According to YouGov, the most popular people in America right now are: 1. Morgan Freeman, 2. Samuel L. Jackson, 3. Tom Hanks, 4. Sean Connery, and 5. Denzel Washington.
However, public opinion, and, in turn, this list, are susceptible to change. So we asked our Facebook followers who became extremely unpopular, and they immediately started sharing names.
From opinionated singers and controversial actors to outspoken activists and beleaguered royals, continue scrolling to check out the ones they mentioned and upvote the submissions you agree with!
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Richard Jewel the guy discovered a bomb, saved countless lives, and was dragged through the mud by the fbi, and the press. When they vindicated him the damage had been done.
Meanwhile, the actually bomber and murderer was a fundamentalist christian terrorist, Eric Rudolph. He was given a sweetheart deal to protect him from execution. Rudolph tried to murder doctors and clinics who provide women health care, and he bombed LGBTQIA bars and nightclubs.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth even gets its pants on.
The woman who got burned with the McDonald’s coffee. That was a pretty horrific injury she got and this was not their first rodeo with high temp injuries.
There were 700 - *700!* - complaints about the coffee before Stella Leibeck got burnt. I saw pics of her injuries - they were *horrific*.
If you're not clear on how hot it was - the coffee fused her labia together. Horrifying!
I just realized I was sitting here with my mouth open after I read your comment. I heard about the burns being bad, but had no idea this happened to her.
Load More Replies...All she wanted was her medical bills - which were substantial- paid and an apology. McD refused!! Eff McD
Yeah! I'd sue their pants off, especially knowing that it fused her womanly parts. I didn't know that. Goodness gracious! Bless that woman's heart!
Load More Replies...Leibeck went through the same think as Richard Jewell, "trial by media". She was made the target of mockery to protect that genocide-supporting burger chain.
Literally the same thing happened to my MIL (25 years ago) from a spilled McD's coffee at a drive thru. She didn't sue tho but she did suffer horrific burns to her legs and lady parts. The company KNEW and didn't care until they were sued over it.
McDonald's own safety experts had warned them about the problem but we're ignored. When your own experts warn of a problem and you do nothing, that's the textbook definition of negligence
Sinead O Connor.... she was right all along.
Referring to when she ripped a picture of the Pope (John Paul II) because of child abuse charges in the church.
Not only that but the way the Catholic IRA worked, more like the mafia. You were either with them or the enemy. If you didn't collaborate with them they would come for your family, business. Very hard times. Just to be clear I don't defend what the British did either.
Load More Replies...they officially ruled it as natural causes, but honestly... a part of me doesn't fully believe that. Because it's no secret she was a very troubled woman, and after the death of her son, she was not coping at all. I hope she's at peace and with Shane now.
Load More Replies...An Irish person with valid complaints against the church? No way!
The trouble was that most viewers of that SNL show got no clue of what her gesture was referring to.
Monica Lewinsky
Don't forget Bill committed perjury which is why he was impeached. If he had owned up to it then it wouldn't have gone as far as it did.
Load More Replies...All that fuss by the republicans ... but Stormy Daniels? Nah, let's give Donald another free pass on that one, yeah right.
Well, at least he didn't r@pe her like Clinton did to Junita Broderick.
Load More Replies...She got done wrong and dragged through the mud. Newt Gingrich and the Moral Majority were on a bloody damn crusade to bring down Clinton. They couldn't handle the fact that their boy Bush lost. Sound familiar? I really hate watching history repeat.
They have completely lost their way and sold their souls, they are not serving anyone but themselves, not even bothering to be pretending to and yet so many are still voting them in time and time again.
Load More Replies...Ionescu Popa has clearly been hitting the sauce early today. SHE forced CLINTON? Dude, you're delulu. (Yes, I'm intentionally referencing another article by using delulu) :)
What I like about her is she didn't try to demonize him or anything. She admitted she flashed him. She said that she wasn't going to minimize her part in things.
Two comments: 1 - I think she did more than "flash" him. 2 - Of everyone involved, she showed the most class. I fault her for messing around with a married guy, but she has earned some respect points on how she handled it.
Load More Replies...What was the problem here? Republicans have been caught it way more than a cigar on her...
The Clinton mob family should all be in prison for all the wrong they have done in my opinion, especially Hillary.
Anita Hill
* I still believe her.
Absolutely told the truth. And now we begin to see what a liar Clarence Thomas was/is.
I don't know her (I'm assuming she's American?). Maybe if I know what it is about it might ring a bell
Basics ... October 1991, Americans were riveted by the spectacle of an all-white, all-male Senate Judiciary Committee questioning Anita Hill, the African-American law professor who had accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment. .... Hill’s testimony would have special significance, as it was the first time someone had so publicly shared her account of workplace harassment.
Load More Replies...What? It was a disgrace to behave the way he did. That was the point. He's an unethical man who abuses power. She testified because she cared.
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Jack Kevorkian. Death with dignity is important. He was a pioneer.
Would YOU want to be suffering in pain for years knowing the pain would never end? Would you want your beloved pet dog to be in miserable pain and discomfort that will never end?
That's the thing I've always found to be the worst part of this mess. When you put your pet down because you don't want them to suffer anymore, it's considered humane and the right thing to do. If a loved one wants to be put down because they don't want to suffer anymore, it's an atrocity. Kevorkian should be celebrated.
Load More Replies...The only reason things are set up the way they are is to enable the health industry to take all your money before you die in pain. The only reason. That nest egg you built up is paying for another year or whatever of you in pain. It's flat out ghoulish.
See also in Canada Henri Morgentaler. He fought for decades to ensure women had the legal right to safe medical care from unwanted pregnancies. Politicians tried to label Morgentaler a "nazi baby killer" which didn't stick since he was a holocaust survivor. He went to jail multiple times in his attempts to change the law.
Whatever you think about the solutions he offered, it is unquestionable to me that he brought the issue the high profile it had always deserved.
I'm... I signed a DNR when I was in hospital with Covid and Spinal Bruising etc. Some people underestimate just exactly HOW ill I was. You can't just decide you want one btw, there are numerous protocols to go through, including being assessed by the psychiatric team quite a few times... It was in place with strict rules. Only if I was too far gone and they'd tried everything etc. Just make me comfortable as best as you can and let me go out on my own terms... So I guess I owe this guy one.
My wife, who died, filled out the little blue booklet provided by the hospital, as I did at the same time years before. They honored her wishes as to DNR without question. We didn't have to jump through ANY hoops.
Load More Replies...Jack Kevorkian seems to have meant well, but some of his actions were questionable at best. According to Wikipedia: "According to a report by the Detroit Free Press, 60% of the patients who died with Kevorkian's help were not terminally ill, and at least 13 had not complained of pain. The report further asserted that Kevorkian's counseling was too brief (with at least 19 patients dying less than 24 hours after first meeting Kevorkian)"
I don't see why terminal illness should be the criteria for having the right to choose how and when to day.
Load More Replies...Not sure about this one. The guy rejoiced in helping terminal patients and even advocated euthanasia for clinical depression and other mental problems that definitely have treatment.
Yup. He helped folks like me whose depression remains untreatable. I've tried all the meds. None have helped. The only reason I'm waiting is for my senior disabled mom and cat. I should be able to leave this earth, and this pain, with dignity. He provided that. My mom's friends were in the gay community during the AIDS epidemic in California. The way hers friends had to die, alone on a plastic sheet in a hotel room. Why on earth should we have to leave this earth alone? She would have been arrested if she stayed with her friend while he self delivered. No one deserves that.
Load More Replies...Without Kevorkian, 11 states and Washington DC wouldn't have assisted suicide as a legal option. You don't have to like him, but he was still a pioneer that made a huge, positive impact on the matter.
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Brendan Fraser
He basically got blacklisted for a while. Not by fans obviously - by the industry.
Load More Replies...When was he unpopular? He was just not hired by the creepy producers, I don't think the public ever disliked him. I was always a huge fan. Saw him act in the west end on "cat on a hot tin roof" I was disappointed they never gave hime serious rolls. He is a fantastic dramatic actor, and he deserves the accolades he is receiving now.
It was the Industry that thought he was unpopular, after it chewed him up, and spat him out. The public has always adored him, and rightly so.
The Hollywood Foreign Press and almost every movie production company.
Load More Replies...Brendan is and always will be a big loveable goofball to me! He's been through a lot of things over the years. But he's known as a guy who always has time for his fans, as far as I know because sometimes you're running late but yes, he stops if he can 💜
I truly don't understand this one. The guy abused and hung out to dry. A plus he is a great actor
Vietnam Vets
i'd upvote this several times if i could. as a kid i didn't understand the treatment of my dad when he returned from overseas - the name calling, the spitting on his uniform. my dad held his head high during it all. after all these years i offered to take him on an honor flight to the memorial and he declined as it still causes him pain...and there is anger there as well towards the protesters. not because they were against the war but that they took their anger out on the soldiers/sailors/pilots who were living up to their oath and not the politicians that were using it as part of the military industrial complex cash machine. however, he is glad to see that those who do protest actions now have realized the separation of those who give policies and actions and those who have sworn to uphold their oath of honor
Spitting on Vietnam vets in uniform has been debunked.
Load More Replies...These people were mostly drafted. They would rather have been anywhere else. The generals fooled LBJ into prolonging the war with fake body counts that showed the USA was winning. He figured it out, and did not run in 1968, allowing Nixon, who won, to prolong the war even further. My friend was called a baby killer when he came back from being stationed in the Philippines for 3 years. He enlisted and that's why he was stationed at Subic Bay, as he was 1-A and not in college, so did it to avoid being sent to Vietnam.
Absolutely. My dad is a Vietnam vet, and he's had to endure horrible treatment from this own countrymen.
I've only ever seen documentaries about the Vietnam War. What was the protest chant? "Hey Hey LBJ How Many Kids Did You Kill Today!"? Because of the drafts?
It's the way the government treats them that is so horrible
Load More Replies...Its sad that a bunch of wannabe power idiots will send our troops to die over some political B.S. when themselves couldn't fight their way out of a wet paper bag, politicians make me wanna puke.
Every woman named Karen
My best friend is named Karyn. She's lovely, too. And pretty darn cool. :) To be fair, I've also known a Karen that fits the now-prevalent stereotype.
Load More Replies...I feel bad for the people actually named Karen. Who the heck came up with it anyway?
It’s by Rob Drdek off ridiculousness, and it was just a nickname he gave to white women on video clips. He never meant it to be used in the nasty way it has been and stopped using it once it became popular to put women down
Load More Replies...ugh, exactly. people can't choose their names! i know a couple of karens, and they are some of the nicest people i know. why are the stereotypical karens called karens anyways?
You can choose your name. It is not illegal to simply start using a different name unless you are doing it to avoid legal or financial problems. No need to file any documents or go through any legal process.
Load More Replies...I hate that meme because I think it is stupid to pin an bad attitude on a name
My mom's name was Karen. I'm glad she never got to see the Karen phenomenon. She was a lovely woman and would not be pleased.
I actually know a woman named Karen and yeah, she's a total "Karen" haircut and all.. she could be THE Karen that started it all.
Are people that stupid? The viral moment that made "Karen" a thing could have easily been using a name like Regina Phalange and we'd all be like ugh Regina Phalange wants to speak to the manager
Jack Gleeson, the guy portrayed the most punchable character (Joffrey Baratheon) in Game of Thrones and did his job so well people hated him for no reason.
Same. Just started watching GOT for the second time last night and I forgot what an entitled, whiney, psychopath he was. Jack Gleeson played him so well though.
Load More Replies...Just like the girl who played Nellie Olsen on Little House on the Prairie. The poor kid got nothing but hate just for doing a good job playing a terrible character.
And Sandy Duncan got death threats after Roots aired. People couldn't wrap their heads around the fact that she was an actress playing a role.
Load More Replies...I'm watching GOT again right now and watched Gleeson's scenes knowing the public confused the actor with the character. He was amazing in that role, but I thought Ramsey was the character who deserved all the hatred and more. That actor (I don't know his name) was in Dirt, the Motley Crew movie, and I had no idea it was the same actor. Whoever did the casting for GOT deserves every award for casting. I don't even like shows like this and its the 3rd time I'm watching it
Ramsey was portrayed by Iwan Rheon. You'll find him as much less hateable co-star in other series like Misfits or Vicious.
Load More Replies...No, I'm pretty sure he didn't. But seriously, what a messed up world best acting ever and the world hates him for portraying the character perfectly.
Load More Replies...He really did too good a job in that role. I hated him so much that when I got to his death ep, I put it on pause and googled if he dies or not because I couldn't take him anymore and had to know if there was an end in sight. If I had waited just 5 more minutes, I would have seen it for myself, lol. I was just at my end with him! He probably should have won an award for that role, he was that good.
I love it when an actor can make you utterly hate the the character they're portraying. Another great example is Imelda Staunton as Professor Umbridge. She did such a good job in that role!
Oh my God... he did such a good job as Joffery. If I ever met him I'd bow down and be like "dude you are amazing!"
Nickelback. They sound like so many other 2000s bands and I don’t get how the hate for them started
if you want to remember, just look at this photograph.
Load More Replies...Probably gonna get voted all the way down, but I actually like nickelback
I upvoted you. I like them too. They had some great songs.
Load More Replies...I don't understand it either.... They're not the best band in the world but they're certainly not the worst.
From what I've read somewhere is that when their hit "how you remind me" was released, radio station all over the country played it all day long for idk several weeks which drove people really mad and now they're hating the band rather than the radio stations
And radio stations seem to do this with most new releases, so it seems to me.
Load More Replies...At this point it's mostly a joke/meme. There are plenty of not very good/generic sounding bands out there.
Cos they get to much airplay. Radio DJ are the cancer of today's music
Dr. Frankenstein's "monster." Grossly misunderstood.
Knowledge is knowing that Frankenstein is not the name of the monster. Wisdom is knowing that Frankenstein was the monster all the same.
The doctor was his father, so Frankenstein is his name too
Load More Replies...Always feel for the monster, it's not his fault that he is like he is
Not to mention that Boris Karloff, the actor who did the most well known portrayal of the monster, and was known by family, friends, and coworkers to be the sweetest man in the world, had people, mainly children, scared of him because of the part he played. Same goes for a lot of actors who play the evil characters. Many of them are also real sweethearts, but the public cannot seem to separate the real person from the fictional parts they play. Yes, I know not all actors who play evil characters are sweethearts, but I’m not talking about them. I’m only talking about the otherwise nice people who are equated with the awful people they have portrayed.
In universe, that's right, that was the whole point of the novel! But in reality the interpretation is quite liked by the audience. He is one of the most popular classical monsters of all times.
Janet jackson
She wore all the scandal of "Nipplegate" while Timberlake stood back and said nothing. And the rest of the world saw how incensed the US got over a bare breast with covered nipple, and said "WTF?"
It wasn't "the US" that got upset. The the owners of CBS television network broadcasting company that freaked out because they were worried about how advertisers would react. That's it. The actual US citizens ranged from "I couldn't care less" to "OMG where can I find the video?" (YouTube was spawned by people trying to find video!) Why don't non-Americans understand that what you see or hear from American media rarely reflects the views of the American public. Everything comes down to opinions and attitudes of corporations and their almighty advertising dollars.
Load More Replies...Meanwhile, the rest of the developed world just said "Wtf?" at the massive overreaction from the US media. It's a nipple, guys. Calm down. It was covered. We used to have topless girls on page 3 of a national newspaper until about 2015.
Janet herself said she wanted to take the blame because JT was young and has his whole career ahead of him. It's sound reasoning but should have never gone down that way. It's a nipple, a natural body part. Yet showing the aftermath of gun battles or explosions is completely okay.
I dislike the Jacksons and think that whole family is/was toxic. BUT - she 100% didn't deserve what happened. Justin ripped her costume, she didn't fling it off.
I find this narrative stupid. The costume clearly had a tearaway section, it was definitely planned. The hate she got was ridiculous, but it's equally ridiculous to pretend this is something that just happened to her and not something she was party to
Load More Replies...I'm from the US and I still don't get why people get all crazy about the human body. Especially the religious people, after all, if God had his way we'd all be walking around naked. You're technically following Satan's wishes by freaking out about nudity. So glad I'm atheist now, but happy to throw the bible back at you.
And yet Kane yea or Kane yo (whatever his freaking name is ) can let his "slave" girlfriend walk around 90% nude and everyone thinks this a fashion statement
Nicholas Cage. So many people hate his acting. He might have picked the wrong movie here and there but there’s far more worse actors around than him these days!
Didn't he admit himself that he took many bad roles just for the money? I don't think that he is a bad actor.
Yeah, I'm not up on my celebrity gossip, but from what I understand is that he got really nailed by a divorce settlement that left him paying a BUUUUNCH of money in alimony, and on top of being kind of bad with money to begin with, he had to make money quick and took bad jobs. On top of being an eccentric dude and marrying Elvis Presley's daughter, it was just too much for trash tabloids not to get all dumb about.
Load More Replies...I like him and his acting. The fact that he didn‘t use his real name to forward his career from the get go is something I very much like about him for instance. And I really like some of his movies.
Actually, he did use his real name in his very first movie - Nicolas Coppola. Watch the credits for Fast Times at Ridgemont High...
Load More Replies...There was a quote about a French actor from the 60s who played in a lot of "navets" ("turnips", as we call bad movies here) "He played in à lot of bad stuff, but he himself was never bad."
Willys Wonderland not ONE word spoke watch it you’ll see but still pretty badass
I also liked his voice over as Spider-Man Noir from Into the Spiderverse.
Load More Replies...Christopher Lloyd never says no to an acting role because to him, money is money and who is he to say no to it. He has made some garbage movies with a few gems thrown in. No one talks about him. I respect both of them very much. Nic Cage in National Treasure and Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future and Addams Family were my childhood!!
Con Air - great film! Mega hair ... Face Off - terrific acting ... City of Angels - hard feelings! There was a lot of good stuff
Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. He and Pedro Pascal killed in that movie.
Load More Replies...It just feels like the same acting no matter the character. I just don't see much acting beyond the same mannerisms, facial movements, and voice... Um, ok... I'll think on it.
PeeWee Herman
He was caught in an adult theatre BY HIMSELF. Oh, no, how shocking. *Rolls eyes* Who cares what someone does off the clock?
Clock was the word here, right? I read something different first time.
Load More Replies...Robert Morris, fundy christian pederast pastor admitted recently to raping a woman starting when she was 12 and doing it repeatedly over years. Meanwhile, rightwingnuts are still more "offended" by Rubens's acts in an adults-only theatre. He was only arrested because creepy pervert cops were looking there instead of looking into churches.
Other men in that theater were doing the same thing. However the cop noticed that Paul was looking at other men and decided to target him for being gay. His career was destroyed entirely by a homophobic cop. This was normal at the time. Raiding adult theaters and saunas so they could destroy the lives of queer people.
Wow. This prompted me to check the actual story. The version I had assimilated was horrible. The truth not even worthy of comment. Poor bloke.
Paul Rubens. Hated that character. I liked him in the Cheech and Chong movies though. Yeah I'm that old.
What people forget is that PeeWee Herman started out as a raunchy character sketch. All the R rated stuff was cut to make the kids show.
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School Teachers
Yeah, but you know what? The older I get the more I realize that so many of my teachers were either truly reprehensible, or just downright apathetic. I dream of a world where a teacher can just tell employers from other industries, "Management skills? I managed 145 teenagers!" and get good jobs in other fields before they burn out.
Load More Replies...Teacher here! *ducks* We get no respect from the students, parents or administrators. Just finishing the year, had a student come in for the first time in 87 days asking what they need to do to pass the class. uh.... pretty much impossible at this point. Parent calls admin screaming. Admin comes at me screaming. Problem is, neither students or parents are held responsible for minimal standards of behavior or attendance. No. I will NOT pass the student just because everyone is yelling at me. More than enough graduate from school not knowing how to read, sign their own names or do basic math because parents who don't actually PARENT know how to yell instead. I feel BAD for these children. They don't really understand what they are losing and you can't go back once you figure it out! The stress is killing us who care. That's why the good ones bail for other - safer, saner, jobs.
they are the creators of children's futures. they need to be paid and respected more.
It's just like in every profession, doctors, bakers, plumbers, etc... You've got à few outstanding ones, the good ones, à whole lot of average ones, the bad ones and the very bad ones, who generally don't last long in the trade.
I think you are wrong. It's the other way round. A lot of very good teachers don't last long in the trade because the system is f****d and they realise they really can't fix it. Lots of good teachers suffer from depression and burnout. The bad ones and the very bad ones stay forever because they don't care, and being a teacher also gives them a captive audience. With the exception of politics, I think it's the profession that attracts the highest number of narcissist, control-freak motherf...
Load More Replies...Different between countries..some places pay there teachers well and it's considered a higher profession.
I had some very good teachers. But most of them couldn't give fork and were mean and nasty. Even petty.
I must be in the minority here, because I’ve been a teacher for twenty years and still love it. So much so that I got my PhD, went into tertiary (and love it), but missed the school community so much I’ve gone back top for one day a week. I’ve spent twenty years talking about History, and they pay me? What’s not to love?!
Wow! Some of these comments are just...I can't even put a description with it.
Colin Kapernick
He kneeled during the national anthem. That's a poignant and respectful protest! He was bringing attention to black people being treated violently and even killed by cops. That's a real issue.
It's so funny he was told that if he doesn't like America, then he can get out. The people telling him that have been complaining about how horrible America is and that we need to "make America great again." So they don't like it? Why not follow their own advice and get out? I don't care where you stand. Just stop being a hypocrite by "get out" followed by "make it great again " what's good for the goose is good for the gander.
Load More Replies...I am a huge fan of Kaepernick. I am still unhappy with Jay-Z for not having Kaepernick's back when he got his big break with Monday Night Football.
This guy should be a national hero, instead of insulted. He didn't pee on a flag, people. He didn't make rude gestures during the anthem. He simply took a knee. How could you come up with a MORE respectful way of saying "I have other opinions."
Spot the Confederate Flag waving "'Murica is the best" types in the comments!
He produced a little autobiography type film called Colin in Black and White. So good.
My problem is that other athletes were doing this before him. He picks it up and acts like it was all his idea. Otherwise, I appreciate the protest. 8 have trouble with the anthem at games b/c it feels like blind patriotism and toxic nationalism.
Jonny Depp. Amber Heard was unstable from day 1 and they blamed him for ever that happened without hearing her version in person. Just seeing her lying in court proved everyone wrong immediately.
Two toxic people meet and one is slightly more toxic than the other. They head to court and their secrets are made public, one has a better council than the other and is the darling of the media, they win the PR battle. The two people are still toxic.
Heard, was psychologically, emotionally, and physically abusive....what kind of response do you expect from someone enduring that kind of treatment? Were the roles reversed, the mob would be screaming about "Victim blaming" but because it's a woman, doing these things to a man, that same mob can't bring themselves to call it what it is. "Even if she was terrible, so was he....dur, well in fact, wait a minute....that's actually probably why she terrible!" Every past relationship of Depp's sung his praises, everyone who knew the man spoke of his kindness and generosity, while Heard was shown, over and over to be not only a liar, manipulative and to have had a history of violence against other lovers. Being flawed, having d**g issues, especially when those issues are at least partly do to the various forms of abuse being endured, doesn't equate to being "toxic"
Load More Replies...Kinda deserves it though. We don't have to pick a side between him and Amber Heard. They both sound like pretty awful human beings. That's just my two cents.
Tell us you haven't watched the trial without telling us
Load More Replies...So even though Johnny's other relationships were normal, according to the women he was with, he's toxic because of the f****d-up relationship with a proven liar. Amber Heard did more damage to his reputation than anything else and the fact that dispite PROOF that she was an unmitigated liar, folks still want to put blame on the man. Seems to me there's a whole lot of sexism going on.
No human has ever changed before. Is that what you are saying?
Load More Replies...Johnny Depp is a wet brained washed out mess. No one should drink 7 bottles of wine in 24 hours. The cognitive dissonance people get when they talk about him is ridiculous.
Depp may have been toxic, but he was trying to get better, meanwhile heard was witholding his medication etc. also, s******g on someones bed? that's not even toxic behaviour, thats plain psychotic behaviour and she should be in some kind of institution because what in the actual HELL
The people (mainly men) who are like "poor Johnny Depp" about him having to exonerate himself in court... Dudes, grow up. Ask any single mother who has had every single horrible part of her life picked apart in divorce court as she fought to get single custody from her abusive ex... I was there in court testifying when they cut open my Mom's life... If you feel sorry for Johnny, you should feel sorry for every woman who has to go through the same thing or worse. Johnny didn't have it any worse than they do and that's the shame of our society, not that he had to go through it too
Depp sued Heard because she claimed to have been a victim of domestic abuse - without naming him. Depp lost a libel case against a UK newspaper (The Sun) which called him a "wife beater" - naming him as such - but somehow Depp won his libel case against Heard, who never publicly accused him of anything. His lawyers did a very good job of demolishing Heard's character in court. "They" did not choose to go to court: it was entirely down to Johnny Depp.
She absolutely knew that people would guess who it was when she did the interview
Load More Replies...They remind me of my neighbours. They we're always fighting, booze and cocaine fuelled argument the more often then not ended up with the police coming round. Then she played the victim. When they ended up in court she must have got the "chemistry wrong" because she lost it in front of the judge, lost custody of the kids and got done for contempt of court. Last time I saw him he was off booze and d***s and doing his best with the kids. She was out parting...
Winona Ryder
Yes, she was caught shoplifting when she was younger, but was she ever hated?
Oh lord yes she was! I can't tell you how many stories I read about her and how many people were talking about her like she was the devil incarnate. She got a lot of hate from a lot of people.
Load More Replies...Nope. Have worked with her. She is needy, unstable, demanding, insecure, and has just gotten crazier since her shop-lifting days. Went out of her way to destroy a $30,000 dress, because “it didn’t suit her character “.
You've worked with her??? 😍 *faints* (Yes I'm ignoring everything else you wrote.)
Load More Replies...She did a bit of shoplifting in her younger days and it was all over the press.
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Al Franken deserved a little shade, maybe - but not nearly the amount of backlash that he got. Currently serving politicians have done 100x worse.
It does seem absurd that a felon can run for any political office...........
And if the country says they can, then how can we possibly justify not allowing felons to VOTE? I'm beside myself.
Load More Replies...Al Franken resigned because he could read the room and tell that there was nothing he could say that would mitigate the scorn, in the environment of the early “Me Too” era, and he also has integrity, something that can’t be said about most of the other people accused during that time.
Is anyone else a loyal listener of "Fly on the Wall", the snl podcast with Carvey and Spade? Man, does Franken come off badly in those stories, and from people who are not trying to badmouth him.
How many repugnicans have been caught doing stuff like this who are still in office? Shall I make a list?
He never took responsibility, he denied he did anything wrong, claimed he make a joke, etc. And no, that person never refuted their own claim but backed it up with photo evidence and a letter from Franken apologizing where he admitted it! And there were 7 other women who accused him. But the one you are victim shaming is Leanna Tweeden, who there is a photo of him groping her breasts when she was unconscious, and him laughing (he also kissed her without consent when she was unconscious). He issued a weak apology by letter, saying he was only making a joke when he assaulted her. He openly denied 7 other victims, including a former high ranking Democrat Party staffer, he only admitted to Tweeden bc she had pics. You are one sick person to lie and make excuses for sexual assault, and then try to deny what happened to the victims and lie about it al-franken...171116.jpg
Pamela Anderson, I'm so glad she's doing well these days because the world was absolutely horrible to her
I must have missed a decade or so but why did people hate her? She's not the best actress for sure but there are a lot of bad actors and actresses out there.
The world chewed her up like Monica Lewinsky. Men used her for her beauty, and people didn't respect her because of her beauty. She came through, like a trooper, but it was rough. Respect.
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Jane Fonda, for being anti Vietnam War
She was more or less tricked to pose with the gun. She makes it very clear in her autobiography that she never disrespected Vietnam vets or had any "anti-American" opinions. A great lady and a fantastic actor.
SHe passed noted the US soldiers gave her in secret to the North Vietnamese. If she had good intentions why would she do that? Its one thing to be antiwar its another thing to put lives of captured soldiers at risk. She deserves the criticism she has received for her traitorous actions.
Load More Replies...Opposing the war, fine. Giving aid and comfort to the other side, heck no. You don't show opposition by going to Vietnam.
Why the hell not?! The soldiers on the other side are also just following orders. If you want to rage at anybody, rage at the politicians on both sides that allow war to happen. Not the peons just doing the job
Load More Replies...They've shown she didn't hand torture notes to the VC, but come on - posing in front of a VC anti-aircraft gun? That crossed the line.
Going to an enemy who is literally fighting against the US military, and posing for PICTURES with the enemy personnel and equipment - among other things she did during Vietnam - are treason.
Why is it treason? And what other things did she do?
Load More Replies...Not quite why she was so hated. Most people were against the war - that was nothing special. However she went and hung out with the enemy and had a photo shoot playing around on the enemies canons while we had boys dying at that moment and before and after. She disrespected our soldiers who were giving their lives - who didn't choose to be in the military or to be in that war to begin with.
Hanoi Jane earned her name. Being anti war isn't a bad thing. Going on a 2 week press tour to support the Viet Cong is something completely different. She called POWs that were tortured "liars" looking to self promote. She is a disgusting human. May she rot in Hades.
I remember when I was a kid hearing the story of Hanoi Jane. Then hearing it again later as a teen, then as a young adult. Every time I heard it from my father and his buddies they made it worse and worse. Coincidentally, their story didn't even have a passing similarity to reality, they straight up started making s**t up as they went. It's the same blind conservative rage used to enable hatred of women and anyone mildly progressive. Just lies, all the way through and old white men agreeing with each other
Greta Thunberg
Yeah, her recent statements regarding Palestine justify her not being popular.
because she stands with Palestine, against the attrocities they are victime of? yeah, sure, blame someone for being against a genocide...
Load More Replies...It's sad her other activism has resulted in the splintering of the Fridays for Future movement in Germany. Of course she has the right to speak out on other matters - everyone does - but in this case, it has weakened her prime cause, which was the climate and environment.
I dont think shes massively hated in general. There is very much a certain corner of the internet that doesnt like young women who are angry and not sexy. Also, climate change action both stresses and bores people; she bears some of the brunt of that tension I think.
My main problem with Greta Thunberg is that she talks like no one is doing anything, when in fact, a lot of people all over the world are doing amazing things. I think to ignore or minimize the works of so many people is simply wrong.
Er, what? You don't seem to have listened to Greta at all.
Load More Replies...people like to make fun of people who go out of their way to protect wildlife, yet even the smallest controversy will make thousands of people go absolutely batshit.
Initially she was cool, now she's too self important for my liking. Too entitled now.
Could you explain what she's said that makes you think she's self-important? From what I've seen/heard of her in interviews and whatnot, she comes across as very normal and very grounded.
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MC Hammer. He was called a sell out for doing a (Pepsi, I think) commercial and quickly became unpopular after that. Despite the fact that a bunch of artists made commercials after him and it didn’t matter.
I mean, he doesn't have a flat-top, shades, or parachute pants. I have no idea who the man in the photo is either.
Load More Replies...I live in the same town as he did.( Not sure if he is still there) We would see him at the grocery store with his family. We never approached him, didn't want to intrude. He would smile and nod his head as in hello.
The big house was in Fremont. To my knowledge he's quietly living in Tracy these days.
Load More Replies...No, he was hated because he tried doing "gangsta rap" after NWA became popular. Everybody saw through his charade and got tired of him quickly. [ ................... ] Noticeably, the only 1980s "party rapper" who survived the "gangsta rap" phenomenon was LL Cool J. Why? Because he used ~boxing~ as his image, which lent toughness without criminality. He went to gym and bulked up, giving him credibility the public were willing to buy.
Skeletor
My favourite is Evil Lyn. It's right there in her name, she's not trying to fool you into thinking she's something she isn't!
Skeletor is just having to deal with his obnoxious nephew ‘He -Man’, who is crushing his dream of becoming Master of the Universe!
Milli Vanilli. They wanted to be popular by being frontmen, and were sort of bullied into doing it because they were attractive. The real singers were in agreement, so I don't know why Rob and Fab took the hit for everyone involved. The music and videos were great! Wish it had gone on for longer.
I like the meme with them about people getting famous on TikTok for miming to songs.
I still jam to their songs! I was a big fan of theirs and was sad when it all came crashing down.
The sad reality is that the actual talented musicians couldn’t get signed because they were too old and unattractive. What does that say about society?
People acted like it had never been done before. The same producer (Frank Farian) had done exactly the same with Boney M in the '70s and '80s. And yet Boney M is still popular. (To be fair, their lead singer, Liz Mitchell, actually could sing and did sing on the records and in concert. Bobby Farrell didn't sing on the albums but he did in concerts.)
They must watch nobodies mime on TikTok these days and feel so enraged. I would too.
Maybe, if they get TikTok and You Tube in the afterlife, as they are both deceased.
Load More Replies...If anyone was going to be blamed it should have been the music executives
The whole thing started because Milli Vanilli won an award for the song, not the fact they were lip syncing. It just evolved to that.
They ? there´s only one left, Rob Pilatus died of an "accidental" overdose after his life took a turn after the events and backlash
Whitney Houston.
Drugs and domestic abuse are bad
My mother, when she married Bobby Brown, said, "She's gonna die." Mom saw it coming. She knew he wasn't going to be any good for Whitney.
Just by looking on all the docs about her life, her marriage and her family I have to think about these lines from a German singer's song: you can sue some banks, read the bible, or ask Whitney but all of them have no clue about love. I guess she was too famous, surrounded by too many wrong advisors to really live a life fulfilled with love, respect and honesty. Maybe that lead to her downward spiral... being the center of many but all alone emotionally.
Bobbie Brown had nothing to do with Whitney's death. 1st, her being pressured to stay in the closet, and 2nd, HER d**g addiction led to her death. She was a grown-assed woman who made her own decisions, just like her grown-assed daughter. Was Bobby Brown a prince, no, but folks need to stop letting Whitney off the hook for her own failings, it was HER ADDICTION that lead to her death.
Yeah, they both enabled each other, more or less, or at least were equally to blame for bringing d***s into the equation. What people don't seem to understand is how many stars were given d***s just w***y-nilly, and when you're tired and need to go on stage and hide your truth, a little pick me up looks mighty inviting. Just a slippery slope from there for both of them, but that was the music scene in the 80s and 90s.
Load More Replies...You are insane! She had a voice like no other and could sing her āšš off! I'm not going to down vote you. I would rather comment and let you know you're crazy. Lol
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Edward Snowden.
Nope, no way. He was just a smug c*** that had no idea, wasn't even a hacker just had access to people's machines. Do the same in Russia or China and we would even know his name. The fact that Russia is protecting him speaks for itself.
I can't express how suspect I am about anybody who hates anyone who exposes extreme government corruption. "Do the same in Russia or China and we would *never* even know his name? Yeah, that's the point. He's trying to stop us from becoming those countries. People who hate those who expose corruption are the most dangerous people in society.
Load More Replies...He swore an oath, then broke it. If your conscience is that troubled, quit the job.
I can appreciate the sentiment -some things need to be exposed. But use discretion on WHAT you are exposing. Politicians' wrong doing, certainly.... But FBI agents whose safety hinge on them remaining anonymous, no.
I really tried and failed to find reliable sources to support your claim for FBI agents exposed - where did you get that from?
Load More Replies...He is rotting in putlerstan. I think it's worse.
Load More Replies...F**k this guy. He's a traitor. You don't reveal national secrets like that.
Disagree...there is a difference between being a whistle blower and betraying your country.
If the country does criminal stuff, as was the case here, it's fine to "betray" your country.
Load More Replies...He is more American than you IMO. You just must like people following orders no questions asked, right?
Load More Replies...Anne Hathaway
She seems nice and I like her movies because she is a good actress. I will never understand the hatred.
Since the commenters ask, it was even called Hatha-hate if I remember correctly. It came about from a couple things. One was over exposure and doing too many films she said and the other was the oscar speech and stuff surrounding her win for Les Mis. It was huge at the time on the internet and really silly. She credits Christopher Nolan with saving her career she says with her Catwoman role in Dark Knight.
Anne singing a few hiphop songs with Jimmy Fallon on piano. That should have been a two hour concert, loved every minute.
In the early 2010s she was getting a lot of hate, but the excuses people gave were pretty baseless.
Anyone that spoke out against the genocide early on.
The Rwandan geocide? The Jewish genocide? The continuing Jewish genocide? Which one?
I think the problem Israel had with Hamas was with the hundreds killed, many of whom were horribly mistreated before being killed. As for the hostages not being mistreated - well, if you want to define murdered hostages as "never abused", that's up to you, but I can't imagine anyone agreeing with you. Thing is, the problem I've got with Israel is its response: rather than try to capture or otherwise stop the terrorists, they've been attacking civilians and so far killed tens of thousands of innocents. Hamas did wrong; Israel has done worse.
Load More Replies...Hanson. They were a talented bunch of kids and they became a joke because they were kids singing a pop song. That everybody loved. (sincerest apologies for misspelling Hanson!!)
Mmm Bop is upsetting because it's a too perfect pop song. Of course everyone liked it. You can't possibly not like it. That's why it is a terrible song. It says nothing and means nothing. It's like Mungo Jerry "Summertime". You can't not like it. And, again, that's why it sucks. And yes, I like Mmm Bop and Summertime.
Mungo Jerry's mutton chop sideburns... 😆
Load More Replies...I always thought Howard Dean got canceled by media, the same media that normalizes Donald Trump.
Agreed. He said "yeah" a little too loud and the press, eager for one-line characterizations for a public they consider too dumb to understand things, killed him over his "yell," which is a worse sin than actual mismanagement. Like Muskie for his tears which were worse than lies, Gore for being "boring" which is worse than being wrong, McGovern for his "mistakes" that were worse than his opponent's crimes. Too bad. Dean's a good person, and smart, if a bit short tempered in the face of fools. A social liberal and relatively conservative fiscally, a minority lieutenant governor who ascended when the governor died, and became popular because he did a good job. He'd have made a good president.
Bjork! She is a legendary artist. That Swan dress was maybe not the right choice, but they roasted her for a long time.
She hit a paparazzi for shoving a camera in her child’s face. Good for her 👏
Load More Replies...Good god, she an out of tune humane noise box. I saw her live and it was embarrassing. And I go to free jazz jam sessions. She just squarked like a seagull killing a deaf cat. Reminded me of an old bed I had
Anne Hathaway and Brie Larson. There was a period when Anne couldn’t do right and nobody seems to know why. Brie, again, comes in for a lot of hate and she doesn’t seem like a bad person
Anne again? Never knew there was any hate towards her. Little fact, her name is actually pronounced Annee and not Ann.
There was a weird phenomenon around 2011 called "Hathahate". I guess the public just got bored of her but she didn't do anything of substance to cause the random hatred.
Load More Replies...I used to like Brie Larson (united states of tara was fantastic) and she's a decent enough actress....but she's also one of those preachy ideologues, who seems to feel that the only way to "build women up" is to tear men down, and she's kinda arrogant. Subscribing to the idea that her films are disliked only because of sexism or misogyny, and not because there's valid criticism to be made.
Brie Larson is disliked by a lot of people because of how terrible the Captain Marvel film was.
Victoria Beckham. Not a fan myself, but did she really deserve all the haters? Esp after Beckham was unfaithful? And then his lover became a z-list celebrity for a while? I'm not so sure. Usually the 'sisterhood' supports women when that kind of thing happens, but women just never warmed to her. I've never really understood why she became so unpopular.
The fact that she never smiles, never shows any human warmth, or personality for that matter.
All the c**p she fills her lips with makes it too difficult to smile.
She suffers from RBF and doesn't seem to want to find treatment for it. (resting B face)
The issue with her is her image... being this cool as steel Spice Girl, then marrying a talented footballer and turning him into a fashion icon and being successful herself adds maybe too much for the media (and / or women specifically... don't you love tearing your teeth into another on every given chance?!)... but ok, it's maybe part of the game. And here, again, when I saw that Beckham "doc" on Netflix, it changed several oppinions I had (ok, before that I already knew that this family is far from being a UK-version of that OJ Simpson attorney clan).
David Beckham was never unfaithful. It was never proven, it was just a story in the tabloids at the time. Ans the reason the UK press didn't like her for a time was because they were led to believe she was a hindrance to his football career. I'd watch the documentary on Netflix. Its eye opening.
Women. All of the women
I (m55) know guys that do, incells doesn't describe them, more like "paycells". I know a guy, not a friend, that shows the photos of the "pay girls" (f23.ish)he uses to other woman to show them what his been "doing". Same age as me, he buys thempresents and brags about what he owns, a few local properties. And then calls them "dirty names" because they won't go for a date with him without $$$$
Load More Replies...U2. Yeah Bono has a big mouth but they got involved in loads of eco-warrior stuff decades before it become acceptable. And they released some tremendous albums too..
Nah, i'll never forget Bono going mental cause the person on the street wasn't giving enough money to charities in his mind. Just as he bought a 7 million pound house with about 20 bedrooms for like 4 people. Absolute hypocrite
And moved his operation to a lower tax country. Netherlands IIRC
Load More Replies...This is the same Bono that chartered a private plane to fly his hat to the US?
This one I agree with. I can't stand him. He comes to the US, becomes famous and then bitches about the US. He needs to go back to Ireland and stay there but they obviously can't stand him either otherwise he'd be there now
So did John Lennon and people deified him. FWIW, I'd sooner listen to hours of Bono/U2's music than 5 minutes of Lennon's drivel.
Load More Replies...As the old Irish joke goes: do you know the difference between Bono and god? God doesn't go around Dublin telling everyone he's Bono.
Bono was very nice to me when I asked for his autograph. His bodyguard was a kind man too.
Never a rock band, U2.is to music 🎵🎶 what my farts are to a vacuum. They fill the void between the comercials.
Was on Panama Papers but still giving lessons about charity....Pay your taxes, quit going to Davos Forum also. Total a*****e!
Billy Ray Cyrus. Some gave all. is still one of my favorite songs to play
I mean, he made a smash hit with a black, openly gay rapper/country singer. Anything he does for the rest of his life will be examined and exploited to hurt him by people who hate gays and black people. Bonus points cause Lil'NasX is sometimes non-binary, so people will hate even more. Cis-het white bigots will hate on him for all time. You saw what happened to Bud Light
I know him personally and he’s really a good guy. So what if he married a younger woman. It’s not like it hasn’t been done before and some relationships just don’t work out.
Harry and Meghan
This one is justified. They're hypocrites. They've made a career out of bashing the very institution that made them rich and famous. Without the Royal Family, Meghan would have disappeared along with the rest of the cast of Suits by now. Harry is a whiny man child that blames everyone else for his problems. He even tried to blame William and Kate for his wearing a Nazi costume, but he was a grown man serving in the British armed forces at the time so he had no one to blame but himself.
I criticize a lot of things about Western civilization, into which I was privileged to be born. There's nothing wrong with bashing an institution you believe is wrong, regardless of whether you've profited from it or not. Buffets bashes the US tax system.
Load More Replies...My theory is that she thought the title of king/queen of the UK would be awarded after a popularity contest and she was sure she would win. When she realised Harry was only fifth or so in line she wasn't interested in being a memeber of the Royal Family anymore. I don't like her.
So....he threw his family under the bus, because his b-list tv actress wife got upset that she, an american inserting themselves into a millennia of british tradition, wasn't the center of attention, made no attempt to understand that system of tradition, yet expected that it would be bent and broken for the benefit of american wife of the 5th in line for the throne. Hypocrisy, manipulative lies, the desperation to wear the mantle of "victim" so as to keep the undeserved spotlight on her, not them, but HER specifically. And no, before anyone tried to paint this as being about race, it wouldn't matter if she was white, yellow of green, her actions, behavior and attitude are the problem.
To a lot of British people Harry was still the little boy walking behind his mothers coffin with the eyes of the world on him, most saw motherly instincts kick in to care about him and only want the best for him in his life, when he met Meghan and got engaged ‘everyone’ was happy for him but then he turned against us and said we the British public didn’t like Meghan because of her skin colour, nope, the hate towards Meghan came after he/they made negative comments about the general public and his family
Here's my issue with them. The royal family's schtick for literal centuries has been that they are superior to others by virtue of their bloodline and genealogy. But yet they make out that they were surprised that elements of the royal family were racist. Harry dressed up as a Nazi for a costume party and we're supposed to believe he was shocked by his family's views.
He was born into fame and can't escape it. She married into that. Of course there are going to be issues for them.
Megan Markle
Her desperation, and that obvious fake smile she wears, make her very unlikable. It doesn't have anything to do with her skin color, it's how she acts like an entitled, self absorbed, riding the coat tails of her brother and sister in law brat for attention. Harry seems miserable with her whenever they are out, and I don't think her late mother in law would appreciate how she behaves.
I don't know, maybe Elizabeth II knew? If you look at clips of their marriage, her late Majesty looks decidedly sour.
Load More Replies...It's the hypocrisy that gets me. "we don't agree with the institution of the Royal Family, but please make sure you call us by our offical title of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. And please watch our documentary and buy our book that we were only paid millions of dollars to write because of our connection to the Royal Family. "
I never understood this one aside from the racism. I'm not a fan of hers and have only ever seen her in 2 episodes of "Fringe" but she seems okay. Whatever weird faux pas Harry and Megan have made, I don't think any of it is worse than CHEATING ON YOUR WIFE the way our (I'm British) current king did.
Chris Pratt. People were actually hating on *him* because of what Peter Quill did in Infinity War. I’ll never understand people who can’t separate actors from their characters.
That’s not why people hate him. It’s because he says a lot of s****y things off camera.
I actually came on here just to comment on this. I hate Chris Pratt because of animal abuse and neglect. Pretty good reason to find someone to be a s****y person.
Load More Replies...I'm not a fan because of the hate-spewing church he attends. He actually equated being a divorced man with being LGBTA+. NO.
I'm not a fan, not because of anything he's done in movies, I'm not a fan because he goes hunting
There's nothing wrong with hunting as long as you're not hunting anything endangered and you're eating what you hunt.
Load More Replies...Abusing Anna Faris, ignoring his kids that she raises, being a freak job fanatical christian who blathers his c**p where it's not wanted to people who don't want to hear it.
Pratt has a pretty s****y reputation. He finished Parks and Rec, then got abs, and broke big, then he didn't keep his mouth shut and made rapid life changes that were pretty sus... And when called upon to stand against homophobia, he chose the middle ground. He'll go the way of Kevin Sorbo and Chuck Norris
It was more about him being a f*****t (f*****k w i t) and an ableist family abandoner who literally thinks he is God's special little boy.
No....people dislike him because he's an outspoken Christian, and the idiot masses manufactured some kind of controversy because he posted something on mothers day about his wife, and not his Ex.
Well, I hate Naomi Watts. She first murders a horse in The Ring (on the ferry) and then in Eastern Promises she keeps a baby she finds instead of taking it to the authorities like normal people would do. Hate her. I know, I know, it's all movies, but still...
Wtf happened? Brutal comments, hatred, craziness - I need to rinse my eyes!
Dude, I have no idea. Some folks went off the rails on this one. I believe I was even cursed by someone I've never spoken to before. 😂
Load More Replies...Came solely on here because I saw a photo of Chris Pratt and was like, nope. Guy is a turd. Mistreats animals.
Very few of these are actual cases where someone received hate because the public perceived they did something they did not do; far too many are simply cases where people agree with someone who said or did something controversial; they aren't correcting some misunderstanding or myth, but simply saying, "this person made a polarizing statement that I agree with!"
Before I read further, I just want to know why Sean Connery is the 4th most popular person in the U.S.
It's a great coup for Sean Connery to be one of the most popular people in America since he makes so few movies or personal appearances lately. And it's so time consuming to have to answer your fan mail only by Ouija board. On the other hand, he does have the time.
If its any comfort to you, they're still majorly popular and worth millions. I'm sure they cry all the way to the bank.
Load More Replies...I'm definitely furious to see you mentionning Greta Thunberg this way.
Load More Replies...Wtf happened? Brutal comments, hatred, craziness - I need to rinse my eyes!
Dude, I have no idea. Some folks went off the rails on this one. I believe I was even cursed by someone I've never spoken to before. 😂
Load More Replies...Came solely on here because I saw a photo of Chris Pratt and was like, nope. Guy is a turd. Mistreats animals.
Very few of these are actual cases where someone received hate because the public perceived they did something they did not do; far too many are simply cases where people agree with someone who said or did something controversial; they aren't correcting some misunderstanding or myth, but simply saying, "this person made a polarizing statement that I agree with!"
Before I read further, I just want to know why Sean Connery is the 4th most popular person in the U.S.
It's a great coup for Sean Connery to be one of the most popular people in America since he makes so few movies or personal appearances lately. And it's so time consuming to have to answer your fan mail only by Ouija board. On the other hand, he does have the time.
If its any comfort to you, they're still majorly popular and worth millions. I'm sure they cry all the way to the bank.
Load More Replies...I'm definitely furious to see you mentionning Greta Thunberg this way.
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