# Top 10 Weirdest Celebrities **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 14, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-weirdest-celebrities/207322 "2003-10-14T04:22:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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 15, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-weirdest-celebrities/207322/41 "2003-10-15T04:32:37Z")
John Ashcroft. Anyone who would want Clarence Thomas to anoint him with cooking oil has got to be out of his bloody skull. ---
**Author:** ![Rainbowthief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4bbf92/32.png) [@Rainbowthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rainbowthief)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-weirdest-celebrities/207322/42 "2003-10-15T09:27:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tangent \* > \*\*David Arquette is pretty spastic, too. \*\* Never mind David. His brother Alexis is the real weirdo in that family. ---
**Author:** ![acrossthesea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@acrossthesea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acrossthesea)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-weirdest-celebrities/207322/43 "2003-10-15T10:27:38Z")
I can’t get that site to load. Yeah, I’d say Crispin Glover, Johnny Depp, Cyndi Lauper, Keith Richards and Little Richard need to be up there among many others. I’m curious why Penny Marshall is considered to be weird. Does anyone know? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-weirdest-celebrities/207322/44 "2003-10-15T11:51:27Z")
**acrossthesea** – according to the link in the OP, she’s somewhat agoraphobic and doesn’t like having people watch her eat. ---
**Author:** ![sugaree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sugaree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugaree)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-weirdest-celebrities/207322/45 "2003-10-15T13:14:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cisco \* > \*\*Dave Mathews. > > The guy seems almost completely detached from reality, on top of being full of himself and downright creepy. He’s recorded a few good songs but I just don’t see how so many people can really _like_ this guy. \*\* I’ve heard nothing weird about his personal life. Share, please! ---
**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 15, 2003, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-weirdest-celebrities/207322/46 "2003-10-15T14:07:33Z")
My additions, living and dead, to the list: Nicholas Cage Elvis Presley, and his daughter Wayne Newton Liberace I’m sure there are more extra-wierd celebrities. You could probably have a harder time making a list of “Normal” celebrities. By the by - apparently Johnny Depp is a pretty normal family man now, according to the most recent interviews. People can change, and sometimes even for the better. ---
**Author:** ![greck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ab992/32.png) [@greck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greck)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-weirdest-celebrities/207322/47 "2003-10-15T14:13:55Z")
**Crispin Glover** was the first to come to mind. I wish he was in more movies, certainly with his martial arts skills he could have been in “kill bill?” **Prince** is pretty out there too, although with all that weirdness, he writes really good middle of the road pop songs. **Angelina Jolie** Is it just me or is she trying to shake the freakshow image? **BillyBob Thornton** He’s good stuff. The two of them together had some great weirdo synergy. ---
**Author:** ![Ivar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ivar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivar)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-weirdest-celebrities/207322/48 "2003-10-15T16:25:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kung fu lola \* > \*\*I don’t see how Prince didn’t make it on the original list, considering Kevin Smith’s stories about him. \*\* Please… do tell… or provide a link? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-weirdest-celebrities/207322/49 "2003-10-15T16:51:12Z")
Smith has got a DVD out called **An Evening with Kevin Smith** , which comprises bits from his college lecture tours. He tells the story of how he tried to make a documentary about Prince and how it utterly failed because Prince was such a freak. [This review](http://www.monkeyhouselounge.com/reviews/kevinsmith.html) hints at what he had to go through. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-weirdest-celebrities/207322/50 "2003-10-19T15:51:00Z")
The Pope * * * My nominations are not to be taken as professional judgments ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-weirdest-celebrities/207322/51 "2003-10-19T18:23:53Z")
I think that we should differentiate between people who are _weird celebrities_, and weird people who just happen to be famous. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-weirdest-celebrities/207322/52 "2003-10-19T23:45:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kung fu lola \* > \*\*I think that we should differentiate between people who are _weird celebrities_… \*\* …like the Pope… > [@](#): > > \*\*and weird people who just happen to be famous. \*\* …er, like the Pope! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-weirdest-celebrities/207322/53 "2003-10-20T02:25:35Z")
What, no mention of “Weird” Al Yankovic? 😛 Admittedly, Weird Al is actually pretty cool and down-to-earth, compared to most celebrities. I would kill to meet him. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-weirdest-celebrities/207322/54 "2003-10-20T02:32:57Z")
That boxing promoter with the Troll like hair. That alone should be nominated under the **What’s up with that?** title. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-weirdest-celebrities/207322/55 "2003-10-20T02:50:28Z")
**Shirley** , you mean Don King? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-weirdest-celebrities/207322/56 "2003-10-20T03:04:57Z")
Don King, that sounds right. He’s scary beyond words. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-weirdest-celebrities/207322/57 "2003-10-20T11:12:59Z")
The hair is an attention getter, but I wouldn’t call him weird. Don King is just a pure straight up hustler. Fast talking, slick, and crooked as the day is long. He comes across as disarmingly charming in public to lure people in, but the man was a criminal before his boxing promoting days. I don’t know how accurate the facts in the cable biopic about him, _Only In America_, was; but it showed how the man can be fascinating, charming, and dangerous all wrapped up in one funny haired package. ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-weirdest-celebrities/207322/58 "2003-10-20T15:54:53Z")
I nominate: Carrot Top. His humor is well…not even funny and he is scary looking!! Crispen Glover Mike Tyson Mariln Manson Ozzie Ozborn Kelly Ozborn Jack Osborn Moon Unit Zappa ---
**Author:** ![nobrainer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@nobrainer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nobrainer)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-weirdest-celebrities/207322/59 "2003-10-20T16:25:37Z")
If I’m permitted to branch out to sporting personalities: Randy Moss (Minn Vikings) Coach of Tampa Bay Bucs - Gruden(?) Jeremy Shockey (NY Giants) The entire roster of the Boston Red Sox Dusty Baker (Cubs) Pete Weber (Pro bowler) ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-weirdest-celebrities/207322/60 "2003-10-20T22:16:39Z")
Well, I thought of three people when reading the title. Crispy Glover and Busey have already been mentioned. I am suprised to see that no one has mentioned Amanda Plummer. That lady is a bone-fide fruitcake. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-weirdest-celebrities/207322.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-weirdest-celebrities/207322.md?page=4)