People you admired but now you don't

something daft already!! · 12 Feb 2019 at 16:18

Beasty said:
Yeah Lance Armstrong, Rolf Harris a bit too.

Junglist · 12 Feb 2019 at 16:21

SkodaMart said:
The most obvious one is Rolf Harris as previously said.

Yeah, Bloody rolf. Brings shame to me that i share the same initials and last name as him.

Getting home from school and watching Animal Hospital was my childhood. Then he turns out to be a nonce. Boo.

SexyGreyFox · 12 Feb 2019 at 19:10

I lost a lot of respect for my football hero George Best when he decided to trash another liver.

Thecaferacer · 12 Feb 2019 at 19:52

I never really admired anyone famous and treated everyone with equal cynicism and disdain. It's the ones who have surprised me that I now have more respect for.

I visited Graceland not so long ago and found out Elvis gave away cast amounts of cash to anyone who wrote to him needing a helping hand.

bazzabear · 12 Feb 2019 at 19:56

SexyGreyFox said:
I'll give two examples:

1) I've always admired Leonardo De Vinci and even have a t-shirt but around a month ago my world was shattered (dramatic music). I watched a documentary which showed he plagiarised everybody else's ideas but just put a sprinkle on top. He did cut bodies up for the anatomy and obviously painted the Mona Lisa but I feel let down by the cheat.

I totally misread that as Di Caprio, and was extremely confused for a moment until I got to the Mona Lisa.

JBod · 15 Feb 2019 at 00:55

Roland Butter said:
Jezza Clarkson, up to the point he punched a guy because he didn't get the correct food order, the BBC was right to ditch him, and shame on
ITV for employing him.

Would that violence had the same TV career ruining cachet as boob cupping and jailbait lechery .

I am not being an apologist for someone else violence. However I have wanted to punch many a Producer and I guarantee there is a lot more going on there than what was reported.

Yadda · 15 Feb 2019 at 01:10

I think Clarkson's a **** for what he did but on the other hand, he also smacked Piers Morgan in the face so y'know, swings and roundabouts.

SexyGreyFox · 15 Feb 2019 at 09:25

JBod said:
I am not being an apologist for someone else violence. However I have wanted to punch many a Producer and I guarantee there is a lot more going on there than what was reported.

Same thoughts here and the gullible public took it in

Roland Butter · 15 Feb 2019 at 12:34

JBod said:
I am not being an apologist for someone else violence. However I have wanted to punch many a Producer and I guarantee there is a lot more going on there than what was reported.

You've surely lost any respect if you resort to neanderthal thuggery, tv producers, Piers Morgan, it doesn't matter.

Ayahuasca · 15 Feb 2019 at 12:39

Jezza is quite clearly a nob and isn't afraid to hide it either, even before punching that producer.

Scam · 15 Feb 2019 at 12:53

JBod said:
However I have wanted to punch many a Producer and I guarantee there is a lot more going on there than what was reported.

Definitely. Joe public know what a lout Clarkson is because they see it on their screens. I guarantee if they could see how most producers act (especially *spit* TV producers) they'd be signing a petition to have Clarkson reinstated at the BBC quicker than you could cook the aforementioned steak.

Destination · 15 Feb 2019 at 19:22

Yadda said:
I think Clarkson's a **** for what he did but on the other hand, he also smacked Piers Morgan in the face so y'know, swings and roundabouts.

Clarkson hit Piers Morgan in the face?
Did he? Mightn't be total tool then.

wolfie138 · 3 Feb 2020 at 17:42

IvanDobskey said:
Johnny Depp

Can't say I ever really admired him, but never realised what an utter **** he was until the whole Amber Heard debacle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=253&v=aca0KWoHtqQ&feature=emb_logo

malccy · 3 Feb 2020 at 18:59

I think the only people I really admire and have always loved are Groucho Marx and Sir David Attenborough. Neither luckily have done anything or come out as doing anything that has tarnished my opinion.

"I never forget a face; but for you i'll make an exception" Groucho Marx - Genius.

Nasher · 3 Feb 2020 at 19:03

Rolf Harris has got to be one lol. He always seemed like such a nice guy. Never had any rants or bad press, did loads of charity work etc. He went from the top right to the bottom over night.

With Clarkson... you kinda know what you're getting with him. He isn't the first drunk guy to punch someone and it rarely ever happens without provocation. He isn't an entitled dick like many celebrities.

Em3bbs · 3 Feb 2020 at 19:16

Nasher said:
Rolf Harris has got to be one lol. He always seemed like such a nice guy. Never had any rants or bad press, did loads of charity work etc. He went from the top right to the bottom over night.

Maybe some people *did* know :eek:

Nasher · 3 Feb 2020 at 19:19

Mr Bean was in on it :eek:

stockhausen · 3 Feb 2020 at 19:23

Nasher said:
. . .
With Clarkson... you kinda know what you're getting with him. He isn't an entitled dick to people off-screen like many celebrities. He isn't the first drunk guy to punch someone and it rarely ever happens without provocation.

Is that the same arrogant Clarkson who launched into a half-hour expletive laden rant at his Producer because Clarkson couldn't get a hot meal after he and his pals staggered back from the pub?

Nasher · 3 Feb 2020 at 20:42

stockhausen said:
Is that the same arrogant Clarkson who launched into a half-hour expletive laden rant at his Producer because Clarkson couldn't get a hot meal after he and his pals staggered back from the pub?

We didn't really get to hear his side of what happened though. The fact people still want to work with him says more happened than we were told about.

[FnG]magnolia · 3 Feb 2020 at 20:56

Nasher said:
Rolf Harris ... went from the top right to the bottom over night.

Welp.

People you admired but now you don't

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