# Is Nancy Grace the most repellent, disgusting person in show business? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 7, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nancy-grace-the-most-repellent-disgusting-person-in-show-business/584580 "2011-06-07T02:14:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nancy-grace-the-most-repellent-disgusting-person-in-show-business/584580/161 "2011-06-10T23:29:40Z")
I would pay to see her fighting over table scraps with Chris Christie. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nancy-grace-the-most-repellent-disgusting-person-in-show-business/584580/162 "2011-06-10T23:30:33Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Additionally, she has blatantly lied over and over about the circumstances of her fiance’s murder (she claimed he was cut down tragically by some random asshole with a long record and this was the reason for her alleged law-and-order passion, when in reality he was shot by a disgruntled co-worker with no record). When confronted with this information, she merely claimed she was “going by the information I had at the time”, yet her fiance was killed in 1979 and she was still spouting these lies about his death until just recently when the internet made it possible to ferret out the truth. A description of the true details of his murder as well as some of her other shenanigans can be found in the _Wiki_ article on her [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_grace). I’m assuming that the co-worker got a slap on the wrist. That’s how we handle mercy killings, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nancy-grace-the-most-repellent-disgusting-person-in-show-business/584580/163 "2011-06-10T23:32:48Z")
Are we sure she didn’t just pick the name of a random murder victim and claim he was her boyfriend? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nancy-grace-the-most-repellent-disgusting-person-in-show-business/584580/164 "2011-06-10T23:59:54Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > No, it isn’t. But she has worked as a prosecutor of violent crime, and I guess society is better off if a hate filled psycho is working as a prosecutor than working as a criminal, although we’d be much better off if prosecutors were intelligent, pragmatic people who felt it was their job to protect society (not fulfill some emotional black hole inside them). Not that those are the only 2 options, but a lot of people with destructive urges (the desire to terrify, bully, humiliate, degrate, dominate, etc) do try to find outlets for those by joining the military or legal system. I guess it is somewhat better than the alternative of them directing that explosive, unfocused rage at society at large. Then again, when you get those kinds of people you get a public that hates and fears cops, judges, lawyers and soldiers. So that isn’t good either. I think you reach the right conclusion in your last sentence but not sufficiently strongly to redeem your first. Prosecutors have the ability to make innocent people’s lives hell if they are unethical. Not only do they have the power to do wrong, they have the power to undermine people’s faith in the whole system. Hate filled psycho prosecutors are more dangerous (because they have more power) than your average hate filled psycho. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nancy-grace-the-most-repellent-disgusting-person-in-show-business/584580/165 "2011-06-11T00:40:27Z")
I know she hasn’t grown as big as New Jersey because I-95 is still open to traffic. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nancy-grace-the-most-repellent-disgusting-person-in-show-business/584580/166 "2011-06-11T01:03:08Z")
Nancy Grace makes Chuck Norris wince. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nancy-grace-the-most-repellent-disgusting-person-in-show-business/584580/167 "2011-06-11T01:29:15Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I know she hasn’t grown as big as New Jersey because I-95 is still open to traffic. They don’t call her snatch “The Turnpike” for nothing, you know… ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nancy-grace-the-most-repellent-disgusting-person-in-show-business/584580/168 "2011-06-11T13:38:56Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > Hate filled psycho prosecutors are more dangerous (because they have more power) than your average hate filled psycho. But when you take away their power and give them TV shows instead, they become _entertaining_. So, as long as there are hate-filled psychos in the legal system, we actually don’t have \*enough \*Nancy Grace-type shows. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nancy-grace-the-most-repellent-disgusting-person-in-show-business/584580/169 "2011-06-11T19:24:16Z")
So left wingers seem to loathe her. Right wingers seem to loathe her. Centrists loathe her. Men and women loathe her. Who is the base that keeps her on the air? I watched a Dr. Drew episode about the Anthony murder trial last night and there was hardly any yelling and nobody ever said Tot Mom or screamed the audience. Highlight It made me wonder if they realize they’re on HLN. The only rudeness was from Mark Geregos and Leonard Padilla took him down, and by took him down I mean that when Geregos sneered at Padilla’s credentials he reminded the snooty Geregos that he himself (Padilla) is also a lawyer but one who has 36 years of experience with accused felons in general and spent much time with the Anthony family in particular. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nancy-grace-the-most-repellent-disgusting-person-in-show-business/584580/170 "2011-06-11T19:30:48Z")
This is a bad thread. It is way too limiting. She is not the most repellent person in show business. her range of repellency reaches far past show business. She is offensive to lawyers, all Tv, womankind anjd humanity. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nancy-grace-the-most-repellent-disgusting-person-in-show-business/584580/171 "2011-06-11T19:45:34Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > [Nancy makes an objection](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82o_Hdk0Iro) and gets overruled. I bet Carson feels like an idiot not betting $1 more. At worst, he’d have tied Regis if he got it wrong and Regis bet zero. ---
**Author:** ![blueskiesfrompain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@blueskiesfrompain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blueskiesfrompain)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nancy-grace-the-most-repellent-disgusting-person-in-show-business/584580/172 "2011-06-11T21:43:57Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > So left wingers seem to loathe her. Right wingers seem to loathe her. Centrists loathe her. Men and women loathe her. Who is the base that keeps her on the air? The children and grandchildren of Jerry Springer’s original audience. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nancy-grace-the-most-repellent-disgusting-person-in-show-business/584580/173 "2011-06-11T22:44:16Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > So left wingers seem to loathe her. Right wingers seem to loathe her. Centrists loathe her. Men and women loathe her. Who is the base that keeps her on the air? I was going to say, it’s rare indeed that posters on the Dope are united on any topic, but this subject seems to have brought folks together like never before. Gobsmacked, I am. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheField](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@LilyoftheField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheField)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nancy-grace-the-most-repellent-disgusting-person-in-show-business/584580/174 "2011-06-12T02:24:41Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Are we sure she didn’t just pick the name of a random murder victim and claim he was her boyfriend? See, this was probably the explanation - it just slipped her mind which random murder victim of the week was her actual boyfriend! :eek: It could happen to anyone! ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nancy-grace-the-most-repellent-disgusting-person-in-show-business/584580/175 "2011-06-12T07:40:05Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I was going to say, it’s rare indeed that posters on the Dope are united on any topic, but this subject seems to have brought folks together like never before. Gobsmacked, I am. Yeah. So it’s this and Bugs Bunny is funnier than Mickey Mouse. Well, that’s two more certainties in life. ---
**Author:** ![MidnightRadio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@MidnightRadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MidnightRadio)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nancy-grace-the-most-repellent-disgusting-person-in-show-business/584580/176 "2011-06-14T02:47:11Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Yes, Nancy Grace is the most repellent, disgusting person in show business. She inherited the title from Kathy Lee Gifford, who inherited the title from Anita Bryant. What was so bad about Kathie Lee Gifford? She always came across to me like a bland, soccer-mom type. Boring, but not repellent or disgusting. Is there something I don’t know? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nancy-grace-the-most-repellent-disgusting-person-in-show-business/584580/177 "2011-06-14T04:05:38Z")
> [@MidnightRadio](#): > > What was so bad about Kathie Lee Gifford? She always came across to me like a bland, soccer-mom type. Boring, but not repellent or disgusting. Is there something I don’t know? She eats her young. (Not all of them, and not that there’s anything wrong with that.) ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nancy-grace-the-most-repellent-disgusting-person-in-show-business/584580/178 "2011-06-14T04:47:11Z")
Naive question: Spurious accusations I see, but has she ever crossed the line for slander? As in someone lashing back in the form of a tort with damages? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nancy-grace-the-most-repellent-disgusting-person-in-show-business/584580/179 "2011-06-14T05:06:35Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > Naive question: Spurious accusations I see, but has she ever crossed the line for slander? As in someone lashing back in the form of a tort with damages? I don’t know if she’s been sued for slander but she pretty much called the Duke Lacrosse team guilty on a nightly basis. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nancy-grace-the-most-repellent-disgusting-person-in-show-business/584580/180 "2011-06-14T13:12:30Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > So left wingers seem to loathe her. Right wingers seem to loathe her. Centrists loathe her. Men and women loathe her. Who is the base that keeps her on the air? I have been waiting patiently for \*\*Diogenes \*\*or \*\*Eludicator \*\*to pop in with hatred to Nancy Grace, just so we could see some common ground between them and **Staving Artist**. Alas, it was not meant to be. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nancy-grace-the-most-repellent-disgusting-person-in-show-business/584580.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nancy-grace-the-most-repellent-disgusting-person-in-show-business/584580.md?page=10)