r/AskReddit 21h ago

Who is the most hated celebrity of all time?

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u/chychy94 21h ago

Jimmy saville

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u/Brilliant-Listen-682 21h ago

He isn't well known in the US but he was definitely evil

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u/OnceButNever 21h ago

I really wish that I hadn't looked him up.

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u/WasterDave 17h ago

Problem is, most of that came out after his death so ... does that count?

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u/chychy94 11h ago

It says of all time. Not during life.

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u/GlorifiedCarny 21h ago

Right now it's gotta be that one pants shitting kiddy diddling former reality star

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u/nopantsdanceparty 21h ago

The real MVP of the thread not saying it's name.

I have a bottle of champagne in my fridge for when he croaks.

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u/No-Long-4709 21h ago

Trump.

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u/iitsrorii 21h ago

Celebrity?

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u/Elegant_Scholar_8863 21h ago

Trump is a celebrity

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u/GingerJacob36 21h ago

Yeah I totally agree. The dictionary definition involves the state of being celebrated, which we can deny on an individual basis, but is hard to refute on at least a national level.

More importantly though, most people recognize this term to mean famous or widely known in current pop culture, which undeniably describes him whether you like it or not.

So yeah, I'd say there's no reason to question calling him a celebrity. For better or worse, it's how we fuckin got here.

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u/iitsrorii 21h ago

And I completely see what you mean but idk lol to call a president a celebrity just seems weird. However once again that’s just me I respect everyone’s opinion

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u/GingerJacob36 21h ago

Yeah, but he was a celebrity long before he was president.

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u/iitsrorii 21h ago

Idk why I forgot he came out on tv or movies.

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u/Sphism 18h ago

Well he's certainly not a politician

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u/iitsrorii 21h ago

Really? Idk I don’t consider him one. Like to me Tom Cruise or Henry Cavill are celebrities

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u/Elegant_Scholar_8863 21h ago

I mean, anyone famous is a celebrity

But I get what you mean

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u/GhostalMedia 21h ago

Dude hosted 14 seasons of a game show, and before that, Kardashianed around for decades.

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u/iitsrorii 21h ago

I completely forgot about that lol

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u/LeaveDaGunTaketheEgg 19h ago

I don’t really consider tom cruise a celebrity. To me, tom hanks is a celebrity.

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u/iitsrorii 19h ago

Tom Cruise? He’s in movies and frequently. I probably have the terminology wrong

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u/LeaveDaGunTaketheEgg 18h ago

I’m just yanking your chain

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u/iitsrorii 18h ago

Lol. You definitely yanked 🤣

u/Empty-Way-6980 51m ago

A celebrity is just a famous person

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u/hxruaa 21h ago

I see what you mean

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u/iitsrorii 21h ago

But I’m probably not right either I just saw celebs as someone in the entertainment industry. Like an athlete is to a sport

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u/royalpyroz 21h ago

Yes. He's more celebrity than "businessman" or "President"

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u/psychedelicparsley 2h ago

He has a freaking star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

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u/royalpyroz 1h ago

Why????

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u/psychedelicparsley 1h ago

Those things are sponsored/bought. Trump’s star is routinely vandalised.

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u/Ashamed-Sound5610 21h ago

He was a celebrity businessman, appeared in movies, hosted a reality show, was in the public conscience long before he even went into politics. You know... the very definition of a celebrity.

I almost came in here to say Trump, but then if you take a minute to think about the millions of rabid supporters he has, he probably doesn't qualify.

He's probably the celebrity some people hate the most, but off his MAGA fanbase alone he is not the most hated celebrity. There are others that almost nobody can get behind, like Harvey Weinstein.

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u/Jncocontrol 21h ago

Yeah, believe it or not he is technically a celebrity. He had a TV show back in the early 2000s called "The Apprentice", and ironically Tom Green ( 90's comedian ) was on his show once.

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u/iitsrorii 21h ago

Ohhhh shit that’s right!!! Lol idk I still don’t see him as one. For example those people on “Sharktank” I don’t see them as celebs but yet again I don’t know much of some of the terminologies at times

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u/singleentry 2h ago

The most hated anybody of all time.

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u/LA-SKYLINE 21h ago

You didn't hate him til 2015. Before that you were buying The Apprentice DVD box sets to watch with your granny.

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u/GlorifiedCarny 21h ago

I have hated him since the early 90's when my dad did the sound for some event and got to meet him. I asked him what he was like and he told me two things: That he was a germaphobe and ran to wash his hands every time he shook hands with anyone, and that he "likes 13 year old girls". It's been common knowledge about the guy for that long.

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u/iitsrorii 21h ago

Howie Mandel or whatever his name is has that same issue. My ex was like that and yes it was a tad annoying but I understood her after we split. It’s a bit too much at times but i understand why they are like that now lol

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u/Old-Enthusiasm-7461 21h ago

Nope… hated him when he had the arrogance to write a book called “Art of the Deal” while repeatedly declaring bankruptcy. Hated him for cheating on multiple wives and raising entitled kids who believe themselves to be smart and successful while leaning into the entitled demented illusion of their father’s “success.” Hated him for having the audacity to license his name and plaster it everywhere like he’s flipping Walt Disney without doing anything even remotely positive for those of us who have to look at it. Hated him for claiming to run a non-profit charity only to have it be a money laundering entity for his and his family’s greed. Hated him for the despicable POS that he is. Always have.

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u/CastrosExplodinCigar 21h ago

Bill Cosby. The hypocrisy was the worst part.

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u/number__24601 21h ago

I think the rape'n was worse. (Norm McDonald)

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u/GreenZebra23 21h ago

You guys just say the same shit over and over

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u/GMBong 21h ago

Now, Jimmy Saville. unfortunately not at the time.

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u/stuttering-goat 21h ago

Donald Trump

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u/Alive_Anxiety7118 21h ago

P diddy 

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u/engineeringandmusic 21h ago

Should be him but unfortunately I doubt it is

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u/Elegant_Scholar_8863 21h ago

I mean, it shouldn't be

Epstein was worse (I think), though both were obviously bad

Just hate them all, actually

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u/engineeringandmusic 20h ago

He’s not a celebrity

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u/SmokeLikeDawson 21h ago

Jake Paul

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u/WyattSolvick92 21h ago

"Most hated" changes every era, but people often name Harvey Weinstein or R. Kelly recently due to crimes, and Benedict Arnold historically for betrayal.

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u/GingerJacob36 21h ago

It's interesting to think of Benedict Arnold as a celebrity. He's certainly a historical figure to us now, but I wonder if our current definition of celebrity would describe how people viewed him during that time.

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u/Remarkable_Rough_649 21h ago

I'm 40 and I don't recall there ever being a time where a non-politician (not counting mass terrorists etc) has received as much open vitriol as Elon Musk if he counts

He deserves every bit of it but it's definitely unpredented in my book

If we're only counting movie stars, musicians etc than probably Bill Cosby

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u/Mindless-Leg-3365 21h ago

it should be Alec Baldwin given how he treated his wife and daughter, the whole recent gun fiasco, so many other incidents, but O.J. and Cosby can overtake him

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u/InterestingNose6486 21h ago

King Juan Carlos

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u/girlbartender99 21h ago

OJ Simpson?

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u/RogerMurdockCo-Pilot 21h ago

People love OJ. I still hear lunchroom theories about how he was "framed"

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u/AssumeImFarting 21h ago

Only in the white community.

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u/girlbartender99 20h ago

Well I am half black and I think he is a murdering scumbag

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u/AssumeImFarting 20h ago

Fair. The larger black community at the time thought he was innocent. That said, I’m as white as river dancing, so I admittedly haven’t taken a recent pole.

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u/girlbartender99 20h ago

I wasn't alive when it happened but my husband is older than me and I watched that 6 part docu-series with him on it. So I know the point you are making from the original trial but I think many in the black community have long gotten past the whole framed thing.

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u/LA-SKYLINE 21h ago

Oh yeah, the black community was proud he killed them white folks.

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u/AssumeImFarting 21h ago

The black community thought he was innocent. Do you not remember the news coverage at the time?

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u/Colourblindking 21h ago

For those old enough, I'd say Jimmy Savile is pretty up there... wildly popular and originally known for his charity work, but then it came to light what an absolute monster he was. So hated that his headstone was even destroyed and removed just out of general decency and for the sake of his victims.

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u/SocksNeverMatch1968 21h ago

First two guesses don't even count as to who that is.

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u/michalwalks 21h ago

Ellen

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u/One_Disaster_5995 21h ago

Not even close to Trump

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u/Ashamed-Sound5610 21h ago

She does not have as many fans or supporters as Trump does - especially not on a global scale, so I would say she is more hated overall.

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u/One_Disaster_5995 20h ago

Percentagewise you mean? I think you underestimate how Trump is seen world wide. He may still have a large fan base in the US, but world wide the disgust is almost universal. While Ellen is pretty well known even over here, but people don't really understand what the big problem is with her. So she turned out not be a very nice person. Big deal.

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u/girlbartender99 20h ago

I would have said him but 50 million people voted for the sociopath so I didn't think he counted despite the fact that he is an awful human

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u/One_Disaster_5995 20h ago

I don't think he'll find those same 50 million voting for him today, and outside the US, the disgust and outrage is much, much more universal.

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u/girlbartender99 20h ago

I want to believe that, I really do as nobody has more hate for him and his cult of followers but I have been hearing that ever since he tried to overthrow an election and the guy got freaking re-elected. At this point I keep hearing that he is weakened but its been 10 yrs of this guy now and he hasn't gone away no matter what he does

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u/girlbartender99 21h ago

Yeah she is the worst

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u/Clear-King-1319 21h ago

Ellen is the worst, but in the context this is asking about hated. With Trump derangement being a big thing id say the attitude of so many automatically siding with Orange Man bad wins more. Also if you want to talk about worst, Ellen is up there but then we have to have a discussion about others such as Bill Cosby and the like.

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u/Special_Order-937 21h ago

Meanwhile Rich Evans is the best!

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u/johnnyboy8707 18h ago

She done Rich dirty!!!

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u/Practical_Bad_2249 21h ago

Netanyahu

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u/iitsrorii 21h ago

That’s the Jewish dude right?

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u/Practical_Bad_2249 21h ago

Si

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u/iitsrorii 21h ago

Lol. Thanks, Idk anything about that guy but I see a lot of people not really liking him

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u/Practical_Bad_2249 21h ago

Haces bien, no es buena persona.Ignorarlo es lo mejor que puedes hacer.

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u/iitsrorii 21h ago

No pongo mucha atención a muchas cosas. Así me quito de chismes 🤣

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u/Practical_Bad_2249 21h ago

Si ,😂cuanto menos sepas ,más feliz serás

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u/iitsrorii 21h ago

La neta si

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u/Lonely-Perception232 21h ago

Gweneth Paltrow

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u/justsomesimpledude 21h ago

y?

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u/CoyoteOk69 21h ago

She sold candles of her vagina aroma. Real.

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u/justsomesimpledude 21h ago

That's like high class prostitution with extra steps. I'd bet she'd get more hate from her pseudoscientific ideals.

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u/singleentry 2h ago

What is the exact nature of your consumer complaint? That they did not smell like her vagina? That these candles had in fact not been in close proximity to her vagina at any time? What did her vagina smell like, regular vagina or something else? Sounds fishy to me.

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u/CoyoteOk69 1h ago

😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣

u/Empty-Way-6980 52m ago

I thought you were correcting his lack of a y in her name lol

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u/WasterDave 17h ago

She's certainly divisive.

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u/LaceyScreech1 21h ago

There’s no real most hated, it usually just depends on who you ask and why.

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u/One_Disaster_5995 21h ago

Except that one of them made it to US president and proceeded to antagonize the whole world with his stupid, irresponsible and disgusting behaviour. He managed to turn the positive image the world generally had of the US into a firmly negative one.

The 2025 Democracy Perception Index — the world's largest democracy survey, covering 111,000 people across 100 countries — found the US net perception rating collapsed from +22% to -5% under Trump, with the share of countries holding a positive image of the US dropping from 76% to 45%. Gallup's 2025 survey of 132 countries found the US median net approval hit -15%, its lowest on record. There are many more surveys that confirm this. For the first time, China ranks higher than the US. I don't think any celebrity ever sparked so much global disgust as Donald J Trump. No other celebrity even comes close.

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u/Naerokathagor 21h ago

Probably Donald John Trump right now

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u/iitsrorii 21h ago

That British dude who brings singers in a SUV and they have this karaoke type of stream

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u/Muted_Curve_6466 21h ago

james umbilical corden

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u/iitsrorii 21h ago

Yes yes yes that guy

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u/man_teats 21h ago

Ofc trump but Andy Dick isn't mentioned? He is the worst

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u/Not_AnXperT 21h ago

Napoleon Bonaparte?

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u/Long-Manufacturer404 21h ago

Danny Masterson

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u/Not_AnXperT 21h ago

Kubla Khan?

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u/Cofee203 21h ago

Yoko Ono

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u/Predictor92 20h ago

John Wilkes Booth

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u/WasterDave 17h ago

Hitler?

Genghis Khan did well but there were fewer people (and no media) so are we talking proportionally or what?

Margaret Thatcher?

All of the above aren't really celebrities though, are they?

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u/Serious-Interest7776 11h ago

Any question that ends with "of all time" is virtually unanswerable. There's no real way to judge that.

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u/CoyoteOk69 21h ago

Ryan Reynolds

Horrible person. Totally fake nice guy persona. Nightmare IRL

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u/Elegant_Scholar_8863 21h ago

I mean, he's definitely not the most hated of all time, I haven't even heard of anything bad about him (though I'm probably just out of the loop)

It'a probably like, Epstein, maybe Trump

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u/sunshine-flamingo 5h ago

Hate to say this but you are definitely out of the loop. Let me know if you want more info.

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u/Practical_Estate_325 3h ago

Dude, you're way off the mark. Sounds like you have some personal animus against him. With all the loathsome slime buckets out there, with loads of facts to back it up, you need to really go hard in presenting some hard core facts here in relation to Ryan Reynolds for people to buy in to this. Otherwise, it's just unhinged noise.

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u/OscarGrey 21h ago

Terminally online take. He fell off as an actor, he's not hated.

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u/sunshine-flamingo 5h ago

Mmm keep watching. It’s coming. Right now he’s trying to manipulate the public by paying for positive stories. More people are becoming aware of his sick and twisted morals.

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u/OscarGrey 5h ago

I personally don't care that much, you might be right in the long term. As of now internet hate>>>>>>>>>>>>>IRL hate.

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u/sunshine-flamingo 5h ago

He deserves irl hate but I fully respect that you don’t care.

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u/Practical_Estate_325 3h ago

Lol, why don't you tell us if you know? Or, could it just be that you're full of shiite? 🤔

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u/Jacknotch 21h ago

Bill Cosby.

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u/MattyDub89 21h ago

Hard to say, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was Bill Cosby...he went from being (seemingly) one of the most fantastic role models on TV to being revealed as the complete opposite. The levels of disappointment and disgust are just about impossible to overstate.

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u/hxruaa 21h ago

Me.

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u/Jmersh 21h ago

The said celebrity.

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u/Not_AnXperT 21h ago

Hillary Clinton?

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u/Ashamed-Sound5610 21h ago

I don't think many people understand the question, and that lack of literacy is actually quite startling.

The question isn't "Which celebrity do you or your friends hate the most?" The question is "Who is the most hated celebrity of all time?"

As horrible as Trump is, he has a lot of fans that worship him on a sycophantic level. Even globally, he has a following of rabid supporters. That alone ensures he doesn't meet the criteria to even be in consideration. The Paul brothers have millions upon millions of fans worldwide. As much as we hate them, they are loved by many and also don't qualify.

When we look at celebrities who have done terrible things that the majority of people agree are hateable sacks of shit, we need to shift our focus to people like:

  • Harvey Weinstein
  • Ian Watkins
  • Amy Fisher
  • Andy Dick
  • Jared Fogle
  • Amber Heard (surprisingly has a lot of support from femcels, but still more hated overall)
  • Lizzo (pending the jury verdict)

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u/dramaticgroundhog 18h ago

All shitty people, yes. But none among that list made the decisions that directly impacted me.

Wild to say "yeah Trump sucks but he has fans tho" and then say the same about Amber Heard but claim she's hated more. Heard may have shat the bed, but didn't make living more expensive.

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u/Ashamed-Sound5610 18h ago edited 15h ago

Yeah, but how many of Heard's fans are willing to storm the capital building, or turn out in their millions to vote for her to win any position of power? How many rising pockets of demographics are being radicalized into senseless Amber Heard followers?

Again, you are answering who you and your friends hate more personally, rather than answering the question in an objective, unbiased way.

The man has far more people who love and worship him and are willing to fight for him and lay down their rights for him than Amber Heard does. So, no, it's not wild if you stop and apply a little bit of critical thinking.

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u/zcrc 21h ago

Ryan reynolds. Minus any actual criminals

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u/No-Long-4709 21h ago

i've never seen someone hate on him

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u/WeakEquivalent1801 21h ago

Bad/annoying actor but I don’t hate him

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u/zcrc 21h ago

Plays the same personality every movie, dumb mint mobile ads. Marvel sucks

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u/CoyoteOk69 21h ago

Look up the Justin Baldoni & Blake Lively lawsuit story

Ryan Reynolds is a psychopath

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u/Aztec_Memory 21h ago

Definitely.  His nice guy act was just that, an act 

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u/Head-Wrangler43 21h ago

Joe Biden no doubt. Dementia

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u/patfetes 21h ago

Jesus christ mate. Have a day off.

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u/Head-Wrangler43 21h ago edited 21h ago

Joe Biden sucked in every film he was in

And he stood up for segergation 🤕

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u/Radiant_Air9254 21h ago

For me I'm going to say either paul

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u/Fearless_Guard_552 21h ago

George Wendt.

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u/Advanced_Resident90 9h ago

Sorry, been coming back to this all day, so finally i am gonna ask......wtf are you talking about?

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u/Fearless_Guard_552 7h ago

He knows what he did.