Celebrities you have an irrational hatred for

[Zuul]

Or maybe it's rational. Doesn't matter. This is somebody you've never met in your life and yet you loathe that person like he kicked your mama.

Mine would be Mickey Rooney. Yes, that's right, I hate a five foot tall, 89 year old man and I am not ashamed to admit it. He's just always rubbed me the wrong way. There's something nasty and mean about him whenever I see him. I know he's now a born again Christian and has renounced his earlier indiscretions--like doing drugs and having seven failed marriages--but he still just irritates the hell out of me and always has.

[The Original An Gadaí]

Yeah but he was good in Young Edison.

[Oliveloaf]

Tom Cruise.

I hate this bastard with a fury usually reserved for folks who give up the right-of-way in heavy traffic.

[Zuul]

Tom Cruise.

I hate this bastard with a fury usually reserved for folks who give up the right-of-way in heavy traffic.

Oh, Tom Cruise is a good one. Now that he's shown himself to be a complete nutcase, it's kind of hard to remember when everybody loved him. I'll admit here, though: when I was a kid I did have a crush on Tom Cruise. Then, I started to learn about Scientology and his interviews got weirder and weirder and more and more off-putting.

And then there came the couch jumping and lashing out at Brooke friggin' Shields and all the various insanity that followed.

Now I just feel kind of dirty for thinking he was cute.

[Taumpy]

Does Glenn Beck count as a celebrity? I don't think that one's exactly irrational, though.

Irrational? Ben Affleck. I should like him for no other reason than he's a Sox fan from Boston. But the guy comes off as an arrogant douche.

[Zuul]

Glenn Beck is enough of a publicity hound that I'd count him. But, yeah, that one isn't entirely irrational.

Ben Affleck reminds me of another of my hatreds: Matt Dillon. Look, I enjoy the movies I've seen him in. He seems to be a good actor. But I look at his face and I think, "If I walked out of the room for ten minutes I'd come back and he'd be fucking one of my family members. And probably infecting them with a disease."

[Cluricaun]

Cris Collinsworth. I want to punch him in the face with all of my might. He's just a slime coated smarmy douche bag. I hated him the first time that I ever saw him on TV, instantly. He could have been raising money for the Blow Jobs for Cluricaun Benevolent Fund and I still would have hit him with my car.

[OtakuLoki]

Angelina Jolie - the whole buying a black market baby in Thailand with the help of a corrupt adoption lawyer, and her coterie in the US State dept there, then using her authority as the UN ambassador for adoption to say that all other adoptions in Thailand are fucked, but mine is good, so it can go on.

Either she's a brain dead idiot, and thought that paying something like 3-5 times the normal rates for international adoptions is normal - or she was a willing gull, which I could understand if she didn't help to fuck anyone else trying to get their kids out of Thailand at the same time.

[Taumpy]

Also, Will Ferrel. And Jimmy Fallon. And that jerk that had his own show on TBS that did GWB on MadTV who's name I can't remember. AND DANE COOK. God, those assholes are the opposite of funny. I hate them so much.

[Zuul]

Angelina Jolie is an interesting case. She went from being the creepy-yet-strangely-hot weirdo who married Billy Bob and made out with her brother to being some sort of mother goddess.

[Zuul]

Also, Will Ferrel. And Jimmy Fallon. And that jerk that had his own show on TBS that did GWB on MadTV who's name I can't remember. AND DANE COOK. God, those assholes are the opposite of funny. I hate them so much.

I'd missed this when I was responding to Loki.

DANE COOK. Gah. I hate that douche. Not funny, not attractive no matter how many times the media tries to convince me otherwise, and every single character he plays is the same smarmy creep.

[Myglaren]

Tom Jones.

[ivan astikov]

Mick Jagger. I wouldn't be surprised if his own children think he is a twat, too.

[Revs]

Michelle Rodriguez. This stupid bitch has never been a good movie and is always the exact same character. Fuck her, I hope she gets in a real life plane crash. And no tail section will save her this time around.

[Orual]

I feel like my hatred for Tom Cruise is completely sane and rational.

My bone-deep, virulent loathing for Tom Hanks, however, comes out of nowhere and makes no sense, even to me.

[OneCentStamp]

Megan Fox.

[Zuul]

Megan Fox.

I'm kind of surprised by this one. I'd think her good looks and alleged bisexuality would make her quite beloved. She does come across like an unlikable moron in interviews, though.

[OneCentStamp]

I'm kind of surprised by this one. I'd think her good looks and alleged bisexuality would make her quite beloved. She does come across like an unlikable moron in interviews, though.

I tend to bristle at being force-fed, and I can't help the feeling that, as a male between 20-40, I'm having Megan Fox shoved down my metaphorical throat. I don't even think she's that amazingly hot; she's just another Maxim ad to me.

[vison]

Jimi Hendrix. David (: puke: ) Caruso.

[eleanorigby]

There are many.

Brad Pitt--he's not cute, he can't act and he has horrible taste in women (both of them)

Leonardo DiCaprio--there is something wrong with his face.

I feel my loathing of CarrotTop is completely sane, so he's out.

Mel Gibson--not so much hatred as deep contempt, and this prior to his drunken Nazi rant.

Frank Sinatra.

Barney the Dinosaur

Bozo the clown-I hate all clowns.

I'm sure there are women, but I can't think of them at present.

[Zuul]

Brad Pitt--he's not cute, he can't act and he has horrible taste in women (both of them)

Oh no, I think Brad Pitt's bad taste in women extends far beyond the last contentious two. Gwyneth Paltrow is probably the best he ever had, and I'm hardly a fan of hers. That one crazy one he had before all of them, though, Juliette Lewis?

Ugh.

How I loathe that woman.

[Cluricaun]

I'll through out Jim Morrison, even though it's pretty rational. He couldn't sing, his poetry is horrible, all he ever really had going for him was that he was handsome, which even that he managed to ruin. Zero substance + head shop hero worship makes him rather contemptable as a celibrity.

[Oliveloaf]

Bobby Flay.

Useless, egotistical, and inarticulate. Can't stand the bastard.

[Cluricaun]

Bobby Flay.

Useless, egotistical, and inarticulate. Can't stand the bastard.

Oh hell yes. I can't stand him either. Tyler Florence either. They both have some excellent recipies but they're massive tools.

[Zuul]

I don't know how irrational this one is, but I really, really hate Whoopi Goldberg. Every single time she opens her mouth, she's spouting off something idiotic and offensive. She's very near the top of my list of "famous people that I would smack upside the head."

[jali]

Zuul, I can't stand Mickey Rooney either.

I hate the father from Eight is Enough. Ugh! I won't even look up his name, because I don't want to see his face.

I don't like Jerry Lewis.

Woody Allen annoys the hell outta me.

I couldn't stand Sammy Davis, Jr. I didn't see the greatness.

[OneCentStamp]

I don't know how irrational this one is, but I really, really hate Whoopi Goldberg. Every single time she opens her mouth, she's spouting off something idiotic and offensive. She's very near the top of my list of "famous people that I would smack upside the head."

This is the opposite of irrational. The good news, though, is that if you ran over Whoopi Goldberg with your car, she would find some reason that you shouldn't be punished for it.

[Sarahfeena]

This is the opposite of irrational. The good news, though, is that if you ran over Whoopi Goldberg with your car, she would find some reason that you shouldn't be punished for it.

Hmmm...I think the jury's out on that one. I think that if you ran someone else over with your car, Whoopi would surely go to bat for your exoneration. Whether or not she would do the same if you ran her over is an open question.

(I'm not calling her a hypocrite necessarily, just...that it's an open question.)

[Exy]

There's something about Michael Douglas's face that makes me feel disgusted nearly to the point of nausea.


gaaaah

It's true of young Michael Douglas as well:


Ugh I would want to punch him in the face but I'd feel contaminated by his grossness if I did.

[Cluricaun]

In the young Michael Douglas picture he looks like he combed his hair with one of those spinning shoe shine machines you see in your grandpa's office and Las Vegas mens rooms.

[Clothahump]

Well, for a start...

Richard Gere
Barbra Streisand
Bill Maher
Rosie O'Donnell
Alec Baldwin

Nothing irrational about the list. They're a pack of barking mad idiots.

[Zuul]

I can attest to the unlikability of all of those but Gere, only because I'm unfamiliar with his barking mad idiocy.

What's he done?

[Exy]

I can attest to the unlikability of all of those but Gere, only because I'm unfamiliar with his barking mad idiocy.

What's he done?

He has incorrect political views.

[Zuul]

Ah. Well, if it's about politics it can go in the Crucible. Let's stick to shallow stuff in this thread.

Like Allyson Hannigan's voice irritates me. There! I said it!

[eleanorigby]

Oh no, I think Brad Pitt's bad taste in women extends far beyond the last contentious two. Gwyneth Paltrow is probably the best he ever had, and I'm hardly a fan of hers. That one crazy one he had before all of them, though, Juliette Lewis?

Ugh.

How I loathe that woman.

I hadn't followed him back that far. I still say he is Robert Redford's illegitimate child by perhaps an alien from Area 51.


Mary Kate and Ashley, but again, that may well be a sign of mental health.

I was always repulsed by Mickey Rooney as well. Perhaps not so much in his "let's put a show on in the barn!" days, but when (as a kid) I would see him on Dick Cavett or Merv Griffin etc--he was just icky.

[Exy]

Did y'all see Snatch? Seriously, I don't think Brad Pitt's all that good looking but how can you say he's not a good actor after Snatch? He was fucking awesome in that.

[Feirefiz]

I tried but I couldn't think of an internationally famous example. That's interesting. The reason might be that foreign celebrities aren't shoved into your face at every opportunity like domestic ones. I could make a list of people nobody has ever heard about.

[eleanorigby]

Did y'all see Snatch? Seriously, I don't think Brad Pitt's all that good looking but how can you say he's not a good actor after Snatch? He was fucking awesome in that.

This is not about anything so deep as acting. I base my hatred on looks and tabloid headlines in the checkout line alone. It's not like I have to KNOW something about someone to hate them. Jeesh!

[Marsilia]

Larisa Oleynik from 10 Things I Hate About You and "The Secret World of Alex Mack." I hate her purely because I roleplay on a chat site and people have used her likeness for annoying characters.

[Revs]

I tried but I couldn't think of an internationally famous example. That's interesting. The reason might be that foreign celebrities aren't shoved into your face at every opportunity like domestic ones. I could make a list of people nobody has ever heard about.

you could always spout off some Franka Potente hate, she's pretty well known over here.

[Exy]

you could always spout off some Franka Potente hate, she's pretty well known over here.

:: cracks knuckles ::
Them's fightin' words, Reverend. Your collar won't protect you from everyone.

[Hatshepsut]

I am astonished at how closely the list above mirrors my own prejudices. First and foremost, I think Mick Jagger is probably the most pestilential human being alive today. He radiates an aura of self-centered entitlement assholery equaled by none. Mickey Rooney also comes across as an unmitigated jerk. I bet he doesn't have any listening skills whatsoever.

Tom Cruise and Michael Douglas? I don't really hate them, but they both rub me the wrong way.

Jerry Lewis is an evil man. How do I know this? His performance in the movie The King of Comedy is pure spite. His character bristles with hatred for Sandra Bernhard's character - it doesn't feel like an act at all, it feels like Jerry Lewis hates Sandra Bernhard (and apparently, he does).

I have no idea who Cris Collinsworth even is, but after seeing that photo, I volunteer to hold him down while Cluricaun hurts him.


So the only new name I can add is Meg Ryan. She doesn't come across as mean-spirited, but she does come across as shallow (or she used to ... I gather she has smartened up her image in recent years, but I can't be bothered to pay attention to that). A few years ago - okay, probably 10 or 20 years ago - Time Magazine did a feature on either her or Tom Hanks, I forget which. Included in the piece was a series of e-mails between the two, reprinted verbatim. Essentially it boiled down to Meg merrily blathering on like an emotionally stunted 17 year old, and Tom humoring her with such grace and intelligence it made me hurt for him.

[The Original An Gadaí]

This cock!

[Zuul]

Oh, An Gadaí. There's nothing irrational about hating that obnoxious moron.

[eleanorigby]

Who is that when he's at home?

And I second Meg Ryan--I don't deeply hate her, I just can't stand her. I used to like her, but then she made one too many movies. She always plays the same character (to be fair, I have not seen her in the film where she portrays an alcoholic). The last one, Kate and Leopold, cemented my dislike.


Julia Roberts. Oh, she's pretty enough, but I don't think they come more self-centered, unless they're Cindy Crawford, who said on Oprah that one of the reasons she divorced whoever she divorced (Richard Gere? this is years ago) was because he brought her coffee in the mornings in bed and she drank tea....


Let's add Oprah to the list. But don't tell. It's my Secret!

And re Jerry Lewis, yes, yes, yes. This is a man who made a career out of making fun of the handicapped, only to start whoring himself out every year for MSA. I once read a New Yorker piece on him (Profiles)--this is an intensely dislikable man. If I had been Dino, I would have run far and fast.

[Zuul]

Who is that when he's at home?

Russel Brand. There is so much obnoxious about that man in every way possible, but I think his description of himself as "an S&M Willy Wonka" really gives you a feel for his repugnance.

[eleanorigby]

Russel Brand. There is so much obnoxious about that man in every way possible, but I think his description of himself as "an S&M Willy Wonka" really gives you a feel for his repugnance.

I am not at all sure just what an S&M Willy Wonka would be--does he tease you with Everlasting Gobstoppers? Make chocolate bars out of carob? Sell aluminum Golden Tickets?


Other celebs I can't stand:

Maury Povich
The black dude with the talk show, can't recall his name. He's bald.
Jerry Springer
ALL of the judge shows and their "judges". So much for respect for the judicial branch.
Geraldo--the mustache alone is a crime against humanity.

[Exy]

Russel Brand. There is so much obnoxious about that man in every way possible, but I think his description of himself as "an S&M Willy Wonka" really gives you a feel for his repugnance.

Everyone who has heard of Russell Brand hates that fuck. Delete An Gadai's post, because there's nothing at all irrational about hating that worthless cunt.

TV "bad boy" Russell Brand is in many ways similar to music "bad boy" Pete Doherty. Firstly, he's a cunt. Secondly, he's a cunt. He also has a "bad boy" image based in large part on his heroin abuse, and he's a self-promoting twat.

. . .

Russell 'cunt' Brand was born a cunt on the 4th June 1975. That means that as of the date of this writeup, he's been a cunt for over 31 years.

That pretty much summarizes him. I couldn't even stand his cameo in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. God damn, what a cunt.

[Hatshepsut]

Everyone who has heard of Russell Brand hates that fuck. Delete An Gadai's post, because there's nothing at all irrational about hating that worthless cunt.



That pretty much summarizes him. I couldn't even stand his cameo in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. God damn, what a cunt.

So what are you trying to say here? That it might pose a problem if Russell Brand joined the SDMB?

[eleanorigby]

Usually I am somewhat chagrined at my lack of pop culture knowledge, but I actually feel proud of still not knowing WTF Russell Brand is.

I also don't much care. He looks like a gay man trying too hard or a straight man trying to yank your chain (your being anyone's).

Russell is not a name that lends itself to badness, anyway. Brand: FAIL.


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