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21 Celebrities That People Admired Before They Revealed Themselves As Horrible Human Beings
A simple glance at most human myths and epics would suggest that we like heroes. So most of us tend to also admire certain people we find cool or inspirational, favorite singers and actors, an artist whose works struck a chord. But unfortunately, sometimes ignorance is bliss.
Someone asked “Who are some people you used to admire but later found out were horrible?” and people shared their examples. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote the examples that maybe hit a bit too hard to home and be sure to add your own thoughts in point to the comments down below.
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#1
Mother Teresa. She was awful, making her patients suffer while she took all the pain meds when it was her suffering.
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#2
Remember when people said Elon was going to be the real life Tony Stark.
FRakanazz:
Elon had a generational falloff, he went from an ambitious space guy to the stupid guy on twitter who acts like a kid.
Fungus John 17 hours ago
He didn't have a fall off, he was always like that. People just refused to see it.
#3
John Lennon. I love his talent but he is absurd. WHY IS A WIFE BEATER SUCH A GREAT MUSICIAN
#4
Had no idea that Woody Allen was a racist, misogynistic homophobe
LookASquirrel 16 hours ago
Not to mention grooming his stepdaughter and marrying her and them becoming close friends with Epstein. Kinda missed that big one. Oh, and what he did to his adopted daughter Dylan.
#5
Will Smith. That man broke my heart after being such an important piece of my childhood.
__Shadowman__:
To be fair in this world of celebrities and billionaires slapping someone is pretty mild in comparison lol. Doesn't mean it was right though.
#7
Nicki minaj.
ancient_bored:
I refuse to believe that was the real Nicki. She used to be such a big supporter of the LGBT movement. I think Trump replaced her with a robot clone, change my mind.
#8
Andrew Tate. At that time I was bad at English and the only thing I knew about him that "he used to insult islam now he's muslim!" But now getting better at English and seeing his tweets... He seems comically evil that it's ridiculous lol.
Breadcrumb. 18 hours ago
The fact that he thinks r**e should be legal, it's f*****g insane insane the amount of young boys that look up to him..we haven't gotten very far in society.
#9
Neil DeGrasse Tyson
I recently learned he roofied a girl. It has ruined her life and due to the trauma of it she had to drop out of college while Tyson has been on TV for being such a stand up guy and all his accomplishments.
#10
No one is ever topping Michael Jackson.
TheOneWithTheHat 16 hours ago
I think MJ was a victim of his own childhood. Not a bad person. He himself needed help.
#11
Hayao Miyazaki. I admire his work a lot but I don't like him personally. He's a deadbeat dad, to the point where his sons watching his work is the only way they can connect to him
#12
Jackie Chan's treatment of his kids, especially the daughter.
#13
Dr Seuss. He hated kids and cheated on his ill wife multiple times
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 12 hours ago
He didn't ''hate'' kids; he was wary of them because they're unpredictable.
#14
Neil Gaiman. can't see him the same way after all the allegations.
#15
Bill Gates. Back in the day Windows was good, and his ad for Doom was incredible. Now Windows isn't good, he's a confirmed cheater, and he hasn't made any cool Doom ads.
#16
Bill Clinton. He spoke so coherently and thoughtfully during his gubernatorial campaign and early presidency . Then he blew his chances to pass any meaningful legislation. I admired Hillary but she always was who she was.
#17
I still think Harry Potter is the best book series ever made, but JK Rowling is pretty horrible on social media. Although I feel like everyone says stuff they don't mean on social media, she doubles down.
Remi (He/Him) 10 hours ago
People saying she's defending women here haven't really been paying attention. She is virulently against all trans people, to the point that women who don't look womanlike enough are on her crosshairs. Also being anti trans is not being for women, it's just bigotry dressed up. She's ready to deny horrors of the Naži regime just to deny trans people were kîlled by the nažis, she's also attacking cis women who look too "manly", which usually are women of color – coincidence? I think not.
#18
The automatic answer to this is D4vd. Guy seemed like a breath of fresh air (reminded me a lot of X, Juice, etc)
Well..we all know what this POS ended up doing.
#20
Shayy (an undertale speedruner that was actually a groomer).
#21
I used to think Putin was chill until he attacked Ukraine.
What do you think ?
Spark 14 hours ago
He's pooping in the bathroom and wondering if he should name the Statue of Liberty after himself.
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Auntriarch 11 hours ago
Please don't laugh at me, but Rolf Harris. I used love the programs for kids with silly songs and painting.
Huddo's sister 2 hours ago
My grandma was always a big fan, had her own wobble-board she would use in performances and loved to perform Jake the Peg too. Finding out about him (though she wouldn't admit it) really devastated her.
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Spark 14 hours ago
He's pooping in the bathroom and wondering if he should name the Statue of Liberty after himself.
Load More Replies... Auntriarch 11 hours ago
Please don't laugh at me, but Rolf Harris. I used love the programs for kids with silly songs and painting.
Huddo's sister 2 hours ago
My grandma was always a big fan, had her own wobble-board she would use in performances and loved to perform Jake the Peg too. Finding out about him (though she wouldn't admit it) really devastated her.
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