We probably shouldn’t put celebrities on a pedestal. After all, they’re only human, and fame doesn’t make anyone perfect. Still, being in the public eye comes with a certain amount of influence, and many famous faces become role models for their fans.
When you’ve admired someone for years, followed their career, and supported their work, it’s natural to feel a little attached. So when they do something that goes against everything you believed about them, it can hit surprisingly hard.
One Redditor asked people to share which celebrity fall from grace disappointed them the most, and plenty had something to say. We’ve rounded up their answers below. Scroll down to read them, and don’t forget to share your thoughts in the comments.
#21
Jackie Chan, loved him growing up, and I'd rent his movies constantly to watch. Now after what I've leaned about the way he's treated his family and him deciding to be a CCP shill to the detriment of his fellow HKers and democracy at large in the region, I can't go back to his movies anymore.
He was such aт inspiration to me, too.
He was such aт inspiration to me, too.
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4points
#22
Tom Brady unraveling in real time right now is rough. Poetic perhaps, but still excruciating to watch.
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4points
#23
I don't know if either counts as a celebrity per se, but 1) Markus Persson (Notch, Minecraft creator) and 2) Elon Musk.
As a Minecraft-crazed kid in the first 2010-2014 wave, Notch was the architect of it all, basically a god, yet would still drop in and play with friends and YouTubers. He was a god, but just a guy, and represented the idea that anyone could program the next big thing.
And for Musk, I'm sure there were early warning signs but again I was a kid awed by the prospect of a real-life Tony Stark. Maybe someone with resources could actually make a meaningful impact on the world instead of just hoarding it all.
They were two of the biggest role models to my precise demographic, and to have both of them go off around the same time was a real gut punch that changed a lot of my outlook on the world. It's a sentiment I've heard echoed by others almost too precisely.
In conclusion, check out Rät by Penelope Scott.
As a Minecraft-crazed kid in the first 2010-2014 wave, Notch was the architect of it all, basically a god, yet would still drop in and play with friends and YouTubers. He was a god, but just a guy, and represented the idea that anyone could program the next big thing.
And for Musk, I'm sure there were early warning signs but again I was a kid awed by the prospect of a real-life Tony Stark. Maybe someone with resources could actually make a meaningful impact on the world instead of just hoarding it all.
They were two of the biggest role models to my precise demographic, and to have both of them go off around the same time was a real gut punch that changed a lot of my outlook on the world. It's a sentiment I've heard echoed by others almost too precisely.
In conclusion, check out Rät by Penelope Scott.
4points
#24
Oscar Pistorius
Due to the fact that he was the first double-amputee to participate in the Summer Olympics, he was expected to become the next "feel good tale" of recent history (2012).
Due to the fact that he was the first double-amputee to participate in the Summer Olympics, he was expected to become the next "feel good tale" of recent history (2012).
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#25
Ellen DeGeneres. Never got into her show, but she meant so much to me when I was a terrified closeted kid. I cried when she got her Presidential Medal of Freedom and still get weepy thinking about it. It really breaks my heart that she turned out to be an awful person.
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#26
Not sure he has technically fallen from grace quite yet but the Bill Murray stories are bumming me out.
3points
#28
I would say JK Rowling. The woman goes from homeless to creating one of the greatest fantasy series of all time, and then ruins it by being a complete TERF and transphobic.
3points
#29
Eric Clapton.
I grew up listening to his music and was sad to discover his views on vaccines and his racism.
I grew up listening to his music and was sad to discover his views on vaccines and his racism.
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#30
Scott Baio. He had all the makings of a shift manager at Subway, but kept dropping sandwiches on the floor.
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3points
#31
John Lasseter, I know i'm being selfish but I really admired him, and in the end his behavior lost us Pixar and, in a way, 3D animation as an art.
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#32
My first few choices already mentioned, so …
Jan-Michael Vincent
Actor from a while back, had a hit tv show called Airwolf. Career decimated by substance usage (mainly alcohol).
Jan-Michael Vincent
Actor from a while back, had a hit tv show called Airwolf. Career decimated by substance usage (mainly alcohol).
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#33
Horatio Sanz. Grew up loving him on SNL. Saw him from a distance once in real life and thought it was the coolest thing ever. I think everything’s still being litigated, so it’s just some accusations at this point, but it’s a bummer to think he could be a POS.
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#34
Honestly Matt Lauer, just seemed like a wholesome morning talk show host and…oh boy.
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3points
#35
Mark Wahlberg. I really like him in movies. Then I found out about his past. Now I can’t see him the same.
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3points
#36
Ryan Adams.
I mean, I was wearing one of his shirts on the day that NYTimes article dropped.
I mean, I was wearing one of his shirts on the day that NYTimes article dropped.
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#38
Chris Benoit was one of my favorite wrestlers. Turns out he is a jerk.
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3points
#39
As a Steelers fan, Antonio Brown. That man was absolutely beloved in this city.
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3points
#40
Not quite the topic but anytime I find out a celeb is a Scientologist I am disappointed
Particularly, Elizabeth Moss.
Particularly, Elizabeth Moss.
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2points