# Universally beloved celebs you just don't care for **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 11, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-beloved-celebs-you-just-dont-care-for/376078 "2006-10-11T17:54:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-beloved-celebs-you-just-dont-care-for/376078/21 "2006-10-11T20:11:45Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Also, until _Braveheart_, I didn’t get Mel Gibson’s attraction. [/QUOTE] Even going back into the early 1980s when he was the top hottie, I never saw the appeal of Mel Gibson. Tom Cruise, same. Of course, now that they’ve gone wacko and nobody likes them, I feel justified. 🙂 ---
**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:** [October 11, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-beloved-celebs-you-just-dont-care-for/376078/22 "2006-10-11T20:16:51Z")
Jack Nicholson. I guess he’s to be respected more than liked, though. No one can play crazy assholes better. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-beloved-celebs-you-just-dont-care-for/376078/23 "2006-10-11T20:17:47Z")
I like Bill Cosby because he ain’t that character he plays on TV. :rolleyes: You ain’t that nice, I ain’t that nice. :o Okay, my mother is that nice. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-beloved-celebs-you-just-dont-care-for/376078/24 "2006-10-11T20:35:10Z")
Oh yeah, definitely Mother Thersa. Shriveled little evil twat hair of a woman. Oh yeah, and Brad Pitt. I don’t get him, at all. He’s ok looking but christ is he ever irritating. Grrr ---
**Author:** ![davenportavenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-beloved-celebs-you-just-dont-care-for/376078/25 "2006-10-11T21:02:31Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] Jack Nicholson. I guess he’s to be respected more than liked, though. No one can play crazy assholes better. [/QUOTE] I came in just to mention Nicholson. Although my beef is that he can’t play any character except for Jack Nicholson. Yet he has three Oscars, what? ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-beloved-celebs-you-just-dont-care-for/376078/26 "2006-10-11T21:04:33Z")
Julia Roberts. Yeah, looks-wise I can see it, although I wouldn’t call her the most gorgeous woman on earth. But besides that, what? Tom Cruise. Pretty Boy who can marginally act. Never was crazy about him, but I didn’t mind him when he was younger and not whacko. Never did anything for me. Never mind Jennifer Aniston, what about the rest of the \Friends\ cast? _shrug_ None of them strike me as being incredibly talented. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-beloved-celebs-you-just-dont-care-for/376078/27 "2006-10-11T21:15:05Z")
[QUOTE=davenportavenger] I came in just to mention Nicholson. Although my beef is that he can’t play any character except for Jack Nicholson. Yet he has three Oscars, what? [/QUOTE] What he does works for Hollywood, so they honor him. ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-beloved-celebs-you-just-dont-care-for/376078/28 "2006-10-11T21:20:48Z")
[QUOTE=dalej42] Oprah Winfrey. I just can’t stand her. [/QUOTE] Thank you! I really thought I was the only one – there is just something about her that drives me totally insane, and for the life of me, I don’t know what. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-beloved-celebs-you-just-dont-care-for/376078/29 "2006-10-11T21:28:52Z")
[QUOTE=Shagnasty] …like a girl that **jumps** wants a man to love her. [/QUOTE] Methinks the Freudian slip tells a different tail! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sonia\_Montdore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-beloved-celebs-you-just-dont-care-for/376078/30 "2006-10-11T22:00:44Z")
Princess Di. Yeah, I know, _de mortuis nil nisi bonum_ and all, but I didn’t think she was beautiful, and she behaved like a vacuous tramp. ---
**Author:** ![Caridwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-beloved-celebs-you-just-dont-care-for/376078/31 "2006-10-11T22:20:51Z")
Jack Nicholson Bruce Willis Sally Field Jennifer Lopez Angelina Jolie - don’t kill me ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-beloved-celebs-you-just-dont-care-for/376078/32 "2006-10-11T22:21:21Z")
[QUOTE=davenportavenger] I came in just to mention Nicholson. Although my beef is that he can’t play any character except for Jack Nicholson. Yet he has three Oscars, what? [/QUOTE] Thank you. I’ve been saying this for years, and generally just getting blank looks for it. I’ll add Madonna. I always looked at her and thought, "Now **there’s** a woman in need of a good psychiatrist. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-beloved-celebs-you-just-dont-care-for/376078/33 "2006-10-11T22:57:35Z")
Steve Irwin. I found his persona irritating and thought it wore thin after about five minutes. And of course, since his death, he’s virtually been canonised…greatest husband ever, world’s best father… ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-beloved-celebs-you-just-dont-care-for/376078/34 "2006-10-12T00:21:15Z")
[QUOTE=Sonia Montdore] Princess Di. Yeah, I know, _de mortuis nil nisi bonum_ and all, but I didn’t think she was beautiful, and she behaved like a vacuous tramp. [/QUOTE] Ding ding ding. To the degree that I care, I like Princess Anne better. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-beloved-celebs-you-just-dont-care-for/376078/35 "2006-10-12T00:49:52Z")
[QUOTE=dalej42] Oprah Winfrey. I just can’t stand her. [/QUOTE] There is no celebrity I dislike more than her - except maybe Mel Gibson. I was an original though, I’ve hated him long before his drunken anti-semitic incident. J. Lo & Beyonce - I dunno, are they universally beloved? I don’t much care for either of them. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-beloved-celebs-you-just-dont-care-for/376078/36 "2006-10-12T00:50:27Z")
Jebus, I can’t stand just about everyone mentioned above – with the exception of Lucille Ball. I actually do love Lucy. Let me just add **Michael Douglas** to the list. He could give Bill Cosby lessons on smug. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-beloved-celebs-you-just-dont-care-for/376078/37 "2006-10-12T01:05:22Z")
[QUOTE=koeeoaddi] Jebus, I can’t stand just about everyone mentioned above – with the exception of Lucille Ball. I actually do love Lucy. Let me just add **Michael Douglas** to the list. He could give Bill Cosby lessons on smug. [/QUOTE] That reminds me…Catherine Zeta-Jones. She just seems so phony and self-important. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-beloved-celebs-you-just-dont-care-for/376078/38 "2006-10-12T01:37:56Z")
[QUOTE=drm] That reminds me…Catherine Zeta-Jones. She just seems so phony and self-important. [/QUOTE] Well, OTOH, neither she nor the hubby are really “universally beloved.” I’m with y’all on Lucille Ball though. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-beloved-celebs-you-just-dont-care-for/376078/39 "2006-10-12T01:49:59Z")
Mine would have to be Gwyneth Paltrow. Something about her makes me want to smack the smug off her face. And most of the people already mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-beloved-celebs-you-just-dont-care-for/376078/40 "2006-10-12T02:00:33Z")
Angela Lansbury. I can’t stand the sound of her voice. It amazes me that she’s famous as both an actress and a singer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-beloved-celebs-you-just-dont-care-for/376078.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-beloved-celebs-you-just-dont-care-for/376078.md?page=3)