# Celebrities who should just disappear **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 20, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-should-just-disappear/619427 "2012-04-20T17:35:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CJJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@CJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-should-just-disappear/619427/1 "2012-04-20T17:35:47Z")
If you had the power, what one current celebrity (only one, sorry) would you completely and perfectly banish from the entertainment industry? That would be no movies, songs, TV appearances, celebrity gossip, not even having their name mentioned in a public forum, just as though everyone suddenly forgot they existed. I’ll stipulate that the former celebrity wouldn’t be harmed physically, legally, or financially (other than lost future revenue). This IMO would also limit the reasons for the banishment to ones that are entertainment-related. You may well want to punish Lindsay Lohan for her jewelry theft and DUI, but the courts are already handling that. This theoretical ostracism would be for her real crimes: _Speak_ and _Herbie: Fully Loaded_. I’ll keep my pick to myself for awhile (he’s a comedian turned non-lead TV actor), and also note that unless they state otherwise, SDMB posters (including myself) are not celebrities, so they aren’t eligible. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-should-just-disappear/619427/2 "2012-04-20T17:42:58Z")
Too easy: Pauly Shore. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-should-just-disappear/619427/3 "2012-04-20T17:44:23Z")
Kim Kardashian. Do I need to elaborate? ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-should-just-disappear/619427/4 "2012-04-20T17:45:54Z")
I used to hate Puff Daddy with all my hate. But I like him now. I hate Steve Harvey and Tyler Perry. Don’t see that changing. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-should-just-disappear/619427/5 "2012-04-20T18:02:42Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > Kim Kardashian. > Do I need to elaborate? Seconded. What, exactly, does she “do”? ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-should-just-disappear/619427/6 "2012-04-20T18:05:38Z")
Ted Nugent Rosie O’Donnell ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-should-just-disappear/619427/7 "2012-04-20T18:06:06Z")
Anyone who became a “celebrity” by doing nothing more than being a “socialite.” e.g. the aforementioned kardashians. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-should-just-disappear/619427/8 "2012-04-20T18:08:33Z")
I would have said damn near all of them, but you did limit it to one only. And that makes it really hard to choose. I’m torn between the Kardashians and Adam Sandler. Coin toss says…Sandler. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-should-just-disappear/619427/9 "2012-04-20T18:17:55Z")
Sandler, Lohan, Hiltons (Paris or Perez), Kardashians, Mel Gibson, Patricia Heaton, Tom Cruise - sorry I just can’t choose. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-should-just-disappear/619427/10 "2012-04-20T18:21:02Z")
Geraldo Rivera. There’s no shortage of annoying, vapid, narcissistic, attention whoring celebrities, but he’s one of the few who actively harms people (Satanic Panic, giving troop positions in Iraq, the “that guy lives there” stunt in Afghanistan this week, etc.). ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-should-just-disappear/619427/11 "2012-04-20T18:25:18Z")
Claude Rains. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-should-just-disappear/619427/12 "2012-04-20T18:27:30Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Too easy: Pauly Shore. Hasn’t he effectively already done so? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-should-just-disappear/619427/13 "2012-04-20T18:28:17Z")
> [@Anamorphic](#): > > Hasn’t he effectively already done so? Maybe. I just want to be sure he’s not in view. ETA: It appears he’s still clogging up projectors somewhere: [Pauly Shore - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001736/) ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-should-just-disappear/619427/14 "2012-04-20T18:28:28Z")
Jessica Simpson. She’s tried it all (acting, singing, reality shows) and showed no talent in any of them. Yet she’s a mainstay on the covers of supermarket checkout magazines. Buh-bye. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-should-just-disappear/619427/15 "2012-04-20T18:28:46Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Claude Rains. I see what you did there. Wait, now I don’t! ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-should-just-disappear/619427/16 "2012-04-20T18:32:42Z")
Mel Gibson comes to mind. Shallow celebrity debutantes are annoying but harmless. Mel’s anti-Semitic and has a lot of power and influence ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-should-just-disappear/619427/17 "2012-04-20T18:34:28Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Jessica Simpson. She’s tried it all (acting, singing, reality shows) and showed no talent in any of them. Yet she’s a mainstay on the covers of supermarket checkout magazines. Buh-bye. She makes cute shoes. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-should-just-disappear/619427/18 "2012-04-20T18:36:54Z")
Oprah ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-should-just-disappear/619427/19 "2012-04-20T18:39:59Z")
Donald Trump. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-should-just-disappear/619427/20 "2012-04-20T18:41:45Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > She makes cute shoes. Yup. So does Fergie, damn her to hell. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-should-just-disappear/619427.md?page=2)