# What's the dumbest thing a celebrity has ever said? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 26, 2001, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-thing-a-celebrity-has-ever-said/89859 "2001-10-26T20:45:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Blacksheepsmith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@Blacksheepsmith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blacksheepsmith)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-thing-a-celebrity-has-ever-said/89859/1 "2001-10-26T20:45:12Z")
I’m going with this gem, from Brittney Spears in regard to the cursing on her upcoming album: “When I say ‘hell’ and ‘damn,’ I say it out of frustration in my songs. It’s not, like, a normal term of endearment that I use all the time.” A “normal term of endearment”? What the fuck are you talking about, bitch? ---
**Author:** ![Yondan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/278dde/32.png) [@Yondan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yondan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-thing-a-celebrity-has-ever-said/89859/2 "2001-10-26T21:05:06Z")
“My fellow astronauts…” ~ Dan Quayle ---
**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 26, 2001, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-thing-a-celebrity-has-ever-said/89859/3 "2001-10-26T21:19:12Z")
[Read the book.](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385419287/qid=1004131051/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_11_2/002-6677401-7350424) I plan on waiting for the movie, though. ---
**Author:** ![Blacksheepsmith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@Blacksheepsmith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blacksheepsmith)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-thing-a-celebrity-has-ever-said/89859/4 "2001-10-26T21:22:30Z")
You work for Amazon, Miller? Or maybe you wrote it. ---
**Author:** ![Blacksheepsmith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@Blacksheepsmith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blacksheepsmith)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-thing-a-celebrity-has-ever-said/89859/5 "2001-10-26T21:24:32Z")
And please pardon my french in the OP. I was trying to be ironic, not purely vulgar. ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-thing-a-celebrity-has-ever-said/89859/6 "2001-10-27T00:37:56Z")
How about “I did not have sex with that woman”? Or the reputed Dan Quayle-ism about wishing he had learned Latin so he could speak to people in Latin America. I preserved on tape a wonderful moment which probably doesn’t qualify as the dumbest thing ever, but it’s good fun. It’s an interview with our then Prime Minister John Major, the squarest person who ever lived, just before the 1997 election. What makes it funny is that the interview was for ‘youth’ TV and all the politicians were keen to show how cool and trendy and ‘in touch’ they were. Anyways, the interviewer asked him for his views on drugs, and he said “I’m against them. I think they’re wicked”. A phrase which - to the target audience - sounded like a hearty endorsement! [sub]Okay, so it’s not that funny. Sulk[/sub]. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-thing-a-celebrity-has-ever-said/89859/7 "2001-10-27T01:11:48Z")
Didn’t Ronald Reagan once claim that trees polluted the air? ---
**Author:** ![Anal\_Scurvy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c57346/32.png) [@Anal\_Scurvy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anal_Scurvy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-thing-a-celebrity-has-ever-said/89859/8 "2001-10-27T01:15:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by voguevixen \* > \*\*Didn’t Ronald Reagan once claim that trees polluted the air? \*\* Yeah. People were putting up posters with trees on them and the slogan, “stop me before I kill again” ---
**Author:** ![Genseric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Genseric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genseric)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-thing-a-celebrity-has-ever-said/89859/9 "2001-10-27T01:50:37Z")
I shudder at the thought of delving into the morass of vapid pronouncements that have wafted from the heads of some of the imbeciles that have been graced with the title of “celebrity”. This is a truly horrifying thread title. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-thing-a-celebrity-has-ever-said/89859/10 "2001-10-27T04:37:25Z")
[Fade to Black](http://www.fadetoblack.com/) has a “Dumb Quote of the Day” feature. Unfortunately, you can’t access the archives, but today’s is pretty typical: > [@](#): > > **Reporter** : Did you visit the Parthenon during your trip to Greece? > **Shaquille O’Neal** : I can’t really remember the names of the clubs that we went to. ---
**Author:** ![DarkWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@DarkWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkWriter)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-thing-a-celebrity-has-ever-said/89859/11 "2001-10-27T04:46:03Z")
Just saw [this](http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2001371124,00.html) tonight. Lee Ryan of the band Blue made stupid and offensive comments regarding the 9/11 terrorist attacks. For example: > [@](#): > > Who gives a f about New York when elephants are being killed? His fellow band members tried to shut him up during the interview, but he insisted on having his say. :rolleyes: Sheri ---
**Author:** ![leroy\_the\_mule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6a8cbe/32.png) [@leroy\_the\_mule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leroy_the_mule)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-thing-a-celebrity-has-ever-said/89859/12 "2001-10-27T05:16:07Z")
“Oh…hey…wow…that’s a bummer.”–Paul McCartney, upon being informed that John Lennon had been shot to death. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-thing-a-celebrity-has-ever-said/89859/13 "2001-10-27T05:35:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ianzin \* > \*\*How about “I did not have sex with that woman”? > > Or the reputed Dan Quayle-ism about wishing he had learned Latin so he could speak to people in Latin America.\*\* Tragically, he didn’t say it. It was a joke made up by someone else. (Amazingly, it’s since been attributed to Bush 2.0, proving some people need Snopes more than others.) However, he DID say the “potato/potatoe” thing and that’s got to be right up there. He also really did flub the United Negro College Fund motto as “What a terrible thing it is to lose one’s mind.” Baseball announcer Jerry Coleman, of course, said on radio, “That’s a deep fly ball, Winfield is going back, back… he hits his head against the wall! It’s rolling towards second base!” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-thing-a-celebrity-has-ever-said/89859/14 "2001-10-27T06:07:39Z")
Did you know that Ronald Reagan was refused admission into the Communist Party because they figured he was too stupid? ---
**Author:** ![Genseric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Genseric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genseric)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-thing-a-celebrity-has-ever-said/89859/15 "2001-10-27T06:16:28Z")
Hey now, is this just going to turn into a Republican bashing thread? Cause if it is, count me in! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anal\_Scurvy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c57346/32.png) [@Anal\_Scurvy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anal_Scurvy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-thing-a-celebrity-has-ever-said/89859/16 "2001-10-27T06:28:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elucidator \* > \*\*Did you know that Ronald Reagan was refused admission into the Communist Party because they figured he was too stupid? \*\* I’ve heard this before, but never from a reliable source. Can anyone confirm/debunk it? ---
**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 27, 2001, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-thing-a-celebrity-has-ever-said/89859/17 "2001-10-27T06:28:10Z")
To prove that the acorn doesn’t fall far from the oak… “I have opinions of my own - strong opinions - but I don’t always agree with them.” George Bush ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-thing-a-celebrity-has-ever-said/89859/18 "2001-10-27T08:01:30Z")
There’s a little book of dumb things that George W. has said. My favorite is “I believe the humans and the fishes can coexist peacefully.” For context, he was speaking to a fishermans’ association, but it still has a delightful surreal ring to it. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-thing-a-celebrity-has-ever-said/89859/19 "2001-10-27T11:08:00Z")
I was heartbroken when I heard that this Mariah Carey quote: “When I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can’t help but cry. I mean, I’d love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff.” was [untrue, according to Snopes.](http://www.snopes2.com/quotes/info/cupcake.htm) ---
**Author:** ![riserius1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@riserius1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/riserius1)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-thing-a-celebrity-has-ever-said/89859/20 "2001-10-27T11:12:45Z")
I’m too lazy to look up the exact quote, but i gotta go with Alec Baldwin suggesting that Henry Hyde be publicly stoned to death for his testimony against Clinton. Also, he said something along the lines that if Bush were ever elcted president, he(Baldwin) would leave the country. Which, of course, he didn’t. Again, sorry if the quotes are paraphrased, I did actually witness the stoning quote on Letterman. Chris W [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-thing-a-celebrity-has-ever-said/89859.md?page=2)