# Some celebrity is revealed to be an asshole. Who surprises/saddens you most?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 16, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-celebrity-is-revealed-to-be-an-asshole-who-surprises-saddens-you-most/585644 "2011-06-16T01:42:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@Tess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tess)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-celebrity-is-revealed-to-be-an-asshole-who-surprises-saddens-you-most/585644/161 "2011-06-22T20:52:35Z")

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I’d be crushed if I found out Mr. Rogers was anything but the guy we saw on TV.

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-celebrity-is-revealed-to-be-an-asshole-who-surprises-saddens-you-most/585644/162 "2011-06-22T21:12:13Z")

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No worries about that, Tess. From everything I’ve seen, the real Mr Rogers was, if anything, even nicer than his character.

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**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-celebrity-is-revealed-to-be-an-asshole-who-surprises-saddens-you-most/585644/163 "2011-06-22T21:22:53Z")

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> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#):
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> I asked about a similar claim made about another female “star” (Shania Twain) upthread, and was told by a Doper who apparently works in the concert industry that it does indeed happen, (provisions in a contract that no one on the grunt-labor force can “look” at the talent) but my gut feeling is still a hearty amount of skepticism…

> [@Starving\_Artist](#):
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> According to [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=612822), Shania Twain, 50 Cent (plus various other rappers), Barbara Streisand, Neil Diamond, and assorted others all have riders stating that stage crews and venue staff not look at them or make eye contact with them.

This was what I meant to reference—Apparently, two similar threads going simultaneously merged in my head…

Not saying it has NEVER happened, but I don’t buy it actually happens more than once in a blue moon.

(that is the kind of behavior that would lead some flunky to spunk or spit into the bowl of organic pasta salad left in the star’s dressing room, and the stars must know exactly how it sounds to the public)

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**Author:** ![Tess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@Tess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tess)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-celebrity-is-revealed-to-be-an-asshole-who-surprises-saddens-you-most/585644/164 "2011-06-22T22:42:23Z")

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> [@Tengu](#):
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> No worries about that, Tess. From everything I’ve seen, the real Mr Rogers was, if anything, even nicer than his character.

Thanks :D:D:D

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