People you admired but now you don't

SexyGreyFox · 9 Feb 2019 at 17:51

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.

2) Houdini. Just watched a series showing his greatest tricks and it was 'meh'. I admire the sleight of hand and his brain to work things out but still 'meh'. His water torture trick took about 30 seconds to get out of and then he sat behind backstage for an hour.

My mate for example had a collection of George Best memorabilia but binned it all when George destroyed the new liver that was donated to him.

So any examples or convince me Leonardo and Houdini should still have my admiration.

SexyGreyFox · 9 Feb 2019 at 18:27

chroniclard said:
Jimmy saville, Rolf Harris and that bloke from it's a knockout.

I used to go to Gary Glitter gigs in the 70s, great entertainment.

SexyGreyFox · 9 Feb 2019 at 21:07

String said:
A t-shirt, wow.

Bought from the Vatican

and admired is a bit strong, I couldn't think of a word when I was starting the thread.
I meant loved.

SexyGreyFox · 10 Feb 2019 at 10:35

Evangelion said:
What exactly is Leonardo da Vinci alleged to have plagiarised?

Things like the parachute, helicopter, war machines etc all other peoples ideas verified from their manuscripts.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6764348/

SexyGreyFox · 10 Feb 2019 at 13:31

Thekwango said:
Liam Neeson, used to think he was so cool. but what's the point in banging on about having all these special skills and then not being able to find one black fella to kill. #fakeskillz

Especially in the black areas he visited.

SexyGreyFox · 10 Feb 2019 at 13:41

Yas786 said:
On a serious note, don’t really admire anyone famous. My wife I admire tons for how hard she has worked to get where she is now especially in a field which is pretty specialised for her.

I'd really like a Mod to change it to liked because I posted too quick

SexyGreyFox · 10 Feb 2019 at 16:35

robfosters said:
Sadly, I used to admire my dad greatly, until I got older and realised what a selfish, greedy man he actually is, or was.

Same here.
I found things out about mine about 4 years ago and realised I'd been conned since 1986

I've had to promise the family I won't confront him.

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.

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

SexyGreyFox · 6 Feb 2020 at 14:12

RevBillyG said:
Winston Churchill. Not a nice man :/

but he did abolish Road Tax in 1937 which has never returned.

SexyGreyFox · 7 Feb 2020 at 09:48

Belly said:
It is worth mentioning that Gareth Thomas was married to a female, the lady had three miscarriages so no doubt his team mates would have considered him to be heterosexual. I've played a bit or rugby in my past and at the end of the game there is usually communal showers, I think nowadays there are communal ice baths (NOT my bag) and I wouldn't like to think that I'd had communal showers/baths with a guy I thought was heterosexual only to discover that all the time he had been homosexual. He could very well have told his team mates from the outset. I haven't got much else to say on the matter really.

I can't count how many married heterosexual guys I knew with kids who have eventually come out, three of them actually came out to me first and many of them I've shared showers with after a football match - it bothered me not one jot.
Contrary to popular belief gay blokes don't fancy every bloke they see.

SexyGreyFox · 19 Feb 2020 at 18:29

FishPolice said:
Michael Barrymore -I once thought he was quite funny & a genuinely pleasant chap.

So that makes it sound that you think he contributed or knew what happened regarding the pool incident.

Me: I don't know.

SexyGreyFox · 19 Feb 2020 at 21:13

robgmun said:
Sorry to say but for me the shine has come off a little with Sir David Attenborough in the last couple of years when he became a Greta fanboy. I'm putting it down to being so old he's lost his marbles a bit and ignore it.

It's Greta following him.
When she says listen to the experts he is one of them.

SexyGreyFox · 19 Feb 2020 at 22:54

robfosters said:
Attenborough is a legend and I won’t hear a bad word said about him, but is he really an expert in climate change?

He's been making documentaries for decades and going back to the same places (obviously watching films in later life) but I think he's been around many experts for it to rub off.