# Most Despised Celebrity Who Still Has A Career? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 12, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097 "2013-02-12T17:39:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/41 "2013-02-12T19:36:42Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Well, all those people are “despised” for very different reasons. They also have varying degrees of “career.” Both these factors will be equally varied for anyone else named. With that in mind, I still nominate Yoko Ono. And _not_ because “she broke up The Beatles.” She didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/42 "2013-02-12T19:42:47Z")
> [@well\_he\_s\_back](#): > > Jenny McCarthy is despised by people who believe in science - her career level is posing for Playboy again, I believe. Hang on to your hat dude, VH1 just gave her her own show. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/43 "2013-02-12T19:43:26Z")
I can’t even despise people who I personally know, let alone passing judgement on strangers whose image I recognize. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/44 "2013-02-12T19:51:54Z")
Doesn’t the honor by default have to go to an athlete? Only their talent is objective enough for someone to divorce their personal character from their abilities. Actors and musicians rely on their personal charisma and character in furthering their careers far more than athletes need to. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/45 "2013-02-12T20:41:26Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I can’t even despise people who I personally know, let alone passing judgement on strangers whose image I recognize. It’s okay. You know all those times when you only saw one set of footprints? That’s when I was despising people for you. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/46 "2013-02-12T20:47:02Z")
> [@Tethered\_Kite](#): > > And I punish myself by refusing to watch a Woody Allen film. Too much ick factor there for my taste, Gentlemen. I’ve rewarded myself by never seeing a Woody Allen film “Ick” doesn’t being to cover it. He is an absolute psychopath. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/47 "2013-02-12T20:50:14Z")
Does Mel Gibson still have a career? I thought they took him back to Australia and booked him into the asylum room next to his Father’s? Likewise Michael Vick; is he playing again? Mike Tyson was on HIMYM just last night. And they let him hold a baby! His voice always throws me. ETA: Agree on Woody Allen. But I don’t think he’s as widely despised as he deserves to be. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/48 "2013-02-12T20:55:44Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Robin Williams was a little despised in certain rarefied circles because he had a reputation from his standup years for stealing other comedian’s bits. I doubt that crosses over very far into the general public though. Yeah RW is considered a “hack”. David Brenner is the biggest source for this. However, if you know _ANY_thing about stand-up, it’s all in the delivery. RW and DB could tell the exact same joke, line for line, and it would be a completely different gag. Their styles are just that different. And of course, really, there are no original jokes. So, it’s a mostly baseless canard, spread around the internet mainly as RW is so hugely successful. I know a dude that did exactly one half-hour at a open mike nite, and he still hates RW for being a “hack”. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/49 "2013-02-12T21:00:59Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I’ve rewarded myself by never seeing a Woody Allen film “Ick” doesn’t being to cover it. He is an absolute psychopath. A psychopath? Really? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/50 "2013-02-12T21:05:01Z")
Yes. I’ve read extensively about this guy, and he has no feelings but his own. He doesn’t understand anyone else seeing his actions as negative, and will try forever to get them to see things his way. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/51 "2013-02-12T21:06:41Z")
Tamerlane mentioned Jane Fonda in passing but I think she qualifies fot her own \*\*full \*\*mention. Widely despised? Maybe not… but those that hate her really, really hate her. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/52 "2013-02-12T21:17:57Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Tamerlane mentioned Jane Fonda in passing but I think she qualifies fot her own \*\*full \*\*mention. Widely despised? Maybe not… but those that hate her really, really hate her. Yeah. Those of us who know enough to hate her properly are getting Olde. 😉 I’m not sure she qualifies as still having a career though; she’s a good deal Olde-er than I am, after all. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/53 "2013-02-12T21:20:27Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Does Mel Gibson still have a career? I thought they took him back to Australia and booked him into the asylum room next to his Father’s? Mel Gibson is an American citizen by birth. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/54 "2013-02-12T21:23:01Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Likewise Michael Vick; is he playing again? Vick’s played four full seasons since getting out of prison, and just signed a one-year contract restructuring that could pay him up to $10M next season. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/55 "2013-02-12T21:25:50Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Does Mel Gibson still have a career? I thought they took him back to Australia and booked him into the asylum room next to his Father’s? Yes, he just made a movie with Jodie Foster and has 2 more in the works. > [@](#): > > Likewise Michael Vick; is he playing again? Yes, he’s the starting QB for the Philadelphia Eagles, has been for a few years, and just received a very nice contract extension. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/56 "2013-02-12T21:33:25Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > Yes, he just made a movie with Jodie Foster and has 2 more in the works. > > Yes, he’s the starting QB for the Philadelphia Eagles, has been for a few years, and just received a very nice contract extension. Blech. I was still most shocked by Chris Brown’s career survival, but Mel Gibson is right up there. I never expected that either of them would get “A” list work again. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/57 "2013-02-12T21:34:08Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Morgan Freeman is widely despised? > > Let’s see. He had a divorce. He was the driver in a car accident where he might have been negligent. He was in “The Bucket List”. He called the Tea Party racist. > > Which of those do you despise him for? None of the above. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/58 "2013-02-12T21:43:31Z")
No mention of Ted Nugent? ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/59 "2013-02-12T21:54:04Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > No mention of Ted Nugent? Glad to see my nominee is accounted for. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/60 "2013-02-12T22:02:04Z")
I predicted that this thread would quickly become meaningless as it devolved into lists of celebs who are either on the poster’s personal dislike list or who are anything less than universally loved. I am not seeing anything so far that disproves this prediction. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097.md?page=4)