To uphold their good reputation, most celebrities try to be on their best behavior in the public eye. But while this comes naturally to some, others are suspected of acting very differently behind the scenes.
#1
Dolly Parton. I suspect that she is a better person than we realize.
Grand-Pen7946:
Every couple years there's a new allegation about her anonymously doing something charitable.
Grand-Pen7946:
Every couple years there's a new allegation about her anonymously doing something charitable.
73points
#2
Donald Trump. I don't know what it is, but I don't trust that guy.
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68points
#3
I hated Elon at his height of popularity when Marvel and Star Trek were even glazing him. Everything he does is for government money or to prevent public investment in technology or science.
Also, Christopher Paolini, the author of Eragon only has a career because of early 2000s culture war money and nepotism.
garublador:
Elon has always given me the creeps and all of his overblown promises he makes have never sat right with me. There was a while where it seemed like everyone in tech was dying for a Tesla and wanted to spend ridiculous amounts of money on his garbage. I never understood why so many seemingly smart people fell for it.
Also, Christopher Paolini, the author of Eragon only has a career because of early 2000s culture war money and nepotism.
garublador:
Elon has always given me the creeps and all of his overblown promises he makes have never sat right with me. There was a while where it seemed like everyone in tech was dying for a Tesla and wanted to spend ridiculous amounts of money on his garbage. I never understood why so many seemingly smart people fell for it.
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44points
#4
Tom Cruise. I think he's essentially a broken man, but I can't excuse the massive amount of damage he's done by promoting that cult. I think he's pretty odd with women, too.
I don't know that he's fooling anyone, though. I'm just surprised that people don't seem to really care about the damage he's done. I guess because he's not personally doing most of it, it doesn't hit as hard.
paradoximoron:
I think he’s a secret sociopath who has leveraged his differences into a very successfully career, not unlike the sociopaths who become CEOs. Everyone likes him, but he has no friends.
BrilliantPressure0:
Dead on the money here. Sociopaths who have taught themselves how to display charisma are the truly scary ones.
Also, just noting that in American Psycho, Christian Bale said that he based the performance of Patrick Bateman on Cruise specifically. If I recall, Bale said that he had seen Cruise on a talk show laughing and making nice with the host, but said that he was creeped out that Cruise could smile with his mouth, but not with his eyes.
I don't know that he's fooling anyone, though. I'm just surprised that people don't seem to really care about the damage he's done. I guess because he's not personally doing most of it, it doesn't hit as hard.
paradoximoron:
I think he’s a secret sociopath who has leveraged his differences into a very successfully career, not unlike the sociopaths who become CEOs. Everyone likes him, but he has no friends.
BrilliantPressure0:
Dead on the money here. Sociopaths who have taught themselves how to display charisma are the truly scary ones.
Also, just noting that in American Psycho, Christian Bale said that he based the performance of Patrick Bateman on Cruise specifically. If I recall, Bale said that he had seen Cruise on a talk show laughing and making nice with the host, but said that he was creeped out that Cruise could smile with his mouth, but not with his eyes.
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43points
#5
I dislike Gwenyth Paltrow with so much passion that I’m not even going to spell check her name. I just know I’m not alone in this lol.
Throwrasoberasacobra:
I once read some interview where she says “[she’s] f**king good at her job”
As what? Being a nepo baby? Stealing the role in “Shakespeare in Love” from your friend Winona Ryder? Sucking up to Weinstein and supporting him? Hawking v****a eggs and other useless and stupidly expensive “holistic items”?
Throwrasoberasacobra:
I once read some interview where she says “[she’s] f**king good at her job”
As what? Being a nepo baby? Stealing the role in “Shakespeare in Love” from your friend Winona Ryder? Sucking up to Weinstein and supporting him? Hawking v****a eggs and other useless and stupidly expensive “holistic items”?
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42points
#6
Beyoncé. Sorry.
Professional_Art9704:
The lion king remake bts promo stuff has a hilarilous moment where Donald Glover is asked about working with her, and he is like "Don't know, never met her."
And it emerges in the bts that she recorded all her part in a day or two in a locked off sound stage separate from all the other talent, including her counterpart the romantic lead.
lmao. It shows.
Professional_Art9704:
The lion king remake bts promo stuff has a hilarilous moment where Donald Glover is asked about working with her, and he is like "Don't know, never met her."
And it emerges in the bts that she recorded all her part in a day or two in a locked off sound stage separate from all the other talent, including her counterpart the romantic lead.
lmao. It shows.
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40points
#7
Dr. Oz.
I didn't like the guy 15 years ago, and I still don't.
dawndsquirrel:
The fact that Oprah platformed both Oz and “Dr” Phil is one of the main reasons I am deeply DEEPLY suspicious of anyone and everyone she was ever nice to.
I didn't like the guy 15 years ago, and I still don't.
dawndsquirrel:
The fact that Oprah platformed both Oz and “Dr” Phil is one of the main reasons I am deeply DEEPLY suspicious of anyone and everyone she was ever nice to.
40points
#8
Am I the only one who thinks Taylor Swift is a complete narcissist?
nenny61181:
I cannot stand her. She’s mediocre and her fans are psychotic. So glad someone mentioned her because I’ve been scrolling and was about to post it lol.
nenny61181:
I cannot stand her. She’s mediocre and her fans are psychotic. So glad someone mentioned her because I’ve been scrolling and was about to post it lol.
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40points
#9
Despised Oprah from day one... don't even know why. No reason really at the time, just her eyes don't sit well with me, she's not a good person, and no one can change my guts on the subject.
marycem:
Anyone that had a magazine and had herself on every single cover is too full of themselves for me.
marycem:
Anyone that had a magazine and had herself on every single cover is too full of themselves for me.
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39points
#10
Jennifer Lopez.
Something always felt fake about this woman. Way before the P Diddy allegations came along.
She just seems to me like the type of person to be a sweetheart to you face to face, and then talk 💩 about you behind your back.
NewYorkNY123123:
My friend was a private pilot for her and Marc Anthony years ago. I’ll never forget when he canceled on a night out. He said he was exhausted because JLo kept him up all night. Turns out he wasn’t kidding.
She had insisted the plane be filled with hot pink roses ahead of time. She walked on and right back off, and sat in their limo while her twin toddlers were running around the tarmac. She said the roses were the wrong shade of pink and refused to get back on until it was fixed. So they called every florist they could at 9 p.m. on a weeknight until they had enough roses in the correct color.
One of those florists ended up being a vendor for my wedding. Such a small world!
kembervon:
I don't get this kind of behavior. Even if I cared about the shade of roses on my plane, I can't imagine just sitting in a limo indefinitely instead of just getting on the plane to go where I need to go. I feel like sitting and waiting is worse than not getting the superficial decoration I want.
Something always felt fake about this woman. Way before the P Diddy allegations came along.
She just seems to me like the type of person to be a sweetheart to you face to face, and then talk 💩 about you behind your back.
NewYorkNY123123:
My friend was a private pilot for her and Marc Anthony years ago. I’ll never forget when he canceled on a night out. He said he was exhausted because JLo kept him up all night. Turns out he wasn’t kidding.
She had insisted the plane be filled with hot pink roses ahead of time. She walked on and right back off, and sat in their limo while her twin toddlers were running around the tarmac. She said the roses were the wrong shade of pink and refused to get back on until it was fixed. So they called every florist they could at 9 p.m. on a weeknight until they had enough roses in the correct color.
One of those florists ended up being a vendor for my wedding. Such a small world!
kembervon:
I don't get this kind of behavior. Even if I cared about the shade of roses on my plane, I can't imagine just sitting in a limo indefinitely instead of just getting on the plane to go where I need to go. I feel like sitting and waiting is worse than not getting the superficial decoration I want.
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35points
#11
At this point I find it best not to trust any public figures.
34points
#12
Probably the ones who constantly talk about how “real” or “humble” they are. Truly grounded people don’t need to remind everyone their actions speak for them.
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34points
#14
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend. Super creeps.
Diiiiirty:
Chrissy Tegan did a pro bono celeb endorsement for a women's clinic my wife worked for and they made this huge deal about it. She came into the clinic to film and was cold, didn't spend any time with any of the actual people who work there, and just seemed like she was there simply because her agent put it on her calendar but couldn't get away soon enough.
Maybe it was a bad day for her. Maybe she had a packed schedule. But that always rubbed me wrong.
Diiiiirty:
Chrissy Tegan did a pro bono celeb endorsement for a women's clinic my wife worked for and they made this huge deal about it. She came into the clinic to film and was cold, didn't spend any time with any of the actual people who work there, and just seemed like she was there simply because her agent put it on her calendar but couldn't get away soon enough.
Maybe it was a bad day for her. Maybe she had a packed schedule. But that always rubbed me wrong.
32points
#15
I wasn't fooled by Russell Brand. I think people are on to him now though.
Sleuthiestofsleuths:
I love that you said this! I was at the Central Park Zoo a couple weeks ago and Russell Brand was there with, I'm assuming, wife and kids. I think his shtick now is sobriety? His legs were skinny as toothpicks and he was walking the streets of NYC in the disposable slippers they give you in hotel rooms (we had the same ones, so he was staying at the same level hotel we were, which was not the Plaza, if ya feel me.). He also had on an open cotton jacket with no shirt underneath. I'll just say that if I were looking for d**gs in NY, I would have asked him 😂
Sleuthiestofsleuths:
I love that you said this! I was at the Central Park Zoo a couple weeks ago and Russell Brand was there with, I'm assuming, wife and kids. I think his shtick now is sobriety? His legs were skinny as toothpicks and he was walking the streets of NYC in the disposable slippers they give you in hotel rooms (we had the same ones, so he was staying at the same level hotel we were, which was not the Plaza, if ya feel me.). He also had on an open cotton jacket with no shirt underneath. I'll just say that if I were looking for d**gs in NY, I would have asked him 😂
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30points
#16
I called Ellen, years ago. Her smile only reached her eyes when she was humiliating someone or scaring them. Otherwise, it was a fake camera smile. Her eyes dam near twinkle when she’s watching people in distress.
lolzzzmoon:
That’s a good tell! I agree! When you only see someone excited or interested when someone is being gossiped about or something negative or violent happens…I’ve met people like that…it’s like they’re soooo bored by everything & always on their phone for anything positive but as soon as the drama perks up, they’re lazered in.
It’s like those people who laugh at videos of athletes breaking legs or violence/accidents. Like WTF is wrong with these people. Why would anyone want to watch that s**t?
lolzzzmoon:
That’s a good tell! I agree! When you only see someone excited or interested when someone is being gossiped about or something negative or violent happens…I’ve met people like that…it’s like they’re soooo bored by everything & always on their phone for anything positive but as soon as the drama perks up, they’re lazered in.
It’s like those people who laugh at videos of athletes breaking legs or violence/accidents. Like WTF is wrong with these people. Why would anyone want to watch that s**t?
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30points
#18
Leonardo di caprio is a creepy older man now, yet we all joke about his gf ages and how he has a new gf every 5 mins when its well known he has models picked for boat parties and they sign ndas.
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29points
#19
I hated Joe Rogan since the UFC days. You could tell he wasn't very intelligent from the way he'd learn a word and then use it 10000 times per broadcast.
goog1e:
I tried his podcast about 12 years ago and got halfway through one episode. it was unlistenable because he didn't have the intelligence to correct/challenge his guest who was spouting BS.
The guest was selling something, and the whole gimmick was based on "nobody knows why we sleep" - which is not true at all. But because ROGAN doesn't know that, he just nodded along for THREE HOURS when the whole premise was bunk.
I knew this guy was gonna be a problem because he hits that conspiracy theorist reward-center of "I know more than everyone now that I absorbed all this information." for people who don't know anything and can't fact check. Like if you just listened blindly to that sleep episode, you come away feeling super smart but actually knowing less than anyone who did a few minutes reading on Wikipedia.
goog1e:
I tried his podcast about 12 years ago and got halfway through one episode. it was unlistenable because he didn't have the intelligence to correct/challenge his guest who was spouting BS.
The guest was selling something, and the whole gimmick was based on "nobody knows why we sleep" - which is not true at all. But because ROGAN doesn't know that, he just nodded along for THREE HOURS when the whole premise was bunk.
I knew this guy was gonna be a problem because he hits that conspiracy theorist reward-center of "I know more than everyone now that I absorbed all this information." for people who don't know anything and can't fact check. Like if you just listened blindly to that sleep episode, you come away feeling super smart but actually knowing less than anyone who did a few minutes reading on Wikipedia.
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27points
#20
Mark Wahlberg. I’ll never understand how he has the fame he does with his history of violent hate crimes.
crm115:
Obviously his past, which gets brought up all the time on Reddit, is a major red flag. But for me the thing that really makes me suspicious of him is how he advertises how religious he is now. I have no problem with people who are religious but anyone who goes out of their way to broadcast how pious they are definitely makes them suspect.
kristinbugg922:
He is a walking red flag. He had the audacity to apply for a pardon and to lie and state that he met with the victim of his 1988 a**ault, Johnny Trinh. Trinh clarified that Wahlberg never met with him before his pardon request. Wahlberg withdrew his pardon application. He has never accepted responsibility or accountability for his actions.
crm115:
Obviously his past, which gets brought up all the time on Reddit, is a major red flag. But for me the thing that really makes me suspicious of him is how he advertises how religious he is now. I have no problem with people who are religious but anyone who goes out of their way to broadcast how pious they are definitely makes them suspect.
kristinbugg922:
He is a walking red flag. He had the audacity to apply for a pardon and to lie and state that he met with the victim of his 1988 a**ault, Johnny Trinh. Trinh clarified that Wahlberg never met with him before his pardon request. Wahlberg withdrew his pardon application. He has never accepted responsibility or accountability for his actions.
26points