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What famous people have you lost respect for?

789 replies

FeetupTvon · 06/10/2024 12:59

There are currently quite a few I have lost respect for, who are yours and why??

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PyongyangKipperbang · 06/10/2024 19:47

Dave Grohl, thought he might actually be a decent guy.....ah well.

ClaredeBear · 06/10/2024 19:47

sorrythetruthhurts · 06/10/2024 19:46

David Attenborough

Shocker.

Echobelly · 06/10/2024 19:47

I don't tend to have any respect for most celebs who have done anything likely to cause that in anyone, but I guess for me a big upset and disappointment has been Neil Gaiman. He's trying to act the good guy about abuse allegations by taking his name off projects he's associated with etc, but that doesn't get him off the hook.

sorrythetruthhurts · 06/10/2024 19:47

Tigger1895 · 06/10/2024 19:45

Are you saying the royal family are celebrities?

They are literally among the most famous people in the world, how are they not celebrities?

SabreIsMyFave · 06/10/2024 19:48

@Hunnymonster1

I am a cis woman.
But I have no issues with trans women.

Well I'm not a 'cis' woman. I'm a bloody woman. This 'cis' shite can get in the fooking bin. Stupid, ridiculous, woke shite. Anyone who calls me 'cis' woman will get a short shrift from me, and I would NOT call myself this on any forms I had to fill in.

Pebbles16 · 06/10/2024 19:48

GreekBeaver · 06/10/2024 14:30

Eddie Izzard

That was a blow. I used to love his comedy before he became a caricature of himself

PyongyangKipperbang · 06/10/2024 19:49

Echobelly · 06/10/2024 19:47

I don't tend to have any respect for most celebs who have done anything likely to cause that in anyone, but I guess for me a big upset and disappointment has been Neil Gaiman. He's trying to act the good guy about abuse allegations by taking his name off projects he's associated with etc, but that doesn't get him off the hook.

Edited

totally agree but then he was a egotistical arsehole anyway, so didnt think much of him in the first place. The second series of Good Omens proved where the talent was in his partnership with Terry Pratchett too.

TeenLifeMum · 06/10/2024 19:49

HRTQueen · 06/10/2024 19:17

I am very disappointed in Nick Clegg

i really did believe he was a principled politician

I still think he was. It was a coalition and he was leader of the smaller party so he had to compromise. He got free dinners for primary dc but knew he couldn’t win re uni fees, doesn’t mean he agreed but people forget he wasn’t in charge and didn’t have the power to take over.

Picoloangel · 06/10/2024 19:50

@sorrythetruthhurts
why David Attenborough?!

SabreIsMyFave · 06/10/2024 19:51

Picoloangel · 06/10/2024 19:45

@SabreIsMyFave yup, it’s the equivalent of saying “everyone agrees with me”

Yeah this. It's laughable isn't it? Saying 'ooooh but I have had loads of 'thanks' IS saying 'I am right, and everyone agrees with me.' And they're wrong on both counts.

(And as I said, I reckon most people who say this, haven't got 'loads of thanks' at all!) Grin

!

Picoloangel · 06/10/2024 19:52

@SabreIsMyFave

This is a hill worth dying on.

easylikeasundaymorn · 06/10/2024 19:52

Education1870 · 06/10/2024 18:10

What difference does that make? I am not certain if my abuser is dead or not. It would not make a difference to the trauma I continue to manage in my 40’s. Honestly, how ignorant can you possibly be. The survivors of Jimmy Saville are highly likely to still be managing the trauma. It is a challenge enough knowing my abuser was believed on a small scale. I cannot imagine what is like to have your abuser considered a saint by general public. I have not forgotten all the nasty comments about the survivors when the news started filtering though the mainstream news. I shall not be forgetting those who jumped on the bandwagon to mutilate and manipulate innocent children especially those children and young people in Care and with SEND. They are as guilty, if not more so than the TRAs, Medics and other professionals. They are child abuse apologists.

um...I think @PeggyMitchellsCameo was just querying why you referred to Saville as "is" rather than "was", not disputing any of the awful things he did, or the effect on his victims....

samanthablues · 06/10/2024 19:53

Johnny Rotten. His pro-Brexit and anti immigration rants is making him sound like Nigel Farage, specially considering he's an immigrant himself! (has been living in the US for decades), I despise people with double standards. Moron.

SabreIsMyFave · 06/10/2024 19:54

Picoloangel · 06/10/2024 19:52

@SabreIsMyFave

This is a hill worth dying on.

Yup!

LoobyLou73 · 06/10/2024 19:58

MadeleineMummy · 06/10/2024 19:27

I think Trans women should be allowed to self identify as a female and any age as biology is relative. If a 35 year old non-transitioned trans woman who self identifies as a 14 year old girl wants to fight my daughter in a boxing ring then I feel that only the bigots would consider this unfair. Likewise if my daughter wants to self identify a a 60 year old male and wants to fight Mike Tyson, then I think she should be allowed even though the bigots would think she would get brain damage from the encounter. Trans rights are human rights, they are not male rights.

😂😂😂

Education1870 · 06/10/2024 19:58

easylikeasundaymorn · 06/10/2024 19:52

um...I think @PeggyMitchellsCameo was just querying why you referred to Saville as "is" rather than "was", not disputing any of the awful things he did, or the effect on his victims....

I did make the original comment regarding Jimmy Saville abhorrent acts. I am annoyed by the comment that Jimmy Saville is dead. Made by @PeggyMitchellsCameo, It reads as being very disrespectful, dismissive and disregarding of the survivors.

Education1870 · 06/10/2024 19:59

Education1870 · 06/10/2024 19:58

I did make the original comment regarding Jimmy Saville abhorrent acts. I am annoyed by the comment that Jimmy Saville is dead. Made by @PeggyMitchellsCameo, It reads as being very disrespectful, dismissive and disregarding of the survivors.

Meant to type “I did not”

AllstarFacilier · 06/10/2024 19:59

JK Rowling, turned into a horrible old troll.

Bbomb · 06/10/2024 20:05

HeeseChamwich · 06/10/2024 13:05

David Tennant. I've always loved basically anything he's in (apart from Dr Who) and always thought he seemed like a decent bloke. His stance on women's rights put me right off. Twat.

I love David Tennant, what has he said? I tried to look into it but couldn't really find much about him

TWETMIRF · 06/10/2024 20:06

AllstarFacilier · 06/10/2024 19:59

JK Rowling, turned into a horrible old troll.

I know, fancy her self funding a new rape crisis centre to provide help for more people without taking away funding from existing places. Bitch

Fescue · 06/10/2024 20:06

sorrythetruthhurts · 06/10/2024 19:46

David Attenborough

Only half an answer. You have not said why.

Retiredfromthere · 06/10/2024 20:08

AllstarFacilier · 06/10/2024 19:59

JK Rowling, turned into a horrible old troll.

JKR? The one who has stood up for women and girls in the face of huge and unreasonable abuse? Donated hugely to charity. Set up a rape crisis centre that was women-centred? Challenged bad laws?

Would the world really be a better place if she did not speak out? (I assume that is what you mean by trolling?)

Plopcandle · 06/10/2024 20:09

JK Rowling. Can’t think of anything more pathetic than her sitting alone and trolling twitter constantly, just because she hates trans people so much- what a loser

SabreIsMyFave · 06/10/2024 20:09

TWETMIRF · 06/10/2024 20:06

I know, fancy her self funding a new rape crisis centre to provide help for more people without taking away funding from existing places. Bitch

Shock

😆

SabreIsMyFave · 06/10/2024 20:11

Plopcandle · 06/10/2024 20:09

JK Rowling. Can’t think of anything more pathetic than her sitting alone and trolling twitter constantly, just because she hates trans people so much- what a loser

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