Every day we’re hearing of new allegations of some kind of sexual abuse by directors and actors. I listen to a radio talk show every day and the host posed this question:
Can you name an actor that it would genuinely surprise you if they were accused?
The host said he couldn’t think of a one. He said if Jimmy Stewart was still alive that might surprise him.
So who would surprise you?
Tom Hanks would surprise me; but then again he is the closest thing to Jimmy Stewart we have.
I would also be surprised by Michael J. Fox.
Tom Hanks cheated on his wife with Rita Wilson. Obviously that’s not the same thing, but he’s not a paragon of virtue.
Dakota Fanning.
Fox has admitted to a heavy drinking problem that almost led to his marriage breaking up before he sought help.
Mr. Rogers.
Meryl Streep
But it is really not the same thing at all.
I obviously don’t know anything about these people, so I guess I’m never all that surprised when I hear that they have some secret scandal going on. That said, learning that Steven Spielberg is accused of sexual harassment or assault would be a pretty big surprise to me.
Angela Lansbury
Stephen Colbert, Sunday school teacher.
Yes, Sunday School teachers are unassailable paragons of virtue.
This probably fits a little better in Cafe Society. Thread relocated from IMHO.
If Kevin Bacon were accused of pretty much any impropriety, I’d probably assume the claim was baseless.
I know a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy who said Kevin Bacon was mean to him.
Oh, I know, that’s why I added the qualifier. I’d still be surprised about Stephen, though.
Boris Karloff.
Morgan Freeman
Not at all the same thing. One’s criminal and predatory, the other is skeevy yet neither criminal nor predatory.
Finn Wolfhard. So far.