# Universally loathed celebrities you just don't dislike. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 15, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-loathed-celebrities-you-just-dont-dislike/376495 "2006-10-15T03:45:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-loathed-celebrities-you-just-dont-dislike/376495/21 "2006-10-15T15:22:02Z")
Tom Cruise for a variety of reasons. I think he is a superb film actor and I think it is evident in everything since his earliest efforts - _Taps_, _All The Right Moves_ and _Risky Business_. He has a fantastic resume of memorable roles: \*Collateral \*, _Magnolia_, \*Jerry Maguire \*, \*A Few Good Men \*, _Born on the Fourth of July_, \*Rain Man \*, _The Color of Money_. And he achieved all this (plus possibly having sex with Nicole Kidman) without, apparently, being terribly bright and in fact lately seeming to not even be entirely sane. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-loathed-celebrities-you-just-dont-dislike/376495/22 "2006-10-15T15:53:02Z")
I like **Carrot Top**. There, I said it. Shun me if you will! For some reason he always makes me chuckle when I see him do some stand-up. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-loathed-celebrities-you-just-dont-dislike/376495/23 "2006-10-15T16:55:08Z")
Anne Heche is in a new network show, and I’ve heard dozens of people comment how they won’t even check out the show because she’s in it. I’ve got no issue with her. And surprisingly, I think the show is decent. Martha Stewart doesn’t bother me. Ben Affleck doesn’t bother me. Gilbert Gottfried used to make me laugh like a fool during USA Up All Night but I haven’t seen/heard him in years. ---
**Author:** ![Chum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ab097/32.png) [@Chum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chum)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-loathed-celebrities-you-just-dont-dislike/376495/24 "2006-10-15T17:49:25Z")
[QUOTE=toadbriar] Who are the Pauly Shore fans, is what I’d like to know. [/QUOTE] I think _I_ might be all the Pauly Shore fans. I think he’s hilarious in Encino Man, Son-in-Law, Jury Duty, and especially Biodome. But I was probably just at the right age (i.e., 8-12) when those movies came out to be able to appreciate them. And I probably like them now more for the nostalgia factor than anything else. ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-loathed-celebrities-you-just-dont-dislike/376495/25 "2006-10-15T18:05:18Z")
Tom Cruise. Other than his jumping on the couch, I just don’t quite get last year’s memetic wave of “he’s CRAZY!” and “I HATE him!” that went around. Sure, he’s a little nutty, but what does that have to do with anything? There were people BOYCOTTING his films because “he’s crazy.” ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-loathed-celebrities-you-just-dont-dislike/376495/26 "2006-10-15T18:07:02Z")
I like Keanu Reeves. Most people just have never seen his best work: he’s been quite good in several small films like **I Love You to Death, Tune in Tomorrow, Feeling Minnesota,** and **A Walk in the Clouds.** Same for Ben Affleck. He always seems to do the job onscreen. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-loathed-celebrities-you-just-dont-dislike/376495/27 "2006-10-15T18:23:39Z")
Oprah – I know she’s not universally loathed, but people seem to love her or hate her. She does some good stuff. Where some people see self-aggrandizement, I think of Jesus telling us not to hide our light under a bushel (or something like that). ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-loathed-celebrities-you-just-dont-dislike/376495/28 "2006-10-15T18:58:43Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] Anne Heche is in a new network show, and I’ve heard dozens of people comment how they won’t even check out the show because she’s in it. I’ve got no issue with her. And surprisingly, I think the show is decent. Martha Stewart doesn’t bother me. Ben Affleck doesn’t bother me. Gilbert Gottfried used to make me laugh like a fool during USA Up All Night but I haven’t seen/heard him in years. [/QUOTE] I like Heche and the show. Also, I have no problem with Oprah. ---
**Author:** ![IGJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/igjoe/32/5420_2.png) [@IGJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IGJoe)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-loathed-celebrities-you-just-dont-dislike/376495/29 "2006-10-15T19:02:16Z")
I also really like Keanu Reeves. And one celeb that I haven’t seen mentioned yet is Kevin Costner… he gets a bum rap a lot of the time, but I really like his work. Yes, even Waterworld. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-loathed-celebrities-you-just-dont-dislike/376495/30 "2006-10-15T19:15:03Z")
I adore\*\* Martha Stewart\*\*'s work; have no opinion about her as a person, obviously. I also don’t understand why people hate \*\*Bob Sagat \*\* so much. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-loathed-celebrities-you-just-dont-dislike/376495/31 "2006-10-15T19:36:14Z")
Moved from IMHO to CS. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-loathed-celebrities-you-just-dont-dislike/376495/32 "2006-10-15T20:00:02Z")
[totally serious] I think **Melanie Griffith** is one of the best actors drawing breath. She has the widest range of any actress working. **Jennifer Lopez** has the best combination of funny/tough of any actress today. Her performance in \*Out of Sight \* is a big part of what makes it an utterly flawless movie, which I could watch every day if I were asked to.\ **Leonardo DiCaprio** is, hands down, the greatest actor of his generation. (No less a personage than Martin Scorsese agrees.) See \*A Boy’s Life, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?, \* and _The Departed_, and then try to make fun of him because he acquired a teen-girl following after _Titanic_. A movie in which he was the only actor who even tried to invest his character with some human depth. **Carrot Top** is totally doable. [/totally serious] ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-loathed-celebrities-you-just-dont-dislike/376495/33 "2006-10-15T20:00:08Z")
John Madden and Chris Berman. They get a lot of loathing, but I enjoy the schtick. Gimme my hohh trailers, multi-legged turkeys, and rocknroll nicknames… ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-loathed-celebrities-you-just-dont-dislike/376495/34 "2006-10-15T20:01:22Z")
crud…while a trailer of hohh would certainly be different, I meant hoss trailer. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-loathed-celebrities-you-just-dont-dislike/376495/35 "2006-10-15T20:02:57Z")
[QUOTE=Sattua] I also don’t understand why people hate \*\*Bob Sagat \*\* so much. [/QUOTE] Well, he was painfully unfunny on _America’s Home Videos_ and _Full House_. If that’s the only place you know him from, then yeah, I can see hating him. Having seen some of his stand-up, though, I consider myself to be a fan. He’s hilariously funny (and unbelievably filthy) when he’s working his own material, not prime-time pablum cranked out by a room full of network hacks. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-loathed-celebrities-you-just-dont-dislike/376495/36 "2006-10-15T20:17:18Z")
[QUOTE=Astroboy14] I like **Carrot Top**. There, I said it. Shun me if you will! For some reason he always makes me chuckle when I see him do some stand-up. [/QUOTE] I saw him live and he made me laugh until my sides hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-loathed-celebrities-you-just-dont-dislike/376495/37 "2006-10-15T20:19:05Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Well, he was painfully unfunny on _America’s Home Videos_ and _Full House_. If that’s the only place you know him from, then yeah, I can see hating him. Having seen some of his stand-up, though, I consider myself to be a fan. He’s hilariously funny (and unbelievably filthy) when he’s working his own material, not prime-time pablum cranked out by a room full of network hacks. [/QUOTE] But he was so obviously aware he wasn’t being funny. And so incredibly cute about it. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-loathed-celebrities-you-just-dont-dislike/376495/38 "2006-10-15T20:27:18Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] I don’t hate Terrell Owens. [/QUOTE] I don’t “hate” him either. Dislike, definitely, because he can be a real asshole. But there are so many pro athletes so much worse than Terrell Owens, so much worthier of hatred! The NFL, the NBA and major leaguie baseball are filled with felons, thugs, dope dealers, rapists, and guys with 20 kids by 20 different mothers. By comparison, Terrell is just an egomaniac and a jerk. Hardly worth a spot on anyone’s hate list. ---
**Author:** ![tashabot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tashabot/32/6250_2.png) [@tashabot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tashabot)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-loathed-celebrities-you-just-dont-dislike/376495/39 "2006-10-15T20:30:01Z")
[QUOTE=Astroboy14] I like **Carrot Top**. There, I said it. Shun me if you will! For some reason he always makes me chuckle when I see him do some stand-up. [/QUOTE] I’m not a huge fan, but I don’t dislike him. We (my dad, sister, boyfriend, and myself) worked his show last time he came up to Lake Tahoe. He was super-nice to his crew. There were some parts of his act that were hilarious. He actively incorporated the crew into his schtick and it was great. Especially when he inferred that all of his crew were high as kites - the way he did it was funny as hell. Let’s see - I’m gonna cast my vote for Tom Cruise. I don’t like him, particularly, but I don’t dislike him, either. Sure, I get the “off” vibe from him, but I live with my crazy ass family, so I’m pretty much used to it by now. ~Tasha ---
**Author:** ![tashabot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tashabot/32/6250_2.png) [@tashabot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tashabot)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-loathed-celebrities-you-just-dont-dislike/376495/40 "2006-10-15T20:31:44Z")
[QUOTE=tashabot] I’m not a huge fan, but I don’t dislike him. We (my dad, sister, boyfriend, and myself) worked his show last time he came up to Lake Tahoe. He was super-nice to his crew. There were some parts of his act that were hilarious. He actively incorporated the crew into his schtick and it was great. Especially when he inferred that all of his crew were high as kites - the way he did it was funny as hell. Let’s see - I’m gonna cast my vote for Tom Cruise. I don’t like him, particularly, but I don’t dislike him, either. Sure, I get the “off” vibe from him, but I live with my crazy ass family, so I’m pretty much used to it by now. ~Tasha [/QUOTE] Nar. I forgot - Roseanne. \>.\< I’m sorry, I just don’t see why everyone is so antagonistic against her. She’s gotten a little weird recently, but I still don’t see why everyone is so mean to her. I think she’s funny. ~Tasha [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-loathed-celebrities-you-just-dont-dislike/376495.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-loathed-celebrities-you-just-dont-dislike/376495.md?page=3)