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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 1 week 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 1 week 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.
#6
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. 1 week 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.
#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
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.
#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
Jackie Chan's treatment of his kids, especially the daughter.
JayWantsACat 6 days ago
He's also a massive CCP shill, which I guess is par for the course to be successful in China. But plenty of other Chinese actors don't go out of their way to show their support, so...
#11
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.
#12
Dr Seuss. He hated kids and cheated on his ill wife multiple times
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 1 week ago
He didn't ''hate'' kids; he was wary of them because they're unpredictable.
#13
No one is ever topping Michael Jackson.
TheOneWithTheHat 1 week ago
I think MJ was a victim of his own childhood. Not a bad person. He himself needed help.
JuJu 1 week ago
Having been a****d is not a carte blanche to become an a****r.
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Bored Trash Panda 6 days ago
There has been a lot that has come out recently that he wasn't actually abusing kids, he was trying to protect them. Especially in Macaulay Culkins interviews.
Laserleader 6 days ago
My father was very good to his children, and would be considered a great person for childcare...and yet he sexuaIIy assaulted two teen boys and was convicted of molesting his own sons... but only two or three times, so it wasn't that bad...right?🤮
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iseefractals 4 days ago
MJ was never convicted of anything while he was alive, despite multiple trials. When two of the biggest child stars who spent oodles of time around him continue to defend him, while Cory feldman has spent nearly 30 years telling anyone who would listen about the widespread child a***e being carried out within hollywood, by those who are still, to this day, working in the industry....but continues to defend michael. This strike me more as people making up their mind regardless of the evidence, because people love to enjoy a bit of schadenfreude
Bambi 6 days ago
Oh leave him alone he never hurt kids people really love to lie that woman who was so happy he was gone is full of shytt and going to he double hockey sticks if she is still breathing. He was a good soul.
Wanda Peachtree 5 days ago (edited)
Did you know him? I hate when people say someone is good when they didn't know him. You have no idea.
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Jerica Jerica 2 days ago
Michael Jackson was in fact a very genuine person! This site doesn't have very good information
Jerica Jerica 2 days ago
Michael Jackson is a very genuine person This site is such bullcrap!!
Ryan Mercer 6 days ago
Prince Andrew. Now STFU. Who put these together? This panda collection is off the rails and so are many of you. JFC.
#14
Neil Gaiman. can't see him the same way after all the allegations.
#15
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.
#16
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
#17
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.
#19
Shayy (an undertale speedruner that was actually a groomer).
#20
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) 1 week 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.
#21
I used to think Putin was chill until he attacked Ukraine.
What do you think ?
CloPotato 1 day ago
Same. I looked up to him like some sort of sensitive genius... I kinda wish we had a response in form of formal complaints/court rulings, but obviously it's definitely up to the victims to know what they want to publicly disclose and bring to court.
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Auntriarch 1 week ago
Please don't laugh at me, but Rolf Harris. I used love the programs for kids with silly songs and painting.
Beak Hookage 6 days ago
It's weird; when I was a kid everyone loved him but I always had this instinctive hatred and distaste which had no apparent explanation. Now I'm like... could I somehow tell?
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Spark 1 week ago
He's pooping in the bathroom and wondering if he should name the Statue of Liberty after himself.
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Graham_Illegal 5 days ago
Since when have we started valuing cheap celebrity gossip over art and music? And why do we even care whether he cheated? When it's art vs. tabloids, it shouldn't be that hard to decide what really matters and what's completely irrelevant. P.S.: I don't even like his music that much, but COME ON!
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Delicate Fcuking Flower 4 days ago
Justin Roiland. I loved Rick and Morty so so much but I can't look at it the same now.
Douglas Abbott 5 days ago
This article says more about its authors than about the people listed. Idolizing any human being is a great way of being disappointed.
CloPotato 1 day ago
Same. I looked up to him like some sort of sensitive genius... I kinda wish we had a response in form of formal complaints/court rulings, but obviously it's definitely up to the victims to know what they want to publicly disclose and bring to court.
Load More Replies... Auntriarch 1 week ago
Please don't laugh at me, but Rolf Harris. I used love the programs for kids with silly songs and painting.
Beak Hookage 6 days ago
It's weird; when I was a kid everyone loved him but I always had this instinctive hatred and distaste which had no apparent explanation. Now I'm like... could I somehow tell?
Load More Replies... Spark 1 week ago
He's pooping in the bathroom and wondering if he should name the Statue of Liberty after himself.
Load More Replies... Graham_Illegal 5 days ago
Since when have we started valuing cheap celebrity gossip over art and music? And why do we even care whether he cheated? When it's art vs. tabloids, it shouldn't be that hard to decide what really matters and what's completely irrelevant. P.S.: I don't even like his music that much, but COME ON!
Load More Replies... Delicate Fcuking Flower 4 days ago
Justin Roiland. I loved Rick and Morty so so much but I can't look at it the same now.
Douglas Abbott 5 days ago
This article says more about its authors than about the people listed. Idolizing any human being is a great way of being disappointed.
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