# Most undeserving celebrity? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 25, 2004, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-undeserving-celebrity/271129 "2004-10-25T22:00:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-undeserving-celebrity/271129/61 "2004-10-26T08:16:25Z")
> [@edwino](#): > > So my vote is for Nicole Ritchie, cause she is as much of a (David Cross’s word here, not mine) cunt as Paris Hilton and could not support herself with a modeling job if there were no Paris. She is absolutely a woman with no apparent marketable, distinguishing, or redeeming characteristics other than being the daughter of a minor pop star and a friend of someone orders of magnitude richer than her. You know, for some reason I really don’t object that much to Paris Hilton. Almost everything I’ve ever read or heard of by anyone who had first hand knowledge of her indicates that she is a very sweet, polite and considerate person. I have no problem with her at all, and I get the sense that she doesn’t take her celebrity all that seriously herself. She seems to me more someone who is at a point in her life where she can play and have fun, and even capitalize on it somewhat…so what the hey, why not? But I think when the time comes she’ll be able to make it on her own. She strikes me as someone who has enough going for her that, one way or another, she’ll prosper and do well. Nicole, on the other hand, I want to feel sorry for but I have to struggle to do it. She seems to be totally spoiled and pampered and allowed to behave any way she wants and yet still have access to daddy’s money. But worst of all, she seems totally helpless. She’s seems lazy, unambitious and truly spoiled rotten. By her own admission she still lives at home because otherwise she’d have to pay rent, do her own laundry and, you know…that kind of stuff. In short, I suspect that Paris will always have money and thrive, but that Nicole will either drift from husband to husband – ala Gabor but without the glamour – or that she’ll end up on welfare by middle age and living in a shabby two-room apartment somewhere in a part of town she’s scornful of now…which is why I’m inclined to want to feel sorry for her even though I don’t really care for her at all. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-undeserving-celebrity/271129/62 "2004-10-26T08:48:12Z")
Oh, I forgot to point out to **astorian** that I don’t _want_ to see Meryl Streep or Tom Hanks cavorting nude on the beach. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TastesLikeBurning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@TastesLikeBurning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TastesLikeBurning)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-undeserving-celebrity/271129/63 "2004-10-26T09:17:10Z")
Ashton Kutcher ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-undeserving-celebrity/271129/64 "2004-10-26T12:39:25Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > Kevin Costner. Dang! You beat me to it! I personally think Kevin Costner is the most monotone piece of non-talent in Hollyweird. I honestly believe he could deliver the line, “Oh, you’ve shot and killed my beloved mother” the same as, “Yes, I saw the dog cross the street”–that is, with the same lack of enthusiam or feeling or skill. One of the worst experiences in my life was when I agreed to go to movies with a friend, without knowing which movie he wanted to see. I went to the Ladies room while he bought the tickets. He distracted me with popcorn when I came out, and as we’re sitting in the theatre, I turn to him and say,“Hey, what movie are we gonna see?” Dances with Wolves. It was torture. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-undeserving-celebrity/271129/65 "2004-10-26T15:28:26Z")
Sorry, \*\*phall0106 \*\*, low hanging fruit. Take that how you wannit. 😃 Actually, the Kev-meister was good in _The Untouchables_ as a monotone, emotionless, naive bitch-boy–but he’d been rehearsing that bit his entire career. Ya gotta agree, nobody else could EVER have delivered the line, “Let’s do some good” in exactly the same way. I’ll go out on a limb on this next nomination: Sean Connery. Not so much for being a bad actor (although…) as much as being enough of a dumbass to squander his James Bond aura by playing supporting role to Costner. Gimme a “W” ! Gimme a “T” ! Gimme a “F” ! ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-undeserving-celebrity/271129/66 "2004-10-26T15:33:16Z")
> [@phall0106](#): > > Dances with Wolves. > > It was torture. Y’see, the good thing for Costner in this flick is they cast that whitey-among-the-savages woman, Mary Mumbles or whoever. _She_ managed to out-suck Costner by about an order of magnitude, and I’ve noticed he’s always had someone like this around in all of his movies, to provide…er…contrast. Jeane Triplehorn in Waterworld for instance: Nice to took at, but about as flat an actor as they come. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-undeserving-celebrity/271129/67 "2004-10-26T15:55:09Z")
How did this thread get to 2 pages without a mention of Tori Spelling. No-talent nepotism strikes again. Sandra Bernhard is actually an accomplished singer. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-undeserving-celebrity/271129/68 "2004-10-26T16:08:57Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > How did this thread get to 2 pages without a mention of Tori Spelling. No-talent nepotism strikes again. Excellent nominee. I’m ashamed I didn’t think of her myself. ---
**Author:** ![vd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b19c9b/32.png) [@vd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vd)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-undeserving-celebrity/271129/69 "2004-10-26T16:16:54Z")
Any Osbourne family member not named Ozzy.\* His daughter’s cover of “Papa don’t Preach” was horrendous. \*Not that I really care for him either, but I’m willing to give his fans the benefit of the doubt. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-undeserving-celebrity/271129/70 "2004-10-26T16:24:42Z")
> [@mouthbreather](#): > > Paris Hilton. > > My family is uber-rich and I’m the whore of the year. > > Now I’m famous! What’s even more annoying is that this is _practically a quote_. Hilton has said in an interview with UK Esquire that she owes her celebrity status to “that tape”. > [@Leopard](#): > > Oh yeah, they gave Halle Berry an Oscar for Best Actress, too. I think you’ll find that Oscar was in fact awarded for “Whitest Female Nigger in a Leading Role”, Leopard. It was a political exercise, the Academy’s sop to the black community for having shit on them repeatedly for decades. I’d give you an undeserving celeb on my own, but nothing beats that skanky ho’ Hilton. I don’t even know why the OP bothered starting the discussion; she’d stand head and shoulders above the competition if only you could get her off her back. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2004, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-undeserving-celebrity/271129/71 "2004-10-26T17:16:31Z")
Tom Green. Excruciatingly unfunny to the point of creepitude. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-undeserving-celebrity/271129/72 "2004-10-26T17:25:47Z")
In Paris Hilton’s defense, zany heiresses have a long tradition of holding the public’s attention despite a lack of talent or merit. We don’t have video footage of Christina Onassis or Alice Roosevelt Longworth having sex, but I’m pretty sure they did it. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-undeserving-celebrity/271129/73 "2004-10-26T17:40:45Z")
One more chiming in for Conan O’Brien. I thought of him first, though I had to read to post #12 to find him listed the first time. I realize he has talent as a writer. Let him write. But I was horrified to hear that NBC is actually going to move him to _The Tonight Show_ when Leno retires. Leno’s last night will be the last time I ever watch that show. O’Brien almost literally makes me sick. His writing may be funny, but he is not. He is about the most repulsive individual I’ve ever seen on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-undeserving-celebrity/271129/74 "2004-10-26T19:20:41Z")
Paris Hilton, Carson Daly, the entire cast of _Friends_ except for the monkey, Yoko Ono, Anna Nicole Smith, Pamela Anderson, Britney Spears and her imitators, Dave Matthews and his crappy band. Conan O’Brien is hilarious though. ---
**Author:** ![Jpeg\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@Jpeg\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jpeg_Jones)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-undeserving-celebrity/271129/75 "2004-10-26T19:32:24Z")
Friends, it begins and ends with **Super Dave Osborne**. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-undeserving-celebrity/271129/76 "2004-10-26T19:41:25Z")
Ooooh, I’m so glad I got to say this one: The most undeserving celebrity ever to grace television, movies, or any other medium is FABIO. And that mutha has tried them all and sucked at every one. No redeeming qualities or talent except the ability to get buff and grow a flowing mane of hair. Blech. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-undeserving-celebrity/271129/77 "2004-10-26T19:44:59Z")
> [@Fear Itself](#): > > Tom Green. Excruciatingly unfunny to the point of creepitude. To the point of? The man has rocketed past the outermost orbit of the Creep system into interstellar skeevinity. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2004, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-undeserving-celebrity/271129/78 "2004-10-26T20:08:32Z")
> [@Jpeg Jones](#): > > Friends, it begins and ends with **Super Dave Osborne**. I think Super Dave is a very sly and funny guy – deliberately demse. Lie a human playing Homer Simpson. Paris Hilton hangs in there tenaciously, but even now come such wonderful new nominations liek Fabio and Tom Green. One thing seems certain, however. While Paris Hilton may not ultimately be joidges the absolute least deserving celebrity, she has certainly provided a “greenback” standard to jude others against. Moreover, she is a millennium bridging icon rich white trash behavior. Thanks to DVDs, her antics will be pored over by sociologists and anthropologists for centuries to come. Seriously, I see her behavior and the behavior of the Enron-type corporate pirates all of a kind and symbolic of the uber-rich entitlement program of the Bush administration. Which is probably wrong because most of these jerks were probably well on their way to Ceasar-like excesses during the Clinton era. ---
**Author:** ![scule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@scule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scule)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-undeserving-celebrity/271129/79 "2004-10-26T20:19:15Z")
Second for Tom Green - this is a truly wretched waste of the finite amount of matter in the universe. It sickens me that potentially useful, bright, valuable people can get snuffed out by suicide bombers and terrorists every day and this shambling mound of horseshit lives free and comfortable. If the war in Iraq involved him trying to take Saddam on alone, I’d have cheered it on from the get-go. As for others deserving mention, a short list of many (probably all of which have already been mentioned): Paris Hilton (of course) Her little dog, what’s her name, Nicole Ritchie? Anna Nicole Smith Ashlee Simpson Joan Rivers and spawn Carson Daly Fabio (good call **Indygrrl** ) Carrotop Pamela Anderson And I’m sure many more that deserve mention but thankfully escape my recollection (let’s hope it stays that way). ---
**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:** [October 26, 2004, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-undeserving-celebrity/271129/80 "2004-10-26T21:03:01Z")
Yes I know they’ve been mentioned over and over but, for the chance to be on the record: Paris Hilton Brittney Spears Undeserving pieces of … well, you know. Where I come from people who look and act like they do were a couple steps below white trash. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-undeserving-celebrity/271129.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-undeserving-celebrity/271129.md?page=5)