I might be confusing ‘people think she’s hot’ with ‘universally beloved’.
Oooh, good one, good one. Me too.
But the big one, for me, is Henry Fonda. I don’t know what the poor man ever did to me in a past life that makes me dislike him so much, but there it is: I can’t watch him on screen without gritting my teeth. It’s just an instinctual thing, something about the way he looks or acts. Actually, I think it’s something to do with the faux-nobility he puts into most of his roles; the one time I ever saw a movie in which I could even stand him was “The Ox-Bow Incident,” in which he plays a bastard.
Another one I just instinctually don’t like for some reason is Debra Messing. I thought maybe it was just that I didn’t like her character on Will and Grace, but no – I saw her in something else, and she just irritates the hell out of me somehow. Of course, I don’t know that she’s necessarily universally beloved…
Paul McCartney. When little, I could NOT figure why all the girls were screaming. I don’t dislike him at all, I can’t understand the adoration though.
Jessica Simpson.
Madonna. Long ago, a guy told me I was more attractive than her. I was like, Thats a compliment?
Digging back a few years for this one: June Allyson.
Every movie I’ve seen the woman in, you know she’s not gnna have a happy ending, an ya know what? I don’t care. No matter how they tried to glamourize her, she always gave off these “virginal cold fish” vibes. Give me Lana Turner any day. Well, perhaps not now (I understand she’s been dead these last few years). I have the same problem with Angela Lansbury that I have with June Allyson – there’s just no spark.
Nearly all of the above-mentioned celebrities fail to excite my admiration even though they seem to affect others differently (except for Bill Cosby – I can take him in small doses and take pains to do so).
I agree. Although her performance in the Depends adult diaper commercials were really riveting.
How do you feel about Santa Claus?
Her “persona” really took a dive when I read the Nick Tosche’s bio of Dean Martin; allegedly she & Dino were schtupping like rabbits while she & her hubby at the time, Dick Powell, were awaiting the adoption of their daughter.
Threw me for a loop.
VCNJ~
Why all the cosby hate? I don’t particularly love the guy, and i hated the cosby show for reasons of my own, but I must have missed something, since it seems no one likes him anymore.
Osama bin Laden.
I know he’s not real popular in the U.S. but he has a large fan base in other parts of the world.
Personally, I just don’t care for him.
I’m going to have to add Dr. Phil to the above. I will not go to the gym when his ‘show’ is on.
All this talk of Bill Cosby and nobody mentions Phyllicia Ayers Allen Rhyshad. And, come to think of it, all those nauseating child actors who played their children? Especially Lisa Bonet.
What has any of them done lately?
Barbra Streisand isn’t universally beloved, but she’s reached some sort of demigod status that puzzles me. She has a beautiful voice, yes, but she’s odder than a one-winged duck.
I really like Bill Cosby. I appreciate his efforts to offer television programming that children can watch and I think he’s a great ambassador for education. And he could have turned into a bitter, self-absorbed parent following the murder of his son, but he didn’t. He has class and dignity.
Oh god, Barbra Streisand. I never got why she was such a big deal. A friend of mine worked on the crew for her current tour and said she was awful. She has been living in a bubble for too long, I think.
A lot of the celebs I don’t like have been mentioned already.
I will say that I think Bill Cosby is probably an SOB, but his early comedy is still damn funny.
hijack:
One night I was cooking dinner with a friend and his (now ex-)girlfriend. We were going to roast a chicken. My friend had pulled the innards of said chicken out, and put them in bowl. Unfortunately he elbowed the bowl. It fell on the floor and broke, leaving shards of glass and chicken guts.
Before either of them could react, I said in my Best Bill Cosby impression:
“And then the chicken heart began to grow.”
My friend and I cracked up, while his GF looked at us like we were insane.
You mean Queen Phyllicia? Remember her Emmy (Academy?) Award speech? Thought she had just won the Nobel Prize for peace. That woman is stuffier than a Butterball turkey.
Bill Cosby: I know very well a woman who had a long-term affair with this married father. She was one among many and today says he was a jackass.
Add to list: Adam Sandler, David Spade, Will Ferrell, and Cecil Adams.
Nope, totally with you. From the interviews I’ve seen, she’s nuttier than a chipmunk’s cheeks, on top of which she just doesn’t appeal to me physically at all. Something about her face…her features are just overdone, like a model with too much clay on it, or a Mrs. Potatojolie Head.
Exactly- hyporcrite Bill Cosby, bemoans how society has fallen, that kids today talk slang and steal Twinkies, yet Mr. Perfect cheats on his wife.
Now, I don’t hate the guy, I think he’s very charming and have heard nothing but glowing reports of him in a personal setting, but I just never got Michael J. Fox as an actor. I’d watch him on film and T.V. and just think, “man, he’s the same character, always.”
But he’s adorable in a teddy bear sort of way.
David Letterman. I can’t understand his following. He seems like such an unhappy and bitter person- how did he ever get into comedy?
John Wayne. Couldn’t act his way out of a paper bag. A bigot to boot.
I disagree about Jennifer Aniston. She is the perfect example of a girl that looks incredibly sexy yet at the same time looks totally clueless about how sexy she is. That is a major turn on.
Letterman has definitely become an old jaded prat ever since he 1) lost the Tonight Show gig 2) fell WAY behind Jay in the ratings and 3) well, became old and jaded.
I also want to add Emeril- what a tool! 2000 shows and the result of a George Bush, Quasimodo and Butch Patrick from the Munsters tryst STILL can’t ad lib. The same lame bits every show- “Doc Gibbs everybody!” “Oh Yeah babe” “really cookin…unlike those other shows”(this is a plus? are we missing out on something when Jon Stewart doesn’t fire up the Hibachi each night?) “flour doesn’t come seasoned”, the corny noise he makes when he is sprinkling salt, etc.
Same with me, although I’d substitute Lucy with Emeril.