# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/101 "2013-02-13T15:14:10Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > No, Clinton has a loooong history of sexually accosting women, cheating on Hillary, and lying about his cheating on Hillary - including instructing his longtime mistress Gennifer Flowers to lie about their relationship, which unknown to him she was recording, and shaking his finger in our face and lying about the Oval Office blowjob he got from a star-struck intern. The guy is a scumbag of the first order and if he were a Republican he’d have been ridden out of town on a rail years ago. Clinton and his henchmen did everything they could to ruin the reputations and lives of whosoever became his latest “bimbo eruption,” while Arnold at least did the right thing and not only owned up to the child he had with his housekeeper but voluntarily began to provide for the child and his mother once it became apparent the child was his, which he has done for many years and continues to do to this day. > > In short Arnold Schwarzenegger is a white knight compared to Bill Clinton. The difference is that Bill Clinton is still married to his wife. Presumably she has either forgiven him or they have an understanding, because Hillary could certainly have divorced Bill after they left the White House, while still looking like the winner. Meanwhile, Arnold’s marriage ended. And Arnold’s owning up to his infidelity didn’t occur until after his wife confronted him about it. I don’t see how you consider Arnold a “white knight.” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/102 "2013-02-13T15:32:53Z")
How about we just simplify this and take all “celebrities” who are primarily known/despised for their political views off the table? ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/103 "2013-02-13T15:53:23Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > ugh! Kathy Griffin Why Bravo gives that vile woman a show is beyond me. > > I originally tried liking her. but some of her material on other celebrities isn’t snarky or funny. It’s just plain cruel. Her entire career is built on crapping on other people. Kathy Griffin is who I came here to post. She keeps popping up everywhere but I have no idea why people tolerate her. ---
**Author:** ![FrankJBN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@FrankJBN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrankJBN)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/104 "2013-02-13T16:58:10Z")
Someone mentioned paul reubens. Why do you despise this poor schmoe? Because he got caught masturbating at a dirty movie? Having seen much of Robin Williams’ electric and eclectic routines, I find it hard to believe that he was stealing other comics’ bits as I have never seen another comic like him (except as someone noted above Jonathan Winters). David Brenner? There’s a guy who will never be the answer to "Who’s the funniest stand-up.? ---
**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 13, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/105 "2013-02-13T17:40:20Z")
I don’t despise Reubens. But he was the center of a huge controversy, many people did despise him, and I was very, very surprised when he made a comeback. To millions of people, he represented innocent, chidren’s prgramming, until he got caught in a very sleazy place, doing very sleazy things. Folks hated him profoundly. In fact, I’d say more energy was put into hating Reubens than I later saw regarding the various pedo priests who were outed. That could be because I was with two different work/friend groups for each scandal. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/106 "2013-02-13T17:45:03Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > You know, it’s no God damned wonder why the National Fucking Inquirer (et al) continue to sell their fucking shit. Even supposedly intelligent people on a “fighting ignorance” message board give a shit about so-called celebrities and their personal lives. > > I’m dumbfounded: perhaps even gobsmacked. And you’re threadshitting. If you don’t care about the subject matter of a thread, that’s fine – but _do not_ come into the thread to tell the people discussing it that they’re morons for doing so. You’ve been here long enough to know better than this, so I’m giving you a warning. **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator ---
**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 13, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/107 "2013-02-13T18:01:36Z")
Come to think of it, I can’t come up with a single celebrity in my lifetime who has permanently lost a career due to public dislike. There were a fair few in the McCarthy era, but any since? ---
**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 13, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/108 "2013-02-13T18:19:03Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > I don’t despise Reubens. But he was the center of a huge controversy, many people did despise him, and I was very, very surprised when he made a comeback. > > To millions of people, he represented innocent, chidren’s prgramming, until he got caught in a very sleazy place, doing very sleazy things. Folks hated him profoundly. In fact, I’d say more energy was put into hating Reubens than I later saw regarding the various pedo priests who were outed. That could be because I was with two different work/friend groups for each scandal. Bull. Very few people “hated him profoundly.” That’s absurd. Most people just thought “Wow, I’ll never look at that guy the same way again.” ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/109 "2013-02-13T19:06:11Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Come to think of it, I can’t come up with a single celebrity in my lifetime who has permanently lost a career due to public dislike. There were a fair few in the McCarthy era, but any since? I haven’t seen OJ in any movies lately. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/110 "2013-02-13T19:17:47Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I haven’t seen OJ in any movies lately. He and Michael Richards are doing a buddy-cop thing, I heard. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/111 "2013-02-13T19:18:31Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I haven’t seen OJ in any movies lately. He’s making one of those “scared straight” educational films. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/112 "2013-02-13T19:30:05Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > Most people just thought “Wow, I’ll never look at that guy the same way again.” My thoughts were “Boy, that was stupid. But holy shit! Where is all this outrage coming from? How is this that big of a deal?” ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/113 "2013-02-13T19:30:28Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I haven’t seen OJ in any movies lately. > [@Sailboat](#): > > He’s making one of those “scared straight” educational films. And continuing his search for the real killers as an inmate of Nevada’s correctional system. (He’s been in prison since 2009.) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/114 "2013-02-13T20:10:16Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Come to think of it, I can’t come up with a single celebrity in my lifetime who has permanently lost a career due to public dislike. There were a fair few in the McCarthy era, but any since? I started to mention Robert Blake but see that he officially retired from acting a few years before his wife’s death, one many feel he had a hand in. He has since though publicly expressed interest in acting again (Piers Morgan) and would like one last great role to play. So far, no one’s calling. ---
**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 13, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/115 "2013-02-13T20:55:59Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Woody Allen fell in love with his girlfriend’s daughter. It happens. > > He and Mia Farrow were not married and had never been married, and Soon-Yi was neither Allen’s daughter nor stepdaughter. > > Allen and Soon-Yi never had a father/daughter type of relationship either. Allen had only known Soon-Yi a few months before their romance began, and they never lived together because Allen and Farrow maintained separate residences throughout their relationship and never lived together themselves. > > Further, Allen and Soon-Yi are still together some twenty-odd years later, so it seems to have been for real…for both of them. Balderdash. Allen met Soon-Yi when she was eight years old. EIGHT YEARS OLD!!! He charged Mia with being an “unfit mother” and trying to get custody of their three children. The court basically laughed in his face, stating Mia was a fine mother and Allen displayed “no fathering skills.” He stated in his filing that their biological son Satchel had been borni in September (actually, it was December), that Mia claimed that Allen sexually molested Satchel (absolutely not) and that Mia had made application to adopt two more children (nope!). I honestely believe that Allen is staying with Soon-Yi because he believes it makes him look good. ---
**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 13, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/116 "2013-02-13T21:27:03Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Except that she doesn’t really have a career anymore. [Jane’s IMDb entry.](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000404/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/117 "2013-02-13T21:35:54Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Back in like the early 80’s a lot of women hated him for leaving his wife for the Nanny. And there was the whole Coke addiction, but I understand he’s sober now. Other than that, I’ve got nothing. So he left his wife for Fran Drescher and became addicted to Coca-Cola? Or do you just like capitalizing key nouns? ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/118 "2013-02-13T21:43:59Z")
> [@edwards\_beard](#): > > Roman Polanski Him for me too. I’m staggered that a guy who admitted raping a 13 year old girl and then fled the US to evade punishment went on to not only direct numerous movies but actually received an Academy Award. What’s even more staggering is the number of people who actually defend this loathsome creep. ---
**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 13, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/119 "2013-02-13T21:50:45Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > [Jane’s IMDb entry.](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000404/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1)🙂 Huh. I didn’t realize she was acting again. ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097/120 "2013-02-13T21:56:23Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I honestely believe that Allen is staying with Soon-Yi because he believes it makes him look good. Allen could just as easily be staying with Soon-Yi because _she_ looks good. The question is why Soon-Yi stays with him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097.md?page=7)