Do some people just automatically say they don’t like anyone in the public eye someone else says they like?

[CurlewKate]

Because it happens a lot on here. Poster 1. “I really like X- she was so funny/clever/sweet/insightful on TV last night! Poster 2. “Oh, she seems so thick and fake to me” Happens EVERY SINGLE TIME!

Yes. And also hobbies, books, films etc other people are into. There is a particular delight in pissing on other people's chips rather than an open minded understanding that people like different things.

Maybe, or perhaps I'm too negative/cynical, but there's very few people in the public eye that I would want to actually know.

is that because there's something specific they've done or because of an assumption of what those kinds of people are like?

there's a difference saying between
"I love Jude Bellingham"
" oh god no, he once literally pissed on my chips"

and
" oh god no, I bet he's a dick cos he's looks stupid"

It really annoys me on threads called "I really like Bob Smith" and a whole load of people come on saying "I hate Bob Smith" "Who's Bob Smith?", etc.

There is no need for people to be critical, they can just think "This thread is not for me" and post somewhere else.

Different if someone is asking what people think of Bob Smith, or what they think of his latest book, etc.

(Same when someone says "I need shoes to go with this dress I bought" and a load of people say "That dress is hideous!" )

Neither really, I just find that it's rare for genuinely decent people to end up in the public eye very often.

Totally! You can be completely minding your own business and have done absolutely nothing wrong at all ever and even be a completely utterly innocent victim and people still say this. Madness.

Does that extend to all realms of “celebrity”?

For example, as the commonwealth games is on at the moment, do you think that a successful swimmer (or cyclist or runner etc) who is in the public eye because they win an Olympic gold is less likely to be decent than someone who is not in the public eye?

It takes all sorts to make the world go round, and some people will dislike someone as much as other people like them.

On the other hand, some people like to be deliberately confrontational and contrary, and will argue that black was white just for the hell of it.

I noticed with a couple of guys who recently died, Dermot Murnaghan and Kevin Keegan, nobody has a bad word to say about either of them.

@Supersleepysheepy we only see a small snippet into celebrities lives, so I feel it is impossible to know if they generally decent people. The media often takes quotes out of context or twists what celebrities say, so it can be difficult to know what they’re really like as people and whether they’re genuinely decent.

I would consider them public figures rather than celebrities? I feel the word celebrity has completely different implications. Just my own personal opinion.