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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.
Lee451 Henderson 1 week ago
I know you like being "edgy" and feeling superior to believers but there almost 5 billion people on this planet that do believe God/Elohim/Allah. Perhaps you are correct that the only thing we can expect at the end of life is death, but as Sartre said: Why take that chance?
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T'Mar of Vulcan 2 weeks ago
What gets me is how she would smile at people who were suffering and think it brought them closer to Jesus. But I do not believe that Jesus wants us to suffer!! I think MT was just a sadist.
Anne Edwards 1 week ago
But when she was in pain she got the absolute highest and best levels of pain medication. Horrible woman.
Load More Replies... bs7d2r6cst 1 week ago
She was a horrible excuse for a person. She denied the people that she was supposed to be caring for any medication, claiming that God would treat them if they deserved it while she herself took use of top level hospital care when she needed it. I understand that this is pretty well known now but, let's keep this information up there in people's minds.
Hippopotamuses 1 week ago
I think that description of 'Psychopatic Albanian dwarf' was the most apt.
Jane Doe-Doe 1 week ago
Yes, what a nasty woman, all those poor people who suffered because she said they ‘ must’
Catmom 1 week ago
Vigorously defending a priest who was a s*x a****r until he was reinstated but then later he was convicted for s*x a***e? Using funds to destroy abortion rights, amassing millions in donations that could have fed and offered survival measures, medical treatment, and basic comforts to so many people, but not doing any of that? "Imperfect" doesn't begin to describe it.
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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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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. 2 weeks 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
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.
#9
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.
#10
Jackie Chan's treatment of his kids, especially the daughter.
JayWantsACat 2 weeks 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
Dr Seuss. He hated kids and cheated on his ill wife multiple times
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 2 weeks ago
He didn't ''hate'' kids; he was wary of them because they're unpredictable.
#12
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.
#13
No one is ever topping Michael Jackson.
TheOneWithTheHat 2 weeks ago
I think MJ was a victim of his own childhood. Not a bad person. He himself needed help.
#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) 2 weeks 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 week 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 2 weeks ago
Please don't laugh at me, but Rolf Harris. I used love the programs for kids with silly songs and painting.
Beak Hookage 1 week 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 2 weeks ago
He's pooping in the bathroom and wondering if he should name the Statue of Liberty after himself.
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Delicate Fcuking Flower 1 week ago
Justin Roiland. I loved Rick and Morty so so much but I can't look at it the same now.
Douglas Abbott 1 week ago
This article says more about its authors than about the people listed. Idolizing any human being is a great way of being disappointed.
Graham_Illegal 1 week 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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CloPotato 1 week 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 2 weeks ago
Please don't laugh at me, but Rolf Harris. I used love the programs for kids with silly songs and painting.
Beak Hookage 1 week 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 2 weeks ago
He's pooping in the bathroom and wondering if he should name the Statue of Liberty after himself.
Load More Replies... Delicate Fcuking Flower 1 week ago
Justin Roiland. I loved Rick and Morty so so much but I can't look at it the same now.
Douglas Abbott 1 week ago
This article says more about its authors than about the people listed. Idolizing any human being is a great way of being disappointed.
Graham_Illegal 1 week 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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