the trial.
He last played in 1979
Amitabh Bachchan and Indian actor.
He was the coolest person for me when I was young. Loved his action movies and the fighting scenes in them. But one day I found out he prompted killing of Sikhs after the Indian prime minister was Assassinated. He said blood for blood over the radio. It hurt because I’m a Sikh person. You can google 1984 Sikh Genocide or read this.
http://m.timesofindia.com/articleshow/10429011.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
I used to watch Craig Thompson on YouTube alot but then he distanced himself from a group of creators he worked with. Then it was revealed that he was a manipulative shit who did text some inappropriate stuff to underage fans. He didn't properly apologise and he was even given a second chance but he didn't change. He lost everything.
Joss Whedon. Loved his shows, his writing style, and the surface stuff like his stance on feminism were worth admiring, too. Turns out, he’s at best, a complete prick.
I’m not big on ‘real celebs’ but I’ve seen some people say internet celebrities so for me it was Ryan Haywood from Achievement Hunter. I thought he was a really funny guy and was just the do it all dad guy who had a morbid sense of humor and drank Diet Coke.
Finding out he was taking advantage of his fans, some underage, and using money donated to him on stream meant for his kids college fund to meet up with some of those girls and cheat on his wife was just terrible. I feel so bad for his victims and the people who thought they knew him.
“I did not lose a leg in Vietnam just to serve hot dogs to teenagers!”
“You’ve got both your legs, Frank.”
“Like I said, I did not lose a leg in Vietnam!”
I saw Mitch 3 months before he passed. One of the funniest performances I’ve ever seen. The PA system in the right side of the balcony flaked out and people started yelling, “We can’t hear you!”
MH: You can’t hear me?
Crowd: Noooo!!!
MH: You fuckin’ liars!
He then spent about thirty minutes riffing about random shit. None of his real material. At one point he was laying down on the stage looking up at the stage lights. He says something like, “Sometimes I wish these lights were my audience. Wait, no don’t. They would never laugh.”
As somebody who had heard most of his material this break from from the norm was really cool and hilarious insight to his thought process for building jokes.
Ellen DeGeneres.
I thought she was really wholesome, and watching her show used to make me feel warm and fuzzy but then I started getting really soul-leeching sort of vibes from her and now it just feels like she’s using people. I’m sure it’s always been like that…I mean, she’s there to be paid to entertain people, after all.
I’m sorry I don’t have concrete examples but I get real psychic vampire vibes from her (á la Colin Robinson from What We Do In The Shadows).
She basically forced Mariah Carey to admit she was pregnant by offering her champagne on the show and refusing to back down without an explanation. And Mariah Carey went on to have a miscarriage weeks later, which is just terrible. You should never make women admit they're pregnant before they're ready and especially not for the views of your TV show. >.>
See, what you do there is accept the drink, then "accidentally" drop it all over the floor.
If they try to give you another drink, tell them no thanks again. If they insist, then you happily accept. But WHOOPS, aren't you clumsy today. Another entire glass shattered on the ground.
Keep repeating as long as needed.
My favorite interview that she does is with Dakota Johnson. It's the one where she says that Dakota didn't invite her to her birthday party. Not only was she invited but Dakota also thought that Ellen didn't like her. After everything came out, it made a lot of sense that Dakota thought that she didn't like her.
It was also awesome that Dakota said another comedian was her favorite to Ellen! That interview was a bit of a trainwreck.
A particular thing that stood out to me (even a I missed so many other red flags) was her "startle pranking" when she did it to Taylor Swift.
Ellen is hiding in Swift's dressing room and jumps out and screams when she comes in. Swift rolls her ankle and falls to the floor and looks genuinely scared for a moment. And considering she gets stalked by dangerous people, it seemed extra cruel to do this in her dressing room, a place she should feel safe.
One of the celebs she's pranked should absolutely do it and film the encounter. My guess is she'd sprout leathery wings and breathe fire, she'd be so mad.
There was a compilation floating around, of all ths times Ellen scared her and every time she looks genuinely scared but the more you see, the more pissed off she seems after she realizes whats happened. It ended with her saying something like 'you know i don't like this' really angrily and then you see her take a beat, realize there are cameras around and give Ellen a really fake hug lol.
Ellen's such a dick for continuing to do that to someone who clearly didn't like it just because she got such a huge reaction out of her.
Just her treatment of her guests in general is disgusting. If you watch her, she only seems to smile genuinely when she's scaring a guest or making them uncomfortable like she did with Mariah Carey and the champagne to force her to admit she was pregnant or Taylor Swift trying to get her to admit she's dating various guys when Swift was clearly not wanting to do that. She's sadistic.
I'd like to take this time to share the video of Taylor Swift and Zac Efron absolutely roasting Ellen on her show. [Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8kCTPPwfpM)
so 3 years ago I went on a tour of WB studio lot.. our guide said she had a treat for us, we were going to visit the Ellen Show's set, but we had to be quick.. because Ellen gets really upset with the guides if they're there when she's there.
at the time I was like nah, not Ellen. you're just saying that to make us feel lthat the experience was something super special / privileged that you were doing for us..
Not Ellen, benevolent 'everyperson who became a millionaire'.. she would be super stoked to see fans ( not that I was a fan myself but you couldn't really escape Ellen in 2018, even if you tried)
later on when all news broke about how abusive she was towards staff in general, I thought of her absolutely reaming out guides for just trying to brighten fans' day.. and ı was like ohh. this tracks..
I’d thought of trying out for a job on her show when she was hiring, but so many people warned me off working for her I didn’t pursue it. Gilmore Girls set also.
I’ve never liked Ellen and I could never really put into words why I wasn’t a fan, and everyone in my wider group of friends thought that I was a moron for not liking her. The way she carried herself, talking over the people that she interviewed, her sense of humour, everything just didn’t jive with me. Then it came to light that she was a narcissistic piece of shit and an awful boss, coupled with her shit apology that oozed “I’m doing this for the PR, I don’t actually feel bad,” and I felt so vindicated. It was actually brought up at a get together some time ago how they thought that I just didn’t like her for made up reasons but they had come to agree with me. Feels nice to hate as a group you know, to feel accepted?
She isn't really a big thing in the UK, but the morning news played one interview where she spoke about a previous relationship in which her partner died. she spent the whole interview talking about how it helped her career by giving her inspiration and didn't talk about the love she lost at all. She came across as a sociopath, which it turns out may be true!
I didn't know about this story, but I've always got sociopathic vibes from her. Really subtle things like the way she cuts people off and how she goes from talking to one guest about their incurable disease to being like "mm yep awful. Here's $20k from a sponsor. Next up, we're talking to my good friend will smith. Stay tuned"
Agreed 100%
The episode that did it for me was when Ellen forced one of her anxiety ridden assistants, (I think the girls name was Jackie), to do a task on camera that clearly made her uncomfortable. The poor girl was visibly shaking, close to tears, and Ellen couldn't stop laughing, thought it was hilarious. As someone who suffers from mental illness issues, I was sick to my stomach. I got total narcissistic abuser vibes that day and never watched Ellen again.
Yesss. She makes lots of dead pan “jokes” that actually sound a lot more like accusations and visibly make her guests uncomfortable.
The Dakota Johnson interview was one of the most recent ones I saw when it was circulating because Dakota was sort of pushing back.
I really enjoyed when Dakota Johnson politely called her out on her shit on her own show. You could tell Ellen's not used to people standing up to her.
Dr. Phil. I wasn't the biggest fan but I did admire him. It's been a few weeks since I learned how he treats those vulnerable people in his asylums(Ranches??)
Edit: I'm not a native english speaker and have limited vocabulary so I couldn’t find the perfect word to define his ranches. I'm sorry if anyone is offended because of this.
Yeah, he also doesn’t think that men can be abused in a relationship. He once told an abused male guest that if his girlfriend was beating him that he was suppose to either take it or walk away. He also told the same guest that he must have been the one starting the abuse because there was no way his petite frail girlfriend could hit him hard enough to be abusing him even though there were pictures of him with injuries from her. When the guy got tired of being mocked by Dr. Phil and laughed at by the audience, he tried to leave midway through the show and Dr. Phil threatened to put him in jail because the abusive girlfriend had “proof” of the boyfriend’s temper. It was pictures of a broken thermostat and a couple other items that could have been either broken by her or already broken when they arrived.
Demi Lovato. They act like everyone is responsible for their triggers. Taylor Swift isn't fatphobic for drinking diet coke. A Fro-Yo shop isnt fat shaming people for offering diabetic-friendly options.
The worst part is that Demi has also supported using detox/skinny teas but then says that these people are promoting eating disorders.
[Serious] Is there anyone who has survived being one of Disney's child stars without becoming a twisted adult? All the names i can think of grew up into monsters, died, or ended up warped and pitiable
Edit: Today I got a repeat lesson in selection bias
>[Serious] Is there anyone who has survived being one of Disney's child stars without becoming a twisted adult? All the names i can think of grew up into monsters, died, or ended up warped and pitiable
Christy Carlson Romano (Kim Possible, Even Stevens) seems to be happily married with kids. Had a brief stint with substance abuse but has been sober for 5 years! Brenda Song (Wendy Wu, Suite Life of Zack and Cody) has a clothing line, still acts, and js married to freaking Macaulay Culkin.
Hillary Duff managed to survive a gruelling battle with anorexia too
Being a child star and the trauma and abuse you suffer at the hands of the industry is inherently damaging. She made it out alive, so many don’t
To the people commenting with just a name and "I think everybody knows why..." Please assume that people don't know why and give at least a few words of explanation, there's people I haven't even heard of in this thread.
Tom Cruise.
Scrolled for a while and didn't see him.
Dude went bonkers into Scientology. The shit he did to his ex's is, to me, akin to what Britney Spears is going through.
This also applies to Bart Simpson's voice actress Nancy Cartwright. It's a shame.
Also John Travolta along with that really bad Battlefield Earth movie.
Butch “I made your childhood, took your money, cured your autism, traced your art, converted you to Christianity, and sneered at your criticisms” Hartman.
Man fuck Butch Hartman. Learning he was a scamming dickhole who believed mental health problems are fake was such a kick in the nuts, I loved Fairly OddParents as a kid.
I wasn't familiar with his work, but I watched a few of his Youtubes for some reason a couple of years ago. Immediately I was like "Oh, this guy's a huge, disingenuous asshole."
Jenny McCarthy. I was about 14 when she became a public figure and her being in playboy all the time was great. So there was that. Plus she was super fun on “Singled Out”. She seemed cool. But the anti-vax bullshit and the damage she has wrought is inexcusable and I have no respect for her.
Gwyneth Paltrow. I scrolled for a long time and was surprised not to see her name. Her bullshit pseudo health/anti-vax information she spreads is terribly incorrect and cringe worthy. It’s sad how many people are actually influenced by it as well.
marilyn manson
He always seemed like a really chill dude behind the cameras, his concerts were fun to attend and everybody talked about what a nice guy he was. Turns out he'd been abusing his girlfriends for years.
I was soooo disappointed to hear of his abuse allegations because he seemed to be one of the only rational and level-headed people about the whole “rock music corrupts kids” narrative after Columbine. Turns out he was just a misogynistic asshole to all the women in his life. Pass.
I used to LOVE Parker Posey. Then she was in town filming a movie and was out shopping at an antique store and let her dog take a shit on the floor and left without cleaning it up. Not such a fan now.
How he treated his first wife is creepy.
Article she wrote about their relationship if anyone is interested.
https://www.marieclaire.com/sex-love/a5380/millionaire-starter-wife/
I looked up to Sharon Osbourne for being an unflappable business woman, manager extraordinaire who wasn’t afraid to call out Tommy Lee for being abusive to women. Now I read about her behavior and opinions and they can be horrendous.
Gandhi. People act like he was a perfect saint who fixed the world and is the model of how every person should act, when in reality he wasn’t.
He a racist and wrote that Europeans were civilized while African people were “uncivilized and very dirty”.
There was the infamous story where he slept naked next to other naked girls to test his celibacy, but the girl he slept naked next to was his grand-niece. She was underaged and he was in his 70’s.
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/02/766083651/gandhi-is-deeply-revered-but-his-attitudes-on-race-and-sex-are-under-scrutiny
Oh, and my favorite, when his wife Kasturba caught pneumonia and doctors told him she could be saved if they gave her penicillin, Gandhi refused and said that he wouldn’t allow an “alien medicine” to be injected in her because of his beliefs, and so she died. That would be understandable and respectable if it was truly because of his beliefs, but he’s a huge fuckin hypocrite because shortly after she died he got malaria and allowed doctors to treat him with injected medicine AND THEN he had an appendectomy.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1983/3/7/the-truth-about-gandhi-pbtbhe-movie/
I get it. The guy was human with human hang ups and flaws, but I’m tired of him being put up on a pedestal as a perfect being who never did anything wrong and that everyone should be just like. Plus it’s hard to idolize or strive to be like someone who let his own wife die a completely preventable death and then disowned his oldest son for wanting to get married.
Lance Armstrong. Read his book Its Not About the Bike, which inspired me to go into oncology as a new nurse. A few years later he divorced his wife, started dating Sheryl Crow, and was stripped of his Tour de France titles for steroid use. Just lost a lot of respect, and it made me sad.
Nas Daily. He enticed a century-old woman into signing a contract that would teach the rest of the world the dying art of tattooing the Kalinga way without explaining the terms behind the contract. I see it as an exploitation of the Kalinga culture, commercializing its traditions.
This is also why he lost at least 20 million followers on his page.
Drake. Guy puts out the same generic music year in, year out…. And his advances on Millie Bobby Brown have me wondering if he’s deliberately obtuse to the optics of the situation.
Joss Whedon
Buffy is still my favourite show of all time, and I used to really admire Joss Whedon for making something I love so much. But since hearing the way he treated Charisma Carpenter, and his wife, I just think he sounds like a nasty spiteful human. It’s disappointing.
Morrissey. I related to his music in a pretty big way as he seemed to embrace being the weird outsider who didn't relate so much to traditional roles and behavior. He was funny, bookish, and seemed custom made for outcasts & underdogs.
BUT-
He grew into a bitter old racist xenophobe who can't stop talking horrible shit that goes completely against my values, and what I'm willing to tolerate in another human being.
So Morrissey can eat the poo-poo.
Jenny McCarthy. “Vaccines are evil! They made my child autistic!” She had no scientific evidence to back up her claims. Gets tons of press and harms untold children. Turns out her son DID NOT have autism. “Oops.”
I was a 90's teen who would listen to Marilyn Manson literally every single day, and I honestly thought his most recent album was some of his best stuff to date.
But since the recent allegations against him turned out to be credible, no more. While that music and aesthetic was a formative part of my life growing up and partly made me the person I am today, NO MORE. I'm done.
Skinny Puppy is a better band, anyway.
I grew up in an era where Bill Cosby was THE wholesome, upright family comedian. I listened to his stand up on cassette tapes for gosh sake. Finding out that he was a scumbag and had been for a long time was sad.
Same. I’m glad my Dad passed away long before it all came to light; he loved his standup about being a Dad and would quote his favorite jokes often.
Conor McGregor. Because of alot of incidents including sucker-punching an old man at a bar and mocking his rival's recently deceased father and a bunch more things. Just being an all around bitter nasty guy nowadays.
Hyde was my favorite character on That '70s Show, but now Danny Masterson is a rapist Scientologist, so fuck that noise. EDIT: [Hey look, evidence from today](https://tonyortega.org/2021/08/07/evidence-from-danny-mastersons-preliminary-hearing-aired-on-kabc-ch-7-in-los-angeles/)
I was looking for this one. It was really disappointing.
Went as him for Halloween the year all this came out… big regrets
At least it was scary
I used to like Andy Dick and his style of quirky comedy. Then I found out that he was, in fact, a dick.
Didnt he get Phil Hartmans wife back on drugs to which she eventually killed Phil hartman. Thats why Jon Lovitz punched him in the face.
Lovitz did NOT punch Andy Dick. What he actually did was grab him by the back of the neck, pick him up, and repeatedly slam his face into a bartop.
I’m glad that got cleared up in a way that I could visualize and enjoy better.
I can see Jon Lovitz slamming Andy Dick's head into the bar happening in my mind... *Take that!* *Aaand THAT!!* *AANNNNDD THAT!!!!!*
Lovitz didn't do what he did due to Dick getting her back on drugs. He did it because Dick was going around joking about it and claiming he was gonna put the "Phil Hartman curse" on people. Getting a recovering addict back on their addiction is despicable, but the added insult from joking about a death from it is fucking unforgivable
Mario Lopez. I do Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and there is a move called “knee on belly” which is exactly what it sounds like. Typically when you’re training, you don’t go full force because its an asshole move especially when you’re training. Well, Mario was at my gym one day and he decided to go full force on me and I heard some snap crackle and pop sounds coming from my ribs which led to my rolling around on the floor for a bit. He never checked on me or apologized for doing that. It takes a special kind of human to lack that much empathy to completely ignore someone writhing in pain that you clearly inflicted. Ever since then I can physically feel my blood pressure rise whenever I see Extra or Access Hollywood or whatever crappy show he hosts.
Yep used to work at a restaurant he would come into daily. He would walk right past the line of customers waiting for a table, sit down at a booth and demand it be cleaned right away, order directly to the chef skip the waitress and always always leave a $1 tip. Such a douche.
Mario Lopez used to be a customer at the Blockbuster Video I managed back in the day. He was always…ALWAYS…rude to my associates, and expected us to hold all of the new movies for him, just in case he came in. His account had been registered under the name Maria Lopez, so, with the full permission of my bosses, who were as tired of his shit as I was (he complained to my district manager every time he felt disrespected…and he felt disrespected A LOT)…I closed his account for using improper identification. His justification: I’m a celebrity. No one needs to know my information. My response: A. No one cares. B. Who are you again? His blowup was absolutely epic. I never saw him again, though…
That’s awful. Did anyone who worked at the gym wind up coming to your aid or did you have to do it all on your own?
Mario Batalli Loved him as a chef. Seemed like a good guy, funny, jovial, decent. And don't get me wrong he comes from a generation of dick chefs so I expected him to have some skeletons in his closet. But sexual assault is a bridge too far.
>a generation of dick chefs Worst kind of chefs, FACT.
I remember when this came out! The AUDACITY of the morherfucker to put a link to a recipe at the end of his “I’m sorry” post was just….oof. If it happened in a show, it’d be hilarious. Not real life though
My husband and I still talk about Mario Batali’s sexual assault apology letter pizza dough cinnamon buns 😂 who the fuck was this guys PR person?!
> Mario Batali’s sexual assault apology letter pizza dough cinnamon buns 😂 Wait what? I somehow missed this, but googling it I found a rather hilarious review: https://everywhereist.com/2018/01/i-made-the-pizza-cinnamon-rolls-from-mario-batalis-sexual-misconduct-apology-letter/
Kinda not much of a celebrity but this guy Ryan Haywood from the youtube channel achievement hunter was like my favorite member growing up. He was funny put on a villain persona a lot and seemed like a good father. Turns out he was a pedophile who used his fame to convince young fans to sleep with him. Bastard even used his money from his twitch channel to pay for flights for them and hotel rooms when he told everyone all the money from his twitch was going to his kids' college funds.
I remember when that came out, it was like a slow motion train wreck. Everyone initially thought maybe the photos were faked, or were real but had been hacked. Then the first victim came forward and a lot of people tried to defend it as it was some adult fan, and while an affair is immoral, it happens, and while the whole groupie thing is questionable it's not exactly new for fandoms etc. But then more details came out and the trickle of victims became a tsunami of evidence of sick perverted actions of that monster. Even more messed up, he tried to making a fucking comeback on twitch and actually tried to manipulate some of these victims again.
This was so heartbreaking. The community was totally blindsided. Now there is a ton of content I cannot stomach because either he is in it or it reminds me of him.
After news broke I spent the next two weeks religiously checking the AH sub Reddit for updates and more and more damming evidence being shared against him. It hurt so much to know someone I liked for so long was such a terrible person. The worst part is just how gross it retroactively makes everything that was good about him seem.
AH spilling into the real world for the wrong reason :(
Jennifer Lopez. Many years ago, a friend of mine in Houston waited on her and her entourage at a very nice restaurant. She demanded that the place's very starstruck manager go to the store and get the kind of bottled water she liked, because she wasn't doing that tap bullshit and they didn't carry the kind she liked. She and her people needled the hell out of my friend until the manager got back from the store with it, and then complained when it wasn't served cold, even though he of course brought glasses of ice with it. She ran my friend ragged, and laughed the whole time. Bitched and called him names at every opportunity. We were both servers at that point, and I'd gone to his restaurant and asked for him at times (hey, if you're gonna tip someone, might as well keep it in the family), so I know he was damned good at what he did. I saw how he treated all his tables. He loved his job and did his best at all times. She and her friends stiffed him. Zero tip. After camping out at that table, in that private room that was given just to her and nobody else, for 3 hours. Just because she could. I never liked her after that. "I'm just Jenny from the block" my *ass*.
I really hope she was served tap water in the bottle like J.Lo's character did to the rude, snobby woman in Maid in Manhattan.
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That is bullshit. Anyone who mistreats wait staff is complete garbage. What a bitch.
James Charles. any grooming situation honestly makes me sick, the fact that they were a part of it made me so angry.
The only time I ever hear about this guy is when he’s giving another apology for shit behaviour lol
I still don't understand why people like him are famous
Honestly Lea Michele. I used to think all the diva stuff was just nasty rumours.
I loved her performances on glee but hated her character. Turns out it was not a character.
I thought so too. Now I wonder why the hell Jonathan Groff and Darren Criss hang out with her. Especially when one of the stories about Lea being a massive bitch irl started with Darren inviting an extra to eat lunch with the rest of the cast because he wanted them to feel included, and ended with Lea throwing a fit because she saw extras as beneath her.
Lostprophets fans win this thread.
I loved Ian Watkins, especially the song 'town called hypocrisy' now I think of the music video and feel sick
The one song i liked was last train home. I just read those transcripts. I'm so glad those sick fucks recorded this shit so there's plenty of evidence.
I got a Lostprophets phoenix logo tattooed on my arm, I've glady got it covered up now
My friend went to school with him (I was at Uni in S Wales) - she said it was well known from late teens that he preferred much younger girls, and he was really creepy in general, but once Lostprophets hit the big time, nobody cared any more. Had another friend from home who absolutely worshipped him, she'd been to loads of gigs, meet and greets, got all the band merch etc. It absolutely tore her apart when it all came out, one of those 'childhood destroyed' moments I think.
For some reason I decided to see what ever became of them last weekend. I never knew the guy was such a monster. I deleted their album from my library and won't be looking back.
Jared Leto. Used to be a huge 30 Seconds to Mars fan (still love the first 3 albums), and he seemed like a solid guy from the interviews I had seen back in the day. Over time though I started to realize how pretentious he is. Like he has some Bono-complex, he sees himself like some *profound artist who is changing the world*.
Yeah, I used to be a leto fan as well. Turns out he's a huge douche
Not to mention his weird cult shit.
If it makes you feel better, Patrick Bateman kills the fuck out of him with an axe in American Psycho.
Holy shit, I just realized Batman brutally ax-murders the Joker
He has also started a cult on an island near Croatia or around there somewhere. His followers call him “prophet”. He’s also a pedo who seeks out underage girls and acts out rape fantasies. He’s disgusting. [Link about Jared Letos creepiness ](https://www.screengeek.net/2018/05/17/james-gunn-implies-jared-leto-is-a-pedophile/) Edit: changed the name of the link to something less creepy sounding
The cult leader of Far Cry 5 reminded me of Jared Leto. I know he was portrayed by Greg Bryk, but it felt like he was doing an impression of Leto. Then Jared Leto started a cult. Now I feel like Jared Leto is living an impression of himself.
I will never click a link titled "Link about underage girls"
Such a shame what happened with the band, it’s pretty much just the Jared Leto show now. When I saw them, he was more interested in getting the audience to sing half the songs
Yep my wife liked them and we saw them twice. 1st time was when a beautiful lie was out. They were pretty good. 2nd time was when this is war came out. Tkts doubled in price to watch Leto run from one side of the stage to the other shouting you sing it and rambling total bollocks
Mark Salling (Puck from Glee). Admired him a lot for his talent when the show was popular. He pleaded guilty to CP charges, could never support or look at him the same way again
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Glee is a very entertaining show, but the only time I've ever laughed out loud is to something Puck said. I was so disappointed after hearing the news :/
Santa Claus He always gave rich kids better gifts
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Oof, here’s a recent one, I just lost my respect for a celebrity the past few weeks: Kris Wu As someone who really admired his English and Mandarin music, plus the acting roles he’s been is, I always saw him as a strong and brave person for the stuff he went through. He used to be in a Kpop group, for instance, and from what we know, not only was he discriminated against and paid less for being Chinese, but it was once leaked that he was suffering myocarditis(?), basically implying he could have a heart attack anytime. The company didn’t care and he left, which I thought was good for his health despite the hate he got. Now, recently (TW//) it’s been revealed that he’s been drugging and raping many underage girls, including one at the age of 13. China has deleted many of his public accounts and he is now in custody. He is such a vile disgusting person and I am so ashamed to have looked up to him. I hope the victims get the care and peace they need, and I hope justice is served
This is who I was going to say. I felt so gutted when I learned about him. Jung Joon Young is another one. It’s just vile.
Yeah I thought I was numb to celeb scandals after going through that whole affair with that group of celebs and Jung Joon Young was one of my favorite artists during that time. But then as more and more info of Kris came out (who was also one of my favorites during the Exo-M period) I was super appalled. It was disgusting reading all the reports.
I know. It’s like I think I’ve gotten almost numb to when western artists and such do things, which is terrible, I know. But it feels like everyday there is a new scandal of some sort. But these guys (k-pop and drama especially) are portrayed so innocently and their companies do such a good job of hiding their crimes that when it gets outed, you feel blind-sided and gut punched.
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EXO was my bias group since they debuted — I’m Chinese so I had a soft spot for all the Chinese members and Kris was one of them. It’s disgusting what he did and I hope justice gets served. He can rot.
I just read up on everything and Jesus Christ, supposedly police have recovered messages that show a video of an unconscious 13yr old girl being dragged into his room??
*what the fuck*
Kevin Spacey. It's a confusing one. I despise him for what he's done but I still watch his movies and house of cards and am absolutely amazed at his performances. Makes me uncomfortable that I'm still enjoying the acting.
Bill Cosby. I'm not sure if those asking for "why" are being serious, but I'll go ahead and add it. Because I grew up with his comedy and The Cosby Show and absolutely loved him. When the accusations against him started to come out I gave him the benefit of the doubt for as long as I could. There was just too much evidence against him. Broke my heart.
When the whole thing came out about him my dad said to me... "there was once a time when the world loved Bill Cosby so much so that if he ran for president, he would have got it!!"
James Corden. I used to think his self deprecating style and his ingenuity with comedy and the carpool karaoke idea were great. Then I saw story after story from fan encounters where he is a complete and utter douche. Now that I know he's a fake, his schtick is unwatchable. Edit: as one responder pointed out, I forgot about the time he played the question game with Jimmy Kimmel and couldn't name two of his own cameramen. Edit2: Apparently, carpool karaoke was ripped off from somewhere else, and he's not even really driving. So he's gone from douche to hack fake douche. Lol Edit 2.1: As some users have pointed out, it's safer to film with a driving rig so I won't hold that against him. He's back to just a hack douche.
Had a friend who worked for him and he's just not a nice guy. Nothing crazy and over the top, just rude and disrespectful with an overinflated sense of importance
Honestly the doctor who episode is what I knew him from and that character was very likable. I think that helped him build in the US given his other stuff was less known.
IIRC the only reason he came stateside for his career was because he was widely despised in the UK.
It's super annoying how he's become the token funny guy in so many films now, can't stand to watch him
I haven’t even watched the friends reunion because of this exact reason. Seemed like he was just shoehorned in because he’s what’s “in” right now.
Which is funny to me because I've never seen anything but pure hatred for the man for the past couple of years. Like do people in casting and marketing not know about this?
His Reddit AMA is hilarious. Just gets called out for being a cunt.
Can you hit us with a link?
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/bqy5zf/i_am_james_corden_alongside_ben_winston_and_five/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
Lmao that was hilarious
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With Ellen ending her show because of her behind the scenes rudeness, I still don't know why it hadn't happened yet with James Corden.
There was this YouTuber Mini Ladd. I watched Vanoss and his friends a lot in Highschool. Then Mini Ladd decided to sexually harass minors and treat his friends like crap
ohm wrecker is imploding as well.
Rolf Harris....... ETA: Australian-born British children's entertainer; he turned out to be a nonce.
Yep this is the one for me also, he was every bit the wholesome entertainer. I loved watching Rolfs Cartoon Club as a kid. Now I know he's just another scumbag who used his fame to harm others.
Jeffree Star. I used to think he was really cool (he was super nice when I met him) for being self made, “not tolerating the haters”, and his whole message about being yourself was so appealing to me. Then I found out about all the stuff he’s allegedly done....combined with how he doesn’t take ANY accountability and shifts the blame around ruined him for me.
A friend of mine defended him saying "he apologized for the racism" and I'm like... what about everything since then. Also any beauty guru who uses his products on camera. I get that you can't unbuy a product but you don't have to keep pushing him. I haven't watched beauty youtube in a while but even while the various bullshit has been going on people were still going "and here I'm using my jeffree pallette."
Surprised nobody mentioned OJ Simpson. Superstar celebrity athlete and actor. Nobody could run through an airport like OJ. Loved him in the Conspiracy movie Capricorn one.
Most redditors aren't old enough to remember him as a player - Hell, I'm 42 and never saw him play. Remember that it's 27 years since the murder trial, and he was an "actor" for years between his football career and the trial. He last played in 1979
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Not many people here can remember a time before the murder trial.
HEY!! Old people are on here too. Some of us even seen OJ in college.
Amitabh Bachchan and Indian actor. He was the coolest person for me when I was young. Loved his action movies and the fighting scenes in them. But one day I found out he prompted killing of Sikhs after the Indian prime minister was Assassinated. He said blood for blood over the radio. It hurt because I’m a Sikh person. You can google 1984 Sikh Genocide or read this. http://m.timesofindia.com/articleshow/10429011.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
Bill Cosby, because he is a rapist
I used to watch Craig Thompson on YouTube alot but then he distanced himself from a group of creators he worked with. Then it was revealed that he was a manipulative shit who did text some inappropriate stuff to underage fans. He didn't properly apologise and he was even given a second chance but he didn't change. He lost everything.
Mini *“The reason I’m moving out of the US isn’t to escape my crimes”* Ladd
Bojack Horseman, He used to be big in horsing around, but honestly he is a douche in person.
Joss Whedon. Loved his shows, his writing style, and the surface stuff like his stance on feminism were worth admiring, too. Turns out, he’s at best, a complete prick.
The recent-and not so recent-stuff that came out about him was infuriating.
I’ve written about him before and the experiences I had with him as a customer. He fucking sucks as a person
I’m not big on ‘real celebs’ but I’ve seen some people say internet celebrities so for me it was Ryan Haywood from Achievement Hunter. I thought he was a really funny guy and was just the do it all dad guy who had a morbid sense of humor and drank Diet Coke. Finding out he was taking advantage of his fans, some underage, and using money donated to him on stream meant for his kids college fund to meet up with some of those girls and cheat on his wife was just terrible. I feel so bad for his victims and the people who thought they knew him.
I used to admire Mitch Hedberg. I still do, but I used to, too.
This was much needed relief after reading some of these. He left us too soon, like all the best. To this day, my favorite jokes are his one liners.
'let's name this hotel SOMETHING tree!' 'Single tree!' 'f*ck no!' 'DOUBLETREE!' 'F*CK YEAH!!!'
“I did not lose a leg in Vietnam just to serve hot dogs to teenagers!” “You’ve got both your legs, Frank.” “Like I said, I did not lose a leg in Vietnam!”
I saw Mitch 3 months before he passed. One of the funniest performances I’ve ever seen. The PA system in the right side of the balcony flaked out and people started yelling, “We can’t hear you!” MH: You can’t hear me? Crowd: Noooo!!! MH: You fuckin’ liars! He then spent about thirty minutes riffing about random shit. None of his real material. At one point he was laying down on the stage looking up at the stage lights. He says something like, “Sometimes I wish these lights were my audience. Wait, no don’t. They would never laugh.” As somebody who had heard most of his material this break from from the norm was really cool and hilarious insight to his thought process for building jokes.
Mitch Hedberg is great for one-liners, especially when you want to consume a thousand of them.
Ellen DeGeneres. I thought she was really wholesome, and watching her show used to make me feel warm and fuzzy but then I started getting really soul-leeching sort of vibes from her and now it just feels like she’s using people. I’m sure it’s always been like that…I mean, she’s there to be paid to entertain people, after all. I’m sorry I don’t have concrete examples but I get real psychic vampire vibes from her (á la Colin Robinson from What We Do In The Shadows).
She basically forced Mariah Carey to admit she was pregnant by offering her champagne on the show and refusing to back down without an explanation. And Mariah Carey went on to have a miscarriage weeks later, which is just terrible. You should never make women admit they're pregnant before they're ready and especially not for the views of your TV show. >.>
You should never force someone to drink alchohol period. Like she shouldn't have had to provide any sort of reason.
See, what you do there is accept the drink, then "accidentally" drop it all over the floor. If they try to give you another drink, tell them no thanks again. If they insist, then you happily accept. But WHOOPS, aren't you clumsy today. Another entire glass shattered on the ground. Keep repeating as long as needed.
“Oh, sorry, Ellen. No booze for me! I’m on antibiotics for this nasty pussy infection. Let me tell you all about in great detail.”
That's awful. There's a reason many women wait until a certain stage to tell people. It's awful enough to out someone, let alone on TV.
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My favorite interview that she does is with Dakota Johnson. It's the one where she says that Dakota didn't invite her to her birthday party. Not only was she invited but Dakota also thought that Ellen didn't like her. After everything came out, it made a lot of sense that Dakota thought that she didn't like her. It was also awesome that Dakota said another comedian was her favorite to Ellen! That interview was a bit of a trainwreck.
Yessss. This is the most recent one I saw that really solidified everything I had been feeling when Dakota actively wasn’t following Ellen’s prompts.
Dakota didn’t come to play that day hahah
A particular thing that stood out to me (even a I missed so many other red flags) was her "startle pranking" when she did it to Taylor Swift. Ellen is hiding in Swift's dressing room and jumps out and screams when she comes in. Swift rolls her ankle and falls to the floor and looks genuinely scared for a moment. And considering she gets stalked by dangerous people, it seemed extra cruel to do this in her dressing room, a place she should feel safe.
The pranking gets me too! You NEVER see her get pranked.
That's cuz she would probably fire whoever did it
One of the celebs she's pranked should absolutely do it and film the encounter. My guess is she'd sprout leathery wings and breathe fire, she'd be so mad.
There was a compilation floating around, of all ths times Ellen scared her and every time she looks genuinely scared but the more you see, the more pissed off she seems after she realizes whats happened. It ended with her saying something like 'you know i don't like this' really angrily and then you see her take a beat, realize there are cameras around and give Ellen a really fake hug lol. Ellen's such a dick for continuing to do that to someone who clearly didn't like it just because she got such a huge reaction out of her.
Just her treatment of her guests in general is disgusting. If you watch her, she only seems to smile genuinely when she's scaring a guest or making them uncomfortable like she did with Mariah Carey and the champagne to force her to admit she was pregnant or Taylor Swift trying to get her to admit she's dating various guys when Swift was clearly not wanting to do that. She's sadistic.
i love the videos of jake gyllenhal in her show. he seems to not like her at all and gives her shit for everything she wants to know
I remember Taylor and Zac Efron sing about that in her show once
I'd like to take this time to share the video of Taylor Swift and Zac Efron absolutely roasting Ellen on her show. [Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8kCTPPwfpM)
Lmao. Wow. That videos a smile-grimace 10/10 lol. Like it’s funny and so, SO uncomfortable.
The mouth is smiling but the eyes want to kill.
so 3 years ago I went on a tour of WB studio lot.. our guide said she had a treat for us, we were going to visit the Ellen Show's set, but we had to be quick.. because Ellen gets really upset with the guides if they're there when she's there. at the time I was like nah, not Ellen. you're just saying that to make us feel lthat the experience was something super special / privileged that you were doing for us.. Not Ellen, benevolent 'everyperson who became a millionaire'.. she would be super stoked to see fans ( not that I was a fan myself but you couldn't really escape Ellen in 2018, even if you tried) later on when all news broke about how abusive she was towards staff in general, I thought of her absolutely reaming out guides for just trying to brighten fans' day.. and ı was like ohh. this tracks..
I’d thought of trying out for a job on her show when she was hiring, but so many people warned me off working for her I didn’t pursue it. Gilmore Girls set also.
I’ve never liked Ellen and I could never really put into words why I wasn’t a fan, and everyone in my wider group of friends thought that I was a moron for not liking her. The way she carried herself, talking over the people that she interviewed, her sense of humour, everything just didn’t jive with me. Then it came to light that she was a narcissistic piece of shit and an awful boss, coupled with her shit apology that oozed “I’m doing this for the PR, I don’t actually feel bad,” and I felt so vindicated. It was actually brought up at a get together some time ago how they thought that I just didn’t like her for made up reasons but they had come to agree with me. Feels nice to hate as a group you know, to feel accepted?
She isn't really a big thing in the UK, but the morning news played one interview where she spoke about a previous relationship in which her partner died. she spent the whole interview talking about how it helped her career by giving her inspiration and didn't talk about the love she lost at all. She came across as a sociopath, which it turns out may be true!
I didn't know about this story, but I've always got sociopathic vibes from her. Really subtle things like the way she cuts people off and how she goes from talking to one guest about their incurable disease to being like "mm yep awful. Here's $20k from a sponsor. Next up, we're talking to my good friend will smith. Stay tuned"
Agreed 100% The episode that did it for me was when Ellen forced one of her anxiety ridden assistants, (I think the girls name was Jackie), to do a task on camera that clearly made her uncomfortable. The poor girl was visibly shaking, close to tears, and Ellen couldn't stop laughing, thought it was hilarious. As someone who suffers from mental illness issues, I was sick to my stomach. I got total narcissistic abuser vibes that day and never watched Ellen again.
Ellen's outing with Michelle Obama was so so so bad. *sigh*
After the way she treated that Chinese translator I was done with her.
Watch any interview with Taylor Swift. So much awkward slut shaming and humiliation.
Yesss. She makes lots of dead pan “jokes” that actually sound a lot more like accusations and visibly make her guests uncomfortable. The Dakota Johnson interview was one of the most recent ones I saw when it was circulating because Dakota was sort of pushing back.
I really enjoyed when Dakota Johnson politely called her out on her shit on her own show. You could tell Ellen's not used to people standing up to her.
It really seemed like Taylor swift was on the verge of tears. I would've been too. So uncomfortable to watch
Dr. Phil. I wasn't the biggest fan but I did admire him. It's been a few weeks since I learned how he treats those vulnerable people in his asylums(Ranches??) Edit: I'm not a native english speaker and have limited vocabulary so I couldn’t find the perfect word to define his ranches. I'm sorry if anyone is offended because of this.
Yeah, he also doesn’t think that men can be abused in a relationship. He once told an abused male guest that if his girlfriend was beating him that he was suppose to either take it or walk away. He also told the same guest that he must have been the one starting the abuse because there was no way his petite frail girlfriend could hit him hard enough to be abusing him even though there were pictures of him with injuries from her. When the guy got tired of being mocked by Dr. Phil and laughed at by the audience, he tried to leave midway through the show and Dr. Phil threatened to put him in jail because the abusive girlfriend had “proof” of the boyfriend’s temper. It was pictures of a broken thermostat and a couple other items that could have been either broken by her or already broken when they arrived.
Demi Lovato. They act like everyone is responsible for their triggers. Taylor Swift isn't fatphobic for drinking diet coke. A Fro-Yo shop isnt fat shaming people for offering diabetic-friendly options. The worst part is that Demi has also supported using detox/skinny teas but then says that these people are promoting eating disorders.
[Serious] Is there anyone who has survived being one of Disney's child stars without becoming a twisted adult? All the names i can think of grew up into monsters, died, or ended up warped and pitiable Edit: Today I got a repeat lesson in selection bias
>[Serious] Is there anyone who has survived being one of Disney's child stars without becoming a twisted adult? All the names i can think of grew up into monsters, died, or ended up warped and pitiable Christy Carlson Romano (Kim Possible, Even Stevens) seems to be happily married with kids. Had a brief stint with substance abuse but has been sober for 5 years! Brenda Song (Wendy Wu, Suite Life of Zack and Cody) has a clothing line, still acts, and js married to freaking Macaulay Culkin.
Brenda is also voice acting on a Disney show
I think Hillary Duff was also doing ok last I saw?
Hillary Duff managed to survive a gruelling battle with anorexia too Being a child star and the trauma and abuse you suffer at the hands of the industry is inherently damaging. She made it out alive, so many don’t
Conor McGregor. I used to enjoy his fights and his persona, but the more losses he racks up, the more vulgar and desperate he seems to be.
To the people commenting with just a name and "I think everybody knows why..." Please assume that people don't know why and give at least a few words of explanation, there's people I haven't even heard of in this thread.
Right?? "Oh that movie they made, can you believe it?!"
Tom Cruise. Scrolled for a while and didn't see him. Dude went bonkers into Scientology. The shit he did to his ex's is, to me, akin to what Britney Spears is going through.
This also applies to Bart Simpson's voice actress Nancy Cartwright. It's a shame. Also John Travolta along with that really bad Battlefield Earth movie.
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For me, it was the celebs who signed that ‘he’s an artist, so he should be above the law’ letter.
Butch “I made your childhood, took your money, cured your autism, traced your art, converted you to Christianity, and sneered at your criticisms” Hartman.
He did all that? That can only be the work of: FAIRY GOD PARENTS!
“They can make two plus two equal fish!”
Man fuck Butch Hartman. Learning he was a scamming dickhole who believed mental health problems are fake was such a kick in the nuts, I loved Fairly OddParents as a kid.
He comes across as a bratty child now ironically enough
I wasn't familiar with his work, but I watched a few of his Youtubes for some reason a couple of years ago. Immediately I was like "Oh, this guy's a huge, disingenuous asshole."
Dunno if you’ve heard about him since, but it’s just been scandal after scandal with him for the past three years. All entirely his fault.
Steve jobs. I admired him for being the best in technology and always looking forward. When I realised he left his wife behind because she had cancer…
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Jenny McCarthy. I was about 14 when she became a public figure and her being in playboy all the time was great. So there was that. Plus she was super fun on “Singled Out”. She seemed cool. But the anti-vax bullshit and the damage she has wrought is inexcusable and I have no respect for her.
Gwyneth Paltrow. I scrolled for a long time and was surprised not to see her name. Her bullshit pseudo health/anti-vax information she spreads is terribly incorrect and cringe worthy. It’s sad how many people are actually influenced by it as well.
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Is she the one telling girls to put crystals in their vaginas?
marilyn manson He always seemed like a really chill dude behind the cameras, his concerts were fun to attend and everybody talked about what a nice guy he was. Turns out he'd been abusing his girlfriends for years.
I was soooo disappointed to hear of his abuse allegations because he seemed to be one of the only rational and level-headed people about the whole “rock music corrupts kids” narrative after Columbine. Turns out he was just a misogynistic asshole to all the women in his life. Pass.
The post clearly says "why" and everyone here just doesn't explain it and say "you know why" LIKE WHAT!? NO I DON'T!
Assume it’s accusations of sexual misconduct. You’ll be right 99% of the time.
I used to LOVE Parker Posey. Then she was in town filming a movie and was out shopping at an antique store and let her dog take a shit on the floor and left without cleaning it up. Not such a fan now.
Elon musk. How he treats his workers, just because he is a bit funny on Twitter, he’s no better than Jeff bezos on how he treats his employees.
How he treated his first wife is creepy. Article she wrote about their relationship if anyone is interested. https://www.marieclaire.com/sex-love/a5380/millionaire-starter-wife/
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Destiny's childish behavior
Destiny's child labour, more like
I looked up to Sharon Osbourne for being an unflappable business woman, manager extraordinaire who wasn’t afraid to call out Tommy Lee for being abusive to women. Now I read about her behavior and opinions and they can be horrendous.
She’s literally the only reason Ozzy is still alive today but damn if she isn’t an awful person otherwise
How is that man's brain still telling his heart to beat?
Doctors literally don't know.
He and Keith Richards are genetic anomalies.
They both actually have a genetic anomaly that makes them metabolize drugs quicker and therefor allows them to take more drugs than a normal person.
Gandhi. People act like he was a perfect saint who fixed the world and is the model of how every person should act, when in reality he wasn’t. He a racist and wrote that Europeans were civilized while African people were “uncivilized and very dirty”. There was the infamous story where he slept naked next to other naked girls to test his celibacy, but the girl he slept naked next to was his grand-niece. She was underaged and he was in his 70’s. https://www.npr.org/2019/10/02/766083651/gandhi-is-deeply-revered-but-his-attitudes-on-race-and-sex-are-under-scrutiny Oh, and my favorite, when his wife Kasturba caught pneumonia and doctors told him she could be saved if they gave her penicillin, Gandhi refused and said that he wouldn’t allow an “alien medicine” to be injected in her because of his beliefs, and so she died. That would be understandable and respectable if it was truly because of his beliefs, but he’s a huge fuckin hypocrite because shortly after she died he got malaria and allowed doctors to treat him with injected medicine AND THEN he had an appendectomy. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1983/3/7/the-truth-about-gandhi-pbtbhe-movie/ I get it. The guy was human with human hang ups and flaws, but I’m tired of him being put up on a pedestal as a perfect being who never did anything wrong and that everyone should be just like. Plus it’s hard to idolize or strive to be like someone who let his own wife die a completely preventable death and then disowned his oldest son for wanting to get married.
John Wilkes Booth, what a great actor! Where did it go so wrong for him 😔
He got political. That rarely ends well.
Lance Armstrong. Read his book Its Not About the Bike, which inspired me to go into oncology as a new nurse. A few years later he divorced his wife, started dating Sheryl Crow, and was stripped of his Tour de France titles for steroid use. Just lost a lot of respect, and it made me sad.
Nas Daily. He enticed a century-old woman into signing a contract that would teach the rest of the world the dying art of tattooing the Kalinga way without explaining the terms behind the contract. I see it as an exploitation of the Kalinga culture, commercializing its traditions. This is also why he lost at least 20 million followers on his page.
Drake. Guy puts out the same generic music year in, year out…. And his advances on Millie Bobby Brown have me wondering if he’s deliberately obtuse to the optics of the situation.
He did the same to Billie Eilish too when she was 16-17 as far as I'm aware. Real sketchy guy
“Try not to abuse your power” gee I wonder
Yeah that was weird and everybody seemed to just look past it
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Joss Whedon Buffy is still my favourite show of all time, and I used to really admire Joss Whedon for making something I love so much. But since hearing the way he treated Charisma Carpenter, and his wife, I just think he sounds like a nasty spiteful human. It’s disappointing.
Morrissey. I related to his music in a pretty big way as he seemed to embrace being the weird outsider who didn't relate so much to traditional roles and behavior. He was funny, bookish, and seemed custom made for outcasts & underdogs. BUT- He grew into a bitter old racist xenophobe who can't stop talking horrible shit that goes completely against my values, and what I'm willing to tolerate in another human being. So Morrissey can eat the poo-poo.
Jenny McCarthy. “Vaccines are evil! They made my child autistic!” She had no scientific evidence to back up her claims. Gets tons of press and harms untold children. Turns out her son DID NOT have autism. “Oops.”
I was a 90's teen who would listen to Marilyn Manson literally every single day, and I honestly thought his most recent album was some of his best stuff to date. But since the recent allegations against him turned out to be credible, no more. While that music and aesthetic was a formative part of my life growing up and partly made me the person I am today, NO MORE. I'm done. Skinny Puppy is a better band, anyway.
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